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FRANCES KNIGHT PARRISH PAPERS, 1953-1982
55 linear feet, 11 linear inches (126 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Frances Gladys Knight was born on July 22, 1905 in Newport, Rhode Island and grew up in New York City. She took a secretarial course at Hunter University, and later studied journalism at New York University. Knight started her career with a wide variety of secretarial and editorial work. She married publisher Wayne W. Parrish in 1935, and the couple moved to Washington, D.C. when her husband became editor of American Aviation Publications. Frances continued to use her maiden name in her work life after marriage.
In 1949 Knight was hired by the State Department as a radio information specialist with the Office of International Information (later the U.S. Information Agency). In 1952 she was appointed assistant deputy administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs where she assisted the Administrator, Scott McLeod, with the security program within the State Department. Through this work she became familiar with the operations of the Passport Office and its director, Ruth Shipley, who picked Knight as her replacement when she retired in 1955.
Knight ran the Passport Office until her retirement in 1977. During her tenure the office was noted for being highly efficient during a period of unprecedented growth in the number of Americans traveling overseas. Other administrative issues included the development of a machine-readable passport, and the fight against document fraud. The fraud issue led Knight to suggest the creation of a national identification card for each citizen, which was vociferously opposed by civil-liberties groups in 1975.
Knight also brought her conviction that the government had the moral responsibility and legal right to protect the public from dangerous philosophies and ideas such as Communism. She denied passports and visas to such people, and would occasionally appeal directly to Congress if she was overruled by her superiors. The Passport Office also collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the surveillance of Americans abroad, most notably in the case of H. Stuart Hughes of Harvard. Knight’s convictions and fearlessness earned her both powerful friends and critics. She regularly went public with complaints about those in the State Department who did not agree with her political views. Knight fought two successful campaigns to retain her position past the mandatory retirement age of 70, finally retiring in 1977 after Secretary of State Cyrus Vance refused her a third extension.
Parrish continued her political activities in retirement, promoting causes such as immigration reform and consulting with the transition teams of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. She died in Bethesda, Maryland at the age of 94 on September 11, 1999.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Frances Knight Parrish Papers are organized in three series:
Personal Papers. (1910-1988)This series, comprising xxx linear feet, contains material that focuses more directly on Knight, rather than the administration of the Passport Office. Topics covered include political interests, press contacts, the controversy surrounding her forced retirement in 1977, drafts of her planned autobiography, awards and honors, as well as subseries containing her personal correspondence, calendars, speeches, and photographs. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Passport Office Records. (1898-1984) The records are from Parrish’s tenure as director of the Passport Office. Topics include: administrative divisions, field offices, budget, passports, training, document fraud, a national identification card, oath of allegiance for passport applications, and computer tracking of passport applicants. Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
Federal Agency Files. (1943-1989) This series documents Parrish’s interaction with other governmental agencies outside of the Passport Office. The subgroup for the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs is divided between 1953 to 1955 when Knight worked with the Administrator of the Bureau, and other years when she did not. The State Department subgroup documents work for the Office of International Information (U.S. Information Agency). Arranged alphabetically by subject.
RELATED COLLECTIONS
Copies of material from some of these series, especially those that contain chronological correspondence files, can also be found in separate collections of Frances Knight’s papers in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, as well as at the Mugar Library of Boston University. Although the Knight Papers at this library are her personal papers, official records of the Passport Office are part of the State Department records found in Records Group 59 at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC. The papers of Abba Schwartz, Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs from 1962-1966, are at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.
FOLDER LIST
Box Contents
1 Art Objects Imported
General correspondence, 1959-1974
Hong Kong, 1976-1977
India, 1976-1977
Nepal, 1977
Thailand, 1976-1977
Price lists
Autobiography, 1977-1978
Correspondence
Drafts
Rough drafts and notes
Typed drafts
Proposal
Awards
General, 1969-1977
American Legion, 1978
American Society of Travel Agents, 1962
Missouri Valley College Honorary Doctorate, 1963
Correspondence
News clippings
Newsletters "Viking Views," 1963-1969
Related subsequent correspondence, 1963-1968
National Press Club, 1960
President's Award Nomination, 1966
2 Biographical information
General, 1940-1974
Current Biography Article, Oct 1955
First Marriage – Clippings, 1930 and undated
Calendars, 1955-1959 (5 folders)
3 Calendars, 1960-1964 (6 folders)
