INSPIRE Records
Collection
0025-MMC
The Institute for Public Representation (INSPIRE, now IPR) is a public interest law firm and clinical education program founded by Georgetown University Law Center in 1971. In 1976, INSPIRE published a study on the history of commissioners' appointments to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, examining regulatory appointments over 25 years and five administrations.
One part of the collection includes materials copied from the files of the Senate Committee on Commerce at the National Archives, the House Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, the Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Presidential Libraries, the papers of columnist Drew Pearson, and the papers of Senator Estes Kefauver.
Records documenting the efforts by INSPIRE to produce their report make up the other part of the collection. The collection contains published and unpublished information on the men and women appointed to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission from 1949 to 1974, including Joseph Califano, Benjamin Hooks, Nicholas Johnson, Newton Minow, and Caspar Weinberger.
Inclusive dates for the INSPIRE Records span from 1935 to 1976, although the bulk of the material dates from 1973 to 1976. Types of documents include correspondence, manuscript notes, written interviews, maps, graphs, photographs, charts, and transcripts of 39 oral interviews. 53 audio tape cassettes make up part of the collection but are stored separately with the Library of American Broadcasting Audio Tape Collection.
There are no restricted files in this collection.
Photocopies of original materials may be provided for a fee and at the discretion of the curator. Please see our Duplication of Materials page for more information. Queries regarding publicatioght status of materials within this collection should be directed to the appropriate curator.
10.50 Linear Feet
The INSPIRE Records are papers of the Institute for Public Interest Representation of the Georgetown University Law Center that pertain to the study, Appointments to the Regulatory Agencies: The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission (1949 -1974). Inclusive dates for the material span from 1935 to 1976, although the bulk of the material dates from 1973 to 1976.
The collection contains published information and unpublished information on the men and women appointed to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission from 1949 to 1974 including among others, Joseph Califano, Benjamin Hooks, Nicholas Johnson, Newton Minow and Caspar Weinberger. One part of the collection includes materials copied from the files of the Senate Committee on Commerce at the National Archives, the House Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, the Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy Presidential Libraries, the papers of columnist Drew Pearson, and the papers of Senator Estes Kefauver. Records documenting the efforts by INSPIRE to produce their report make up the other part of the collection. Types of documents include correspondence, manuscript notes, written interviews, maps, graphs, photographs, charts and transcripts of 39 oral interviews. 53 audio tape cassettes make up part of the Collection but are stored separately with the Audio Tape Collection of the Library of American Broadcasting.
This collection is arranged in two series:
This collection contains audiovisual materials. Items that cannot be used in the Special Collections reading room or are too fragile for researchers require that a digital copy be made prior to use. If you would like to access these materials, please contact us prior to your visit.
The materials in this collection were donated to the Broadcast Pioneers Library in May 1976 by James H. Graham, co-author of the study. They became part of the Library of American Broadcasting in 1994 when the collection transferred to the Univeristy of Maryland Libraries.
Materials were placed into acid-free folders and put into acid-free boxes.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives