Leon Fraser papers, 1897-1945, bulk 1924-1943

Leon Fraser papers, 1897-1945, bulk 1924-1943

Summary Information

Abstract

Leon Fraser held a variety of administrative positions in both government and private industry, and he served as a director, trustee, chairman, and treasurer for a number of prominent businesses and charitable organizations. He earned his PhD from Columbia University and taught public law there as well. Fraser committed suicide in 1945 at his summer home in North Granville, New York. The Papers consist of business and personal correspondence, materials related to his professional activities, and a small section of personal papers. The bulk of the materials range in date from 1924-1943.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1569
Bib ID:
8647293 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Fraser, Leon, 1889-1945
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
28 linear feet (7 document boxes 21 record containers 2 flat boxes)
Language(s):
English .
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Description

Summary

The Leon Fraser Papers consists of business correspondence, materials related to his professional activities, and small selection of personal papers. The correspondence is organized chronologically, with the bulk being from the years 1938-1943. Additionally, selected correspondence is arranged alphabetically. Notable correspondents include Charles A. Beard, Nicholas Murray Butler, Fiorello LaGuardia, and John and Nelson A. Rockefeller amongst others. The series on professional activities outlines the many organizations that Fraser worked with over the course of his career. The material consists of correspondence, annual reports, by-laws, printed materials, and financial and legal documents. Lastly, the series of personal papers contains materials related to Fraser's personal finances and properties he owned. There is correspondence with his foster mother, Susan D. Bonar. There are clippings and photographs related to the launching of the steamship freighter "Leon Fraser" in 1942. Included here is a copy of Fraser's suicide note addressed to his son from 1945.

Arrangement

Material is arranged into three series.

Using the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leon Fraser Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

No additions are expected

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Ownership and Custodial History

The Leon Fraser Papers were the gift of James and Victoria Fraser to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University in 2011.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2010-2011-M157: Source of acquisition--James and Victoria Fraser. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--5/12/2011.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed Manuel A. Bautista Gonzalez PhD candidate Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 2012-2013.

Finding Aid written Adrien Hilton 06/2013.

Collection is processed to folder level.

Revision Description

2013-07-09 xml document created by Adrien Hilton

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Leon Fraser was a PhD graduate of Columbia University (he later added a law degree to his resume) who worked as a reporter for the New York World, was admitted to the New York bar (even though he did not yet hold a law degree), and returned to Columbia to teach public law at his alma mater. Fraser's support of pacifist causes in the years before America's entry into World War I caused Columbia to drop him as an instructor, but when America declared war on Germany, Fraser enlisted in the Army as a private. He rose to the rank of major by the end of the war and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his efforts; after the war he held a variety of administrative positions in both government and private industry, and he served as a director, trustee, chairman, and treasurer for a number of businesses and charitable organizations. Fraser and another American, Gates McGarrah, served as the first two presidents of BIS, the Bank for International Settlements. (Fraser is another anachronism in this piece: the BIS was not founded until 1930 and Fraser did not become its president until 1935, so he could not accurately have been described as "president of the Bank for International Settlements" in 1923.) In 1945, while the 55-year-old Fraser was president of First National Bank of New York, he committed suicide at his summer home in North Granville, NY. He left behind a suicide note stating that he had been "depressed mentally and [had] suffered from melancholia that gets steadily worse." Obituaries noted that he had been in "low spirits" since the death of his wife two years earlier.

Subject Headings

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Name
American National Red Cross
Bank for International Settlements
Fraser, Leon, 1889-1945
United States Steel Corporation
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Subject
Banks and banking

Series I: Correspondence, 1918-1944

Series I contains business correspondence. It is arranged chronologically by year and divided by letter of last name. The bulk is from 1938-1943. Additionally, selected correspondents have been listed alphabetically. Notable correspondents include: Charles A. Beard, Nicholas Murray Butler, Fiorello LaGuardia, and John and Nelson A. Rockefeller amongst others.