4 Calendars, 1965-1971 (7 folders)
5 Calendars, 1972-1977 (6 folders)
6 Childhood
Autograph book, 1919
Clippings, circa 1916
School notebooks, circa 1910-1920
7 Correspondence
Personal General, 1950-1959 (23 folders)
Personal General: A – F, 1960-1969 (5 folders)
8 Personal General: G – Z, 1960-1969 (9 folders)
Personal General, 1970-1989 (14 folders)
Adams, Sherman, 1958
Brown, Liz and Connie, 1961-1970
Bush, George H. W., 1979-1987
Bush, Prescott, 1982
9 Lindbergh, Charles, 1959
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1969
Rockefeller, Nelson, 1965-1976
Schlafly, Phyllis, 1969-1977
Strelsin, Alfred, 1962-1964
Subject Correspondence
Birthday greetings to Knight, 1970-1977 (2 folders)
Christmas letters, 1955-1970 (3 folders)
Christmas Letter Responses, 1958-1971 (4 folders)
Mailing lists, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Memoranda, 1971
News clippings, 1970-1971
Fan Mail, 1966
Hate Mail, 1966
Criticisms, 1970-1975
10 Television Appearances
Person-to-Person, 1958-1959 (suitcase packing, 6 folders)
What's My Line, 1970
Threats, 1975-1976
Education
Graduation program, Hunter College Model School, 1919
Transcript and Report Card, 1928, 1934
Family
Fanni Knight (mother)
Frederick Knight (father)
Freedom of Information Act request from Knight, 1977
Invitations
Events hosted by Frances Knight and Wayne Parrish
Christmas party, 1972
Christmas party, 1975
Reception for Nathanael Reed, 1972
11 Foreign Embassies, 1971-1977, and undated
General, 1972-1976, and undated
President Nixon
Inauguration, 1969
Dinner for President Georges Pompidou, 1973
Reception for Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, 1973
Libraries, donations to
Boston University, 1977-1978
Library of Congress, 1977-1978
Medical records
Abdominal surgery, 1968
General, 1958-1971
Organizations-Washington Animal Rescue League, 1969
Passports
Diplomatic, 1950-1961
Non-diplomatic, 1951-1977
Personnel files
Certificates of service, 1965-1975
Civil service status, 1944-1974
Employment in Washington, 1934-1944
Executive inventories, 1963-1973
Letters of reference for Knight
Congregational Church agencies, 1933-1935
Members of Congress, 1934-1940
12 Personnel action forms and performance reviews, 1942-1970 (2 folders)
Personnel audit reviews, 1969-1977
Political interests
Conservative causes, 1964-1987
Government waste, 1977-1979
The Heritage Foundation, 1977-1984
Immigration reform
General, 1978-1987 (2 folders)
Federation on American Immigration Reform, 1981-1988 (4 folders)
National security, 1977-1979
Newsletters and other reading material
Accuracy in Media Reports, 1976-1981
American Cause, 1977
American-Chilean Council Report, 1976-1979
Citizens for the Republic Newsletter (Ronald Reagan), 1979
Counterattack, 1968
Evans-Novak Political Report, 1976
General, 1968-1981
13 H du B Reports, 1967-1977
Herald of Freedom
Correspondence with Frank Capell, 1972-1973
Newsletters, 1966-1980
Publications, "The Untouchables," Books One and Two
Inform National Reports, 1969-1970
Jack Anderson's Washington Letter, 1978
The Media Report, 1976
News and Views (Church League of America), 1964-1970
Phyllis Schlafly Report, 1972-1980
Pink Sheet on the Left, 1976
Scott Report, 1973-1976
Tactics, 1970-1976
U.S.A. (Alice Widener), 1969
Washington Report, 1975-1978
Panama Canal Treaty, 1977-1978
Republican National Committee
General, 1956-1980
Publications
Republican Campaign Text Book, 1932
Campaign brochures, 1952
Pocket Guide to 1952 Convention Themes
Term limits, 1981
Press relations
Contacts
Berlin, Richard [Hearst Newspapers], 1964-1972 (2 folders)
14 Buckley, William, 1968-1978
Edwards, Willard, 1953-1977
Friedlander, Paul, 1958-1966
Graham, Katherine, 1966
Harvey, Paul, 1967-1970
Leacacos, John
Lewis, Fulton, 1964-1966
Mollenhoff, Clark
Articles about Knight, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Clippings about Mollenhoff
Correspondence, 1969-1970
Murrow, Edward R., 1958
Pearson, Drew
Correspondence, 1955-1965
Story about Knight, August 1966
Clippings
Correspondence-Friends and other journalists
Correspondence-General public
Correspondence-Washington Post
Other background material
Publications about Pearson sent to Knight
Pegler, Westbrook, 1954-1958
Sentner, David, 1957
Sokolsky, George, 1954-1958
Other journalists, 1969
Coverage of Knight
Responses of Knight, 1970-1977
15 Responses of public
1966, Life magazine article
1970, Time magazine and Clark Mollenhoff articles
Lists of correspondents, 1974-1975
Residences-Washington DC
Wyoming Avenue
30th Street
Retirement
Postponement of mandatory retirement, 1974-1976
Attempts at postponement, 1977
Correspondence with Congress
Correspondence to President Carter
Correspondence to Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance
Correspondence, other
Retirement Division, State Department
Testimony before House Select Committee on Aging
Correspondence following announcement
Congress, July-August 1977
Federal Bureau of Investigation, July-December
Friends, May-July 1977
General public, 1977 (4 folders)
16 Other Federal agencies
Passport Office staff, July-October 1977
Passport Office memoranda, June-September
Reception, July 28
Resolutions in the House and Senate
Washington Post editorial
Speeches
Texts, 1955-1961 (7 folders)
17 Texts, 1962-1976 (15 folders)
18 Texts, 1977
Material for future speeches, 1946-1970 (6 folders)
19 Material for future speeches, 1971-1977 and undated (8 folders)
Travels
Official, 1949-1977 (3 folders)
20 Unofficial
U.S.S.R., 1958
South Pacific and Australia, 1961--notes
Proposed China trip, 1972-1978
Mideast trip, U.S. Citizens Congress, 1978
General
Background information
Saudi Arabia, Jordan
Kuwait
South Africa, 1981
Writings
Articles by Knight
Esquire, October 1972, typescript of essay
Travel Agent, 1972, "Fact versus Fiction Regarding the U.S. Passport Office"
Human Events, 1974, "Lower the Flag to Half Mast," typescript
