Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission. Papers, 1955-1963

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Collection Overview

Title: Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission. Papers, 1955-1963

Primary Creator: Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission

Extent: 3.7 cubic feet

Subjects: Illinois--Politics and government, Lyon, Leverett S. (Leverett Samuel), 1885-1959, Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission, Steiner, Gilbert Y. (Gilbert Yale), 1924-2006, Urban development

Forms of Material: Organizational records

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains the administrative papers of Leverett S. Lyon, Executive Director of the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission, and the records of Gilbert Y. Steiner, the commission's research director. Lyon's papers, 1952-57, include commission meeting minutes, correspondence, drafts of studies and reports, and information on bills and acts in the state legislature. Steiner's records, 1955-63, consist mainly of reports and studies on various topics, including sanitation, fire protection, air pollution, metro-political planning, and the census.

The Institute of Government and Public Affairs deposited the collection in the Library in 1975.

Subject/Index Terms

Illinois--Politics and government
Lyon, Leverett S. (Leverett Samuel), 1885-1959
Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission
Steiner, Gilbert Y. (Gilbert Yale), 1924-2006
Urban development