TABLE OF CONTENTS


Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

Restrictions

Online Catalog Headings

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1. Correspondence

Series 2. Writings and Speeches

Series 3. Teaching, Wesleyan Government Department, Student Papers.

Series 4. Subject Files

Series 5. Citations, Photographs, Miscellany.

Series 6. Oversized Documents

Series 7. Film and Books.

Guide to the Elmer Eric E. E. Schattschneider Papers, 1901 - 1971 (bulk 1955-1971)


Descriptive Summary
Repository Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University
Creator Schattschneider, E. E. (Elmer Eric), 1892-1971.
Title Elmer Eric "E. E." Schattschneider Papers,
Dates 1901 - 1971 (bulk 1955-1971)
Linear Feet 13
Archival Boxes 14
Abstract Schattschneider was the author of numerous books and articles about American government and American political parties. Schattschneider was president of the American Political Science Association (1956-57), and spent the majority of his career (1930-71) teaching at Wesleyan University.
The E. E. Schattschneider Papers include correspondence, speeches and writings, student projects from Schattschneider's seminars on performing local community surveys, subject files of background material and notes for individual books as well as general subject files, family photographs, a documentary film written and presented by Schattschneider, and a collection of books annotated by Schattschneider.
Call Number 1000-9
Location For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
Language of Material Material in English

Biographical Note

Chronology List
1892 Born, Bethany MN, August 11.
1915 A.B., University of Wisconsin. Phi Beta Kappa.
1916 Works for the YMCA for two years.
1918 Serves in the Navy for one year.
1919 Teaches at Senior High School, Butler PA, until 1926.
1926 Wallace Fellow in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.
1927 M.A., University of Pittsburgh.
1927-1930 Instructor in Government, Columbia University.
1929-1930 Assistant Professor of Political Science, New Jersey College for Women (now Rutgers University)
1930-1935 Assistant Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
1935 Ph.D., Columbia University.
1935-1939 Associate Professor of Government, Wesleyan University.
1938-1940 Member, City Council, Middletown CT.
1939-1960 John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University.
1940-1946 Member, [Connecticut] State Board of Mediation and Arbitration.
1944-1952 Member, Board of Directors, The Rockfall Corporation, Middletown CT.
1946-1951 Consultant Editor, Rinehart & Co.
August 1949 Travels to Germany as a "visiting expert" for the U.S. Army of Occupation.
1949-1950 Visiting professor at Syracuse University supervising the studies of 20 visiting German students.
1949 Chair, Committee on Political Parties, American Political Science Association. Report of the committee was published in 1950 as "Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System."
1950-1955 Member, Board of Directors, Long Lane School, Middletown CT. President of Board, 1953-1955.
1951 Chair, Governor's Commission of Community Adjustment Problems.
1953-1954 Vice-president, American Political Science Association.
1955-1961 Chair, Public Affairs Center, Wesleyan University.
1955 Receives Moravian College Annual Alumni Award.
1956-1957 President, American Political Science Association.
1956-1962 Member, Board of Trustees, National Center for Education in Politics.
1957-1961 Chairman, Board of Directors, Citizenship Clearing House, an organization that encourages college students to enter politics.
1958 Receives Freedom Foundation award for "Democracy as a Moral System," a television discussion with Julian Hartt of Yale University.
1960-1971 Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University. Taught courses at Wesleyan through 1970.
1960 Receives L.L.D. degree [honorary], Moravian College.
1967-1968 Member, Charter Study Commission, Old Saybrook, CT.
1969 Receives James L. McConaughy Memorial Award, Wesleyan Alumni Council.
March 4, 1971 Dies.

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Collection Overview

This collection contains the papers of E. E. Schattschneider, a political scientist who spent the majority of his career at Wesleyan University. This collection is organized into seven series and primarily reflects Schattschneider's research interests from the 1950s until his death in 1971. All series are arranged alphabetically by name or subject and chronologically thereunder, with the exception of Series 3, Teaching, Wesleyan Government Department, Student Papers, each section of which is arranged chronologically, and alphabetically thereunder. Schattschneider's original order and nomenclature for folder titles have been retained throughout wherever possible; renaming and further description is present where the original titles have been nonexistant or extremely misleading.

