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May 1930: William Clark, William O. Douglas and Dorothy S. Thomas, The Business Failures Project: A Problem in Methodology.
[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 39, pages 1013-1024)
January 1932: William O. Douglas, Some Functional Aspects of Bankruptcy
[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 41, pages 329-364)
April 23, 1932: Testimony of Bernard Smith on Stock Exchange Practices (the Radio Pool) to the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S. Senate
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
May 1932: George E. Bates and William O. Douglas, Secondary Distribution of Securities: Problems Suggested by Kinney v. Glenny
[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 41, pages 949-1004)
February 21, 1933: Testimony of Charles Mitchell, First National City Bank President, to the Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S Senate (Pecora Committee)
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
March 4, 1933: Inaugural Address of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
May 5, 1933: Letter from Benjamin Cohen to James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 5, 1933: Letter from Benjamin Cohen to James Landis
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 8, 1933: Excerpt from Diary of Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 8, 1933: Excerpt from Diary of Felix Frankfurter
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 27, 1933: The Securities Act of 1933
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
June 7, 1933: Letter from Benjamin Cohen to James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 7, 1933: Letter from Benjamin Cohen to James Landis
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 10, 1933: "What Will Happen to the House of Morgan?," The Literary Digest
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 6, 1933: Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Act of 1933
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of David Ratner)
August 31, 1933: Letter from J.C. Muirhead, Inc. to President Roosevelt protesting regulation
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
August 31, 1933: Letter from J.C. Muirhead, Inc. to President Roosevelt protesting regulation
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 15, 1933: Letter from E.G. Parsly, Parsly Bros. & Co., to Baldwin Bane
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 25, 1933: Telegrams to George Mathews from President Roosevelt on appointment to Federal Trade Commission Securities Division, along with acceptance of James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
September 25, 1933: Telegrams to George Mathews from President Roosevelt on appointment to Federal Trade Commission Securities Division, along with acceptance of James Landis
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
November 1933: George E. Bates and William O. Douglas, Stock "Brokers" as Agents and Dealers
[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 43, pages 46-62)
December 1933: George E. Bates and William O. Douglas, The Federal Securities Act of 1933
[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 43, pages 171-217)
1934: Parts I and II of Statement of Richard Whitney on H.R. 7852, National Securities Act of 1934
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
1934: Telegram from Lemuel C. Benedict to President Franklin Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
1934: Telegram from Lemuel C. Benedict to President Franklin Roosevelt
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
1934 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmen and Commissioners
[document] (tml) (Government Rercords)
1934 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Home Offices Locations in Washington and Philadelphia
[document] (php)
1934: "Just 'A Little Red House' to Britten," Washington Herald - Representative Frederick Britten Accuses Benjamin Cohen and Thomas Corcoran of Foisting Communistic Legislation
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 17, 1934: Letter from George O. May, Price, Waterhouse & Co., to James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 17, 1934: Letter from George O. May, Price, Waterhouse & Co., to James Landis
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 1934: William O. Douglas - Protective Committees in Railroad Reorganizations
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Harvard Law Review)
February 6, 1934: Message from President Roosevelt to U.S. Congress on Stock Exchange Practices
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
February 11, 1934: Telegram from Thomas Corcoran to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 11, 1934: Telegram from Thomas Corcoran to Felix Frankfurter
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 24, 1934: Letter from Sam Untermyer to William O. Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 26, 1934: Excerpt of Testimony of Thomas Corcoran on the Securities Exchange Act before the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S. Senate
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
February 26, 1934: Excerpt of Testimony of Thomas Corcoran on the Securities Exchange Act before the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S. Senate
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
March 1, 1934: Private News Letter
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 1934: William O. Douglas, Protecting the Investor
[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal)
March 22, 1934: Letter from Henry Morgenthau to President Roosevelt with Memorandum on the Stock Exchange Bill
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
March 22, 1934: Letter from Henry Morgenthau to President Roosevelt with Memorandum on the Stock Exchange Bill
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
March 22, 1934: Letter from Paul V. Shields to Postmaster General James A. Farley in protest of exchange reform
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
March 22, 1934: Letter from Paul V. Shields to Postmaster General James A. Farley in protest of exchange reform
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
March 25, 1934: Letter from Sarah Agrillo to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 25, 1934: Letter from Sarah Agrillo to President Roosevelt
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 12, 1934: Letter from Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange, to President Roosevelt requesting meeting on "unsound" securities legislation
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
April 13, 1934: Note from President Roosevelt to Col. Marvin H. McIntyre, his assistant personal secretary, on delaying meeting with Richard Whitney
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
April 13, 1934: Note from President Roosevelt to Col. Marvin H. McIntyre, his assistant personal secretary, on delaying meeting with Richard Whitney
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
April 24, 1934: Telegram from Milton Dammann, American Safety Razor Corporation, to Representative Sam Rayburn protesting the stock exchange bill
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 24, 1934: Telegram from Milton Dammann, American Safety Razor Corporation, to Representative Sam Rayburn protesting the stock exchange bill
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 1934: James M. Landis - "Should the Federal Securities Act of 1933 Be Modified?," Congressional Digest
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 11, 1934: Letter from Thomas Corcoran to Felix Frankfurter, reporting on conversations with Louis Brandeis (Isaiah) and Raymond Moley, and informing that "Joe K. in Boston" will be appointed to the SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 23, 1934: Letter from Felix Frankfurter to President Roosevelt with advice on staffing the SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
May 30, 1934: Letter from Richard Whitney to President Roosevelt expressing a desire to cooperate with the SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
June 1934: William O. Douglas - Directors Who Do Not Direct
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Harvard Law Review)
June 6, 1934: Stock Exchange Practices - Introduction to the Pecora Committee Report No. 1455
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
June 6, 1934: The Securities Exchange Act
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
June 14, 1934: Letter from James M. Landis to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
June 15, 1934: Working List of SEC Commission Membership, with President Roosevelt's Notes
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
June 15, 1934: Working List of SEC Commission Membership, with President Roosevelt's Notes
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
June 30, 1934: Handwritten Note from President Roosevelt to Raymond Moley
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
June 30, 1934: Handwritten Note from President Roosevelt to Raymond Moley
