{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"emph\">Correspondence series, 1931-1987 (2 lin. ft.).</span>The folders in this series contain original incoming and carbon copies of outgoing letters arranged chronologically (1962-1980), with the bulk from 1969 and 1970. Included are numerous invitations to speak at conferences, lecture series and commencement ceremonies; invitations to join advisory boards of financial institutions, foundations and community organizations; letters appointing Weaver to various city and state posts; requests for interviews, and permission to reprint articles, essays and speeches. In letters to college students, Weaver expresses his views on his role as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the role of the presidential cabinet under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. The files also contain related printed materials including brochures, programs, annual reports, memberships lists of task forces and boards of directors, and newspaper clippings. Some organizations represented in this series include the National Conference of Christians and Jews, American Statistical Association, Committee for Economic Development, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing.</p> <p>The majority of the files are arranged alphabetically, and chronologically within each folder. Included are letters documenting Weaver's participation on boards of directors (Bowery Savings Bank, Lavanburg Foundation), committees and task forces (Metropolitan Life, Harvard Graduate Society, National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, General Accounting Office), at conferences and symposiums (Rehovot Conference on Urbanization and Development in Developing Countries, (Israel) and YMCA Conference on Urban and Human Renewal (Sweden)), and as a visiting professor (University of Southern California). Correspondents include: Benjamin Hooks, Basil Paterson, Ted Kennedy, Roy Wilkins, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Hugh Carey, Abraham <span class=\"emph\">Beame,</span>Edward Koch, Patricia Roberts Harris, Birch Bayh, A. Leon Higginbotham, Mary McLeod Bethune, Coretta Scott King, Robert F. Wagner, and Vernon E. Jordan.</p>"}