Box 1

A, 1933-1937

Box 1

B, 1923-1937

Box 1

C, 1925-1937

Box 1

D, 1935-1937

Box 1

E, 1935-1937

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F, 1935-1937

Box 1

G, 1931-1937

Box 1

H, 1918-1937

Box 1

J, 1935-1937

Box 1

K, 1918-1937

Box 1

L, 1935

Box 1

M, 1935

Box 1

Mc, 1918-1935

Box 1

N, 1935

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O, 1937

Box 1

P, 1935-1937

Box 1

Q, 1935

Box 1

R, 1924-1937

Box 1

S, 1934-1937

Box 1

T, 1935-1937

Box 1

V, 1935-1937

Box 1

W, 1918-1937

Box 1

XYZ, 1935-1937

Box 1

Other, 1918-1937

Box 2

A, 1938

Box 2

B, 1938

Box 2

C, 1938

Box 2

D, 1938

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E, 1938

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F, 1938

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G, 1938

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H, 1938

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I, 1938

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J, 1938

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K, 1938

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L, 1938

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M, 1938

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Mc, 1938

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N, 1938

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O, 1938

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P, 1938

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R, 1938

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S, 1938

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T, 1938

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V, 1938

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W, 1938

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Other, 1938

Box 3

A, 1939

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B, 1939

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C, 1939

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D, 1939

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E, 1939

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F, 1939

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G, 1939

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H, 1939

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I, 1939

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J, 1939

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K, 1939

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L, 1939

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M, 1939

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Mc, 1939

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N, 1939

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O, 1939

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P, 1939

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R, 1939

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S, 1939

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T, 1939

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U, 1939

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V, 1939

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W, 1939

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XYZ, 1939

Box 3

Other, 1939

Box 4

A, 1940

Box 4

B, 1940

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C, 1940

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D, 1940

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E, 1940

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F, 1940

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G, 1940

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H, 1940

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J, 1940

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K, 1940

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L, 1940

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M, 1940

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Mc, 1940

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N, 1940

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O, 1940

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P, 1940

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R, 1940

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S, 1940

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T, 1940

Box 4

U, 1940

Box 4

V, 1940

Box 4

W, 1940

Box 4

XYZ, 1940

Box 5

A, 1941

Box 5

B, 1941

Box 5

C, 1941

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D, 1941

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E, 1941

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F, 1941

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G, 1941

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H, 1941

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I, 1941

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J, 1941

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K, 1941

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L, 1941

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M, 1941

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Mc, 1941

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N, 1941

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O, 1941

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P, 1941

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Q, 1941

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R, 1941

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S, 1941

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T, 1941

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U, 1941

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V, 1941

Box 5

WXYZ, 1941

Box 6

A, 1942

Box 6

B, 1942

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C, 1942

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D, 1942

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E, 1942

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F, 1942

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G, 1942

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H, 1942

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I, 1942

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J, 1942

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K, 1942

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L, 1942

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M, 1942

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Mc, 1942

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N, 1942

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O, 1942

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P, 1942

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R, 1942

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S, 1942

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T, 1942

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U, 1942

Box 6

V, 1942

Box 6

W, 1942

Box 6

XYZ, 1942

Box 7

A, 1943

Box 7

B, 1943

Box 7

C, 1943

Box 7

D, 1943

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E, 1943

Box 7

F, 1943

Box 7

G, 1943

Box 7

H, 1943

Box 7

I, 1943

Box 7

J, 1943

Box 7

K, 1943

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L, 1943

Box 7

M, 1934

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Mc, 1943

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N, 1943

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O, 1943

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P, 1943

Box 7

R, 1943

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S, 1943

Box 7

T, 1943

Box 7

V, 1943

Box 7

WXYZ, 1943

Box 8

Telegrams, 1930-1944, (4 folders)

