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Dwight "Whitney Morrow
COMMITTEE O N THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Register of Papers
Processed: MA
Date: 10/31/55

DWIGHT "WHITOH MORROW
(1873 - 1931)

The papers of Dwight Morrow, lawyer, financier, Ambassador
to Mexico, U.S. Senator, were deposited in the library of Amherst
College in 1954. They were a gift from his widow in 1955. (She
died January 23, 1955)^
Linear feet of shelf space occupied:
Approximate number of items: 1,4-00 /
This collection has been sorted, classified and catalogued,
A complete listing has been obtained from the Amherst library and
is appended. It is open to qualified students.




Dwight Whitney Morrow
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biographical Note

1873, Jan. 11

Born, Huntington, West Va.

1895

A.B., Ainherst College

1899

LL.B., Columbia University

1899

Entered employ of law firm of Reed, Simpson,
Thacher & Barnumj later known as Simpson, Thacher
& Bartlett

1903, June 16

Married Elizabeth Reeve Cutter (j+ children; Anne
married Charles A. Lindbergh)

1905-U

Member of firm, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett

19U-27

Member of J. P. Morgan and Co.

1917

Chairman, Prison Inquiry Commission of N, J.

1918-20

Chairman, N. J, State Board of Institutions
and Agencies

1918

Adviser to Allied Maritime Transport Council

1918

Director of War Savings Commission - N. J.

1919

Awarded D.S.M, by General Pershing

1925

Chairman, Presidents Aircraft Board

1927-30

Ambassador to Mexico

1928

Delegate to 6th Pan American Conference

1930

Delegate to Naval Conference, London, England

1930-31

U. S. Senator from N. J.

1931, Oct. 5

Died, Englewood, N. J.

Author of:

Society of Free States.
Introduction to Party & Party Leaders by
Anson Daniel Morse

Biograpnies:

Nicolson, Harold. Plight Morrow. Harcourt, c. 1935*
Howland, Hewitt Hanson. Dwight Whitney Morrow. Century,
c 1930.
McBride, Mary Margaret. The Story of Dwight W. Morrow.
Farrar, 1930.

See:




Who Was Who i n America, 1897-19-42, vo2u I , Marquis
Who's Who i n America, 1930-31.