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
June 30, 1934: Securities Commission with Terms
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
1934: SEC Commission and Staff List
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 6, 1934: Letter from George E. Pimley to Joseph P. Kennedy supporting his appointment to the SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 8, 1934: Notes of Felix Frankfurter Record of Conversation with James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 8, 1934: Notes of Felix Frankfurter Record of Conversation with James Landis [scanned image]
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 12, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Col. Marvin H. McIntyre for President Roosevelt in regards to Benjamin Cohen
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 12, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Col. Marvin H. McIntyre for President Roosevelt in regards to Benjamin Cohen
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 14, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Bart A. Brickley
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 17, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Herbert B. Swope on appointment of John Burns as SEC General Counsel
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 17, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Herbert B. Swope on appointment of John Burns as SEC General Counsel
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 17, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Walter Stewart to organize a "division of economists"
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 17, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Walter Stewart to organize a "division of economists"
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 18, 1934: John T. Flynn - "Other People's Money," The New Republic
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of The New Republic)
July 18, 1934: John T. Flynn - "Other People's Money," The New Republic
[image] (pdf) (with permission of The New Republic)
July 20, 1934: Letter from Ted Bulkeley, Spencer Trask & Co., to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 20, 1934: Letter from Ted Bulkeley, Spencer Trask & Co., to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 24, 1934: Letter from Herbert Bayard Swope to Joseph P. Kennedy on drafting, in consultation with Raymond Moley, the National Press Club speech
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 24, 1934: Letter from Herbert Bayard Swope to Joseph P. Kennedy on drafting, in consultation with Raymond Moley, the National Press Club speech
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Robert Fisher
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Robert Fisher
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P.Kennedy to John F. Forbes
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P.Kennedy to John F. Forbes
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Herbert B. Swope on the reception given the National Press Club speech
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Herbert B. Swope on the reception given the National Press Club speech
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Address by the Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at National Press Club [transcription[
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to John J. Burns to consider "Mr. Shea of Harvard Law School" for SEC Records and Filing
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to John J. Burns to consider "Mr. Shea of Harvard Law School" for SEC Records and Filing
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 30, 1934: Letter from A.A. Berle, Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
August 1, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to A.A. Berle, Jr.
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
August 7, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Roger Babson
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 7, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Roger Babson
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 9, 1934: Telegram from SEC Chairman Kennedy to John Macomber, President, First Corporation
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 9, 1934: Telegram from SEC Chairman Kennedy to John Macomber, President, First Corporation
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 10, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Postmaster General James Farley
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
August 13, 1934: Statement of the Purposes of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Accomplishments up to August 13, 1934, and Future Program
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 15, 1934: Letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Adolf A. Berle, Jr.
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
September 8, 1934: Memorandum Preliminary to Hearings on Specialists, from SEC Trading and Exchange Division Director David Saperstein to the Commissioners
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 11, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to C.B. Robbins on SEC temporary registration
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 11, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to C.B. Robbins on SEC temporary registration
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 13, 1934: Memo on Restricting Specialists Activities, from J.A. Fayne to Chairman Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 25, 1934: Urgent Memorandum from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Mr. Cohen and Mr. Davis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 25, 1934: Urgent Memorandum from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Mr. Cohen and Mr. Davis
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 28, 1934: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to George Breen re change in effective date of margin requirements to October 15
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 30, 1934: Excerpt from President Roosevelt Fireside Chat
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
October 6, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Joseph L. Merrill on the "humor of Wall Street"
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
October 9, 1934: Lettter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Senator Robert J. Bulkley on denial of temporary registration
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library)
October 10, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Louis Howe on staff hiring
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
October 15, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange, on specialist rules
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
October 19, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to the Comptroller General of the United States on SEC appropriations
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
October 25, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to C.B. Whitcomb, Cleveland Stock Exchange, in response to objections to the disclosure requirements for exchange registration
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 1, 1934: Memorandum from Judge Burns to SEC Chairman Kennedy re Investment Bankers' Code Discussion
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 5, 1934: Letter from Eddy Hanlon, Laidlaw & Co., to Joseph Kennedy on Mr. Kennedy's visit to the Boston Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 5, 1934: Letter from Eddy Hanlon, Laidlaw & Co., to Joseph Kennedy on Mr. Kennedy's visit to the Boston Stock Exchange
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 5, 1934: Letter from Edson B. Smith, The Boston Herald and Boston Traveler, to Joseph Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 5, 1934: Letter from Edson B. Smith, The Boston Herald and Boston Traveler, to Joseph Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 6, 1934: Letter from Louis Wiley, The New York Times, to President Roosevelt on meeting with Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
November 6, 1934: Letter from Louis Wiley, The New York Times, to President Roosevelt on meeting with Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
November 9, 1934: Report from SEC Chairman Kennedy to the National Emergency Council
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 12, 1934: Address of James M. Landis before the National Association of State Security Commissioners at New Orleans, Louisiana
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 15, 1934: Address of Joseph P. Kennedy to the Boston Chamber of Commerce
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 15, 1934: SEC Release on SEC Chairman's Address to the Boston Chamber of Commerce
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 15, 1934: Telegram from "The Ten Fifteen Gang" (SEC Staff) to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 15, 1934: Telegram from "The Ten Fifteen Gang" (SEC Staff) to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 16, 1934: Telegram from J.A. Fayne to Joseph P. Kennedy on the costs of securities regulation
