[STEINBECK, John]. Organized Bastards of America printed material.[JOHN STEINBECK]. OBA (file folder). Ephemera and correspondence relating to humorous group Organized Bastards of America, includes typed letter carbon John Steinbeck to Hodding Carter, and a few others to John Steinbeck, January-February 1957. -- [JOHN STEINBECK]. United States Information Service (file folder). Typed letter signed to John Steinbeck and reply, 2 leaves, 7 January 1963. -- [JOHN STEINBECK]. United States Information Agency (file folder). Typed letter carbon to William Clark (and Mr. Larson), assistant director of the USIA regarding William Faulkner ("I have talked this over with Bill Faulkner and with a number of other writers, and we have agreed to certain things. 1. That books carry tremendous prestige. 2. That books should be made available. 3. That if available, the Underground of the satellites, and even of Russia, would see that they are distributed.") specifically and more generally his experiences travelling behind the Iron Curtain and Russia on behalf of the State Department and his concern "...to chart lines of communication between the people of our nation and those of other countries." 3 pages, 12 January 1957.(3)