Great Depression
The Great Depression describes the period of economic downturn that took place from 1929 until about 1939. This period led to high unemployment rates, lowered stock values and reduced levels of demand for production materials. This collection includes Federal Reserve System documents from the Board of Governors released during this time period and other economic papers and speeches on the topic.
Sort by: Date / Title Showing Items: 1 - 33 of 33Areas of Intense Drought Distress, 1930-1936
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Works Progress Administration Research Bulletin Series 5, Social Problems of the Drought Area, Number 1, prepared by Francis D. Cronin and Howard W. Beers. This bulletin outlines the area which has been most severely affected by the droughts of the 1930s.
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4850040
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United States. Works Progress Administration, ([year]), Areas of Intense Drought Distress, 1930-1936, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=838
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Bank Suspension Study
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Memorandum discussing the history of the Bank Suspension Study, with a list of materials prepared as a result of the study.
In 1936, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System organized a committee prepare studies on possible means of improvement of the existing banking structure. Various memoranda were created under the following topics: 1) Improvements in the organization, functions, and management of banking institutions and in supervisory methods. 2) Unification of the banking system. 3) Consolidation of the supervisory functions of various Federal agencies dealing with banks, including the lending or recapitalization functions of agencies which assist banks in difficulties. This document was produced in the course of proceedings of this bank suspension study.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Bank Suspension Study, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=684
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Bank Suspensions, 1892-1935
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This report appears to be similar to the report issued by the Bank Suspensions 1982-1931, issued as part of the series by the Federal Reserve Committee for Branch, Group, and Chain Banking. It does not actually refer to this series so it is posted as a single publication.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Bank Suspensions, 1892-1935, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=403
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Bank Suspensions, 1921-1936
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Published in the September 1937 issue of the Federal Reserve Bulletin.
In 1936, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System organized a committee prepare studies on possible means of improvement of the existing banking structure. Various memoranda were created under the following topics: 1) Improvements in the organization, functions, and management of banking institutions and in supervisory methods. 2) Unification of the banking system. 3) Consolidation of the supervisory functions of various Federal agencies dealing with banks, including the lending or recapitalization functions of agencies which assist banks in difficulties. This document was produced in the course of proceedings of this bank suspension study.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Bank Suspensions, 1921-1936, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=683
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Branch and Group Banking
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In 1936, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System organized a committee prepare studies on possible means of improvement of the existing banking structure. Various memoranda were created under the following topics: 1) Improvements in the organization, functions, and management of banking institutions and in supervisory methods. 2) Unification of the banking system. 3) Consolidation of the supervisory functions of various Federal agencies dealing with banks, including the lending or recapitalization functions of agencies which assist banks in difficulties. This document was produced in the course of proceedings of this bank suspension study.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Branch and Group Banking, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=685
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Causes of the Depression
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Draft. Handwritten note in upper left corner. Document 6 from Lauchlin Currie Memoranda Index.
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1934/xx/xx,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)?, 1934, Causes of the Depression, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/072_02_0005.pdf
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Causes of the Present Depression and Possible Remedies
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Winthrop W. Aldrich, chairman of the board and president of Chase National Bank from 1930 to 1953, was invited to speak on the Depression before the Finance Committee of the United States Senate in 1933. His statement follows.
OCLC:
2555960
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Aldrich, Winthrop W., ([year]), Causes of the Present Depression and Possible Remedies, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=124
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Changes in the Number of National and State Banks during 1921-1936
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Published in the November 1937 issue of the Federal Reserve Bulletin.
In 1936, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System organized a committee prepare studies on possible means of improvement of the existing banking structure. Various memoranda were created under the following topics: 1) Improvements in the organization, functions, and management of banking institutions and in supervisory methods. 2) Unification of the banking system. 3) Consolidation of the supervisory functions of various Federal agencies dealing with banks, including the lending or recapitalization functions of agencies which assist banks in difficulties. This document was produced in the course of proceedings of this bank suspension study.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Changes in the Number of National and State Banks during 1921-1936, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=687
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Contagion and bank failures during the Great Depression
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1997, American Economic Association. Republished with permission
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87
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0002-8282
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Calomiris, Charles W. and Mason, Joseph, 1997, Contagion and bank failures during the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4270
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Debt-deflation theory of great depressions
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1933, Econometric Society, The University of Chicago. Republished with permission
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1
ISSN:
0098-1699
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Fisher, Irving, 1933, Debt-deflation theory of great depressions, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4252
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Did monetary forces cause the Great Depression
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1977, Ohio State University Press. Republished with permission
Volume:
9
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0022-2879
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Gandolfi, A.E. and Lothian, J.R., 1977, Did monetary forces cause the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4260
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Did the United States transmit the Great Depression to the rest of the world?
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1985, American Economic Association. Republished with permission
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75
ISSN:
0002-8282
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Fremling, Gertrud, 1985, Did the United States transmit the Great Depression to the rest of the world?, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4268
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Documents and Statements Pertaining to the Banking Emergency
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Documents and statements pertaining primarily to the emergency banking restrictions and regulations are presented as Part I of this publication, and material pertaining primarily to gold, currency, and foreign exchange is presented as Part II.
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United States. Congress, United States. Dept. of the Treasury and United States. President, ([year]), Documents and Statements Pertaining to the Banking Emergency, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=709
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Episodic Account of Particular Periods: The Great Depression
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Bibliography
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1956,
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Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, 1956, Episodic Account of Particular Periods: The Great Depression, from Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/brookings/17624_06_0010.pdf
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Financial factors in the Great Depression
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1993, American Economic Association. Republished with permission
Volume:
7
ISSN:
0895-3309
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Calomiris, Charles W., 1993, Financial factors in the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4250
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Fiscal Measures in Depression and Recovery:
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Bibliography
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1956,
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Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, 1956, Fiscal Measures in Depression and Recovery:, from Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/brookings/17620_03_0005.pdf
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Gold Regulations Prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Executive Order of August 28, 1933
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Relating to the hoarding, export, and earmarking of gold coin, bullion, or currency and to transactions in foreign exchange.
