Background
Holli, Melvin George was born on February 22, 1933 in Ishpeming, Michigan, United States. Son of Walfred and Sylvia (Erickson) Holli.
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The Ethnic Frontier: Essays in the History of Group Survival in Chicago and the Midwest
(Book by Jones, Peter, Holli, Melvin)
Book by Jones, Peter, Holli, Melvin
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The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling (The World of the Roosevelts)
( Historians have pointed to John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campa...)
Historians have pointed to John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign as the first time a presidential candidate relied extensively on public opinion polls. Since then, polling has come to define American politics, and is perhaps most clearly embodied in Bill Clinton, the most poll-driven president in history. Melvin G. Holli, however, reveals that reliance on public opinion polls dates to the New Deal Era, when Franklin D. Roosevelt employed a first-generation Finnish-American named Emil Hurja to conduct polls for his 1932 and 1936 campaigns. Roosevelt’s triumph in 1932 and in 1936, as well as the spectacular 1934 Democratic congressional victory, is legendary. What few people know is the story about what happened behind the scenes: Emil Hurja was the driving force behind the Democrats during the New Deal Era. Holli restores Hurja to his rightful place American history and politics, showing us that the Washington press corps were right on target when they dubbed Hurja the “Wizard of Washington.”
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The University of Illinois at Chicago:: A Pictorial History (College History) (Paperback) - Common
(Geschichte Der Neueren Philosophie Von Nikolaus Von Kues ...)
Geschichte Der Neueren Philosophie Von Nikolaus Von Kues Bis Zur Gegenwart (1886)
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The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders Hardcover - March 23, 1999
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The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling (The World of the Roosevelts) by Holli, Melvin G. (2002) Hardcover
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The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders Paperback - March 19, 1999
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By Paul M. Green - Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition: 3rd (third) Edition
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World War II Chicago (Images of America)
(Chicagoans united in their World War II effort against th...)
Chicagoans united in their World War II effort against the Axis powers. They signed up for military service, rallied to the call for increased wartime production, and aided the war effort through the rationing of food and gasoline. From fast growing victory gardens to mini-monuments to local servicemen-Chicago, the "City of Neighborhoods," saw all of its geographic parts vie for recognition and honor in a ethnic mosaic of patriotism. The war years ushered in changing times for Chicago. The city became an important military center as thousands of troops trained or passed through en route to the war fronts, while Chicago's civilian population engaged in manufacturing war materials. As defense plants sprang up all over Chicago, African-American tenant farmers, who migrated from the South, and women replaced the male labor force.
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World War II Chicago (Images of America) by Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli (2003) Paperback
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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
(This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly...)
This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly details the various peoples and ethnic institutions in America's heartland city. This newly revised and expanded edition also includes chapters on African-American migration, Chatham, Latino Chicago, the Chinese in Chicago, Asian Indians, Korean-Americans, the new entrepreneurial immigrants, and the Swedes. There is also a new six-chapter section that examines saloons, sports, crime, churches, neighborhoods, and cemeteries.
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Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley
(Book by Green, Paul M., Holli, Melvin G.)
Book by Green, Paul M., Holli, Melvin G.
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The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders
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Reform in Detroit: Hazen S. Pingree and Urban Politics (The Urban Life in America)
( This is a political biography of Hazen S. Pingree, Mayo...)
This is a political biography of Hazen S. Pingree, Mayor of Detroit from 1890-1897, who established the first significant social reform administration of the time.
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- Reform in Detroit: Hazen S. Pingree and Urban Polities. (Hazen S. Pingree, mayor of Detroit from 1890 to 1897, was...)
- The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders
- Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley by Paul M. Green (1990-01-03)
- Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait by Peter d'A. Jones Jones (1995-05-19)
Melvin George Holli
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Melvin George Holli, American History educator. Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1957-1958; recipient Distinguished Alumni award Northern Michigan U., 1985. Board of directors Scandinavian Center, North Park University, Chicago, since 1997. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Swedish American History Society (magazine board 1990-1993), Society Midland Authors (board directors 1989-1993, 94-).
Education
Student, Suomi College, Hancock, Michigan, 1954. Bachelor, North Michigan University, 1957. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1958.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1969.
Career
Curator manuscripts Bentley Library.,, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962-1964; assistant professor, associate professor of history, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1965; professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1975; department chairman, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1991-1994. Fulbright professor of University Finland, 1978, 89-90.
Achievements
Works
book
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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
(This award-winning study of ethnic life in Chicago richly...)
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The University of Illinois at Chicago:: A Pictorial History (College History) (Paperback) - Common
(Geschichte Der Neueren Philosophie Von Nikolaus Von Kues ...)
-
World War II Chicago (Images of America)
(Chicagoans united in their World War II effort against th...)
-
Reform in Detroit: Hazen S. Pingree and Urban Politics (The Urban Life in America)
( This is a political biography of Hazen S. Pingree, Mayo...)
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The Ethnic Frontier: Essays in the History of Group Survival in Chicago and the Midwest
(Book by Jones, Peter, Holli, Melvin)
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The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling (The World of the Roosevelts)
( Historians have pointed to John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campa...)
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Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley
(Book by Green, Paul M., Holli, Melvin G.)
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Reform in Detroit: Hazen S. Pingree and Urban Polities.
(Hazen S. Pingree, mayor of Detroit from 1890 to 1897, was...)
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World War II Chicago (Images of America) by Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli (2003) Paperback
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- The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders
- The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders Hardcover - March 23, 1999
- The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling (The World of the Roosevelts) by Holli, Melvin G. (2002) Hardcover
- Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley by Paul M. Green (1990-01-03)
- The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders Paperback - March 19, 1999
- By Paul M. Green - Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition: 3rd (third) Edition
- Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait by Peter d'A. Jones Jones (1995-05-19)
- The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders
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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
Membership
Board directors Scandinavian Center, North Park University, Chicago, 1997-2006. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, Swedish American History Society (magazine board 1990-1993), Society Midland Authors (board directors 1989-1993, 94—), Finnish-American Society of the Midwest (board directors).
Connections
Married Betsy Biggar, August 12, 1961. Children: Susan, Steven.
