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University of Chicago Library
Guide to the Robert E. Merriam Papers 1918-1984
© 2007 University of Chicago Library
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Merriam, Robert E. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1918-1984 |
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| Size: | 73 linear feet (131 boxes) |
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| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
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| Abstract: | Robert E. Merriam (1918-1988), historian and politician. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and offprints of published and unpublished historical and political writings, and speech transcripts. The papers span Merriam's career and document his World War II combat experience, his Chicago political career and federal government service, as well as his connections with the national political and Illinois business community. Because of his reform-minded approach to Chicago city government and his nine-year chairmanship of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Merriam's papers constitute an important source of information on both Chicago politics leading up to the Daley regime and the changes in federalism during the 1970s. |
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Biographical Note
Robert Edward Merriam, historian and politician, was born October 2, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois to University of Chicago political science professor and onetime Chicago alderman and mayoral candidate, Charles E. Merriam. He attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School, University High School, and the University of Chicago where he completed his bachelor's degree in 1939 and received a Master's degree in public administration in 1940. During his undergraduate and graduate years, he was active in the Youth For Roosevelt as well as many other political organizations. He married his classmate, Jane Jungkunz. After finishing his degree and working for several months for the American Society of Planning Officials, Merriam spent the first half of 1941 as the assistant to the State Personnel Officer of the National Youth Administration. Then, between July 1941 and May 1942, Merriam held positions as field representative, liaison officer to the armed forces, and deputy administrator at the National Housing Agency.
In 1942 Merriam joined the Army as a private and became a second lieutenant in 1943 after Infantry Officers Candidate School. In late 1944, shortly after he was sent to the European theatre, Merriam became a combat reporter during the Battle of the Bulge. He remained in Europe after the end of the war, in the capacity of Army historian. His interviews with hundreds of participants and planners of the battle for the Ardennes, together with his own combat experience there, inspired him to write Dark December, a bestseller account of the Battle published in 1946. His book was a critical success, praised by General Eisenhower, but was faulted for its lack of emotional distance.
Merriam's first job after returning to civilian life in 1946 was as a project planner for the Federal Public Housing Authority. After a few months, he returned to Chicago as Director of the Metropolitan Housing Council and began campaigning for the Fifth Ward alderman seat. Running as a Democrat against the Democratic machine incumbent, Bertram Moss, he touted independent politics in his efficiency and decency in government platform. After winning the most hotly contested City Council seat in the 1946 election, Merriam became known as a reform politician and a member of the "economy bloc" for eliminating waste in city government. He quickly became Chairman of the housing committee, as well as serving on the budget and health committees. His most publicized role came after his 1951 re-election. As Chairman of the Emergency Commission on Crime, Merriam received national coverage on his fight against Chicago's infamous and firmly entrenched corruption.
During his aldermanic terms, Merriam married his constituent, Marguerite de Ternova in 1950 and became a stepfather to her two children, Aimee and Oliver. In 1954, their daughter, Monique, was born. Merriam supplemented his City Council salary through extensive lecturing, writing, and planning and hosting a documentary style television program. Merriam later used his television experience for weekly half-hour mayoral campaign shows.
Despite his accomplishments as an alderman, Merriam was unable to win the 1955 mayoral election against then Cook County Democratic Committee Chairman Richard J. Daley. Running as a Republican, after frustration with Democratic stonewalling on reform, Merriam easily won his primary. After the primary, Merriam claimed the strategy of a "Fusion" candidate in the spirit of Fiorello LaGuardia. However, the only significant difference between the respective platforms of the two candidates was Merriam's assertion that a vote for Daley was a vote for continued machine corruption. Their professed goals were barely differentiable. Merriam drew wide support as a fusion candidate, but lost with forty-five percent of the vote in a controversial election. The evidence from investigations Merriam conducted on vote fraud and corruption in the polling place were dismissed by the Election Committee and the Democratic County Judge.
In August 1955, Merriam moved to Washington, D.C., to serve as the assistant to the Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget. One year later he was promoted to Assistant Director and, finally, Deputy Director in March 1958. After holding his new position for six months, Merriam became President Dwight D. Eisenhower's aide on intergovernmental relations. Following his White House service, Merriam returned to Illinois and worked in the private sector, but became National Coordinator for the Republican Party-to-People Forum as part of the 1964 Presidential campaign.
With the return of a Republican administration in 1969, Merriam resumed his advisory role in intergovernmental affairs as Chairman of the President's Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs. He was appointed by Nixon and held the chairmanship until the beginning of the Carter Administration in 1978. Merriam received a letter of commendation for his contribution to federalism from the Canadian government. After the chairmanship, Merriam continued to participate in the national debate on federalism into the 1980s. Robert Merriam died in 1988.
Scope Note
Merriam maintained files of correspondence, publications, news clippings and memorabilia throughout his life as can be seen in the extensive and continuous runs of materials preserved in the collection. The papers have been arranged in six series:
Series I: World War II, begins with general correspondence from the years of Merriam's military service. The letters to his wife are not only personal letters but almost daily accounts of his activities and thoughts during the war, including from the battlefield in the Ardennes in December 1944. The second subseries contains Merriam's army career records composed of enlistment papers, orders, clearances and a bronze star citation.
The main body of the series consists of Merriam's research materials and Historical Division report drafts on the planning and execution of the "Battle of the Bulge." His notes include operation reports and plans as well as many transcripts of interviews with Allied and German commanders. The transcripts of twenty-three Nazi officers are from interrogations that took place while they were in prison, and include Hermann Goering, Alfred Jodi and Joseph "Sepp" Dietrich. There are two report drafts, "Seventh Armored Splits the Ardennes Attack," and the more general report on the entire battle for the Ardennes.
Merriam's research for Historical Division reports, as well as his personal battle experience, provided him with the data he needed as a civilian to write his bestseller account of the "Battle of the Bulge," Dark December, and the abridged version, The Battle of the Bulge. This section contains correspondence, publishing notes, reviews, and contractual correspondence, with publishers over rights and royalties. Much of the correspondence, not relevant to publishing is correspondence, with individuals either appreciative or critical of Merriam's account. One of the former is a letter of congratulations from General Dwight D. Eisenhower. While the reviews were generally good, Merriam was criticized for his lack of emotional distance in his defense of General Montgomery's controversial battle decisions, citing the failure of U.S. Intelligence. Dark December established Merriam as an expert on accounts of World War II and as such led to the many book reviews he published between 1947 and 1950. (These reviews are located in the publications section of Series II.) This section also includes essays and articles, published and unpublished, on St. Vith and SS Officer "Sepp" Dietrich.
The personal subseries is comprised of memorabilia, more articles and essays as well as "Battle of the Bulge" anniversary events. Merriam's Army insignia, notepads carried in battle, and scrapbooks kept for or by him during this period make up the most personal items in this section.
Finally, the photograph subseries includes four types of pictures, personal or official, and of ground situation maps and of paintings of the Ardennes region during the War. The official photographs include those taken by the Army and those from captured German film. There are few personal snapshots.
Series II: Aldermanic Campaigns and Service contains a section for both of Merriam's aldermanic campaigns, in 1947 and 1951. Each contains correspondence, lists of supporters, organizational materials, campaign literature and paraphernalia, election results and news clippings. While his platform was based on efficiency and decency in government, the literature from his first campaign emphasized his opponent, Bertram "Bunny" Moss's, Democratic machine connections. Merriam also heavily targeted the War veterans' vote. His campaign as an incumbent was generally uneventful as he won 97% of the vote. His opponent, Irving Beinin, ran under the Socialist Workers Party. Campaign literature and news clippings from other elections occurring between 1947 and 1954 are included after the Merriam campaign sections. The only candidate with a substantial amount of materials here is Adlai Stevenson, between 1949 and 1952. There are also election results from the Fifth Ward for various elections during this period.
The papers from Merriam's aldermanic service make up about one quarter of the collection. Spanning two terms, there are 46 folders of correspondence, with other local politicians, prominent Chicago business families, concerned citizens and World War II acquaintances. There is a section for each of the City Council committees and activities Merriam was involved in. The directly relevant correspondence, begins each of the respective sections.
As a member of the "economy bloc" of alderman, Merriam initiated cost-cutting programs and efficiency studies. The reports yielded by his initiatives and all relevant revenue and appropriations worksheets and recommendations are under the budgets and expenditures heading. There are similar evidential materials and Merriam's respective recommendations for the Emergency Commission on Crime, home rule, the Housing Committee, rent control, the milk-dating probe and miscellaneous other Council activities or concerns. Crime and housing were of particular interest to Merriam and are well represented in this series. There are notes, reports, trial transcript and news clippings from Merriam's nationally covered expos
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Subject Headings
- Merriam, Robert Edward, 1918-
- World War, 1939-1945
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government
INVENTORY
Subseries 1: Correspondence, and Biographical Documents |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Miscellaneous letters, 1942-1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Letters to wife, Jane, United States, England, 6/15/44 - 7/28/44 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Letters to wife, Jane, France, 7/31/44 - 9/25/44 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Letters to wife, Jane, Belgium, France, Holland, 9/28/44-11/19/44 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Letters to wife, Jane, Holland, Belgium, 11/20/44-12/31/44 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Letters to wife, Jane, Belgium, 1/4/45-2/4/45 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Letters to wife, Jane, Holland, Germany, 2/5/45-3/22/45 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Letters to wife, Jane, Paris, Germany, 3/26/45-4/25/45 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Letters to wife, Jane, Paris, 4/28/45-8/4/45 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Letters to wife, Jane, Germany, St. Germain, France, 8/11/45-11/16/45 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Letters to wife, Jane, through V-Mail, 6/27/44-4/11/45 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Letters to parents, during training, 1942-1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Letters to parents, from European Theatre, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 14-16 | Letters to parents, from European Theatre, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Letters to parents, through V-Mail, 1944-1945 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Enlistment documents and letters to avoid the regular draft |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Army financial papers |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Orders and clearances |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Extracts of orders |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Army classification department memoranda |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Citations including Bronze Star |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Army separation documents, 2/1/46, Army Reserve papers, and Army purchase order for Merriam’s instructional services, February 1949 |
Subseries 2: Army Historical Service |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Memoranda on keeping combat records |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Humorous memoranda |
| Box 2 Folder 10 |
- Combat observer reports at Meijel, October 1944
- "After-Action Reports" at Lindern, November-December 1944
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| Box 2 Folder 11 | "Letters of Instructions" and G-3 combat operation plans, 9/6/44 and 12/19/44-12/29/44 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | G-2 reports on enemy and terrain, November-December 1944 and February 1945 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Historical Service, tactical studies |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Historical Service, battle studies |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Military Intelligence, action reports, 12/14/44-1/16/45 |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Military Intelligence, Hitler assassination attempt, 7/20/44, report and Harper’s article |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Interviews with German officers, typescripts
- General Bayerlein
- General D. Art Erich Brandenberger
- Major Herbert Buechs
- Brigade Fuehrer SS Fritz Kraemer
- Lieutenant Colonel Karl Von der Heydte
- General von Manteuffel
- General Heinrich von Luettwitz
- General Major Carl Wagener
- General Warlimont
- General Siegfried Westphal
- General Bodo Zimmerman
- Oberst Zolling
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| Box 2 Folder 18 | Interviews with German officers, typescripts
- Genoberst Heinz Guderian
- Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering
- Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
- Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
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| Box 3 Folder 1 | Interviews with German officers, typescripts
- Oberstgruppenfuehrer SS Joseph "Sepp" Dietrich
- General Baptist Kneiss
- Colonel Joachim Peiper
- General Major Otto Remer
- Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny
- Gruppenfuehrer SS Walter Staudinger
- General Horst Stumpff
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| Box 3 Folder 2 | Captured German documents, translated excerpts |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | German plans for Ardennes, translated summary |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Communiques from General Eisenhower |
| Box 3 Folder 5 |
- Belgian "Crimes of War" statement
- Medal of Freedom citation to Belgian civilian
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| Box 3 Folder 6 | Interviews with American officers, typescripts
- Major General Leonard T. Gerow
- Brigadier General Robert W. Hasbrouck
- General Courtney H. Hodges
- Brigadier General A. Franklin Kibler
- Brigadier General H. B. Lewis, Jr.
- Lieutenant General Troy H. Middleton
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| Box 3 Folder 7 | Historical Service report on 9th Army operations in Holland, October-November 1944 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 |
- British War Office Ardennes Offensive report, 8/1/45, excerpts General Montgomery’s account
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| Box 3 Folder 9 | Tactical Investigation War Office initial study, "The German Counter-Offensive in the Ardennes" |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | "7th Armored Splits the Ardennes Attack," prologue, chapters 1-5 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | "7th Armored Splits the Ardennes Attack," chapters 6-10 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | "7th Armored Splits the Ardennes Attack," chapter 11, notes, editorial comments |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Historical Division report on Ardennes, draft, introduction, chapter 1 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Historical Division report on Ardennes, chapters 2-3 |
| Box 4 Folder 4-8 | Historical Division report on Ardennes, chapters 4-8 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | 5th Armored Division World War II account |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | 7th Armored Division World War II account |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | The Armored School’s "The Defense of St. Vith" and "The Return to St. Vith" |
Subseries 3: Dark December |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Correspondence, before release of Dark December, 6/30/47 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Correspondence, requests for copies and responses |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Correspondence, responses to courtesy copies, including Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Correspondence, in appreciation, including General Dwight Eisenhower |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Correspondence, criticisms and responses |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Correspondence, requests for information and responses |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Correspondence, about movie on the Battle of the Bulge |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Hugh Cole, Former Deputy Theater Historian |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Correspondence, S. L. A. Marshall, Brigadier General and Historian |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Correspondence, book reviewers |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Correspondence, miscellaneous, after release of The Battle of the Bulge, abridged edition of Dark December |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Correspondence, miscellaneous publishers |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | Correspondence, Ziff-Davis, publisher of Dark December, book contract |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Correspondence, Ziff-Davis, weekly critics listings, 7/14/47-2/16/48 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Correspondence, with journals and magazines about articles, essays on St. Vith, and manuscript of "Portrait of a German Butcher," on Joseph "Sepp" Dietrich |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Chapter summaries, covers and map proofs |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Photograph requisition forms, photographs and captions |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Research notes for the book |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | The Battle of the Bulge, second printing, paperback, 1957 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Book reviews by critics |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, 1960-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, 1970-1978 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, Prentice Hall Publishers, rights to Dark December, and Ballantine Books, publisher of The Battle of the Bulge, 1956-1958 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, with attorney, legal action on royalties, reprints, and promotions by Prentice-Hall, 1957-1959 |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, Ballantine Books, Incorporated, 1963-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, French edition, 1963-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, copyright assignment and contract, 1966-1967 |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, Random House/Ballantine Books, reissue, 1977-1978 |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | Dark December/The Battle of the Bulge correspondence, St. Vith collaboration with Frank L. Andrews, never published, correspondence, 1965-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 16 | Miscellaneous articles and news clippings on World War II, 1946-1965 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Army bars, pins, and patches |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Memorabilia |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | German internal identification papers, Hitler Youth membership, American surrender propaganda to the Germans, and prisoners of war post |
| Box 7 Folder 3A | German Memorabilia
- Ration Stamps
- Miscellaneous Papers
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| Box 7 Folder 4 | Merriam’s written thoughts while at war, including notebooks carried during battle, 1944-1945 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | News clippings, 1943-1945 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Merriam’s articles
- "Tidying up the Battlefield--The Battle of the Bulge Four Years After," typescript
- "Bulgeland Revisited," Infantry Journal, December 1949
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| Box 7 Folder 7 | Merriam’s articles, Battle of the Bulge, 20th anniversary, news clippings and typescripts |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Merriam’s articles, Battle of the Bulge, correspondence, on articles |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Merriam’s articles
- "The Fall of St. Vith," typescript
- on defense of St. Vith, table of contents and first two chapters
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| Box 7 Folder 10 | 7th Armored Division Association |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | St. Vith Memorial Dinner, 12/19/69 |
Subseries 5: Photographs and maps of the European Theatre |
| Box 8 Folder 1-2 | Army Pictorial Service photographs of Ardennes, 1944-1945 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Army Pictorial Service photographs of Ardennes, from captured German film |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Army Pictorial Service photographs of Ardennes, United States Army Signal Corps, "confidential," Holland and Belgium, n.d. |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Photographs of paintings of Ardennes during war |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Photographs of Ardennes, 1948 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Merriam in uniform |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Miscellaneous photographs and negatives |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Photographs of theatre ground situation maps, 12/6/44-12/28/44, SEE ALSO OVERSIZE, BOX 115) |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Situation maps of ABN Corps, 12/19/44-12/22/44, and 82nd Airbourne Division, 12/19/44-12/31/44 |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Maps of St. Vith, 7th Armored Division action, 12/17/44-12/21/44 |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Maps of German action, December 1944-January 1945, and attacks against Peiper, 12/18/44-12/21/44 |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | Miscellaneous maps |
