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Kwriaer §to4ti*r4 Eccies
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Ke&lgter off Paperg.
10/27/55

The papers of Karriiier Eecl»i| banker, Invar, trent expert,
Cfrcdrafin of the ItMPd oX' Governors of the- MkHPtl Resnrv* Bjf
havo *Jftei. aori»df filed or bowid, ft&4 WPt h«ld in Mr. Ecc
F i r s t fatUflty 8ifik Bulldiiafii MftiB m&a Writ 8b»tfe Str«etc, Salt
City, Utah*
fact 01 Bh«Xf ^t'Ct; occupied
bound vt&mai
r of

10 - 1?

iM

I1X« cabin©tot

5 or 6

bs tiiBtimi by quali^itci BtttiMti vho seouni p»rtbt collection WNI ifmaf«4 "by Urt Soclaa1 secretary, Hi so
, la the s^Kser of 1951* It- has been promised to the Library
of Congress after Mr. Eccles* d«ath*




Literary rlglits belofig to Kr« Es

Murriner Stodd&rd Eed«s
II

•a•
Biographical Not©

1890, Sept. 9

Born, Logan, Utah

1905-09

Student, Bri^hac Young College, Logan (Konson faith)

1909-12

Mormon Ml^sion^r^ in Scotland

1913

President, ll/raiz State B&nk

1913, ftly 9

Merried May Cs&pbell Youni; ( i children)

19U

Helped organize Eccles Inve^taant Co.

1920-26

1926-34
1934

, f i r s t National B&nk of Ogden, Ogden
Bank
, First Security Corporation (holding and
2^ bank*)

Assistant to the Secrethiy of the Treasury

1934-36

| Fsd^rel Re serves Bo^rd

1936-43

, Board of Governors, Federal Hed«rve System

194B-51

Vice chairman, Board of Govertiors, Federal Reserve
System

Author of:

Beckoning Frontiers; Public and Personal Recollection®,
1951.

8ee Who's Who in teerica, 1952/53* vol. 27, Marquis




Merriner Stodd&rd Eccles
III

• f Description of Series

Mr. Ecclte considers bit collection "the most complete
record of twenty ye&ra in the economic history of th© country.11 I t
runs from 1920 to 1951* M^ contains materiel on the banking holiday
of 1933 M seen in Utah, on the Banking Act of 1935 end on the BoardTreasury "fcccord" of 195X«
The collection includes the follovdng:
10 - 12 running f##t of bound volumes of s
correspondence! e t c . , properly indexed
13 volumes of press cli^pin^s^ arranged chronologically
and indexed by tlM &nd place, covering speeches,
before Corigress, e t c .
5 - 6 f i l j oabliMtt o? j>er«oa*l Xetttra i od corre-

^iveu b/ Kr« BeoX«i to Hi as Ad«M| Kigr 17, 1954. Subject to
correction tfttr do tailed
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