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Edmund Piatt COMMITTEE O N THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers I Processed: IB Date$ 11/3/55 EDMUND PLATT (1865 - 1939) A small collection of the papers of Edmund Piatt, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1920 to 1930, chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives in the 66th Congress, is deposited with this Committee. The collection spans the years 1913 to 1933 on the subject of branch banking. It was a gift from Mrs. Edmund Piatt in January, 1955. Measure of size: 1 pressboard notebook Approximate number of items: 20 p. Permission to use these papers must be .gotten from this Committee. Edmund Piatt II - 2 Biographical Note 1865, Feb. 2 Born, Poughkeepsie, H. Y. 1388 A.B., Harvard 1888-90 Teacher of history and English, Riverview Acad. 1890-91 Editorial writer, Superior (Vise.) Evening Telegram 1892, June 23 Married Adele Innis (l daughter) 1891-1931 Connected with Poughkeepsie Eagle; half owner with brother Francis and editor, 1907-20 1913-21 Member (Republican) U.S. House of Representatives, 63rd to 66th Congresses, 26th N. Y. District; Chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency, 66th Congress 1920-30 Member and Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve Board 1939, Aug. 27 Died Author of: History of Poughkeepsie. See: 1905. Who Was Who in America, 1897-1942* v o l . I , Marquis /** Edmund Piatt III - 3 Description of Series Series is contained in one pressboard folder with contents as follows: The Federal Reserve bill; speech... in H. Rep. Sept. 12, 1913 Advantage of branch banking, n.d. Speech delivered at annual dinner of Washington Soc. of Engineers, Dec. 3> 1924 Branch banking as a means of preventing bank failures, address before Robert Morris Associates, June 9, 1925 Speech delivered Nassau County Bankers Association, May 12, 1926 Address to be delivered June 19 > 1926, New England Bankers Assn., New London, Conn. The history and development of branch and group banking; an address to be delivered before Institute of Statesmanship, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., 1/9/31 Would further legislation assist in reducing the number of bank failures; address— before Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Atlantic City, April 30, 1931 Extracts from remarks of Senator Glass in U.S. Senate on branch banking section of Glass bill. Congressional Record, May 10, 1932 Branch banking historically an American institution, n.d. Branch banking and bank employment, n.d. Branch banking and the borrower, n.d. Advantages of branch banking. The Canadian branch banking system. 1932. Branch banking, extracts from a report on banking legislation. 1932. The role of banking in recovery; address...before Institute of Public Affairs, Univ. of Virginia. July 12, 1932 Branch banking. 1933? Unification of commercial banking. 1933* The Glass banking reform bill and branch banking; an address...before the Shrine Club, Buffalo, N.Y., February 10, 1933. Federal Reserve policies and perils of inflation; encouraging branch banking extension and consolidations. 1933. The fight for branch banking legislation, an address Forum meeting, Philadelphia, February 15 > 1933. before the Bankers
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