Claude Pepper Collection

Arrangement

During the processing of this collection, the original order of the files, as reflected in the filing series in his Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida offices, were preserved as closely as possible. The order of files within most series generally follows an alphabetical sequence by subject and/or folder. Many campaign materials and official itineraries are arranged chronologically. Within a file folder, the material was retained in its original state (usually reverse chronological order) as much as possible, unless the arrangement presented access problems to researchers. Two or more file folders with the same title were usually arranged in chronological order:

Box		Folder Number	Title	Starting Date	Ending Date
4		3	Lend-Lease Memorandums	1940/6	1940/7
4		4	Lend-Lease Memorandums	1940/7	1940/8

As is typical of Congressional collections, material related to any one topic may be found in several places according to the use of the information, the creator of the folders, the history of department name changes, or the filing practices of different office staff members. For example, information about Social Security may be found in the following areas:

Record Group 300 - U.S. House of Representatives:

• Series 301 Correspondence
• Subseries 302A Aging Committee
• Subseries 302H National Committee on Social Security Reform
• Subseries 303A Congressional Speeches
• Subseries 303B Speeches (Other Groups)
• Series 305 News Clippings

To insure the preservation of the materials and their accessibility to researchers, photographs, negatives, memorabilia, and recordings were removed from the papers and transferred to their appropriate series. Separation sheets were placed in all folders from which these items were removed as well as in folders to which the items were transferred.