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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],
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Series 8: ClippingsAdd to your cart.
Newspaper clippings, generally arranged by topic, however, there is a chronological file for 1945.  Also included is a folder entitled "Maps."  The bulk of this material covers the period 1943-45.

Box 153Add to your cart.

GeneralAdd to your cart.

White House Press Releases, 1943Add to your cart.

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1943Add to your cart.

Government Reorganization, 1944Add to your cart.

PeaceAdd to your cart.

Box 154Add to your cart.

Presidential Campaign, 1944Add to your cart.

Presidential Election (1), 1944Add to your cart.

Presidential Election (2), 1944Add to your cart.

Mexico City Conference (1), 1945Add to your cart.

Mexico City Conference (2), 1945Add to your cart.

Box 155Add to your cart.

Mexico City Conference (3), 1945Add to your cart.

Mexico City Conference (4), 1945Add to your cart.

1945, March 23, 1945Add to your cart.

1945, April 15, 1945-April 16,1945Add to your cart.

1945, July 7, 1945Add to your cart.

1945, August 22, 1945Add to your cart.

United Nations Conference, April 24, 1945Add to your cart.

Box 156Add to your cart.

San Francisco ConferenceAdd to your cart.

War (1)Add to your cart.

War (2)Add to your cart.

MapsAdd to your cart.

Gen. George C . Marshall - ChinaAdd to your cart.

MiscellaneousAdd 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]