The Scott Report, June 20, 1975, "Tax Dollars Pay for Crime"
"False Economies," manuscript, undated
Photos
Frances G. Knight
Childhood photos of Frances Knight, ca. 1915
Frederick Knight (father), undated
Photo album, 114 snapshots, Wayne Parrish, Frances Knight, friends and family, ca. 1935-1945
21 Office of Civilian Defense, Frances Knight and unidentified woman, grocery shopping, ca. January 1941 (1)
Office of Civilian Defense, James Landis, ca. 1940s (2)
Office of Civilian Defense, Director James F. Landis, ca. 1940s (2)
Office of Civilian Defense, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau and Eleanor
Roosevelt, ca. 1942 (1)
Office of Civilian Defense, l-r, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fiorello
La Guardia, James F. Landis, January 12, 1942 (1)
Portrait of Frances Knight, ca. 1946 (1)
Frances Knight and Wayne Parrish, ca.1940's (3)
Knight with Scott McLeod, at Consular Conference, Mexico City,
January 1955 (3)
Knight seated at her desk, Passport Office, October 1955 (1)
Knight seated at her desk, with second woman, Passport Office,
May 17, 1956 (1)
Knight at unidentified events, late 1950s (9)
Portraits of Frances Knight, ca. Late 1950s (5)
Knight at meeting of Zonta Club, Paterson, NJ, April 13, 1957 (4)
Knight addressing Conference on the Role of Women in Foreign
Affairs, Washington, May 17, 1957 (1)
Knight with group at ATA Facilitation Meeting, Chicago,
August 13, 1957 (1)
Knight being interviewed on WMAR, Baltimore, February 1959 (4)
Knight with Rep. Dante Fascell, undated, ca. Late 1950s (1)
Knight at Passport Office facility dedication, ca. 1950s (11)
Speaking engagement, Chicago, undated, ca. Late 1950s (11)
Frances Knight preparing passports, for Life magazine, 1960
Frances Knight using office equipment, two unidentified men
watching, ca.1960s (1)
Frances Knight at Passport Office, February 11, 1960 (2)
Knight at Passenger Traffic Association meeting, New York,
September 13, 1960 (2)
Portraits of Knight in her office, August 8, 1966 (5)
Frances Knight with two unidentified employees, October 5, 1966 (1)
Knight and unidentified man, Christmas toy drive, State Department, ca. December 1966 (1)
Knight with Customs Bureau officials at Dulles Airport,
demonstrating new equipment, 1967 (7)
Knight receiving plaque from Chief James Rowley, 1969 (2)
Knight with Wayne Parrish, at Paris Air Show, 1971 (1)
Knight at event honoring retiring Passport Office employees,
June 20, 1972 (1)
Knight at event honoring unidentified Passport Office employee, 1972 (7)
Portraits of Knight, ca. 1970s (8)
Passport photos of Knight, ca. 1970s
Knight and Wayne Parrish at their home, Hobe Sound, Florida, 1970s (28)
Knight and Wayne Parrish, various snapshots, ca. 1970s (6)
Knight and Wayne Parrish with reps of British Travel Authority, 1970s
Polaroids of birthday party for Knight, at Passport Office, ca. mid-1970s (10)
Knight with two unidentified men, at black-tie reception, 1975
Knight at birthday celebration, and in front of White House, July 1977 (10)
Congressional reception for Frances Knight, July 1977
Negatives
Contact proofs
Color prints (55)
Trip to Nepal, 1977, snapshots (25)
Reception for Sen. Carl Curtis, 1978 (3)
Requests for photos of Knight, 1971-1975
22 Passport Office
Washington, June 3, 1946 (5)
Washington, Winder Building, ca. 1955 (22)
Washington, negatives, 1955
Washington, June 27, 1955 (17)
Washington, August 26, 1955 (4)
Washington, construction, August 26, 1955 (4)
Washington, renovated Matomic Building, October 1955 (5)
Washington, January 6, 1956 (6)
Washington, April 2, 1956 (7)
Washington, May 2, 1956 (7)
Washington, May 17, 1956 (1)
New York, May 13-14, 1956 (2)
New York, July 2, 1956 (13)
Chicago Agency, April 1957 (5)
Chicago Agency, January 1958 (5)
Washington, December 14, 1959 (20)
Washington, February 11, 1960 (5)
Miami, Agency Dedication, n.d. (6)
Washington, January 28, 1970 (18)
New York or Washington (?), April 6-10, 1970
New York Agency, 1970-1973 (18)
Chicago Agency, June 15, 1976 (2)
Retirement party for William Duggan, January 14, 1977 (8)
Passport Office, undated (2)
23 Oversize Items
Newspaper Article Reprints
An Indoor-Outdoor Island – Isolated from the City, Washington Post, Nov 19, 1972
(Parrish home in Washington)
Photographs
Wayne Parrish, portrait, ca. 1940s
Frances Knight, portraits, ca. 1940s (2)
Westbrook Pegler, portrait, inscribed to Knight, undated
Knight with President Nixon, Senator Barry Goldwater, December 1970
Knight with President Nixon, seated at desk, Oval Office, December 1970
Cartoons
Herbert Block ("Herblock"), inscribed to Knight, 1965
Herbert Johnson, "So if you foreigners think it hard to get in here..."
Signs – New Pocket Size Passport, 1977 (2)
Top of Page
PASSPORT OFFICE RECORDS
24 Accomplishments
Fact sheets, 1960-1961
General, 1961-1977 (2 folders)
Letters of commendation
General, grouped by source
Congress, 1958-1961
Government agencies, 1957-1962
Honors and awards, 1957-1960
Individual, 1957-1962
International organizations, 1957-1962
Travel industry, 1957-1962
Passport Office Field Agencies, 1964
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Miami
New Orleans
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
25 Reports
Accomplishments, May 1955-December 1956 (5 folders)
Brief Summary of Accomplishments Relating to the Passport Office
Reorganization, 1955-1956 (2 folders)
26 Passport Improvement Program, August 1965 (2 folders)
Better Service at Lower Cost-Passport Improvement Program (2 folders)
Progress Book," 1969 (2 folders)
Highlights of the Past, Present and Future, 1969
Passport Office Progress Report, 1970
Passport Office Improvements, 1976-1977 (4 folders)
27 Passport Office Improvements, 1976-1977 (2 folders)
Year end Reports, 1962, 1970-1976 (6 folders)
Budget
Congress – House Committees – Appropriations,Subcommittee on State Dept.
