Special Collections

Brookings Institution:
Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve


Archival collection on the Federal Reserve System in the mid-1950s.

First and Second Banks of the United States

Original documents from the formation of the First and Second Banks of the United States.

Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951

Available source documents cited by the author.

William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection

Selected documents from his papers and other related collections.

The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection

Selected documents from his papers.


What's New  

Jun 06 FRASER is now on Twitter!

Follow @FedFRASER for historical highlights from our digital archive.

Jun 03 Statements and Speeches of William McChesney Martin, Sr.

We've posted additional speeches by William McChesney Martin, Sr., first Chairman of the Board of Directors and Federal Reserve Agent for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 1914-1929, Governor of the Bank, 1929-1935, and first President of the Bank, 1935-1941.

Jun 03 2012 Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The latest annual report of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has been added.

May 16 1953 Nomination of Arthur F. Burns to the Council of Economic Advisers

Congressional Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate.

Apr 19 Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)

Issues of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's monthly review of economic conditions have been posted for the years 1920-1974.

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