- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Civil Service Reform Association (New York, N.Y.)
- Title:
- Civil Service Reform Association files
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/s1784k74w
- Dates:
- 1881-1896
- Size:
- 3 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-3
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of some files of the Civil Service Reform Association and its affiliates, containing correspondence and reports urging that appointments to the Civil Service be based upon a competitive examination.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of some files of the Civil Service Reform Association and its affiliates, containing correspondence and reports urging that appointments to the Civil Service be based upon a competitive examination. Included are letters from Theodore Roosevelt, a member of the United States Civil Service Commission (1889-1895), George McAneny, secretary of the National Civil Service Reform League, and William Potts.
- Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Collection History
- Processing Information
Inventory created by Tal Eisenzweig in August 2008.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Credit this material:
Civil Service Reform Association files; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/s1784k74w
- Location:
-
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-3
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Civil service -- United States -- Examinations -- 19th century.
Civil service reform -- United States -- 19th century. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Reports. - Names:
- United States Civil Service Commission
National Civil Service League
McAneny, George, 1869-1953
Roosevelt, Théodore, 1858-1919