Series 1, Correspondence, includes primarily incoming correspondence concerning professional activities, teaching, speeches and publications. Other notable groups include correspondence with Schattschneider's publishers concerning several of his books, organizational correspondence relating to Schattschneider's NBC television series "American Government and the Pursuit of Happiness" (1957), and correspondence concerning visiting professorships at American universities. Correspondents include many elected officials from Connecticut from the 1940s-60s including Chester Bowles, John Dempsey, and Abraham Ribicoff. Other correspondents include Harold H. Burton, J. William Fulbright, Samuel P. Huntington, Estes Kefauver, Henry Cabot Lodge, Adlai Stevenson, and Arthur T. Vanderbilt. Cross-references have been noted for persons appearing in more than one location if their corporate or university affiliation changes. Correspondence notation lists the amount of incoming correspondence first, followed by outgoing correspondence (e.g. Brown, Joseph R. 3/0, 1967-68).

Series 2, Writings and Speeches, contains notes, drafts, corrected typescripts, and author proofs for several of Schattschneider's books including Party Government, A Guide to the Study of Public Affairs, The Semi-Sovereign People, and Two Hundred Million Americans in Search of a Government. This series also contains documents, including corrected typescripts, for an unpublished volume or volumes titled, at various times, The Great American Experiment and The Resolution of Conflict - An Explanation of American Government, the latter of which Schattschneider was completing at the time of his death, and typescripts of several unpublished speeches and lectures.

Included in other series are student projects from Schattschneider's seminars on performing local community surveys, subject files of background material and notes for individual books as well as general subject files, family photographs, a documentary film written and presented by Schattschneider, and a collection of books annotated by Schattschneider.

Collection Arrangement

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

No restrictions

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Political science --Study and teaching.
United States --Politics and government --20th century.
American Political Science Association.
Local government --United States.
Political parties --United States.
Schattschneider, E. E. (Elmer Eric), 1892-1971.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Government Dept.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Elmer Eric "E. E." Schattschneider Papers, Collection #1000-9, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Acquired by Clement E. Vose following Schattschneider's death and kept by Vose as an unprocessed collection within the Collection on Legal Change.

