Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	United States. -- Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955)
Title:	Hoover Commission Records
Inclusive Dates:	1947-1949
Quantity:	8.5 linear ft.
Abstract:	Commission appointed by President Harry S. Truman to recommend administrative changes to the federal government. Collection contains reports, analyses, appendices, small amount of correspondence.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

The Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, informally referred to as the Hoover Commission because Herbert Hoover was its chairman, was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to recommend administrative changes to the federal government.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Hoover Commission Records contains correspondence, reports, research notes and other material.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The collection has received minimal processing. Materials are in roughly alphabetical order by department (agriculture, commerce, etc.).

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genres and Forms

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Hoover Commission Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Unspecified, circa 1966.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: -
Date: circa 1960?
Revision history:

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Inventory

	Records
Box 1		Analysis of previous proposals for organization of the executive branch
Box 1		Final report, Department of Agriculture
Box 1		Agricultural activities
Box 1		Commerce Department
Box 1		Department management (3 folders)
Box 2		Appendices to study of departmental management
Box 2		Federal-state relationships
Box 3		Federal supply
Box 4		Fiscal, Budgeting and Accounting
Box 5		Foreign Affairs
Box 5		Federal field offices
Box 5		Flemming, Arthur S.
Box 5		General
Box 6		General
Box 6		General management of the executive branch
Box 6		Government Information Services
Box 6		Government Statistical Services
Box 7		Indian Affairs
Box 7		Labor Department
Box 7		Report to the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government
Box 7		Government Statistical Services
Box 8		Office of General Services, supply activities
Box 8		Overseas Admission, federal-state relations, Federal Research
Box 8		Personnel and Civil Service Committee
Box 8		Civil Service Rules and Regulations
Box 9		Personnel and Civil Service Committee
Box 9		Post Office
Box 9		Public Works
Box 9		Records Management
Box 10		Interstate Commerce Commission
Box 10		Management survey of the United States Maritime Commission
Box 10		Report of the Personnel Policy Committee
Box 11		Federal Trade Commission
Box 11		Federal Communications Commission
Box 11		National Labor Relations Board
Box 11		Securities and Exchange Commission
Box 11		United States Maritime Commission
Box 12		Federal Power Commission
Box 12		Committee on Independent Regulatory Commissions Report
Box 12		Report of the Personnel Policy Committee
Box 12		Federal Reserve System
Box 13		Regulatory agencies
Box 13		Relations of the Presidency to the Executive Branch
Box 13		Reorganization
Box 13		Research in Federal Government
Box 13		Revolving funds
Box 13		Territories and dependencies
Box 13		Transportation
Box 14		Veterans Affairs (other than hospitals)
Box 14		Welfare
Box 15		Functions and Activities of the National Government in the Field of Welfare, Parts I, II, III
Box 16		Functions and Activities of the National Government in the Field of Welfare, Parts IV, V, VI, VII
Box 17		Galley proofs of reports

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