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Librarian Life: Offsite Scanning
August 2, 2017Many FRASER materials are scanned at repositories. How do we go about ensuring that everything is scanned and processed properly, when we can’t bring them here? Read more
Staff Picks: Charles Hamlin Papers
July 19, 2017Explore the papers of Charles S. Hamlin, first chairman of the Fed, dating from the late 19th century through his 20+ years with the Board. Read more
Librarian Life: Conference Recap
June 6, 2017A summary of our May 11-12, 2017, conference co-hosted with the European Association for Banking and Financial History (eabh): Innovative Solutions for Archives and Financial Crises: Bringing Archivists and Financial Historians Together. Read more
Librarian Life: Records of the Federal Reserve System
May 17, 2017Learn about the work done by FRASER staff in creating a finding aid for the Records of the Federal Reserve System held at the National Archives. Read more
Staff Picks: Decoding the Fed’s Telegrams
April 19, 2017Learn more about the message codes used by the Federal Reserve System and the banking industry in the age of the telegraph. Read more
Staff Picks: Wonderland Revisited
November 2, 2016Learn more about economic and trade policy during World War II in this parody of the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party found in the archival papers of economist Winfield Riefler. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Cash for Clunkers
October 5, 2016Cash for Clunkers, the government’s 2009 effort to boost the economy, was not an entirely new concept. A similar plan was proposed in 1938. Read more
FRASER Features: Primary Sources Primer: Letters
August 17, 2016Examine FRASER’s letter collections and see what information you can glean from letters as primary source documents. Read more
Staff Picks: A Memo from Miss Joy
March 2, 2016The Charles Hamlin papers include memos from Aryness Joy, an early Fed research assistant who helped create the cost-of-living index. Read more
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