Elmo Roper Papers

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Elmo Roper Papers

1909-1972

Elmo Roper (1900-1971) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, speech cards, articles, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, some job files from Roper Research Associates, and a variety of press releases, advertisements, and legal papers from the various groups and corporations with which he was involved.

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New Jersey League pf Women Voters

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American bar association

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Wisdom Hall of Fame

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American Civil Liberties Union

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Life Underwriters Association

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Bill Leonard

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S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

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Advertising Council

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U.S. Citizen's Committee for NATO

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American society of mechanical engineers

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United States ambassador to India, 1951-1953 and 1963-1969. From the description of The Indo-American development program : the problems and opportunities : mimeograph, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867525 Chester Bowles was born on April 5, 1901, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1924 (B.S.) and established the advertising firm of Benton and Bowles, with William Benton, in 1929. Bowles served in the Office of Price Administration ...

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

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Republic Aviation

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The Fund for the Republic originated with a 15 million-dollar grant from the Ford Foundation, and its primary mission at the outset was to award grants and fellowships to individuals and organizations such as the American Friends Service Committee and the Southern Region Conference. The Fund also sponsored projects on such topics as academic freedom, American traditions, blacklisting, censorship, civil liberties, due process, educational activities, extremist groups, foreign policy,...

Regional Plan Association (New York, N.Y.)

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Hawkins, William E.

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Metopolitan Life Insurance COmpany

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Connecticut Committee on Civil Rights

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Standard Oil of New Jersey

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Cereal Institute

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National Meat Canners Association

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Martin, Bennett S.

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Moore, Hugh

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Epithet: of Hillsborough, county Down British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x00029c Epithet: of the Irish Nonsubscribing Presbyterians British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x00029d ...

Finch, Robert H.

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Hebron High School

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Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1945

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Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute (U.S.)

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Tiffany & Company

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Hawkins, William

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Epithet: of Add MS 37206 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000111 Epithet: Mayor of Banbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x00010f Epithet: Captain of the 'Hector' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x00010d Epithet: witne...

Atomic Energy Commission

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American Association of Advertising Agencies

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National trade association founded in 1917 to represent the public advertising agency business. From the description of Records, 1918-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81999843 From the description of American Association of Advertising Agencies records, 1918-1998. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247437 1900 American Advertising Agents' Association ...

Fred Roper

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Association of Casualty and Surety Executives (U.S.)

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Breisner, Harold

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Hausman & Sons Foundation

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Baxter, James

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Epithet: of the Russian Education Department British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x000016 ...

Office of Price Administration.

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NBC News.

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Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Estes Kefauver : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419842 Estes Kefauver was a long-time senator from Tennessee and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for president. From the description of Personal papers, 1934-1939 (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 44918282 Carey Estes Kefauver (b. July 26, 1903, Monroe Count...

Urban League

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Connecticut Interracial Commission

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Crossley, Archibald W.

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McMahon, Brien, 1903-1952

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U.S. senator from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Brien McMahon, 1943-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449432 Biographical Note 1903, Oct. 6 Born, Norwalk, Conn. 1924 A.B., Fordham University, New York, N.Y. 1927 L...

University of Nebraska

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The first edition of the Arrowhead was published in December 1899 and came out monthly until 1902. The editorial in this first volume stated that its purpose was "to cheer you in your weary way." The Arrowhead included poetry, columns, editorials and opinions, and a wealth of drawings, cartoons, and caricatures. Contributions were solicited from readers and students but all remained unsigned. Editors explained the publication included local, state, and national items rather than bei...

New York Young Democrats Club

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New York Baord of Trade

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Swift and Company

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University of Bridgeport

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Wyatt, Wilson

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Dodd, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1907-1971

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Thomas Joseph Dodd, the third generation of his family to reside in Connecticut, was born in Norwich on 15 May 1907. During his career he served two terms in the U.S. Senate, and became well known for his work on the Nuremburg Trials where he served as Vice-Chairman of the Review Board and Executive Trial Counsel. After an unsuccessful campaign for the Senate in 1970, Dodd retired from public life and died in 1971 at the age of 64. From the description of Thomas J. Dodd papers, 1919-...

