Summary Information

Title: Wilbur J. Cohen papers
Creator: Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987
Dates: 1967-1987
Extent: 18.5 linear feet, 1 oversize folder
Abstract:

Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan, 1969-1978. Earlier served in Franklin D. Roosevelt administration where he was a key figure in establishing the Social Security program and was Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Lyndon Johnson. Records consist of Dean's files; working files, 1978, relating to his work with the Governor's Task Force on Prevention and Investigation of Abuse in State Institutions; papers relating to the Summit Conference on Inflation, 1974; and files concerning involvement with school desegregation cases in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan; also photographs.

Call number: 8599 Aa 2 UAm
Language: The materials are in English.
Repository: Bentley Historical Library

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Finding aid prepared by: Kathleen Dow, June 1993 Michigan Historical Collections Staff