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COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Register of
I
Processed* HA
*5 10/27/55
CARTER
- 1946)
The papers of i>*jr\e.tor Carter Glass of Virginia, nawapapsr
editor, politician, Congressman* reported ^father* of th« Federal
Reserve Act, Secretary of the Treasury end $x~offioio Chsina&n of
the Federal Reserve Bo; rd, ware glTen to "the University of Virginia
in March, 19-4&, by the &©&&tor's son^ Mr. Carter Glass JTr» Th^jr
sre on deposit in the AXdem&n Librery at tlve University,
peperg v®re 1 gift, restricted ty the stipulation
that publication of «n/ of VMM i s subject to approval by laeeiber
of the family for 10 JG&TB £ro» the dete of g i f t . FerKission to
use th^i ia research »ust be sought fron Hr. Carter Glass «fr.
{died December l f 1955)*
Linear feet of shelf space occupied! 138
Approximate number of iteBfS
500,000
Suanber of containers 1 4^3 (13" x 9 8 x 4*)
Uusiber of bound volumes*
7
A l i s t of work con temple ted, in progress or completed
which involves reneerch in the Gless papers i s appended*
See internal memorendtas, Feb. 19, 195^ for other data
(tarter Glr.se
11
- 2 -
1858, Jan, 4
Born, Lynchburg,
Ovaer L/nchburg Bully
N«JV§
aud DftiJLjr Advance
Merrteci Aurelia Caldweli (4 childrtn)
1S99-1903
Member, fllflilii
l
1902*19
Mffsber of Congress (57th to 65th), 6th Virgloim
District (Bemoer&t)
1913
<^xaira«nf House Coaeaittee on Bgnkiag and Ourr^ney,
MW Federal K#MrPt l e i through S
S*cr*tAiy of the Tratsuiy and ex-offieio Q
of the Fadcrel Reserve Board
1920-46
U. S, l e
1940, June 22
NftXTitd Mrs, M%iy Seott Mei»de (2nd
1946,
Bled
Msj 28
Who ¥&a too In America, 1943-50, vol# I I ,
The Biogrsph/ of Carter Glass by Rixey Smith and Horaan
fferttr
III
• 3 Description of Series
Arrangement
the Glass pififi fell into two main divisions* bound letter-press
copies of mrtliyondmi ;?|*d unbound papers*
! • The bound volumes of letter-press copies of correspondence*
each said to •ontftla 5^-^00 1W*44 cover the yeer© 1919 to 1920
vhen Hr. Glass w&s Secretary of the Treasury and ex-officl© Chair*
man of toe Fe^erel Heaerve Bo«rd.
They are dsted *.s follows -»
Vol.
Vol.
Val.
Vol.
Vol.
Vol#
It
2i
3»
4*
5i
6*
7i
19 Dec, 19ia « ^4 tou 1919
22 *«»« 1919 - 13 Harch 1919
12 ih** 1919 - 2 Hey 1919
2 May 1911 - 23 Jane 1919
24 June 1919 - 29 Aug. 1919
29 Amgi 1919 - 15 Dec. 1919
15 &*i 1919 - 3 Feb» 1920
I I • Unbound pMttVf covsrlng the peri,od 191.3 to 1946 in
various categories (personal correspond#nc#, official eorr«ipond«nc@ lada^in^ l e t t e r s fr^m oonetitiieots, b i l l s from atreh&nta*
Invitations to spmkt C<>ngj»@§aion&l legislation projected or
pasg#d, not©s# siaior«.ndaf spe#ches? ete» have bt©n *roiagh-gort©d
aecording to /eur and general subject arid placed in 423 card*
board boxes, approximately 13* x 9" x 4 B , th% ni»b#r of it«&8
in each box varies from on©-half dosen to several hundred. Th*
sorting v&@ preauButbly done before the library reeeiv#d the
coilsotioni ®nd,ttMlllbrerj* feels bound to preserve t h i s
arrangement, though i t Ms been lNMtawl by the action of a
biographer in isolating corrtspondenee with men of public importance and placing ttiin In boxes vlth l i t t l e relation to
chronological or subject err&n^enent*
Working w5.th fund® supplied by the Committee on the History of the
Federal Reserve System, the boxes of unbound papers vere tseialned in 1954 by
a team of three graduate students (Messrs. W11I1&® Edel, Samuel Gardvell ®nd
Mis® Anne thorns,®} under the direction of 2>r* Hbert A. Kincaid, recently
Asaocifcte Director of the School of Business Adsdnistr&tion, University
of Virginia &n& for many years economic adviser of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Kichsond* This group prepared a selective inventory of 614 pages, so
arranged to provide a t leaat one ptige to each box.« The inventory &!&# at
completeness only for items concerned with Federal Reserve scatters*
Csrter Glass
III
- 4 Description of Seriea
(continued)
In i t s present mimeographed and iooee-le&f state, the
inventory i s e valuable edd to scholars interested in thoss a c t i vities of Mr* CrXass vhich had to do with the Federal Reserve System*
An index, vhich would make i t even more useful, say Inter be provided*
A copy of the inventory i s on deposit at the University of ?irginia #
One »ajr &1&Q be consulted at the hwadquartera of the Committee on
the History of the Federal Reserve %-stem# 33 Liberty Street,
Xork 45* »• t .