Copy Research Council

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Bronx High School

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Roper Research Associates

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American association for public opinion research

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The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) was founded in 1947 to help stimulate research in public opinion research and its allied fields, facilitate dissemination of research methods, encourage development of professional standards, and promote the use of public opinion research in democratic policy formation. Public Opinion Quarterly, published by the University of Chicago Press, serves as the official journal of AAPOR. From the description of Records, 1946-1984 ...

Sales Executives Club

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Tea Association

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Empire Trust Company

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New School for Social Research.

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Haug Associates, Inc.

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Nylock Corporation

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National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.

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National Book Committee

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Associated Industries of Alabama.

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Market Research Council

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Monclair Forum

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Kewanee Woman's Club

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Kurtz, Howard G.

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Young Men's Business Club

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Atlantic Union

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Kurtz, Howard, 1953-....

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Population Crisis Committee

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Bering Holdings, Ltd.

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American university in Cairo

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Commission Against Discrimination

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Atlantic Council

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Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961

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Prenctice-Hall published The Most Likely to Succeed, by John Dos Passos. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1954. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183400781 ...

Magazine Marketing Service

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Financial Advertisers Association

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Wertheim & Company

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National Association of Cost Accountants (U.S.)

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Council on Social Science Data Archives

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Streit, Clarence K. (Clarence Kirshman), 1896-1986

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Author, editor, and journalist. From the description of Papers of Clarence K. Streit, 1838-1990 (bulk 1939-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071998 From the description of Papers, 1910-1987 (bulk 1939-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28495262 American journalist and author. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williamson [manuscript], 1935 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976010 ...

Bridgeport Association for the United Nations

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McCann Erickson

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Middletowns, Inc.

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National Planning Assoication

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American Municipal Association

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National Institute of Animal Agriculture

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Ratner, Victor M.

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Foreign Policy Association.

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National Association of Railroad Passengers

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American political science association

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Military Chaplins Association

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Sons of the Revolution

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Freedom House.

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Hodgins, Eric

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Epithet: writer, Editorial Vice President 'Time' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x00032e ...

U.S. Brewer Foundation

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Elmo Roper and Associates

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Pratt, Wallace Everette, 1885-1981

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Wallace E. Pratt was born March 15, 1885, in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Pratt received four degrees from the University of Kansas (1908 [2], 1909, 1914) and was names a distinguished Service Citee in 1945. The Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Alumni Award was given to him in 1950. Pratt, the first geologist ever employed by Humble Oil, was considered by many to be one of world's foremost exploration geologists. Pratt acquired considerable land in far west Texas which he later gave to the National Park S...

Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971

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Kurtz, Harriet B.

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Bentsen, William

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Columbia Broadcast System

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Cornell University

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National Society for Business Budgeting

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New York Chamber of commerce

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The New York Chamber of Commerce building stands at 65 Liberty Street, New York City, on the site of the former Real Estate Exchange. The Beaux-Arts style building was designed by architect James Barnes Baker and built in 1901-1902, with later additions and alterations. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. The building housed a trust company banking room on the first floor, and a "Chamber of Commerce," numerous offices and meeting spaces, a clubroom, library, reading room and ki...

Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation.

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Elba Systems

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Bank of New York

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The Bank of New York first opened for business in 1784. From the description of Records, [ca. 1784-1983] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473338 ...

International Research Associates.

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World Federalists

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Atlantic Council of the U.S.

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Spiegel Company

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Spiegel Ten Year Club

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Fulbright, J. W.

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Campaign to Check the Population Explosion

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Connecticut Civil Rights Commission

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Trade Association Executives

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Laura Roper

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Sales Executive Club of New York

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Texas Wesleyan College

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Atlantic Union Committee

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Formed in 1949 to promote the establishment of a federal union of the European and North American democracies; dissolved in 1961. From the description of Records, 1940-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415881 Organization promoting the establishment of a federal union of European and North American democracies. Formed in 1949; dissolved in 1961. From the description of Atlantic Union Committee records, 1940-1968 (bulk 1949-1952). (Unknown). WorldCat record i...