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COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Ksaiater of
I
Z&Ut

12/9/55

books ead peptfi of Seison *r« Aldrich, ftmnitttfi Senator
from. Bhode Island, author of the Aidrich Pl&n for monetary reform#
eppaar to be divided between the Baker Library a t Harverd, the Library
of Congress find the femlly home a t Warwick, Hhode I^lfnd* I t i s ,
h3*i~v&r, poaitible -U&t was collacuoii ftt Warwick (See privaieljr
printed l i s t entitled "Books in to© xibrary of Kelson ¥. Aidrlch,
Yftrviflkj ISiode X«l»Bd| X914«46vj i s tiie one wal«Ki i s nov installod
in the Aldrich Rooxa &t the B&ker iuibniiy. Hr« Winthrop Aldrich has
i a hi^ possession a ewplete set of the National Monetary Co^iission
Report, KRWteted bgr his father* He -will c&ke thif avail^bi© to t h i s
C
the co-Llection of yt*pe,n> at t^ie Library of Congress was
given to the Library in I j 44.-45 by Mr. Aid r i c h ' s children.
Measure of siset

9 boxes

Approximate number of lte*»l 3^500
Most of tiie correspondence, contained in 9 boxes chronologically
a m nged by rr.onths, concerns t'v> years of Mr* Aldrich f s Senatorial
career, 1^81-1911 • Material of i n t e r e s t to t h i s Coosiittee would pro*
bfibly be in boxes 3 tSirough 7 (1903-13) •
The Library of Congress has a temporary register of these
pepere v&jjLch c®n be consulted, Ffcpeni cim be used only by penalssicn
of Mr, Aldrich f 6 son, Winthrop* (Fermission hau been obtained for
this CoiB&lttee*} Literary rights will prabebiy be assigned to the
Library, but they reside »t present in the children.




Kelson UilRfcrth Aldrioh
II

• aHot©

, Ihr. 6

Bom, Foster, Rhode Z*l*ai

1S69-71
1872-75

ProTLder.ee QMBO& Council (President,

1^75-77

i Rhodt Island House of Representatives
f 1876-77)
r i 4/ltti md

1879-81
1881-1911

Coafr^twn

U»S. Senator froci Rhodv Xsflr.nd| Senate leader in
McKinley, Roosevelt and T«ft AdKinietratlons inflaWW^I pMMfi of McKlnley Ti*riff Aot (1890).
Silver Purohtse Act (1890), Anti-truet Act (1890),
Gold Btft&dtld Act (1900), ?>yn& Aldrich Tr-rlff
(1909)
^ t i o n a l Monetary Cosaission to etudy
banking reform

1910

e% J«kyll I$lea^ Conference
Author, Aldrich Plen

1915, Apr, 16




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Who Vfcf Who in America, 1897-194?, w l , I ,
Century Cyclopedia of Heses, 1954-> Appleton Century
Enqyclopedie Britcnnica, 1952