Richard V. Gilbert Papers, 1939-1948 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Collection Overview
Title: Richard V. Gilbert Papers, 1939-1948
Primary Creator: Richard Gilbert (1902-1985)
Extent: 8.0 Linear Feet
Collection Historical Note
Richard Vincent Gilbert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 6, 1902 and educated at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1931.
As a member of the Harvard faculty from 1924 to 1939, Gilbert taught courses in economic history and money and banking and participated in the Fiscal Policy Seminar at Littauer School of Public Administration, 1937- 39. He also taught courses in money and banking at Radcliffe College and international trade and finance at the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy from 1934 to 1939.
In 1939 and 1940, Gilbert was the Director of the Division of Industrial Economics and Economic Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce. He then became Director of the Defense Economics Section of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (formerly the Price Stabilization Division of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense), Economic Advisor to the Administration, and, from 1941 to 1946, Director of Research for the Office of Price Administration. He was a consulting economist from 1946 to 1949 and then joined Schenley Industries, Inc. as an Assistant to the Chairman of the Board. He later became a Vice President of the company.
Dr. Gilbert is the author of numerous articles and, with others, wrote a book entitled An Economic Program for American Democracy, which was published in 1938.
The papers of Richard V. Gilbert cover the period 1939 to 1948, during most of which he was a Federal Government employee. With few exceptions, the papers consist of official correspondence, memoranda, speech drafts, reports, and printed matter. Since Gilbert and his associates collaborated on the numerous reports and speech drafts written for the use of their agency and others, the authorship of certain items is unclear. For this reason, reports and speech drafts are generally filed with the records of the agency for which Gilbert was working at the time. The papers have been arranged in a single alphabetical series.
Died in October 1985.
Administrative Information
Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Access Restrictions: None
Use Restrictions: Mr. Gilbert's copyright interests in these papers have been donated to the United States Government.
Acquisition Source: Richard V. Gilbert
Acquisition Method: The papers were donated to the Library by Dr. Richard V. Gilbert.
Related Materials: President Is Official File 4403 (Office of Price Administration), OF 813A (Advisory Commission to Council of National Defense), OF 3 (Commerce Department), President’s Secretary's File: Commerce Department, 1939-40, PSF: Office of Price Administration, papers of Gerhard Colm, Mordecai Ezekiel, Leon Henderson, Harry L. Hopkins, and the records of the Council of National Defense Advisory Commission.
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Box 2
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Box 3
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ADA, December 1947
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ADA: Joint Committee on Economics Report, 1947-1948
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ADA: Proposed Anti-Inflation Measures, 1948
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ADA World and Congressional Scorecard
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ADA: Related Correspondence: A - H
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ADA: Related Correspondence: I - Z
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ADA: (Miscellaneous Reports, Drafts, etc.)
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ADA: (Miscellaneous Reports, Drafts, etc.)
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Box 4
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Box 5
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Commerce Department, October 1939
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Commerce Department, November 1939
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Commerce Department, December 1939 and 1939 Miscellaneous
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Commerce Department, May-July 1940
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Commerce Department, August 1940-1942
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Commerce Department: Low-Cost Housing Program, 1938-1941
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Commerce Department: Speeches and Radio Scripts, 1939-1940
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Commerce Department: Shipping Date, 1940-1942
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Box 6
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Box 8
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Box 9
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Box 11
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Box 12
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Office of Price Administration, November-December 1941
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Office of Price Administration, January-March 1942
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Office of Price Administration, April-June 1942
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Office of Price Administration, July-August 1942
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Office of Price Administration, September-October 1942
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Office of Price Administration, November-December 1942
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Office of Price Administration, January-February 1943
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Box 13
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Office of Price Administration, March-April 1943
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Office of Price Administration, May-July 1943
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Office of Price Administration, August-October 1943
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Office of Price Administration, November-December 1943
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Office of Price Administration, January-April 1944
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Office of Price Administration, May-June 1944
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Office of Price Administration, July-August 1944
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Box 14
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Office of Price Administration, September 1944
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Office of Price Administration, October-December 1944
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Office of Price Administration, January-August 1945
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Office of Price Administration, September-December 1945
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Office of Price Administration, 1946
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Office of Price Administration Miscellaneous, Undated
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Office of Production Management
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P General
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Palestine
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Box 15
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Box 16
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Printed Matter
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Rabinovitz, Sidney, 1943-1944
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Railroads: Classification of Investment in Road and Equipment of Steam Roads by Interstate Commerce Commission, 1943
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Railroads: Summary of 1920-1941 Statistics of Class I Railways
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Railway Statistics, c.1929-1946
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Record of War Plane Deliveries
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Reference Material
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Riley, Roderick H., 1939-1940
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Box 17
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Box 18
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Speeches on the Federal Reserve by Marriner S. Eccles
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Speeches on the Federal Security Agency by Paul V. McNutt
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Speeches Given by Others
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - Talk before the National League of Women Voters in New York City, April 30, 1940
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - Proposed Seminar on "The Present Relations between Money and Income", January 14, 1941
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - Speech at George Washington University, March 14, 1941
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "The Investment Factor Method of Forecasting Business Activity", Econometric Society, December 27, 1941
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - Statement Issued by Mr . Gilbert to the Wage Stabilization Conference, Airframe Manufacturing Industry, Hollywood, CA, July 13, 1942
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Will We Be Able to Control Inflation?" Agricultural Outlook Conference, 1942, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1942
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Price Control and Fiscal Policy", OPA Training Program for Price Control, December 8, 1942
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Can We Feed Ourselves and Our Allies Under Present Price Ceilings?, April 22, 1943
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - Subsidizing Food Prices, American Forum of the Air, Washington, D.C., June 6, 1943
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Should Price Ceilings Be Relaxed?" Northwestern University Reviewing Stand, October 17, 1943
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Price Policy", Agricultural Outlook Conference, Washington, D. C., October 18, 1943
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Government Controls Over Marketing After the War", American Marketing Conference, New York City, January 13, 1944
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Should Prime Ceilings Be Maintained? ", R.V. Gilbert vs . Jules Backman, Wake Up America Program, New York, October 7, 1945
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Stabilization in the Transition Period'', The Society for the Advancement of Management, New York, December 1, 1945
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Speeches and Statements by R.V. Gilbert - "Does Price Control Mean Fewer Jobs?" R. V. Gilbert vs. Henri Hazlitt, Wake Up America Program, New York, January 6, 1946
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Statements on the Economy, 1947
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Steel and Scrap
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Box 19
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Box 20
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