Series II: Aldermanic Campaigns and Service |
Subseries 1: 1947 campaign |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Correspondence, general and press |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Correspondence, civic and labor groups |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Correspondence, campaign workers and contributors |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Petitions for candidacy |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Petitions for candidacy negative copies |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Financial papers, summary statement |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Organizational committees and lists of sponsors |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Publicity committee report and press releases |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | House meeting records |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | Speaking schedules, speeches and notes |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | Merriam campaign literature, SEE ALSO OVERSIZE BOX 115 |
| Box 9 Folder 12 | Merriam campaign literature Citizens School Committee, Veterans groups, and University of Chicago groups |
| Box 9 Folder 13 | Merriam campaign literature Republican, Democrat, and Independent political organizations |
| Box 9 Folder 14 | Merriam campaign literature individual supporters, and miscellaneous |
| Box 9 Folder 15 | Bertram Moss campaign, information and voting record |
| Box 9 Folder 16 | Bertram Moss campaign, literature |
| Box 9 Folder 17 | Bertram Moss campaign, literature Citizens’ Association of Chicago and University of Chicago groups |
| Box 9 Folder 18 | Bertram Moss campaign, Moss’s voting record, Journal of the Proceedings, Chicago City Council, 10/13/43, 2/9/44 |
| Box 9 Folder 19 | Bertram Moss campaign, Moss’s voting record, 3/16/44, 3/30/44 |
| Box 9 Folder 20 | Election Day memoranda, 2/25/47 |
| Box 9 Folder 21 | 5th Ward election returns by precinct, all offices |
| Box 9 Folder 22 | Court petition contesting Merriam’s election results |
| Box 9 Folder 23 | News clippings |
Subseries 2: 1951 campaign |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Correspondence, general |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Correspondence, endorsements and contributions |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Correspondence, post-election thank-yous and congratulations |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Petitions for candidacy |
| Box 10 Folder 5-6 | Petitions for candidacy negative copies |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Volunteers list and organizational committees |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Contributors list |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Press releases, house meetings list and schedule |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Merriam campaign literature, SEE ALSO OVERSIZE BOX 115 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | Merriam campaign literature, individual supporters, and polling place materials |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | Irving Beinin campaign, Socialist Workers Party, petitions for candidacy, negative copies |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | Irving Beinin campaign, literature, and Socialist Workers Party Campaigner’s Handbook |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | 5th Ward election returns by precinct |
Subseries 3: Other elections |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | News clippings and local election schedules
- campaign literature, 1947
- Martin Kennelly, Mayor
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| Box 11 Folder 2 | News clippings and local election schedules
- candidates’ campaign literature, 1948
- Adlai Stevenson, Governor
- Paul Douglas, U.S. Senator
- Maynard Krueger, 2nd District Congressman
- Richard Vail, 2nd District Congressman
- Sidney Yates, 9th District Congressman
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| Box 11 Folder 3 | News clippings and local election schedules
- candidates’ campaign literature, 1950
- Everett Dirksen, U.S. Senator
- Scott Lucas, U.S. Senator
- Willoughby Adner, State Senator
- Marshall Korshak, State Senator
- David Landau, State Representative
- George Kells, Cook County Treasurer
- Irvine Levy, Cook County Probate Court Clerk
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| Box 11 Folder 4 | News clippings and local election schedules
- candidates’ campaign literature, 1951
- Walter Schaefer, Illinois Supreme Court Judge
- Martin Kennelly, Mayor
- John Duffy, Cook County Board President
- George Kells, Cook County Treasurer
- Frank Keanan, Board of Tax Appeals
- Joseph Plunkett, 4th Ward Alderman
- Benjamin Becker, 40th Ward Alderman
- Mathias Bauler, 43rd Ward Alderman
- John Hoellen, 47th Ward Alderman
- A. G. Geocaris, 48th Ward Alderman
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| Box 11 Folder 5 | Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 Presidential campaign, correspondence, |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 Presidential campaign, Merriam’s analysis of platform issues |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 Presidential campaign, literature and newspaper’s endorsements, offprints |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 Presidential campaign, Volunteers-for-Stevenson Committee, newsletters and instruction booklet |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 Presidential campaign, news clippings |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | Adlai E. Stevenson, correspondence, 1949-1951 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | Adlai E. Stevenson, speeches Merriam contributed to or authored, typescripts and news releases |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | Election schedules and campaign literature, 1953 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Election schedules and campaign literature, 1954
- Richard Vail, U.S. Senator
- G. A. Geocaris, 48th Ward Alderman
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| Box 11 Folder 14 | Reapportionment "blue ballot" |
| Box 11 Folder 15 | Results, 5th ward, tabulation sheets, 1938-1948 |
| Box 11 Folder 16 | Results, 5th ward, tabulation sheets, voter history and projection maps, and blank 4th, 6th, and 7th ward maps, 1943-1949 |
| Box 11 Folder 17 | Results, "Official Vote of the State of Illinois," 4/13/48, and bond issue, Supreme Court Judges, and coalition versus progressive ticket races, news clippings |
| Box 11 Folder 18 | Results, "A Report on the General Elections--November 7, 1950, Results in the Fifth Ward," study written for Merriam |
Subseries 4: Aldermanic Service |
Sub-subseries 1: General correspondence, 1947-1951 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Anonymous or unidentifiable |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | E, including Dwight Eisenhower |
Sub-subseries 2: General correspondence, 1952-1955 |
| Box 12 Folder 21 | Anonymous or unidentifiable |
Sub-subseries 3: City Council committees and activities |
Sub-Sub-subseries 1: Budgets and Expenditures |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Committee on City Expenditures, Merriam’s correspondence, |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Committee on City Expenditures
- Ordinance of appointment, 11/30/51
- progress report, 3/21/52
- supplemental report for 1952
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| Box 15 Folder 3 | Committee on City Expenditures
- summary of studies on 33 departments
- bureaus and divisions by consultants
- Business Research Corporation
- Griffenhagen and Associates
- J. L. Jacobs
- George Rossiter
- Strodel and Associates
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| Box 15 Folder 4 | Committee on City Expenditures, final report, part 2, recommended budgetary controls and recommendations by consultants requiring Council action |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | Committee on City Expenditures, analysis of savings of recommendations based on consultant’s studies, and analysis of recommendations addressed to the Mayor by the Budget Director, 3/23/53 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | Committee on City Expenditures, report on recommendations to the Mayor by the Budget Director, 8/1/53 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | Committee on City Expenditures, recommendations based on the Griffenhagen study, and explanation to consultant |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | Revenues, estimates and receipts worksheets by department, bureau and division, 1947-1951 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | Appropriations by department and purpose, 1938-1948, by various funds, 1941-1952 |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | Appropriations, estimates and expenditures worksheets by accounts and departments, Boiler Inspection, Buildings, Fire, Law, 1948-1955 |
| Box 15 Folder 11 | Appropriations, Streets and Electricity, 1948-1955 |
| Box 15 Folder 12-13 | Appropriations, Public Works, 1948-1952 |
| Box 15 Folder 14 | Appropriations, Police, Board of Health, 1948-1952, and Board of Examiners, 1948 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | Investment in equipment, 1939-1949, net values on, 12/31/50, and distribution of Motor Fuel Tax Fund, 1910-1948, projections, 1952-1956 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | City corporate fund account activities, 1928-1950 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Bulletin, Civic Federation and Bureau of Public Efficiency, annual "Debt, Taxes and Assessments" issues, 1934-1944 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Bulletin, 1945-1951, 1953-1954 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance for 1951 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Water Fund and Vehicle Tax Fund, 1951 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Information for planning 1952 budget, payroll, 10/15/51, municipal court requirements, and 3% Gross Admissions Tax |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | 1952, Budget, Amendment Ordinance |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | 1952, Budget, amendments summary and proposed amendments summary by category |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | 1952, Budget, supplemental appropriation |
| Box 16 Folder 11 | 1952, Budget, Economy Bloc statement and Merriam’s memoranda to the Revenue Commissioner |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | Special Fund, 1952-1953 |
| Box 16 Folder 13 | Bond Fund, 1952-1953 |
| Box 16 Folder 14 | Finance "Committee Pamphlets" on recommended ordinances reported to City Council, 7/16/52, 9/9/53, 9/28/53, 9/14/53, 11/16/53 |
| Box 16 Folder 15 | Amendments by administrative adoption, 1952-1953, and appropriations worksheet for 1953 salaries |
| Box 16 Folder 16 | 1953, Budget, Amendment Ordinance |
| Box 16 Folder 17 | 1953, Budget, amendments summary, and Merriam’s thank you letters for help in the budget process |
| Box 16 Folder 18 | 1954 Budget formation, proposals by department, and Mayor’s statement |
| Box 16 Folder 19 | 1954, Journal of the Proceedings of City Council, 9/28/53, 10/14/53 |
| Box 16 Folder 20 | 1954, Civic Federation’s recommendations, and report to Finance Committee on consultant’s recommendations for Police Department |
| Box 16 Folder 21 | Civic Federation’s recommendations, and report to Finance Committee on consultant’s recommendations for Police Department, Merriam’s research, appropriations and revenue sources |
| Box 16 Folder 22 | Civic Federation’s recommendations, and report to Finance Committee on consultant’s recommendations for Police Department, salaries |
| Box 16 Folder 23 | Civic Federation’s recommendations, and report to Finance Committee on consultant’s recommendations for Police Department, by department, Law, Public Works, Water and Sewers
- Sanitation District map of future construction 28 x 40 inch, 1951, SEE OVERSIZE Box 115
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| Box 16 Folder 24 | 1952, Budget, Amendment Ordinance |
Sub-Sub-subseries 2: Emergency Commission on Crime |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Statement before the special session and ordinance of appointment, 2/14/52 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Merriam’s correspondence, |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Investigation of the 36th Police District, memoranda and testimony |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Investigation of the 36th Police District, Police Commissioner correspondence, notes, and suspects’ addresses |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | The Kohn Report, volume 6, popular edition, and transcripts of Merriam’s television rebuttal of Alderman Wagner’s comments on the report |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | The Kohn Report, Merriam’s notes on all volumes, and list of likely cooperative parties for investigation from report |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Outside attorney’s opinion on the legality of counsel independent of Corporation Counsel |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | Excerpts of meeting, 1/30/53, and progress report draft, 5/5/53 |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | Merriam’s notes on difficulties faced by the Commission, and letter asking for Mayor’s cooperation |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | Special Grand Jury, directions to jurors, Merriam’s statement, depositions, and report for the extended term, March 1954 |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | Radio broadcast by Alderman Keane, opponent of the Commission, transcript, 3/20/55 |
| Box 17 Folder 12 | Dallas, Texas bribery case of the Chicago syndicate, case summary and police records |
| Box 17 Folder 13 | Dallas, taped conversations, transcripts, November 1946 |
| Box 17 Folder 14 | Building inspector bribery case, transcript of George Lasser soliciting bribe, correspondence, memoranda, and Life article on Merriam’s work on the case |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Building inspector bribery case, trial transcripts, 8/24/54, and subpoenas |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Building inspector bribery case, trial transcripts, Merriam’s testimony, 12/2/54 |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Building inspector bribery case, trial transcripts, arguments of counsel, 12/6/54 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Health inspector bribery probe, correspondence, with State’s Attorney, citation of Illinois law, and opinion on confidentiality of sources as applied to Merriam |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Liquor licensing probe |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Indictment papers for tax evasion and dealing heroin |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Reports, on Bridewell women’s prison, 1/7/54, and from the University of Chicago Conference on Probation, Prisons, and Parole, 6/3/49 |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | "Any City U.S.A.," crime reform solution by the Citizens’ Independent Vice Investigation Committee, and "Suggested Outline of Procedure for the Committee for a Better Chicago" |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Merriam’s notes on all crime topics |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Miscellaneous reports on investigations and photographs |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | Report on Merriam and Charles Rathbum’s trip to Washington, D.C. to find a new investigator, 4/9/53, and transcript of conversation between two investigators |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | Investigators’ expense records |
| Box 18 Folder 13 | Reports, Investigator #1, 3/24/52-8/23/52 |
| Box 18 Folder 14 | Reports, Investigator #17, 10/17/52-11/7/52 |
| Box 18 Folder 15-17 | Complaints received, February 1954-January 1955 |
| Box 18 Folder 18 | State’s Attorney John Gutknecht’s investigation of Merriam, Merriam’s deposition |
| Box 18 Folder 19 | Gutknecht’s public criticism of Merriam and letter to Mayor Kennelley, and legal opinions obtained by Merriam, March 1955 |
| Box 18 Folder 20 | News clippings, 1952 |
| Box 19 Folder 1-4 | News clippings, 1953-1955 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | News clippings, police scandal, 1960 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | News clippings, crooked policemen |
Sub-Sub-subseries 3: Home rule |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Correspondence, |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Proposed revisions of Illinois Constitution Article IV |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Merriam’s articles
- "Home Rule and Charter Movements in Chicago"
- "Synopsis of Chicago’s Fight for Home Rule"
- his three-point program
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| Box 20 Folder 4 | Merriam’s articles
- "Specific Examples of How Chicago is and has been Hamstrung Because of Lack of Home Rule"
- "Home Rule for Chicago," with Norman Elkin,
- Northwestern University Law Review, July/August, 1953
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| Box 20 Folder 5-6 | "The Charters of Chicago," drafts |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | "The Charters of Chicago, A Summary," with Norman Elkin, 5/1/52, with correspondence, |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | Merriam’s bibliographies and reading lists, and memoranda by Norman Elkin |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Legal opinions, news clippings, and historical information |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | The Church Federation of Greater Chicago retreat on citizenship and good government, 6/20/52, correspondence, guide for action, and typescript of Merriam’s speech, "Governmental Reorganization" |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | Speeches, Louis Ancel, "The Municipalities Interest in the Constitutional Amendments," 10/13/52, and Herbert Emmerich, "Modernizing Chicago’s Municipal Machinery," 5/1/52, transcripts |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | Charles S. Hyneman, "The Illinois Constitution and Democratic Government," reprint |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | Bulletins, Civic Federation, October 1952, the Chicago Junior Association of Commerce and Industry, and booklet of the City Club of Chicago’s 1952 Civic Assembly where Merriam was a moderator |
| Box 20 Folder 14 | New York City, final report of the Temporary State Commission, Four Steps to Better Government of New York City, correspondence, and news clippings |
| Box 20 Folder 15 | National Municipal League booklets, "Model State Constitution," and "A Guide for Charter Commissions" |
| Box 20 Folder 16 | Mayor’s Temporary Committee for Home Rule and Charter Recommendations, authorization of appointment, correspondence, and report, 5/7/53 |
Sub-Sub-subseries 4: Housing Committee |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Correspondence, 1958-1954 |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | Speeches and memoranda written by Merriam |
| Box 21 Folder 3-4 | Memoranda to the Committee from Merriam, including report on activities 1951-1954 |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Merriam’s statements, to the Committee on Efficiency and Economy, Springfield, Illinois, 3/18/53, and minority report to City Council, 7/26/50 |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Report of activities for 1953 to City Council, and memoranda, including recommendations by Louis Wirth, 1951 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Budget, purchasing requests, blueprint plan, and personnel papers |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Merriam’s housing ideas, news clippings |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Trumball Park Housing Project racial conflict, Committee on Racial Tensions in Housing Projects, minutes and memoranda, 1953-1954, report, 1/15/54, and proposal by Chandler Owen |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Trumball Park Housing Project racial conflict, Commission on Human Relations, reports and correspondence, and Illinois American Civil Liberties Union minutes, 1954 |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Trumball Park Housing Project racial conflict, Chicago Housing Authority, monthly report, press release, and legal opinion, and Public Housing Administration booklet "Open Occupancy in Public Housing" |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Trumball Park Housing Project racial conflict, individuals and citizen groups, including The White Circle League of America, news clippings and letters |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, proposals and memoranda, including estimates of future population, 1951-1953 |
| Box 21 Folder 14 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, report to Housing Committee by Jack Siegal, "A Conservation Program for Chicago," unreleased, 9/27/51 |
| Box 21 Folder 15 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, report to Housing Committee by Jack Siegal, "Observations on Neighborhood Conservation in Chicago and Other Cities," 5/15/52, and "Preliminary Report of Findings with Recommendations" |
| Box 21 Folder 16 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, "Reclaiming Blighted Areas for New Building," speech by Henry Heald, Metropolitan Housing Council Forum, 10/17/46 |
| Box 21 Folder 17 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, interviews conducted with other agencies and citizen groups involved in conservation |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation Act, typescript, and Griffenhagen and Associates recommendations on organizational structure for conservation activates |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, Supreme Court of Illinois reports, People versus City of Chicago, May 1954, and legal opinions on slum clearance and redevelopment |
| Box 22 Folder 3-4 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, Supreme Court of Illinois reports, Zisooks versus Maryland-Drexel Redevelopment Corporation, May 1954 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, booklets by the City Redevelopment Commission and the Citizens Neighborhood Development Association |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, conservation activities of church groups, news clippings and memoranda |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Slum investigation and clean-up, news clippings, on rat infestation, April 1953, and "Public Health Laws of Illinois" pamphlet |
| Box 22 Folder 8-9 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, June-August 1953 |
| Box 22 Folder 10 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, on fires, September 1953, and appraisal records of buildings before they were burned |
| Box 22 Folder 11 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, reprints of magazine articles on redevelopment, and The Road Back, reprints of the Chicago Daily News expose on slum housing, 1/25/54, and "Our Expensive Slums," Changing Times, April 1955 |
| Box 22 Folder 12 | Interim Commission on Neighborhood Conservation, Citizens Committee to fight Slums, "Housing Action Report of 1954," correspondence, and transcript of conference opening speech, 2/3/54 |
| Box 22 Folder 13 | Building codes, memoranda and correspondence, list of permits for unusual conversions, and article on what new codes mean, for Hyde Park Herald, by Merriam, draft |
| Box 22 Folder 14 | Zoning, pamphlet, data, and resolution written by Merriam |
| Box 22 Folder 15 | Zoning, Bodine Electric Company protest, and Mid-City Golf Course re-zoning |