Box 8

Ackerman, Carl, 1935-1943

Box 8

Aldrich, Winthrop, 1938-1943

Box 8

Araki, Eikichi, 1939

Box 8

Atkin, I.C.R., 1943

Box 8

Baker, George, 1935

Box 8

Bate, Fred, 1942-1943

Box 8

Beard, Charles A., 1918 1939, 1918, 1939

Box 8

Bell, Lawrence, 1943

Box 8

Bengtson, Erik, 1939

Box 8

Beyen, J.W., 1939-1940

Box 8

Blair, Floyd, 1943

Box 8

Blessing, Karl, 1938-1940

Box 8

Bolton, Francis, 1943

Box 8

Boyer, Maurice, 1935-1943

Box 8

Brady, W.G., 1943

Box 8

Brown, Donaldson, 1943

Box 8

Brown, Edward E., 1943

Box 8

Brownell, Francis, 1938

Box 8

Bucher, G.H., 1943

Box 8

Bullitt, William Marshall, 1943

Box 8

Burgess, W. Randolph, 1939-1943

Box 8

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1924-1942

Box 8

Campbell, H. Donald, 1940-1943

Box 8

Canham, Erwin D., 1942

Box 8

Carey, W. Gibson Jr., 1939-1940

Box 8

Carpenter, Walter S. Jr., 1942

Box 8

Chanler, L.S. Jr., 1943

Box 8

Chaplin, Charles, 1943

Box 8

Chase, Harry Woodburn, 1943

Box 8

Chester, C.M., 1942

Box 8

Clark, John L., 1942

Box 8

Cobbald, Cameron, 1940

Box 8

Cochran, Merle, 1939-1943

Box 8

Colgate, ?, 1941

Box 8

Coudert, Frederick R. Jr., 1939

Box 8

Crocker, Stuart M., 1935-1943

Box 8

Darlington, Charles F., 1935-1943

Box 8

David, Donald K., 1942

Box 8

David-Weill, Pierre, 1943

Box 8

Davies, H.A., 1943

Box 8

Dawes, Charles G., 1924-1940

Box 8

Desmond, Thomas C., 1943

Box 8

de Iongh, D. Crena, 1939-1943

Box 8

Delano, Preston, 1940-1941

Box 8

Dixon, Frank M., 1940

Box 8

Draper, Ernest G., 1939

Box 8

du Pont, Lammot, 1939

Box 8

D'Olier, Franklin, 1939-1943

Box 8

Douglas, Lewis W., 1940-1942

Box 8

Earle, Edward M., 1938-1943

Box 8

Eccles, Marriner S., 1941

Box 8

Fischer, Otto Chr., 1939

Box 8

Fukai, Eigo, 1935-1941

Box 8

Ford, Nevil, 1942

Box 8

Gerard, James W., 1943

Box 8

Gifford, Walter S., 1940-1943

Box 8

Gilbert, S. Parker, 1924-1935

Box 8

Gilman, M.M., 1941

Box 8

Golay, Maurice, 1942

Box 8

Goodhue, F., Abbot, 1943

Box 8

Greene, Jerome D., 1940-1941

Box 8

Grew, Joseph C., 1943

Box 8

Hanes, Robert M., 1939-1940

Box 8

Harrison, George L., 1939-1943

Box 8

Hays, Will H., 1942

Box 8

Hulse, Ernst, 1935 1938, 1935, 1938

Box 8

Hoffman, Paul G., 1943

Box 8

Hoover, Herbert, 1943

Box 8

Horikashi, Tetsuzo, 1938

Box 8

Hughes, Joseph E., 1939

Box 8

Hutchinson, B.E., 1943-1945

Box 8

Jay, Pierre, 1935-1942

Box 8

Jacobsson, Per, 1938-1942

Box 8

Johnston, Eric A., 1942

Box 8

Karpinkski, Zygmunt, 1938-1943

Box 8

Kano, Viscount, 1939

Box 8

Keller, K.T., 1940

Box 8

Kobayashi, Schoichiro, 1938-1941

Box 8

Kraft, James L., 1943

Box 8

Lamont, Thomas W., 1931-1943

Box 8

Laguardia, Fiorello, 1938-1942

Box 8

Lehman, Herbert H., 1938 1943, 1938, 1943

Box 8

Lincoln, Leroy, 1942

Box 8

Merrill, Charles E., 1943

Box 8

Meyer, Eugene, 1941-1942

Box 8

Mitchell, W.A., 1941

Box 8

Miklaus, W., 1943

Box 8

Moreau, Emile, 1938-1939

Box 8

Morgan, Henry S., 1940-1941

Box 8

Morgenthau, Henry, 1939-1940

Box 8

Munakata, H., 1939

Box 8

McCarthy, George L., 1942-1943

Box 8

McGarrah, Gates W., 1939-1940

Box 8

McGoldrick, Joseph D., 1943

Box 8

McKittrick, Thomas L. and Marjorie B., 1941-1943

Box 8

Nishi, Kazuo, 1939-1941

Box 8

Nisiyama, T., 1939

Box 8

Niemeyer, Otto, 1939

Box 8

Norman, Montagu, 1939-1942

Box 8

O'Connor, J.F.T., 1937-1938

Box 8

Paul, Randolph, 1942

Box 8

Perkins, J. Nelson, 1935

Box 9

Pierson, Warren L., 1941

Box 9

Postmus, Johannes, 1943

Box 9

Puhl, Emil, 1940

Box 9

Ramson, Ronald, 1939 1941, 1939, 1941

Box 9

Rea, George P., 1942

Box 9

Renn, Paul, 1941-1943

Box 9

Rentschler, Gordon S., 1940-1943

Box 9

Reynolds, Jackson, 1929-1943

Box 9

Roberts, George B., 1940

Box 9

Robertson, A.W., 1942

Box 9

Robinson, Leland Rex, 1942

Box 9

Rockefeller, John D., 1939-1942

Box 9

Rockefeller, Nelson A., 1941

Box 9

Rooth, Ivar, 1939-1943

Box 9

Sarnoff, David, 1942

Box 9

Schacht, Hjalmar, 1930-1939

Box 9

Schapiro, Morris A., 1943

Box 9

Schuetz, Gerhart W., 1939

Box 9

Sekiba, Teiji, 1925

Box 9

Scimaouye, S., 1939

Box 9

Siepmann, H.A., 1937

Box 9

Simon, Hans, 1940-1942

Box 9

Skouras, Spyrar P., 1943

Box 9

Sloan, Alfred P., 1938-1941

Box 9

Sloan, George A., 1937-1943

Box 9

Sonoda, S., 1938

Box 9

Sparrow, Edward, 1935-1943

Box 9

Spinney, G.W., 1940-1942

Box 9

Sprague, O.M.W., 1938

Box 9

Sproul, Allan, 1942-1943

Box 9

Stanley, Harold, 1943

Box 9

Steele, Thomas M., 1938-1943

Box 9

Stettinius, Edward R. Jr., 1938-1942

Box 9

Streit, Clarence K., 1937-1941

Box 9

Stephens, D. Mallory, 1941

Box 9

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays and Iphigene Ochs, 1938-1943

