Elmer B. Staats (#225)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1961-1981
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers 1961-1981
Accountant, government official. Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget (1958-1966). Speeches.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
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Provenance
Received from Elmer Staats of Washington, DC, in August 1974 (Acc. 1975-006); in January 1978 (Acc. 1978-023); and in August 1981 (Acc. 1981-080).

Extent
About 300 items (5 linear inches ; 0.25 cubic feet)

Date Opened
1981.

Revisions
Finding aid updated in April 2005, by James M. Roth

Encoded by
James M. Roth

Related Collections
Elmer Staats Oral History Interview, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
  

The Personal Papers of Elmer Staats (1914- )

Biographical Note
Elmer Staats was born June 6, 1914, in Richfield, Kansas, to Wesley F. and Maude (Goodall). Staats received his AB from McPherson College in 1935, his MA from the University of Kansas in 1936, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1939. Married on September 14, 1940, to Margaret S. Rich, the couple had three children: David, Deborah, and Catharine. In 1939, Staats became a staff member in the Executive Office of the President, U.S. Bureau of the Budget. He held that position until 1947, when he was promoted to assistant to the Director of the Bureau, then executive assistant to the director (1949-1950), before he held the position of Deputy Director (1950-1953 and 1958-1966). In 1966, Staats became comptroller general of the U.S., holding that position until 1981.

Collection Overview
The papers of Elmer Staats contain his subject files related to his Congressional testimony and speeches, the presidential transition (1960-1961), and to White House and Executive Branch Organization, Bureau of the Budget.

List of Series
Series 1. Subject Files, 1961-1981

Collection Description

Series 1. Subject Files, 1961-1981.
About 300 items.
Arrangement: by subject.

This series consists of Elmer Staat’s subject files, containing material related to his Congressional testimony and speeches, the presidential transition (1960-1961), and to White House and Executive Branch Organization, Bureau of the Budget. The Bureau of the Budget folder contains 66 pages of memoranda and organization charts, Richard Neustadt’s paper, “Reorganizing the Presidency in 1961,” (14pp), House Document No. 199, 87 ^th  Congress, 1 ^st  Session, regarding the US international educational exchange (76pp), and a statement by Don K. Price before the Senate Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery, August 17, 1981 (10pp).