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 16, 1934: Telegram from J.A. Fayne to Joseph P. Kennedy on the costs of securities regulation
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 21, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes on proceedings against mining companies
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 21, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 21, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Felix Frankfurter
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 22, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Senator D.V. Fletcher on his financial arrangements while in government service
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 23, 1934: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to the National Emergency Council
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 23, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to James Landis with list of corporate executives consulted on registration revision
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 23, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to James Landis with list of corporate executives consulted on registration revision
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 23, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to W.S. Carpenter, Jr. , CEO, DuPont Corporation on registration revision
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 23, 1934: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to W.S. Carpenter, Jr. , CEO, DuPont Corporation on registration revision
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 26, 1934: Telegram from W.S. Carpenter, Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 26, 1934: Telegram from W.S. Carpenter, Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 30, 1934: Telegram from Richard Whitney to Joseph P. Kennedy on his contacts with corporate executives
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 30, 1934: Telegram from Richard Whitney to Joseph P. Kennedy on his contacts with corporate executives
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
December 12, 1934: Letter from Edson B. Smith, The Boston Herald and Boston Traveler, to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
December 12, 1934: Letter from Edson B. Smith, The Boston Herald and Boston Traveler, to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
December 14, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Edson B. Smith
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
December 17, 1934: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Edward F. Heller on establishment of SEC office in San Francisco
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
December 17, 1934: Memorandum from Paul Gourrich to G.W. Goldschmidt on the 1933 Act
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of Nathan Sameth)
December 18, 1934: Report from SEC Chairman Kennedy to the National Emergency Council
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
December 19, 1934: Letter from A.A. Berle, Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy on registration revision
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
December 20, 1934: Memorandum from Felix Frankfurter to President Roosevelt, prepared by Marguerite La Hand
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
December 20, 1934: Memorandum from Felix Frankfurter to President Roosevelt, prepared by Marguerite La Hand
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
December 21, 1934: SEC Release on New Requirements for Permanent Registration
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
1935: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Annual Report
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
1935 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chiefs of Staff
[document] (pdf) (Government Rercords)
1935 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance, Division Directors
[document] (pdf) (Government Rercords)
1935 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Market Regulation, Division Directors
[document] (pdf) (Government Rercords)
1935 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Chief Accountant, Chief Accountants
[document] (pdf) (Government Rercords and Robert J. Kueppers)
1935 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the General Counsel, General Counsels
[document] (pdf) (Government Rercords)
1935 to present: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Secretary
[document] (pdf) (Government Rercords)
1935: Undated (1935) Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
1935: Undated (1935) Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt [transcript]
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 7, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to J.R. McCarl, Comptroller General of the U.S., on SEC funding (letter is mis-dated as 1934)
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
January 7, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to J.R. McCarl, Comptroller General of the U.S., on SEC funding (letter is mis-dated as 1934)
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
January 14, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Representative James Buchanan on SEC attorney hirings
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
January 14, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Representative James Buchanan on SEC staff and salary ranges (William O. Douglas, as Assistant Chief, Protective Committee Study, is a dollar-a-year man)
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
January 18, 1935: Address of SEC Commissioner George C. Mathews before the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of Stephen Zeff)
January 18, 1935: Resignation Letter from Ferdinand Pecora to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
January 19, 1935: Report from SEC Chairman Kennedy to the National Emergency Council
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
January 19, 1935: Telegram from E.J. Townsend to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 19, 1935: Telegram from E.J. Townsend to Felix Frankfurter
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 22, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Ferdinand Pecora
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 22, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Ferdinand Pecora
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 25, 1935: Report on the Government of Securities Exchanges
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Government Documents Records)
January 28, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Louis Howe on resignation of Ferdinand Pecora
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
January 28, 1935: Letter of Inquiry from George Evans to Mr. "John" Kennedy, Securities Exchange
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 28, 1935: Letter of Inquiry from George Evans to Mr. "John" Kennedy, Securities Exchange [transciption]
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 31, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to A.A. Berle, Jr.
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
February 1, 1935: Letter from James A. Fayne to Paul Shields, Shields & Company
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
February 2, 1935: Report from the SEC Chairman to the National Emergency Council
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
February 5, 1935: Letter from SEC General Counsel John J. Burns to D.H. Foote, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, on registration
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 7, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Richard Whitney on registration revision
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 7, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Richard Whitney on registration revision
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 8, 1935: Address by SEC Chairman Kennedy at Union League Club of Chicago, Illinois
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 14, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Louis Howe on utilities holding company reform
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 7, 1935: Form A-2 Registration by Swift and Company
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 7, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Senator Duncan Fletcher
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 8, 1935: Letter from John J. Burns, SEC General Counsel, to Walter Lippmann
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 8, 1935: Telegram from Pacific Gas and Electric Company on SEC Filing
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 8, 1935: Telegram from Pacific Gas and Electric Company on SEC Filing
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 11, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to "Jack" Carey, Hayden Stone & Co.
