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Various economic and Federal Reserve related monographs contained in the FRASER collection.
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A graphic presentation of American financial history from 1861 through 1938. It was published as a continuous timeline over 85 feet long.
Summary of files: The index provides a guide to the chart by subject and by year, and gives an overview of the breadth of information in the timeline. The complete publication is a pdf containing pages of individual years to allow you to print a particular year or range of years. The topics of interest were provided by the author, possibly as a teaching aid. Finally, the graphic presentation provides the ability to scroll through the document with three years continually displayed and enables you to jump to specific years.
OCLC:
670438970
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Hostetler, L. Merle, ([year]), 75 Years of American Finance, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=162
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ABC of the Federal Reserve System
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Subtitle: Why the Federal Reserve System was called into being, the main features of its organization, and how it works.
The author was a professor of economics at Princeton, and a firm advocate of the gold standard. Between 1922 and 1933, he served as an adviser to foreign governments, helping them establish and maintain strong currencies. His papers are available if you would like to know more about him and his career.
OCLC:
5577076
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Kemmerer, Edwin Walter, ([year]), ABC of the Federal Reserve System, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=201
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Banking Problems
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Published in 1910, Vol. 36, No. 3, of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, features essays by bankers, professors of economics, and other professionals on the banking problems of the time.
Originally digitized as part of the Google Books project.
OCLC:
17930459
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American Academy of Political and Social Science, ([year]), Banking Problems, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=147
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Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles
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Irving Fisher (1867-1947) was an early practitioner of mathematical economics. Departing from his primary interest in theories of interest rates, capital, and investments, this work is an early foray into analysis of business cycles, and the expression of his debt-deflation theory. In it he identifies nine main factors influencing depressions, provides empirical observations of those factors, and makes suggestions for remedial actions. It is an elaboration of the author's address at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at New Orleans, Jan. 1, 1932.
OCLC:
1830719
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Fisher, Irving, ([year]), Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=104
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Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States
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Translation of Des crises commerciales et de leur rétour périodique en France, en Angleterre et aux États-Unis, which covers financial panic in the United States from 1889-1916.
Originally digitized as part of the Google Books Project.
OCLC:
260323405
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Thom, DeCourcy W. and Juglar, Clément, ([year]), Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=119
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Business Cycles
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This book presents an analytical description of the processes by which business cycles occur, through the use of market reports and statistics concerning business cycles from 1890 to the time of the book's publication (1913) in the United States, England, Germany, and France.
Published as Volume 3 of the Memoirs of the University of California.
OCLC:
169252
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Mitchell, Wesley Clair, ([year]), Business Cycles, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=174
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Central Banking Under the Federal Reserve System
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This book, published in 1935, provides an account of the development of the Federal Reserve system during the first 20 years of its existence, with more detailed consideration of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
OCLC:
391611
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Clark, Lawrence E., ([year]), Central Banking Under the Federal Reserve System, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=314
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Currency Problem and the Present Financial Situation
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A series of addresses studying the Crisis of 1907, delivered at Columbia University over the years 1907-1908.
Digitized by Microsoft Corporation.
Includes:
The crisis of 1907 in the light of history / Edwin R.A. Seligman
The modern bank / Frank A. Vanderlip
The stock exchange and the money market / Thomas F. Woodlock
Government currency vs. bank currency / A. Barton Hepburn
Gold movements and foreign exchanges / Albert Strauss
The New York clearing house / William A. Nash
Clearing houses and the currency / James G. Cannon
American and European banking methods and bank legislation compared / Paul M. Warburg
The modern corporation / George W. Perkins
OCLC:
17601482, 1137238
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([year]), Currency Problem and the Present Financial Situation, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=106
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Federal Reserve Act of 1913: History and Digest
OCLC:
5133073
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Iden, V. Gilmore (Virginius Gilmore), b. 1885, ([year]), Federal Reserve Act of 1913: History and Digest, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=962
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Federal Reserve Act, the National Banking Act and All Other Federal Laws Relating to Banking, with Complete Indexes and References: 1812-1914
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This book was published by the National City Bank of New York (eventually renamed Citibank), in an attempt to provide "a complete and convenient exposition of the Federal Statutes on banking and currency." It contains subject and alphabetical indices to the Federal Reserve Act, the full text of the Federal Reserve Act, duties and powers of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee, and regulations of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee. The book also contains an index to the National Bank Act and other banking laws, along with text of the National Bank Act and other supplementary acts and amendments.
