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Fred I . Kent COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Froeee&edt IB Sate? 12/14/55 FKED U KENT (1869 - 1954) The papers of Fred I* Kent, expert in foreign exchange director of the Division of Foreign Sxchang© of the Federal Reserve Board, Deputy Governor of the Federsl Reserve Bank of Hew York and fective in getting up i t s Foreign Exchange Division, pre housed in the International Finance Section of the Princeton University Library* They were deposited by h l l eon, Vemer Kent, In the spring of 1955 »-t the urging of this Cosstrdttee* A 22, p«gt index of these papers vas compiled by Mr* Kent's secretary, Hiss Pcrothy Warden, in the spring of 1955# ®n& • copy i s in the Committee office* 14 pages concern periodicals in 'which Mr# Kent's a r t i c l e s appe&red* The other 8 &re appended* Linear feet of shelf space ocoupied; Approximate number of items! 24 24*000 books from Mr, Kent f s library, vhieh vrere rejected toy Princeton, were deposited in the Ne^' York University Library «t the sane t i a e . A copy of Mr« Kent's incompleted Bseaoirs (147 pftges) i s in t h i s office* Ho specie! r e s t r i c t i o n s ha%re been pot on these papers* Publication of anything in them would be subject to common lav copyright* Otherwise, access to them will be granted by the Princeton Library according to the usual Library regulations* Seei Letter 12/6/55 fro» Mr, Alexander P* Clark of Princeton Univ. Library Internal ae&oranda dated te/ll/5/>, 1/6/55* 1/19/55, 2/8/55 Fr©d I* Kent IX •a* Note 1369# Feb. 12 Born, Chicago, 1-iinoia 1391 Harried Etta ¥. Villiams (1 son, Warner Kent) 1905-07 Manager* Foreign Exchange Dept», First B&tion&l of Chicago 1909-29 Vic® President, Bankers Trust Co., New York Set up i t s foreign exchange department 1914- Actlv* in foreign exchange problems of &orld 8M 1917 Governor, Federal Reserve B&nk of H«v Xork Division, 1913-19 } 1933-34 ) ^ and director, Foreign Federal Reserve Board 1919 Repreeeotative of U.S. on organisation coennittee of Reparations Co&jds&ion in Paris Ifttf on Hoover Reorgsnia&tion CoiMdsaion to study executive branch of gov«rnm«nt 1929-54 Rented office space &t Ingfells snd Snyder, Hew lork (no connection -with f i m ) 1954, Oct. 25 Died Se«i Vhofe Vho in Merice, 1952/53, vol. 27, Marcjuia COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM LIST OF HffffftlilMHIl belonging to Fred I* Kent sorted by his secretary, Miss Dorothy Warden in the spring of 1955 and included in material sent to Princeton for the Collection oa Internetionel Finance Box # 24 Envelop® of mige. early ptpifff found in locked wooden box l a Mr. Kent1® library* Notebook containing fteport of Special Committ^n of ABA on Proposed Uniform Commerfcial Code 1 f i l e folder of 1914 correspondence *Gold Pool* 1 bl&ck book "Gold Syndicate® 1914 2 "letter press books* of 1916-1917 correspondence 2 file boxes of 1903-04 correspondence 1 file folder 1923 correspondence vhiie Mr# Kent vtf abroad. 2 file folder® 1914 correspondence H©¥ Xork Bankers Fund London Coissittte 1 file folder 1914 correspondence referring to stranded Asericans on the Continent (beginning of World ¥&r I) 1 file folder 1914 Hkbassy correspondence 1 file folder 1914 teerican Citizens Conusittee and Bankers Trust Co. matters at outbreak of World Mar ! • 1 group of small pocket notebooks used by Mr, Kent 1 bundle of sisc # Telegraph cod® books Bankers Trust G©#. « S • r i r s t 8ation«l Bank of Chicago X group ffiisc. papers unable to place 1 group of E, C, Converse l e t t e r s Box Mo. #26 & #27 2 cartons containing correspondence on Davres Plan and the Reparations (no bound volmes Included hers) misc. correspondence filed alphabetically as had been arranged in filing cabinet #28 1 certon containing invitations, mentis, programs, etc. #25 1 carton containing ©iscellaneous material not ebl© to piece 1 carton containing typewritten and mimeo speeches, articles, etc. by Mr* K#nt over many, many years. 