Processing Information

Processed by Jeffrey Makala, 2000

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, November 2006

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1. Correspondence
Box Folder
1 1 A-Am
Abbey, Robert, 1948
Adams, Sherman, 1957
Addison, Herbert J., 1970
Adrian, Charles R., 1953
Alexander, Herbert E., 1953
Altschuler, Jonathan B., 1967
Encyclopedia Americana Annual, 1949-1952
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1968
American Education Press, 1951
American Institute of Public Opinion, 1948
American Jewish Committee, 1954
American Political Science Association, 1944-1961
Am-Ay
American Political Science Review, 1944-1952
American Society for Public Administration, 1949
American University, 1940-1953
American Veteran's Committee, Columbia U. Chapter, 1948
American Veteran's Committee, Harvard U. Chapter, 1948
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1948-1954
Appleby, Paul H., 1947-1954
Archon Books, 1966
Arnold, Jeff, 1967
Audience Surveys, Inc., 1948
Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. of America, 1953
N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc., 1951
Folder
4 B-Ba
Babu, V. Vithal, 1952
Bahm, Archie J., 1954
Baier, Clarence W., 1954
Bailey, Stephen K., 1948-1969
Baldwin, Raymond E., 1948-1950
Baldwin, Robert H., 1952
Baldwin, Sidney, 1951-1952
Ball, M. Margaret, 1948-1952
Baptist Student Foundation, 1954
Bard, Erwin W., 1954
Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1970-1971
Bateman, Raymond H., 1954
Baxter, Caleb G., 1951
Be-Bo
Beck, James H., 1951
Bellush, Jewel, 1948
Bennet, Douglas J., Sr., 1949-1950
Bennington College, 1953
Benton, William, 1952
Berdahl, Clarence A., 1953
Beszal, Egon E., 1953
Binkley, Wilfred E., 1951
Bishop, Donald G., 1950-1952
Bloch, Heinz, 1953
Blodgett, Grace M., 1953
Bok, Nellie Lee, 1954
Bone, Hugh A., 1952-1953
The Cyrenius H. Booth Library, 1953
Boston University, 1949-1953
Borger, Henry C., Jr., 1953
Bowles, Chester, 1949-1952
Br-Bu
Brandeis University, 1949
Bricker, John W., 1930-1934
Bridgewater Connecticut Democratic Town Committee, 1950
Brodigan, George D., 1953
Brown, Joseph R., 1967-1968
Brown, MacAlister, 1953
Brown, Richard C., 1953
Bruce, Harold R., 1949
Bureau of Governmental Research, 1951
Burns, James M., 1948-1954
Burton, Harold H., 1957
Butterfield, Victor, 1948-1963
C-Ch
California Institute of Technology, 1952
Carlson, Stephen, 1968
Carr, Robert K., 1953
Case, Clifford P., 1950
Cavan, Ruth S., 1954
Celler, Emanuel, 1950
Chamberlain, Lawrence H., 1948-1953
Charlesworth, James C., 1953
Cherington, Charles R., 1954
University of Chicago, Committee on Social Thought, 1950
University of Chicago Press, 1954-1960
University of Chicago, Public Affairs Conference Center, 1961-1962
Chiedk, Harwood L., 1949
Christian Action, 1952-1953
The Christian Democratic World Society, 1951
Folder
8 Ci
The Citizenship Clearing Houses, 1948-1960
Citizenship Educational Project, Columbia University, 1949-1955
Folder
9 Cl-Con
Clark, Robert A., 1952
Colegrove, Kenneth, 1948
College of the Holy Cross, 1953
Collins, Morris W. H., 1954
Columbia University, Teachers College, 1951-1954
Committee for Economic Development, 1945
Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students, 1951
Community Club of South Glastonbury, 1951
Conaway, O. B. Jr., 1953
Congress of Industrial Organization, 1953
Congressional Quarterly, 1951
Connecticut College, 1951-1954
Connecticut Council of Churches, 1948
Connecticut State Industrial Union Council, 1948
Connecticut State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, 1965
Folder
10 Connecticut, State of, 1937-1969
Folder
11 Con-Cr
Connecticut, University of, 1947-1953
Cook, Virginia G., 1953
Copystat Co., 1945
Cornell University, 1953
Council Against Communist Aggression, 1951
Council for Social Action, 1951-1953
Crippen, David R., 1953
Folder
12 D-De
Dahl, Robert A., 1949
The Dallas Morning News, 1945
Davenport, Frederick M., 1952
David, Paul T., 1954
Davie, Harold W., 1950
Davis, Harry R., 1953
Davis, Jerome, 1951
Davison, George W., 1951-1952
Dembert, Don Frank, 1954
The Democratic National Committee, 1952-1969
Dewing, Mrs. Leonard, undated
Dexter, Lewis A., 1965
Folder
13 Di-Dy
Dibble, Carl, 1951
Donovan, John C., 1953
Downes, Joseph B., 1954
The Dryden Press Inc., 1952-1953
Duncombe, David C., 1954
DuPont Co., 1952
Dyke, Peter, 1950
E
Eibenstein, 1951
Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1952
Emory University, 1953-1954
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., 1951
