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Fred I . Kent COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: IB Date: 12/14/55 FRED I. K M T (1869 - 1954) The papers of Fred I* Kent, expert in foreign exchange matters, director of the Division of Foreign Exchange of the Federal Reserve Board, Deputy Uovernor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and active in setting up its Foreign Exchange Division, are housed in the International Finance Section of the Princeton University Library. They were deposited by his son, Warner Kent, in the spring of 1955 at the urging of this Committee, A 22 page index of these papers was compiled by Mr. Kent's secretary, Miss Dorothy Warden, in the spring of 1955, and a copy is in the Committee office. 14 pages concern periodicals in which Mr. Kentfs articles appeared. The other 8 are appended. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 24 Approximate number of items: 24,000 Some books from Mr. Kent's library, which were rejected by Princeton, were deposited in the New York University Library at the same time. A copy of Mr. Kent's incompleted memoirs (147 pages) is in this office. No special restrictions have been put on these papers. Publication of anything in them would be subject to common law copyright. Otherwise, access to them will be granted by the Princeton Library according to the usual Library regulations. See: Letter 12/6/55 from Mr. Alexander P. Clark of Princeton Univ. Library Internal memoranda dated 12/17/54, 1/6/55, 1/19/55, 2/8/55 Fred I. Kent - 2- II Biographical Note 1869, Feb. 12 Born, Chicago, Illinois 1891 Married Etta W. Williams (l son, Warner Kent) 1905-07 Manager, Foreign Exchange Dept., First National Bank of Chicago 1909-29 Vice President, Bankers Trust Co., .New York Set up its foreign exchange department 19U- Active in foreign exchange problems of World War I 1917 Deputy Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1918-19 ) 1933-34 ) Organizer and director, Foreign Exchange Division, Federal Reserve Board 1919 Representative of U.S. on organization committee of Reparations Commission in Paris 194B Served on Hoover Reorganization Commission to study executive branch of government 1929-54 Rented office space at Ingalls and Snyder, New York (no connection with firm) 1954, Oct. 25 Died See: Who's Who in America, 1952/53, vol. 27, Marquis
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