3o»e of these v# were imeble to place © B to date. Others vere originally n chronologi cally. Securities Corporation reports Trust Co. Bept. of Foreign Information weekly sheets Bankers Trust Co« Features of the Week l e t t e r s to the President (Boosevelt and Truman) assorted files from 1933t Incomplete* Regardless of vhether foldera are marked ^Statistical* or "Special11 l e t t e r s to HM pr^Bident, they contain both in chronological order* (Mr* Seat i#rote weekly l e t t e r s to ) Hevi#v of Economic Press # circuX^ted by the General Secrete.z79 InternatiomU. Committee for Belief Credits, ?r«.ris Filing Cabinet drawer containing miscellany of papers covering lama Confertaoes, Eoonoedc Restoration Committee, XnttratttfTInl Climber of Commerce, ete« fhes® art exaetlj as they vert la the original of the Diesel A^e* (1935) l^rge f l a t book Tws etchings in folders sent by Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago "Golden Gtte International Exposition* (1939) large fi&t booklet "For Ail Who Worship God® pamphlet of in&iigursl ceremonies of The Temple of Religion, Nev Xork World's Far 1939 1 copy of M§MlJM "America16 Future* November 1938 Bulletin of Hev York World's Fair 1?39 L&rge pastphlet put out by NBC 1933 giving pictorial history of Rational Broadcasting Company rg pemphlat "A portfolio of S^lfrldge's Decorations for the Coronation11 May 1937 covering coronation c-f George ?I and Queen Elizabeth Large booklet •Highways of Friendship" giving Recount of Pen American Gosmission, 19r'4. |2 copies) Lurge flat book "Tliese Tremendous le&rs 1912-1937" giving pictures end description of events occurring during those Large f l a t bookllt "Book of Hev York* put out by ABA Oct. 1922 1 copy of "The Graphic - Netherlands Muabar* Mereh 6f 1921 flat book "National Monetary CoiosisBion - Financial Di^graaf11 - compiled y A# Tie %t Andrev 1910 j4ttiphlet "Battle Field© of Today" covering World VBT 1 "Atlas of Two Wars containing saps of Philippine Islands end South Africa11 Geographical Series Vol. i5 Ho. 1, November 2, 1899 "Highway Atlas of the United States &n& Canada" (no date) "Atlas of the World1 B Comerce* (London, £ng. 1907) Large pamphlet dated Oct. 1917 "Charing Gross to Bagdad* published by "Daily Chronicle" London, Many a&apr smell pamphlets covering a vide veriety of subjects, too numerous to attempt to l i s t in de-tail• THXHK m&gazinea, various issues 1946 through 1945, including lerge bound volume coTerlng the var years. Tie OOMWntOUI. i ?Ul,JWlLL CHBQNICLi; 1917 1913 1920 1920 Bee, 22 NOT. 16 Oct. 16 Hov# 20 } ) ) ) Contains war news, armistice and years following (World War I) 1910 Oct. 15 ) 1912 Sept* 21 ABA Convention numbers HOUSE IBB M B U H Acts, H^solutions LUG e SEPT. OF COMMERCE pp to Commerce Reports yarious dates from 1922 through 1925 Panphlet "Aaerloftn Underwttllng of Foreign S e c u r i t i e s i n 1928H Peaplileto "Balance of Intero&tionfil Payments of G.S, i n 1927*1 t • a w m n « 193Q* n H N • R B ft 1 9 3 2 s Of CO»:ERCE OF BHTB) i U t M ^Our World Trade11 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 "Foreign Comerce* 3 cc* KATIOHAL FOBEIGH TRADE CDUi-IGIL Collection cf r d e e . p^perc, rejjorts, f i n a l declarations* e t c , BDI1L BOflWIC SOCIETY Hemos from July 1927 to April 1931 Sos. 1 through 30 except 5,7,8,10,12,13,15,22 Economic Journal! 1932, March, Sept. 1922, Sept. 1925, Mar., June, Sept., Hov. 1926, Mar., Sec, 1927, Dec. 1928, June, Dec. 1930, Mar* Economic Hietor/ 1933 Jan. 1938 Feb. Reports of COMMERCE AND MARINE COMMISSION AMERICAN M K U I ASSOCIATION Spring 1922 1923 1927 192H 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 19a 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 « torn UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES Fred I* Kent, President of the Council 1931 1 cop? 1932. 1 ccpy 1933 1 * 1934 fc>s« 1935 4 toptfti 1936 4 " 1937 Hont 193-8 4 copies eacii / e a r to 1951 Inc.
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