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Guide to the Charles E. Merriam Papers 1893-1957 University of Chicago Library Guide to the Charles E. Merriam Papers 1893-1957 © 2006 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 8 Information on Use 8 Access 8 Citation 8 Biographical Note 8 Scope Note 9 Related Resources 19 Subject Headings 19 INVENTORY 19 Series I: Personal Papers 19 Subseries 1: Miscellaneous 20 Subseries 2: Family Correspondence 21 Subseries 3: Autobiography 22 Subseries 4: Class notes taken by CEM as a student 22 Sub-subseries 1: American History 22 Sub-subseries 2: Economics and Sociology 23 Sub-subseries 3: Law Courses 23 Sub-subseries 4: Political Philosophy 24 Sub-subseries 5: Miscellaneous 24 Sub-subseries 6: Overseas Study 25 Sub-subseries 7: Documents 27 Series II: General Correspondence 27 Subseries 1: 1902-1908 29 Subseries 2: 1909-1919 31 Subseries 4: 1933-1943 69 Subseries 5: 1944-1952 89 Series III: Chicago Politics 104 Subseries 1: Early Chicago Politics 104 Subseries 2: Charter Conventions 105 Subseries 3: Election Campaigns (other than mayoral) 107 Subseries 4: City Council Service 1900-1917 110 Subseries 5: City Council Committees 111 Subseries 6: Chicago Commission on City Expenditures 111 Subseries 7: Preliminary Reports 112 Subseries 8: Newspaper Clippings on Scandals and Investigations 113 Subseries 9: Transcripts of Testimony Before the Commission 114 Subseries 10: Crime Committee 114 Subseries 11: Politics in the 1920s 115 Subseries 12: Chicago Politics in the 1930s 117 Sub-subseries 1: Election Campaign of 1930 117 Sub-subseries 2: Election Campaign of 1931 117 Sub-subseries 4: Administration of Mayor Cermak 117 Sub-subseries 5: Administration of Mayor Kelly 118 Subseries 13: Chicago Politics in the 1940s 120 Subseries 14: The Charles S. Eaton Papers 121 Subseries 15: Chicago: A More Intimate View of Urban Politics 121 Subseries 16: Regional Studies 122 Sub-subseries 1: The Government of the Metropolitan Region of Chicago 122 Sub-subseries 2: Statistical data on Services in the Region 122 Sub-subseries 3: Other Regional Studies 123 Subseries 17: The Harold Gosnell Papers 123 Sub-subseries 1: Precinct Captain Study 123 Sub-subseries 2: Committeemen 124 Sub-subseries 3: Ward Reports of Election, Referenda, Interviews with Party Workers,124 and Ethnic Data Subseries 18: Election Campaigns 128 Subseries 19: Newspaper Studies 130 Subseries 20: Referendum Study 131 Subseries 21: Statistical Methods 131 Subseries 22: Factorial and Correlational Analysis of Voting Behavior in Chicago,133 1928-1936 Subseries 23: Origin of Party Affiliation Study 135 Subseries 24: Naturalization Study 135 Subseries 25: Other Studies and Miscellaneous Materials 138 Sub-subseries 1: Material for Gosnell's Negro Politicians, 1935 138 Sub-subseries 2: Material for Gosnell and Merriam's Non-Voting, 1924 139 Sub-subseries 3: Miscellaneous Gosnell Materials 139 Series IV: The University of Chicago 140 Subseries 1: Department of Political Science 140 Sub-subseries 1: General 140 Sub-subseries 2: Correspondence 141 Sub-subseries 3: Course Proposals 141 Sub-subseries 4: Budget and Administrative Material 141 Sub-subseries 5: Harvard University 143 Sub-subseries 6: Political Research; Memoranda 143 Sub-subseries 7: Political Research-Projects 143 Subseries 2: Miscellaneous University of Chicago 144 Sub-subseries 1: Division of Social Sciences 144 Sub-subseries 2: General 145 Subseries 3: Senate Committee on Research (Circa 1938) 146 Subseries 4: Senate Committee on University Policy 147 Subseries 5: Institute of Policies 147 Subseries 6: Local Community Research Committee 147 Subseries 7: Social Science Research Committee 148 Series V: Professional Organizations 149 Subseries 1: American Historical Association Investigation of the Social Studies149 in the Schools Subseries 2: American Political Science Association 152 Subseries 3: Commission on Freedom of the Press 153 Subseries 4: Jefferson National Memorial Expansion Association 155 Subseries 5: Social Science Research Council 157 Sub-subseries 1: General 157 Sub-subseries 2: Advisory Committee on Problems Relating to the Negro 157 Sub-subseries 3: Advisory Committee on Social and Economic Research in Agriculture158 Sub-subseries 4: Committee on Aims, Organization, Operation and Executive158 Leadership Sub-subseries 5: Committee on Commissions of Inquiry 158 Sub-subseries 6: Commission of Inquiry on Public Service Personnel 158 Sub-subseries 7: Committee on Fellowships 159 Sub-subseries 8: Committee on Organization for Research in the Social Sciences159 Sub-subseries 9: Committee on Personality and Culture 159 Sub-subseries 10: Committee on Problems and Policy 159 Sub-subseries 11: Committee on Public Relations 159 Sub-subseries 12: Committee on Research Aspects of War 159 Sub-subseries 13: Committee on Review of