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Oscar S. Cox Papers | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: Oscar S. Cox PapersAdd to your cart.

Primary Creator: Cox, Oscar

Extent: 67.7 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: The papers are arranged into eight series.  Those series are generally arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically.

Date Acquired: 08/03/1967

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The papers are divided into eight series. The first five focus on Cox's various roles as a legal and adminstrative council in the president's administration up to and during World War II (1938-1945).  The contents are of an official nature, except for personal correspondence which is confined to paragraphs in otherwise official letters, and diaries.  They reflect Cox's involvement in his various federal government posts, but because of his many assignments, often held concurrently, the files overlap. General Counsel, Lend-Lease Administration and Office of Emergency Management material, are located both in the files pertaining to lend-lease and the Justice Department.

Collection Historical Note

Oscar Sydney Cox was born in Portland, Maine, on December 3, 1905. He attended Masschusetts Institute of Technology, and received his Ph.B. (1927) and LL.B. (1929) from Yale University.  Cox was associated with the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, and a member of both the Supreme Court and New York bars from 1929 to 1934. He was appointed the City of New York's assistant corporation counsel in charge of taxes (1934), and held this post until 1938. His federal government career began in 1938 when he was appointed Assistant to the General Counsel, U. S. Treasury Department, a post he held until 1941. Cox then served as General Counsel of both the Lend-Lease Administration and the Office of Emergency Management (1941-1943); Assistant Solicitor General of the United States (Feb., 1942-Dec., 1943); General Counsel, Foreign Economic Administration (Dec., 1943-Jan., 1945); and Deputy Administrator, Foreign Economic Administration (Jan.-Oct., 1945). Mr. Cox died in Washington, D. C. on October 4, 1966.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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

Use Restrictions: These papers contain documents restricted in accordance with Executive Order 11652; also material which might be used to embarrass, harass or injure living persons has been closed.

Acquisition Source: Mrs. Oscar Cox

Acquisition Method: Donation

Related Materials: Material relating to Oscar Cox will be found in PPF 8746 (Oscar Cox). Material related to his service in the Treasury Department will be found in PSF: Treasury and OF 21 (Treasury Department); Lend-Lease and OF 4193 (Lend-Lease Agreements); Office of Solicitor General in OF 10-F (Solicitor General); and Foreign Economic Administration in OF 5430 (Foreign Economic Administration).

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Alphabetical File],
[Series 2: Treasury Department Files, 1938-1941],
[Series 3: Justice Department Files, 1941-1943],
[Series 4: Lend Lease File],
[Series 5: United Nations File],
[Series 6: Subject File, 1944-1963],
[Series 7: Diaries and Related Materials],
[Series 8: Clippings],
[All]


Series 3: Justice Department Files, 1941-1943Add to your cart.
Correspondence for the period 1941-43 arranged either alphabetically by subject (Containers 59-69) or chronologically (Containers 70-77).  This material deals with Justice Department and Office of Emergency Management matters while Cox was employed as General Counsel for O. E. M. and Assistant Solicitor General of the United States.

Box 59Add to your cart.

Attorney General (Chronological Memoranda)Add to your cart.

Beckley, W. BruceAdd to your cart.

Bedeaux CaseAdd to your cart.

British War CabinetAdd to your cart.

Child Care Act (S.ll30)Add to your cart.

ChinaAdd to your cart.

Coal StrikeAdd to your cart.

Coal Strike - Executive Order Taking Over Coal MinesAdd to your cart.

Coal Strike - General FileAdd to your cart.

Coal Strike - Legislation (Smith-Connally Act )Add to your cart.

Coal Strike: Beta MessageAdd to your cart.

Committees - Interdepartmental (Represented by General Counsel)Add to your cart.

Confidential Information, Power of Congress to Compel Executive Disclosure ofAdd to your cart.

Box 60Add to your cart.

Courts Martial Manual - Military CommissionAdd to your cart.

Cox - Official Duties, Authorizations, AssignmentsAdd to your cart.

DeferAdd to your cart.

Domestic Economic MeasuresAdd to your cart.

Domestic, Post WarAdd to your cart.

Demobilization and ReadjustmentAdd to your cart.

Defense - Compensation for ConsultantsAdd to your cart.

Executive Participation in Congressional DebatesAdd to your cart.

Federal Criminal Law EnforcementAdd to your cart.

Food - Executive Order, 1943Add to your cart.

Box 61Add to your cart.

Foreign Propaganda Activities, Control ofAdd to your cart.

Forty Hour WeekAdd to your cart.

Free Movement of Persons Bill (S.2883)Add to your cart.

Further Action, Matters forAdd to your cart.

German Saboteurs, Trial of (I)Add to your cart.

German Saboteurs, Trial of (II)Add to your cart.

Box 62Add to your cart.

German Saboteurs, Trial of (III)Add to your cart.

