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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009116
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of George E. Agree, author and political scientist, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Lee Agree, in 2006.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of George E. Agree is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of George E. Agree are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, George E. Agree Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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. |
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.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX 1 | American Politicial Foundation | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Correspondence, 1977-1983, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Incorporation, 1980-1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Minutes, 1979-1983 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Press, 1979-1984, undated | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Reports and proposals, 1977-1983, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Travel itineraries, 1979-1980, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Campaign finance reform | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | American Bar Association symposium, Tiburon, Calif., 1974-1975, undated | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Articles by Agree, 1974-1983, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Press, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Senate Committee on Finance hearings, 1967-1977 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | National Committee for an Effective Congress, 1961-1968, 1975-1978 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | National Endowment for Democracy, 1983, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Miscellany, 1967-1979, 2001 | ||||||||||||
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