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A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives

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Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Hyneman, Charles S., 1900-1985.

Collection No.
C2

Extent
10 cubic feet (10 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Charles Hyneman was a Distinguished Professor of political science at Indiana University. Collection contains biographical materials, copies of articles, manuscripts, research notes, lectures, teaching materials, papers and reports relating to work for federal government during Second World War, and general correspondence. Includes manuscript copies of American founding experience (published in 1994), Government and politics in the United States (not published), and some chapters of an unfinished book to have been co-authored by Hubert H. Humphrey on the American political system. Correspondents include Hubert H. Humphrey, Sander Vanocur, and Herman B Wells.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research. Advance notice is required.

Biographical Note

Charles S. Hyneman was born in 1900 on a farm in Gibson County, Indiana. He received the A.B. degree from Indiana University in 1923, and his A.M. in 1925. After pursuing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, he moved on to the University of Illinois, where he received his PhD in 1929.

Professor Hyneman taught political science at Syracuse University from 1928-1930 before returning to Illinois as assistant professor from 1930-37. In 1937 he became professor and chairman of the department of government at Louisiana State University. He became director of the new school of government and public affairs the following year, and was instrumental in organizing the Louisiana Municipal Association and initiating a merit system for the state civil service.

During World War II, Hyneman held three successive government posts. As administrative analyst in the Bureau of the Budget, he oversaw matters relating to the Office of Civil Defence. Later he worked in the Office of the Provost Marshall General in the War Department as Chief of the Training Branch, selecting ten universities to serve as centers for the training of civil affairs officers. Finally, he worked in the Federal Communications Commission, first as the Director of the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service, and next as Assistant to the Chairman and then Executive Officer of the FCC.

In January 1947 Hyneman returned to teaching as professor and later chairman of the political science department of Northwestern University. At this time he also served as secretary of the Civil Service Board regulating employment in the Chicago Sanitary District. Hyneman joined the political science faculty at Indiana University in 1956, and in 1961 was named as a Distinguished Professor. He was visiting professor at George Washington University, the University of Minnesota, Stanford University, UCLA, and the University of Washington. He served as President of the American Political Science Association during 1960-61.

He produced innumerable articles and many books: The First American Neutrality (1935), Bureaucracy in a Democracy (1950), The Study of Politics (1959), The Supreme Court on Trial (1963), A Second Federalist (1967), Popular Government in America (1968), Voting in Indiana (1979), American Political Writing During the Founding Era (1983), and The American Founding Experience (1994), the last published posthumously. He also left two sizeable unpublished manuscripts, Government and Politics in the United States, and many chapters of a book on the American political system to have been co-authored by Hubert H. Humphrey. Dr. Hyneman died in 1985.

Arrangement

Organized in five series: biographical materials; publications, manuscripts, and research notes; public lectures and teaching materials; government war work; and general correspondence.

Scope and Content Note

Charles Hyneman donated seven cubic feet containing his correspondence to the University Archives in 1982. After his death in January, 1985, another seven cubic feet comprising material of various kinds arrived at the archives. The collection relates to Hyneman's work as a member of the Indiana University faculty, and also contains material reflecting Hyneman's work at other universities and with the federal government before his arrival in Bloomington. The collection comprises ten cubic feet of records and dates from the 1920's to his death in 1985 and the posthumous publication of his final book in 1994, with the great majority of material covering the years after 1942.

Prominent types of materials in the collection include: correspondence, draft manuscripts, typed lectures, memoranda, reports, clippings, three reel-to-reel tapes and a gradebook.

Biographical Materials: This series includes 17 folders and three reel-to-reel tapes, arranged topically. Materials encompass the years 1937- 84, including transcripts of oral interviews (3 folders, 1976-79), contracts from universities (4 folders, 1937-62), Indiana University Annual Reports (1956-71), and other folders relating to a bibliography of his writings, a proposed endowment in his name, and others of a lighter nature.

Publications, Manuscripts and Research Notes: There are 51 folders in this series, chronologically arranged from his 1930's research notes to his handwritten musings on the sanctity of life. In addition to several articles are draft manuscripts of longer-term research products. Among these are manuscripts relating to the unpublished Government and Politics in the United States (6 folders), the unpublished book with Hubert H. Humphrey (23 folders), and drafts of what was published posthumously as The American Founding Experience (7 folders).

Public Lectures and Teaching Materials: The 36 folders and gradebook in this series date from 1935 to 1980, documenting a lifetime of talks given at conferences and universities across the country. The subjects of the talks range from the theory and practice of democratic government to the politics of race and protest to the concepts of the Founding Fathers. These have been filed chronologically, along with the materials relating to teaching (Teaching--Handouts and Notes-- 1935-69, Hyneman Circulars Regarding the Teaching of Political Science--1952-54, and the Gradebook, 1947-55.) Also related to teaching is the unpublished Government and Politics in the United States in Series 2, which grew out of his teaching at Northwestern University. There are no regular class lectures.

