George Leslie Harrison papers on the Federal Reserve System, 1920-1940

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Series II: Subject Files



Box 39 Answers to Questionnaire: No 7. Eligibility and Acceptability of Papers, 25, February1931


Box 39 Answers to Questionnaire: No 8: Discount Rate Policy, 25, February1931


Box 39 Answers to Questionnaire: No 9: Open Market Operations, 25, February1931


Box 39 Answers to Questionnaire: No 10: Bankers' Acceptance, 25, February1931


Box 39 Bank for International Settlements-American directorship, May 1929-October 1935


Box 39 Bank of England, May 1925-September 1925


Box 39 Banking and Industrial Committee of the Second Federal Reserve District, May -October 1932


Box 39 Black, Eugene Robert, October 1930-December 1935


Box 39 Branch bank -- Memorandum, March1925-January 1926


Box 39 Burgess, W. Randolph, November 1930-December 1952


Box 39 Ciechanowski, Jan M. [Minister of Poland to U.S.], August 1927-June 1939


Box 39 Citizens' Committee for Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government, 1945-November 1950


Box 39 Clearing house, July 1923-May 1925 etc., July 1923-May 1925


Box 39 Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, 1945-1948 etc., 1945-1948


Box 39 Coimmission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government -- Correspondence, 27, February1948-June 1949


Box 39 Coo1idge T. J., March1934-February1941


Box 39 Competitive Bidding, 1940-1944



Box 40 Crane, Jay E., June 1925-August 1938


Box 40 Credit control and discount rate, February-November 1929


Box 40 Crowther, Samuel, June 1939-February1943


Box 40 Cuban Agency of Federal Reserve Banks, February1923-August 1927


Box 40 Currency, November 1923-October 1925


Box 40 Currency stabilization, June -October 1943


Box 40 Devison, George W., December 1920-December 1951



Box 41 Defense Bond Sales. Greater New York Committee, April 1941-January 1942


Box 41 Defense Savings Bond, November 1941-November 1942


Box 41 Defense Savings Bonds Committee: Finance group, Manhattan, etc., November 1941-January 1942 etc., November 1941-January 1942


Box 41 Defense Savings Bonds Committee: Insurance agents & brokers, Manhattan


Box 41 Defense Savings Bonds Committee: Life insurance agencies, Manhattan


Box 41 Defense Savings Bonds Committee: N.Y. Commodity Exchange


Box 41 Depression--Correspondence, propositions, memorandums, reports, etc., August -December 1933


Box 41 Depression--Greenbacks issue, 1933


Box 41 Dewey, Charles S., October 1924-October 1946



Box 42 Discount rate, October 1919-January 1928 etc., October 1919-January 1928


Box 42 Discount rate, February-June 1929 ?, February-June 1929


Box 42 Discount rate, January -September 1930


Box 42 Discount rate -- Controversy, February1915-November 1935


Box 42 Eccles, Marriner S., November 1937-June 1938


Box 42 Eccles, Marriner S., December 1934-May 1940


Box 42 Economic Cooperation Administration, September 1947-April 1950


Box 42 Economic Cooperation Administration -- Reports, February1948-April 1949



Box 43 Federal Advisory Council, 1941


Box 43 Federal Advisory Council, 1942


Box 43 Federal Advisory Council, 1943



Box 44 Federal Advisory Council: Minutes, February1935-October 1940


Box 44 Federal Advisory Council: Minutes, February1941-December 1943


Box 44 Federal Reserve Banks--2nd to 6th Conference of Transit Managers, May 1916-November 1918


Box 44 Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Organization, September 1920-April 1934


