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F r a n c i s Gloyd Await COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: IB Date: ±0/25/55 FRANCIS ULOID AWALT The private papers of F. Gloyd Await, lawyer, assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury and Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, are still in his own possession. They consist of notes, correspondence and memoranda written during the period 1920-1933 when he served the Treasury in various capacities. He was active in Treasury-Federal Reserve relations, particularly during the banking holiday of 1933. Linear feet of shelf space occupied (or other measure): Approximate number of items: Mr. Await is not at present inclined to make the papers available to students. Literary rights to these papers remain with Mr. Await, who intends to write his own memoirs from them. See internal memorandum, 3/23/54- Francis Gloyd Await II - 2 Biographical tfote 1895j Jan. 3 Born, Laurel, Maryland 1914- Graduated Baltimore Polytechnic Inst, 1917 LL.B., University of Maryland 1917 Admitted to bar of Maryland, began law practice with firm of Marbury and French 1919 Assistant General Counsel, later General Counsel, Baltimore Ordinance Claims Board 1919, July 26 Married Jaffa Beatrice Haslup (two children) 1920 Assistant chief, later chief, award section of Board Contract Adjustment Special assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D« C. 1920-27 1922-28 Second Deputy Comptroller of Currency and General Counsel 1923-32 First Deputy Comptroller of Currency and General Counsel 1932-33 Acting Comptroller of Currency 1933-36 First Deputy Comptroller of Currency and General Counsel Formerly member law firm of Hewes, P r e t t y m a n and Await, Washington, D. C. Now Source: Member, law firm of Await, Clark end S p a r k s , Washington, D. C. Who's Who i n America, 1 9 5 2 / 5 3 , v o l . 2 7 , Marquis
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