Government Contractors - Legislation to Remove Civil Action to District CourtAdd to your cart.

Government Empl oyeesAdd to your cart.

Group HealthAdd to your cart.

Handler, MiltonAdd to your cart.

Ickes, Harold L.Add to your cart.

Informers' SuitsAdd to your cart.

In-Plant FeedingAdd to your cart.

Legislative Program, 1943Add to your cart.

Box 63Add to your cart.

Manpower LegislationAdd to your cart.

MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.

Office of Price Administration - Exec. OrderAdd to your cart.

Office of War Information - Exec. OrderAdd to your cart.

OpinionsAdd to your cart.

Price ControlAdd to your cart.

Psychological WarfareAdd to your cart.

Box 64Add to your cart.

Quantitative Aspects of the LawAdd to your cart.

Quinn, T. D.: Administrative, Personnel and Service Memoranda to ________Add to your cart.

Radio Censorship OpinionsAdd to your cart.

RailroadsAdd to your cart.

RationingAdd to your cart.

Rubber (1), 1942-1943Add to your cart.

Rubber (2), 1942-1943Add to your cart.

Selective Servi ce ActAdd to your cart.

Sel ective Service Act - Draft MattersAdd to your cart.

Sel ective Service Act - Draft RegulationsAdd to your cart.

Box 65Add to your cart.

Servicemen - Absentee Voting (I)Add to your cart.

Servicemen - Absentee Voting (II)Add to your cart.

Servicemen, Returning - Education and TrainingAdd to your cart.

Servicemen - Fed. old-age and survivors insurance forAdd to your cart.

Servicemen - Six Point Program of the PresidentAdd to your cart.

Soong FamilyAdd to your cart.

Speeches - Attorney GeneralAdd to your cart.

Speech Material (Drafts )Add to your cart.

Box 66Add to your cart.

Stabilization of the National Economy- Exec. Order (I)Add to your cart.

Stabilization of the National Economy - Exec. Order (II)Add to your cart.

State Department -Exec. OrdersAdd to your cart.

Statutues of Limitations, Suspension of (H.R. 6484)Add to your cart.

SubsidiesAdd to your cart.

Box 67Add to your cart.

Subversive Activities, Sedition, EspionageAdd to your cart.

Subversive Charges, Committee on -Exec. OrderAdd to your cart.

Style ManualAdd to your cart.

Things to DoAdd to your cart.

Trade BarriersAdd to your cart.

TransportationAdd to your cart.

Urgent Deficiencies BillAdd to your cart.

Veterans' LegislationAdd to your cart.

Voting - State Laws Regulating Voting HoursAdd to your cart.

Voting - War WorkersAdd to your cart.

Wage StabilizationAdd to your cart.

Box 68Add to your cart.

War Cabinet and War SecretariatAdd to your cart.

War CriminalsAdd to your cart.

War Food AdministrationAdd to your cart.

War Materials - Acquisition and Financing of War Plants, 1943Add to your cart.

War Materials - Short Supply ItemsAdd to your cart.

War Materials - Disposition of Surplus Property, 1943-January 1944Add to your cart.

War MobilizationAdd to your cart.

Box 69Add to your cart.

War Powers Act, FirstAdd to your cart.

War Powers Act, SecondAdd to your cart.

War Powers Act, ThirdAdd to your cart.

War Powers Act, Compilation of PrecedentsAdd to your cart.

War Powers of the PresidentAdd to your cart.

War Relocation Authority - Executive OrderAdd to your cart.

War Security ActAdd to your cart.

Wartime Interpretation of Legislative and Executive OrdersAdd to your cart.

WiretappingAdd to your cart.

Box 70Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, March 1942-June 1942Add to your cart.

Box 71Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, August 1942-October 1942Add to your cart.

Box 72Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, November 1942-January 15, 1943Add to your cart.

Box 73Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, January 15, 1943-March 31, 1943Add to your cart.

Box 74Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, April 1, 1943-May 31, 1943Add to your cart.

Box 75Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, June 1, 1943-August 1943Add to your cart.

Box 76Add to your cart.

Chronological Correspondence, September 1943-December 1943Add to your cart.

Box 77Add to your cart.

Opinions Rendered by Mr. CoxAdd to your cart.

Monopoly Committee Study of Enforcement ProcessAdd to your cart.

Executive Orders 7261- 7791Add to your cart.

TNEC Study of Enforcement ProcessAdd to your cart.

Taxation ThesaurusAdd to your cart.

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Alphabetical File],
[Series 2: Treasury Department Files, 1938-1941],
[Series 3: Justice Department Files, 1941-1943],
[Series 4: Lend Lease File],
[Series 5: United Nations File],
[Series 6: Subject File, 1944-1963],
[Series 7: Diaries and Related Materials],
[Series 8: Clippings],
[All]