Box 44 Federal Reserve System, December 1913-November 1926


Box 44 Federal Reserve System, April 1941-August 1944



Box 45 Foreign capital issues in the United States, 1915-April 1928


Box 45 France, July 1926-June 1928


Box 45 Fraser, Leon, October 1926-April 1945


Box 45 Germany--Meeting of Long Term Creditors on Berlin, 27, April 1934


Box 45 Germany--Dawes and Young bonds, etc., July 1931-June 1934


Box 45 Gilbert, S. Parker, May 1925-March1938


Box 45 Glass, Carter, November 1929-December 1942


Box 45 Gold, December 1924-June 1927


Box 45 Gold, June -July 1933


Box 45 Gold: American Gold Problem etc., September -October 1939



Box 46 Governors' Conference, November 1925-November 1928


Box 46 Governors' Conference, 23, March1926


Box 46 Governors' Conference: Gold, 1926-May 1928


Box 46 Governors' Conference: Minutes, September 1934-May 1936


Box 46 Governors' Conference: Reports of the Committees, 1932 -- 1940, 1932, 1940, (2 folders)


Box 46 Hoover, Herbert, July 1931-March1942



Box 47 Inflation, March1943-March1914


Box 47 Inflation: Voluntary credit restraint, August 1950-January 1951


Box 47 Inflation Control & War Problems Committees, June 1950-February1951


Box 47 Investment Research Committee, September 1941-September 1948


Box 47 Johnson, Norris O. Memoranda on Reserves, etc., January 1937-December 1939


Box 47 Jay, Pierre, April 1920-January 1943


Box 47 Kimball, Herbert H., November 1937-August 1938



Box 48 Legislation, 1935


Box 48 Legislative Committee, May 1937-August 1938


Box 48 Legislative Committee, January -September 1950


Box 48 Legislative investigation: Temporary National Emergency Committee, Security & Exchange Commission, January 1941-January 1946


Box 48 Life Insurance Coordinating Committee--Letters, minutes, August 1942-August 1943


Box 48 Life Insurance Coordinating Committee: File #1, 24 July 1942-8, February1943



Box 49 Life Insurance Coordinating Committee: File #2, 8 February1943-24, August 1943


Box 49 Life Insurance Coordinating Committee: File #3, 25, August 1943


Box 49 London gold market, March-June 1925


Box 49 McFadden, Louis T., December 1920-December 1928


Box 49 McGarrah, Gates W., March1929-November 1940


Box 49 Marshall Plan, November 1947-February1950



Box 50 Mead Bill, March1938-July 1939


Box 50 Meyer, Eugene, May 1929-September 1940


Box 50 Mills, Edward K., November 1932-December 1938


Box 50 Mills, Ogden L., March1916-May 1942


Box 50 Monetary Affairs Committee, July 1945-December 1946


Box 50 Monetary Affairs Committee: Statements, reports, etc., January /February1946


Box 50 Monetary Affairs Committee, January -September 1947


Box 50 Monetary Affairs Committee [loose in file], January -October 1948


Box 50 Monetary Affairs Committee, January -December 1941


Box 50 Monnet, Jean, April 1927-January 1937


Box 50 Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., January 1934-March1943



Box 51 N.Y.(State)--Tax law, 1917-1920


Box 51 N.Y.(State) Assembly. "An Act to Amend the Banking Law, in relation to Foreign Banking Corporations"(Mo. 20214), 5, April 1920


Box 51 Norman, Montagu Collet, May 1926-December 1931 & January 1932-March1942, May 1926-December 1931, January 1932-March1942


Box 51 Norman, Montagu Collet--Paper clippings, April 1931-August 1932


Open Market:


Box 51 Open market, 1928


Box 51 Open market, 1929


Box 51 Open market, 1930


Box 51 Open market, April 1931-June 1934


Box 51 Open market, 1935-1937



Box 52 Open Market Investment Committee, December 1923-June 1934


Box 52 Open Market Investment Committee, November 1925-November 1926


Box 52 Open Market Investment Committee, May -November 1927


Box 52 Open Market Investment Committee, January -May 1928


Box 52 Post-war plans, January 1943-Februaryl948


Box 52 Savings Bond Program, January l946-January 1948


Box 52 Sprague, O. M. W., October 1929-October 1939


Box 52 Sproul, Allan, July 1929-October 1945



Box 53 Stabilization program, April 1932-May 1933


Box 53 Strong, Benjamin, November 1926-September 1928


Box 53 Strong, Benjamin--European trips, July -August 1925 April, September 1926 December 1927-August 1928, July -August 1925, September 1926, December 1927-August 1928

