Reminiscences of Robert E. Merriam, 1969.

Biographical Note

Business executive

Scope and Contents

Early political career in Chicago, Washington; World War II: combat historian, 1944, Battle of the Bulge; early relationship with General Eisenhower; postwar housing in Chicago; Alderman, Chicago, 1947; Eisenhower administration; Adlai E. Stevenson; White House experiences; HOPE, People to People program; workings of Presidential office; Bureau of the Budget; deputy assistant to President for intergovernmental relations; Ad Hoc Committee on Metropolitan Area Problems; advisory committee on intergovernmental relations

Subjects

• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Illinois--Politics and government.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Merriam, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1918-1988--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976