Correspondence with non-departmental commissions and boards, 1906-1962.

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Correspondence with non-departmental commissions and boards, 1906-1962.

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State commission and board (e.g., American Negro Emancipation; Cities and Villages; Displaced Persons; Inter-Racial; Lake Michigan Fish Protective; Medical Center; Protection of the American Hertiage; State Scholarship; Toll Highway; Waukegan Port District Commissions) separate from code departments or agencies (pre-1917); and Merit System Council correspondence are filed with this series. The Merit System Council, a major Civil Service Commission adjunct, supervised personnel activities for downstate county departments. Its records include rules and regulations; and Attorney General opinions. Other correspondence between Civil Service Commission and Department of Personnel discusses holidays; salaries; and employee job classifications. Civil service memoranda subjects include volunteer consultants; World War II certified employees; fair employment practices; employees' duties; Civil Service Commission examiner assignments and hearing attendance; recruiting visits; municipal and other state civil service laws and procedures; political patronage problems; civil service system research; modern personnel management techniques; grant proposals; examination advertising methods; state property inventories; and charitable contributions.

25 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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