Manuscript Collection Number: 108
Accessioned: Gift of Charles Polk Messick, 1971
Extent: 12 linear ft.
Content: Correspondence, reports, manuscripts, and printed materials.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1990 by Kim Sebold; revised in June 1993 by Paul Dziewisz.
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5 Series III. Manuscripts
This series features several drafts of the works of Fred Telford and Charles
Messick. The material includes published and unpublished articles, papers,
and books. Correspondence regarding the manuscripts is also included.
Series III.1. Fred Telford
F178-184 Telford Classification Manual
F185-210 Position classification and pay handbook
6 F211-220 Position classification and pay handbook
Personnel Management: The Science and the Art
F221A-B Correspondence regarding Personnel Management
F222A-D Drafts of foreword, introduction, and chapters 1-28
F223-249 Drafts of individual chapters and sections
F250-257 Drafts of individual chapters and sections
7 F258-262 Personnel Principles and Practices
Miscellaneous
F263 "Characters seen on an inter-urban ride," 1908 Oct
F264 "Having fun with a fifty dollar bill," 1912 Aug
F265 "Municipal civil service from the other side," 1923
F266 "The Science of personnel management," 1925 May
F267 "Relations of the Assembly and the Bureau," 1926
F268 "Technique of developing and administering classification and pay loans," 1932
May
F269 "Some ways which classification affects the budget," 1932 May
F270 "Speech to the Eastern Regional Conference of the Civil Service Assembly of the
United States and Canada," 1939
F271 "Personnel situation in the national government," 1939
F272 "Proposed credo for public personnelists," 1940
F273 "Draft of a suggested credo for public personnelists," 1940
F274 "Whys and hows of personnel administration," 1944
F275 "Development, adoption, and administration of a classification plan for a
government or business organization," 1947 Feb
F276 "Little drops of water, little grains of sand, cut that income tax, balance that
budget: a bill of particulars," 1948
F277 "How to reduce the federal civilian personnel by a round million in 1953 and
1954," 1952 Feb
F278 "Patronage possibilities open to the incoming Republican administration," 1952
Dec
F279 "Speech prepared for the Republican National Committee," 1952 Sep
F280 "The personnel mess: its nature, cause and correction," 1953 Jan
F281-286 "Human Enterprise Institute proposal," 1955
F287-288 "Proposed personnel plan for the national government of the United
States," 1960 Oct
F289 "Evaluation of the New Jersey Civil Service," 1965 Jul
Interview with Fred Telford.
F290 "Reducing the federal civilian personnel"
F291 "Rough draft of the discussion at the personnel luncheon, Friday, February 24"
F292 Manuscript for pay manual
F293 "Higher pay for top public officers"
F294 "A quarter century of psychoanalysis"
F295 "Making strikes and lockouts click"
F296 "Suggested work program for a woman's club"
F297 "The way of the economizer is hard"
F298 "Women at work in a man's world"
F299 "Personnel planning"
F300 "Some reflections on employee organizations in the federal government service"
Written with Harvey Walker.
F301 "The classification staff: a force for economy"
F302-305 Four folders of untitled manuscripts on various topics and themes
7 Series III.2. Charles P. Messick
F306 "If I were governor," 1919
F307 "Theory and practice of classification," 1921 Jun
8 F308 "Talks on civil service," prepared for the Camden Daily Courier, 1923
F309 "Questions relating to financial policies, standards, and levels," 1932 Jun
F310 "Effective personnel administration in emergency government," 1934 Oct
F311 "You and your government," 1934 Jan
Part of a broadcast series on regeneration of local civil service over station WJZ.
F312 Speech to the Connecticut State League of Women Voters, 1936 Oct
F313 Article for The Shield, 1936 Dec
F314 "In-service training in New Jersey," 1936 Dec
F315 "New Jersey municipal government," 1939 Apr
Broadcast over WNEW.
F316 "Lay-off and re-instatement problems resulting from return of personnel from
military leave," 1943 Oct
Speech given at the 35th annual meeting of the Civil Service Assembly of the
United States and Canada.
F317 Statement of qualifications of Charles P. Messick for chairman of the Civil Service
Commission, 1952 Dec
F318 "Unfinished business," 1958 Apr
Speech given before the New Jersey Chapter of Public Personnel Association.