Congress – Senate Committees – Appropriations, Hearings (by fiscal year)
Appropriation requests, 1970-1978 (9 folders)
28 Appropriation requests, 1979
Correspondence – Frank Karelsen, 1971
General budget memoranda, 1963-1977 (7 folders)
Policy Analysis and Resource Allocation (PARA), 1972
Report: Passport Office Studies, Reports and Requests for Supplement to 1956
Budget (3 folders)
29 Correspondence
Chronological files (outgoing)
Apr 1955-Jan 1956 (9 folders)
30 1956 February-December (11 folders)
31 1957 (12 folders)
32 1958-Jan 1959 (13 folders)
33 Feb 1959-Feb 1960 (13 folders)
34 Mar 1960-June 1961 (16 folders)
35 July 1961-Oct 1962 (16 folders)
36 Nov 1962-Mar 1964 (17 folders)
37 Apr 1964-1965 (21 folders)
38 1966-Oct 1967 (22 folders)
- Nov 1967-July 1969 (21 folders)
40 Aug 1969-Oct 1970 (15 folders)
41 Nov 1970-June 1972 (20 folders)
42 July-Dec 1972 (6 folders)
Divisions
Administrative Division
General, 1961-1963, 1977 (2 folders)
Goldman, Gerald, 1961-1962
Leacacos, Velia, 1970-1974
Mahder, Lorraine, 1973
Deputy Director and Special Assistants
Duggan, William, 1975-1976
Hickey, Edward, 1963-1966
Johnson, Robert, 1958-1974
Peterson, Lynn, 1972-1977
Director
Ruth Shipley, 1953-1956 (2 foders)
Domestic Operations Division
General, 1961-1970 (3 folders)
Management Survey, 1976
Management/Personnel
Hotchner, John, 1975-1977
43 Mang, John, 1960-1964 (3 folders)
McCubbin, James, 1970-1976
Ward, James, 1976-1978 (3 folders)
44 Field Agencies
General, 1957-1983 (3 folders)
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Dedication, 1956
General, 1962-1976
Personal-'Gene Burke’ 1953-1981 (3 folders)
Proposed move of agency, 1973-1974
West Los Angeles office, 1969-1973 (2 folders)
45 New York
General, 1956-1977
Byron Browne mosaic, 1957-1977
Donnellon, Winifred, 1955-1961 (9 folders)
46
Proposed move of agency, 1972-1974 (3 folders)
Senator Jacob Javits, 1971
Philadelphia, 1965, 1971, 1976-1977 [31-fkp-pass-b46-f05]
San Francisco
Washington DC
Proposed field agencies
General, 1968-1977 (4 folders)
Connecticut
Detroit, 1968-1974 (2 folders)
47 Detroit, 1975-1977 (2 folders)
Houston
1967-1977 (3 folders)
William Bernrieder, 1976-1982
Foreign Operations Division
Evaluations of department, 1973-1976
General, 1969-1977
Social Security beneficiaries residing abroad, 1961-1969
Americans residing abroad, 1970-1977
Report, "Study of the Effect of SCA Instructions to Posts
Abroad Without Passport Office Clearances," 1965
Legal Division
General, 1970-1977
Lynn Peterson, 1977
Operations and Management – Thaddeus Ripa, Jan-Apr 1974 (2 folders)
48 Operations and Management – Thaddeus Ripa, May 1974-1975
Organization structure and charts, 1970-1974
Programs and Engineering [Travel Document Issuance System (TDIS)]
General, 1972-1977
Metric system, 1975
Priority assignments, 1976
Project status reports, 1976-1977
Reprogramming of divisions, 1976-1977 (2 folders)
Reports
Management Survey, 1976
Administrative Division
Legal and Foreign Division
Domestic Operations Division
General Subjects
Airports-New York, Idlewild
Anti-hijacking measures, 1972
Area restrictions, 1962-1977 (4 folders)
Assistance to Foreign Governments Cumulative Report, 1977
Briefing Paper on the Passport Office, January 1971
Congressional relations
Digest of Congressional Record, 1975-1977 (3 folders)
Memoranda/responses to Congressional inquiries, 1963-1977 (6 folders)
Services rendered to Congress, 1963-1977
50 Equipment
Computers
Flexowriters
Foreign passport control procedures, 1959
Freedom of Information Act requests, 1974-1977 (3 folders)
Freedom of Information Act request – Howard Hughes passport application, 1976
Interpol General Assembly – Knight's attendance, 1969 (4 folders)
Luggage, lost and found, 1961
Newsletters, "Passport Topics," 1977-1983
Office security, 1965-1973
51 Organization of the Passport Office
Packing tips-Clippings and press releases, 1963-1966
Passport fraud investigations
Passport regulation revisions, 1966
Post-retirement briefings to Knight, 1977-1984
President's Reporting Burden Reduction Program, 1976-1977
Privacy Act requests, 1976-1977
Publicity
Repainting of office, 1958
Television announcement, 1971
Signs
Studies and surveys-list
Travel control, 1977
Travel to mainland China, 1971-1972
Uncollectible checks, 1975-1976
Visa security, 1976-1977
Women in management, 1970-1973
Issues and Controversies
Computerized Lookout File,
Clippings, 1972-1972 (3 folders)
Memoranda and correspondence, 1968-Feb 1971 (2 folders)
52 Memoranda and correspondence, 1971-1977 (3 folders)
Crime
General, 1974-1975
Investigations – Odyssey Foundation, 1973-1977
President Ford's message on crime, June 1975
Document Fraud
American Association for Vital Records and Health Statistics, 1961
American Banknote Company, 1975
Clippings, 1974-1977
Congress
Rep. H. R. Gross
Senator Roman Hruska, 1974-1975
see: Federal Agency Files – Congress
Senators letter to the President, 1975
Congressional hearings
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
1972
Timothy Leary case, 1973-1974 (4 folders)
Testimony by Knight, transcript, 1975
Senate Judiciary Committee, 1977
Correspondence and memoranda
General
Sen. William Scott
Committee report
Index of material testimony
Testimony by Frances Knight
53 Transcript of hearings
Credit card fraud
American Express
Correspondence and bulletins, 1968
Report, State Credit Card Crime Act, 1967 (2 folders)
Clippings
Cuba – Venceremos Brigade
Domestic Fraud Seminars, Passport Agencies, 1974
Drug trafficking, 1972
FBI Conference, Quantico, Virginia, 1974
Agenda and background information