| Box 22 | File cards with Board of Appeals decisions by address, 1949-1950, and changes by type of zone and map numbers, 1949-1951 |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, "Government Organization for Redevelopment and Housing in the City of Chicago" report, meeting minutes and memoranda |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, report to committee, draft and reprint, 5/28/53, and resolutions on relocation |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, logistics of housing agencies consolidation, memoranda and correspondence, |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, general correspondence, and news clippings |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, Public Administration Service, correspondence, and invoices, 1951-1952 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, Housing and Redevelopment Coordinator, correspondence, and report of 1951 activities |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, Chicago Land Clearance Commission, correspondence, and memoranda, 1952-1953 |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, Chicago Housing Authority, "Memorandum on Relocation" booklet, 1948, 1953 budget by housing project, and correspondence, 1952-1953 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, Chicago Dwellings Association, City Purchasing Department, and Department of Buildings, correspondence, |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, "A Study of Chicago’s Resources in Housing," essay by Pamela Taylor, March 1954 |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, correspondence, with housing agencies in other cities |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, correspondence, with housing agencies in other cities Philadelphia |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, correspondence, with housing agencies in other cities District of Columbia |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Subcommittee on Public Administration Service, correspondence, with housing agencies in other cities Memphis and Nashville |
Sub-Sub-subseries 5: Housing Committee, rent control |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Correspondence, data, and Merriam’s form letters, 1947-1953 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Temporary Community Housing Rent Commission, correspondence, memoranda, and complaints summaries, 1947-1948 |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | United States Office of Price Administration, forms, regulations, and public information booklets, and Foundation for Economic Education pamphlets against rent control, 1946-1947 |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Subcommittee, memoranda, statements, and reports, 1947-1953 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Ordinances, resolutions, and Journal of the Proceedings excerpts |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | Merriam’s informational report to aldermen, 7/25/52, typescript, and reference materials, Census Bureau and Office of Rent Stabilization |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Bureau of Labor Statistics, data and correspondence, on housing |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | Legal opinions, bar associations, municipal and circuit courts, 1947-1953 |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | State legislature bills and their critiques, and Legislative Reference Service bulletin, State Rent Control Laws |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Office of Rent Stabilization or Office of the Housing Expediter, Chicago, correspondence, data, and policy handouts, 1947-1953 |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | Office of Rent Stabilization or Office of the Housing Expediter, Washington, D.C., correspondence, memoranda, and regulations, 1947-1953, and official report, 1/19/53 |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Defense housing, Act offprint, 9/1/51, price stabilization regulation, 1952, and Congressional Record, 5/18/53 |
| Box 24 Folder 13 | Statements before congressional committee, Chicago opponents of rent control, and excerpts of Congressional Record, 1952-1953 |
| Box 24 Folder 14 | Termination of rent control, 7/31/53, bills, resolutions, and regulations |
| Box 24 Folder 15 | Termination of rent control, correspondence, June-July 1953 |
| Box 24 Folder 16 | Termination of rent control, Chicago Fair Rent Committee correspondence, and complaints addressed to Merriam |
| Box 24 Folder 17 | Termination of rent control, news clippings and public information on rents and evictions |
| Box 24 Folder 18 | News clippings, 1947-1953 |
Sub-Sub-subseries 6: Milk-dating probe |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Correspondence, and news clippings, 1953-1955 |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Proposals for extending the time limit for sale of milk, Merriam’s notes and Journal of the Proceedings, 9/10/47 and 10/29/47 |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | Affidavits of dairy plant workers and Dairy Employees’ Union officers taken by Merriam, January 1953 |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Hearing, notes, evidence, and statements |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | Merriam’s investigation notes, and Dairy Employees’ Union meeting minutes implicating City health inspectors, 1/14/53 |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Expert opinions on milk dating and regulations in other cities |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Merriam’s resolution and recommendations, January-April 1953 |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | "Milk Ordinance and Code," United States Public Health Service, 1939 and 1953 |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | Magazine articles on milk dating, and infant care book distributed by Bowman Dairy Company |
Sub-Sub-subseries 7: Miscellaneous |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | Committee on Utilities, minority report opposing proposed Commonwealth Edison franchise, and opposition literature |
| Box 25 Folder 11-12 | Committee on Utilities, "Chicago and the Commonwealth Edison Company, A Problem in Regulation," University of Chicago M.A. thesis by Laurin Henry, 1948 |
| Box 25 Folder 13 | Committee on Utilities, revised electric code, proposed ordinance, and Merriam’s revisions, July 1953 |
| Box 25 Folder 14 | Committee on Utilities, revised electric code, correspondence, |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Jitney taxi problem, Mayor’s report and zone taxi ordinance memoranda, 1951 |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Jitney taxi problem, legal opinions and news clippings |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | City purchasing procedures, Illinois Senate bill, 1953, and City Finance Committee regulations, 1953-1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 4 | City purchasing procedures, correspondence, on procedures in other cities, January-February 1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | City purchasing procedures, data sheets and memoranda |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | City purchasing procedures, extension of 1953 yearly supply contracts, 1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | City purchasing procedures, articles and publications, 1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 8 | Refuse incinerators, correspondence, 1953-1954 |
| Box 26 Folder 9 | Refuse incinerators, incinerator companies, correspondence, literature, and financial analysts’ reports |
| Box 26 Folder 10 | Refuse incinerators, Merriam’s notes on bids, and purchase request records |
| Box 26 Folder 11 | Refuse incinerators, refuse disposal, Journal of the Proceedings, Mayor’s statement, 4/19/51, and bond issue, 4/23/51 |
| Box 26 Folder 12 | Refuse incinerators, memoranda and news clippings |
| Box 26 Folder 13 | Parking meter maintenance purchasing corruption, correspondence, notes, and news clippings |
| Box 26 Folder 14 | Chicago schools, Merriam’s notes, facts book, September 1954, and statements made by community and voter groups |
| Box 26 Folder 15 | Merriam’s work on miscellaneous Council activities, news clippings |
Sub-subseries 4: 5th Ward Office |
| Box 27 Folder 1-10 | Copies of all correspondence, sent, July 1952-April 1954 |
| Box 28 Folder 1-6 | Copies of all correspondence, sent, May 1954-April 1955 |
| Box 28 Folder 7 | Form letters |
| Box 28 Folder 8 | Personnel, resumes, correspondence, and memoranda |
| Box 28 Folder 9 | Paid bills for goods and services, 1951 |
| Box 28 Folder 10 | Receipts for contributions, membership fees, and travel tickets, 1951 |
| Box 28 Folder 11 | Possible corruption cases and lists of projects, Merriam’s "Memos to Myself" |
| Box 28 Folder 12 | Merriam’s "Annual Report" ward meetings, invitations, summaries, and transcripts, 1948-1952, and farewell to constituents, 12/4/54 |
| Box 28 Folder 13 | "The Alderman Reports" newsletter from Merriam, 1949-1954 |
| Box 28 Folder 14 | Merriam’s constituency work, news clippings |
Subseries 5: Chicago topics |
Sub-subseries 1: Metropolitan Area (unpublished) |
| Box 29 Folder 1 | Studies on Chicago as a metropolitan region, typescripts and reprint |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | Maps, depicting land use and water supply |
| Box 29 Folder 3 | Questions about special districts, Merriam’s notes, and fuel oil survey report, 1951 |
| Box 29 Folder 4 | Reference materials by topic, fire protection, data, inspection reports, and "Fire Protection in the Chicago Area," essay |
| Box 29 Folder 5 | Reference materials by topic, government organization, data, reports, journal articles, "Single-Function Governments" essay, and Griffenhagen and Associates proposal for reorganization, 1932 |
| Box 29 Folder 6 | Reference materials by topic, government organization, tentative chapters by Harvey Karlen, typescripts |
| Box 29 Folder 7 | Reference materials by topic, parks and recreation, data |
| Box 29 Folder 8 | Reference materials by topic, planning and zoning, data, reports, and "Physical Development" and "Redevelopment Project #3" essays |
| Box 29 Folder 9 | Reference materials by topic, police protection, data, and public welfare, news clipping |
| Box 29 Folder 10 | Reference materials by topic, population, data and United States Census reports |
| Box 29 Folder 11 | Reference materials by topic, public health, data, reports, and "Public Health Agencies" essay |
| Box 29 Folder 12 | Reference materials by topic, schools, by county, data and reports |
| Box 29 Folder 13 | Reference materials by topic, schools, state level data and reports, by county and township |
| Box 30 Folder 1 | Reference materials by topic, suburbs, data and articles |
| Box 30 Folder 2 | Reference materials by topic, taxes, data, memoranda, and journal articles |
| Box 30 Folder 3 | Reference materials by topic, water supply and sanitary districts, data, reports, and "Water Supply" essay |
| Box 30 Folder 4 | Draft typescripts, outlines (tentative lists of chapters), and prefaces |
| Box 30 Folder 5 | Draft typescripts, Part II., "The Chicago Metropolitan District and Its Governmental Problems" |
| Box 30 Folder 6 | Draft typescripts, miscellaneous chapter drafts |
| Box 30 Folder 7 | Metropolitan Study Group, Merriam’s memorandum, and expense report to Ford Foundation |
Sub-subseries 2: Courses and lectures by Merriam |
| Box 31 Folder 1 | University of Chicago, correspondence, 1947-1954 |
| Box 31 Folder 2 | University of Chicago, "Governments of Chicago" course, Political Science 301A, course description and administrative papers, 1951-1954 |
| Box 31 Folder 3 | University of Chicago, "Governments of Chicago" course, term papers |
| Box 31 Folder 4 | University of Chicago, lectures, conferences and seminars, correspondence, |
| Box 31 Folder 5 | Northwestern University, correspondence, 1951-1952 |
| Box 31 Folder 6 | Roosevelt College, lectures, conferences and seminars, correspondence, |
Sub-subseries 3: Memberships |
| Box 31 Folder 7 | University of Chicago, Citizens’ Board, and Louis Wirth Memorial Fund, National Committee |
| Box 31 Folder 8 | Roosevelt College, Association of Founders and Friends |
| Box 31 Folder 9 | Roosevelt College, fund raising name lists |
| Box 31 Folder 10 | The Society of Midland Authors, and The Chicago Resettlers Committee, Advisory Board |
| Box 31 Folder 11 |
- Public Administration Clearing House
- The Tavern Club
- "Spotlight on Chicago" television series
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| Box 31 Folder 11A | Public Administration Service, "1313" |
| Box 31 Folder 12 | Correspondence, with guests and contributors, including Eliot Ness, and administrative papers, 1954 |
| Box 31 Folder 13 | Correspondence, compliments, criticisms, and suggestions |
| Box 31 Folder 14 | Program plans, outlines, and transcripts |
| Box 32 Folder 1 | Miscellaneous appearances and program planning by Merriam, 1951-1954 |
Sub-subseries 4: Voter groups |
| Box 32 Folder 2 | Independent Voters of Illinois, correspondence, newsletters, and news clippings |
| Box 32 Folder 3 | Independent Voters of Illinois, meeting minutes, 1946-1949, and Central Committee meeting agenda, 2/27/54 |
| Box 32 Folder 4 | Independent Voters of Illinois, precinct workers and neighborhood officers |
| Box 32 Folder 5 | Independent Voters of Illinois, political guides and precinct manuals |
| Box 32 Folder 6 | Independent Voters of Illinois, reports, proposals, and resolutions |
| Box 32 Folder 7 | Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), voting press releases, newsletters, and booklets, 1945-1954 |
| Box 32 Folder 8 | American Federation of Labor (AFL) and miscellaneous other unions, voting newsletters and booklets, 1947-1953 |
| Box 32 Folder 9 | Newsletters, reports, and voting guides
- League of Women Voters of Illinois, 1954
- Committee of 19. 1952
- Chicago Public Schools
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| Box 32 Folder 10 | Citizen participation, "Political Apathy" essay, conference digest, September 1950, and proposed study by Science Research Associates, July 1955 |
Sub-subseries 5: Miscellaneous |
| Box 32 Folder 11 | Merriam’s awards:
- "Young Men of the Year," Chicago Junior Association of Commerce and Industry, 10/10/53
- "Outstanding Community Service," Chicago A. Z. A. Council, B’Nai B’Rith Youth Organization, plaque, 6/3/53
- "Award of Merit," Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 7/4/48
- "Certificate of Meritorious Service," Chicago Division, American Civil Liberties Union, 12/15/48
- "1948 Cash Award," Friends of Literature, 5/8/48
- "Credo of a Public Servant Placque," American Veterans Committee, Chicago Area Council, 1/18/52
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| Box 32 Folder 12 | National magazine articles about Merriam as alderman
- "The Shattered Illusion of Reform," The Nation, 12/22/51
- "Merriam of Chicago," Harper’s Magazine, 11/54
- "Lee Schooler Rates His Guests," TV Guide, 6/5/53
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| Box 32 Folder 13 | United States airmail system on the fiftieth anniversary of powered flight, articles, 1953, and Congressional Record, 2/2/54 |
| Box 32 Folder 14 | "Dope Must Go" campaign, Southside Community Committee, literature, 1954, and Drug Addict Act, Illinois, 1953 |
| Box 32 Folder 15 | Barratt O’Hara, Illinois Lieutenant Governor, 1913-1917, radio discourses of 1934, autobiographical programme for a testimonial evening, 4/26/35, and "Women and the Wage," excerpts of speeches |
| Box 32 Folder 16 | Miscellaneous speech transcripts
- "An Address by William O. Douglas," on John P. Altgeld, 12/30/47
- "Speech Delivered by His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch," Altgeld Centenary Banquet, 12/30/47
- "The Human Factor in the Legislative Halls," T. V. Smith, 1948
- "The Political Scientist as Reformer," Guthrie S. Birkhead
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| Box 32 Folder 17 | Miscellaneous, including booklet on conspiracy surrounding death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt anonymously sent to Merriam |
Sub-subseries 6: Publications 1947-1955 |
| Box 33 Folder 1 | The American Government, with Charles E. Merriam, Ginn and Company, correspondence, 1948 |
| Box 33 Folder 2-6 | The American Government, correspondence, 1950-1953 |
| Box 33 Folder 7 | The American Government, correspondence, graphics, including proofs, 1953 |
| Box 33 Folder 8 | The American Government, correspondence, 1954 |
| Box 33 Folder 9 | The American Government, correspondence, 1956-1968 |
| Box 33 Folder 10 | The American Government, publicity and reviews |
| Box 34 Folder 1 | "The Citizen and the Community," chapters of the Delphian Society book, Patterns for Modern Living, incomplete typescript drafts, contract, and correspondence, 1947-1949 |
| Box 34 Folder 2 | Article for Adlai Stevenson’s by-line, correspondence, 1949 and 1951 |
| Box 34 Folder 4 | Article on housing in Chicago, Look, typescript draft and correspondence, 1951 |
| Box 34 Folder 5 | "Cities are Here to Stay," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 1951, magazine, typescript draft, and correspondence, |
| Box 34 Folder 6 | Anecdotes about politics, Ladies Home Journal, correspondence, 1951-1952 |
| Box 34 Folder 7 | Bi-monthly aldermanic columns, 8/1/51, 9/24/51 and 10/31/51, and article on the Chicago city government reorganization bill in the state legislature, 6/9/53, Hyde Park Herald, typescript drafts |
| Box 34 Folder 8 | "Reform Winds Blow in the Windy City," (unpublished), The Reporter, correspondence, and typescript drafts, 1952 |
| Box 34 Folder 9 | Article on Adlai Stevenson (unpublished), New Republic, typescript draft and correspondence, 1952 |
| Box 34 Folder 10 | "The Charters of Chicago" with Norman Elkins, typescript draft, 1952 |
| Box 34 Folder 11 | "Politics for Boys and Girls," and "Understanding Politics" booklets, Life Adjustment Series by Science Research Associates, correspondence, and contract, 1952-1955 |
| Box 34 Folder 12 | "Politics for Boys and Girls," and "Understanding Politics" booklets, instructors’ guides |
| Box 34 Folder 13 | Article on a role model, Louis Brownlow (unpublished), National Parent-Teacher, typescript drafts and correspondence, 1952-1953 |
| Box 34 Folder 14 | "Seminar for Citizens," Union League Men and Events, March 1953, printed copy |
| Box 34 Folder 15 | "Home Rule for Chicago" with Norman Elkin, Northwestern University Law Review, July/August 1953, reprint |
| Box 34 Folder 16 | "Why I’m in Politics," Pageant, September 1953, typescript drafts, magazine excerpt, correspondence, |
| Box 34 Folder 17 | "Why Reformers Fail," Chicago, manuscript, typescript drafts, reprint, and correspondence, 1954 |
| Box 34 Folder 18 | Miscellaneous requests for articles |
| Box 34 Folder 19 | Book reviews by Merriam
- Colonel Robert S. Allen, Lucky Forward (New York; Vanguard Press, 1947)
- Robert Capa, Slightly Out of Focus (New York; Henry Holt and Company)
- Hugh M. Cole, The Lorraine Campaign (United States Government Printing Office, 1950)
- Peter F. Drucker, The New Society An Anatomy of Industrial Order (New York; Harper and Brothers, 1950)
- Sebastian DeGrazia, The Political Community (Chicago; University of Chicago Press, 1948)
- Colonel R. Ernest Dupuy, St. Vith, Lion in the Way (Washington; Infantry Journal Press)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe (Doubleday and Company, 1948)
- Major General J. F. C. Fuller, The Second World War, 1939-1945 (New York; Sloan and Pearce); Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, El Alamein to the River Sangro (New York; E. P. Dutton and Company); and Historical Division, Department of the Army, U. S. Army in World War II; The War in the Pacific. Okinawa; The Last Battle (Washington United States Government Printing Office)
- Major General Sir Francis De Guingand, Operation Victory (New York; Scribners, 1947); and Colonel Robert S. Allen, Lucky Forward (New York; Vanguard Press, 1947)
- The Golden Cross (Washington Infantry Journal Press)
- Alan Moorehead, Montgomery, A Biography (New York; Coward-Mc Cann, 1946)
- General George S. Patton, Jr., War as I Knew It (Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947)
- Leonard Rapport and Arthur Norwood, Jr., Rendezvous with Destiny (Washington Infantry Journal Press, 1948)
- Milton Shulman, Defeat in the West (New York; Dutton and Company, 1948)
- Rudolf L. Treuenfels, Eisenhower Speaks (New York; Farrar Strauss, 1948)
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| Box 34 Folder 20 | Correspondence, on book reviews for Social Service Review, University of Chicago Alumni Magazine, and The New Republic |
Sub-subseries 7: Engagements and speeches |
Sub-sub-subseries 1: Speaking engagements correspondence, |
| Box 34 Folder 21 | 1947, health |
| Box 34 Folder 22 | 1947, housing |
| Box 34 Folder 23 | 1947, World War II and veterans |
| Box 34 Folder 24 | 1947, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 34 Folder 25 | 1948, health |
| Box 34 Folder 26 | 1948, housing |
| Box 34 Folder 27 | 1948, municipal government and politics |
| Box 34 Folder 28 | 1948, World War II and veterans |
| Box 35 Folder 1 | 1948, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 35 Folder 2 | 1949, health |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | 1949, housing and building codes |
| Box 35 Folder 4 | 1949, municipal government and politics |
| Box 35 Folder 5 | 1949, World War II and veterans |
| Box 35 Folder 6 | 1949, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 35 Folder 7 | 1951, housing |
| Box 35 Folder 8 | 1951, municipal government and politics |
| Box 36 Folder 1 | 1951, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 36 Folder 2 | 1952, crime |
| Box 36 Folder 3 | 1952, elections |
| Box 36 Folder 4 | 1952, housing |
| Box 36 Folder 5 | 1952, municipal government and politics |
| Box 36 Folder 6-9 | 1952, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 36 Folder 10 | 1953, conservation and blighted areas |
| Box 36 Folder 11 | 1953, crime |
| Box 37 Folder 1 | 1953, housing |
| Box 37 Folder 2 | 1953, municipal government and politics |
| Box 37 Folder 3-4 | 1953, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 37 Folder 5 | 1954, conservation and housing |
| Box 37 Folder 6 | 1954, crime |
| Box 37 Folder 7 | 1954, elections |
| Box 38 Folder 1 | 1954, municipal government and politics |
| Box 38 Folder 2 | 1954, the responsibilities of citizens and citizen groups |
| Box 38 Folder 3-4 | 1954, miscellaneous or unidentifiable topics |
| Box 38 Folder 5 | 1954, cancelled |
| Box 38 Folder 6 | Adult Education Council Speakers of Consequence program, 1947-1948 |
| Box 38 Folder 7 | Adult Education Council Speakers of Consequence program, 1952-1954 |
| Box 38 Folder 8 | National Lecture Bureau, 1948-1952 |
| Box 38 Folder 9 | Broadcast on radio, 1948-1954 |
Sub-sub-subseries 2: Speeches |
| Box 39 Folder 1 | City finances
- City Council, 1951
- "Comments by Alderman Robert E. Merriam Before Chicago Committee on City Expenditures," 1/28/52
- Sales tax
- City services
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| Box 39 Folder 2 | Conservation and housing
- "Can Our Neighborhoods be Saved," 10/29/51
- "Are We Saving Our Neighborhoods?" 10/26/53
- "Urban Renewal," 11/8/54
- "The Merriam Record on Neighborhood Conservation"
- "Prospects for Housing in Chicago"
- "Summary of Remarks by Alderman Robert E. Merriam at the June 2nd Meeting of the Welfare Council"
- Barriers to new housing and conservation
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| Box 39 Folder 3 | State Constitution revision and home rule
- "Speech Given by Alderman Robert E. Merriam Before the Illinois Committee for Constitutional Revision," 5/11/51
- "Statement of Alderman Robert E. Merriam Before the Municipalities Committee, Illinois House of Representatives"
- Function of cities (outline)
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| Box 39 Folder 4 | Crime
- "How Can We Divorce Crime from Politics?" 11/9/54
- "Condensed Police Department Speech"
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| Box 39 Folder 5 | Democracy and political participation
- Conference on Training for Political Participation, December 1952
- "How Healthy is Our Democracy?"
