- Collection Overview
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Series 1: Treasury Department, 1934-1948
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The Treasury Department series contains memoranda and correspondence, articles, speeches, and meeting notes. The majority of the material is authored by White, often for Henry Morgenthau Jr., and also includes papers written by Morgenthau and by White for the President of the United States. Please see the subseries descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual subseries.
- Arrangement
Divided into three subseries: Prewar Period (1934-1939), War and the Immediate Prewar Period (1939-1945), and Postwar Period (1946-1948).
Collection History
- Appraisal
Duplicate materials have been separated from this collection.
- Sponsorship:
These papers were processed with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Adriane Hanson and Elissa Frankle in 2006. Finding aid written by Adriane Hanson in June 2006. Series 4: 2013 Accession added by Rachel Van Unen in 2015. Series 5: Personal Papers added by Phoebe Nobles in 2018.
Scrapbook pages that had been removed from "Anne Terry White Scrapbook on Harry Dexter White" (Series 5) prior to donation were donated by Claire Pinkham in 2021. They were interfiled to their original locations by Will Clements in 2022.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The 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:
Series 1: Treasury Department; Harry Dexter White Papers, MC140, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-9
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- Bibliography
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical note: "H.D. White, Accused In Spy Inquiry, Dies." The New York Times, August 18, 1948. "Harry Dexter White," in Marquis Who's Who on the Web. http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/ Accessed June 19, 2006. "Harry Dexter White and the International Monetary Fund," by James M. Boughton. Finance and Development (35, no 3), 1998, p. 39-41. Materials from Series 3: Oversized Articles; Harry Dexter White Papers; Public Policy Papers, Special Collections, Princeton University Library. "White, Harry Dexter," in Current Biography. H.W. Wilson Company, 1944.
- Names:
- World Bank.
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference 1944 Bretton Woods, N.H.
United States. Department of the Treasury
International Monetary Fund.
Morgenthau, Henry (1856-1946)
White, Harry Dexter (1892-1948)