Passport Office presentation (text)
Photographs
FBI jurisdiction in passport fraud cases
General correspondence, memoranda, and clippings
1963-1975 June (5 folders)
54 1975, July-1978 (4 folders)
Inter-mart project, 1973-1974
Law at Work Conference, Los Angeles, 1984
Legislation
Federal
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, proposed
S. 2131, Sen. Strom Thurmond, 1975
S. 3001, Sen. Jesse Helms & Sen. James Eastland, 1975
H.R. 7009, Rep. Henry Hyde, 1977
State legislatures, 1972-1976
The Paper Trip (Eden Publications), 1974-1977
Passport fraud investigations, 1971-977 (2 folders)
Reports
Passport Frauds and Criminal Prosecution, 1967-1969
Part 1
55 Part 2-4 (3 folders)
Passport Fraud Report, April 1972 (4 folders)
Report on visit to American embassy Paris and Interpol, 1977
Social Security numbers
Statistics
Television – 60 Minutes
U.S. Identification Manual, 1977
56 H. Stuart Hughes case, 1966
Correspondence and memoranda
General
Departmental policy
News clippings
Notes
State Department press briefings
Illegal aliens
General, 1971-1977 (4 folders)
Legislation, Sen. William Scott
Background information, general, 1977-1978
Background information, Congressional Research Service
Previous Senate and House bills, 1973-1976
Proposed immigration bill, 1978
Reports and committee prints, 1978
Senate Judiciary Committee statements, 1978
Reports
The Mitre Corporation, 1974
57 County of San Diego, 1976
Department of State, Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, 1976
Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens, 1976
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1976
New TransCentury Foundation, 1976
Immigration and citizenship
American citizens living abroad
Conferences
American Citizenship and Immigration, 1964-1971
Conference on American Citizenship Laws, Paris, 1977
Handbooks, State Department, 1968
Immigration and Nationality Act
Amendments, 1962-1975
Memoranda, Giacomo Cacciatore, 1971-1972
58 National Identification Card
General, 1968-1975 (4 folders)
Correspondence-General
Correspondence-American Civil Liberties Union
News clippings
1977
Oath of Allegiance, 1969-1975 (8 folders)
59 Memoranda for the Files, 1956-1975 (11 folders)
News clippings
Chronological files
1955-June 1957 (5 folders)
60 July 1957-1959 (9 folders)
61 1960-Sep 1961 (7 folders)
62 Oct 1961-1964 (8 folders)
63 1965-1968 (8 folders)
64 1969-1970 (6 folders)
65 1971-May 1974 (8 folders)
66 June 1974-1976 (8 folders)
67 1977-1982 (3 folders)
Subject files
Communist organizations, 1961-1962
Immigration and visas, 1955-1958
Jet travel, 1956-1959
Passport cases
General, 1955-1957
Boudin, Leonard, 1955-1956
Clark, Joseph, 1955
Clark, William, 1955
Dayton, Weldon Bruce, 1956
Foreman, Carl Nathan, 1955
Frank, Waldo, 1955
Gore, Leroy, 1955
Kent, Rockwell, 1955
Lattimore, Owen, 1955
Max, Allen, 1956
McIntire, Gordon, 1955
Miller, Arthur, 1955-1957
Nathan, Otto, 1955-1957
Park, Willard Z., 1955
Pauling, Linus, 1955
Robeson, Paul, 1955-1958
Shachtman, Max, 1955
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1956-1957
Worthy, William, 1957
Zlatovski, George and Jane, 1957
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1963-1967
68 Passport document, 1955-1958
Passport pictures, 1955-1958
Passport policies, 1955-1958
Security in government, 1950-1957
State Department, 1955-1958
Appropriations
General
Travel
Balance of payment, 1962-1967 (4 folders)
Discover America campaign, 1965-1966
General, 1955-1956
69 General, 1957-1976 (3 folders)
Statistics, 1962-1967 (3 folders)
Organizations
General
American Federation of Government Employees, 1972-1976
American Legion, 1977
Gridiron Club Dinner, 1968
Medic Alert, 1961-1977 (2 folders)
70 Moral Rearmament, 1955-1958 (2 folders)
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1974-1976 (4 folders)
Travel industry
Air Transport Association (ATA)
General correspondence, 1957
Facilitation meetings, 1963-1965 (2 folders)
Facilitation committee, 1980
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Annual conference, Dublin, 1962
Facilitation meetings
New York, 1973
Singapore, 1976
International Civil Aviation Organization
Passport Panel
Memoranda, 1968-1980
Reports, 1969-1972
71 Report, U.S., 1974
Passport issuance
Application forms
Assumed names
Authentication function, 1976
Bicentennial passports
Cases
General
Aptheker, Herbert
Cohen, Morris and Leontina
Hall, Gus
Schuster, Seymour, 1972 [SEE ALSO: Issues-Oath of Allegiance]
Clerks of court, 1969
Consular functions
General correspondence, 1973-1976
72 Examples of passports issued (passport spoilage), 1958 (3 folders)
Passport spoilage, 1958-1964
Southeast Asia inspection trip, 1973
Taiwan, 1971
Costs of issuing passports, 1977
Court case: Bellei v. Rusk
Diplomatic passports
Arthur Goldberg case, 1972-1973
Index of approvals and denials
Memoranda, 1925-1968 (4 folders)
73 Memoranda, 1969-1977 (4 folders)
The Collapse of the Diplomatic Passport System, 1976 (report, 3 folders)
74 The Collapse of the Diplomatic Passport System – Attachments 59-84
(2 folders)
Employee Services Center, State Department, 1976-1977
Fees
Memoranda, 1968-1977
Reports, 1973
75 Reports, 1976
Lost or stolen passports
Mail-in applications, 1976
Mock passports
Passport validity
Place of birth on passports
Puerto Rico, 1966-1976 (4 folders)
Refusal of passport-Articles about, 1956
Regulations, 1938
Replacement passports
Sample passports
Passport Production
Bicentennial passport, 1976 (2 folders)
Color passport photos, 1958-1961
Cost of production, 1975-1976
Design - History
Dual-language passport, 1974