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| Box 39 Folder 6 | Fifth Ward
- "Highlights of Comments by Robert E. Merriam Before Woodlawn Business Men’s Association," 6/24/47
- "Communities . . . What Do They Mean?"
- "What is the Role of an Alderman?"
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| Box 39 Folder 7 | Memorials
- Honoring Edward Benes’s sixty-fifth birthday, 9/3/48
- Eulogy of Alderman Clarence Wagner
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| Box 39 Folder 8 | Reform
- "Toward a Better Chicago," 3/31/53
- "What is Reform?" 7/22/53
- "What’s Wrong with Chicago" (outline)
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| Box 39 Folder 9 | Veterans
- "Contributions of Veterans Organizations to Public Policy," 12/29/46
- "Summary of Talk by Robert E. Merriam Before Regional Conference of the National Association of Housing Officials," 5/26/47
- "Bulgeland Revisited," 1948
- Veterans organizations
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| Box 39 Folder 10 | Miscellaneous topics
- Democratic party, 6/13/52
- Chicago Chapter, Civil Service Assembly of U.S. and Canada, two drafts, 10/16/53
- "The ABC’s of 20th Century Rapid Transit," 10/5/54
- In dissent as a member of the informal committee on committees and rules of City Council
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Sub-sub-subseries 3: Non-speaking engagements correspondence, |
| Box 39 Folder 12-19 | 1951-1954 |
Sub-sub-subseries 4: Daily schedules |
| Box 40 | Appointment books, 1/28/52-7/23/54 |
| Box 41 Folder 1 | 1947-1949, including
- Brookfield War Memorial Day
- City administrators meeting in the Netherlands
- Merriam with police wagon
- Dearborn Homes groundbreaking ceremony
- American Legion dinner
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| Box 41 Folder 2 | 1950, including
- Woodlawn Community Improvement Plan
- Cul-de-sac in fifth ward
- Merriam movie benefit
- City Council baseball
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| Box 41 Folder 3 | 1950, re-election campaign materials |
| Box 41 Folder 4 | 1951, including;
- La Rabida
- Hyde Park High School Essay Award
- Merriam with crossing guard
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| Box 41 Folder 5 | 1951, re-election campaign |
| Box 41 Folder 6 | 1952, including;
- Life article on crime
- Merriam speaking at Shoreland Hotel
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| Box 41 Folder 7 | 1954, including;
- Alderman’s annual report at Shoreland Hotel
- Czechoslovak Independence Day dinner
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| Box 41 Folder 8 | Undated, in Hyde Park, including;
- Halloween Party at Fifth Ward office
- Fifty-fourth and Kenwood playground dedication
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| Box 41 Folder 9 | Undated, Merriam, receiving an award at a luncheon, and with Senator Paul Douglas |
| Box 41 Folder 10 | Undated, Merriam, autographing copies of Dark December, and signing book contract |
| Box 41 Folder 11 | Undated, Merriam, at ground-breaking and ribbon-cutting ceremonies |
| Box 41 Folder 12 | Undated, Merriam, looking at buildings and lots |
| Box 41 Folder 13 | Undated, Merriam, miscellaneous |
| Box 41 Folder 14 | Undated, miscellaneous |
| Tape 1 | Wagner Panel, February 1953 |
| Tape 3 | Fifth Annual Luncheon, 5/2/53 |
| Tape 4 | Maggie Blough, 1954 |
| Tape 5 | Hollingsworth-Lasser, building inspector bribery case, 1954 |
| Tape 7 | Gallagher and newsman |
Series III: Mayoral Campaign of 1955 |
Subseries 1: Campaign correspondence, |
| Box 45 Folder 11 | Form letter thanking citizens for signing nomination petition |
Subseries 2: Post-election correspondence, |
| Box 45 Folder 16 | G-H, on State Auditor Orville Hodges fraud case and campaign contribution |
| Box 45 Folder 18 | Industrial Engineering College job offerings |
| Box 46 Folder 7 | Form letters |
Subseries 3: Campaign preparation |
| Box 46 Folder 8 | Steering Committee, memoranda, 1953 |
| Box 46 Folder 9 | Planning, memoranda, February-August 1954 |
| Box 46 Folder 10 | Planning, meetings, June-August 1954 |
| Box 46 Folder 11 | Status of ward organization, June 1954 |
| Box 46 Folder 12 | Election rules |
| Box 46 Folder 13 | Campaign strategy, study materials |
| Box 46 Folder 14 | Republican Party candidacy for nomination, notes on appearance before the candidacy subcommittee, 12/13/54, and nomination speech drafts, 12/20/54 |
| Box 47 Folder 1 | Finance Committee, meetings and memoranda |
| Box 47 Folder 2 | Financial statements, March 1954-July 1955 |
| Box 47 Folder 3 | Appeals for contributions, form letters and mailing lists |
| Box 47 Folder 4 | Contributors, list |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | Fundraiser, Citizens for Merriam Dinner, 3/18/55 |
| Box 47 Folder 6 | Expenditures, invoices, receipts, and contracts |
| Box 47 Folder 7 | Expenditures, campaign literature and paraphernalia |
| Box 47 Folder 8 | Total campaign expenditures, press release, 5/31/55, and outstanding bills, 1/20/56 |
| Box 47 Folder 9 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 47 Folder 10-28 | Thank-you letters to contributors, A-Z |
Subseries 5: Organization and staff |
| Box 48 Folder 1 | Organizational structure |
| Box 48 Folder 2 | Central Committee meetings |
| Box 48 Folder 3 | Policy meetings |
| Box 48 Folder 4-8 | Headquarters memoranda, November 1954-March 1955 |
| Box 48 Folder 9 | Personnel, including campaign manager, William H. Fetridge resume |
| Box 48 Folder 10 | Area organizers instructions |
| Box 48 Folder 11 | Recruiters in the wards, Bill Price and Joe Kelly, daily reports, 8/16/54-10/23/54 |
| Box 48 Folder 12 | Republican Ward Committeemen, lists and memoranda |
| Box 48 Folder 13 | Ward organizers and committees |
| Box 48 Folder 14 | Recruiting campaign workers |
| Box 48 Folder 15 | Precinct workers and manuals |
| Box 48 Folder 16 | Fifth Ward precinct organization |
| Box 48 Folder 17 | Miscellaneous memoranda |
| Box 48 Folder 18 | Citizens for Merriam, area and ward meetings |
| Box 48 Folder 19 | Citizens for Merriam, "Newsletter," 12/9/54-3/8/55 |
| Box 49 Folder 1 | Citizens for Merriam, names for recruiting, lists and correspondence, |
| Box 49 Folder 2 | Groups endorsing Merriam |
| Box 49 Folder 3 | Young Republicans endorsing Merriam |
| Box 49 Folder 4 | Potential supporters lists |
| Box 49 Folder 5 | Potential supporters lists, after the primary |
Subseries 6: Campaign materials |
| Box 49 Folder 6 | Merriam’s aldermanic records, three drafts, typescripts |
| Box 49 Folder 7 | Merriam’s aldermanic records, voting and activities, by topic and date |
| Box 49 Folder 8 | Position papers, candidates’ questionnaires and Merriam’s comments on Kennelly’s "State of the City" address |
| Box 49 Folder 9 | Tips, specific to Merriam campaign on how to win against the Democratic machine, staff and anonymous |
| Box 49 Folder 10-11 | Pre-election surveys, Science Research Associates, October 1954, January 1955, and March 1955, and straw poll results, 11/13/54 |
| Box 49 Folder 11A | Harris-Spencer Division, Science Research Associates, "Report on a survey made to fin out whom the citizens of Chicago want for Mayor," 20 Oct 1954 |
| Box 49 Folder 12 | Voter registration and demographics data |
| Box 49 Folder 13 | Ward kit, planning draft and comments |
| Box 49 Folder 14 | Ward kit, drafts two and three |
| Box 50 Folder 1 | Ward kit, final drafts |
| Box 50 Folder 2 | Ward kit, individual ward histories |
| Box 50 Folder 3 | Ward kit, ward-specific data |
| Box 50 Folder 4 | Ward kit, assembly |
| Box 50 Folder 5 | Ward kit, miscellaneous |
| Box 50 Folder 6 | Bulk rate mailing information and mailing lists |
| Box 50 Folder 7 | Literature and paraphernalia |
| Box 50 Folder 8 | Literature and paraphernalia, ward-specific |
| Box 50 Folder 9 | Literature and paraphernalia, special interest groups |
| Box 50 Folder 10 | Literature and paraphernalia, drafts and orders |
| Box 50 Folder 11 | Anti-Merriam literature, including Communist Party materials |
| Box 50 Folder 13 | Poems and slogans |
| Box 50 Folder 14 | Gimmicks
- Public relations and publicity
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| Box 50 Folder 15 | Planning, meetings and memoranda |
| Box 50 Folder 16 | Daniel J. Edelman and Associates, retained public relations firm, letters and memoranda |
| Box 50 Folder 17 | Campaign proposals from advertising firms |
| Box 50 Folder 18 | Schwimmer and Scott, Incorporated, retained advertising firm, proposals, letters, and memoranda |
| Box 50 Folder 19 | Merriam’s biographical materials |
| Box 50 Folder 20 | Merriam’s biographical materials, written by others |
| Box 50 Folder 21 | Merriam’s "Statement of Candidacy," 11/20/54 |
| Box 51 Folder 1-4 | Press releases, November 1954-April 1955 |
| Box 51 Folder 5 | Publications lists |
| Box 51 Folder 6 | Letters to the editor and memoranda on letters to the editor |
| Box 51 Folder 7 | "Battle Page" column drafts, typescripts, 3/24/55-4/3/55 |
| Box 51 Folder 8 | Political cartoons, original art work and reproductions, SEE ALSO OVERSIZE Box 115 |
| Box 51 Folder 9 | Advertisements, print |
| Box 51 Folder 10 | Advertisements, billboards |
| Box 51 Folder 11 | Advertisements, radio, sixty-second spots, scripts |
| Box 51 Folder 12 | Advertisements, radio, five-minute, "It’s Time For Merriam," WBKB, 11:55-noon, featuring Marguerite Merriam, scripts, 3/28/55-3/31/55, 4/4/55 |
| Box 51 Folder 13 | Telephone campaign events |
| Box 51 Folder 14 | Publicity events, including Chicago Stadium rally, 3/29/55 |
| Box 51 Folder 15 | Hotel industry executives party to meet Merriam, hosted by Leonard Hicks, Jr., 2/25/55 |
| Box 51 Folder 16A | Campaign literature, including, "Robert E. Merriam for Mayor," and "Elect Daly" for mayor |
| Box 51 Folder 16 | "It’s Time For Merriam," WGN-TV, Sunday nights, program outlines |
| Box 51 Folder 17 | Scripts, January
- "What a New Kind of Mayor Can Do,"
- second draft, 1/9/55
- "Your Neighborhood, a Place to Live,"
- first and second drafts, 1/16/55
- "Merriam’s Open Forum," first draft, 1/23/55
- "Chicago’s Traffic . . . A Billion Dollar Mess!"
- second draft, 1/30/55
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| Box 51 Folder 18 | Scripts, February
- "Merriam Meets with His Famed `Economy Block,’"
- first draft, 2/6/55
- "Tuesday Day of Decision,"
- first and second drafts, 2/20/55
- "Chicago Crime and Machine Politics,"
- first and second drafts, 2/27/55
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| Box 51 Folder 19 | Scripts, March
- "Chicago Crime and Machine Politics, Part II,"
- second draft, 3/6/55
- "Fusion--Prescription for a Sick Chicago,"
- first and second drafts, 3/13/55
- "Machine `Fat Cats’ Get Rich Off the City, What Do You Get?"
