Size: 5 linear inches (about 800 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the United States of America all his copyrights in unpublished writings in this collection, and in any other collection of papers at the Harry S. Truman Library. Documents created by U.S. Government officials in the course of their duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Dennis E. Bilger (1987)
Updated by: Kate Nickle (2011) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.

The Papers of William McCauley mainly consist of letters, reports, memorandums, diary entries, appointment book entries and printed materials relating to McCauley's position as Executive Secretary of the U.S. Employees' Compensation Commission and as Director of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation. The papers in the collection deal almost exclusively with McCauley's career in government, and contain very little information about his personal life.

A great deal of information about the U.S. Bureau of Employees' Compensation during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s can be found in the collection. The Bureau was originally the U.S. Employees' Compensation Commission, and McCauley headed both agencies. He had responsibility for settling claims for workman's compensation by employees of the federal government and of some private businesses. In addition to job applications and acknowledgments of the various promotions McCauley received, there is information about the organization of the agency and its budgets.

The correspondence includes letters of congratulations on McCauley's promotions, thank-you letters from members of Congress, reports and letters detailing various compensation claims, reports detailing the hiring and termination of subordinates, and letters calling for changes of various policies and practices of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation. The correspondence dates mainly from the 1950s and early 1960s.

The entries in the appointment books in the collection range from April 1954 to October 1963. Not all months and years in between are represented. The diary entries in the collection range intermittently from June 1942 to October 1944.

More information about the U.S. Employees' Compensation Commission and the Bureau of Employees' Compensation can be found in the Official File of the Harry S. Truman Papers (OF 81 and OF 15-P).

SUBJECT FILE, 1916-1964

• Appointments
• Biographical Information
• Books
• Bureau of Employees' Compensation
• Correspondence
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• Diary
• Handwritten Notes
• Printed Materials

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