76 Lamination, 1977
Legends and seals, 1962
Magnetic techniques study, Burroughs Corp., 1977
Master Control Facility
Memoranda, 1976-1977
Report, 1977
Report: Development of the U.S. Passport, 1960 (4 folders)
77 Travel Document Issuance System (TDIS)
General, 1968-1977 (7 folders)
Reports
Execution Phase, Project Plan, 1974
Travel Document Issuance System, February 1976
78 Execution Plan, August 1976
Personnel
Attorneys
Debt complaints against employees
Discrimination cases: Jenkins vs. Knight, 1977
Domestic staffing pattern, 1975-1977 (2 folders)
Efficiency reports, 1961-1962
Employee Interview Project, 1975
Domestic staffing pattern
Memoranda and worksheets
Questionnaires (3 folders)
79 Questionnaires (4 folders)
Foreign Service Officers in Passport Office, 1970-1976 (2 folders)
Memoranda, 1963-July 1975 (6 folders)
80 Memoranda, Aug 1975-1977 (5 folders)
Infighting, 1970-1976
Lists of employees
Overtime, 1962-1977 (2 folders)
Personnel raids controversy, 1962-1963
Background material
Memoranda
81 Drafts of memoranda (2 folders)
Reclassification of Director's position
Correspondence, 1970-1974 (4 folders)
Memoranda, 1969-1974 (3 folders)
Press clippings, 1970-1974
Seasonal employees, 1977
Security clearance, 1976
Shift operations, 1970 June-1971 June
82 Shift Operations, 1971, July-July (3 folders)
Staff meeting minutes, 1961-1976 (2 folders)
Workload and backlogs, 1963-1977 (4 folders)
Phone logs – Director's Office, 1958-Aug 1969 (10 folders)
83 Phone logs – Director's Office, Sep 1969-1972 (10 folders)
84 Phone logs – Director's Office, 1973-1976 (8 folders)
85 Phone logs – Director's Office, 1977 (2 folders)
Press releases and circulars, 1960-1977 (4 folders)
Accomplishments, 1973-1977
Forecast of citizen departures to Europe, 1978-1983 (2 folders)
Summary of passport statistics, 1960-1982 (4 folders)
86
Publications
Books
The American Passport, History and Digest, 1898
The United States Passport – Past Present and Future, 1976 (3 folders)
Brochures
Information for Bearers of Passports, 1954
Now That You Have a Passport, 1973-1977
You and Your Passport, 1970-1977
Pamphlet: "The Reorganization of the Passport Office," 1955
Publication revisions, general, 1976-1977
Records Management
Files Miniaturization Project, 1974-1977 (4 folders)
General memoranda, 1973-1977
National Archives and Records Service study, 1972-1973 (2 folders)
87 Statistics
General, 1957-1977 (4 folders)
Report, unidentified, 1977
Weekly summary report of applications, 1976-1977 (2 folders)
Training
Handbooks and manuals
Correspondence guide, 1955
Adjudicator Training Program, Part I, 1957 (3 folders)
Foreign Passport and Travel Control Procedures, 1958
88 Foreign Passport and Travel Control Procedures, 1958 (3 folders)
Adjudicator Training Program, Part II, 1958 (3 folders)
Clerk of Court Handbook on Passports, 1970
Briefing Information for Foreign Services Inspectors, Jan 1970
Foreign Service Institute Consular Operations Course, Apr 1970
89 Foreign Service Institute Consular Operations Course, Apr 1970
Briefing Information for Foreign Service Inspectors, Jan 1971
History of a Passport Fraud, Sep 1971
A Guide for Passport Office Peak Season Employees, Jan 1972
A Guide for Passport Office Public Inquiries Personnel, July 1972
Passport Agent's Manual, 1974
Guidelines for Official Tours, 1974-1975
Fraud Training Materials, Apr 1976 (2 folders)
Birth Registration Card Guide, June 1976
Passport Agent's Manual, Sep 1976
Memoranda and reports, 1970-1977 (5 folders)
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FEDERAL AGENCY FILES
90 State Department
Deputy Undersecretary of State – Administration/Management
Crockett, William, 1964-1969 (2 folders)
Rimestad, Idar, 1969
Macomber, William
Clippings, 1969-1975
Memoranda for the files, Frances Knight Parrish, 1969
Memoranda, general, 1970-1973 (4 folders)
Memoranda, drafts from Frances Knight
Tarr, Curtis, 1973-1974 (2 folders)
Brown, L. Dean, 1974 (2 folders)
91 Eagleburger, Lawrence, 1975-1977
Moose, Richard, 1977
Secretary of State
Rogers, William, 1968-1970 (2 folders)
Kissinger, Henry, 1970-1975
Vance, Cyrus, 1977
Other Department personnel
Eagleburger, Lawrence-Assistant to Secretary of State, 1974-1975
Hemenway, John
Memoranda and correspondence, 1965-1974 (3 folders)
Background information and clippings, 1968-1976 (2 folders)
Norpel, John, 1965-1966
Otepka, Otto
Clippings, 1963-1971 (5 folders)
92 Correspondence, 1965-1976 (2 folders)
Richardson, Elliot, 1969-1976
Subject Files
Biographical Register, 1976
Congressional hearings and testimony instructions
Consular conferences, 1955; 1972-1977 (2 folders)
Consular corps
General
Staff
Bunker, Ellsworth, 1958-1967
Malott, John, 1971-1973
Schute, Norman, 1968-1972
Shelton, Turner, 1977
Young, Philip, 1958
93 Consultants
Consumer representation plan, 1975
Dissent
Employee political activities
Policies
Reports by Knight, 1970
Foreign Service
Charles Thomas case, 1971-1972
Foreign Service officers, 1969-1976
Grievance procedures
Maps of Foreign Service posts, 1964, 1975
Honorary citizenship-Alexander Solzhenitsyn case, 1975
Legal Adviser, Office of, 1968-1969
Management reform initiative, 1970
Task force reports
Task force I: Career management
Task force III: Personnel requirements
Task force IV: Personnel training
Task force V: Personnel perquisites
Task force VI: Recruitment and employment
Task force VII: Stimulation of creativity
Task force VIII: The role of the country director
Task force IX: Openness in the foreign affairs community
Task force X: Reorganization of the Foreign Service Inst.
