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1 COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of I Processed* HA *5 10/27/55 CARTER ) The papers of i>*jr\e.tor Carter Glass of Virginia, nawapapsr editor, politician, Congressman* reported ^father* of th«federal Reserve Act, Secretary of the Treasury end $x~offioio Chsina&n of the Federal Reserve Bo; rd, ware glten to "the University of Virginia in March, 19-4&, by the & &&tor's son^ Mr. Carter Glass JTr» Th^jr sre on deposit in the AXdem&n Librery at tlve University, peperg v re 1 gift, restricted ty the stipulation that publication of «n/ of VMM is subject to approval by laeeiber of the family for 10 JG&TB ro» the dete of gift. FerKission to use th^i ia research»ust be sought fron Hr. Carter Glass «fr. {died December l f 1955)* Linear feet of shelf space occupied! 138 Approximate number of itebfs 500,000 Suanber of containers 1 4^3 (13" x9 8 x 4*) Uusiber of bound volumes* 7 A l i s t of work con temple ted, in progress or completed which involves reneerch in the Gless papers is appended* See internal memorendtas, Feb. 19, 195^ for other data

2 (tarter Glr.se , Jan, 4 Born, Lynchburg, 1S Member, fllflilii l Ovaer L/nchburg Bully N«JV aud DftiJLjr Advance Merrteci Aurelia Caldweli (4 childrtn) 1902*19 Mffsber of Congress (57th to 65th), 6th Virgloim District (Bemoer&t) 1913 <^xaira«n f House Coaeaittee on Bgnkiag and Ourr^ney, MW Federal K#MrPt lei through S U. S, le S*cr*tAiy of the Tratsuiy and ex-offieio Q of the Fadcrel Reserve Board 1940, June 22 NftXTitd Mrs, M%iy Seott Mei»de (2nd 1946, Msj 28 Bled Who &a too In America, , vol# II, The Biogrsph/ of Carter Glass by Rixey Smith and Horaan

3 fferttr III 3 - Description of Series Arrangement the Glass pififi fell into two main divisions* bound letter-press copies of mrtliyondmi ;? *d unbound papers*! The bound volumes of letter-press copies of correspondence* each said to ontftla 5^-^00 1W*4 4 cover the yeer 1919 to 1920 vhen Hr. Glass w&s Secretary of the Treasury and ex-officl Chair* man of toe Fe^erel Heaerve Bo«rd. They are dsted *.s follows -» Vol. It 19 Dec, 19ia «^4 tou 1919 Vol. 2i 22 *« Harch 1919 Val. 3» 12 ih** Hey 1919 Vol. 4* 2 May Jane 1919 Vol. 5i 24 June Aug Vol# 6* 29 Amgi Dec i 15 &*i Feb» 1920 II Unbound pmttvf covsrlng the peri,od to 1946 in various categories (personal correspond#nc#, official eorr«ipond«nc@ lada^in^ letters fr^m oonetitiieots, bills from atreh&nta* Invitations to spmk t C<>ngj»@ aion&l legislation projected or pasg#d, not s # siaior«.nda f spe#ches? ete» have bt n *roiagh-gort d aecording to /eur and general subject arid placed in 423 card* board boxes, approximately 13* x 9" x4 B, th% ni»b#r of it«&8 in each box varies from on -half dosen to several hundred. Th* sorting v&@ preaubutbly done before the library reeeiv#d the coilsotioni nd,ttml llbrerj* feels bound to preserve this arrangement, though it Ms been lnmtawl by the action of a biographer in isolating corrtspondenee with men of public importance and placing ttiin In boxes vlth little relation to chronological or subject err&n^enent* Working w5.th fund supplied by the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System, the boxes of unbound papers vere tseialned in 1954 by a team of three graduate students (Messrs. W11I1& Edel, Samuel Gardvell nd Mis Anne thorns, } under the direction of 2>r* Hbert A. Kincaid, recently Asaocifcte Director of the School of Business Adsdnistr&tion, University of Virginia &n& for many years economic adviser of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kichsond* This group prepared a selective inventory of 614 pages, so arranged to provide at leaat one ptige to each box.«the inventory &!&# at completeness only for items concerned with Federal Reserve scatters*

4 Csrter Glass III Description of Seriea (continued) In its present mimeographed and iooee-le&f state, the inventory is e valuable edd to scholars interested in thoss activities of Mr* CrXass vhich had to do with the Federal Reserve System* An index, vhich would make it even more useful, say Inter be provided* A copy of the inventory is on deposit at the University of?irginia # One»ajr &1&Q be consulted at the hwadquartera of the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve %-stem # 33 Liberty Street, Xork 45*» t. A few more items, not here listed, h*ve been given the Alderman ilbraiy toy the fasilly since the above inventory was For furtlier infor^fition on this collection, see the Uaivor&ity of Virginia Report on Historical Collections (l f printed 1950), pages *

5 Csrter Ux Hmo by Frsncig Berkeley University of Virginia Idbr&ry* es to correspondents inquiring as to contents of Carter Glass Fsper Correspondent Lee G # Allen Albert H. Eobson Hobert H. TerrilX Hiehcrd IN Watson, Robert Gochran U Koor«Columbia OR 19<3 election. Political Subject of Inquiry»D«diesertetioa - 9#if c.r;;d the Xcilogg-Brland Fact e - Bishop Cannon 1 s sutobiogr&phy G#orgetovn University - Virginia opposition lo the Kev Deal, in the tatttvttlt party in the

6 COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Iff THE ialkm PAPEB& 1954 partial list of wrk In progress, contemplated, or completed.} Chester Uooiriek, University of V& m thesis: biography. Prof* fclmt Moss, College of ia«& Mary. Special studys Th# Democratic Organisation in V&, Prof, Edward lounger, Univ, of Va. Biography, Prof, Allen Potter, Coll. of %. Ik Kury. Seimte Furg of Jolin. Davidson, Tele Unlv* Dissertation; Vilson*s Mew Freedom,. Hespons of the Bouth to oodrov Vi M'vercore, ^as*iiiigton C. C, Study of Democratic Politlre, 1 Prof. Idsmnd A, Moore, Univ, of Conn, The Schism in the Democratic Partj ia th Bobert Cochran, Georgeto^m Uni» "Hi^sies * Proft Hicherc! L. Ms.taon 9 Duke Univ. Virginian Opposition to the Hav De&l, Editing of Bishop James Uaaoon's Autobiogr&pfcgr^ Bobert H, Ferrell, X«le Univ. Dissertations The United states and the Kellogg* Brland Pact. Albert It Rot son, Lthigh Univ. thesis? The ITnnlHg m fit jig; I of the Federml Reserve Act, tsby, Coluiabife Uaiv» Dissertatioai The Election of Lee BU Allen, TwBUfiSWMiM (?}, DiesertfetionJ Th Eiectioa of 1924* the foundation for Econoi!iic Education (Miss liois T/son), The 1932 Convention i\d the r. c. 1* c Prof* Frank Freidel, Stanford Univ. Kulti-voluBed biography of F* D. H. published by kittle Brova. Richard. M. Abra g, Columbia Qhiv. Dissertationx Biography. RiiSseH M, Fosner, Ci%- College of 3an Fr&ncieco. TheslsJ Branch Banking in California, Federal Reserve %-stem, ComEittee on History (Miss Mildred Adams, Research Director). Special survey and inventory of material in th Um Papers that relates to the Federal Heserve System carried out by Dr. E«A. Kincsid, assisted hj William C, Edel, Anne f. Tliomaa, and S«m l P. Cferdvell, June - December, 1954*