F319 Sixtieth Annual Conference of the Public Personnel Association, 1966 Oct
F320 "Adventure in public administration," 1972 Aug
F321 "Development and administration of classification and compensation plans in New
Jersey"
F322 "Address of Charles P. Messick"
F323 "The Bureau of Public Personnel Administration"
F324 "Public personnel administration in New Jersey"
F325 "The Merit system as a means of achieving cleanliness in politics"
F326 "A Conversation with Dr. Charles Messick"
F327 "Learning by doing"
F328 "The Place and the past of the personnel agency in public administration"
F329 "Career systems and good government"
F330 "Constructive planning and future taxation," 1925
Presented to the Fifth Annual Conference for Engineers
F331 "Present status and probable future of public personnel administration"
F332-335 Unidentified manuscripts presumed to be written by Messick
8 Series III.3. Public Personnel Studies
The material in this subseries relates to the journal, Public Personnel
Studies, published by the Bureau of Public Personnel Administration.
F336 Memoranda concerning the Public Personnel Studies Magazine, 1925
F337 "Content, form, and arrangement of printed classification compensation plans,"
1925
Written by Fred Telford.
F338 Material towards individual issues of Public Personnel Studies, 1925-1928
F339 Proposed classification and compensation plans, 1928
F340 "University training of public officials," by Samuel May, 1928
Series III.4. Authored by others
F341 "Elements of personal administration," by E.M. Cucking, 1942
F342 "The Problem of the personnel agency," by E.M. Cucking, 1936 Oct
F343 "Draft of a proposed personnel creed and personnel program for the National Civil
Service League," 1951
F344 "Report on salary and wage trend in various cities," by Norman N. Gill, 1941
F345 "Proposed plan for the Civil Service Commission's role in employee training in the
federal service," by Milton Hall
F346 "Predictive value of medical and physical tests," by W. Leonard Johnson
F347 "Preferment in public employment," by Doris Haney Jones, 1939 Jun 15
F348 Talk by Malcolm Kerlin, Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce,
before the Society of Personnel Management, 1940
F349 Various articles by J. N. Kimball
F350 "Principles and procedure in public personnel administration," by Louis Kroeger
F351 "Better servants for democracy," by Frank Murphy, 1939 Jun 15
F352 "Objectives of public personnel administration"
F353 "Where we are and where we are headed under new executive orders," by Samuel
K. Ordway, Jr., 1938
F354 Proposal for Dictaphone installation in the Department of Mental Hygiene,
Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, New York, 1932 May
F355 Statement on H.R. 7225 to Senate Finance Committee by W. Rulon Williamson,
1956
F356 "Some merits and defects of the British Civil Service in war and preparation for
War"
F357 "Police recruiting and training," by Donald C. Stone
F358 "Suggestions as to the part of the Department of Civil Service in future
classification work," 1932
F359 Miscellaneous manuscripts, Mae Telford
Series IV. Classification Materials
The series provides information on position classification, evaluation, and
testing, the primary interests of both Telford and Messick. It contains
articles on theory and practical examples.
Series IV.1. General
F360 "Tentative compensation schedules for estimate purposes," 1923
F361 Time reports, 1928 Jul-Aug
F362 Memorandum of the study of institutional maintenance allowances and
establishment of tentative appraised values, 1930
F363 "Considerations entering Into the selection of the agencies for carrying on the
classification work," 1931
F364 "Form and content of class definitions," 1936
F365 Virginia State Health Classifications, 1936
F366 Virginia State Health Classifications, 1936
F367 Various classification definitions, 1938
F368 Schematic list of titles of classes in proposed classification plan, 1938
F369 Position classification and pay plans, 1939
F370 Material toward classification, 1939
F371 "Development and installation of a position classification plan," 1939
F372 Specifications for the class: Engine Lathe Operator 2, 1942
F373 Various classifications, 1947
F374 Explanations to be made to groups when there position descriptions are delivered
to them, 1950
F375 Salary and job evaluation sheet, 1953
F376 Department of Personnel, 1954
F377 Classification listings, 1956
F378 General classifications for New Jersey
F379 Manual of newspaper job classifications
F380 Personnel consultant, Bureau of the Budget, Department of Labor
F381 Definitions of the classes occurring only in the Department of Public Affairs
F382 Various classification definitions
F383 Specifications for the class: Pay Personnelist A
F384 Various classifications
F385 Specifications for State Works Personnel Officer
F386 Various classifications
F387 Various classifications
F388 Various classifications
F389 Schematic title index
F390 Schematic list of classes
F391 "Technical steps involved in developing and using a classification plan for the
