Uncurrent Events: Women of the Treasury, Past and Present

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The Department of the Treasury was the first federal agency to implement a hiring initiative for women. Find out more about the roles of women in the history of the Treasury in this guest post by Treasury librarians. Read more

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Uncurrent Events: The Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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During 1932-1933, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation served as the discount lending arm of the Federal Reserve Board. Learn more about the history and functions of the RFC. Read more

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Librarian Life: 2021 Year in Review

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From price and wage data through two World Wars and the Great Depression, to a powerful new way to search and use FRASER collections, learn about everything new and notable added to FRASER in 2021. Read more

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Uncurrent Events: Coin Availability Disruptions, Past and Present

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Explore the history of the 1951 coin shortage with this analysis of the causes and effects of the disruption, and the response of the Federal Reserve. Read more

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FRASER Features: Introducing the Waybackfill Service

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Learn more about the Waybackfill Service and how it provides a full, seamless experience of browsing current and archived web content created by the Federal Reserve. Read more

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Staff Picks: Paul A. Volcker Papers

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Learn more about Paul Volcker, the two-term Chairman of the Board of Governors credited with ending historically high inflation during the 1970s. Read more

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Staff Picks: Mildred Adams and the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve

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Learn more about the 1953 project to collect materials related to the history of the Federal Reserve, and about Mildred Adams, its executive director Read more

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Staff Picks: Frances Perkins and the New Deal

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Minimum wage, work hour limitations, and social security: Find out more about Frances Perkins’s bright ideas that brought the United States out of its darkest times. Read more

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FRASER Features: FRASER’s New RESTful API

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Power up your searches and get faster, more comprehensive access to FRASER’s collections with the new RESTful API. Read more

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Uncurrent Events: The Bank Holiday of 1933

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Henry Ford, a run on gold, and a fireside chat: The chain of events during the Great Depression that sparked the Bank Holiday of 1933. Read more

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