Task force XI: Roles and functions of diplomatic missions
Task force XII: Management evaluation systems
Task force XIII: Management tools
Published report: Diplomacy in the 70's
Ad Hoc Women's Committee
Newsletters
Management Reform Bulletin, 1971-1972
Newsbrief, Federal Women's Program Coordinators, 1976-1977
Organization
95 Personnel
General
Lists of personnel, 1954-1968 (2 folders)
Report, "Personnel Management in the Department of State," U.S. Civil Service Commission, January 1975
Salary scales, 1955-1958
Regulations on employee conduct, 1966
Saltonstall Committee (Secretary's Committee to Facilitate Travel)
Passport Office Data, March 1970
Passport Office Data, Appendix (4 folders)
Discussion outline for meeting, March 12, 1970
Memoranda
Report of Committee (annotated by Knight), June 1970
Passport Office analysis of committee report, June 1970
Seal of the State Department, 1974-1975
96 Staff communication
U.S. Information Agency / U.S. Information Exchange
Catalogs of filmstrips
Committee on Attestation, 1952-1953
International Information and Educational Exchange Program, Budget Presentation, 1951 (2 folders)
Memoranda, general, 1950-1955
Notes of Frances Knight Parrish, ca. 1952
Organization
Pamphlets
Campaign of Truth, 1951
Information on the Marshall Plan for Americans Going Abroad (Economic Cooperation Administration)
Policy guidance (Special Instructions), 1952
Private Enterprise Cooperation, 1952
Psychological warfare
General instructions
Presentation on Soviet psychological warfare
Radio Free Europe, 1951
Reports
Congressional committee prints
Reports from the field, 1951
Soviet Propaganda: Summary of Conventional Media, 1951
Training and orientation
1950 September-1951 July
97 1951 August-December
1952
U.S. Education and Information Exchange Act of 1948
Voice of America
Women's programs, 1950-1952
Visas
Proposed transfer of visa functions, 1957-1960 (3 folders)
Department of Commerce, Travel Advisory Committee, Report of Subcommittee on Visa Problems, 1961
Visa waiver legislation, 1972-1975
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
Frances Knight, 1952-1955
Consular Offices
General, 1953-1955
Paris, 1953-1955
Directories
98 Memoranda
Correspondence – Outgoing, Mar-Nov 1953 (9 folders)
99 Correspondence – Outgoing, Dec 1953-1955 (15 folders)
Criticism of State Department, 1953-1955 (2 folders)
Press clippings, 1953-1955
Press relations, 1953-1955
Reports and Studies
1953-1955 (2 folders)
Inspection of the Office of Administrator, 1953
Survey of Personnel, 1953
Shipley, Ruth-Medal of Merit campaign, 1952-1953
Training and Orientation, 1953-1955
100 United Nations General Assembly, 1953-1954
Employee investigations, September 1953
Administrators
McLeod, Scott
Clippings, 1953-1954
Congressional hearings, 1957
Correspondence, 1953-1956
O'Connor, Roderick, 1957-1958
Clippings
Correspondence
Schwartz, Abba P.
General, 1963-1971
Immigration Reform, 1963-1964
Memoranda, 1963-1965 (3 folders)
Passport application, 1968
Resignation, 1966
Clippings
Correspondence to Knight from public A – B
101 Correspondence to Knight from public C – Z (12 folders)
Heymann, Philip, Acting Administrator, 1966
Watson, Barbara
Analysis of Watson memorandum of April 8, 1971
Clippings, 1966-1974 (2 folders)
102 Clippings, 1975-1980
Clippings – Obituaries, 1983
Descriptions of Watson by Frances Knight
Drafts of memoranda from Frances Knight
Passport applications, 1948-1969
Walentynowicz, Leonard, 1974-1976 (2 folders)
Memoranda files
Frances Knight to Barbara Watson, Aug 1968-June 1970 (5 folders)
103 Frances Knight to Barbara Watson, July 1970-1973 (5 folders)
Frances Knight to William Dale
Barbara Watson to Frances Knight, Aug 1968-Jan 1971 (6 folders)
104 Barbara Watson to Frances Knight, Feb 1971-Oct 1974 (9 folders)
105 Barbara Watson to Frances Knight, Nov-Dec 1974 (2 folders)
SCA staff, other than Administrator
Adamson, Hugh, 1970
Dale, William, 1970-1971
Greene, Joseph, 1968-1969
Hennemeyer, Robert, 1977
Lyman, Laurence, 1968-1970
Recknagel, Thomas, 1974
Smith, Frederick, 1966-1974 (2 folders)
Somerville, Ronald, 1969-1970
Wetzork, Harry, 1969
Yntema, Hessel, 1963-1964
Digest of SCA memoranda, 1971 (prepared by Passport Office)
106 Passport Office staff to SCA, 1968-1970 (8 folders)
Subject files
Application for position of administrator, Frances Knight, 1969
Correspondence, Congress
Correspondence, White House
Budget
Cuban travel, 1963-1964
Delays in answering Passport Office correspondence, 1963
Delays in processing requisitions for Passport Office, 1963
Delays in handling Passport Office bills, 1962-1964
Denials and opposition to Passport Office requests, 1977
Documentation for the case against SCA, 1972-1973
Domestic staffing pattern, 1972
Hiring freeze, 1977
107 Inspector General's report on the management of consular affairs, 1974
Drafts of report
Memoranda
Notes of Passport Office staff concerning inspector's visit
Report on inspector's visit to Passport Office Divisions
Report of Passport Office staff on finished report
Report of Visa Office staff on finished report
Newsletters, 1976-1983
Passport files requested by SCA, 1966
Personnel lists, 1953-1977
Procedures for communications clearance, 1977
Proposed merger between SCA and Passport Office
Background notes, 1962
Reports - Bontempo Report: "Reorganization of SCA", 1962
Reports - General reports, 1966-1977
Public relations, 1964-1977 (3 folders)
108 Requests from SCA for information, 1963-1968
Staff meetings, 1963-1975 (2 folders)
Surveys, 1963-1970
Visa Office
Proposed Visa legislation, 1957-1975 (7 folders)
Visa Task Force Report, 1949
Other Federal agencies
Agriculture Department
Brochures for travelers, 1972-1974
Plant Quarantine Division
Activities Reports, 1960-1965 (5 folders)
109 Activities Reports, 1966-1977 (11 folders)
Correspondence, 1961-1976 (2 folders)
Civil Service Commission, 1966-1977
Civilian Defense, Office of
General, 1943-1948
110 Publications, "Civil Defense for National Security," 1948
Report of Frances Knight, on visits to State Defense Councils, 1943
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign Commerce-Survey of International Travel
Bureau of the Census – Preliminary Report on 1957 Travel Survey
Office of International Travel
Visit Wonderland U.S.A. campaign, 1961
Booklet, galley proof
Correspondence
Report
Travel Service, U.S. News clippings, 1962-1966 (3 folders)
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Appropriations Testimony, 1971-1972
Correspondence - General
Correspondence – Hoover, J. Edgar
Press releases
111 Immigration and Naturalization Service
Correspondence, general, 1962-1975
Report, "Alien Documentation and Identification" 1976
Travel statistics, 1954-1955
Postal Service, U.S.
