Personal papers of James Carson Worthy (1910-1998), Professor of Public Affairs and Management at SSU (1972-1978) including his papers as a member of the U.S. President's Commission on Campaign costs (1961-1962) comprising of correspondence, agendas and minutes of meetings, drafts and final reports of the Commission, travel vouchers, press clippings, staff memoranda, research reports, and miscellaneous publications relating to campaign funds, the financing of federal elections, political contributions, and party finance, along with final reports on Financing Presidential Campaigns. Correspondents include Walter P. Ruether, Alexander Heard, Lee C. White, Herber E. Alexander, Charles Percy, Irvin Lechliter, and Russell B. Long; also includes papers as Chairman of the Illinois Board of Higher of Education Master Plan Committee N, On Governing structure (1970-71), including publications, reports, staff memoranda, minutes, position papers, statements, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and written responses from the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, the Board of Regents and Regency Universities, the Board of Governors and its universities, Illinois junior colleges, private colleges, the Board of Higher Education, governance of the universities by Boards, campus problems and the status of the Chicago Circle Campus.