positions in a large organization"
F392 "Position uses and advantages of a position classification plan"
F393 Pay and classification lists
F394 Job attribute grading system
9 F395 Salary scales for Portland, Oregon
F396 "The Steward's job"
Series IV.2. Performance Evaluations
F397 Personnel performance reports, 1933
F398 Personnel performance reports, 1933
F399 Personnel performance reports, 1934
F400 Department of Labor memorandum on the preparation of employee service ratings,
1939
F401 Council of Personnel Administration interim report of the Committee on Service
Rating, 1939 Jun
F402 Instructions to rating officers
F403 New York rating scales
F404 University of New York tentative rating scale for stenographers, clerks and typists
F405 Various rating forms
F406 Various rating reports and brochures
F407 New Jersey Civil Service Commission merit rating form
F408 "Some problems involved in establishing a merit system"
Series IV.3. Exams, Tests, and Questionnaires
F409 Bureau of Educational Measurements and Standards. Army Group Examination
Alpha, 1919
F410 Tests from Public School Publishing Company, 1922
F411 Professional tests for elementary teachers, 1926
F412 Partially standardized tests for patrolmen, 1926
F413 Alphabetical filing tests, 1927
F414 Outline of testing achievements prepared by W. H. Durost, 1942
F415 Proposed testing and placement program for FAD, 1942
F416 Test items based on the Classification Manual, 1942
F417 "Principles, practices, procedures and comments relating to the construction,
standardization, and administration of tests, 1942
F418 Watson-Glaser tests of critical thinking, 1942
F419 "Standardized tests in public personnel," 1942
F420 Work Manpower Commission oral trade questions, 1944
F421 United States Armed Forces Institute tests of general educational development
examiner's manual, 1945
F422 War Manpower Commission oral trade questions, 1945
F423 U.S. Civil Service Commission construction and analysis of achievement tests,
1947
F424 Tests of ability to use correct English
F425 Various test materials
F426 Various test materials
F427 Various test materials
F428 Tests for Public Personnel Administration
F429 Test of mastery of language usage
F430 City of Seattle, Civil Service Commission test for secretary and chief examiner
F431 Commonwealth of Kentucky Merit Examination Committee. Unemployment
Compensation Commission Department of Industrial Relations
F432 Notes on statistical procedures
F433 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Testing applicants for employment
F434 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Forms used in employing and training
college graduates
F435 Post, camp, and station recruiting
F436 Test construction manual, War Department, 1947
9 Series IV.4. Personnel Administration
The material in this subseries relates to the general field of Public
Administration. Issues are explored through papers, conference
summaries, and official documents.
F437 Summary of the proceedings of the Conference of District Personnel Officers of
the Farm Credit Administration, 1935
F438 "Personal traits and succession in secretarial work," 1938
F439 "Organization meeting for the proposed Society for Public Administration," 1939
F440 Personnel discussion group, 1940
F441 U.S. Civil Service Commission. Uniform efficiency rating system, 1942 Mar
F442 U.S. Civil Service Commission Efficiency rating manual, 1942
F443 Board of U.S. Civil Service examination, 1942
F444 "Instructions to supervisory officers and employees who review, propose changes,
and create tentative allocation lists," 1950
F445 Suggested personnel program for the Sheridan Super Market, Inc., 1952
F446 U.S. Civil Service Commission Bureau of Department Operations, 1957 Aug
F447 "Class specifications as a management tool"
F448 "Draft of a bill for the creation of a personnel division in the office of the Mayor"
F449 Suggested subjects for reports in the field of public personnel administration
F450 "Questions and answers about some personnel matters"
F451 Personnel regulations
F452 Personnel management phase of Base Commanders Conference
Series V. Printed material, 1919-1973
The series contains a collection of periodicals, books, and articles about
public administration. The material is divided into two subseries, each
arranged alphabetically.
Series V.1. Books, reports, and pamphlets
F453 American Bar Association. Section of Municipal Law, 1939 Jul
F454 American Council on Education. The Citizens Conference on the Crisis in
Education
American Library Association
F455 Section B of a report made to the classification of library personnel, 1925 Jun 30
F456 Classification and pay plans for municipal public libraries, 1938 Dec
F457 Classification and pay plans for municipal public libraries, 1938
F458 American Management Association. Essential personnel records, 1925
F459 American University. Papers on organization and management, 1946
10 F460 Beard, Charles Austin. Philosophy, science and art of public administration, 1939
Sep
Beckman, R. O.