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6644980
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, ([year]), Gold Regulations Prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Executive Order of August 28, 1933, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=711
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Great Depression in the United States from a neoclassical perspective
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1999, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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0271-5287
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Cole, Harold and Ohanian, Lee, 1999, Great Depression in the United States from a neoclassical perspective, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4112
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Interpretation of Banking Act of 1933
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Example of letter sent to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City regarding savings pass book interest. Identical letters sent to all Federal Reserve Banks.
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27715658
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United States. Dept. of the Treasury, ([year]), Interpretation of Banking Act of 1933, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=712
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Investigation of Economic Problems: Hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Seventy-Second Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 315
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Hearings before the Senate Committee on Finance, pursuant to S. Res. 315 "authorizing and directing the Finance Committee to make an investigation and study of the present economic problems of the United States with a view to securing constructive suggestions with respect to the solution of such problems." Chaired by Reed Smoot; hearings held from February 13 to 28, 1933.
It was at his testimony during these hearings that Marriner Eccles, at the time President of the First Security Corporation in Ogden, Utah, was recognized by government officials, which lead to Eccles being asked to take on the position of an assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and shortly thereafter was nominated by President Roosevelt for the position of Governor of the Federal Reserve Board.
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4350587
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Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977 and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, ([year]), Investigation of Economic Problems: Hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Seventy-Second Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 315, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=176
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- Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
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Macroeconomics of the Great Depression
Date:
1995, Ohio State University Press. Republished with permission
Volume:
27
ISSN:
0022-2879
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Bernanke, Ben, 1995, Macroeconomics of the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4261
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Meaning of money in the Great Depression
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Imprint: Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1993.
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1993, National Bureau of Economic Research. Republished with permission
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Rockoff, Hugh, 1993, Meaning of money in the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4230
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Member bank borrowing and the Fed's contractionary monetary policy during the Great Depression
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1990, Ohio State University Press. Republished with permission
Volume:
22
ISSN:
0022-2879
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Wheelock, David, 1990, Member bank borrowing and the Fed's contractionary monetary policy during the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4256
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Monetary policy in the Great Depression
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1992, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Volume:
74
ISSN:
0014-9187
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Wheelock, David, 1992, Monetary policy in the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4207
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National Income and Product Accounts Benchmark Revisions: 1929-1932 - Complete Issue
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National Income and Product Accounts Benchmark Revisions
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United States. Dept. of Commerce, ([year]), National Income and Product Accounts Benchmark Revisions: 1929-1932, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/publications/nipab/19340104_nationalinc.pdf
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Nonmonetary effects of the financial crisis in the propagation of the Great Depression
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1983, American Economic Association. Republished with permission
Volume:
73
ISSN:
0002-8282
Citation:
Bernanke, Ben, 1983, Nonmonetary effects of the financial crisis in the propagation of the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4271
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People of the Drought States
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Works Progress Administration Research Bulletin Series 5, Social Problems of the Drought Area, Number 2, prepared by Conrad Taeuber and Carl C. Taylor. This bulletin shows how the uncontrolled settlement of the drought area led to numerous problems of adjustment between the people and the natural resources. It also shows that there has been much movement of the people of that area. Recent migration out of the area is projected against the background of much movement in the past and the normal "export" of population.
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Y 3.W 89/2:13/5-2
OCLC:
3642892
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United States. Works Progress Administration, ([year]), People of the Drought States, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=837
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President Hoover and the Depression
Date:
1936/xx/xx,
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)?, 1936, President Hoover and the Depression, from The Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/eccles/007_09_0002.pdf
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Regulation, market structure, and the bank failures of the Great Depression
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1995, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Volume:
77
ISSN:
0014-9187
Citation:
Wheelock, David, 1995, Regulation, market structure, and the bank failures of the Great Depression, from Meltzer, A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1, 1913-1951, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/meltzer/record.php?id=4300
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Regulations Relating to Licensing the Purchase and Export of Gold
OCLC:
42932323
Citation:
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, ([year]), Regulations Relating to Licensing the Purchase and Export of Gold, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=713
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Relief and Rehabilitation in the Drought Area
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Works Progress Administration Research Bulletin Series 5, Social Problems of the Drought Area, Number 3, prepared by Irene Link. This bulletin will deals with the efforts to relieve drought related distress during the 1930s.
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Y 3.W 89/2:13/5-3
OCLC:
17024570
Citation:
United States. Works Progress Administration, ([year]), Relief and Rehabilitation in the Drought Area, [issue title/date], accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http:fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication/?pid=839
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Statements and Speeches of Ben S. Bernanke: March 2, 2004 - Money, gold and the Great Depression
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Statements and Speeches of Ben S. Bernanke
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Remarks at the H. Parker Willis Lecture in Economic Policy, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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Bernanke, Ben and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), ([year]), Statements and Speeches of Ben S. Bernanke: March 2, 2004, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/bernanke/bernanke_20040302.pdf
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Studies of the Causes of, and Remedies for, the Great Depression (1929): World Aspects
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Bibliography
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1956,
Citation:
Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, 1956, Studies of the Causes of, and Remedies for, the Great Depression (1929): World Aspects, from Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve, accessed May 20, 2013 from FRASER, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/brookings/17628_03_0002.pdf
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