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Herman Miles Somers papers 1936-1979

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Correspondence, teaching papers, organization and subject files and writings reflecting various aspects of Somers' career as a teacher of political science at Harvard, Haverford and Princeton (1947-1979), as a member of task forces developing the Medicare program, and as a prolific writer in the field of American health policy. His five books on health care were all written in collaboration with his wife, Anne Ramsay Somers. Correspondence with friends and colleagues is conncentrated on the subject of medical care and health policy. Important writers are Eveline M. Burns, Wilbur J. Cohen, Phillip L. Garman, John M. Gaus, and William Haber. Other correspondents include Walter A. Heller, Jacob Javits, Hubert Humphrey, Henry A. Kissinger, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Max Lerner, Richard Titmuss, and Edwin Witte. Somers' organization and subject files, which make up nearly half the papers, contain material on health insurance, medical economics, malpractice and health care policy and health insurance legislation in New Jersey. A series of letters from Somers written from Germany immediately after World War II describe the period of reconstruction there. Also in the papers are speeches, essays, reviews and drafts for his books. These papers form part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection.

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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