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Martin Mayer papers, 1954-1980
111 boxesPapers covering Mayer's literary activities from approximately 1954-1983 and his versatile interests in music and recordings, the financial world, the advertising business, the legal profession, and public education. The collection includes his notes, interviews, drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, reviews, correspondence, and clippings for THE SCHOOLS; THE LAWYERS; MADISON AVENUE, U.S.A.; EMORY BUCKNER; DIPLOMA; WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY: SOCIAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS; as well as several hundred essays published in ESQUIRE, HORIZON, the SATURDAY EVENING POST, and other magazines. Also, material dealing with Mayer's books on banking, television, music, and housing, and with his continuing interest in education and the New York City school system; and diplomacy and his Sloan Foundation study on cities and universities.
Herbert H. Lehman Papers, 1878-2002, bulk 1930-1963
607 linear feetQuasi-Judicial Action of Administrative Agencies Commission on Microfilm 80
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Arthur Whittier Macmahon papers, 1911-1977
12035 itemsCorrespondence, memoranda, notes, manuscripts, addresses, and printed materials of Macmahon, including his course outlines and lecture notes, travel logs, and extensive files of notes and manuscripts on aspects of federalism and governmental administration. Charles A. Beard and Randolph S. Bourne were both personal friends of Macmahon, and the files contain letters from them as well as notes and correspondence relating to them. Also, a three-volume bound photocopy of the typescript of Macmahon's "Conflict and Consensus in Democracies" 1969.
The American Assembly records, 1950-2008
77.5 linear feetThis collections contants the administrative papers from 1950 to 1970s, which document the establishment of the Assembly and how it operated in the framework of Columbia University and its Business School. It also includes the volumes created for each Assembly topic and meeting year. The volumes contain both original manuscript material (e.g., correspondence, memos, reports, photographs, programs, etc.) related to the planning and execution of each meeting as well as published reports and publications generated for the meeting. Topics addressed by the Assembly over the years include: US Foreign Policy, Outer Space, Nuclear/Atom Power, International Relations, Collapse of the USSR, Arms Control, US Economy, Domestic policy issues (health insurance, labor, black economic development), Religion and American Life, Social Issues, Arts and Public Policy, Environmental issues, Politics, Tax System, Financial Systems, World Migration and US Policy. The collection also includes The Assembly's publications and a participant index.
Goals for Dallas, 1965-1966 Box 12
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- (After the American Assembly acted as the administrative agency for the President's Commission on
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(After the American Assembly acted as the administrative agency for the President's Commission on Goals, they were asked to give advice to both public and private agencies and institutions. At the invitation of Mayor J. Erik Jonsson of Dallas, Texas, the American Assembly co-sponsored a Goals for Dallas assembly.)
Wilfred Feinberg Papers, 1936-2011, bulk 1960-2011
222.71 linear feetSubseries III.1: Administrative Materials, 1961-2011
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- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (the administrative agency for the federal judiciary as a whole) and the
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This subseries consists of records relating to the administrative functioning of the Second Circuit. Much of the material dates from Feinberg's tenure as Chief Judge (1980-1988), a position with significant administrative responsibility and chairmanship of the Circuit Judicial Council. Administrative reports and memoranda were written and received throughout Feinberg's tenure on the court, however.