John A. Fairlie Papers, 1885-1947 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of John Archibald Fairlie (1872-1947), professor of Political Science (1909-41), Managing Editor of the American Political Science Review (1916-25), including correspondence, notes, TEXT outlines, manuscripts, clippings and reprints relating to public administration, state, county, township and municipal government and related topics. The correspondence includes material relating to the American Political Science Association, the National Municipal League, the Social Science Research Council, the Illinois Special Tax Commission (1910), the Illinois Efficiency and Economy Committee (1913-15), University and departmental matters, staff appointments, Illinois Public Aid Commission (1941-47), American Association of University Professors, and family affairs. The series includes chronological correspondence (17 cubic feet), subject file (8 1/2 cubic feet), Efficiency and Economy Committee papers (5 cubic feet), Special Tax Commission papers (1 1/2 cubic feet). Correspondents include Edmund J. James, Frank W. Tausig, David Kinley, James W. Garner, Frank J. Goodnow, Frederick A. Ogg, Charles A. Beard, Charles E. Merriam, Walter F. Dodd, and Frederick A. Cleveland.