Englebert, Ernest A., 1948
Engler, Robert, 1949-1951
Eriangen, Heinrich V., 1953
Etherington, Edwin D., 1967
Exchange Club of Hartford, 1952
Folder
15 F-Fe
Fainsod, Merle, 1948
Falk, Eugene H., 1952
The Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation, 1952-1962
Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1940-1945
Fenno, Richard, 1953
Ferguson, LeRoy, 1952
Fessler, James W., 1954
Folder
16 Fi-Fu
Field, G. Lowell, 1950-1953
Filley, Walter O., Jr., 1951-1960
Fleming, John G., 1953
Fletcher, John L., Jr., 1953-1954
B. C. Forbes & Sons Publishing Co., Inc., 1953
Fretwell, Elbert K., Jr., 1953-1954
Frost, Richard, undated
Fuchs, Larry, 1953
Fulbright, J. William, 1950-1957
G-Gr
Galloway, George B., 1955
See also: United States Senate, Committee on Expenditure in the Executive Department.
Gamma Phi Club of Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1950
Garfinkel, Herbert, 1953
Gaus, John M., 1948-1949
General Electric Co., 1964
George, John J., 1952
Gill, Thomas D., 1945
Goldbloom, A. Allen, 1953
Goodwin, George, Jr., 1953
Gossett, Ed, 1950-1951
Governmental Affairs Institute, 1952
Grady, Gerald J., 1953
Grattan, William J., 1953
Gregg, A. Phyllis, 1952
Grossman, Walter, 1951
Folder
18 Ha
Hall, Chadwick, 1952
Hallstein, Walter, 1953
Hancher, Virgil M., 1953
Hancock, John S., 1969
Hancock, Stewart F., 1954
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950
Hardin, Charles M., 1969
Harkness, J. Marion, 1951
Harris, Joseph P., 1952
Harris, Robert J., 1948, 1953
Hartford Times, 1950-1951
Hartt, Julian, 1957 Enc.
Harvard University, 1948-1952
Harvard Law Review, 1949
Hatt, John H., 1951
Haverford College, undated
Hawkins, Lester G., 1948-1953
Hawley Manor, 1953 Enc.
Hawley, William W., 1953
Folder
19 He-Ho
Heady, Ferrel, 1949
Heard, Alexander, 1950
Hearst Promotion Enterprises, 1951
Hechler, Kenneth W., 1953
Heffiou, Paul T., 1953
Herzberg, Donald, 1947-1953
Hill, G. Albert, 1951
Hill, Perry C., 1948
Hiscock, William McC., 1952
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1953, 1967
Holcombe, Arthur N., 1937
Holcombe, Harold G., 1949
Hoefling, Heribert, circa 1950s
Hollins College, undated
Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1951-1960
Folder
20 Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1951, 1961-1971 Enc.
Includes correspondence related to editions of Party Government, The Semi-Sovereign People, Local Political Surveys, [Political Parties or Party Politics], Two Hundred Million Americans in Search of a Government, page proofs of Local Political Surveys and Two Hundred Million . . ., and cancelled contract for Pressure Groups in Politics (1963).
Folder
21 Ho-Iw
Holtzman, Abraham, 1952
Horwitz, Robert, 1953
Humphrey, Hubert H., 1960
Hunt, J. C., 1952
Huntington, Samuel P., 1949-1953
Hyneman, Charles S., 1953-1954
Illinois College, 1953
Illinois, State of, 1952 Enc.
Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, 1945
Institute of Ethics and Politics, 1954 Enc.
Institute of Practical Politics, Inc., 1951
International City Managers’ Association, 1951
Ives, Irving M., 1950
Iwanaga, Kenkichiro, 1962-1969
J
Jack, Douglas S., 1953
James Foundation, 1953
Johnson, Earl S., 1952 Enc.
Johnson, Edwin C., 1968
John Price Jones Company, 1950
Jones, Victor, 1949-1953, 1962 Enc.
Junior Town Meeting League, 1951 Enc.
Folder
23 K
Kampelman, Max M., 1950
Kansas, University of 1/0, 1950
Katz, Melvin, 1954
Keena, Thomas E. J., 1953
Kefauver, Estes, 1950
Kentucky, University of, 1951
Kesselman, Louis C., 1949 Enc.
Key, V. O., 1947-1955
Kiermaier, Jack W., 1957
King Features Syndicate, 1951
Knopf, Alfred A., Inc., 1944-1953
Koblitz, Robert J., 1948-1949
Koch, Malcolm, 1953
Kohlhase, Norbert, 1952
Kotler, Isadore L., 1969
Kremm, Walter P., 1952 Enc.
Kretzchmar, Heinrich, 1951-1952
L-Lo
Lancaster, Lane W., 1952
Lane, Robert E., 1953
Lange, Hermann, 1952-1953
Langton, York, 1953
Lapham, Lewis J., 1949
Laswell, Harold D., 1949
Latham, Earl, 1950-1953
League of Women Voters of Greater New Haven, 1952
League of Women Voters of the City of New York, 1952
League of Women Voters of the United States, 1950
League of Women Voters of Windsor, Connecticut, 1952
Lehbert, Ben, 1950
LeMaster, Joseph E., 1948
Lewis, John D., 1951
Life, 1951
Lindbloom, Harold, 1953
Lindsey, John W., 1947
Little, Eleanor H., 1953
Lloyd, David D., 1957
Lockard, Duane 1/0, 1954
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1950 Enc.
Long Lane School, 1950-1955 Enc.
Folder
25 Lo-Ma
Loomis School, 1952
Lorish, Robert E., 1953 Enc.