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Chester Clu,rlfe& I&vig COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Fsgers X Procasaadi MA Sate* 10/25/55 CHESTER CliABLKS D&VIS The -working correspondence end ia«asor*nda of Mr* Chester Bevis, aesiber of the Bo*rd of Governors of t h s Federal Reserve System fro?. 1936 to 1941, P r e s i d e n t of the Federal Reserve Bunk of S t . Louis from 1941 to 1951, ?T* incorporated In the T i l e s of tiM Itftffi the Bronk* Hia p r i v « t * ptptri ere s t i l l in h i s pcscesaion* In addition, he dictated his mm&tfM to the Oral Hietory Project, Colombia University, N«>v? York* One copy of these i s in his posaat-Fiorj, Two copies if* In the Special CoHecildoa 99p«rtMtttf Vl Butler kibrtry, Colionbir« Kiiversi-ty« PTalialon to consult H|«i « l i i « gf«at#d to qtiallfl«d i Papers devoted entirely to agriculture! eietters covering tiie period XvSHHM are deposited in the Western Historical Menuseripta Collection in the University of Missouri, Columbia, Kiaftourl. Tais group consifete of 10^2 folderb, containing perhapg 8,000 to 10,000 items of correspondence, records, e t c , tad i s organised tnd available for scholarly reseerch. I t contains no material on the Federal Reserve Systenu See interne! ^j«noreJid«R# intervlev vith Mrt Davis, dated Berkeley, Apr* 5* 1955 Chester Charles. II - 2~ Biographical Not© 1887* Ilov, 17 Born, near Linden, Dulles County, Iowa 1911 A,BM Grinnell College, Iowa 1911^21 Newspaper work In South Dttkott*. and Montaim 1913, Aug. U Hurried Heden * d t t (2 children) 1921-25 Canalsaioner of Agriculture and La.bor, Montane 1925-33 Agricultural director end consultant for farm groups 1933-36 &«£• Department of Agriculture &nd Director A,A#A. 1935 LL«D»# Grinnsll College ( t h i s honorary dsgr«© followed hj Tour otliers at VErioua colleges} 1933-36 Jtfnb«yt Board of directors, CcL^odity Credit Corp* 1934--36 Metiber, Board of Trustees f Export-Import Bank 1936-41 Meaber, Bofird of Governors of Federal Reserve Bj&tm 1941-51 Pr*tld«St| M m ! BtMTfl Bank of St. Louia 1951 1955 i Regents Froffessor of Economicf> ft Cfelversity Hid mMTQUI other posts See Who1g Who i n AKmrica, 1954/55* v o l , 28, M&rquls
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