Records, 1936-1939.

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Records, 1936-1939.

Correspondence, memoranda, research materials, speech drafts, printed legislative bills, statistical data, press releases, progress reports, and a final report relating to the origin, procedures, and activities of the Committee. Officers and staff included Louis Brownlow, Luther Gulick, Charles E. Merriam, Dr. Joseph P. Harris, G. Lyle Belsley, A.E. Buck, Laverne Burchfield, Robert H. Connery, Robert E. Cushman, Paul T. David, William Y. Elliott, Herbert Emmerich, Merle Fainsod, James W. Fesler, Katherine Frederic, Patterson H. French, William J. Haggerty, James Hart, Arthur N. Holcombe, Arthur W. Macmahon, Harvey C. Mansfield, Charles McKinley, John F. Miller, John D. Millett, Floyd W. Reeves, Leo C. Rosten, Spencer Thompson, Mary F. Trackett (Reynolds), Schuyler C. Wallace, and Edwin E. Witte. Subjects include administrative reorganization in federal agencies and departments, financial administration, salary studies, the merit system, the Civil Service, the White House Staff, and other aspects of the study and reorganization of administrative management.

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Mansfield, Harvey C. (Harvey Claflin), 1905-1988

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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University. From the description of Papers, 1930-1970. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 15141833 Educator, political scientist. From the description of Reminiscences of Harvey Claflin Mansfield : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733756 Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Government at Columbia University. ...

Haggerty, William James, 1908-....

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President of the College from 1944-1966. Haggerty instituted international studies for undergraduate students. From the description of Papers, 1927-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155503069 ...

Rosten, Leo, 1908-1997

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Jewish-American novelist and humorist. From the description of Collection, 1937-[ongoing] (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 32440261 Author, movie script writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Leo Calvin Rosten : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451403 American author; deputy director, United States Office of War Information, 1942-1943; consultant to the United States War...

Wallace, Schuyler C. (Schuyler Crawford), 1898-1969

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Professor of political science at Columbia University. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1945. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684842 ...

Witte, Edwin E. (Edwin Emil), 1887-1960

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In addition to his academic position (professor of labor economics, University of Wisconsin), Witte served as the secretary and executive director of the U.S. Committee on Economic Security and is considered the "author" of the Federal Social Security Act of 1935. Witte also served in the following positions: senior statistician of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission (1912); special investigator of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (1914); librarian of the Wisc...

Hart, James, 1896-1959

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Holcombe, Arthur N. (Arthur Norman), 1884-1977

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Holcombe graduated from Harvard in 1906 and taught government at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Arthur N. Holcombe, 1932-1972 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973068 Arthur Norman Holcombe (1884-1977), educator and government official, held teaching posts at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the College of Europe, University of California, Stanford University, University of Michigan, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. H...

United States. President's Committee on Administrative Management

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Appointed by President Roosevelt in March 1936 to study administrative management in the government and to submit recommendations to the President. From the description of Records, 1936-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525186 ...

Millett, John D. (John David), 1912-1993

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x000156 John D. Millett was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 14, 1912. He attended DePauw University, graduating with honors in June 1933. Millett married a fellow DePauw student, Catherine Letsinger, on September 2, 1934. That same year, he began graduate study in political science at Columbia University, and the following year...

McKinley, Charles, 1889-1970

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Charles McKinley was born in Fulton, South Dakota and educated at the University of Washington and University of Wisconsin. From 1918 to 1960 he was professor of political science at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He was particularly interested in the theory and practice of public administration and planning, and as a specialist in these fields often served on government committees and commissions. He wrote two major studies on the impact of the Federal government in the Pacific Northwest: Un...

Connery, Robert Howe, 1907-1998

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French, Patterson H. (Patterson Hughes), 1907-1994

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Miller, John F., 1950-....

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Macmahon, Arthur W. (Arthur Whittier), 1890-1980

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Macmahon (1890-1980) was Eaton Professor of Public Administration at Columbia University. (Columbia University B.A., 1912; M.A., 1913, 1915-1917; Ph.D., 1923). From the description of Papers, [ca. 1911]-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122566931 ...

Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1892-1993

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1892 (January 17): Born, Osaka, Japan 1914: B.A., Oberlin College 1920: Ph.D, Columbia University 1920-1960: Staff Member and Director, New York Bureau of Municipal Research 1920-1962 President, Institute of Public Administration 1931-1942 Eaton Professor of Municipal Science and Administration, Columbia University 1936-1938 Served on President's Committee on Administrative Management (better known as the Brownlow Committee) 1939-1946 Member of staff or consultant, War Department, War Production...

Emmerich, Herbert, Dr.

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Papers of Herbert Emmerich, 1931-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958234 ...

Buck, A. E.

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Frederic, Katherine A. (Katherine Amelia), 1904-

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Brownlow, Louis, 1879-1963

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Journalist and public administrator. Director of the Public Administration Clearing House and, earlier, president of the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia. From the description of Louis Brownlow speech, 1941 June 2. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 230814504 Louis Brownlow (1879-1963), journalist and political scientist, wrote The President and the Presidency in 1949, A Passion for Politics in 1955, A Passion for Anonymity in 1958, and Anat...

David, Paul T. (Paul Theodore), 1906-1994

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Economist, government official, University of Virginia Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, author. From the description of Paul T. David papers [manuscript], 1936-1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647906055 Educator and political scientist. From the description of Paul Theodore David Papers [manuscript] 1918-51. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647939754 University of Virginia Professor of Government. F...

Cushman, Robert Eugene, 1889-1969

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Thompson, Spencer

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Burchfield, Laverne

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Fesler, James W. (James William), 1911-2005

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Fesler earned his Harvard AM in 1933 and his PhD in 1935. From the description of Charles W. Eliot as an educational leader / [by] James W. Fesler. 1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511529 James W. Fesler was assistant to the executive secretary, War Production Board from 1941-1943, and chief of the Policy Analysis and Records Branch from 1943-1945. He served as historian of the War Production Board from 1945-1946. From 1935-1951, Fesler taught political sci...

Merriam, Charles Edward, 1874-1953

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Charles E. Merriam was a Political scientist and politician. A.B., Lenox College, 1893; A.B., State University of Iowa, 1895. A.M., Columbia University, 1898; Ph.D., 1900. Docent in political science, University of Chicago, 1900-1902; associate, 1902-1903; instructor, 1903-1905; assistant professor, 1905-1907; associate professor, 1907-1911; professor, 1911-1940; chairman, Department of Political Science, 1923-1940; Morton D. Hull Distinguished Professor of Political Science. Chicago alderman, 1...

Fainsod, Merle, 1907-1972. | How Russia is ruled. Chinese

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Formerly Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard University, Professor Fainsod was the author of "Government and the American economy", "How Russia is ruled", "International socialism and the world war" and other works. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1944-1959. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225769354 Fainsod taught government at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library. ...

Elliott, William Yandell, 1896-1979

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American political scientist; staff director, House Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1947-1949; member, planning board, National Security Council, 1953-1957; consultant to the secretary of state, 1958-1970. From the description of William Yandell Elliott papers, 1925-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870857 Elliott graduated from Harvard in 1918 and taught government and history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Yandell Elliott, 1935...

Reeves, Floyd W. (Floyd Wesley), 1890-1979

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Reynolds, Mary T.

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Lloyd George Reynolds was born in the Canadian province of Alberta. He received his B.A. from the University of Alberta (1931), an M.A. from McGill University (1933), and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was an instructor at Harvard, 1936-1939, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, 1939-1945, and joined the Yale University economics department, 1945-1980, serving as chair of the department since 1951. Reynolds was chief economist of the War Manpower Commission, 1942-1943, and ...

Harris, Joseph Pratt, 1896-1985.

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Belsley, G. Lyle (Gilbert Lyle), 1905-

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Gilbert Lyle Belsley (b. 1905) was the Executive Secretary of the War Production Board from 1942 to 1945. From the description of Belsley, G. Lyle (Gilbert Lyle), 1905- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10626439 ...