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Bartoa itptnu
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Register of Psperg
Processed* Hk
Drtes 10/28/55

AiQITO BARTON ?FPPt?RH
(1846 - 1922)

The papers of A, Bsrton Hsptrarn, lawyer, bfcnk p r e s i d e n t ,
Comptroller of Uim Carreaqy, iscsnber of th£ Fudersi H«serr© Aivieory
were given to CaUBnbift University by the Hepburn tmHy aa
p d
in th% l l W t i y of th«i Coluabls Grsrtuste 8<^,ool of Business,
About l'i!& tit© books wer«% sdded to th«» l l b r t i y ' s regular collGation
Documents ver« lit»w«y aria a H a t I s cvtilnbl** A r«8idu»l c o l l e c *
tion contsiniag tvo l # t t # r press books and assorted folders rasutioa
ir.te.ct, and a a j b® transferred to the Special Collections
p&pers are available for 'research, but mostly
iogued.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied!
Approximate number of items*

See memo from Kiss Burnett on this collection,




Alonsc % rton Hepburn
II
Biographical Note

b, July 24
1H71
1873,

Bom, Coiton, Ifew York
JWB.,

Ife©# 10

NtdCUfeaxy College

Married Rattle A. Fisher
P 1 etl< •

1875-80

r at Coltoai How Xork

KaaWri lev l o r h Assembly
Superintendent of Benking, St&t© of Hew York

!St7| July U

Hurried fell/ L, Seatoa (2nd vife)
U.S.

lank Ixaalfter for Nev Xork

Qosptroller Q? the Currency
1893-97

President, Third M i i l l t i Bank of New lork

1897-1911

?ic^ Prt#14ea\t for 2 7«?arB, then P r e s i d e n t ,
Chf.se National Benk, Hev Xork City

1911-22

flhill—I

1919-20

j Federal
Federal Reserve District

1922,

Bled

J&a« 25

Author of I

of Bocrd of Directors, ChiilrMan of
Bcf-.rd, Cha^e Katioaiul B&nk, J8ev lork

History of Coinage and Currency in the United
Stetes* 1903,
Artificial ¥£terv&yg end Coaaercial DeYeloptaent, 1909.
A History 5£ Currency in the United Stct®g» 1915#

See Who V&s Who in Amerlce, 1897-19421 vol, I , Marquia




ew Xork

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Bttorlptiea of Str

Books - catalogued andftdUtodto rtgvtaf collection of l#ibrery
of Graduate School of Business, Columbia
Pamphlets - r.osU.7 Nev
York ft&tt document© connected with
Mr« Hepburn15 r.cti^iti^s on verious committees
inc.liiri.05 - U*%%*r§ - 2 vol3« (X^iter press?)
on thin ric® prp«r f 1000 letterf3 per volume
(1) Clearing Houa« Gomittee of Nev Iork # containing
l*tt«rfl to Vii-gin regferdinfe new Federal Reserrt
Act, to Frev IJ\& to Vanderlip
(2) Hev York Hftti Securities CoffimisBion concerning
"Blw Sky" legislation
A.B.A. Currency Co-niftec, including ^peoi*l meeti
Of June, 1913