Charles McCarthy Papers

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Charles McCarthy to Jane Addams, December 12, 1912

McCarthy asks Addams for financial backing for his plan to hire stenographers to help create and distribute materials and legislative bills for the Progressive Party Legislative Bureau.

Finances Legislation Requests

Jane Addams to Charles McCarthy, December 13, 1912

Addams tells McCarthy that she cannot authorize the funds he needs, but she has forwarded his letter to the progressive Party Executive Committee.

Requests

Jane Addams to Charles McCarthy, December 14, 1912

Addams forwards a telegram from George Perkins and thanks McCarthy for his address.

Requests

George W. Perkins to Jane Addams, December 13, 1912

Perkins telegrams Addams to ask Charles McCarthy to help him with Progressive Party correspondence.

Requests

Charles E. Merriam to Jane Addams, January 11, 1913

Merriam asks Addams to review a plan (not found) for the establishment of the National Extension School of Ethics and Politics.

Education Requests

Jane Addams to Charles McCarthy, January 14, 1913

Addams hopes that McCarthy will direct the work of the Progressive Service Legislative Reference Bureau.

Legislation Praise Requests

Description

Papers of Charles McCarthy, a political scientist, publicist, and first Wisconsin legislative reference librarian and originator of the bill-drafting system in the United States. The collection consists of correspondence on agricultural cooperatives, 1913-1921; education in Wisconsin, 1911-1920; the Wisconsin legislature, 1906-1921; the United States Commission on Industrial Relations, 1914-1915; and Sir Horace Plunkett and the Irish rural cooperative movement. The agricultural material includes correspondence with farm leaders and farm organizations, such as the National Agricultural Organization Society, and relates to the rural cooperative marketing movement; cooperative legislation, state and national; rural credit and land ownership; organization of cooperatives; and standardization of farm products. Education correspondence deals with the state program; improvement of facilities; legislation; development of courses in and training of teachers of industrial education; state and national financial aid; and plans and policies in general. Occasional correspondence, 1906-1915, with President Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin relates to the Extension Division, the budget, and athletic policies of the university.

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Charles McCarthy Papers