Box 9

Swope, Gerard, 1941-1943

Box 9

Szymczak, M.S., 1939-1940

Box 9

Taunery, Jean, 1938

Box 9

Taylor, Amos E., 1942

Box 9

Towers, G.F., 1940

Box 9

Trip, Dr. L.J.A., 1937-1939

Box 9

Trippe, Juan T., 1943

Box 9

Tanaka, Tetsusaburo, 1938-1939

Box 9

Tsushima, Juichi, 1938-1939

Box 9

Ukawa, H., 1938

Box 9

Walsh, Raycroft, 1943

Box 9

Watson, Thomas J., 1937-1943

Box 9

White, William R., 1941

Box 9

Wiggins, A.L.M., 1942

Box 9

Wigglesworth, Richard B., 1943

Box 9

Willkie, Wendell, 1940-1943

Box 9

Woodlief, Thomas, 1943

Box 9

Woodring, Harry Hines, 1940

Box 9

Wyzanski, Charles E. Jr., 1943

Box 9

Young, Owen D., 1925-1941

Box 9

Young, Roy A., 1940-1942

Box 9

Zukor, Adolph, 1942

Series II: Professional Activities, 1918-1945

Series II consists of materials related to the professional activities of Leon Fraser from 1918-1943. Contained within this series are annual reports, by-laws, correspondence, legal and financial documents, and other printed material. Documented here is Fraser's work with the Bank for International Settlements, the United States Steel Corporation, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the American National Red Cross, and Columbia University. Please note that box 27 contains material related to material found in earlier boxes, researchers should consult both instances of an organization.

German Reparation Payments

Box 10

The Experts' Plan for Reparation Payments. Paris: The Reparation Comission, 1926

Box 10

The Execution of the Experts' Plan. First Annuity Year. September 1, 1924 to August 31, 1925. Reports of the Agent General for Reparation Payments and the Commissioner and Trustees . Berlin: The Office for Reparation Payments,, 1925

Box 10

The Execution of the Experts' Plan. Second Annuity Year. September 1, 1925 to August 31, 1926. Reports of the Agent General for Reparation Payments and the Commissioner and Trustees . Berlin: The Office for Reparation Payments,, 1926, (2 volumes)

Box 10

The Execution of the Experts' Plan. Third Annuity Year. September 1, 1926 to August 31, 1927. Reports of the Agent General for Reparation Payments . Berlin: The Office for Reparation Payments,, 1927

Box 10

The Execution of the Experts' Plan. Third Annuity Year. September 1, 1926 to August 31, 1927. Reports of the Commissioner and Trustees . Berlin: The Office for Reparation Payments,, 1927

Box 10

The Execution of the Experts' Plan. Fourth Annuity Year. September 1, 1927 to August 31, 1928. Reports of the Agent General for Reparation Payments . Berlin: The Office for Reparation Payments,, 1928

Box 10

The Execution of the Experts' Plan. Third Annuity Year. September 1, 1927 to August 31, 1928. Reports of the Commissioner and Trustees . Berlin: The Office for Reparation Payments,, 1928

Box 11

Mortgage Bank Indentures: Central Bank, Series B (1927), Deutsche Rentenbank-Kreditanstalt (1925), Mortgage Bank of Colombia (1927), Hannoversche Landeskreditanstalt (1927), East Prussian Landowners Association (1927), German Building and Land Bank (1928), Hungarian Central Mutual Credit Institute (1927), Bank of Silesian Landowners Association (1927), European Mortgage and Investment Corporation (1926), German Provincial and Communal Banks (1928), Mortgage Bank of Venetian Provinces (1927)

Box 11

Indentures and Trust Agreements: Ohmer Fare Register Company (1927), Albert Steiger Building Company (1927), Stillwater Worsted Mills (1928), First National Stores Inc. (1927), International Securities Corporation of America (1927), Second International Securities Corporation (1928). Day & Meyer, Murray & Young, Inc. (1927), M. J. Whittall Associates, Ltd. (1927), William J. Hobbs and Others (1928), Aktieselskabet Vamma Fossekompagni (1927), Ujigawa Electric Power Company, Limited (1925)

Box 11

Deposit Agreements: Kreuger & Toll (1928), Rhine-Westphalia (1928), Banca Commerciale Italiana (1928), Commerz-und Privat-Bank (1927), Debenhams Securities Limited (1928), Amsterdam Trading Company (1927), Oesterreichische Credit-Anstalt (1927), Deutsche Bank (1927), State Bank of Brunswick (1928), Belgian National Railways Company (1927)

Box 11

German Indentures: Brown Coal Industrial Corporation "Zukunft" (1928), August Thyssen Iron and Steel Works (1926), Mansfeld Mining and Smelting Company, Mansfeld Potash Company, Stolberg Consolidated Copper Mining Company, Mansfeld Metal Sales Company (1926), Rhine-Westphalia Electric Power Corporation (1925), Good Hope Steel and Iron Works (1925), German Savings Banks and Clearing Association (1926), Wasserwirthschaft im Rheinisch-Westfaelischen Industriegebiet (Ruhrkohlenbezirk) (1928)

