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Lee S i s t e r Oreraan COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Processed* MA Detel 10/31/55 - X930) r for 5 termii| ftft d^po*lt*4 in the South»rn Historical Col* lection, Unlversitor of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, »• C. In addition to much alsceliensou* political a a t r i i l j tli*/ contfein correSiXmdence conceding the Federal Rej?eir« Banks ^lich WKf be of interest, linear feet of shelf space occupiedt Approximate nu^bsr of Ite*aaj &QtOQQ the collectiori l i open to use by qualified students* k generel description i s filr-tar Overmen IX - 2 Biographical Sole » Jan* 3 Born, Sell ©bray, North Carolina 1374 B*A., Trinity College, Korth Carolina 1874 KJt«! Trinity College 1675-76 T&u^ht school Private* tftOVCttx? t» two ancodseiTe governors Id73, Oct. 31 >tarried Mary Herriaoa (3 AMLtttd to the b*v bog&a lew pr&ctio0 In Stilgbor/ as s^eab^r North Carolina ,« ox itepreeentatlvds (speaker 1893) X900 Presidential el©otor*6t-l&r^ef pledged to &4 1930, Deo, 12 of 5th Died Who V&a Who in Jbrieric*, 1897-1942* val» I , ni • %m Description of Seria* *Ve have iMti i portion of the correspondence of Senator * OvwMAf coiisiatir^ of tbotlt 4.0,000 itetsa «nd covering the ye&re X920-30, The follovicg i s ft, description of this coileetioni •The bulk of the Iftttmrf i l * from Oversisiii1^ constituents, ggklng for information, relief, as4 •9«l*t«ae« of tfTftiy ccrt# l^ie tixuus«»nd* of I^tt^ra bearing on tobecco and cotton culture, the eradication of the boil weevil, f&m X#glil4 llont $fro t?uffrag#, eppointsjenta to offiaa t the bolt of Senator fm M« Siitssons froa the Democrat t i e Party in 192B, &&d s U t a mA loceX polltiM constitute A valueble source f-jr the ncononio and pelitte«l hlttoiy of Hort>i n^roliim in the 1920»s« collrction if klM ricxi lfi correG^-ondence be&ritife on ti ilteXudiMg prohibition, ladgvatlM r«strlctio&t tee pajAest of World Vrr ^nciouu, ivljuctec compfeiis&tion c e r t i f i e s tea, «tnd «R? risk insurance, mdio OtBtxoX| the propoa«^ i€i«3« of Muscle SfeoalJ to the iLLabftSLft Fov^r Coci^anj, var debts, th4P f&,der&l l Tresty, and t t o Washington IflMi Conference, the London Saval Near It9% Relief,, Aeiong th« correspondents ^ rs Bernard *H» Siaruch, X* V# Bickett, Locke Creig, Jofphtti Benieis, H# K# X^ugherty, R« i». Dough ton, 0. H, Forbes, 0. Msx Gardner, Carter Glass, Clyde R« Hoe/, Herbert Hoover, Qhaflafl Z* Holies, W» ft« McAcoo, i4rg. »• G« (Lieanor Wilson) MmMoOf Angus Va JfaMaBi Hr.rxy B» ^ ^ , Hobert Owen, Lucy F. M, Siuanons, Vfllliem S, Sir»e, Jaaea Sprunt, Charlsa M# Marie Sulli^nn, H^nry W i l s e e , J r « , and X». A« Willi&»s** (Excerpts frwa l e t t e r , July 19, 1954 from James V, P&tton, Director, Southern Historical Collection, Tne iJniverait^r of Horth Carolina Ubrary, Chapel HiU«)