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  

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.

Apr 10 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the United States Government

Fiscal year 2014 budget documents are now available on FRASER.

Mar 28 A Foregone Conclusion

This book discusses people and events that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System, mainly the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.

Mar 21 Annual Reports of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Annual reports of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are now available for the years 1915-1994.

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