Correspondence and subject files, 1905-1962.

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Correspondence and subject files, 1905-1962.

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File topics include annual leave policies; records management; civil service lobbying; testing validity (e.g., essay question use; examination confidentiality; uniform scoring; oral examinations); un-American activities, and conscientious objectors (e.g., American Friends Service Committee placement investigation of mental health workers in compliance with Universal Training and Service Act of 1951). Correspondents include federal agencies or private groups (e.g., veterans' and professional associations) determining whether civil service practices were applied fairly to their organizations' members . Also included are special project working papers; commission employee time-and-motion studies; incomplete hearing schedules; discharged state employees lists noting if dismissal was due to patronage or if hearings resulted in dismissal confirmation or reinstatment; and state institution personnel changes (i.e., certifications; resignations) graphs (early 1920s). Published materials include Joliet Prison Post; American Society for Public Administration newsletters; U.S. Bureau of the Census publications which frequently list comparative state employment costs; NAACP press releases on discriminatory hiring; corporate studies and a "Report of an Investigation of the St. Charles School for Boys."

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