Ida Merriam papers, 1926-1979 (bulk 1940-1970).

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Ida Merriam papers, 1926-1979 (bulk 1940-1970).

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This collection contains minutes, contracts, reports, legislative bills, statements, publications, correspondence, memos, and testimony, 1926-1979. The papers relate to Merriam's work with the Social Security Bureau of Research and Statistics and represent a broad range of research topics associated with the Social Security Administration. Administrative files outlining Social Security Administration goals illustrate major research and policy interests of the time period. Strengths of the collection include documents relating to health and disability insurance, poverty studies, and welfare.

28 linear feet.

George Washington University

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Merriam, Ida Craven, 1904-

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Ida C. Merriam (1904-1997) began working in Social Security in 1936, when she joined what become the Social Security Administration's Research and Statistics Bureau and rose to become head of the Bureau's Division of Coordination Studies, then Assistant Director and then Director of Research and Statistics. She retired in 1972 as Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Research and Statistics. She led studies on disability and health insurance, drafted reports for congressional committees, and d...

United States. Social Security Administration

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National Academy of Social Insurance (U.S.)

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