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 19, 1935: Address by SEC Chairman Kennedy before American Arbitration Association, New York City
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 19, 1935: SEC Release on American Arbitration Association Speech
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 19, 1935: Telegram from E.J. Townsend and all to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 19, 1935: Telegram from E.J. Townsend and all to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 21, 1935: Letter and Memorandum from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange, on the SEC's eleven recommendations
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 21, 1935: Memo from Mr. Fayne to SEC Chairman Kennedy re Anonymous Letter on Specialists and Odd-lot Houses of New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 23, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to John C. Willever, Western Union Telegraph Co., on registration revision
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 26, 1935: Memo from E.J. Townsend to James Landis on staff overtime for corporate registration
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
March 27, 1935: Approval of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Filing of Amendments to Registration Statement
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 27, 1935: Approval of Swift and Company Filing of Amendments to Registration Statement
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 27, 1935: Traveling Expenses Authorization for J. Elmer Johnson
[document] (tml) (Government Records)
March 30, 1935: Letter from John M. Young, J.P. Morgan & Co., to David Saperstein, SEC Trading and Exchange Division, with critique of SEC draft regulations for the over-the-counter market
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 1, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to George K. Weeks, Baker Weeks & Harden
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
April 9, 1935: Letter from The Bond Club of New Jersey to SEC
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 11, 1935: Hiring Letter to J. Elmer Johnson
[document] (tml) (Government Records)
April 11, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Senator Duncan V. Fletcher on registration
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 11, 1935: Letter of Authorization for J. Elmer Johnson
[document] (tml) (Government Records)
April 11, 1935: Memo from Thomas Gammack to Mr. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
April 12, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Felix Frankfurter, asking for assistance with "swan song" speech
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 12, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Felix Frankfurter, asking for assistance with "swan song" speech
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 16, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to The President, New York Stock Exchange, forwarding his recommended rules on trading
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
April 23, 1935: Address of the Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy at the Tercentenary Dinner (1635-1935) of the Boston Latin School
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 26, 1935: Letter from B. Hughes, Financial Editor, The Boston Post, to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
April 26, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
April 26, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
April 26, 1935: Memo from Abe Fortas to SEC Chairman Kennedy on Budget of Protective Committee Study
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 26, 1935: Memo from Abe Fortas to SEC Chairman Kennedy Re Senate Resolution 711
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 29, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to John J. Daly
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library)
May 1,1935: Memo from William O. Douglas to Mr. Neff re Form 14-K
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 8, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to John J. Bennett, Attorney General of the State of New York, for information on securities law violators
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
May 10, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Representative A.J. Sabath on appointments to the SEC Chicago office
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
May 23, 1935: Note from Joseph P. Kennedy to Felix Frankfurter stating "I am getting more and more sick of Washington"
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
May 23, 1935: Note from Joseph P. Kennedy to Felix Frankfurter stating "I am getting more and more sick of Washington"
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 4, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Roy Howard, The World Telegram, on meeting with accountants
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 4, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Roy Howard, The World Telegram, on meeting with accountants
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 5, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Colonel Clarence Owens on William O. Douglas and the Protective Committee Study
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 6, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 8, 1935: Memo from Mr. Laufer to SEC Chairman Kennedy on "unusual stability" in market during the SEC's first year
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
June 10, 1935: Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Jerome Frank
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 15, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Mr. R. Head, concluding "Allow me to warn you again that nothing done by the Government makes stock market speculation safe."
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 19, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Jane Breed on the utilities bill
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 19, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau on tax information to help detect over-the-counter traders
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 24, 1935: Letter from Thomas H. Gammack, Executive Assistant, to John De Witt on request for discussion with SEC Chairman Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
June 28, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Representative Sam Rayburn asking for postponement of effective date of PUHCA
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 1, 1935: Telephone Directory, Securities and Exchange Commission
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 2, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Attorney General Homer Cummings on SEC enforcement of "bucket shops"
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 2, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to President Roosevelt on the utilities bill
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 6, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Haskins & Sells
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 8, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Senator Burton K. Wheeler on the Utility Bill
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 10, 1935: Letter from Representative Samuel B. Pettengill to SEC Chairman Kennedy on the Utility Bill
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 12, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Representative Samuel B. Pettengill on the Utility Bill
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 13, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Herbert Bayard Swope on weekend spent working on the Utility Bill
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
July 15, 1935: Letter from Representative Samuel B. Pettengill to SEC Chairman Kennedy on the Utility Bill
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 22, 1935: Letter from Francis Brassor to William Douglas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 1, 1935: Letter from Nathan Sameth to Paul Gourrich on Disclosure
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of Nathan Sameth)
1934-1935: New Securities Issued During the First Year of the Securities and Exchange Commission
[document] (pdf) (from the First and Second SEC Annual Reports)
September 1935: Enforcement Activities
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 6, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to George Steele, Assistant Headmaster, The Choate School, praising his son Jack (future President John F. Kennedy)
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 6, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to Frank L. Grove, Editor, Alabama School Journal
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 6, 1935: Resignation Letter from SEC Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
September 6, 1935: Resignation Letter from SEC Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy to President Roosevelt
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
September 12, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to J.H. Tuttle, Standard Oil Company, on confidentiality of registration information
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 12, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Rosemary Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 12, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Rosemary Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 18, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman Kennedy to William Chamberlain, Chairman, United Light & Power Company
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 18, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Frank W. Sullivan, Inland Steel Co.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 18, 1935: Telegram from Joseph P. Kennedy to Frank W. Sullivan, Inland Steel Co.
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 20, 1935: Letter from President Roosevelt to Joseph P. Kennedy accepting his resignation from the SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
September 21, 1935: Letter from Charles R. Gay, The New York Stock Exchange, to Joseph P. Kennedy on his resignation from the SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 21, 1935: Letter from Charles R. Gay, The New York Stock Exchange, to Joseph P. Kennedy on his resignation from the SEC
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 23, 1935: Letter from Abe Fortas to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 23, 1935: Letter from Abe Fortas to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 23, 1935: Letter from Joseph P. Kennedy to Arthur Hays Sulzberger, The New York Times, stating "I am leaving public life today for good"
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 23, 1935: Letter from Kenneth Hogate, The Wall Street Journal, to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 23, 1935: Letter from Kenneth Hogate, The Wall Street Journal, to Joseph P. Kennedy
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 23, 1935: Letter of Farewell from Joseph P. Kennedy to Eugene Meyer, The Washington Post
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 24, 1935: Letter from David Saperstein, SEC Trading and Exchange Division, to Joseph P. Kennedy
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
September 28, 1935: Letter from SEC Chairman James Landis to Edward B. Raub, Jr.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
September 28, 1935: SEC Release of Speech by Chairman James M. Landis on PUHCA
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 1935: Employees of the Commission
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)
October 9, 1935: John T. Flynn - "Other People's Money," The New Republic, citing Joseph P. Kennedy as "the most useful member of the Commission"
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of The New Republic)
October 21, 1935: SEC Release
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 27, 1935: Letter from SEC Commissioner Robert Healy to Joseph P. Kennedy on the repercussions of the Utilities Act
[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
November 27, 1935: Letter from SEC Commissioner Robert Healy to Joseph P. Kennedy on the repercussions of the Utilities Act
[image] (pdf) (with permission of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation)
1936: SEC - Supreme Court Briefs, 1936 - Summer 2007, prepared by Michael Elliott
[image] (pdf)
1936: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Annual Report
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
1936 to 1983: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporate Regulation, Division Directors
[document] (pdf) (Government Records.)
Undated (1936): Unsent Letter from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt [transcript]
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of Library of Congress)
1936: Undated Memo from Thomas Corcoran on Present and Proposed SEC Commissioners
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
1936: Undated Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
1936: Undated Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 18, 1936: "Shielding the Sheep" - Joseph P. Kennedy, as told to John B. Kennedy, The Saturday Evening Post
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 4, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 4, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Chester C. Maxey, Whitman College
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 4, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 11, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Arthur Kramer, Cook, Nathan, Lehman & Greenman
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 13, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 19, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Judge Thomas W. Swan
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 19, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Judge Thomas W. Swan
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 2, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Professor George Bates, Harvard School of Business Administration
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 12, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas on PUHCA
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 18, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Anthony McCrann, Westheimer & Co.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 18, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Professor J.E. McDonough, Yale University
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 1936: William O. Douglas, Education for the Law, Address to the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
April 6, 1936: Jones v. SEC, 298 US 1
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 14, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Professor Glenn Paxon, Yale University
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 21, 1936: Memo from Paul P. Gourrich to SEC Chairman Landis on Treasury reports on international security transactions
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 28, 1936: Letter from SEC Chairman James M. Landis to Wertheim & Co. requesting daily information on volume of security transactions for foreign accounts in American markets
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 28, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Dean Charles Clark, Yale Law School
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 29, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Professor George Bates, Harvard Business School
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 5, 1936: Letter from Paul P. Gourrich to J.P. Morgan & Company on reports on sales of American stocks for foreign accounts
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 11, 1936: Memorandum from Nathan Sameth to Paul Gourrich on the Docket's Section Industrial Classification
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of Nathan Sameth)
May 14, 1936: Memo from William O. Douglas to Dean Charles Clark on Combined Law-Business Course
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 15, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Virgil Langtry
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 19, 1936: Letter from SEC Chairman James M. Landis to Dominick & Dominick requesting information on volume and value of transactions in American stocks executed for foreign accounts
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 20, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Justice Louis Brandeis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 29, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney Re HR8940
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 9, 1936: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 18, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Edward D. Jones, Edward D. Jones & Co.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 22, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to John A. Carroll, South Side Savings Bank & Trust
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 23, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Louis Wehle
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 23, 1936: Memo from William O. Douglas to Judge Burns
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 27, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Institute of Public Affairs
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 7, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 8, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 11, 1936: William O. Douglas, Margins and Markets, Response to Charles Gay, New York Stock Exchange
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
July 13, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Harold Laski, London School of Economics
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 14, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Professor Glenn Paxon
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 21, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Charles Gay, New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 22, 1936: Notes from SEC Meeting on Broker-Dealer Segregation
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 23, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Robert Jackson, Assistant Attorney General
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 27, 1936: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Thomas Corcoran
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 27, 1936: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Thomas Corcoran
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 28, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Justice Louis Brandeis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
August 3, 1936: Memo from J.Q. Newton
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
August 5, 1936: Letter from Francis P. Brassor, SEC Secretary to Senator Hugo Black
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 22, 1936: Memo from SEC Research Division to Chairman Landis on August 21st transactions in American stocks for foreign accounts
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
October 27, 1936: William O. Douglas, The Forces of Disorder, Address at the University of Chicago
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Y ale University Press)
October 28, 1936: Letter from Carl E. Parry, Federal Reserve, to SEC Chairman James Landis, with memo on comparative costs of trading in New York and London