A few more items, not here listed, h*ve been given the
Alderman ilbraiy toy the fasilly since the above inventory was
For furtlier infor^fition on this collection, see the
Uaivor&ity of Virginia Report on Historical Collections (l947-49f
printed 1950), pages 148-150*
Csrter Ux
Hmo by Frsncig Berkeley University of Virginia Idbr&ry*
es to correspondents inquiring as to contents of
Carter Glass Fsper©
Correspondent
Subject of Inquiry
Columbia
OR 19<3 election.
»D« diesertetioa
Lee G # Allen
Albert H. Eobson
Hobert H. TerrilX
Hiehcrd IN Watson,
Robert Gochran
U Koor«
Political
- 9#if c.r;;d the Xcilogg-Brland Fact
e - Bishop Cannon1s sutobiogr&phy
G#orgetovn University - Virginia
opposition lo the Kev Deal,
in the tatttVttlt party in the
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Iff THE ialkm PAPEB&
1954
p a r t i a l l i s t of w r k In progress, contemplated, or completed.}
Chester Uooiriek, University of V&m t h e s i s :
Prof* fclMT Moss, College of ia« & Mary.
tion in V&,
biography.
Special studys
Th# Democratic Organisa-
Prof, Edward lounger, Univ, of Va. Biography,
Prof, Allen Potter, Coll. of % . Ik Kury.
Jolin ¥ . Davidson, Tele Unlv*
Vilson*s Mew Freedom,.
Seimte Furg© of 1933.
Dissertation;
Vi M'vercore, ^as*iiiigton C. C,
"Hi^sies
Proft Hicherc! L. Ms.taon9 Duke Univ.
Bobert H, F e r r e l l , X«le Univ.
Brland Pact.
Albert I t Rot son, Lthigh Univ.
Reserve Act,
Study of Democratic P o l i t l r e , 1
The Schism in the Democratic P a r t j i a th® 19201
Prof. Idsmnd A, Moore, Univ, of Conn,
Bobert Cochran, Georgeto^m Uni¥»
1933-1940*
Hespons© of the Bouth to ¥oodrov
Virginian Opposition to the Hav De&l,
Editing of Bishop James Uaaoon's Autobiogr&pfcgr^
Dissertations
thesis?
tsby, Coluiabife Uaiv»
The United s t a t e s and the Kellogg*
The ITnnlHg m£ f i t jig; I of the Federml
Dissertatioai
The Election of 1920.
Lee BU Allen, TwBUfiSWMiM ( ? } , DiesertfetionJ
Th© Eiectioa of 1924*
the foundation for Econoi!iic Education (Miss liois T/son),
The 1932 Convention £i\d the
r. c. 1* c
Prof* Frank Freidel, Stanford Univ. Kulti-voluBed biography of F* D. H. published
by k i t t l e Brova.
Richard. M. Abra®g, Columbia Qhiv.
Dissertationx
RiiSseH M, Fosner, Ci%- College of 3an Fr&ncieco.
California,
Biography.
TheslsJ
Branch Banking in
Federal Reserve %-stem, ComEittee on History (Miss Mildred Adams, Research Director).
Special survey and inventory of material in th© U m Papers that r e l a t e s to the
Federal Heserve System carried out by Dr. E« A. Kincsid, assisted hj William C,
Edel, Anne f. Tliomaa, and S«m©l P. Cferdvell, June - December, 1954*
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