F461 Employee training in wide-spread organizations, 1934 Jun
F462 How To Train Supervisors (NY: Harper & Bros. Publishers, 1949)
F463 Bennett, Emmett. The Reform of presidential elections: a study of the Lodge
Amendment, [1951 Dec 17]
California
F464 Classification and compensation plans for non-academic positions in the University
of California, 1942
F465 The Inter-University case program. Cases in public administration and policy
formation, 1956 Apr
F466 Report of a leader training conference, 1940 Oct
F467 Report of the Committee on salary classifications, 1939 Oct 10
F468 Canada. Civil Service of Canada. Report of transmission, 1919
F469 Catherwood, Robert. Preliminary working draft of a government service act, 1926
Nov
Civil Service Assembly
F470 Preliminary and tentative suggested draft of a state civil service law, 1938 Oct
F471 Classification and compensation plans, 1928 Nov
F472 Classification and compensation plans, 1928 Nov (additional copy)
F473 Promotion principles and practices, 1929 Feb
F474 Supervisory training in the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1936 May
F475 Proceedings of the 29th annual meeting, 1937 Oct
F476 Interim report of the Committee on Professional Standards, 1938
F477 Newsletter (Vol. 4, No. 7), 1938 Jul
F478 Better servants for democracy, 1939 Jun
F479 Civil service agencies in the United States, 1940 Jul
F480 Emergency personnel policies, 1940 Sep
F481 Elements of position classification in local government, 1955 Oct
F482 Officers and honorary life members, 1956
F483 Annual Conference on Public Personnel Administration, 1956
F484 Advance registration roster 50th Anniversary Conference on Public Personnel
Administration, 1956
F485 Commission of Inquiry on Public Service Personnel. Minutes of Evidence (NY:
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1935)
Creativity Research Institute of the Richardson Foundation, Inc.
F486 Biographical data in industrial psychology: a review and evaluation, 1966 Feb
F487 Research conference on the use of autobiographical data as psychological
predictors, 1965 Jun
F488 Toward a criterion theory: a review and analysis of research and opinion, 1966
F489 England, Arthur O. Who, me?... pointers on job management, 1949
Government Research Association
F490 Government research: an appraisal and a reply, 1940 Jan
F491 Toward better budgeting, 1941 Oct
F492 Urban blight, 1942
F493 Hall, Milton. Ascertaining the need for training
F494 Kentucky. Government of Kentucky: report of the Efficiency Commission of
Kentucky, 1924 Jan
Massachusetts
F495 City of Springfield. Report on classification and pay of positions in the city
service, 1937 Dec
F496 Report of the Governor's Committee to Study State Hospitals, 1953 Dec
F497 Report of the Governor's Committee to Study State Hospitals, 1953 Dec
Mellenbruch, P. L.
F498 "Improving Personnel Procedures" (ch.1), 1958
F499 "Job Analysis" (ch.2), 1958
F500 "Job Evaluation" (ch.3), 1958
F501 "Merit Rating" (ch.4), 1958
F502 "Supervisor Selection and Training" (ch.5), 1958
F503 "Collective Bargaining" (ch.6), 1958
Michigan
F504 City of Detroit. The Growth of a city government, by Lent Upson, 1942
F505 City of Detroit. Experiments on the mental testing of Detroit Policemen, 1936
Nov
F506 First annual report of the Michigan Civil Service Department, 1938 Dec
Minnesota
F507 Civil Service Act, 1939 Apr 22
F508 Rules and regulations, Duluth Civil Service Board, 1929
F509 Moore, Lynn S. Evaluations of public service training
National Civil Service Reform League
F510 Competitive civil service in democracy
F511 Employer and employee relationships in government
F512 National Education Association of the U.S. The Influence of population changes
on education, 1937 Sep
F513 National League of Women Voters. A Handbook for the personnel campaign,
1935
F514 National Municipal League. Approaches to the measurement and reward of
effective work of individual government employees, 1935 Oct
New Hampshire
F515 Reclassification of state employees, 1950 Jan
F516 Rules of the Division of Personnel, 1951 Nov
F517 New Jersey. Address delivered before the State Local Government Plan
Commission, 1934
10 Series V. Printed Materials (cont'd)
Series V.1. Books, reports, and pamphlets (cont'd)
New Jersey
F518 Local Government Plan Commission, 1934
F519 Press release issued by Harold G. Hoffman, candidate for governor, 1934
Ohio
F520 City of Cincinnati. Sewage disposal, 1953
F521 Civil service laws, 1954 Jan
F522 Civil service laws, 1956 Jan
F523 The Hospital attendant, 1940 Jun
F524 Public Administrative Service. Personnel installation manuscript, 1939 Nov
F525 Rusby, George L. Smaller profits, reduced salaries, and lower wages
F526 Telford, Fred. Civil government for civil service applicants
F527 Thompson, Lorin Andrew, Jr. Interview aids and trade questions for employment
