T. Jefferson Coolidge Papers, 1934-1972 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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Collection Overview

Title: T. Jefferson Coolidge Papers, 1934-1972

Predominant Dates:1934-1938

Primary Creator: Coolidge, T. Jefferson

Extent: -1.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged into four series: Personal and Professional Correspondence, Memoranda, Report on Federal-State Relations, and Miscellaneous Materials.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of memoranda and other materials relating to the Treasury Department; carbon copies of daily memoranda written by Coolidge as Under Secretary to Henry Morgenthau; a copy of Coolidge's publication, Why Centralized Government?; a draft copy of the "Report of Committee on Federal-State Relation" and related correspondence; assorted personal and professional correspondence; and materials pertaining to Coolidge's testimony on the Debt Reduction Act of 1957.

Collection Historical Note

T. Jefferson Coolidge was appointed Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., in March 1934. On May 2 of that year he was appointed Under Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held until he resigned on February 1, 1936, to return to his Boston banking business. In 1941 Coolidge published Why Centralized Government?, and from 1947 to 1949 served as chairman of the Task Force on Federal-State Relations of the Commission of the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (First Hoover Commission).

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: T. Jefferson Coolidge

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1948-1951],
[Series 2: Memoranda, 1934-1941],
[Series 3: Report of the Committee on Federal-State Relations, 1947-1948],
[Series 4: Miscellaneous Materials, 1937-1957],
[All]

Series 1: Personal and Professional Correspondence, 1948-1951

Box 1

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1948-1950
Correspondence, January-May 1950
Correspondence, June-December 1950
Correspondence, January-May 1951
Correspondence, June-December 1951

Series 2: Memoranda, 1934-1941

Box 1

Daily Memoranda to the Secretary of the Treasury, July 1934 - April 1935
Daily Memoranda to the Secretary of the Treasury, September 1935 - February 1936
Memoranda on Finance and Silver, 1934-1936
Memoranda - Miscellaneous, 1938-1941

Series 3: Report of the Committee on Federal-State Relations, 1947-1948

Draft of report and related correspondence. Previously bound together, these materials were unbound and arranged in folders according to their original order.

Box 2

Cover Letter and Draft Report
Correspondence: September - November 1948
Correspondence: July - August 1948
Correspondence: April - June 1948
Correspondence: October 1947 - March 1948

Series 4: Miscellaneous Materials, 1937-1957

Box 2

Debt Reducion Act of 1957
Investment Bankers Speech, 1937-1938
Why Centralized Government?, 1941