Passport issuance, 1970-1977 (6 folders)
Reports from Passport Office
Report from Frances Knight to Rep. H.R. Gross, 1970
"Report of Postal Service Passport Operations," 1974
Treasury, U.S. Department of
Bureau of Customs / Customs Service
Brochures, 1961-1974
Correspondence, 1962
112 Correpondence, 1966-1977 (4 folders)
News clippings, 1961-1967 (2 folders)
News releases, 1969-1977 (5 folders)
175th anniversary, 1964
Speakers’ kit, 1967
Internal Revenue Service, 1977
Government committees
Federal Advisory Committee on False Identification
Background reading, 1973-1976
113 Correspondence, 1974-1976 (3 folders)
Reports
Report of the Executive Steering Committee, draft
Preliminary Proposals, January 1976
The Criminal Use of False Identification, 1976
Roster
Wright Commission on Government Security
Clippings
Correspondence, 1956-1957 (3 folders)
Related documents, 1949-1957
114 Congress
House and Senate Hearings on Budget-Excerpts compiled by Passport Office,
1945-1972 (12 folders)
115 House and Senate Hearings on Budget-Excerpts compiled by Passport Office,
1973-1977 (3 folders)
House Committees
Appropriations, Subcommittee on State Department
Hearings excerpted by Passport Office, 1958-1973 (3 folders)
Memoranda, Passport Office, 1970-1977 (3 folders)
Reports, Passport Office
Special Handling Fees, 1970
Rep. John Rooney, Chairman
Clippings, 1965-1974 (3 folders)
116 Correspondence about, 1955-1974 (2 folders)
Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on State Department Organization
Authorization of Passport Office funding, 1970-1977
Hearings, 1968-1971 (3 folders)
Rep. Wayne Hays, Chairman, 1969-1976 (3 folders)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Finance & Commerce Subcommittee
Hearings on Office of International Travel, 1961 (2 folders)
117 Select Committee on Aging, 1977
Senate Committees
Appropriations, Hearings, 1968-1978 (4 folders)
Foreign Relations
Hearings, Passport Legislation, 1958
Hearings, Passport Legislation, 1959
State Department Authorization, 1973-1977
Government Operations
Reports on Reorganization of Passport Office, 1956-1959
Justice
Criminal Laws and Procedures Subcommittee, 1977
Internal Security Subcommittee
Correspondence
Littman, Warren, Associate Chief Counsel, 1975
Sourwine, Julien, Chief Counsel, 1966-1974
Passport Office data requested for hearings, 1962-1963
Reports, 1973-1977
118 Bills for the Relief of the Passport Office 1956-1973 (3 folders)
Senate Passport Legislation in the 86th Congress" 1959 (4 folders)
Excerpts of Passport-related legislation, 1959-1961 (2 folders)
119 Summary of Passport-related legislation, 1958-1964
Legislation, 1962-1975 (3 folders)
U.S. Passport Service - Proposed,
General, 1957-1970
H.R. 13123, hearings transcripts, 1970
Legislation introduced, 1973
Report from Frances Knight to Curtis Tarr, 1973-1975 (2 folders)
120 Report from Frances Knight to Curtis Tarr, 1976-1977
Correspondence with members of Congress
House
Ashbrook, John, 1967-1977
Auchincloss, James, 1958-1964
Bolton, Frances, 1964-1970
Bow, Frank, 1958-1972
Cederberg, Elford, 1971
Devine, Samuel, 1973-1977
Gross, H.R., 1970-1974
Hyde, Henry, 1982
Springer, William, 1970-1971
Taber, John, 1956
Senate
Armstrong, William, 1985
Bible, Alan, 1955-1964
Bridges, Styles, 1956
Curtis, Carl, 1975-1978
Goldwater, Barry, 1971
Hartke, Vance, 1971
Heinz, John, 1982
Helms, Jesse, 1977
Hruska, Roman, 1965-1976
Humphrey, Hubert, 1971-1977
McCarthy, Joseph, 1953
McClellan, John, 1964-1966, 1976
Mundt, Karl, 1952-1959
Murphy, George, 1966-1975
Pell, Clairborne, 1961-1967
Randolph, Jennings, 1971
Scott, Hugh, 1976
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1964-1971
Other Congressional correspondence
General, 1950-1984 (2 folders)
Messages of support to Congressional leadership, 1976-1977
121 Responses to Knight's Christmas letters, 1958-1971 (4 folders)
Responses to Passport Office report, 1955
House
Senate
Responses to Passport Office year-end report, 1977
Reference information
Background information, 95th Congress, 1977 (2 folders)
Major Issues of 1952, Staff of the Senate Minority Policy Comm.
Roster, U.S. Senate, 1979
122 Presidential Administrations
Kennedy, John F., 1962
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1966-1969
Nixon, Richard M.
Clippings, 1969-1974
Correspondence
General, 1969-1974
Rumsfeld, Donald
Woods, Rose Mary, 1970-1971
Transition briefings, 1968-1969
Ford, Gerald R.
General, 1975-1976
Attorney Generals
Levi, Edward, 1975-1976
Saxbe, William, 1974
Carter, Jimmy
Clippings, 1976-1977
Correspondence
General, 1977
Lance, Bert, 1977
Transition, 1976-1977
Turner, Stansfield, 1977
Reagan, Ronald
Correspondence, personal, 1980-1988
Transition team
Correspondence, general, 1980-1981
Weinberger, Caspar, 1980
Bush, George H.
Transition, 1989-Briefing reports
Agriculture, Department of (2 folders)
Commerce, Department of
Energy, Department of (3 folders)
Health and Human Services, Department of (2 folders)
Historic Preservation, Advisory Council on
Independent Regulatory Agencies (2 folders)
Institute of Museum Services
Intergovernmental Relations, Advisory Commission on
National Archives
National Endowment for the Arts
Office of Technology Policy (3 folders)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (6 folders)
Selective Service System
Small Business Administration (4 folders)
Smithsonian Institution
Tennessee Valley Authority
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