offices (NY: Harper and Bros. Publishing, 1936)
United States
11 F528 Advisory Committee on National Scientists. President's Committee on Civil
Service, 1939 Apr
F529 American Institute for Research. The Development of a procedure for evaluating
officers in the US Air Force, 1948 Jul
F530 Analysis of the salary study and proposed pay adjustment plan--Post Office
Department Field Services, 1954 May
United States Civil Service Commission
F531 Classification Statutes, 1938
F532 Executive Order 9691, 1942
F533 Civil Service handbook, 1946
F534 Rules and regulations, 1948
F535 Facts about government work and workers, 1952
F536 Efficiency rating Manual, 1944
United States Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the
Government (C.O.E.B.G)
F537 Federal medical services, 1949 Jan
F538 Foreign affairs, 1949 Jan
F539 Lending agencies, 1949 Jan
F540 Natural resources, 1949 Jan
F541 National Security Organization, 1949 Jan
F542 Public welfare, 1949 Jan
F543 Public works, 1949 Jan
F544 Revolving funds and business enterprises of the government, 1949 Jan
F545 Water resources projects, 1949 Jan
F546 Foreign affairs, 1949 Feb
F547 General management of the Executive Branch, 1949
F548 National Security Organization, 1949 Feb
F549 Veterans Affairs, 1949 Feb
F550 Department of the Interior, 1949 Mar
F551 Federal business enterprises, 1949 Mar
F552 Overseas administration federal-state relations federal research, 1949 Mar
F553 Medical activities, 1949 Mar
F554 Regulatory commissions, 1949 Mar
F555 Social Security, Education, Indian Affairs, 1949 Mar
United States Congress
F556 House Committee on the Civil Service. Merit system and classification extension,
1939
F557 Classification Act of 1949
F558 House of Representatives. Organization, functions, and relative costs of personnel
offices, 1948 Jun
F559 Senate. Reduction of non-essential federal expenditures, 1943
United States. Farm Credit Administration
F560 Classes of positions in district units, 1937 Feb
F561 Class specifications for positions in district units, 1936
United States
F562 Federal Security Agency. Civilian Conservation Corps. blueprint reading, 1941
F563 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1957
F564 National Resources Committee. Urban Government. Vol. 1, 1939
F565 Post Office Department. Salary study, 1954 Feb
F566 President's Committee on Administrative Management. The Exercise of rule-making
power and the preparation of proposed legislative measures by administrative
departments, 1937
12 F567 President's Committee on Civil Service Improvement. Checklist of the problems
and alternatives in building a career service for professional scientific and
administrative personnel, 1939
United States. War Department
F568 Military occupational classification of enlisted personnel, 1945 Apr
F569 Military occupational classification of enlisted personnel, 1945 Jun
F570 Military occupational classification of enlisted personnel, 1944 Jul
F571 Military occupational classification of enlisted personnel, 1946 Feb
F572 Works Progress Administration. Guide to occupational classification, 1936
Upson, Lent
F573 Letter from a dean of public administration to his graduates about the "tools of
administration," 1941
F574 How to graft, 1942
F575 How to be an executive, 1942
F576 Statistical theory in one easy lesson, 1943
F577 Utah. The Economic dependence of the population of Utah, 1931 May
Wisconsin
F578 City of Milwaukee. Civil Service Manual, 1957
F579 Specifications for the Classified Service
12 Series V. Printed Material (cont'd)
Series V.2. Periodicals
F580 Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1956 Jun
F581 The Alumni Bulletin Vol. X, No. 4, 1944 Nov
F582 The Annals, 1956 Nov
F583 Atorgenics Aspects, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1956 Oct
F584 Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. The Personnel Executive, 1952 Feb
F585 Business Information Sources. Vol. 14, No. 2., May 1943
Good Government
F586 Vol. LXVII, No. 2, 1950 Mar/Apr
F587 Vol. LXXIII, No. 2, 1956 Mar/Apr
F588 Vol. LXXIII, No. 4, 1956 Jul/Aug
F589 Personnel. Vol. 28, No. 2, 1951 Sep
F590 Personnel Administration. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1939 Nov
Personnel News
F591 Vol. 19, No. 11, 1953 Nov
F592 Vol. 39, No. 4, 1973 Apr
F593 The Public Employee. Vol. 21, No. 2, 1956 Feb
F594 Public Personnel Management. Vol. 2, No. 2, 1973 Mar/Apr
F595 Public Personnel Review. Vol. 14, No. 4, 1953 Oct
Public Personnel Studies
F596 Vol. 5, No. 1, 1972 Jan
F597 Vol. 6, No. 1, 1928 Jan
F598 The Reporter. Vol. 15, No. 3., 1956 Sep
F599 Public Roads. Vol. 29, No. 2, 1956 Jun
F600 The Society for the Advancement of Journal Management. Vol. 1, No. 5, 1956
Nov
F601 State Government, 1939 Nov
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