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
October 30, 1936: Letter from Edith Waters to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 1936: William O. Douglas, Municipal Debt Readjustment, Paper read before the U.S. Conference of Mayors
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
November 2, 1936: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas re Deposit Agreements v. Proxies
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 23, 1936: Memo from R.W. Goldschmidt to SEC Chairman Landis on foreign trading in American securities
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
November 27, 1936: Letter from O.H. Allred, SEC Regional Administrator, to C. Roy Smith, Chief of SEC Oil and Gas Unit
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
November 30, 1936: Memo from SEC Research Division to Chairman Landis on comparison between reports on foreign transactions in American securities made to the Treasury and to the SEC
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
December 5, 1936: Telegram from Howard Judy, SEC Regional Administrator, to Allen Throop, SEC Assistant General Counsel
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
December 5, 1936: Telegram from Howard Judy, SEC Regional Administrator, to Allen Throop, SEC Assistant General Counsel
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
December 9, 1936: Memo from Paul P. Gourrich to SEC Chairman Landis with excerpts on foreign funds in U.S.A. markets
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
December 11, 1936: Confidential memo by Paul P. Gourrich on foreign buying
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
1937: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Annual Report
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
January 11, 1937: "Some Accounting Problems of the Securities and Exchange Commission" - Address by Carman G. Blough before the New York State Society of CPAs
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the AICPA Library Collection, University of Mississippi)
January 16, 1937: "Big Business, What Now?" - Joseph P. Kennedy, The Saturday Evening Post
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 19, 1937: SEC Release
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 25, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 28, 1937: Letter from R.E. McDonnell to Senator George Norris
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 1, 1937: Memo from Allen E. Throop to SEC Chairman James Landis, accompanying memorandum from Alexander Hawes on registration statement for Konversionskasse
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
February 15, 1937: Letter from Edith Waters to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 26, 1937: Memo from Paul P. Gourrich and R.W. Goldschmidt to Roswell McGill, Undersecretary of the Treasury on proposed transfer tax on foreign investments
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
March 1, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 2, 1937: Letter from the American Accounting Association to Carman Blough, SEC Chief Accountant
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 5, 1937: Letter from Arthur Young & Co. to Carman Blough, SEC Chief Accountant
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
March 10, 1937: Foreign Bond Report - Conclusions and Recommendations
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
March 20, 1937: William O. Douglas, Lawyers and Conflicts of Interest, Talk before the Eastern Law Students Conference
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
March 23, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 24, 1937: William O. Douglas, Investment Banking, Speech to The Bond Club of New York
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
March 31, 1937: Text of telegram from Henry Mann to Stewart C. Pratt, National City Bank on Konversionskasse
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 1937 (undated): Text of telegram from Stewart C. Pratt, National City Bank on issuance of dollar bonds in Germany
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 1, 1937: Text of telegram from Stewart C. Pratt, National City Bank to Henry Mann advising against suggested procedure of issuing funding bonds
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 5, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Representative Walter Chandler
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 8, 1937: Memo from Milton Katz to SEC Chairman James Landis with draft letter to "The Economist" on Konversionskasse 3% dollar bonds
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 24, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to E.M. Moore
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 29, 1937: Text of telegram from Henry Mann to Stewart C. Pratt, National City Bank on Konversionskasse
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 10, 1937: SEC Report on the Study and Investigation of the Work, Activities, Personnel and Functions of Protective Committees and Reorganization Committees, US Government Printing Office (introduction and excerpts)
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
May 11, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Justice Louis Brandeis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 14, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to John L. Lewis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 14, 1937: SEC Report on the Study and Investigation of the Work, Activities, Personnel and Functions of Protective and Reorganization Committees - Part V: Protective Committees and Agencies for Holders of Defaulted Foreign Government Bonds
[image] (pdf) (Government Records)
May 15, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Walter Lippmann
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 20, 1937: Letter from Stewart C. Pratt, National City Bank to SEC Chairman James Landis on German bonds
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 20, 1937: Transcript of Telephone Conversation between Stewart C. Pratt, City Bank-Farmers Trust Company and James Landis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 24, 1937: Memo from Allen E. Throop to SEC Chairman James Landis, responding to May 20th letter from Stewart Pratt
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 29, 1937: Letter from SEC Chairman James M. Landis to Stewart C. Pratt, National City Bank on filing requirements for German bonds
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
June 1937: William O. Douglas, The Need For Reform in Corporate Reorganizations, Address to the National Association of Credit Men
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
June 8, 1937: William O. Douglas, Protective Committees, Statement before Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
June 30, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 16, 1937: Memo from Samuel O. Clark, Jr. to the SEC Commission with July 13, 1937 letter and report from J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
July 21, 1937: Letter from SEC Chairman James M. Landis to Francis White, Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
July 22, 1937: Joint Release by the Department of State and the Securities and Exchange Commission - Establishment of a Board of Visitors for the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
July 29, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to J. Maynard Keynes
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
August 7, 1937: Letter from Utilities Holding Corporation to W.C. Gilman, SEC Public Utilities Division
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 12, 1937: Letter from Edmund Burke, Jr. to Representative Walter Chandler
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
August 13, 1937: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Release No. 1350 concerning the Alleghany Corporation and the Chesapeake Corporation
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of Richard Rowe)
August 20, 1937: Letter from William O. Douglas to F.J. Bailey, Bureau of the Budget
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 31, 1937: Address of SEC Commissioner Robert E. Healy at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of Stephen Zeff)
September 20, 1937: Letter from Association of American Railroads to SEC Chairman Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
October 2, 1937: Memo from David Saperstein to the SEC Commmission on the status of foreign selling survey
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
October 5, 1937: "Some Problems in Presentation of Financial Information to Investors" - Address by Carman G. Blough before the Controllers Institute of America
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the AICPA Library Collection, University of Mississippi)
October 8, 1937: Memorandum from Paul Gourrich to SEC Chairman William Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of Nathan Sameth)
October 12, 1937: Memo from Paul P. Gourrich to SEC Chairman Douglas on foreign stock transactions on October 11
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
October 18, 1937: Memorandums from Nathan Sameth to Paul Gourrich on the 1933 Act as well as on Replacement of Bearer Bonds by Registered Bonds
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of Nathan Sameth)
October 25, 1937: Memo from Chester Lane re Conference with Dorothy Kenyon
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
December 31, 1937: Letter from Chester T. Lane, SEC Assistant General Counsel, to Gaylord D. Adsit, Esq. on Rule MC4
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
