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Summary Information
Arthur J. Altmeyer Papers
1904-1973
- Altmeyer, Arthur Joseph, 1891-1972
Wis Mss WP; Mss 400
16.6 c.f. (36 archives boxes and 1 flat box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Arthur J. Altmeyer who as member and chairman of the Social Security Board and as Commissioner of Social Security guided the development of the federal social security program from 1935 to 1953. In addition he served as a member of the executive committee of the National Youth Administration (NYA), 1935; member of the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities, 1935-1940; member of the War Manpower Commission, 1942-1945; and United States delegate to several international conferences and organizations. The papers primarily relate to Altmeyer's work in the federal government and his later consulting work, with the major portions pertaining to his administration of the Social Security Act. Correspondence, memoranda, and reports chiefly concern the National Recovery Administration, 1933-1934; the National Health Conference, 1938; the United States Employment Service, 1939-1949; unemployment compensation, 1940-1949; public assistance, 1938-1953; and old-age and survivors' insurance (OASI), 1937-1953. Among Altmeyer's correspondents were Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, several presidential assistants, Federal Security Administration heads Paul V. McNutt, Oscar Ewing, and Oveta Culp Hobby, and University of Wisconsin economist Edwin E. Witte, as well as Robert Ball, Wilbur J. Cohen, and Isidore S. Falk. Files of Altmeyer's speeches, press releases, and articles; personal correspondence files of Altmeyer and his wife, Ethel May Thomas; and reference files on national health insurance, pension plans, welfare, and social security are also included in the collection.
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