Box 12

German Reparation Payments (Experts' Plan of 9 April 1924). German Industrial Debentures. Report by the Trustee B. Nogara for the period from 1 September 1924 to 31 May 1925 on the application of the Industrial Charges Law (Industriebelastungsgesetz) voted by the Reichstag and promulgated by the German Government on 30 August 1924 in conformity with the Agreements appended to the Final London Protocol of 16 August 1924. Berlin: 1925, September 1924, May 1925, August 1924, 1925

Box 12

Report on the Application of the Industrial Charges Law in its Bearing on the Industrial Debentures (June 1, 1925 to May 31, 1926), 1925

Box 12

German Reparation Payments (Experts' Plan of 9 April 1924). German Industrial Debentures. Report by the Trustee B. Nogara for the period from 1 September 1926 to 31 July 1928 on the application of the Industrial Charges Law (Industriebelastungsgesetz) voted by the Reichstag and promulgated by the German Government on 30 August 1924 in conformity with the Agreements appended to the Final London Protocol of 16 August 1924. Berlin: 1928, September 1926, July 1928, August 1924, 1928

Box 12

Indexes to Bound Reorganization, (2 volumes)

Box 12

Industriebelastungsgesetz (1927-1928), "Opinion dealing with the Securing of the German External Loan of 1924 by Certain Revenues of the German Reich", 1929 Legal documents related to, 1924, 1929

Box 9

International Conference on the Hague: Correspondence and other Documents,, 1926-1929

Bank for International Settlements

Box 9

Annual Reports, 1931-1940

Box 9

Draft Charter and Statutes, 1929-1930

Box 9

Minutes, 1935

Box 9

Correspondence, 1935-1943, (4 folders)

United States Steel Corporation

Box 13

Correspondence and other Documents, 1936-1943, (8 folders)

Box 13

Sponge Iron for Scrap Iron and Steel, 1942

Box 13

Labor Problems, 1941-1943

Box 13

Federal Shipping and Dry Dock Company, Labor Situation (Kearney, NJ),, 1942

Box 13

Annual Reports, Minutes, and other Reports, 1935-1939

Publications

Box 13

The Selection and Development of Executives in American Industry; Labor Relations in the Steel Industry, 1936 Report by Raw Materials Committee, 1939, The Mutual Responsibility of Business and the Public, 1940, 1936, 1939, 1940

Box 13

Financial Documents, 1936-1943

Box 13

US Steel News , 1936-1937

Publications

Box 13

Certificate of Incorporation, 1929 By-Laws, 1933, 1936, Plan of Employee Representation, Gary Works, Illinois Steel Company, 1934, 1929, 1933, 1936,, 1934

Box 13

By-Laws (drafts), 1929-1937

Box 13

Temporary National Economic Committee Hearings, 1939

Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York

Box 14

Correspondence and other Documents, 1935-1943, (3 folders)

Box 14

Finance Committee, 1939-1942, (2 folders)

Box 14

Pamphlets, 1934-1942

Box 14

Monthly Balance Sheets and Statements, 1937-1940

Box 14

Annual Statements, 1937-1940

Box 14

Copy of Report of Examination of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York by the New York State Insurance Department , 1939-1943

Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York

Box 14

Correspondence and other Documents, 1938-1943

Box 14

Fund for the Relief of Members and Their Families, 1940

Box 14

Charter, By-Laws, and Lists of Members, Monthly Bulletins, 1936-1941

New York Central System

Box 14

Correspondence, By-Laws, 1943

Box 15

Executive Committee, 1943, (2 folders)

Box 15

Board of Directors, 1943

Box 15

Docket No. 14095, 1943

Box 15

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

Michigan Central Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

Indiana Harbor Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

New York and Harlem Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

Canada Southern Railway Company, 1943

Box 15

Detroit River Tunnel Company, 1943

Box 15

The Wallkill Valley Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

West Shore Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, 1943

Box 15

New York State Realty and Terminal Company, 1943

Box 15

The Niagara River Bridge Company, 1943

Box 15

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis Railway Company, 1943

Box 15

Northeastern Airlines, 1942-1943

Box 15

H. Fort Flowers Differential Steel Car Company--Correspondence, 1937-1943, (2 folders)

General Electric Company

Box 15

Correspondence and other Documents, 1935-1943, (5 folders)

Box 15

Meetings, 1936-1938, (3 folders)

Box 16

Meetings, 1939-1943, (5 folders)

Box 16

GE Radio Suit, 1939-1942

International General Electric

Box 16

Correspondence and other Documents, 1935-1942

Box 16

Minutes of Meetings, 1936-1943, (7 folders)

Box 16

American Bankers Association--Correspondence and other Documents, 1940-1943, (2 folders)

