George E. Agree Papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm2006085335
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George E. Agree Papers 1961-2001
Agree, George E.
Biographical History for: George E. Agree Papers 1961-2001
Biographical Note Date Event 1921, June 25 Born, New York, N.Y. 1942 B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 1942-1945 Sergeant, U. S. Army Air Corps weather service 1946-1947 Lobbyist, American League for a Free Palestine 1952-1966 Director, National Committee for an Effective Congress 1963-1964 Director, Republican Legislative Research Association 1966-1967 Associate, Stephen R. Currier 1967-2001 Director, Committee for the Democratic Process 1968-1974 Director and fund-raiser, Campaign Funds (1968, 1970, 1972, 1974) 1971-1974 Director, Twentieth Century Fund Study of Political Finance 1975 Published with David W. Adamany Political Money; A Strategy for Campaign Financing in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1976-1979 Consultant, campaign finance reforms 1980-1984 President, American Political Foundation 1985-1988 Director, foreign programs, Former Members of Congress 1989-2001 Executive director, Institute for Representative Government 2001, Dec. 11 Died, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note The papers of George E. Agree (1921-2001) span the years 1961-2001 and consist of congressional testimony, correspondence, minutes, press material, reports, and writings pertaining to Agree’s career as a political scientist. The collection documents Agree’s involvement in the American Political Foundation, the National Committee for an Effective Congress, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Additional material covers Agree’s work on election campaign finance reform, including several articles he authored on the subject. Miscellaneous material includes biographical information, proposals, and writings.
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American Politicial Foundation
Correspondence, 1977-1983, undated
Incorporation, 1980-1983
Minutes, 1979-1983
Press, 1979-1984, undated
Reports and proposals, 1977-1983, undated
Travel itineraries, 1979-1980, undated
Campaign finance reform
American Bar Association symposium, Tiburon, Calif., 1974-1975, undated
Articles by Agree, 1974-1983, undated
Press, 1977
Senate Committee on Finance hearings, 1967-1977
National Committee for an Effective Congress, 1961-1968, 1975-1978
National Endowment for Democracy, 1983, 1994
Miscellany, 1967-1979, 2001