Samuel K. Gove Papers, 1948-93

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 materials, 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.