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Marriner Stoddard Eccles COMMITTEE O N THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: MA Date: 10/27/55 MARRINER STODDARD ECCLES The papers of Marriner Eccles, banker, investment expert, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, have been sorted, filed or bound, and are held in Mr* Eccles1 office, First Security Bank Building, Main and First South Streets, Salt Lake City, Utah. Linear feet of shelf space occupied by bound volumes: 10-12 Approximate number of items: File cabinets: 5 or 6 Papers may be examined by qualified students "who secure permission from Mr. Eccles. The collection was arranged by Mr. Eccles1 secretary, Miss Egbert, in the summer of 1951* It has been promised to the Library of Congress after Mr. Eccles1 death. Literary rights belong to Mr. Eccles. Marriner Stoddard Eccles II - 2 Biographical flote 1890, Sept. 9 Born, Logan, Utah 1905-09 Student, Brigham loung College, Logan (Mormon faith) 1909-12 Mormon Missionary in Scotland 1913 President, Hyrum State Bank 1913, July 9 Married May Campbell Young (3 children) 1914 Helped organize Eccles Investment Co, 1920-26 President, First National Bank of Ogden, Ogden Savings Bank 1926-34 President, First Security Corporation (holding and operating 28 banks) 1934 Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury 1934-36 Governor, Federal Reserve Board 1936-43 Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System 1948-51 Vice chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System Author of; Beckoning Frontiers; Public and Personal Recollections• 1951. See Who's "Who in America, 1952/53, vol. 27, Marquis Marriner Stoddard Eccles III - 3 Description of Series Mr. Eccles considers his collection "the most complete record of twenty years in the economic history of the country." It runs from 1920 to 1951* and contains material on the banking holiday of 1933 as seen in Utah, on the Banking Act of 1935 and on the BoardTreasury "accord" of 1951• The collection includes the following* 10 - 12 running feet of bound volumes of memoranda, correspondence, etc., properly indexed 13 volumes of press clippings, arranged chronologically and indexed by time and place, covering speeches, press releases, testimony before Congress, etc. 5 - 6 file cabinets of personal letters and correspondence. (Information given by Mr. Eccles to Miss Adams, May 17, 195-4* Subject to correction after detailed listing.;
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