Note: Mostly letters and some cables from Strong to Harrison, while Governor Strong was visiting foreign central banks. Most of the letters are personally to Governor Harrison and are concerned largely with foreign central banks and monetary affairs


Box 53 Strong, Benjamin -- Personal, June 1923-July 1928 ?, June 1923-July 1928



Box 54 Teagle, Walter C., November 1932-December l940


Box 54 Thomas, Woodlief. "Memorandum on Brokers Loans by Others", 13, February1931


Box 54 Trip -- Europe, June 1933


Box 54 Trip -- Europe, July l934


Box 54 Trip--London--Diary of trip to London, June 1933


Box 54 U.S. Congress. House "A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act" [H.R. l2453], 2, March1925


Box 54 U.S. Congress. House McFadden Bill to amend "An Act to Provide for the Consolidation of National Banking Associations" [S. 3316 H.R. 8887 H.R. 2], 1924-1925, 3316, 8887, 1924-1925


Box 54 U.S. Congress. Senate "A bill to transfer to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation all Federal Bank-examining functions, and for other purposes[S. 2145), October 1938-April 1939


Box 54 U.S. Congress. Senate Banking and Currency Bill [H.R 7837], 1913


Box 54 U.S. Secretary of Treasury Payments to Federal Reserve Banks under Federal Reserve Act(Industrial Loans), July -August 1934


Box 54 U.S. Secretary of Treasury Program for Retiring National Bank Circulation, etc., l921



Box 55 Victory Fund Committee--Second Federal Reserve District, May 1942-May 1943


Box 55 Victory Fund Committee for Second Federal Reserve District, May 1942-June l943


Box 55 Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee, October -December 1950


Box 55 Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee, January 1951


Box 55 Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee, February1951-May 1952



Box 56 Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee War debts--Memoranda, news summaries, letters, 1931-1932


Box 56 Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee War debts--Press clippings, 14 November -1, December 1932


Box 56 War emergency, August 1939


Box 56 War Finance Committee for New York State, I, June 1943-May 1944


Box 56 War Finance Committee for New York State, II, June -November 1944


Box 56 Warburg, Paul M., December 1914-February1931


Box 56 Watson, Thomas J., May 1933-May 1940


Box 56 Young, Owen D., June 1927-November 1940


Box 56 Miscellaneous, I


Box 56 Miscellaneous, II


Box 56 Miscellaneous, February-May 1933 etc., February-May 1933



Box 57 Adams, Claris "The Damned Politician"


Box 57 Commission on Organization of the Executive: Branch of the Government


Box 57 Congressional Investigations-Joint Commission


Box 57 Currency and Coins


Box 57 Emergency Banking Data, March1933


Box 57 Legislative Committee of the Conference of the President, 1932


Box 57 Legislative Committee of the Conference of the President, 1937


Box 57 Miscellaneous, 1940


Box 57 Reply to Questionnaire addressed to the Chairman of the Board of Governors


Box 57 Stock Exchange Legislation, 1934



Box 58 Federal Reserve Bank Foreign Accounts, 1940 (l volume), 1940


Box 58 Federal Reserve Bank Foreign Statistics, through 1940 (l volume), 1940


Box 58 Federal Reserve Bank Digest of Opinion, Federal Reserve Bulletin, (2 volumes)



Box 59 Federal Reserve Bank of New York Tabulations, (1 volume)



Box 60 Federal Reserve Bank Miscellaneous Volumes of internal working printed documents, (4 volumes)


Box 60 Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, (1 volume)



Box 61 National Monetary Commission Statistics, (3 volumes)

Note: printed material



Box 62 Dewey, Charles S. Reports of the Financial Advisor to the Polish Government, No. 1 -- 12, 1928-1930, (12 volumes)

Note: Printed documents. Several inscribed and signed by Dewey.