Papers, 1930-1957.

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Papers, 1930-1957.

The collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, reports, and campaign material. The materials pertain to Ryan's electoral campaigns, his career as a member of the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Budgetary Commission, the Medical Center Commission, and the Swedish Tercentenary of 1938. Correspondents include William G. Stratton, Henry Honor, Dwight Green, Anton J. Cermak, Edward J. Kelly, James A. Farley, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

3.5 linear ft.

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Kelly, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1950

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Edward Joseph Kelly (b. May 1, 1876, Chicago-d. Oct. 20, 1950), civil engineer and mayor of Chicago. From the description of Kelly, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1950 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570025 ...

Cermak, Anton Joseph, 1873-1933

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Illinois Budgetary Commission

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The Illinois Budgetary Commission (1937-1972), composed of the Governor, the House and Senate appropriations committee chairmen, and two members from each General Assembly chamber, was to study all state expenditures, income, and license tax fees; and to formulate a plan for salary, wage, fee and service standardization and classification. To carry out commission study projects, the executive director's office was established (1957), with specific duties which included making cost studies and ma...

Illinois Medical Center Commission

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Stratton, William G.

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Illinois governor, 1953-1961; state treasurer, 1943-1945, 1951-1953; Illinois Congressman at large, 1941-1943, 1947-1949. As governor he dealt with reapportionment, highway building and maintenance, education, establishing the Department of Personnel, Governors Conferences and Executive Mansion renovation. As treasurer he modernized the office to promote efficiency. As congressman he served on the Banking and Currency Committee and sponsored legislation allowing displaced persons from Europe to ...

Ryan, Frank, b. 1886.

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Frank Ryan (1886- ) was an Illinois State Representative from 1914 until 1940. At that time, he became an Illinois state senator and served in the Illinois Senate from 1940 until 1956. From the description of Papers, 1930-1957. (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 53823107 ...

Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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Business executive and U.S. postmaster general 1933-1940. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446088 James A. Farley was a Democratic party leader and a U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of James A. Farley letter, 1971 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122411243 Politician. From the description of Reminiscences of James Aloysius ...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Green, Dwight H. (Dwight Herbert), 1897-1958

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Republican governor of Illinois from 1941-1949, who had served as special assistant to the United States District Attorney for the Northern District and had successfully prosecuted several notorious gangsters, including Al Capone, prior to entering politics. From the description of Papers, 1939-1950. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592567 Dwight H. Green (1897-1958) served as governor of Illinois (1941-1949). The Cook County Republican had previ...

Honor, Henry

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