Bernard M. Baruch Papers, 1701-1965 (mostly 1917-1965)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes) (1870-1965)

Title:

Bernard M. Baruch Papers

Repository:

Public Policy Papers

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xs55mc07d

Dates:

1701-1965 (mostly 1917-1965)

Size:

441 boxes, 1 folder, and 340 Volumes

Storage Note:

Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Boxes 23-42; 115-216; 218-340; 342-347; 412; 417; 424-448; 498-500; 510; 515; 517-552; 662-783

Language:

English

Abstract: Bernard M. Baruch was a financier and public adviser. This collection consists primarily of public papers relating to Baruch's various involvements in government affairs.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

This collection consists consists primarily of public papers relating to Baruch's various involvements in government affairs. It includes several runs of office correspondence as well as a small amount of personal correspondence. Among the Political Activities documented in this collection are his involvement in the War Industries Board, the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, the Council of National Defense, the National Industrial Conference, the Saratoga Springs Commission, the Rubber Survey Committee, the War and Post-War Adjustment Unit of the U.S. Office of War Mobilization, the mission to England for President Roosevelt, and his service as the United States representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. The collection also contains published and unpublished writings, including diaries, book drafts, articles, and statements written by Baruch and secondary material about Baruch or pertaining to his interests. The papers also include a large number of photographs of Baruch and his friends and family members, as well as a collection of political cartoons, drawings, and caricatures of Baruch.

Other material included in the collection includes diplomas and tokens of honor as well as miscellaneous genealogical and office records.

Collection Creator Biography:

Baruch

Bernard M. Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty, thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After World War II, President Truman appointed him ambassador to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

Collection History

Acquisition:

This collection was donated by Bernard M. Baruch in 1963, 1964, and 1964. Additional papers were received from the Baruch School of Business and Administration in 1966.

One accession of photographs, cartoons, and phonograph albums was donated by Harold Epstein in April, 1998. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.1998.008. The material can be found in Boxes 693, 695, and 719.

The five volumes titled "The Public Papers of Bernard M. Baruch" in Box 747 and the audiotapes in Box 748 were donated by Harold Epstein in March 2018. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2018.004.

Audiovisual material in Box 749 was donated by Harold Epstein in January, 2019. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2019.004.

Correspondence between Bernard Baruch and Carter Field was donated by Carol F. Russell in July, 2019. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2019.018.

Appraisal

Three boxes of duplicate writings have been separated from this collection and one duplicate treaty volume was transferred to the Special Collections at Firestone Library.

Processing Information

Re-processed by Regine Heberlein in 2010.

Card index and accessions ML.2019.004 and ML.2019.018 added and finding aid updated by Phoebe Nobles in August, 2019.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

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