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

Collection Overview

Title: Oscar S. Cox Papers

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 6: Subject File, 1944-1963

Correspondence arranged alphabetically either by surname of correspondent or by subject. Included in this series is a folder "V. I. P. Letters (1945-66)," and files on personal matters.

Box 133

A.I.D. (Act for International Development and Security), 1961
Anglo-American Financial Agreements, 1946
Atomic Scientists, 1945
British Loan - 1946, 1946
Baruch, Bernard M. - Baruch Report, February 15, 1944
Baruch, Bernard M. - Miscellaneous
Baruch, Bernard M. - in re British Loan, 1946

Box 134

Cardozo, Benjamin N. - Cox ' drafts of various chapters of a book about Cardozo published by Macmillan's (1), 1933
Cardozo, Benjamin N. - Cox ' drafts of various chapters of a book about Cardozo published by Macmillan's (2), 1933
Cardozo, Benjamin N. - Cox ' drafts of various chapters of a book about Cardozo published by Macmillan's (3), 1933

Box 135

Cardozo, Benjamin N. - Cox's correspondence with Cardozo, Macmillan's, scholars and stuments of law and members of the bar in re publication of his book, The Philosophy of Benjamin N. Cardozo (1)
Cardozo, Benjamin N. - Cox's correspondence with Cardozo, Macmillan's, scholars and stuments of law and members of the bar in re publication of his book, The Philosophy of Benjamin N. Cardozo (2)
Cardozo, Benjamin N. - Cox's correspondence with Cardozo, Macmillan's, scholars and stuments of law and members of the bar in re publication of his book, The Philosophy of Benjamin N. Cardozo (3)

Box 136

Cox, Oscar S. - Personal Reoords
Cox, Oscar S. - Early years after Law School
Cox, Oscar S. - Memorandum from, July 1942
Cox, Oscar S. - Personal Interests, 1946-1962
Crop Warfare. Kearney, Cresson H.: "Some Unconventi onal Weapons to help win peace or victory for America."
Economic Cooperation Administration Memoranda, 1945-1948

Box 137

Economic Cooperation Administration Act, 1951
Guest Lists
Harriman, W. A. (1951)
Library of Congress
Marshall Plan (Clippings) (1), 1947
Marshall Plan (Clippings) (2), 1947
Marshall Plan (New), June 1958
National Security Resources Board, 1948-1950

Box 138

Roosevelt Campaign Speeches, 1944
Roosevelt State of the Union Speech, 1944
Roosevelt State of the Union Speech, 1945
Roosevelt D-Day Prayer Recording
Roosevelt Speeches - (Press Releases & Clippings), 1942-1945

Box 139

Speeches - Miscellaneous, 1942-1945
Truman, Harry S., 1945-1949
Two-Thirds Treaty Rule Amendment (Mostly clippings ), 1945
V.I.P. Letters [Collection of personal letters ], 1945-1966