Papers, 1947-1977 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1947-1977 (inclusive).

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Contains personal and professional correspondence, notes, memoranda, manuscripts, book reviews, press releases, teaching materials, offprints of published and unpublished historical and political writings, photographs, scrapbooks, personal and political memorabilia, and speech transcripts. Papers document Merriam's World War II experiences, including research material relating to his account of the Battle of the Bulge, Dark December; his career as Chicago alderman of the Fifth Ward; and his 1955 mayoral candidacy against Richard J. Daley. Materials also reflect positions Merriam held, such as Deputy Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget; aide to President Dwight Eisenhower, Chairman of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; and his connections with the national political and Illinois business communities. Papers constitute an important source on Chicago politics leading up to the Daley regime and the changes in federalism during the 1970s.

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Merriam, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1918-

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Business executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Edward Merriam : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597719 Robert E. Merriam was a Chicago alderman (1947-1955). Merriam was a Chicago mayoral candidate in 1955. From the description of Robert E. Merriam papers, 1947-1955. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713361013 Chicago politician, public administrator, author, and bu...

United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

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United States. Bureau of the Budget

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The records were created and accumulated in 1941 by Eric H. Biddle on behalf of his mission, sponsored by the American Public Welfare Association, to study public welfare conditions and activities in Great Britain under the heavy aerial bombardment of that country. During the mission Mr. Biddle was appointed as Foreign Observer for the Bureau of the Budget, attached to the United States Embassy in London. In this capacity he brought the records of his mission to the Bureau, where they were offic...