- first and second drafts, 3/20/55
- "The People Unite Against the Fat-Cat Machine,"
- first draft, 3/27/55
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| Box 51 Folder 20 | Scripts, April
- "Double-Talk . . . by the Machine Candidate,"
- second draft, 4/3/55
- "Election Eve ... a Summary and a Forecast," special one-hour show, first draft, 4/4/55
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| Box 51 Folder 21 | Ratings, viewer surveys, and telephoned responses |
| Box 51 Folder 22 | Publicity and Merriam’s contract with agent, draft |
Subseries 8: Speeches and speaking engagements |
| Box 52 Folder 1 | Speeches, December
- Republican City Central Committee, transcript, 12/27/54
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| Box 52 Folder 2 | Speeches, January
- Executive Program Club, transcript, 1/6/55
- Industrial Editors Association, summary and trade magazine write-up, 1/12/55
- Chicago Junior Association of Commerce and Industry, transcript, 1/18/55
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| Box 52 Folder 3 | Speeches, March
- Citizens for Merriam Dinner, transcript press release, 3/18/55
- City Club of Chicago, transcript, 3/21/55
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| Box 52 Folder 4 | Speeches, post-election
- Congratulations to Daley, transcript and wire, 4/5/55
- Merriam Testimonial Banquet, transcript, 6/8/55
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| Box 52 Folder 5 | Speeches, undated
- "Lox and Bagel Speech," draft
- Municipalities Committee, Illinois House of Representatives, transcript
- Garbage disposal, partial transcript
- Zoning, typescript
- Chicago port authority, condensed transcript
- Merriam’s election day plans, transcript
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| Box 52 Folder 6 | Speeches, note cards |
| Box 52 Folder 7 | Speaking engagements, requests, invitations and publicity |
| Box 52 Folder 8 | Speaking engagements, requests, invitations, and regrets |
| Box 52 Folder 9 | Speaking engagements, schedules, January-July 1954, September 1954-April 1955 |
| Box 52 Folder 10 | Daily schedules, 11/20/54-12/31/54
- appointment books, 1954, 1955
- address book
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Subseries 9: Election results and other campaign literature |
| Box 53 Folder 1 | Results, mayoral primary and aldermanic election, 2/22/55 |
| Box 53 Folder 2 | Results, mayoral election, Merriam versus Richard J. Daley, 4/5/55 |
| Box 53 Folder 3 | Data on voting patterns in selected wards, 1950-1955 |
| Box 53 Folder 4 | February election campaign literature, Lar Daly, mayoral, Republican |
| Box 53 Folder 5 | February election campaign literature, Martin Kennelly and Benjamin Adamowski, mayoral, Democrat |
| Box 53 Folder 6 | February election campaign literature, aldermanic, including Independent Voters of Illinois endorsements |
| Box 53 Folder 7 | April election campaign literature, Richard J. Daley, mayoral, Democrat |
| Box 53 Folder 8 | April election campaign literature, Saul Epton, Municipal Court Judicial, Republican, and John Waner, City Treasury, Republican |
| Box 53 Folder 9 | Fifth Ward, results, tally sheets, 2/22/55 and 4/5/55 |
| Box 53 Folder 10 | Fifth Ward, Leon Despres and George Uretz, aldermanic, campaign literature |
| Box 53 Folder 11 | Illinois Election Laws, 1953 |
| Box 53 Folder 12 | Plans to combat vote fraud, before and after elections, correspondence, and study materials |
| Box 53 Folder 13 | "Ghost voters," investigation, Merriam campaign’s dialogue with the Board of Election Commissioners, correspondence, and memoranda, March 1955 |
| Box 53 Folder 14 | "Ghost voters," investigation, explanation of investigation, press release, memoranda and Merriam’s television speech draft |
| Box 53 Folder 15 | Ghost voters," list of names and addresses of registered voters with undeliverable mail, typescript |
| Box 53 Folder 16 | Ghost voters," list of names and addresses of registered voters with undeliverable mail, physical spot checks, typescript
- [See Mayoral campaign period photographs for photographs taken in spot checks]
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| Box 53 Folder 17 | Irregularities in February election, tips, and affidavits of poll watchers |
| Box 53 Folder 18 | Hearing before the Board of Election Commissioners, erasures of Kennelley votes given to Daley in 27th Ward, transcript, news clipping, photographs, and two affidavits, including Merriam’s, 2/24/55 |
| Box 53 Folder 19 | People of Illinois, related by Merriam, versus Cook County Judge and Board of Election Commissioners, Illinois Supreme Court, to overturn a previous ruling on poll watching, 3/31/55 |
| Box 53 Folder 20 | Irregularities in April election, poll watchers’ reports |
| Box 53 Folder 21 | Summaries of voting irregularities |
| Box 53 Folder 22 | Retrospectives, news clippings, 10/15/55 and 10/30/64 |
Subseries 11: News clippings |
| Box 54 Folder 1 | Editorials, March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 2 | Letters to the editor, March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 3 | Print debate, including Chicago Sun-Times "Battle Page," 3/24/55, 3/31/55, 4/3/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 4 | Joint appearances and debates, March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 5 | Chicago Sun-Times straw poll and 1952 article on its accuracy, 3/16/55-3/26/55, Daily News predictions, 3/5/55-3/26/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 6 | Out of town newspapers |
| Box 54 Folder 7 | Christian Science Monitor |
| Box 54 Folder 8 | Community newspapers, November 1954, February-March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 9 | University newspapers and magazines, February-March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 10 | Special interest group newspapers and newsletters, June 1954, March-April 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 11 | Magazines distributed nationally or internationally
- Harper’s Magazine, "Merriam of Chicago," by Joseph N. Bell, November 1954
- The Economist, "Fifty Little Mayors," 3/5/55
- U.S. News and World Report, "What Chicago Vote Means For ‘56," 3/5/55
- Time Magazine, "Political Notes, Men v. Machine in Chicago," 3/7/55
- Ladies Home Journal, "Not Defeated--Just Delayed," January 1956
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| Box 54 Folder 12 | Miscellaneous |
Subseries 12: Merriam’s candidacy |
| Box 54 Folder 13 | Announcement of candidacy, 11/8/54-11/19/54 |
| Box 54 Folder 14 | Republican nomination, November-December 1954 |
| Box 54 Folder 15 | Campaign and strategy |
| Box 54 Folder 16 | Endorsements by publications and public officials |
| Box 54 Folder 17 | Endorsements by publications and public officials, Illinois National Republican, "Xmas New Years Edition," "Primary Edition," and "Pre-Election Edition" |
| Box 54 Folder 18 | Independent Voters of Illinois endorsement, 3/8/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 19 | Jewish Daily Forward interview, and translation, 12/10/54 |
| Box 54 Folder 20 | Speaking events, including $100 a plate fundraiser, Conrad Hilton Hotel, 3/18/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 21 | Speaking events, Chicago Stadium Rally, 3/29/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 22 | Merriam family |
Subseries 13: Mayoral Primary |
| Box 54 Folder 23 | Candidacies of Democrats, Mayor Martin Kennelley and Benjamin Adamowski |
| Box 54 Folder 24 | William L. Dawson, Democratic U.S. Representative, anti-Kennelley activity and ties to crime syndicate |
| Box 54 Folder 25 | 2/22/55 election, mayoral and aldermanic results |
| Box 54 Folder 26 | Martin Kennelley’s defeat, 2/23/55-3/16/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 27 | Endorsements by defeated candidates, February-March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 28 | Vote fraud, registration irregularities |
| Box 54 Folder 29 | Vote fraud, ghost election officials in First Ward, March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 30 | Vote fraud, survey of ghost voters addresses by Merriam |
| Box 54 Folder 31 | Vote fraud, vote buying and intimidation |
| Box 54 Folder 32 | Vote fraud, poll watching, including County Judge Otto Kerner’s rulings |
| Box 54 Folder 33 | Vote fraud, vote tallying irregularities, including erasures in the 27th Ward |
Subseries 14: Richard J. Daley’s candidacy |
| Box 54 Folder 34 | Campaign and strategy |
| Box 54 Folder 35 | Speaking events, including States Attorney John Gutknecht’s anti-Merriam appearances |
| Box 54 Folder 36 | Endorsements, by Democrats, Ex-Governor Adlai Stevenson and Senator Paul Douglas |
| Box 54 Folder 37 | Endorsements, by labor associations |
| Box 54 Folder 38 | Endorsements, by publications |
| Box 54 Folder 39 | Endorsements, by publications, Chicago American, William R. Hearst editorials, February-April 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 40 | City Council reform issue |
| Box 54 Folder 41 | Benjamin M. Becker, 40th Ward Alderman, Democratic candidate for City Clerk, misconduct and resignation of candidacy, including Daley’s response, March 1955 |
| Box 54 Folder 42 | Morris B. Sachs, Democratic candidate for City Treasurer after defeating the Morrison Hotel Machine candidate in the primary |
Subseries 15: Post-election |
| Box 54 Folder 43 | Daley and the state of the city |
| Box 54 Folder 44 | Merriam’s activities |
| Box 54 Folder 45 | Merriam’s activities, meeting with President Eisenhower, pictures of the President with Oliver Merriam, 4/28/55 |
| Box 54 Folder 46 | Merriam’s race remembered, including comparisons to candidates in other cities |
| Box 55 Folder 1 | With Warm Regards, William Harrison Fetridge, Merriam’s campaign manager, 1976 |
Subseries 16: Photographs |
| Box 56 Folder 1 | Merriam campaign materials |
| Box 56 Folder 2 | Merriam campaign materials, head shots |
| Box 56 Folder 3 | Merriam with Republican officials |
| Box 56 Folder 4 | Merriam with others in his office or campaign headquarters |
| Box 56 Folder 5 | Merriam campaign, taken by Life Magazine |
| Box 56 Folder 6 | Campaign workers and supporters |
| Box 56 Folder 7 | Campaign workers and supporters, with Merriam |
| Box 56 Folder 8 | Merriam taping or filming, at Merriam residence and WGN studio |
| Box 56 Folder 9 | Merriam shaking hands |
| Box 56 Folder 10 | Merriam speaking events |
| Box 56 Folder 11 | Merriam speaking events, including Richard J. Daley |
| Box 56 Folder 12 | Merriam speaking events, at Chicago Stadium Rally |
| Box 56 Folder 13 | Campaign appearances at private residences |
| Box 56 Folder 14 | Merriam in groups at tables |
| Box 56 Folder 15 | Merriam standing in groups |
| Box 56 Folder 16 | Merriam family |
| Box 56 Folder 17 | Miscellaneous or unidentifiable events with Merriam |
| Box 56 Folder 18 | Groups without Merriam |
| Box 56 Folder 19 | Vote fraud, alleged residences of ghost voters and ballots being altered |
| Box 56 Folder 20 | Daley campaign |
| Box 56 Folder 21 | Miscellaneous |
Subseries 17: Tapes (Sanctioned for publicity by Schwimmer and Scott advertising firm) |
| Tape 1 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 8:00-8:30 p.m., 3/13/55 |
| Tape 2 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 11:55-noon, 3/14/55, 3/16/55, 3/18/55 |
| Tape 3 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 3/14/55-3/16/55 |
| Tape 4 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 3/16/55, 3/18/55, 3/21/55 |
| Tape 5 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 3/22/55, 3/23/55, and Marguerite Merriam, 11:50-noon, 3/21/55, 3/23/55 |
| Tape 6 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 3/24/55, 3/25/55, and Marguerite Merriam, 11:50-noon, 3/25/55 |
| Tape 7 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 3/28/55-3/30/55 |
| Tape 8 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 3/31/55, and Richard J. Daley, WGN-TV, 9:Folder 15-9:30, 3/31/55 |
| Tape 9 | Radio WBKB, Merriam, 5:45-5:55pm, 4/1/55, 4/4/55 |
| Tape 10 | Radio WBKB, Marguerite Merriam, 11:50-noon, 3/28/55-4/1/55, 4/4/55 |
| Tape 11 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 8:00-8:30pm, 1/9/55 |
| Tape 12 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 1/16/55 |
| Tape 13 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 2/20/55 |
| Tape 14 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 2/27/55 |
| Tape 1 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 3/6/55 |
| Tape 2 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 3/20/55 |
| Tape 3 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 3/27/55 |
| Tape 4 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," 4/3/55 |
| Tape 5-6 | WGN-TV Telecast, "It’s Time For Merriam," special one-hour show, Folder 8: 00-9:00pm, 4/4/55 |
| Tape 7 | WGN-TV, Mayor Kennelley, Folder 5:30-5:45pm, 1/16/55, and Merriam, WBBM-TV, Folder 10:45-11:00pm, 1/20/55 |
| Tape 8 | Clifton Utley, remote recording, 3/15/55 |
| Tape 9 | Kup-Merriam, 1/20/55 |
| Tape 10-11 | Marked "OK to use 2/21/55" |
| Tape 12 | "How Can We Clean Up Chicago?" round table discussion, Roosevelt University, 3/9/55 |
| Tape 13 | Merriam Testimonial Dinner, 6/8/55 |
| Box 58 | Film 1 Campaign, #2994 |
| Box 58 | Film 2 Campaign, #2995 |
| Box 58 | Film 3 Campaign, #2996 |
| Box 58 | Film 4 Campaign, #2997 |
Series IV: Federal Government Service and National Political Organizations |
Subseries 1: United States Bureau of the Budget |
Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence, 1955-1956 |
| Box 60 Folder 11 | Unidentified |
Sub-subseries 2: Correspondence, 1957-1958 |
| Box 62 Folder 10 | Unidentified |
Sub-subseries 3: Greeting cards 1959 |
| Box 63 Folder 1 | President Eisenhower and Vice-President Nixon |
| Box 63 Folder 2 | Executive branch secretaries |
| Box 63 Folder 3 | Diplomats and military commanders |
| Box 63 Folder 4 | Governors and congressmen |
| Box 63 Folder 6-7 | Miscellaneous |
Sub-subseries 4: Materials |
| Box 64 Folder 1 | Appointment, payroll changes, and security clearance information, 8/3/55-9/10/58 |
| Box 64 Folder 2 | Resolution and bill establishing Assistant Director position, 7/16/56 |
| Box 64 Folder 3 | Party honoring Governor William G. Stratton and Senator Everett McKinley Dirkson, given by Illinois Presidential appointees, correspondence, 1/19/57 |
| Box 64 Folder 4 | Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, invitations and program, 1/21/57 |
| Box 64 Folder 5 | Merriam’s notes on telephone calls, October 1957 |
| Box 64 Folder 6-7 | Merriam’s promotion to Deputy Director, congratulations, 1958 |
| Box 64 Folder 8 | Reports and memoranda, 1955-1958 |
| Box 64 Folder 9 | "Report to the Director, A Self Survey of the Bureau of the Budget," by a staff study group, 5/1/59 |
| Box 64 Folder 10 | "Special Study, Ten-Year Projection of Federal Budget Expenditures," Bureau of the Budget, 1/18/61 |
| Box 64 Folder 11 | "A Progress Report to the President, Management Improvement in the Executive Branch," Bureau of the Budget, 1/21/61 |
| Box 65 Folder 1 | News clippings |
Sub-subseries 5: Speaking events, speeches, and statements |
| Box 65 Folder 2 | Correspondence, |
| Box 65 Folder 3-6 | Transcripts and press releases, 1955-1958 |
| Box 65 Folder 7 | Merriam’s notes |
| Box 65 Folder 8 | President and Director of the Bureau of the Budget’s statements, press releases, 1958 |
Subseries 2: Intergovernmental Relations Aide to President Dwight Eisenhower |
Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence, 9/11/58-1/20/61 |
Sub-subseries 2: Materials |
| Box 69 Folder 5 | Merriam’s appointment, payroll changes and travel vouchers |
| Box 69 Folder 6-8 | Merriam’s appointment, congratulations |
| Box 69 Folder 9 | Merriam’s appointment, news clippings |
| Box 70 Folder 1-3 | White House transition memoranda, all departments, October 1960-January 1961 |
| Box 70 Folder 4 | Merriam’s resignation, correspondence, and press releases |
| Box 70 Folder 5 | Goals for Americans, report of the President’s Commission on National Goals, 1960, and Eisenhower staff reunion luncheon list, 1/12/78 |
| Box 70 Folder 6 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 70 Folder 7 | News clippings and articles, 1958-1961
- Sub-subseries 3: Speaking events, speeches and statements
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| Box 70 Folder 8 | General Correspondence, 195 9-1960 |
| Box 70 Folder 9 | Correspondence, transcripts and news clippings, 1958 |
| Box 70 Folder 10 | Correspondence, 1959 |
| Box 71 Folder 1 | Dedication at the Roswell Museum, New Mexico, 4/24/59-4/27/59 |
| Box 71 Folder 2 | "Campaign Issues 1960," Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, 3/25/60 |
| Box 71 Folder 3 | "The Promised Land," The Sunday Evening Club, Chicago, 4/3/60 |
| Box 71 Folder 4 | "What is America’s Defense Posture for the 1960s," 75th Annual Dinner of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, Springfield, Illinois, 5/6/60 |
| Box 71 Folder 5 | "Republican Hour" program, 69th Annual Bean Soup and Homecoming Celebration, McClure, Pennsylvania, 9/17/60 |
| Box 71 Folder 6 | "Skull Session," Dinner of the Wayne County Republican Committee, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 9/17/60 |
| Box 71 Folder 7 | "A White House Look at Urban Problems," 37th Annual Municipal Congress, New York, New York, 11/29/60 |
| Box 71 Folder 8 | George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1960 |
Subseries 3: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
| Box 72 Folder 1 | ACIR established and amended, acts and bills |
| Box 72 Folder 2 | Merriam’s appointment to ACIR, correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 72 Folder 3 | Merriam’s appointment as Chairman of ACIR, correspondence, and Executive Order, 1969 |
| Box 72 Folder 4 | 1969-1970 correspondence, general |
| Box 72 Folder 5 | 1969-1970 correspondence, staff |
| Box 72 Folder 6 | 1969-1970 correspondence, executive branch |
| Box 72 Folder 7 | 1969-1970 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 72 Folder 8 | 1969-1970 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 72 Folder 9 | 1969-1970 correspondence, membership appointments |
| Box 72 Folder 10 | 1969-1970 correspondence, hiring of new ACIR executive director, William R. MacDougall |
| Box 72 Folder 11-12 | Solicitation of funding, correspondence, and memoranda, 1969-1970 |
| Box 72 Folder 13 | ACIR meeting, San Clemente, 1970 |
| Box 72 Folder 14 | Tenth Annual Report, 1969 |
| Box 72 Folder 15 | "Safe Streets Report," correspondence, and memoranda, 1970 |
| Box 72 Folder 16 | Memoranda, 1969-1970 |
| Box 72A Folder 1-2 | ACIR, 16 November 1971 |