Bank Tax Committee

Box 16

Correspondence and other Documents, 1939-1943, (5 folders)

Box 16

Bank Statements and Checks, 1939-1943

Box 16

Correspondence with Senator Saxe, 1939-1942, (2 folders)

Box 17

Correspondence with Senator Saxe, 1941-1942, (2 folders)

Box 17

Senator Saxe--Reports, 1943, (2 folders)

Box 17

New York Clearing House--Correspondence, 1937-1943, (2 folders)

Box 17

Bretton Woods and International Finance System, 1941-1945

Box 17

New York State Bankers Association, 1939-1943

Box 17

Federal Advisory Council--Correspondence and other Documents, 1939-1940, (6 folders)

Box 18

Federal Advisory Council--Correspondence and other Documents, 1941

Box 18

Federal Reserve Bank of New York--Correspondence and other Documents,, 1940-1943, (3 folders)

Box 18

Committee on Government Financing, 1940-1942

Box 18

War Finance Committee for New York State, 1943

Box 18

New York World's Fair, 1935-1939, (2 folders)

Box 18

Federal Hall Memorial, 1939-1941

Box 18

National War Fund, 1943

Box 18

American Society for British Medical and Hospital Aid, Incorporated,, 1939-1940

Box 18

British War Relief Society of America, 1941-1943

Box 18

National Safety Council War Production Fund to Conserve Manpower, 1942

Box 18

Republican Campaign, 1942-1943

Greater New York Fund

Box 18

Correspondence and other Documents,1938-1942, (4 folders)

Box 18

Campaign Executive Committee Minutes, 1938

Henry Street Visiting Nursing Service

Box 18

Correspondence and other Documents, 1938-1943

Box 18

Daily Reports on Contributions, 1938

American National Red Cross

New York Chapter

Box 19

Correspondence and other Documents, 1933 1937-1943, 1933, 1937-1943, (5 folders)

Box 19

Budgets, Report on Examination, 1942-1944

Box 19

1942 Campaign, 1942, 1942, 1942, (3 folders)

Box 19

Charter, By-Laws, Endowment Fund Regulations, 1931 1942, 1931, 1942

Board of Trustees of Endowment Fund

Box 19

Correspondence, 1940-1944, (2 folders)

Box 19

Security Portfolios, 1940-1943

Box 19

Annual Report, 1943

Red Cross War Fund

Box 19

Script of Workers Training Film "Seven Selling Keys to Red Cross Contribution",, 1944

Box 19

Labor, 1943-1944

Box 19

Speeches, 1944

Box 19

Minutes, 1943-1944

1944 Campaign, 1944

Box 20

Memos, 1942-1944

Box 20

Luncheon Meeting, 1943

Box 20

Progress Reports, 1943

Box 20

List of Red Cross War Fund Chairmen and Correspondence,, 1943-1944

Box 20

Daily Reports, 1944, (2 folders)

Box 20

Memos, Reports, Booklets, 1943-1944

Box 20

Correspondence, 1943-1944, (5 folders)

Columbia University in the City of New York

Box 20

Correspondence, 1936-1943, (3 folders)

Box 20

Enrollment Information, 1936-1937

Box 21

Trustee Meetings, 1936-1941

Box 21

Special Finance Committee, 1936-1937

Box 21

Committee on Finance, 1938-1942

Box 21

Advisory Committee on Investments, 1938-1942, (2 folders)

Box 21

Committee on Education, 1936-1940, (2 folders)

Box 21

Columbia University Club, 1935-1939

Box 21

Pamphlets, 1930-1939

American Academy in Rome

Box 21

Board of Trustees, 1938-1943

Box 21

Executive Committee, 1938-1943

Box 21

Correspondence--Treasurer, 1937-1943, (2 folders)

Box 21

Finance Committee, 1938-1939

Box 21

Financials, 1938-1943

Box 22

Reports and Accounts, 1937-1943

Box 22

United States Trust Company, 1938-1943, (4 folders)

Box 22

Newsletters, Act of Incorporation and By-Laws, Annual Report, 1930-1942

Box 22

Notes from United States Trust Company of New York, 1938-1943

Box 22

Credit Notices from United States Trust Company of New York, 1938-1943, (2 folders)

Union College

Box 22

Correspondence and other Documents, 1935-1944, (9 folders)

Box 22

Financial Exhibits, 1935-1943

Box 22

Bulletins, 1940-1942

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Box 23

Board of Trustees, 1939-1943

Box 23

Finance Committee, 1939-1943, (2 folders)

Box 23

Executive Committee, 1924-1942

Box 23

Correspondence, 1938-1942

Box 23

Treasurer, 1936-1942

Box 23

Annual Reports, 1937-1942

Box 23

Air Youth of America--Correspondence and other Documents, 1939-1942

Box 23

American Museum of Natural History--Correspondence and other Documents,, 1940-1943

American Historical Association

Box 23

Correspondence, 1934-1943, (2 folders)

