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Correspondence, 1934-1980, is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of letters written by the executive secretary, administrative secretary, sponsors, and honorary chairpersons of the Committee. Also included are letters from individuals requesting assistance with immigration and naturalization problems and from persons whose deportation cases had been handled by the Committee. Though much of the correspondence deals with routine matters, there are occasional series of richly informative letters, such as those written by Wallace Spradling in 1935 while he was visiting striking miners in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Correspondence of the 1940s relates primarily to the war and to government policies regarding the foreign-born. Much of the correspondence of the 1950s and 1960s is concerned with the Subversive Activities Control Board case against the Committee. Frequent correspondents include Louise Pettibone Smith, Dwight Morgan, Abner Green, Arthur Moulton, and administrative secretaries Harriet Barron and Annette Provinzano. Some of the richest correspondence is found elsewhere in the collection--in the case files, the subject file, and the area and ethnic committee series.