| Box 72A Folder 3 | ACIR, speeches, 1971 |
| Box 72A Folder 4 | ACIR, speeches, 1971-1972 |
| Box 72A Folder 5 | ACIR, speeches, 1972-1974 |
| Box 72A Folder 6 | ACIR, speeches, 1974-1975 |
| Box 73 Folder 1 | Speech typescripts
- "The Crisis of Fiscal Imbalance," by Merriam, Annual Congress of Cities, National League of Cities, Atlanta, Georgia, 12/8/70
- "New Communities and New Land Use Regulations, Needed Components of a National Urban Growth Policy," by David B. Walker, ACIR Assistant Director, American Society of Planning Officials, New York, 4/8/70
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| Box 73 Folder 2 | 1971, correspondence, general |
| Box 73 Folder 3 | 1971, staff |
| Box 73 Folder 4 | 1971, members |
| Box 73 Folder 5 | 1971, executive branch |
| Box 73 Folder 6 | 1971, legislative branch |
| Box 73 Folder 7 | 1971, state and local officials |
| Box 73 Folder 8 | 1971, funding |
| Box 73 Folder 9 | 1971, ACIR meeting, White Plains, New York |
| Box 73 Folder 10 | 1971, speaking events |
| Box 73 Folder 1 | 1971, ACIR municipal bankruptcy project |
| Box 73 Folder 12 | Memoranda and news release, 1971 |
| Box 73 Folder 13 | Speech typescripts
- "The Condition of Congress," by David B. Walker, Fairfax County League of Women Voters, Fairfax City, Virginia, 3/27/71
- "Funding Education--The Wild Card in the State-local Finance Deck," by Merriam, Virginia Education Association, 10/11/71
- Statement before the Subcommittee on Urban Affairs, U.S. Joint Economic Committee, by Merriam, 5/27/71
- "Remedying Local Fiscal Tensions," by Merriam, Annual State Convention of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, Pittsburgh, 4/28/71
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| Box 73 Folder 14 | Second five-year Congressional review of ACIR, ten-year summary of actions taken, memoranda, correspondence, 1971 |
| Box 73 Folder 15 | Consultant’s audit of ACIR staff operations, 1971 |
| Box 73 Folder 16-17 | 1972 correspondence, general |
| Box 74 Folder 1 | 1972 correspondence, staff |
| Box 74 Folder 2 | 1972 correspondence, members |
| Box 74 Folder 3 | 1972 correspondence, executive branch |
| Box 74 Folder 4 | 1972 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 74 Folder 5 | 1972 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 74 Folder 6 | 1972 correspondence, ACIR meetings |
| Box 74 Folder 7 | 1972 correspondence, speaking events |
| Box 74 Folder 8 | 1972 correspondence, Committee for Economic Development |
| Box 74 Folder 9 | 1972 correspondence, Herbert Millstein’s "Unified Government Management Program" |
| Box 74 Folder 10 | Thirteenth Annual Report, "Federalism in 197Folder 1: The Crisis Continues," February 1972, and bulletin, 5/25/72 |
| Box 74 Folder 11 | Speech typescript, outline of remarks before the 64th Annual National Governor’s Conference, by Merriam, Houston, Texas, 6/6/72 |
| Box 74 Folder 12-14 | 1973 correspondence, general |
| Box 74 Folder 15 | 1973 correspondence, staff |
| Box 74 Folder 16 | 1973 correspondence, members |
| Box 74 Folder 17 | 1973 correspondence, executive branch |
| Box 74 Folder 18 | 1973 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 74 Folder 19 | 1973 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 74 Folder 20 | 1973 correspondence, funding |
| Box 75 Folder 1 | 1973 correspondence, ACIR meeting, San Francisco, California |
| Box 75 Folder 2 | 1973 correspondence, speaking events |
| Box 75 Folder 3 | 1973 correspondence, Committee for Economic Development |
| Box 75 Folder 4 | ACIR Substate Regionalism Study, drafts and news releases, 8/7/73 |
| Box 75 Folder 5 | Memoranda, 1973 |
| Box 75 Folder 6 | Speech typescript, Testimony before Subcommittee on Legal and Monetary Affairs, U.S. House Government Operations Committee, by Merriam, 12/13/73 |
| Box 75 Folder 7-9 | 1974 correspondence, general |
| Box 75 Folder 10-11 | 1974 correspondence, staff |
| Box 75 Folder 12 | 1974 correspondence, members |
| Box 75 Folder 13 | 1974 correspondence, executive branch |
| Box 75 Folder 14 | 1974 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 75 Folder 15 | 1974 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 75 Folder 16 | 1974 correspondence, membership appointments |
| Box 75 Folder 17 | 1974 correspondence, Merriam’s reappointment as Chairman |
| Box 75 Folder 18-19 | 1974 correspondence, hiring of new ACIR executive director, Wayne Anderson |
| Box 76 Folder 1 | 1974 correspondence, speaking events |
| Box 76 Folder 2 | 1974 correspondence, The American Assembly, annual conference, Columbia University, New York |
| Box 76 Folder 3 | 1974 correspondence, Committee for Economic Development, including CED report, typescript |
| Box 76 Folder 4 | 1974 correspondence, National Academy of Public Administration |
| Box 76 Folder 5 | 1974 correspondence, on Annual Report |
| Box 76 Folder 6 | "Fifteen-Year Report," submitted by ACIR to the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Senate Government Operations Committee, 9/5/74 |
| Box 76 Folder 7 | ACIR recommendation, Metropolitan and Rural Transportation, typescript, data sheets and correspondence, 1974 |
| Box 76 Folder 8 | ACIR energy crisis study, data sheets, news release, 3/6/74 and "ACIR Congressional Watch," March 1974 |
| Box 76 Folder 9 | American Federalism; Into the Third Century, Its Agenda, ACIR, May 1974 |
| Box 76 Folder 10 | Memoranda, 1974 |
| Box 76 Folder 11 | Speech typescript, "Federalism; The New Levels of Government," by Merriam, 57th Annual Conference of the American Institute of Planners, Denver, Colorado, 10/28/74 |
| Box 76 Folder 12 | U.S. Comptroller General, Elmer Staats, Consultant Panel on productivity in public sector, Merriam member, correspondence, 1974-1977 |
| Box 76 Folder 13-15 | 1975 correspondence, general |
| Box 77 Folder 1-2 | 1975 correspondence, staff |
| Box 77 Folder 3 | 1975 correspondence, members |
| Box 77 Folder 4 | 1975 correspondence, executive branch |
| Box 77 Folder 5 | 1975 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 77 Folder 6 | 1975 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 77 Folder 7 | 1975 correspondence, membership appointments |
| Box 77 Folder 8-10 | 1975 correspondence, ACIR meeting, Chicago, held in conjunction with National Municipal League annual conference, with prominent Chicago businessmen and Illinois politicians |
| Box 77 Folder 11 | 1975 correspondence, speaking events |
| Box 77 Folder 12-13 | "The National Conference on American Federalism in Action," correspondence, 2/20/75-2/22/75 |
| Box 77 Folder 14 | "The National Conference on American Federalism in Action," American Federalism, Toward a More Effective Partnership, report from and papers delivered at conference |
| Box 77 Folder 15 | "The National Conference on American Federalism in Action," attendance rosters |
| Box 77 Folder 16 | "The National Conference on American Federalism in Action," planning and program drafts |
| Box 77 Folder 17 | "The National Conference on American Federalism in Action," speech drafts |
| Box 77 Folder 18 | "A Preliminary `Report Card’ on the Fifty State-Local Fiscal Systems," paper by John Shannon, ACIR Assistant Director, and Michael Bell, ACIR intern, School Finance Conference, Ford Foundation, 12/9/75 |
| Box 77 Folder 19 | Memoranda and ACIR Information Bulletins, 1975 |
| Box 78 Folder 1 | Speech typescript, "Urban America and Federalism in the Seventies," by Merriam, National Conference on Public Administration, Chicago, 4/2/75 |
| Box 78 Folder 2 | National Academy of Public Administration proposal for Bicentennial Commission on American government, 1975 |
| Box 78 Folder 3-6 | National Academy of Public Administration proposal for Bicentennial Commission on American government, correspondence, 1975-1976 |
| Box 78 Folder 7 | National Academy of Public Administration proposal for Bicentennial Commission on American government, committee meeting for planning Commission |
| Box 78 Folder 8 | National Academy of Public Administration proposal for Bicentennial Commission on American government, committee meeting for planning Commission correspondence, |
| Box 78 Folder 9 | National Academy of Public Administration proposal for Bicentennial Commission on American government, proposal, two typescript drafts |
| Box 78 Folder 10 | National Academy of Public Administration proposal for Bicentennial Commission on American government, committee meeting for planning Commission, final draft |
| Box 78 Folder 11 | Committee for Economic Development, meeting programs and correspondence, 1975-1977 |
| Box 78 Folder 12-13 | 1976 correspondence, general |
| Box 78 Folder 14 | 1976 correspondence, staff |
| Box 78 Folder 15 | 1976 correspondence, members |
| Box 78 Folder 16 | 1976 correspondence, executive branch, judicial branch and Carter-Mondale Transition Office |
| Box 79 Folder 1 | 1976 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 79 Folder 2 | 1976 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 79 Folder 3 | 1976 correspondence, membership appointments |
| Box 79 Folder 4 | 1976 correspondence, funding |
| Box 79 Folder 5 | 1976 correspondence, speaking events |
| Box 79 Folder 6 | 1976 correspondence, speaking events at Northwestern University |
| Box 79 Folder 7 | 1976 correspondence, League of Women Voters Education Fund, Presidential debates 1976 |
| Box 79 Folder 8 | Speech typescripts
- Statement of ACIR before the national Republican Platform Committee
- "The Safe Streets Act; Another look at the First Major Block Grant Experiment," by Merriam, Subcommittee on Crime, U.S. House Judiciary Committee, 2/20/76
- "The Changing Pattern of Federal Assistance to State and Local Governments," by David B. Walker, 7/27/76
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| Box 79 Folder 9 | 1977 correspondence, general |
| Box 79 Folder 10 | 1977 correspondence, staff |
| Box 79 Folder 11 | 1977 correspondence, members |
| Box 79 Folder 12 | 1977 correspondence, executive branch |
| Box 79 Folder 13 | 1977 correspondence, legislative branch |
| Box 79 Folder 14 | 1977 correspondence, state and local officials |
| Box 79 Folder 15 | 1977 correspondence, membership appointments |
| Box 79 Folder 16 | 1977 correspondence, funding |
| Box 79 Folder 17 | 1977 correspondence, National Academy of Public Administration |
| Box 79 Folder 18 | Understanding State and Local Cash Management, ACIR, May, 1977 |
| Box 79 Folder 19 | Intergovernmental Perspective, "Restraint and Reappraisal; Federalism in 1976," winter 1977; "The Federal Grant Maze," spring 1977; "The Case for State-Local Fiscal Fair Play," summer 1977 and ACIR Information Bulletin, September 1977 |
| Box 80 Folder 1-3 | "White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development, Background Papers" |
| Box 80 Folder 4 | Speech typescripts, "The `Metabolism of the Cities; "An Intergovernmental Perspective on the New Urban Crisis," by Merriam, International Public Works Congress and Equipment Show, Chicago, 9/10/77, two drafts |
| Box 80 Folder 5 | Johnson Foundation report on state and local government services sponsored by Committee for Economic Development |
| Box 80 Folder 6 | 1978 correspondence, |
| Box 80 Folder 7 | 1978 correspondence, Merriam leaving chair of ACIR and appointment of Abraham D. Beame |
| Box 80 Folder 8 | 1978 correspondence, after resignation |
| Box 81 Folder 1 | Canadian government’s commendation of Merriam’s contribution to federalism, leather letter display case |
| Box 81 Folder 2-3 | Merriam’s ACIR earnings statements and travel compensation forms |
| Box 81 Folder 4 | Special Committee to Review ACIR’s Work Program, Budget, and Staffing, report, 8/3/78-8/4/78 |
| Box 81 Folder 5 | Intergovernmental Perspective, "A Tilt Toward Washington, Federalism in 1977," winter 1978 |
| Box 81 Folder 6 | "The Localities Under the New Intergovernmental System; (Will More Aid Assist, Atrophy, or Asphyxiate America’s Counties, Cities, and Towns?)," by David B. Walker, article for Seminar on "A Federal Response to the Fiscal Crisis in American Cities," 6/15/78 |
| Box 81 Folder 7 | Speech typescripts
- "Urban Governance Problems and Opportunities; Overview of the Alternatives," by Merriam, National Municipal League Conference, 1978
- Statement before the Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, U.S. House Government Operations Committee, 1978
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| Box 81 Folder 8 | 197Folder 9-1984 correspondence |
| Box 81 Folder 9 | Bills on intergovernmental affairs, 1980-1981 |
| Box 81 Folder 10 | Speech typescript, Statement before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources, U.S. House Government Operations Committee, 4/29/81 |
| Box 81 Folder 11 | "Issues in a New Federalism, Painful Adjustments--Long Overdue," by William Colman, Ex-Executive Director of ACIR, National Civic Review, March 1982 |
| Box 81 Folder 12 | William Colman portrait, correspondence, 1983 |
| Box 81 Folder 13 | "Twenty-five Year Record of ACIR," Joint Hearing before Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 7/25/84 |
| Box 81 Folder 14 | Twenty-fifth Anniversary Retreat, 1984 |
| Box 81 Folder 15 | Undated monographs
- "American Federalism in a Transitional Era," by David B. Walker
- "American Federalism, A Paradox of Promise and Performance," by Merriam
- "Intergovernmental Relations"
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| Box 82 Folder 1 | Miscellaneous undated material, working notes and speech drafts, including, "State Revenue Systems," by Merriam, Revenue Resources Seminar, The National Conference of State Legislators |
| Box 82 Folder 2 | Miscellaneous ACIR publications |
| Box 82 Folder 3 | Miscellaneous ACIR publications, local government, 1961-1962 |
| Box 82 Folder 4 | Miscellaneous ACIR publications, federalism, 1974-1976 |
| Box 82 Folder 5 | Miscellaneous ACIR publications, municipal finance, 1973, 1975 |
| Box 82 Folder 6 | Miscellaneous ACIR publications, public attitudes, 1975-1976 |
| Box 82 Folder 7 | Miscellaneous news clippings
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| Box 82 Folder 8 | Congressional Act, Congressional Record, news clippings, 1968-1969 |
| Box 82 Folder 9 | 1970 correspondence, |
| Box 82 Folder 10 | 1970 correspondence, Federalism Forum, Challenge of the Seventies, St. Louis University |
| Box 82 Folder 11 | 1971 correspondence, |
| Box 82 Folder 12 | 1971 correspondence, Senate hearing |
| Box 82 Folder 13 | 1971 correspondence, House of Representatives hearing |
| Box 82 Folder 14 | ACIR memoranda, 1971 |
| Box 83 Folder 1 | White House property tax initiative, 1971 |
| Box 83 Folder 2 | 1972 correspondence, and news clippings |
| Box 83 Folder 3 | 1972 correspondence, ACIR school finance-property tax study, Nixon request in State of the Union Address |
| Box 83 Folder 4-5 | 1972 correspondence, value added tax for school financing |
| Box 83 Folder 6 | 1973 correspondence |
| Box 83 Folder 7 | 1973 correspondence, value added tax |
| Box 83 Folder 8 | Memoranda and Merriam’s statement on Supreme Court school financing ruling, 1973 |
| Box 83 Folder 9 | 1974 correspondence, |
| Box 83 Folder 10 | Memoranda, 1974, and ACIR Information Bulletin, May, 1974 |
| Box 83 Folder 11 | 1975 correspondence, |
| Box 83 Folder 12 | Miscellaneous |
Subseries 4: Republican National Party |
| Box 84 Folder 1 | Party platforms, Republican and Democratic, pamphlets, 1960 |
| Box 84 Folder 2 | Democratic National Committee Advisory Council, plan of operations and statement of purpose, 1957, and organization and operation, 1962 |
| Box 84 Folder 3 | Republican congressional committees, speeches and news releases, 1962-1963 |
| Box 84 Folder 4 | Republican National Committee, report and news releases, 1961 |
| Box 84 Folder 5 | Republican National Committee, "The 1960 Elections, A Summary Report with Supporting Tables," April 1961 |
| Box 84 Folder 6 | Republican National Committee, correspondence, 1963-1964 |
| Box 84 Folder 7 | Republican National Committee, correspondence, 1966 |
| Box 84 Folder 8 | Republican National Committee, National Convention, platform, and Barry Goldwater campaign literature, 1964 |
| Box 84 Folder 9 | Republican National Committee, report and memoranda, 1965 |
| Box 84 Folder 10 | Republican National Committee, Party-to-People Program, Merriam National Coordinator, correspondence, news clippings, and expenses, 1964 |
| Box 84 Folder 11 | Republican National Committee, Party-to-People Program, Merriam’s statement to Convention, and program questionnaire, 1964 |
| Box 84 Folder 12 | Republican National Committee, Party-to-People Program, forums proceedings, transcripts; Los Angeles, California, 3/31/64
- Miami, Florida, 4/15/64
- Kansas City, Missouri, 4/28/64
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| Box 84 Folder 13 | Republican National Committee, Party-to-People Program, forums proceedings, transcripts; Chicago, Illinois, 5/7/64
- Memphis, Tennessee, 5/27/64
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6/15/64
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| Box 84 Folder 14 | Republican National Finance Committee, list of members, correspondence, and memoranda, 1963-1964 |
| Box 84 Folder 15 | Republican National Finance Committee, correspondence, meetings and memoranda, 1965 |
| Box 84 Folder 16 | Republican National Finance Committee, Merriam’s resignation, correspondence, 1968 |
| Box 84 Folder 17 | Republican Citizens Committee of the United States, letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower and memoranda, 1962 |
| Box 85 Folder 1-2 | Republican Citizens Committee of the United States, Executive Committee, correspondence, and memoranda, 1963-1964 |
| Box 85 Folder 3 | Republican Citizens Committee of the United States, news releases, 1964 |
| Box 85 Folder 4 | Republican Citizens Committee of the United States, "Critical Issue Papers," booklets, 1964 |
| Box 85 Folder 5 | Republican Citizens Committee of the United States, meetings and memoranda, 1965 |
| Box 85 Folder 6 | Republican crossover to President Johnson in 1964 election, correspondence, 1964 |
| Box 85 Folder 7 | Foreign policy materials and critique of party by a Democrat, reprint, 1965 |
| Box 85 Folder 8 | News clippings, 1965 |
| Box 85 Folder 9 | Richard M. Nixon’s Presidential campaign, Merriam Illinois Co-chairman, correspondence, 1968 |
| Box 85 Folder 10 | President-elect Nixon’s task force on the budget, Merriam member, reports and memoranda, 1968
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| Box 85 Folder 11 | President John F. Kennedy budget message, critique, and relevant letter from Merriam to Nixon, 1961 |
