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Franc*0 Griffith
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

of

I

Processed* IB
Betel 1A3/56

GRIFFITH
(1S4B - 1917)

papers of Francis Mevlands, l&yyer, Congressman*
Senetor from 1903 to 1917, «r# deposited at the Tele University
library in Hew Haven, Connecticut,
Measure of sieel

4.5 linear feet for book$ &n& psmphlets
15 lin#«r fe*t for manuscripts (62 letter file boxes,
8 large ditwere is file cabinet)
Approximate niimbar of itemsi
The collection has not been catalogued* HD inventory
has been made for circulation*
The collection is as&de up oft 1) Bound volumes of speeches,
reports BRA* proceeding,? of conventions, Congress eto| $$ investigfttions
and hearings of comrsittees and commissions! books relating to subject
of Kevlands1 legislative intereetsi Congressional Record* 2) Bundles
of printed documents used for measures* 3) Envelopes «nd folders of
papers relating to interests* 4) Letter files, 1898 * 1918*
5) Personal ®nd f&aily matters*
P©nsisalon to use tais materiel must be secured from Mrs*
Edith tfeul&nds Johnson or Mr, Arthur B# Darling, Keeper of th%»
Collection*

Seei Letter of 1/12/56 frow Xal» Juibrery




•the Public Papers of Francis G. Hewlands, Idited and Placed
in Historical Setting" edited hy A.B» Burling, vols» I
and II, 1932,

s Chflfflth ftevl&nds

Biographical Hot©

Aug, 28

Born, K* tchast, Mississippi
In cl#*s» of 1867 At I s l e , regained to aiddl*
of junior
Studied at GoliMbi^ JU%v School

1870

Adtaitiffd to 3), C, b*r

1874
18S8

Hsni.«d Clara. Adelaide Sharon
Harried Ueeond} Edith McAllister
Precticud lav in, Sen Francisco
Became trustee of Mlftti of Villiaa
er U.S. Senator fron K

18B9

Moved to
of

1893-1903

Kember, 53rd to 57ta CongresseB (Dmocrat),
framed Nevlftnde Reclamation Act

1903-17

8©netorj end v&s chaina&n of Coasaitt©* on
Interstate

1917,

IHec




B*c. ?^

Who %*&s Vho in 4-i.erica, 1897-19/^, vol#