Box 23

Receipts of Purchases and Sales of Securities, 1938-1943

Box 23

Statements of Securities, 1938-1943

New York Protestant Episcopal Public School

Box 23

Correspondence and other Documents, 1940-1943

Box 23

Acts of Incorporation and By-Laws, Financial Statements, Estimates of Income and Operating Expenses,, 1940-1944

Academy of Political Science

Box 23

Correspondence and other Documents, 1936-1943, (2 folders)

Box 24

Receipts and Disbursements, Reports on Examinations of Cash Records,, 1937-1941

Box 24

New School for Social Research--Correspondence and other Documents,, 1938-1943, (2 folders)

Council of Foreign Relations

Box 24

Correspondence, 1940-1943

Box 24

Financials, 1940-1943

Box 26

Military Career, 1918-1922

Box 26

Second International Securities Corporation, undated

First National Bank of the City of New York

Box 26

1934-1943

Box 28

Applications, 1935-1942

Box 26

United States Steel Corporation--Correspondence and other Documents,, 1936-1943

Box 26

Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York--Correspondence and other Documents,, 1939-1943

Box 27

Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York--Correspondence and other Documents,, 1935-1943

Box 27

Economic Club of New York--Correspondence and other Documents, 1938-1940

Box 27

National Economy League, 1938-1940

Box 27

New York State Economic Council, 1938-1943

Box 27

New York Central Railroad, 1938-1943

Box 27

Differential Steel Car Company, 1935-1942

Box 27

General Electric, 1939-1943

Box 27

International General Electric, 1943

Box 27

American Bankers Association, 1941

Box 27

American Institute of Banking, 1938-1942

Box 27

Banking Research Fund, 1939

Box 27

Bank Tax Committee, 1938

Box 27

Bank Tax Committee--Senator Saxe, 1937-1939

Box 27

New York State Bankers Association, 1937-1943

Box 27

Monetary Issues, 1942-1945

Box 27

Inter-American Bank, 1938-1940

Box 27

New York Clearing House, 1942-1943

Box 27

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1940-1943

Box 27

National Bureau of Economic Research--Advisory Conference on Research in Financing,, 1941-1942

Box 27

New York World's Fair, 1938-1940

Box 27

Greater New York Fund, 1938

Box 27

Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service, 1938-1941

Box 27

Baker Charity Trust, 1942-1943

Box 27

Memorial to Thomas Nelson Perkins, 1939-1942

Box 27

American National Red Cross, 1939-1943

Box 27

Columbia University, 1935-1942

Box 27

American Academy in Rome, 1940-1943

Box 27

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1935-1943

Box 27

Trinity School, 1935-1943

Box 27

Union College, 1939-1940

Box 27

Academy of Political Science, 1935-1942

Box 27

American Museum of Natural History, 1938-1942

Box 27

College of Government, 1942

Box 27

Council of Foreign Relations, 1935-1941, (2 folders)

Box 27

Foreign Policy Association, 1935-1943

Box 27

France-America Society, 1938-1943

Box 27

New School for Social Research, 1938-1943

Box 27

Newcomen Society, 1942-1943

Box 27

Pilgrims of the United States, 1939-1942

Box 27

Social Science Research Council, 1942

Series III: Personal Papers, 1897-1945

Series III contains the personal papers of Leon Fraser. Included here is financial material related to various properties owned by Fraser as well as investments. There is a sizable amount of correspondence between Fraser and his foster mother Susan D. Bonar. Some speeches and writings of Fraser's can be found in this series as well. Additionally, there are clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook documenting the launching of the steamship freighter "Leon Fraser" in 1942. Lastly, there is a copy of the suicide note that Fraser left for his son in 1945.

Apartments

Box 24

1935-1936

Box 24

1060 5th Ave. 12A, New York, NY, 1935-1943, 1060, 1935-1943

Box 24

1060 5th Ave. 6C, New York, NY, 1943, 1060, 1943

Houses

Box 24

Long Island--Correspondence, 1935-1939

Box 24

Hoffman House, Jericho, Long Island, 1935

Box 24

Appleton House, Upper Brookville, Long Island, 1936

Box 24

Thompson House, Glen Cove, Nassau, 1938

North Granville, New York

Box 24

Property, 1937-1939

Box 24

Emma Lang Stevens Hospital, 1941-1942

Box 24

Correspondence and other Documents, 1941-1943

Box 24

Correspondence--Hodgkins, Haven, 1940-1943

Box 24

Store Property, 1939-1942

Box 24

American Guernsey Cattle Club, 1937-1941

Box 24

Income Tax, 1941-1942, (2 folders)

Family

Box 24

1939-1943

Fraser, Margaret Maury (wife)

Box 24

Release from Active Duty, Estate, 1919-1943

Box 24

Fiduciary Trust Company of New York, 1938-1945

Box 25

Fiduciary Trust Company of New York, 1940-1945

Box 25

Income Tax Returns, 1938-1942

Box 25

Maury, John M. (Brother-in-Law), 1936-1941

Box 25

Maury Family, 1916-1919 1942, 1916-1919, 1942

Bonar, Susan D. (Foster Mother)

