Merriam, Charles E., Papers, 1893-1957 (inclusive).

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Author / Creator:Merriam, Charles Edward, 1874-1953.
Description:160.5 linear ft.
Language:English
Subject:Abbott, Edith, -- 1876-1957.
Abbott, Grace, -- 1878-1939.
Addams, Jane, -- 1860-1935.
Benton, William, -- 1900-1973.
Brownlow, Louis, -- 1879-1963.
Dunning, William Archibald, -- 1857-1922.
Eaton, Charles S.
Gosnell, Harold F. -- (Harold Foote), -- 1896-1997
Gulick, Luther Halsey, -- 1892-1993
Ickes, Harold L. -- (Harold LeClair), -- 1874-1952.
Krey, August C. -- (August Charles), -- 1887-1961.
Lasswell, Harold D. -- (Harold Dwight), -- 1902-1978
Merriam, Charles Edward, -- 1874-1953.
Ruml, Beardsley, -- 1894-1960.
White, Leonard Dupee, -- 1891-1958.
Abbott, Edith, -- 1876-1957.
Abbott, Grace, -- 1878-1939.
Addams, Jane, -- 1860-1935.
Benton, William, -- 1900-1973.
Brownlow, Louis, -- 1879-1963.
Dunning, William Archibald, -- 1857-1922.
Gosnell, Harold F. -- (Harold Foote), -- 1896-1997.
Gulick, Luther Halsey, -- 1892-1993.
Ickes, Harold L. -- (Harold LeClair), -- 1874-1952.
Krey, August C. -- (August Charles), -- 1887-1961.
Lasswell, Harold D. -- (Harold Dwight), -- 1902-1978.
Merriam, Charles Edward, -- 1874-1953.
Ruml, Beardsley, -- 1894-1960.
White, Leonard Dupee, -- 1891-1958.
Chicago Commission on City Expenditures.
Chicago Crime Commission.
Public Administration Clearing House.
Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
Spelman Fund.
United States. -- National Planning Board.
United States. -- National Resources Committee.
United States. -- National Resources Planning Board.
United States. -- President's Research Committee on Social Trends.
University of Chicago -- History.
University of Chicago. -- Political Science Department.
Chicago Commission on City Expenditures.
Chicago Crime Commission.
Public Administration Clearing House.
Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
Spelman Fund.
United States. -- National Planning Board.
United States. -- National Resources Committee.
United States. -- National Resources Planning Board.
Political science -- History -- 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches.
Format: E-Resource Print Archives/Manuscripts
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2571623
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Varying Form of Title:Charles E. Merriam, papers and addenda
Provenance:Received, 1964, 1975, and 1986.
Notes:Access closed until 2000: Series I. Personal Papers, Boxes 1:16, 2:3-11, and 3. For further information, contact the Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637-1502.
Political scientist and politician. A.B., Lenox College, 1893; A.B., State University of Iowa, 1895. A.M., Columbia University, 1898; Ph.D., 1900. Docent in political science, University of Chicago, 1900-1902; associate, 1902-1903; instructor, 1903-1905; assistant professor, 1905-1907; associate professor, 1907-1911; professor, 1911-1940; chairman, Department of Political Science, 1923-1940; Morton D. Hull Distinguished Professor of Political Science. Chicago alderman, 1909-1911 and 1913-1917. Candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1911 and 1919. Founder, Social Science Research Council, 1924. Served on several federal government agencies.
Summary:Contains personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts; classnotes Merriam took as a student; memoranda; election campaign material; minutes; reports; scholarly and political speeches; articles; diaries; book reviews; degrees; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia. Materials record Merriam's influence as academic and politician and his vision of national policy-making and social reform, the first fifty years of the University of Chicago, and early twentieth-century Chicago politics. Correspondents include Grace and Edith Abbott, Jane Addams, William Benton, Louis Brownlow, William A. Dunning, Harold Gosnell, Luther Gulick, Harold Ickes, Hiram Johnson, A.C. Krey, Harold Lasswell, Beardsley Ruml, and Leonard D. White. Topics include Merriam's activities in the Progressive Party, his interests in urban planning, the development of a behavioral approach to political science, the establishment of the University of Chicago as a center for social science research, and the formation of the Public Administration Clearing House. The Chicago City Council, scholarly organizations, federal agencies, and foundations with which Merriam was affiliated are also represented in the collection, including the Chicago Commission on City Expenditures, the Chicago Crime Commission, the Social Science Research Council, the President's Research Committee on Social Trends, the National Resources Planning Board, and the Spelman Fund. Also includes papers of Chicago alderman Charles S. Eaton and Merriam's University of Chicago student and later colleague, Harold F. Gosnell, both of which supplement material on Chicago politics.
Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note:223 p. finding aid available in the Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library.