Papers, 1948-1978.

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Papers, 1948-1978.

Correspondence, reports, mss. of writings, minutes, photos, clippings, and audio tapes, relating to legislative politics, governmental studies and reorganization, constitutional conventions, budget restoration, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) faculty conferences, Illinois Commission to Study State Government (chaired by Walter V. Schaefer), Illinois State Personnel Administration Commission, Illinois Commission on the Organization of the General Assembly (chaired by Rep. Harold A. Katz), conferences for new state legislators, Illinois Commission on State Government and Illinois Commission on Local Government, National Municipal League, American Society for Public Administration, and American Association of University Professors. Includes material concerning Orville Hodge, Leo Koch, and Revilo P. Oliver. Correspondents include Harold A. Katz, Otto Kerner, and Paul Simon.

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Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976

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Kerner was a Chicago lawyer, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, county judge, Illinois governor (1961-1968), and court of appeals judge, from which post he was removed after a criminal conviction. He spent some months in the Federal Correctional Institution at Lexington, Kentucky. From the description of Letters, August 10, 1974; January 10 and 29, 1975. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 434841882 Kerner was a Chicago lawyer, U. S....

Katz, Harold, 1921-

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Schaefer, Walter V. (Walter Vincent), 1904-

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Chicago lawyer, Illinois Supreme Court Justice (1951-1976), administrative assistant to Governor Adlai Stevenson II and chairman of the Commission to Study State Government (1949-1951). Schaefer also served as a law professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from 1940 to 1951. From the description of Papers, 1941-1953 bulk (1949-1951) (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 24439345 ...

Illinois. State Personnel Administration Commission

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Oliver, Revilo P. (Revilo Pendleton), 1910-

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Illinois. Commission to Study State Government

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The Illinois Legislative Council (1937-), composed of equal numbers of senators and representatives plus the Senate president pro tempore, the House Speaker, and both minority leaders, studies state government and general public welfare; constitutional and statutorial effectiveness; public policy; and assists with legislation preparation. Council research staff prepare formal research reports based on legislator proposals; make periodic reports and recommendations to General Assembly; provide qu...

Illinois. Commission on the Organization of the General Assembly

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The Commission on the Organization of the General Assembly (1965-1969), composed of the Speaker of the House; Senate president; five additional members each from the House and Senate; and ten citizens appointed by the Speaker and president pro tempore, was to study and evaluate General Assembly operation and organization with special attention to rules and procedures; manpower, equipment, facilities, and appropriations; legislative service agency organization and operation; printing and statione...

Simon, Paul, 1928-2003

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U.S. Senator, Congressman, presidential candidate, Illinois lieutenant governor and member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois State Senate, author. Bought a newspaper in Troy, Ill. when he was 19 and eventually owned 14 newspapers. Authored books on Elijah Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln as well as issues like world hunger and the environment. After retiring from the senate he founded the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he taught and con...

Koch, Leonhard

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Hodge, Orville

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Gove, Samuel Kimball

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Professor of political science and director of Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)); b. 1923. From the description of Papers, 1948-1978. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28416773 ...