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C a r l Snyder COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers I Processed: IB Date: 11/2/55 CARL SlMYDER (1869 - 1946) The papers of Carl Snyder, author, economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which concern his service in the Bank are on deposit with this Committee. They contain exchanges of memoranda between Mr. Snyder and Governor Strong covering the period 1921 to August, 1928. They were "rediscovered" by Miss Burnett in the Reference Library of the New York Federal Reserve Bank after having been removed from a storage vault during file rearrangement, and were turned over to this Committee on May 10, 1955• Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 1 l/2 Approximate number of items: The papers will be made available to qualified students who apply to the Federal Reserve Bank of Jttew York. Carl Snyder II - 2 biographical Note 1369 Born, Cedar Falls, Iowa Married Madeline Murphy (divorced) Edicated at Iowa State University Vent into newspaper work - editor at Council Bluffs, Iowa; then editorial writer for Washington Post 1917-19 Special writer on financial subjects for N.Y. Tribune (economic and banking problems that followed war) 1920-35 Statistician for Federal Reserve Bank of New York; organized Research Department. 2/6/20 - Employed as Manager, Statistical Dept, 1/1/23 ? General Statistician 4/30/35 - Retired 1928 President, American Statistical Association 1934. Chairman, Section on Social Science and Economics of American Association for Advancement of Science 19^6, Feb. 15 Died Author of: New Conceptions in Science. 1904-« The World Machine. 1907. American Railways as Investments. 1907. Business Cycles and Business Measurements. 19271 Capitalism the Creator: The Economic Foundations of Modern Industrial Society. 194-0. Also many papers in journals on economics and banking. See: Who Was Who in America, 194-3-50, vol. II, Marquis