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* -.ft George Leslie Harrison COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: MA. Date: 2/2/54 GEORGE LESLIE HARRISON The papers of George L, Harrison, lawyer, Assistant General Counsel and Counsel to the Federal Reserve Board, 1914-20, Deputy Governor and Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 19201941* insurance president, are in his possession at his office at the New York Life Insurance Company, 51 Madison Avenue, New York City, The papers are in the charge of his secretary, Miss McCarrick, and may be consulted by persons recommended by the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 15 7 1/2 file drawers Approximate number of items: Literary rights in the unpublished papers of Mr, Harrison are reserved to him. / George Leslie Harrison II - 2 Biographical Note 1887, Jan. 26 Born, San Francisco, California 1910 A.B., Yale College 1913-14 Legal secretary to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes 1914-20 Assistant General Counsel, then General Counsel, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D, C. 1920-28 Counsel, then Deputy Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1928-41 Governor, then President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1940, Mar. 2 Married Gertrude Gordon Grayson (widow of Admiral Grayson) 1941-48 President, New York Life Insurance Company, New York 1948-53 Chairman of the Board, New York Life Insurance Co. 1953 Retired See Who's Who in America, 1952/53> vol. 27, Marquis George Leslie Harrison III - 3 Description of Series File 1 C File Drawer 1 Bank of England 194^ - outgoing and incoming cables - 1 folio Miscellaneous, to various countries. Outgoing and incoming cables, Argentina to Yugoslavia - 1 folio S. Parker Gilbert - Agent General Reparations Payments. March 1926 - May 1930 - 1 folio Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - 4 folios covering years 1930-38. Cables - outgoing and incoming Germany - Reichsbank - 5 folios covering years 1925-38 - Cables File Drawer 2 Bank of England Cables, outgoing and incoming - 10 folios, 1922 to 1931 File Drawer 3 Bank of England cables, outgoing and incoming, 5 folios, 1932 to 1939 Bank of France, cables, outgoing and incoming, 6 folios, 1926 to 1938 File Drawer L European trips, cables, 1926-32 (Benjamin Strong, Pierre Jay, Jay Crane, George L. Harrison ) 2 folios European trips, cables 1927 to 1932 (to and from following individuals) 1 folio 1927 - Strong, Harrison 1928 - Charles Dewey, Harrison, Benjamin Strong 1929 - Randolph Burgess, Crane, Gates McGarrah, Owen Young 1930 - Harrison, Allan Sproul 1931 - Burgess, Crane, Sproul, Walter Stewart, A. H. Wiggin 1932 - Crane, Norman H. Davis Cables, Officers and Others, 1933-1938 (continuation of folio above) - 1 folio 1933 - Dr. John Williams, A. H. Wiggin, Goodhue, Dr. Oliver Sprague, Prof. Charles Rist, Harrison 1934 - Owen Young, Pierre Jay, Harrison, Sproul 1936 - Sheehan, Lamb, Penn 1938 - L. Werner Knoke Personal Cables - McGarrah, Leon Fraser, while at BIS, 1930-35 1 folio Miscellaneous Cables, Argentina to Uruguay, 3 folios, 1925-39 Miscellaneous Cables - 1 folio Bank of Italy, 1925-32 (Banca d*Italia) De Nederlandische Bank, 1925-32 Swiss National Bank, 1927-32 Bank of Italy, 1933-38 - 1 folio DettederlandischeBank, 1933-38 - 1 folio Swiss National Bank, 1933-38 - 1 folio George Leslie Harrison -4- III Description of Series (continued) File 2 File Drawer 5 Conversations, 5 folios, 1926-1940 Discussion Notes, 7 folios, 1930-194.0 Governors' Conference, Minutes (in 1936 this became Conference of Presidents), 3 folios, 1921-194-0 File Drawer 6 Miscellaneous Letters and Reports - 5 folios, 1920-1940 Office Memoranda - 4 folios, 1921-1936 File Drawer 7 Office Memoranda, 2 folios, 1939-1940 Special Memoranda, 1 folder-1933 1 folder,1936 1 folder-1940 Special Memoranda, 2 folios, 1934-1940 Open Market Investment Committee, Open Market Policy Conference, 5 folios, 1928-1940 File Drawer 8 Banking Studies-1940, prepared by staff of Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System (mimeo.), 4 volumes, "Not for release or publication" Committee of the Presidents1 Conference on Legislative Proposals 1 folder, 1940$ 1 duplicate (prepared by Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Fiscal Policy (Prepared by Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York) - 1 folder, 1938; 1 duplicate International Monetary Organization and Policy 1937 - 1 folder List of Memoranda sent to Messrs. Young, Sinclair, Parker and Hamilton by Dr. Williams on January 4, 1940 on various matters, including excess reserves, Legislation and the Gold Problem Folio of Speeches made by Mr. Harrison
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