December 31, 1937: Report to the Secretary of State from SEC Chairman William O. Douglas and Herbert Feis, Adviser on International Economic Affairs - Department of State, of the visit of the Board of Visitors for the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc. to the Counc
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
1938: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Annual Report
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
1938: Undated Memo from William O. Douglas on Chapter X of National Bankruptcy Act
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 6, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to John T. Flynn
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 6, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Morris Gutman, Lehman Brothers
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 7, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Representative Jerry Voorhis
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 10, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Edward H. Collins, The New York Herald Tribune
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 12, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Ernest Angell, SEC Regional Administrator
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 14, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 22, 1938: Letter from the Chicago Stock Exchange to Harold Neff, SEC Forms and Regulation Division
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 24, 1938: Letter from Goldman, Sachs & Co. to Ganson Purcell, SEC Trading and Exchange Division
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
January 26, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to David Lilienthal, Tennessee Valley Authority
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 28, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt re Over-the-Counter Brokers and Dealers
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 29, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Dr. Herbert Feis, State Department
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 29, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Representative Harry L. Englebright
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 29, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt re Financial Problems of Small Businesses
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 2, 1938: SEC Letter re Short Selling
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 4, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Justice Hugo Black
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 4, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Senator Francis T. Maloney
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 5, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Walter Breslav
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 5, 1938: SEC Release
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 8, 1938: Telegram from William Bacon, San Francisco Stock Exchange, to Ganson Purcell, SEC
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 10, 1938: Letter from New York Stock Exchange to Ganson Purcell, SEC Trading and Exchange Division
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 10, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Howard Buffett
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 10, 1938: Telegram from Lew Hahn, National Retail Dry Goods Association, to Harold Neff, SEC Division of Forms & Regulation
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 10, 1938: Telegram from Lew Hahn, National Retail Dry Goods Association, to Harold Neff, SEC Division of Forms & Regulation
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 11, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Charles Gay, New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 11, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Wesley W. Stout, The Saturday Evening Post
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 12, 1938: Letter from David Ginsburg to Felix Frankfurter
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of David Ginsburg)
February 12, 1938: Letter from Marriner S. Eccles, Federal Reserve to SEC Chairman William O. Douglas, with Mr. Eccles's letter to Herbert Feis, Adviser on International Economic Affairs, State Department
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
February 14, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to James Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 15, 1938: Letter from Standard Stock Exchange to Day Karr, SEC
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 17, 1938: Letter from Representative Boileau to SEC Chairman Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 17, 1938: Memo from Paul Gourrich to SEC Chairman Douglas on material on foreign transactions in American securities
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 18, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt re Federal Licensing Act for Corporations
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
February 21, 1938: Memo from Samuel Clark, Jr. to William O. Douglas re release of Protective Committee Study Report to press
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 24, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Representative Gerald J. Boileau
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 24, 1938: Mark-up of SEC Release on Regulation Z
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 25, 1938: SEC Release
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 28, 1938: Letter from Charlton Ogburn to SEC Chairman Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 28, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt re Financial Problems of Small Businesses
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 1, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt re Capital Markets
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 3, 1938: Letter from SEC Chairman William O. Douglas to J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
March 9, 1938: Memo from SEC Commissioner Hanes to Chairman Douglas on Lunsford "Jack" Yandell
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
March 22, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Thomas Dewey
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 22, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Thomas Dewey
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 25, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Howland S. Davis, New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 25, 1938: Partial letter from SEC Chairman William O. Douglas to J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
March 26, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 28, 1938: Electric Bond & Share v. SEC, No. 636
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 1, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Charles Gay, New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 1938: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Manual
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
April 2, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Joseph P. Kennedy
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 2, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to the Secretary of State
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 7, 1938: Letter from Secretary of State Cordell Hull to SEC Chairman William O. Douglas on sending Lunsford P. Yandell to London
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 11, 1938: Letter from SEC Chairman William O. Douglas to Francis White, Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 19, 1938: Memo from SEC Chairman William O. Douglas on Cuban Government Debt Plan
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 26, 1938: Letter from Frederic Delano, National Resources Committee, to SEC Chairman Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
April 26, 1938: Memo from SEC Chairman Douglas to Judge Healy on PUHCA
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 27, 1938: Letter from Felix Frankfurter to William O. Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 28, 1938: Letter from Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy to SEC Chairman Douglas on Lunsford "Jack" Yandell's work in London
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
April 28, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Felix Frankfurter
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 28, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Representative Clarence Lea
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
May 5, 1938: Letter from Charles Gay, New York Stock Exchange, to Ganson Purcell, SEC Trading and Exchange Division
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
May 6, 1938: Letter from Felix Frankfurter to William O. Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 8, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt, with letter to the Bureau of the Budget
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 9, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to President Roosevelt re SEC Commissioner George C. Mathews
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 10, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Roswell Magill, Under Secretary of the Treasury
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
May 16, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas re Willkie inquiry
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 18, 1938: Memo from Chester Lane on conference with William Mondell on Konversionskasse
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
May 18, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to John G. Forrest for Charles Gay