Council Policy 160 Sub-subseries 14: Committee on Scientific Method 160 Sub-subseries 15: Committee on Social Adjustment 160 Sub-subseries 16: Committee on Social Security 160 Sub-subseries 17: Committee on the Study of the Sources of Information on the160 Operation of the Eighteenth Amendment Sub-subseries 18: Committee on World Regions 160 Sub-subseries 19: Pacific Coast Regional Committee 160 Sub-subseries 20: Program of Research in International Relations 160 Sub-subseries 21: Committee on Public Administration 161 Sub-subseries 22: Conferences, Agendas, Minutes, Discussions 162 Sub-subseries 23: Reports Not Organized by Committee 168 Subseries 6: Spelman Fund 168 Subseries 7: 1313 Organizations 177 Sub-subseries 1: General 177 Sub-subseries 2: American Legislator's Association 177 Sub-subseries 3: American Public Works Association 177 Sub-subseries 4: Public Administration Service 177 Sub-subseries 5: American Municipal Association 178 Sub-subseries 6: International City Managers' Association 178 Sub-subseries 7: Municipal Officers' Association 179 Sub-subseries 8: National Association of Housing 179 Sub-subseries 9: National Municipal League 179 Sub-subseries 10: Council of State Governments 179 Sub-subseries 11: Public Administration Clearing House 180 Series VI: Governmental Services 181 Subseries 1: Loyalty Review Board 181 Subseries 2: National Planning Board 185 Sub-subseries 1: General 185 Sub-subseries 2: Committees 187 Sub-subseries 3: Final Report 188 Sub-subseries 4: Reports, Studies, Speeches 188 Subseries 3: National Resources Committee 189 Sub-subseries 1: General 189 Sub-subseries 2: Advisory Committee 194 Sub-subseries 3: Alaska Resources Committee 194 Sub-subseries 4: Competing Fuels Committee 195 Sub-subseries 5: Energy Resources Committee 195 Sub-subseries 6: Farm Tenancy Study Committee 197 Sub-subseries 7: Industrial Committee 197 Sub-subseries 8: Consumer Study Subcommittee 200 Sub-subseries 9: Housing Subcommittee 201 Sub-subseries 10: Land Use Committee 202 Sub-subseries 11: League of Nations 203 Sub-subseries 12: Local Planning Committee 203 Sub-subseries 13: Mineral Policy Committee 204 Sub-subseries 14: National Zoning Conference 204 Sub-subseries 15: Planning Technicians Conference 204 Sub-subseries 16: Population Problems Committee 205 Sub-subseries 17: Power Policy Committee 206 Sub-subseries 18: Public Works Committee and Projects 206 Sub-subseries 19: Research Committee 208 Sub-subseries 20: Regional Committees 208 Sub-subseries 21: Science Committee 211 Sub-subseries 22: State Section 214 Sub-subseries 23: Symbols and Mapping 217 Sub-subseries 24: Tennessee Valley Authority 217 Sub-subseries 25: Transportation Committee 218 Sub-subseries 26: Urbanism Committee 218 Sub-subseries 27: Water Resources Committee 219 Sub-subseries 28: Committee Pamphlets 226 Subseries 4: National Resources Planning Board 226 Sub-subseries 1: General 226 Sub-subseries 2: Education Committee 238 Sub-subseries 3: Energy Resources Committee 238 Sub-subseries 4: Industrial Committee 240 Sub-subseries 5: Industrial Location Section 242 Sub-subseries 6: International Relations Committee 245 Sub-subseries 7: Land Committee 247 Sub-subseries 8: Latin and Inter-American Affairs 248 Sub-subseries 9: Local Planning Committee 249 Sub-subseries 10: Long Range Relief Committee 249 Sub-subseries 11: Postwar Planning 251 Sub-subseries 12: Public Health Committee 255 Sub-subseries 13: Public Works 255 Sub-subseries 14: Regional Committees 257 Sub-subseries 15: Science Committee 263 Sub-subseries 16: State Planning 264 Sub-subseries 17: Transportation Study 266 Sub-subseries 18: Trends and Stabilization Section 269 Sub-subseries 19: Taxation Study 270 Sub-subseries 20: Housing Study 271 Sub-subseries 21: Wartime Planning 272 Sub-subseries 22: Water Resources Committee 273 Sub-subseries 23: Youth Study 275 Sub-subseries 24: Miscellaneous Reprints in NRPB Files 275 Sub-subseries 25: Pamphlets 276 Sub-subseries 26: Technical papers 277 Subseries 5: President's Committee on Administrative Management 277 Subseries 6: President's Research Committee on Social Trends 282 Series VII: Writings 286 Subseries 1: Book Reviews by Merriam (arranged by author) 287 Subseries 2: Publication Correspondence and Reviews of Merriam's Books 287 Subseries 3: The American Government, 1954 289 Subseries 4: Writings on American Parties and Politics 290 Subseries 5: Writings on Business, Labor, and Government 293 Subseries 6: Government and the Economic Order (unpublished) 294 Subseries 7: Writings on Democracy and Citizenship 295 Sub-subseries 1: General 295 Sub-subseries 2: Papers and Reports by Others 295 Sub-subseries 3: Articles by Merriam 296 Sub-subseries 4: Merriam Speeches 296 Subseries 5: The Making of Citizens, 1931 297 Subseries 6: The New Democracy
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