Government War Work: This series documents Dr. Hyneman's work in three government positions during the American years in World War II. Included within these 14 folders dating from 1942 to 1949 are materials from the Bureau of the Budget (2 folders), the Training Branch of the War Department (2 folders), and his work with the Federal Communications Commission (9 folders).

General Correspondence: The 201 folders included here were carefully kept by Dr. Hyneman, and comprise over half of the collection. Personal and professional correspondence is largely indistinguishable here, as the professor's professional colleagues and former students were frequently his closest friends. Material here are filed alphabetically, with organizations interfiled with individual names. More information regarding his publications may be found here, with critical correspondence of his work filed under the name of the press or under a book title. Correspondents include: William F. Buckley, Jr., Hubert H. Humphrey, Sander Vanocur, and Herman Wells.

• Indexing Terms

• The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

• • Names
  • Hyneman, Charles S., 1900-1985 --Archives.
  • Hyneman, Charles S., 1900-1985 --Correspondence.
  • Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 --Correspondence.
  • Vanocur, Sander --Correspondence.
  • Wells, Herman B --Correspondence.
  • Hyneman, Charles S., 1900-1985. Government and politics in the United States.
  • Hyneman, Charles S., 1900-1985. American founding experience.
  • Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. Correspondence. Selections.
  • Vanocur, Sander. Correspondence. Selections.
  • Wells, Herman B. Correspondence. Selections.
• • Topics
  • Political science --Study and teaching (Higher) --Indiana --Bloomington --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Political scientists --Indiana --Bloomington --Archives.
  • Political scientists --Indiana --Bloomington --Correspondence.
  • World War, 1939-1945 --War work.

Separated Material

Four cubic feet of materials were removed from the Hyneman collection. These included duplicate copies of conference talks, extra transcript copies of his oral history, duplicate draft chapters of a proposed book with Hubert H. Humphrey, and extra draft copies of a book which was posthumously published as The American Founding Experience. Additionally, typed and handwritten notes, much of it copied from state statutes, was removed, as were newspaper and magazine clippings. Two microfilm copies of The Ass, or the Serpent, printed in London in 1712, were transferred to the Main Library.

Administrative Information

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Series: Biographical Materials, 1925-1984  

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Box 1 Annual Report 1956-1971  

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Bibliography for APSA 1982 

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Biographical--Misc. 1932-1983 

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Biography; Publicity 1981 

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Birthday Parties 1955-1970,  1980 

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Employment

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Indiana University 1956-1962 

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Louisiana State University 1937-1978 

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Northwestern University 1946-1954 

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U.S. Government 1942-1947 

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Hyneman Endowment 1984 

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Newspaper Clippings 1925-1974 

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Oral History, View item(s)

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Complete 1976-1979 

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3rd Interview 1976-1979  View item(s)

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4th Interview 1976-1979  View item(s)

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Personal; Misc. 1937-1982 

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Reel-to-reel tape--70th Birthday Party--Chicago 1970 

(2 folders)

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Reel-to-reel tape--Social Studies Conference April 13, 1956  

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Trivia & Frivolity 1942-1980 

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Series: General Correspondence

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Box 4 A-Am undated 

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ASCS Farm Committee

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System--Study Committee--Correspondence undated 

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Study--Hyneman's Memos undated 

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Study--Hyneman's Draft of Report undated 

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Allen, Joel undated 

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Am-Az undated 

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American Enterprise Institute

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Bicentennial Plans undated 

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General undated 

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American Political Science Association undated 

(2 folders)

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American Spectator undated 

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Appleton-Century-Croft undated 

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The Supreme Court on Trial

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Atherton Press Re: undated 

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Criticism of Manuscript undated 

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Letters re the Book undated 

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Popular Government in America

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Atherton Press Re: undated 

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Correspondence and Reviews undated 

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Ba undated 

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Be undated 

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Beckett, Paul undated 

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Bi-Bo undated 

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Blair, George S. undated 

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Blanksten, George I. undated 

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Boyd, Richard undated 

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Bridge, Franklin undated 

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Br-Bz undated 

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Buckley, William F., Jr. undated 

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Buehrig, Edward undated 

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Bureaucracy in a Democracy

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Correspondence re the Manuscript undated 

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Reviews, Comments undated 

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Buzzaird, Raleigh undated 

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Ca-Ch undated 

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Box 5 Carey, George W. I undated 

(2 folders)

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Carter undated 

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Christoph undated 

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Ci-Cl undated 

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Co-Con undated 

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CED (Committee for Economic Development) undated 

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Coo-Cz undated 

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Cooke, Edward F. undated 

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Da undated 

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Dahl undated 

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Dahl-Kirkpatrick, 1967 

"Dahl's investigation of CIA's intrusion into Political Science."

