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Legislative Assistant (Josephine Wilson) Files, 1965-73. (Boxes I1‑I24, 9.6 linear feet)
Josephine E. Wilson served on the staff of the House Minority Leader as a legislative assistant from 1956 to 1973, under Joseph W. Martin, Charles A. Halleck, and Gerald R. Ford.  In 1973, Ms. Wilson moved to the Office of the Vice President as legislative secretary in charge of monitoring House activities.

The files herein described reflect three principal duties assigned Ms. Wilson as legislative assistant, 1965‑73:

  1. Clerk of the Republican Committee on Committees, which made all committee assignments of House Republicans;
  2. Administrative assistant relating to the appointment of Republican Congressmen to special boards, committees, and commissions and international study groups;
  3. Assistant with clerical and administrative duties relating to Republican‑appointed employees of the House.

Material concerning Wilson's duties in the Office of the Vice President will be found in the files of Walter Mote, Assistant to the President of the Senate, in the Ford Vice Presidential Papers.

Compiled by William McNitt, April 1979