OCLC:
8699450
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National City Bank of New York, ([year]), Federal Reserve Act, the National Banking Act and All Other Federal Laws Relating to Banking, with Complete Indexes and References: 1812-1914, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=262
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Federal Reserve Act: Its Origin and Principles
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The Federal Reserve Act: Its Origin and Principles was written as a reminiscence by Senator Robert L. Owen, Oklahoma, who drafted the Act with Representative Carter Glass, Virginia. Owen served in the US Senate from 1907 to 1925 and was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency from 1913-1919. This small volume provides a contemporaneous view of the early days of the Federal Reserve System.
His papers are housed at The Carl Albert Center, University of Oklahoma and Library of Congress.
OCLC:
9976844
Citation:
Owen, Robert L., ([year]), Federal Reserve Act: Its Origin and Principles, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=212
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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This dissertation, completed in June 1941 by Wilber Bothwell of Washington University in St. Louis, explores the establishment, operation and administration of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, as well as discussion of various economic aspects of eighth Federal Reserve district.
OCLC:
26320232
Citation:
Bothwell, Wilber Clarence, ([year]), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=400
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Federal Reserve System -- Its Purpose and Work
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Various authors contributed articles to this issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, edited by A.D. Welton and C. H. Crennan. Published in 1922, this work documents the early organization and function of the Federal Reserve System.
OCLC:
170387
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American Academy of Political and Social Science, ([year]), Federal Reserve System -- Its Purpose and Work, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=115
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Federal Reserve System in Operation
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This book was written with the intention to serve as "an introduction to the study of the Federal reserve system by college classes in banking and by business and professional men who wish to have a general idea of the purposes, structure, and functions of the system." The study primarily covers the years 1922-1925, and includes various appendices.
Written by Emanuel A. Goldenweiser, who at the time of publishing was Assistant Director of the Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board.
OCLC:
7048011
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Goldenweiser, Emanuel A., ([year]), Federal Reserve System in Operation, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=282
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Federal Reserve System: A Blackstone Legal Training Lecture
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One of a series of lectures especially prepared for the Blackstone Institute. This 1920 document was digitized for Microsoft Corporation by the Internet Archive in 2007.
OCLC:
7160379
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Willis, Henry Parker, 1874-1937, ([year]), Federal Reserve System: A Blackstone Legal Training Lecture, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=118
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Federal Reserve System: Its Origin and Growth
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These volumes contain recollections and reflections of Paul M. Warburg, an advocate for central banking and an appointee to the first Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He served as a governor until 1918, and later as a member of the Federal Advisory Council from 1921-1926.
OCLC:
829888
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Warburg, Paul M., ([year]), Federal Reserve System: Its Origin and Growth, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=192
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Final Report on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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This final report on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation provides an outline of the various programs which the RFC undertook and a summary of the projects undertaken by those authorities. From the foreword, "... there has been incorporated in the report a considerable volume of statistical material on RFC lending and investment functions..."
SUDOC:
T 1.2:R 24/5
OCLC:
742457
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, ([year]), Final Report on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=134
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Foregone Conclusion: The Founding of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
OCLC:
20864305
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Primm, James Neal, 1918-, ([year]), Foregone Conclusion: The Founding of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=965
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Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System (During the World Crisis)
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A personal narrative by W. P. G. Harding, former Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, and a key figure in the early years of the Federal Reserve System. He outlines the functions of the Federal Reserve Banks and the laws and principles under which they have been conducted.
OCLC:
1515883
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Harding, W. P. G., ([year]), Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System (During the World Crisis), [issue title/date], accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=208
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: 1967 - Selective Credit Control
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
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Written by Lester V. Chandler, Princeton University.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: 1967, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/discountmech/credcont_chandler.pdf
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: Circa 1967 - Report on Research Undertaken in Connection with a System Study
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
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Written by Bernard Shull, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: Circa 1967, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/discountmech/rptrsch_shu.pdf
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: Fall, 1966 - Financial Instability Revisited: The Economics of Disaster
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
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Written by Hyman P. Minsky, Washington University in St. Louis.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: Fall, 1966, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/discountmech/fininst_minsky.pdf
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: June, 1966 - Rationale and Objectives of the 1955 Revision of Regulation A
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
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Written by Bernard Shull.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: June, 1966, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/discountmech/ratobj55_shull.pdf
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: May 11, 1966 - Summary of the Issues Raised at the Academic Seminar on Discounting
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
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Written by Priscilla Ormsby, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: May 11, 1966, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/discountmech/sumacad_ormsby.pdf
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: November, 1966 - Evolution of the Role and the Functioning of the Discount Mechanism
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Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism
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Written by Clay J. Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). Steering Committee for the Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism, ([year]), Fundamental Reappraisal of the Discount Mechanism: November, 1966, accessed May 21, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/federal reserve history/discountmech/evolrole_ander.pdf
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