| Box 85 Folder 12 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, 1964 Budget Analysis, 1963 |
| Box 85 Folder 13 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, working draft of Government Economy Committee, 2/5/63 |
| Box 85 Folder 14 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, statements and memoranda, 1963 |
| Box 86 Folder 1 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, 1965 Budget analysis, 1964 |
| Box 86 Folder 2 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, Republican criticism of Johnson budget, 1964 |
| Box 86 Folder 3 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, statements and memoranda |
| Box 86 Folder 4 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, 1966 Budget analysis, 1965 |
| Box 86 Folder 5 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, 1969 Budget analysis, and "Modernizing Federal Budgeting Procedures," by Roy E. Moore, typescript, 1968 |
| Box 86 Folder 6 | Task force set up by Republicans on House Appropriations Committee, news clippings |
Subseries 5: Federal service and national political organizations |
| Box 87 Folder 1 | Urban Studies, Incorporated, meetings, correspondence, and memoranda, 1964-1966 |
| Box 87 Folder 2 | Urban Studies, meetings, correspondence, and Certificate of Incorporation, 1971-1973 |
| Box 87 Folder 3 | Urban Studies, memoranda, meetings and correspondence, 1975-1976 |
| Box 87 Folder 4-5 | Federalism Seventy-six, Incorporated, correspondence, 1972-1974 |
| Box 87 Folder 6 | Federalism Seventy-six, description of mission, 1972-1973 |
| Box 87 Folder 7-8 | Federalism Seventy-six, forums and conferences, 1973-1974 |
| Box 87 Folder 9 | Federalism Seventy-six, memoranda and meetings, including Chairman’s report to Board of Directors, 1973 |
| Box 87 Folder 10 | Federalism Seventy-six, memoranda and meetings, including 1974 |
| Box 87 Folder 11 | Federalism Seventy-six, amended by-laws and financial review, 1974 |
| Box 87 Folder 12 | Federalism Seventy-six, dissolution of corporation, 1975 |
| Box 88 Folder 1-2 | Municipal Manpower Commission, correspondence, 1961-1964 |
| Box 88 Folder 3 | Municipal Manpower Commission, National Conference on Municipal Manpower, Princeton, New Jersey, summaries, 10/26/62-10/27/62 |
| Box 88 Folder 4 | Municipal Manpower Commission, National Conference on Municipal Manpower, Princeton, New Jersey, conference transcript |
| Box 88 Folder 5 | Municipal Manpower Commission, Great Lakes Conference on Municipal Manpower, Wayne University, Merriam’s speech, digest and notes, 1963 |
| Box 88 Folder 6 | Municipal Manpower Commission, "Supplemental Report," "Profile of the Municipal Executive" |
| Box 88 Folder 7 | Municipal Manpower Commission, "Supplemental Report," "Personnel Concepts and Practices for Modern Urban Government" |
| Box 88 Folder 8 | Municipal Manpower Commission, "Supplemental Report," "The Recruitment and Training of Apt Personnel" |
| Box 88 Folder 9 | Municipal Manpower Commission, "Supplemental Report," "Careers in the Rebuilding and Management of Cities" |
| Box 88 Folder 10-13 | National Municipal League, correspondence, 1972-1977 |
| Box 89 Folder 1 | White House Fellows program, Merriam as regional interviewer, correspondence, and information booklet, 1971 |
| Box 89 Folder 2 | Visiting Committee to the Governmental Studies Program, Brookings Institution, correspondence, brochures, and memoranda, 1971-1973 |
| Box 89 Folder 3 | Visiting Committee to the Governmental Studies Program, first meeting, 4/15/71 |
| Box 89 Folder 4 | Miscellaneous speaking events, correspondence, and transcripts, 1960-1969 |
Subseries 6: National political/personal correspondence |
| Box 89 Folder 5-6 | 1961-1962 |
| Box 89 Folder 7 | 1963, including Conference to Plan a Strategy for Peace, Warrenton, Virginia, report, 1/17/63-1/20/63 |
| Box 89 Folder 10 | 1965, with or about Nixon, 1965-1966 |
| Box 90 Folder 2 | 1968, including President-Elect Nixon headquarters |
| Box 90 Folder 3 | 1965, Merriam’s birthday party |
| Box 90 Folder 6 | 1970, about meetings and speaking events |
| Box 90 Folder 8 | 1973, with Maurice H. Stans, Watergate trial |
| Box 90 Folder 11-12 | 1975, including Mamie Eisenhower |
| Box 90 Folder 13 | 1975, White House swimming pool, Merriam’s solicitation for contributions in Illinois, including from President Gerald Ford |
| Box 90 Folder 15 | 1976, Christmas |
| Box 91 Folder 1 | 1977, India trip, six week United States Information Agency mission |
| Box 91 Folder 3 | 1978, meetings and speaking engagements |
| Box 91 Folder 5 | Christmas cards received, including Presidents, 1960-1972 |
| Box 91 Folder 6 | Merriam’s biography sheets and resumes, 1956-1977 |
| Box 91 Folder 7 | Bureau of the Budget, Merriam being briefed at the Strategic Air Command’s underground command post |
| Box 91 Folder 8 | Bureau of the Budget, 1957, including-
- Merriam at President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s inauguration
- Monique Merriam with President Eisenhower
- Merriam speaking at the National Society for Business Budgeting Conference, Chicago, Illinois
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| Box 91 Folder 9 | Bureau of the Budget, 1958, Merriam speaking at The Shoreham |
| Box 91 Folder 10 | Aide to President Eisenhower, Merriam in White House office |
| Box 91 Folder 11 | Aide to President Eisenhower, Merriam at Third Annual Joint Convention of the Civic Committee, People-to-People Program, and Committee on International Municipal Cooperation of the American Municipal Association |
| Box 91 Folder 12 | Aide to President Eisenhower, including;
- Merriam at the Congressional Banquet, 1959
- Merriam in Puerto Rico, 1959
- Merriam in ceremonies at the White House
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| Box 91 Folder 13 | Forty-nine star United States Flag design, admission of Alaska, includes Executive releases, 1958-1959 |
| Box 91 Folder 14 | Fifty-star United States Flag design, admission of Hawaii, includes Executive releases, 1959 |
| Box 91 Folder 15 | Miscellaneous, in Washington, D.C., 1957-1961 |
| Box 91 Folder 16 | Republican National Party, People-to-People Forum, 1964 |
| Box 91 Folder 17 | ACIR
- President Richard M. Nixon, signed gift portrait to Merriam
- President Nixon in Oval Office meeting
- Merriam with Spiro Agnew
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| Box 91 Folder 18 | ACIR, 1970-1972, including; ACIR meeting in Caucus Room of the Old Senate Office Building
- Challenge of the Seventies, Federalism Forum
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| Box 91 Folder 19 | ACIR, 1976-1978
- Joint meeting of ACIR and the National Municipal League, Chicago, Illinois, 1976
- ACIR dinner meeting, Washington, 1976
- Merriam shaking hands with President Jimmy Carter in the White House, 1978
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| Box 91 Folder 20 | Miscellaneous Merriam head shots |
| Box 91 | Film 1 New United States Flag, black and white, no sound, 1959 |
Series V: General Political and Business Activities |
Subseries 1: Illinois and Chicago political/personal correspondence, |
| Box 92 Folder 3 | 1962, Christmas |
| Box 92 Folder 6 | 1964, with Reverend John Ireland Gallery |
| Box 92 Folder 7-13 | 1965-1971 |
| Box 92 Folder 14-17 | 1974-1975 |
| Box 93 Folder 1-3 | 1976-1978 |
| Box 93 Folder 4 | Miscellaneous notes, 1974-1978 |
| Box 93 Folder 5 | Daily schedules, 1977-1978 |
Subseries 2: Pre-aldermanic service |
| Box 93 Folder 7 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, correspondence, 1940-1941 |
| Box 93 Folder 8 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, manual of operations, committees and memoranda |
| Box 93 Folder 9 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, financial statement, records and receipts |
| Box 93 Folder 10 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, meeting minutes, street meetings and newsletters |
| Box 93 Folder 11 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, speaking engagements and speeches |
| Box 94 Folder 1 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, voter groups and mailing lists |
| Box 94 Folder 2 | Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, Wendall Wilkie and voters’ debate, news clippings |
| Box 94 Folder 3 | Paul H. Douglas, campaign for 5th Ward Alderman, Merriam precinct worker, 4/4/39 |
| Box 94 Folder 4 | Chicago City Manager Committee, Merriam member, correspondence, newsletters and news clippings, 1938-1940 |
| Box 94 Folder 5 | American Society of Planning Officials, Merriam field administrator, 1940, newsletters, 1942-1944 |
| Box 94 Folder 6 | National Youth Administration, correspondence, and memoranda, 1941 |
| Box 94 Folder 7 | National Youth Administration,, personnel policy studies |
| Box 94 Folder 8 | Division of Defense Housing Coordination, Executive Office for Emergency Management, Merriam program supervisor, correspondence and memoranda, 1941-1942 |
| Box 94 Folder 9 | Metropolitan Housing Council of Chicago, Merriam director, correspondence, article drafts and memoranda, 1947 |
Subseries 3: Political activities |
Sub-subseries 1: Citizens’ Committee on Cook County Government |
| Box 94 Folder 10-11 | Correspondence, 1967-1968 |
| Box 94 Folder 12 | Contributions and membership, including prominent Chicago businessmen, 1967 |
| Box 94 Folder 13 | Minutes from meetings |
| Box 94 Folder 14 | Reports
- "A Background Report to the Citizens Committee on Cook County Government, Subcommittee on the Office of the President," by Daniel H. Reigle, 11/3/67
- "Proposal for a Preliminary Study to Aid in Planning The Committee’s Program," March 1967
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| Box 95 Folder 1 | Reports
- "First Subcommittee Report on Revenues," 4/13/67
- "Interim Report on Cook County Revenues"
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| Box 95 Folder 2 | "Report of the Data Processing Task Force," November 1967 |
| Box 95 Folder 3 | "Report on Personnel Administration," by Frank H. Cassell, Task Force Leader, November 1967 |
| Box 95 Folder 4 | "Study of Health and Hospital Services," by Dr. Richard F. Manegold, Task Force Leader, November 1967 |
| Box 95 Folder 5 | Memoranda and reports to the President of the Cook County Board, 1967-1968 |
Sub-subseries 2: Illinois Commission on Urban Area Government |
| Box 95 Folder 6-7 | Correspondence, 1969-1970 |
| Box 95 Folder 8 | Correspondence, Merriam’s appointment as Co-chairman, 1969 |
| Box 95 Folder 9 | Correspondence, search for an executive director, 1969 |
| Box 95 Folder 10 | Correspondence, funding, 1969 |
| Box 95 Folder 11 | Executive Order, by-laws and description of mission |
| Box 95 Folder 12 | Press releases, newsletters and minutes |
| Box 96 Folder 1 | Second meeting, transcript, 12/17/68 |
| Box 96 Folder 2 | Second meeting, transcript, transcript, 12/18/68 |
| Box 96 Folder 3 | Digest of Chicago Public Hearing, 9/17/69 |
| Box 96 Folder 4 | Digest of Regional Hearings, Fall 1969 |
| Box 96 Folder 5 | Staff papers by the Public Administration Service
- "The Structure of Local Government in Illinois," February 1969
- "Fiscal Disparities Among Selected Municipalities in Urban Areas of Illinois," May 1969
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| Box 96 Folder 6 | "An Approach to Analyzing Patterns of Governmental Organization in Urban Areas (A General Perspective)," May 1969
- "A Survey of Modifications and Experiments in Local Government," May 1969
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| Box 96 Folder 7 | "The Constitution and Urban Area Government in Illinois," September 1969
- "Constitutional Policies Which Affect Local Government in Urban Areas of Illinois," September 1969
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| Box 96 Folder 8 | "Public Finance and Urban Area Government in Illinois, Relationships and Repercussions," October 1969 |
| Box 96 Folder 9 | "Public Finance and Urban Area Government in Illinois, data files
- "General Characteristics, East St. Louis Urban Area," June 1969
- "General Characteristics, Rock Island-Moline-Henry County Urban Area," June 1969
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| Box 97 Folder 1 | "Policy Recommendations for Constitutional Modernization," January 1970, and "Legislative Recommendations for Structural Modernization of Local Government," January 1971 |
| Box 97 Folder 2 | Speech typescripts
- Illinois Constitutional Committee on Local Government, by Merriam, Springfield, Illinois, 4/7/70
- "Federalism in Transition. The Dynamics of Change and Continuity," by Merriam, The William A. Jump/I. Thomas McKillop Memorial Lectures in Public Administration, 4/16/69
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| Box 97 Folder 3 | Metropolitan government, offprints |
| Box 97 Folder 4 | Urban government, articles and monograph |
| Box 97 Folder 5 | Center for Research in Urban Government, publications, 1965-1966 |
| Box 97 Folder 6 | Miscellaneous |
Sub-subseries 3: State and county Republican Party committees |
| Box 97 Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1956-1959 |
| Box 97 Folder 8 | Republican Workshops of Illinois, Inc., literature, 1960-1961 |
| Box 97 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1963 |
| Box 97 Folder 10 | Correspondence, "Citizens for Percy," Charles H. Percy, Republican Candidate for Governor, Merriam campaign chairman, 1964 |
| Box 97 Folder 11-12 | Percy campaign materials, lists, memoranda, and news clippings, including incumbent Otto Kerner’s literature |
| Box 97 Folder 13 | Percy campaign materials, "Citizens for Percy," campaign kit |
| Box 97 Folder 14 | Percy campaign materials, Illinois Republican State Platform and Percy’s address to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, 10/2/64 |
| Box 97 Folder 15 | Percy for Senator Committee, correspondence, 1966 |
| Box 98 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Republican Central Committee of Cook County, including with slate-making committee, Merriam as potential mayoral candidate, 1965-1966 |
| Box 98 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Republican Central Committee of Cook County, David Reed, Republican Candidate for First Congressional District |
| Box 98 Folder 3-4 | Correspondence, Richard B. Ogilvie campaign for Cook County Board President, 1966 |
| Box 98 Folder 5 | Correspondence, Richard B. Ogilvie campaign for Cook County Board President, with Merriam as campaign finance director |
| Box 98 Folder 6 | "Republicans for Singer," William S. Singer, independent candidate for re-election as 43rd ward alderman, correspondence, and campaign materials, 1971 |
| Box 98 Folder 7 | Miscellaneous articles |
Sub-subseries 4: Other Chicago service |
| Box 98 Folder 8 | Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan area Local Governmental Services Commission, Merriam appointee, correspondence, and memoranda, 1955-1956 |
| Box 98 Folder 9 | Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan area Local Governmental Services Commission, minutes and testimony of meeting, 5/22/56 |
| Box 98 Folder 10 | Science Research Associates voter attitude survey, Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation funded, correspondence, and memoranda, August 1955 |
| Box 98 Folder 11 | Science Research Associates voter attitude survey, questionnaires, preliminary results, and answer coding |
| Box 98 Folder 12 | "Robert E. Merriam, A Case Study in Candidacy," James Patrick Twomey, masters thesis, 1958 |
| Box 98 Folder 13 | Survey on voters’ attitudes and Richard J. Daley’s performance as mayor, results, 1965 |
| Box 99 Folder 1-4 | Survey on voters’ attitudes and Richard J. Daley’s performance as mayor, completed questionnaires |
| Box 99 Folder 5 | City of Chicago personnel and wage policy, 1964, 1966 |
| Box 99 Folder 6 | "Chicagoland Panorama Map," 1964 |
| Box 99 Folder 7 | Reports of Chicago improvement groups;
- Metamorphosis Chicago-Style, A Progress Report, Annual meeting of the Off-the-Street Club, text, 6/22/65
- Comments by the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago on basic policies for the comprehensive plan of Chicago, 9/1/65
- "A Pattern for Greater Chicago," Committee on Urban Progress, 7/1/65
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| Box 99 Folder 8 | Public Management course taught by Merriam, Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, term papers, 1977 |
| Box 99 Folder 9 | News clippings, Merriam’s return to Chicago, 1961, 1963 |
| Box 99 Folder 10 | News clippings, results of elections, 1963-1966 |
| Box 99 Folder 11 | News clippings, miscellaneous Chicago politics, 1935-1983 |
| Box 99 Folder 12 | News clippings, miscellaneous on Merriams, 1970-1974
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| Box 99 Folder 13-14 | Citizens’ Reapportionment Committee, correspondence, memoranda, and draft legislation, 1962-1965 |
| Box 100 Folder 1 | Illinois home rule, memoranda, monographs, and news clippings, 1962-1965 |
| Box 100 Folder 2 | Illinois home rule, legislative bills and legal opinions, 1965 |
| Box 100 Folder 3 | Illinois home rule, City of Park Ridge proposal, 1965 |
| Box 100 Folder 4 | Advisory Committee of the Illinois Social Studies Program, correspondence, 1963-1964, 1968 |
| Box 100 Folder 5 | "Private Groups in Illinois Government," final report and background papers from Assembly on Private Groups in Illinois Government, University of Illinois Bulletin, March 1965 |
Subseries 4: Business, investments, and non-profit organizations |
Sub-subseries 1: Business |
| Box 100 Folder 6 | Spaceonics, Inc., Merriam president, subsidiary, Portable Electric Tools, Merriam vice-president, correspondence, 1961-1964 |
| Box 100 Folder 7 | Spaceonics, Inc., Merriam’s hiring and shareholders’ papers |
| Box 100 Folder 8 | Spaceonics, Inc., personnel policy and benefits |
| Box 100 Folder 9 | Spaceonics, Inc., corporate financial information |
| Box 100 Folder 10 | Spaceonics, Inc., corporate financial information
- Annual reports and semi-annual earnings reports, 1957-1965
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| Box 100 Folder 11 | Spaceonics, Inc., product promotional materials |
| Box 100 Folder 12 | Spaceonics, Inc., subsidiary merger and Merriam’s resignation papers |
| Box 100 Folder 13-14 | Merriam’s job search correspondence, 1964 |
| Box 101 Folder 1-2 | University Patents, Inc., Merriam President and Chief Executive Officer, 1964-1970 |
| Box 101 Folder 3-5 | MGA Technology, Inc., Merriam Chairman of the Board of Directors, directors’ papers, 1971-1974 |
| Box 101 Folder 6-8 | MGA Technology, Inc., monthly operating reports, 1971-1974 |