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(Folder 1) View item(s)

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(Folder 2) View item(s)

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Day, William undated 

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De undated 

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Derge undated 

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Declerico, Robert undated 

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Di-Dz undated 

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Driscoll, Jean undated 

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Earhart Foundation undated 

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E-Em undated 

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Em-Ez undated 

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Fa-Fi undated 

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Fj-Fz undated 

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Ga-Gn undated 

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Gilbert undated 

(3 folders)

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Box 6 Go undated 

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Gra-Gre undated 

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Graham, George J., Jr. undated 

(2 folders)

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Gri-Grz undated 

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Gs-Gz undated 

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Ha undated 

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Hagan, Charles undated 

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Harper & Bros.

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1945-1949  

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1950-1959 

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Harper & Row 1960 

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Havrylak, Sether undated 

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He-Hi undated 

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Heilman, Robert B. undated 

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Herson, Lawrence undated 

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Ho-Hol undated 

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Hofstetter, Richard undated 

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Holden, Mathew undated 

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Hom-Hoz undated 

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Homer, Fred undated 

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Hu-Huz undated 

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Humphrey, Hubert H.

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Personal undated 

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Campaign 1968 

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Clippings undated 

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Kirkpatrick--Honorary Degrees undated 

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I undated 

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University of Illinois--University of Illinois Press undated 

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Box 7 Indiana University

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General undated 

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Bicentennial Lectures undated 

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Memos, Committees, etc. undated 

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Political Science Department undated 

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Press undated 

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Info-Indiana Forum undated 

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J undated 

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Jacobson-West-Szmurak undated 

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Janda, Kenneth undated 

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Ka undated 

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Ke undated 

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Keefe undated 

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Kendall, Willmoore,

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1937-1948

(photocopies)

View item(s)

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1948-1960

(photocopies)

View item(s)

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1960-1969

(photocopies)

View item(s)

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Ki-Ky undated 

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Kirkpatrick, E.M. undated  View item(s)

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Kneier, Charles M. undated 

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La undated 

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Le undated 

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Leege, David undated 

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Legislative Tenure Survey Letters 1930's 

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Leland, Simeon E. undated 

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Lence, Ross undated 

(2 folders)

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Li-Ly undated 

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Liberty Fund undated 

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Liberty Press/Classics--Correspondence undated 

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Louisiana State University

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Bureau of Government Research Council undated 

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Scandals, Crime, Reform undated 

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Box 8 Lutz, Donald S. undated 

(3 folders)

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Ma undated 

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McCall undated 

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Malone undated 

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Mac and Mc undated 

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McClure, Robert undated 

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Me-Mi undated 

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Mo-Mz undated 

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N undated 

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NRC (National Research Council) undated 

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National Science Foundation undated 

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Northwestern University

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General undated 

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Political Science Department undated 

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Curriculum undated 

(3 folders)

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O undated 

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O'Connor, Patrick undated 

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O'Lessker, Karl undated 

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Owen, James Kimbrough undated 

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Pa-Pi undated 

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Penniman, Howard undated 

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Penniman-Ranney undated 

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Pennsylvania State University Education Study undated 

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Peters, Ron undated 

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Pl-Pz undated 

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Prentice-Hall undated 

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Publishers--Misc. undated 

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Box 9 Ra-Re undated 

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Ranney, Austin undated 

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Relm Foundation undated 

(2 folders)

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Ri undated 

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Roa-Rol undated 

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Robinson, James A. undated 

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Rom-Rz undated 

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Sa-Se undated 

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Scope & Method of Political Science Exploratory Conference undated 

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Sh-Si undated 

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Sm-So undated 

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Smiley undated 

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Snyder, R.C. undated 

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Social Science Research Council undated 

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Sp undated 

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Speckhard, Roy undated 

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Sta-Ste undated 

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Sti-Sty undated 

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Stoke, Harold W. undated 

(5 folders)

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Stone, Ivan and Janice undated 

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Stoner undated 

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Students (Personal Data) undated 

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Study of Politics--Correspondents and Reviews undated 

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Sm-Sz undated 

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Ta-Te undated 

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Box 10 Th undated 

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Ti-Tz undated 

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U-V undated 

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U.S. News & World Report--CSH on U.S. Supreme Court 1965 

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University of Dallas undated 

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Van Dyke, Vernon undated 

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Vanocur, Sander undated 

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Vatikiotis undated 

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Voting in Indiana--Reviews & Notices--Hofstetter and O'Connor Correspondence undated 

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Wa undated 

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Watts, Thomas undated 

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We-Wh undated 

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Wells, Henry undated 

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Wells, Herman

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Memorial

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Wi undated 

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Willis undated 

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Wo-Wz undated 

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars undated 

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Y-Z undated 

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Young, Roland undated 

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Misc. Correspondence undated 

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Current Misc. undated