Record Series Name:  CMC Miscellaneous Correspondence 1948-1974
Physical Location:  Box13
Record Series Value (High, Medium, Low):  Estimated as Low-Medium
Record Series Description:  As part of operations, individuals and organizations contact CMC to obtain information.  This would include information about the club, hiking, trails, buying CMC items, and other miscellaneous things.  CMC officers, primarily the club secretary, would respond.  Folders were created that contained this type of correspondence.  Some of these folders are large, especially in the 1960’s and 1970s.  There are few folders of this type prior to 1968 in the CMC collection.  This may indicate that Jerome Dykeman, in compiling the CMC history in the 1950’s and 1960s, considered these records as not essential and discarded them.  Summary of records:
BOX	FOLDER	DESCRIPTION
CMC 2002.2.13	1	CMC correspondence, 1948-1957.  Many of these letters are written to the club from non-members requesting information on hikes and club activities; the club secretary responded.  Some of the letters reflect specific events.  For example, there are several letters thanking people for helping search for a lost hiker.  Some post cards and one telegram are included.  They are arranged by date.  (107 items.)
	2	CMC correspondence, 1961-1969.  Many of these are copies of letters of acceptance to new members.  There are letters describing hikes, new trails, club politics and disagreements.  There is an invitation to a hike on the Appalachian Trail to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, The White House.  (280 items.)
	3	CMC correspondence, 1970.Mostly letters concerning membership.  There are also responses to requests for general information about the area, hiking trails and conditions. (217 items)
	4	CMC correspondence, 1971.  Many copies of letters to new members.  There are clippings and letters describing the fatal fall of a CMC member, and clippings about a proposed "transmountain" road. (290 items.)
	5	CMC correspondence, 1972.  Many of these are copies of responses to requests for guidebooks and trail maps.  (262 items.)
	6	CMC correspondence, 1973. A majority of these are copies of responses to requests from non-members for maps, books, and club information.  (210 items.)
	7	CMC correspondence, 1974.  There are only 18 items in this group; most deal with conservation issues, Appalachian Trail use and maintenance, and are mostly addressed to government officials.