| Box 101 Folder 9-10 | MGA Technology, Inc., URBA system, joint venture with French rapid transit firm |
| Box 101 Folder 11 | MGA Technology, Inc., billing for secretarial services, 1977-1978 |
| Box 102 Folder 1 | MGA Technology, Inc., correspondence, and miscellaneous prospecti, 1976-1979 |
| Box 102 Folder 2-5 | The Planning Group, Merriam Chairman, subsidiary of Urban Investment and Development Company, Merriam executive vice-president, 1971-1977 |
| Box 102 Folder 6 | Plaque Management, Limited, consultant, 1977-1978 |
| Box 102 Folder 7 | Alexander Proudfoot Company, partner, 1977 |
Sub-subseries 2: Investments |
| Box 102 Folder 8 | Small Business Investment Company of New York, Inc., 1961 |
| Box 102 Folder 9-12 | King Resources/K-S Fund of King-Stevenson Gas and Oil Company, 1965-1976 |
| Box 103 Folder 1-2 | King Resources/K-S Fund of King-Stevenson Gas and Oil Company, 1965-1976 |
| Box 103 Folder 3-4 | Mol-En Corporation, 1969-1971 |
| Box 103 Folder 5-6 | Summit Furniture Industries, 1972-1974 |
| Box 103 Folder 7 | Miscellaneous resort real estate, 1968-1977 |
Sub-subseries 3: Non-profit organizations |
| Box 103 Folder 8 | Latin School of Chicago, fund raising, 1966-1967 |
| Box 103 Folder 9-10 | Latin School of Chicago, Board of Trustees, 1971-1972 |
| Box 103 Folder 11 | Latin School of Chicago, miscellaneous |
| Box 103 Folder 12 | Options Inc., correspondence, memoranda, and minutes, 1977 |
| Box 104 Folder 1 | Options Inc., correspondence, 1978 |
| Box 104 Folder 2-3 | Options Inc., by-laws and program reports |
| Box 104 Folder 4 | University of Chicago, correspondence, |
| Box 104 Folder 5 | University of Chicago, alumni materials |
| Box 104 Folder 6 | University of Chicago, information on endowed professorships |
| Box 104 Folder 7 | University of Chicago, information on endowed professorships Emmett Dedmon, memorial and endowed professorship brochures, 1984 |
| Box 104 Folder 8 | University of Chicago, information on endowed professorships fund raising, correspondence, 1984 |
| Box 104 Folder 9 | University of Chicago, information on endowed professorships fund raising, correspondence, solicitation lists, 1984 |
| Box 104 Folder 10 | University of Chicago, Committee on Public Policy Studies, Visiting Committee member, 1983-1984 |
| Box 104 Folder 11 | University of Chicago, news clippings |
Subseries 5: Publications after 1955 |
| Box 105 Folder 1-3 | Going Into Politics, with Rachel Goetz, correspondence, 1954-1957 |
| Box 105 Folder 4 | Going Into Politics, with Rachel Goetz, potential libel suits, 1956-1957 |
| Box 105 Folder 5 | Going Into Politics, with Rachel Goetz, thank you letters for copies sent, 1957 |
| Box 105 Folder 6 | Going Into Politics, with Rachel Goetz, requests, compliments, and criticism, 1958-1960 |
| Box 105 Folder 7 | Going Into Politics, "An Object Lesson for Citizen Politicians," chapter, typescript draft |
| Box 105 Folder 8 | Going Into Politics, book reviews and publicity |
| Box 105 Folder 9 | "The Bureau of the Budget as Part of The President’s Staff," The Annals, American Academy of Political Scientists and Social Scientists, September 1956 |
| Box 105 Folder 10 | "Problems of Federal Budget-Making," Society of Business Advisory Professions, Inc., 1958 |
| Box 105 Folder 11 | Proposed book from Presidential lecture series, correspondence, and proposal, 1965 |
| Tape 1-2 | Proposed book from Presidential lecture series, lectures |
| Tape 1-3 | Proposed book from Presidential lecture series, lectures |
| Box 106 Folder 1 | Introductions to reprints of Charles E. Merriam’s book, American Political Ideas: Studies in the Development of American Political Thought, A History of American Political Theories, and The American Party System, correspondence, 1966-1967 |
| Box 106 Folder 2 | Book reviews by Merriam, 1956-1964, 1967 |
| Box 106 Folder 3 | Miscellaneous books and articles
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| Box 106 Folder 4 | Merriam at the Republican Workshops of Illinois, Inc., functions, 1960-1961 |
| Box 106 Folder 5 | Merriam at the Kane County Republican Rally, 1963 |
| Box 106 Folder 6 | The Merriams in France |
| Box 106 Folder 7 | Fox Valley East Annexation, Aurora, Illinois, 1973 |
| Box 106 Folder 8 | Merriam at miscellaneous formal events |
| Box 106 Folder 9 | Merriam speaking |
| Box 106 Folder 10 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 107 Folder 1 | University High School, grade sheets and card, standardized test results, 1932-1935 |
| Box 107 Folder 2 | University High School, Sixth and Seventh Annual Playfest, programs and scripts, 1934-1935 |
| Box 107 Folder 3 | University High School, sports, score sheet, ribbons and news clippings |
| Box 107 Folder 4 | University High School, sports, patches |
| Box 107 Folder 5 | University High School, U.-High Midway, school newspapers, 5/26/33-6/7/35 |
| Box 107 Folder 6 | University High School, diploma, honors letters, convocation program and year pin, 6/13/35 |
| Box 107 Folder 7 | University High School, miscellaneous, including dance cards |
| Box 107 Folder 8 | University of Chicago, term papers |
| Box 107 Folder 9 | University of Chicago, Aid the Allies Club, speech typescripts, notes, essays, and news clippings, 1940-1941 |
| Box 107 Folder 10 | University of Chicago, Blackfriars, "Fascist and Furious," thirty-second annual show, May 1936 |
| Box 107 Folder 11 | University of Chicago, Campus Congress, 1937-1939 |
| Box 107 Folder 12 | University of Chicago, sports, Winners of the "C" Banquet, 1939, score sheets and news clippings |
| Box 107 Folder 13 | University of Chicago, sports, pins and ribbons |
| Box 107 Folder 14 | University of Chicago, Pulse, student magazine, June 1938 and June 1939 |
| Box 107 Folder 15 | University of Chicago, convocation for Master’s degree, program and diploma, 1940 |
| Box 107 Folder 16 | University of Chicago, convocation programs, annotated, 1921-1940 |
| Box 107 Folder 17 | University of Chicago, miscellaneous |
| Box 107 Folder 18 | Merriam’s job search, correspondence, 1939-1941 |
| Box 108 Folder 1-2 | Correspondence, 1955-1961 |
| Box 108 Folder 3 | Correspondence, 1965-1970 |
| Box 108 Folder 4-5 | Correspondence, 1974-1978 |
| Box 108 Folder 6 | Correspondence, miscellaneous |
| Box 108 Folder 7 | Merriam’s childhood, including University of Chicago Elementary School |
| Box 108 Folder 8 | Merriam’s travel journal, Europe, 1931 |
| Box 108 Folder 9 | Merriam’s marriage to Marguerite Eiger, telegrams and news clippings, 2/5/50 |
| Box 108 Folder 10 | Hilda and Charles Merriam’s fiftieth wedding anniversary party, invitation list and letters, 7/20/51 |
| Box 108 Folder 11 | Robert and Marguerite Merriam’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party, invitation list, seating and menu, invitations, 2/5/75 |
| Box 108 Folder 12-13 | Robert and Marguerite Merriam’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party, cards, and letters of confirmation of contributions to charity made in their honor |
| Box 109 Folder 1 | Robert and Marguerite Merriam’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party, cards, and letters of confirmation of contributions to charity made in their honor |
| Box 109 Folder 2 | Settlement of Robert Eiger’s estate (Marguerite’s ex-husband) for Aimee and Oliver Merriam, 1960-1972 |
| Box 109 Folder 3A |
- Invitation to Mrs. Merriam to dine with the Ambassador
- Letter to Marguerite from Mitzi
- Poem, "Mother," by Ollie
- Marguerite Merriam’s "Pan Am, Clipper Club," certificate
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| Box 109 Folder 3 | Monique Merriam, including wedding, 7/10/76, 1961-1976 |
| Box 109 Folder 4 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, correspondence, including with Charles E. Merriam |
| Box 109 Folder 5 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, dust cloth patent, 1936 |
| Box 109 Folder 6 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, diary, 1947 |
| Box 109 Folder 7 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, miscellaneous |
| Box 109 Folder 8 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, Tales of Early America, original typescript, 1958 |
| Box 109 Folder 9 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, Tales of Early America, working drafts |
| Box 109 Folder 10 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, Tales of Early America, revised draft |
| Box 109 Folder 11 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, Tales of Early America, book photographs |
| Box 109 Folder 12 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, "North of the Mohawk," correspondence, two incomplete typescript drafts and notes, 1950 |
| Box 110 Folder 1 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, film articles
- "Recreation that Recreates," Moving Picture Age, April 1922
- "Solving the Motion Picture Problem," The Journal of the National Education Association, May 1924
- "Mothers and Movies," The International Journal of Religious Education, December 1924
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| Box 110 Folder 2-3 | Hilda Doyle Merriam, miscellaneous articles and recollections, including the diary of her eighty-fifth year, typescripts |
| Box 110 Folder 4 | Charles E. Merriam, obituaries, sympathy cards and memorial program, 1/8/53 |
| Box 110 Folder 5 | Political Cartoons, regarding Charles Merriam
- "The Professor in Politics"
- "The Open Mouth Platform"
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| Box 110 Folder 5A | "Win with Merriam," Capt. Charles E. Merriam for Mayor, Feb. 1919 (6) |
| Box 110 Folder 5B | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, with Robert Merriam from flight on the Hindenberg, passenger list and pin, 8/5/36 |
| Box 110 Folder 6 | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, royalties and copyrights, 1952-1966 |
| Box 110 Folder 7 | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, 1967-1970 |
| Box 110 Folder 8 | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, 1975-1977 |
| Box 110 Folder 9 | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, The American Party System, with Harold F. Gosnell, royalties, 1964-1971 |
| Box 110 Folder 10 | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, World Politics and Personal Insecurity, with Harold Lasswell and T. V. Smith, royalties, 1965 |
| Box 110 Folder 11 | Charles E. Merriam, correspondence, Charles E. Merriam Essay Award, 1956-1957, and Professorship, 1969, at the University of Chicago, and Scholarship and Fellowship at the University of Illinois, 1958-1959 |
| Box 110 Folder 12 | Charles E. Merriam, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, papers and lectures on Charles E. Merriam, 8/29/74-9/2/74 |
| Box 110 Folder 13 | Charles E. Merriam, articles on or referencing Charles E. Merriam and his work |
| Box 110 Folder 14 | Charles E. Merriam, search for author of biography, correspondence, 1952-1956 |
| Box 110 Folder 15 | Charles E. Merriam, requests for use of his papers, 1958-1960 |
| Box 110 Folder 16 | Charles E. Merriam, disposition of his papers, 1963-1967 |
| Box 110 Folder 17 | Charles E. Merriam, Barry Karl, on papers and biography, correspondence, 1959-1961 |
| Box 111 Folder 1 | Charles E. Merriam, Barry Karl, 1961-1968 |
| Box 111 Folder 2-4 | Charles E. Merriam, Barry Karl, biography, typescript draft |
| Box 111 Folder 5 | Charles E. Merriam, Barry Karl, introduction to New Aspects of Politics, by Charles E. Merriam, 1969 |
| Box 111 Folder 6 | Charles E. Merriam, Barry Karl, "The Power of Intellect and the Politics of Ideas," with references to Charles E. Merriam |
| Box 111 Folder 7 | Charles E. Merriam, Barry Karl, "In Search of National Planning: The Case for a Third New Deal," 1983 |
| Box 111 Folder 8 | Charles E. Merriam, miscellaneous
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| Box 111 Folder 9-10 | Correspondence, 1955-1961 |
| Box 111 Folder 11 | Correspondence, Chevy Chase, Maryland house, including deed, mortgage coupons and improvements, 1955-1961 |
| Box 111 Folder 12 | Correspondence, 1964 |
| Box 111 Folder 13 | Moving and decorating, plans and bills, 1964-1965 |
| Box 112 Folder 1-3 | Correspondence, 1974-1978 |
| Box 112 Folder 4 | Menominee, Michigan vacation home, correspondence, 1971-1976 |
| Box 112 Folder 5 | Menominee, highway construction, legal inquiries, 1975-1976 |
| Box 112 Folder 6 | Travel, correspondence, and itineraries, 1971-1973 |
| Box 112 Folder 7 | Merriam Family Genealogical information |
| Box 112 Folder 8 | Doyle Family Genealogical information |
| Box 112 Folder 9 | Family Genealogy, notes from a trip to Concord |
| Box 112 Folder 10 | Colonial Concord, A Study in Pen and Ink by James H. Dee, Jr. |
| Box 112 Folder 11 | Brochures about Concord |
| Box 112 Folder 12 | Baby book-diary by Hilda Doyle Merriam for her daughter, E. and son, Robert, ends 1926 |
| Box 112 Folder 13 | List of Family antiques |
| Box 112 Folder 14 | Political buttons and pins, Herbert C. Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Box 112 Folder 15 | Political buttons and pins, Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Box 112 Folder 16 | Political buttons and pins, Republican Party Convention, 1960 |
| Box 112 Folder 17 | Political buttons and pins, Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford |
| Box 112 Folder 18 | Political buttons and pins, Illinois and Chicago politicians, including Anton J. Cermack |
| Box 112 Folder 19 | Postcards, 1927-1955 |
| Box 112A Folder 1 | Postcard, received |
| Box 112A Folder 2 | Postcards, never sent |
| Box 112A Folder 3 | Pins and patches |
| Box 112A Folder 4 | Jane Jungkunz, Merriam’s first wife |
| Box 112A Folder 5 | Disposition of Merriam’s papers, correspondence, 1964-1968 |
| Box 112A Folder 6 | Fred D. Buckley, correspondence, 1965 |
| Box 112A Folder 8 | French document, reproduction |
| Box 112A Folder 9 | Pamphlet, "Oepfelchammer" |
| Box 112A Folder 10 | Slides, "Man on the Moon," 1 and 2 |
| Box 112A Folder 11 | Stamps and envelopes
- Envelopes and postcards with stamps
- Airmail envelopes
- French letter stamps for the French Red Cross
- Imperial Japan stamps
- Postmarked stamps from Portugal.
- Postmarked letter stamps
- Turque Collection de 100
- Meat inspections stamp
- Tobacco, revenue stamps (3)
- Cigar, revenue stamps (4)
- Beer stamps (4)
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| Box 113 Folder 1 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 113 Folder 2 | News clippings |
| Box 113 Folder 3 | News clippings, John F. Kennedy’s assassination |
| Box 113 Folder 4-5 | Merriam’s childhood albums, 1920s |
| Box 113 Folder 6 | Family during Merriam’s childhood, 1918-1931 |
| Box 113 Folder 7 | Family during Merriam’s childhood, in Germany and Switzerland |
| Box 113 Folder 8 | Family during Merriam’s childhood, at cottage in Wisconsin |
| Box 113 Folder 9 | Family, ca. 1930s |
| Box 113 Folder 10 | Merriam at Camp Highlands, Plum Lake, Wisconsin |
| Box 113 Folder 12 | Merriam on vacations, 1940s |
| Box 113 Folder 13 | Late 1940s |
| Box 113 Folder 14 | Late 1940s, a family of three in the snow |
| Box 113 Folder 15 | Fishing trip |
| Box 113 Folder 16 | Family and riverboat, 1959 |
| Box 113 Folder 17 | Charles E. Merriam, including his seventy-fifth birthday, 1949 |
| Box 113 Folder 18 | Hilda Doyle Merriam |
| Box 113 Folder 19 | Merriam, ca. 1935-1943 |
| Box 113 Folder 20 | Merriam’s sister Elizabeth’s son |
| Box 113 Folder 21 | Marguerite Merriam, 1950s |
| Box 113 Folder 22 | Monique Merriam, 1954-ca. 1970 |
| Box 113 Folder 23 | Unidentified people |
| Box 113 Folder 24 | Unidentified people women |
| Box 113 Folder 25 | Unidentified places |
| Box 114 Folder 1 | Negatives, Hilda Merriam’s, "old" |
| Box 114 Folder 2 | Negatives, flat, 1930s and 1940s |
| Box 114 Folder 3 | Negatives, color and Minox |
| Box 114 Folder 4 | Negatives, rolls |
| Box 114 Folder 5 | Negatives, miscellaneous |
Subseries 1: Miscellaneous Political Papers |
| Box 115 Folder 1 | Photographs of theatre ground situation maps, 12/3/1944 - 12/19/1944 |
| Box 115 Folder 2 | Merriam campaign poster, 1947 |
| Box 115 Folder 2 | Sanitation District map of future construction 28 x 40 inch, 1951 |
| Box 115 Folder 3 | Merriam 1955 mayoral campaign materials, portrait proofs, undated |
| Box 115 Folder 4 | Merriam and Filipino supporters, 1955 |
| Box 115 Folder 5 | Merriam and campaign supporters, Life Magazine, 1955 |
| Box 115 Folder 6 | Merriam campaign posters, 1951 Box 115 |
| Box 115 Folder 6 | Political cartoons, original art work |
| Box 115 Folder 7 | Ward Map, Chicago, 1947 |
Subseries 2: Scrapbooks and clippings |
| Box 116 | Scrapbook 1: Youth For Democracy/Youth For Roosevelt, 1940-1941 |
| Box 116 | Scrapbook 2: Army, Jane Merriam, and Emmett Deadman, 1942-1943 (2 books) |
| Box 117 | Scrapbook 1: 12/1/46 - 2/25/47 |
| Box 117 | Scrapbook 2: Campaign and Bertram Moss literature, 1947 |
| Box 118 | Scrapbook 1: 2/26/47 - 11/30/47 |
| Box 121 | Scrapbook 1: "B," 1/1/54 - 4/6/54 |
| Box 121 | Scrapbook 2: "C," 4/7/54 - 5/26/54 |
| Box 122 | Scrapbook 1: "D," 5/27/54 - 9/9/54 |
| Box 122 | Scrapbook 2: "E," 9/10/54 - 12/16/54 |
| Box 123 | Scrapbook 1: Mayoral Campaign, 12/10/54 - 12/21/54 |
| Box 123 | Scrapbook 2: Mayoral Campaign, 3/24/55 - 4/20/55 |
| Box 124 | Scrapbook 1: Mayoral Campaign, 11/20/54 - 3/23/55 |
| Box 125 | Scrapbook 1: Mayoral Campaign, 1954-1955 |
| Box 125 | Scrapbook 2: Mayoral Campaign, 12/17/54 - 12/30/54 |
| Box 125 | Scrapbook 3: Mayoral Campaign, 1955 |
| Box 125 | Film "It’s Time For Merriam," 16mm, black and white, no sound, 1/30/55 |
| Box 126 | Scrapbook : News clippings and correspondence, 1955-1960 |
| Box 127 | Scrapbooks 1-2: News clippings and correspondence, 1959-1962 |
| Box 127 | Scrapbook 3: Hilda Doyle Merriam, Scrapbook, 14 Feb 1961 (unlabeled) |
| Box 128 | Scrapbook 1: News clippings and correspondence, 1930s |
| Box 128 | Scrapbook 2: News clippings and correspondence, 1943-1945 |
| Box 128 | Scrapbook 3: News clippings and correspondence, 1945-1947 |
| Box 129 | Scrapbook 1: News clippings and correspondence, 1951-1952 |
| Box 129 | Scrapbook 2: News clippings and correspondence, 1954 |
| Box 129 | Scrapbook 3: News clippings and correspondence, 1957-1959 |
| Box 130 | Scrapbook: 1918-1984 |
| Box 131 | University of Chicago charms, medals, and pins |
| Box 131 | Merriam for Mayor, buttons |
| Box 131 | Cracker jack air corps cuff link |
| Box 131 | Crossed Rifles pin |
| Box 131 | Photographs of Charles and Robert Merriam, in small leather frame |
| Box 131 | Miscellaneous pins |
| Box 131 | Merriam for Alderman, buttons |
| Box 131 | Swiss Flag and pin |
| Box 131 | University of Chicago medal and ribbon |
