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Staff Picks: The Merchants’ Magazine and Commercial Review
August 8, 2018A brief look at The Merchants’ Magazine and Commercial Review and its creator, Freeman Hunt. Read more
Staff Picks: Darryl R. Francis
July 11, 2018Learn more about the St. Louis Fed’s 7th president Darryl R. Francis and his role during the Great Inflation of the second half of the 20th Century. Read more
Staff Picks: Federal Reserve Research Publications
March 7, 2018A short history of the Federal Reserve Banks’ Reviews, from their introduction in the Federal Reserve Bulletin to standalone magazine-style publications to more academic content. Read more
Staff Picks: The “Division of Negro Economics,” 1918-1921
February 21, 2018Learn about the history of a trailblazing WWI-era office of the department of labor and its researchers of African American economics. Read more
Librarian Life: Archival Materials on FRASER
February 7, 2018Archival collections are unique resources that can be difficult to use effectively for historical research. The FRASER librarians try their best to make them as useful as possible to their users. 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
Dismal Facts: Measuring the Economy Before GDP
October 3, 2017How did we measure the economy before the invention of GDP? Learn more about GNP, national income, and their predecessors. Read more
Staff Picks: The Commercial and Financial Chronicle: 1865-1928
September 20, 2017A brief look at the early years of the Commercial and Financial Chronicle and its creator, William Buck Dana. Read more
FRASER Features: Primary Source Primer: Interviews
August 16, 2017Examines how to use an interview as a primary source. 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
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