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Jeaes Berwick Forgan COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Peperg Processed* MA 10/27/55 BERWICK (1852 - 1924.) The p&pers of Jfemes Forg&a, banker, j&saber f i r s t Bo&rd of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Criic&go, rutve b#«n kept intact in. four ASBV/ packing c&6«& in the gtcr&g* sub-b6sem*at of the Fir»t ffitiiiaii It&k of Gaicu^o. fest of ahelf sp«e« occupied* «!,ftts number of it^asi of f i l e dravers or packing Thsse i>ap«ir5 are open to use b/ qualified by this OHMittM and obUiiriiiig penal«*ion from the President of the bank. The pipM* mart used hy F. G/rii Jaaes in preparing his fork on 'Hie siroviq of C i Bk (See internal ra«worandi«f 7/28/54, describing p&persi Jane a Berwick * a• 1852, &pr. 11 Bom, $U A&dtam* Scotland fertdttatrt Jhrthrtl College* §t« Andrews Kith Royal Bank of jjftilllrt for 3 / e a r s hoved to With B^nk of British North A&erica, successively in Montreal, New lork and Halifax 1875# Oct. IV Harried M&iy Elien Kurrey ox" Halifax Paying t e l l e r , Bank ox" Nova Scotiaj established agency in Kinneapolis of which he was manager for 3 y»&rs 1838 Cashier and aana^#r f Northwestern national Bank 1892 Vice President, F i r s t National Bank of Chicago 1900 President, F i r s t B&tion&l Bunk of Chicago, succeeding 1916- Chairo&n of the Board, F i r s t Hetional Bunk of Chicago 1914-19 Class A Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chic^o 19H-20 M«aKiber, Federal Reserve Advisory Council, 71^1 (Chicago) D i s t r i c t . President of Council 191B Decorated by Serbia for raising relief funds 1920 Decorated by France for war services 1924, Oct. 28 Died of i the Currency Commission of the Jtoricsn Bankers Association i,n6 i t s Plan* 1906* Tae Guaranty of Mfctlonttl Bank Deposits* 1908. P o s s i b i l i t i e s of Senator Aldrlch*^ Suggestions for Monetary Lealglst-lon* 1911* Reyiey of the Proposed Banking &n& Currency B i l l , Recollections of « Busy Life* 1924. Etc. See Who Was Who in S e r i e s , 1397-1942, vol. I , Marqul* Also see Who's ¥ho in America, 1924 1913. Berwick III m)m D»ferlptlft& of Series The collection I?: k*p% in four heatj wooden bookcases, «ach with a packing section front and back which makes i t possible to isoTe the® as though the bCK&CMftfl vtri pi-ckln^ cases* £&ch oae on sampling, to contain soir.® 54, cardboard l a t t e r file boxes, now in condition. £stir»rted t o t a l , 218 c^rdboertf l#tt»y file boxes* pp to ;.e WftBtly corr-eapoitdtnc© dating frtm perhaps 1900 ^ien Mr« Fo3rgan beceme President of the F i r s t national Bank of Chicago (or 1892 *h«Q he w«g l i f t President - the exact dete of the^ f i r s t box i s undetermined) to 1924- whtn he died* Within this chronologies! iTTHIfWItltt the p*p#ri »r# sorted according to subject, A XftXgi section deals vith Currency Kefarm, the Currency Coamlssioii i f the A,B«A«, the ftdersl Rs^ery®, &od so on* Ho ooBtpl»te l i s t i n g sxists, tho'ugh one could b® S&<1# from fil© folder headings*
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