Correspondence, clippings, reports, and other documents concerning the day to day functioning of the newspaper, as well as the Daily News foreign news service, labor issues, and financial matters. Folders with major correspondents such as Edward Price Bell, Walter Strong and Charles Dennis may contain a variety of materials, notes, reports and clippings, while many advertising and syndication companies' folders contain promotional materials. It would appear that virtually all correspondence in this series passed over Lawson's desk, whether written directly to him or to others pertaining to specific issues. Letters, clippings and proofs are often marked with notes written by Lawson and replies from his staff including Charles Dennis, Walter Strong, Hopewell Rogers and his longtime secretary Wilhelmina Werner. Of potential interest are materials pertaining to labor disputes with news carriers and composing room employees as well as Lawson's concern with truth in advertising in regard to medical products.