Description: Papers of Samuel K. Gove (1923-2011), professor of political science (1954-89) and director of the Institute (1967-85), including correspondence (1951-89), reports, manuscripts, minutes, photographs, search committee files (1972-86), publications (1958-88), news clippings, talks (1962-84), transcripts of speeches, course materials, training manuals, press releases/packets, handouts and promotional materials, research studies, mailers, symposium reports/lectures, executive summaries, memorandum, legal brief from US Court of Appeals, book marketing materials, bibliographic
. . . morematerials, and tapes about legislative politics, campaign finance and the role of money in politics, reapportionment, federal/state and state/university government relations, governmental studies and reorganization of the State Auditor's office, constitutional conventions, internships, the Illinois Commission to Study State Government -- Schaefer Commission (1950-53), State Personnel Administration Commission (1950-56), Commission to Study the Organization of the General Assembly--Katz Commission (1963-67), legislators conferences (1966-86), Commission on State Government (1965-67) and Local Government Commission (1967-69), American Society for Public Administration (1950-84), American Association of University Professors (1955-84), American Political Science Association (1950-72, 1982-85), Illinois Board of Higher Education (1967-73), National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (1972-84), National Municipal League (1950-82), Policy Studies Organization (1970-84) and Champaign-Urbana Study Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation (1976-78). The series includes material on the University Office of Community Development (1959-65), Faculty Advisory Committee (1965-70), International Programs and Studies Committee (1970-82), Illinois Campaign Finance Project (1995-1997), Council on Extension and Public Service (1966-85), Political Science Department (1972-84), State Government/University Relations Committee (1973-85), Statutes and Senate Procedures Committee (1963-69), budget restoration (1976-77), Illinois Issues (1973-85), Leo Koch, Orville Hodge, and Revilo P. Oliver. Correspondents include Otto Kerner, Paul Simon, Jim Edgar, and Harold A. Katz.