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 18, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to John G. Forrest for Charles Gay
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 26, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 27, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Julius Berens, Berens Financial News Bureau, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 9, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to SEC Commissioner Jerome Frank
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 18, 1938: Letter from Cincinnati Stock Exchange to Ganson Purcell, SEC Trading and Exchange Division
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
June 23, 1938: Letter from Francis P. Brassor to Representative Robert L. Bacon
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
June 28, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Marriner E. Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 1938: United States of America before the SEC in the Matter of Richard Whitney et al
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 8, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Francis E. Frothingham, Investment Bankers Association of America
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 23, 1938: Letter from Charles Eliot, National Resources Committee, to SEC Chairman Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 25, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Joseph C. O'Mahoney
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 26, 1938: Letter from Association of Stock Exchange Firms to SEC Chairman Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 27, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Representative Walter Chandler
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 28, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Charles W. Eliot 2nd, National Resources Committee
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
July 29, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to SEC Commissioner Robert Healy on the Whitney Report
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 30, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to SEC Commissioner Robert Healy on United Light and Power, and Electric Bond and Share
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
August 2, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to William Werntz on accounting practices
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 9, 1938: Letter from National Association of Accredited Publicity Directors, Inc. to William O. Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 15, 1938: Letter from George Mathews to William Bacon, San Francisco Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 23, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to Robert M. Hutchins, University of Chicago
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 28, 1938: Telegram from William O. Douglas to William McC. Martin, New York Stock Exchange
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
September 30, 1938: Letter from Consumers Power Co. to Harold Neff, SEC Forms and Regulation
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
October 1938: William O. Douglas, Virtues of the Administrative Process, Talk before Eighth Annual Forum on Current Problems
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
October 10, 1938: Memo from SEC Chairman Douglas re Associated Gas and Electric
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
October 13, 1938: Memo from SEC Commissioner Frank to SEC Chairman Douglas with comments on Yandell's report
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
October 14, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to James Roosevelt re Electric Bond and Share
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
October 24, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to Thomas Blaisdell
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 1938: William O. Douglas, Administrative Government in Action, Speech to Lotos Club
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
November 1938: William O. Douglas, Conservative Finance and the Holding Company Act, Talk to Harvard Club of Boston
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
November 8, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to the Attorney General
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 8, 1938: Memo from Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Director, Reorganization Division, to William O. Douglas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
November 12, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard Law School
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 22, 1938: Report on Foreign Dealings in American Securities - By Lunsford P. Yandell
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 23, 1938: Letter from Representative A.J. Sabath to Thomas Corcoran re Joseph L. Tupy
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
November 30, 1938: Memo from Walter C. Louchheim, Jr. to Ganson Purcell on Yandell Report on Foreign Dealings in American Securities by Lunsford P. Yandell
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
December 02, 1938: Letter from Senator Theodore Bilbo to SEC
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
December 6, 1938: Letter from William O. Douglas to C.E. Groesbeck, Electric Bond and Share Company
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
December 22, 1938: Memo from William O. Douglas to Chester Lane
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
December 27, 1938: Letter from Francis White, Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc. to SEC Chairman William O. Douglas re Colombia
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
1939: 1939 SEC Organizational Chart
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of National Archives)
1939: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Annual Report
[document] (pdf) (Government Records)
January 3, 1939: Letter from SEC Chairman William O. Douglas to Francis White, Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc.
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
1939: Undated Thomas Corcoran Memo on SEC Commission Succession
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
January 6, 1939: Letter from Francis White, Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc. to SEC Chairman William O. Douglas re Colombia
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
January 9, 1939: Letter from Counsellor, Canadian Legation, to SEC Chairman William O. Douglas on regulation of Canadian securities
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
January 26, 1939: Memo from Raoul Berger to Milton Freeman
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
February 21, 1939: Review by Members of the Staff of the Trading and Exchange Division of "Report on the London Stock Exchange" and "Report on Foreign Dealings in American Securities"
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 15, 1939: Final Report from M.L. Ramsay to the SEC Commissioners on the Collection and Dissemination of Information
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
March 15, 1939: On Amending the Law, SEC Statement to Stock Exchange Committee Report
[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Yale University Press)
March 20, 1939: Report on English Underwriting and Distribution, Methods and Practices - By Lunsford P. Yandell
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 11, 1939: Letter from William O. Douglas to Abe Fortas, SEC Public Utilities Division
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 24, 1939: Letter from William O. Douglas to George E. Bates, Harvard University
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 27, 1939: Memo from Jerome Frank to Thomas Corcoran with draft
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 27, 1939: Memo from Jerome Frank to Thomas Corcoran with draft Wall Street Journal article
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
April 28, 1939: Letter from William O. Douglas to Hector J. Dowd, SEC
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 31, 1939: Letter from Jerome Frank to William O. Douglas
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 31, 1939: Letter from Jerome Frank to William O. Douglas
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
May 31, 1939: Letter from Jerome Frank to William O. Douglas
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 16, 1939: Address of SEC Commissioner Robert E. Healy before the Harvard Business School Alumni Association
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of Stephen Zeff)
August 2, 1939: Letter from Jerome Frank to William O. Douglas
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)
August 7, 1939: Memorandum from Martin Riger, Assistant Director, Reorganization Division, to Chester Lane, General Counsel, on Chapters X and XI of the Bankruptcy Act
[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of Nathan Sameth)
August 26, 1939: Letter from SEC Chairman Jerome Frank to Secretary of State Cordell Hull on sale of bonds of the Republic of China in the United States
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
September 6, 1939: Letter from SEC Chairman Jerome Frank to the Secretary of State on hearing on Konversionskasse
[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
October 31, 1939: Notes of Herbert Feis, Adviser on International Economic Affairs, Department of State of meeting with the Department of the Treasury on foreign securities
[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

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