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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Strong, Benjamin (1872-1928)
- Title:
- Benjamin Strong Collection
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xg94hp53q
- Dates:
- 1917-1950 (mostly 1925-1940)
- Size:
- 17 boxes and 2 items
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-17
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Benjamin Strong was a prominent New York banker who was instrumental in the foundation and success of the Federal Reserve Bank. This collection contains records pertaining to the former Benjamin Strong Collection of Foreign Public Finance in Princeton University Library, which was funded by Strong with the objective of acquiring books and original source material chronicling the development of foreign public finance, central banking, and international trade.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Contains records pertaining to the former Benjamin Strong Collection of Foreign Public Finance in Princeton University Library, which was funded by Strong with the objective of acquiring books and original source material chronicling the development of foreign public finance, central banking, and international trade. Included are correspondence (1925-1950) of librarians Laura S. Turnbull and James Thayer Gerould, bulletins, reports, committee files, and requests to foreign countries for related publications. Also present are selected personal files of Strong, containing correspondence and lists (1917-1919) concerning his collection of war currency and posters, and notes and reports regarding foreign debts and reparations in the post-World War I period.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Strong
Benjamin Strong was a prominent New York banker who was instrumental in the foundation and success of the Federal Reserve Bank. Born in 1872 in Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York, Strong attended high school in Montclair, New Jersey. He was hired at a private banking firm and later served as Assistant Secretary of the Atlantic Trust Company of New York and Secretary of the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York. In 1904, he became Secretary of the Bankers Trust Company, where he was subsequently elected Vice President, director, and President. In 1914, he left the company to become Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which was still in its developmental stages. As head of the Federal Reserve system, he was influential in the country's post-World War I economic recovery and in the creation of lasting fiscal policies. Strong died in 1928 of tuberculosis.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
This collection was acquired through a transfer from the Princeton University Library. It is unclear from available information when this transfer occurred.
- Appraisal
No information about appraisal is available for this collection.
- Processing Information
An EAD finding aid was created in 2006 by Cristela Garcia-Spitz. A collection level description and inventory were created in Archivists Toolkit in 2008.Biography written by Jessica Marati, '08.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- 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.
- Credit this material:
Benjamin Strong Collection; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xg94hp53q
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-17
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- Subject Terms:
- Bankers -- United States. -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Banks and banking -- United States. -- 20th century
Banks and banking, Central -- United States. -- 20th century
Debts, Public -- Belgium. -- 20th century
Debts, Public -- France. -- 20th century
Debts, Public -- Germany. -- 20th century
Finance, Public -- Europe. -- 20th century
Finance, Public -- United States -- History. -- 20th century
Librarians -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century -- Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence
Files.
Reports. - Names:
- Princeton University. Library. Benjamin Strong Collection of Foreign Public Finance.
Turnbull, Laura S. - Places:
- United States -- Commerce -- History. -- 20th century