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Currency and Banking Reform, 1921-1941

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Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by country and then alphabetically by subject or document type.

Collection History

Appraisal

Duplicate materials, student papers and recommendations, personal financial papers, blueprints of Kemmerer's properties, and wall charts illustrating general financial and economic concepts for use in the classroom were separated from this collection. Maps were transferred to the Geosciences and Map Library at Princeton University.

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, Jessie Thompson, and Melina Meneguin-Layerenza in 2007 and Helene van Rossum in November 2019, when materials in Series 7 were processed. Finding aid written by Adriane Hanson in August 2007.

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.

Three phonograph records of speeches by Kemmerer are located in Series 5: Writings, Box 302.

Credit this material:

Currency and Banking Reform; Edwin W. Kemmerer Papers, MC146, 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 168

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Existence and Location of Copies

The papers documenting Kemmerer's work in the Philippines and a portion of the papers documenting Kemmerer's work with the financial advisory commission in China are also available on microfilm, which is stored offsite at the ReCAP storage facility. Call numbers are:

MICROFILM 4898

MICROFILM 5051

Some microfilm of part of the papers is available through this finding aid.

Related Materials

This collection is part of a group of 28 Mudd Manuscript Library collections related to 20th century economic thought and development which were processed as part of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission funded project. Researchers wishing to access these collections should search for the subject "Economics--20th century" or related terms in the Princeton University Library Main Catalog. Collections at the Mudd Manuscript Library of particular relevance to the Kemmerer Papers are the papers of Albert O. Hirschman, who served as an advisor in Latin American during the 1950s, the records of the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy, and the papers of two members of the Committee, Walter E. Spahr and John E. Rovensky.

Bibliography

The following sources were consulted during preparation of the biographical note: "Edwin Walter Kemmerer (Deceased)," Marquis Who's Who on the Web, http://www.marquiswhoswho.com Accessed October 10, 2006. "Kemmerer, Edwin Walter," Current Biography: H. W. Wilson Company, 1941. Materials from Series 1: Biographical; Edwin W. Kemmerer Papers; Public Policy Papers, Special Collections, Princeton University Library. "Obituary: Edwin Walter Kemmerer," by G. Findlay Shirras. The Economic Journal, vol. 56, no. 222, June 1946. "Obituary: Edwin Walter Kemmerer 1875-1945." The American Economic Review, vol. 36, no. 1, March 1946.

Names:
Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy (U.S.)
Princeton University
Kemmerer, Donald Lorenzo
Kemmerer, Edwin Walter (1875-1945)