Great Depression
Staff Picks: Frances Perkins and the New Deal
July 7, 2021Minimum 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
Uncurrent Events: The Bank Holiday of 1933
May 12, 2021Henry 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
Staff Picks: Treasures from Treasury Press Releases
July 8, 2020A newly digitized collection provides a look at important moments in the history of the U.S. Treasury. Read more
Staff Picks: The Mimeograph Letters and Statements of the Board
November 15, 2017Learn about the earliest days of the Federal Reserve system in these primary source documents from the Board’s archives. 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
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
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