Box 25

Surrogate's Court Account, 1937

Box 25

Correspondence, 1897 1909-1918, 1897, 1909-1918

Box 25

Postcards, 1910-1934 undated, 1910-1934, undated, (2 folders)

Box 25

Fraser, Leon and Margaret--Marriage Certificate, 1922

Box 25

Spanish Visa and Medical Information on Pet, 1938-1939

Box 25

Condolence Letters to Leon Fraser for death of Margaret Fraser,, 1942

Box 25

Fraser, Leon--Last Will and Testament, Letter to son, James L. Fraser,, 1944-1945

Box 25

Condolence Letters to James L. Fraser for death of Leon Fraser,, 1945

Box 25

Pressed Flowers, 1908 1914 undated, 1908, 1914 undated

Personal Finances

Fiduciary Trust Company of New York

Box 25

Correspondence, 1935-1942

Box 25

Advice and Receipts, 1932-1944

Box 25

Cash Statements, Statements of Securities Held and Cash Balances, Statements of Account,, 1934-1943

Box 30

Statements of Account, 1934-1943

Box 25

Statements of Checking Account, 1932-1944

Box 25

Cheques, 1937-1944

Box 25

Guarantee Trust Company, 1939-1942

Box 25

Banque Commerciale de Bale, 1935-1942

Dresdner Bank

Box 25

Correspondence and other Documents, 1937-1939

Box 25

Advices and Receipts, 1931-1941

Bank of the Manhattan Company

Box 25

1935-1940

Box 25

Statements of Account, Cheques, 1940-1943

Box 25

Washington County National Bank--Cheques, 1941-1944

Insurance Companies

Box 25

Correspondence and other Documents, 1935-1943

Box 25

Policies and Receipts, 1935-1943

Box 25

Correspondence with Fiscal Authorities, 1936-1943

Box 25

Income Tax Returns, 1935-1944, (2 folders)

Box 25

Compensation and Payments Received, 1936-1943

Box 26

Contributions, 1936-1942

Speeches

Box 26

Address at Annual Stockholders Meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA,, 1941

Box 26

"Economic Recovery and Monetary Stabilization," Vital Speeches of the day and Testimony of Leon Fraser on the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 1936-1945

Box 26

Germantown Academy Commencement Address, Philadelphia, PA, 1942

Box 26

"The National and International Aspects of his Public Service", in Dedication of the Thomas Nelson Perkins Room in Massachusetts Hall to the use of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, "Reconstructing World Money", in Pioneering for a Civilized world. Report of the New York Herald Tribune Twelfth Forum on Current Problems at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City,, 1941, 1944

Writings

Box 26

Encyclopedia Britannica Entry on the Bank for International Settlements,, 1935-1936

Box 26

Various, 1936-1937, 1944

Box 26

Josephson, Matthew--Profile of Leon Fraser in The New Yorker and Correspondence, 1941-1942

Box 26

Articles About (various), 1933, (2 folders)

Box 26

Christmas Cards, 1938-1943 undated, 1938-1943, undated, (7 folders)

Pittsburgh Steamship Company--Steamship Freighter "Leon Fraser"

Box 26

Correspondence, 1942-1943

Box 26

Photographs, undated

Box 26

Scrapbook, 1942

Box 28

Clippings, 1942

Box 26

Inspection Trip to Northampton for Universal Atlas Cement Company,, 1944

Box 28

Daily Calendar, 1943

Box 28

Cartoons of Leon Fraser, undated

Box 28

Awards and Recognitions, 1924-1942

Box 28

Scrapbook, 1924-1925

Box 28

Photographs, 1919 undated, (3 folders)

Box 28

Memorabilia, 1943 undated

Box 28

Receipts and Tickets, 1935-1941

Box 28

Domestic Matters, 1935-1942, (2 folders)

Box 28

Clubs, 1935-1943, (2 folders)

Box 28

Clippings, 1917-1945, (3 folders)

Box 28

Correspondence and other Documents, 1934-1952

Box 29

Plaque (in German) (printed signatures of Adolph Hitler, Paul von Hindenburg, and Hjalmar Schacht, director of the Reichsbank), 1934 May 5, 1934

Box 30

Awards, 1926-1943 undated, 1926-1943, undated

Box 30

Pages Glorieuses: Days of Hope and Glory , 1932

Box 30

Photographs, undated, (2 folders)

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Cartoon ("A L'Abri"), 1933

Large printed cartoon by Derso and Kelen, Basel 1933, approximately 24x36. Titled "A L'ABRI" (French for 'to the shelter'). Depicts about two dozen named diplomats running to shelter under a large umbrella. This cartoon likely commemorates the handoff of the presidency of the Bank of International Settlements from Gates McGarrah to Leon Fraser in 1933.

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Photographs, 1942-1943