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Benjamin Strong
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Reaiatgr of Papers
Processed; HA, IB
SateI 2/3/54
HA/55
(1372 - 192a;)
Tae papers of Benjeada Strong, banker, first governor of
the Federal Reserve 3mik of tell lork, ?.re divided between tbe Feder&l
Reserve Bank of Hew lork, the Lincoln Storage BfcxafefttNM &nd tiie
Library s i Princeton University,
Tae collection at the Sew lork Federal He serve KMAE i s i n
two place3• A major group (knovn Ml the Strong papers) Is set fcside
i n cwo f i l e oablaetfl tad kept eufttoBtrHy ir. the Correapondenoe Fil©
Rooraj this collection VBB moved to The res-a&rch room in the offices
of this Coianittee in February, J-955* for tae MM of Dr§ Lester V«
Chandler. A listing of msterial included in thla collection i s
In addition to tilll colxection, a great BMQT l e t t e r s end
memoranda from Mr# Strong on natters of policy and bank operation
are incorporated In the regular General Correspondence Files of th
Bank under the uppropri&te subject
Both these groups are fcvuii&ble to stnrtmtl only with
special |>emlf#li»«
Papers la the Lincoln Varthouae, ittii Icrk City, €.re the
property of Mr# Benjemin Strong, J r . Ho l i s t of these has been made,
but they > re understood to be zaostl/ personal.
Papers in the Library t t Princeton include e fine collection
of bound acrapbooics of clippings covering "World Var I , as well as a
currency collection tnd m poster collection*
Benjamin Strong
IX
* 2 Biographical
1372, Dec. 22
Born, Fishklll-oa-Hudson, Hw lork
F>duc&tad, public schhois of Montel&ir, %• J§
Bag&n banking career as clerk vita Cuyler,
Morgan and Co«
Clerk with Jcsup, Faton &n& Go*
nerved as Secretary, Atlantic Trust Co*
Married H&rgnret L© BouUUier (deo» 1905)
Married ^2nd) Kctiterine Cor*vera«
(6 children were horn of these tvo
)
^ th«n President, BsJtikQT® Trust Co#
Resigned to become Governor of Federal Res#rv«
of Wm Xork ftt 50f- drcp in salary
19M-28
Governor, Federal Rcssrv« B»ak of Eev Xork
1916
First atteck cf tuberculosis
1917
Ch&lrsiiin, Liberty Itoaa drives
Teatifled &t joint Congressional r.grlcultural
inquiry
1926
Testified before House Committee on Banking
Currency
1928, Oct. 16
Died
"The FedaraXiBt,* October, 1928
Obitijaxy notices
February 8, 1954 (MAiak)
Register I*
Strong, B«nja3Esln - List of Folders
(Two file cabinets, Correspondence File Room,
Federal Reserve Bank, New York)
nu i
File Drav^r X A- Sot® (OR various ontwrUl in Mr# Strong's f
San j stain strong * Addraasaa dating from D^enaber t , 1915 to
Sapteober tf f 1918
M I n s t i t u t e of
College
Austrian Corr«spond@tic«
Biaaka
B riks S«w Tork Law
Bank of England
Bank of Eaglnnd - special Report
Bank of France
Biography
Blaek^tt, B: s i l
Bvrnett B nk, Heaiiniscences oi fifty ya*r«
B-itish Trer-aory Bill a
Brown, J'-a««
System
on a Budget Syatea for th« V&r I^p^rtment, I n s t i t u t e for GovernFoaearch
on n Rational Budget System for th« War Depttrtawfit# I n s t i t u t e
for (k»v«rrnm#ot Haiaaarch
Budget ?.y*%4m9 National Budget Consdtta*
Bullock, Profaaeor Charles J .
0M% J , Herbert
Celier, Alex^ndr#, £aq« (French h
Chriata&s 6«H L i s t , 1926
Chr.tata»»a Card L i s t , lf«4
Cokr«ya«t Sir Brian (B&ak of England)
"Colliers 11
Cotton Loem Fund
Cualiffe, Lord Vnltw, 1913-20
Currency aM £UtiUcing
Curtla, Janaa f#a October 19U to February
Cxmliffe, Lord Walter, 1916-17
?eaerve •••et
Federal Feserve Bank e£ Hew lork
fl«ber, Irviag
l B^fot and Condition* la franc®
0-
Gilbert, £#
Bad
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B-
HageSg T» H.
, fliwrX— S. • KftS*! 1915 to Jwly 1919
, ¥• P« 0,
* August 1915 to S«pt«Ab«r 19*7
« G»
Vifclt*
of
Confideatial
« Mr.
