Charles E. Merriam Papers

Description

Charles E. Merriam, professor of Political Science and politician. Candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1911 and 1919. Founder, Social Science Research Council, 1924. Contains personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts; class notes Merriam took as a student; memoranda; election campaign material; minutes; reports; scholarly and political speeches; articles; diaries; book reviews; degrees; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia. Materials record Merriam's influence as academic and politician and his vision of national policy-making and social reform, the first fifty years of the University of Chicago, and early twentieth-century Chicago politics.

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Cleared

Alternative Title

Charles E. Merriam Papers

Documents in this collection

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Merriam sends Addams a copy of an ordinance to create a Department of Public Welfare in Chicago and invites her to join a conference on it.

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Merriam asks Addams to help a doctoral student who is writing about Addams's life and work.

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Merriam asks Addams to assist Margaret Dunn who is working on a dissertation studying American leaders.

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Addams tells Merriam that she will help Margaret Dunn with her thesis.

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Merriam tells Addams about the death of Margaret Dunn.

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Addams tells Merriam that she will help with material written by Margaret Dunn, who recently passed away.