Contents and Arrangement

1927-1960, 1927-1960

1 box

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The Eberstadt papers primarily document his extensive career in public service to the United States related to defense and the economy, as well as his career as an investment banker and his personal life, and include correspondence, reports, his writings, and his personal papers. The papers especially document his work during World War II with the production and distribution of supplies to the military, and his subsequent work on the reorganization of the military. The papers include files concerned with his work with the Reparations Conference in Paris, the Army-Navy Munitions Board, the War Production Board, the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, the National Security Resources Board, and the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganization.

Collection History

Archival Appraisal Information:

No appraisal information is available.

Sponsorship:

These papers were processed with the generous support of the Ferdinand Eberstadt Foundation and the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.

Special Requirements for Access:

A record of a luncheon in honor of Howard S. Cullman is located in Series 10: Memorabilia, Box 194, and three audio cassette tapes of an interview of Eberstadt are located in Series 15: Additional Papers, Box 277. Access to these materials follows Mudd Manuscript Library policy for preservation and access to audio-visual materials.

Credit this material:

1927-1960; Ferdinand Eberstadt Papers, MC021, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 216