Jay, Pl©rr©
Pierre Jay Pierre l a y Pl©rr© Jay •
D#e€sib@r 1913-23
Jaowary 1917 to Movsaber
^uguat 1915 to D#e@mbcir 1916
9
r , Professor B* V* -
L~ Lefflagwtll, ftueMll C*
Liberty ho&n Committ«»
Look®,
MeDottgall, J , B»
Miller, A. C,
-
Shupard
F i l e Dravar 3 • K-V
Benjaalti Strong^ Personal K t u t r a l l t y
H(tv fork Cltfarlog Hou$« Gold Fund
Rors^n, Montagu
Noyea, Alexander D«
Penbody, George foat«r
Pslsh, Mv George
S» $cb«eht # H» -
Vif»lt to the United S t a t u s , October
Spmgue, 0 . M* V»
T-
Tovne, Heaiy H.
Tres^u, Bobert • • • March 1917*27
Trwa&n, Eob®rl !!• * immUf*Hbtm9f 1917
, Bobtrt H» • August 1915 to December 1916
- Van Zaadt, Hichard I*.
M. - 1919-2S
Paul M, - 1917«1S
?H:MX
Vlthere Hartley
Woodward, Willlmt
. BenJ.«a»la - Trigs
t r i p - 1928
Trip ~ 1926
Faderwl M®s#nr© B&vk {Unmrniug ^3ieept Mr* Harrison - M&4 Folio Misoell«sa@ous £*ports» 1926)
(Incoming Mrf Outgoi&g - J , F» Horg®n and Company|
Giov&ani Tumi ~ $®d Folio - Mi*eall«aeottsf
Mr* H^rrigQii {B,#d folio - 1926)
F#d@r«l R#»snr6 Bunk (Outgoing mttpt Mr, Harrisoa - Inelud«t
corr^spond©rj.e# with yf
others * Brown Folio •
Wl« ©f Privmta Reports OB Berlie, JSaglt*sd * 1924 «fi€i 1925 including
with Baldwin rmd la'tmssacior Bougfetou
t r i p - 1925
Pfcr Skater© Trip - 1920
Trip - 1920 * India wad J&T*
Trip - 1920 - Jtapen
Trip - 1919
- 1919 (Fourte« blue toldrnm isacludlRg
r@spood«uc© m& cablf*® to sad froa
Th® Bftikk of KbgldBctj HH tl'MtUHl'IJ
The 8atlc»ial B#nk of Belgii^i Tfe®
f®d@r«l !*• serve Bank|
gationg and HffttMtfj i.ooir#r| The
of
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Buropean
European
European
European
Trip
Trip
Trip
Trip
*
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1916 (Manila folder)
1916 Be* eligible Bill* (Manila folder)
1916 Letters (Manila folder)
1916 (Black looae-le&f folder including diary)
File II
File Drawer 1
Confideeti&l Alphabetic
Harrison, George L*
Sproul, Allan
Sundry Letters - June 6, 1926 to March 6, 1927 (Relating to personal
relations of Benjamin Strong with F« R. Board and
F. R. Bank - sealed envelope)
Mr. MeGarrfth (Miscellaneous correapondanc® relative
to appointment - envelope re sealed 6/18/27 - M»B«L.)
Platt (Correspondence with Mr. Platt concerning C*ov©rnor Touag •
sealed envelope, September
)
Tresan, R. H.
File
Honaan
Benjamin Strong - Memoranda European Trip, IV*3 (bl^ck loose-leaf book)
Benjsain Strong - Impressions ^nd 0»ta - European Trip, Summer of 1925
(black loose-leaf book)
Benjamin Strong - Impressions tm& Data - European Trip, Spring-Summer
1926 (black ioose~l©®f book)
Cables between Harrison and Koman - 193&-38
Benjaain Strong - Journal European Trip, 1919 (green folder)
European Trip - February to K&rch 1916 (containa schedule of t r i p black loose-leaf book)
Miscellaneous* folder bearing note pFor Mr. Wrren* includes miscellaneous
early pmpers
Red Snvelopei
1. Benjamin Strong # Personal Correspondence vith Montagu C» Soiman,
1926-27
%• S®»jaain Strong - Personal Correspondence vtth Montagu C» Uormn,
1922, 19^3, 1 9 H
3. 8«aj*sdn Stroag - Personal Correspondence with Montagu C, Konaan
und Sir Alan G» Anderson, 1925
4* Benjaadn Stanong - Personal Correspondence with Montagu C. Gorman,
1914, 1920, 1 9 a
5. Reparations Hatters, 5eh*ohtf Gilbert, Horgan
6« Reparation© Matters - Private Correspondence with 6* Parker Gilbert
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