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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
Series II: Personal File-- Correspondence
Series III: Personal File-- General
Series V: Australian Report
Series VII: Speeches
Series VIII: Miscellaneous Files
Series IX: Volumes

Henry Parker Willis papers, 1863-1937

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1 Adams, Charles Francis

Box 1 Andrew, A. Piatt

Box 1 Bancroft, Frederic

Box 1 Berkeley, Edmund (1863)

Box 1 Bigelow, Poultney

Box 1 Butler, Nicholas Murray

Box 1 Clark, James Beauchamp

Box 1 Cortelyou, George B.

Box 1 Cravath, Paul D.

Box 1 Delano, Frederic A.

Box 1 Dewey, David R.

Box 1 Edison, Thomas Alva

Box 1 Filene, Edward A.

Box 1 Fisher, Irving

Box 1 Glass, Carter


Box 2 Hirst, Francis W.

Box 2 Howe, Frederic C.

Box 2 Hull, Cordell

Box 2 Lee, Ivy L.

Box 2 Leffingwell, Russell C.

Box 2 McAdoo, William G.

Box 2 McClure, Samuel Sidney

Box 2 Morley, Christopher

Box 2 Peabody, George Foster

Box 2 Quezon, Manuel L.

Box 2 Redfield, William C.

Box 2 Rowe, Leo S.

Box 2 Schiff, Jacob H.

Box 2 Seligman, Edwin R.A.

Box 2 Sinclair, Upton

Box 2 Smith, Alfred E.

Box 2 Straus, Isidor

Box 2 Thwing, Charles F.

Box 2 Vanderlip, Frank A.

Box 2 Warburg, Paul M.

Box 2 Williams, John Sharp

Box 2 Wolman, Leo

Series II: Personal File-- Correspondence


Box 3 A

Box 3 Agger, E.E.

Box 3 Anderson, Benjamin M., Jr.

Box 3 B

Box 3 Beckhart, B. Haggott

Box 3 Bulkley, Robert J.


Box 4 C

Box 4 D


Box 5 E

Box 5 Edwards, George W.

Box 5 Ehrlich, W.J.

Box 5 Egbert, J.C.

Box 5 Elliott, Edward

Box 5 F

Box 5 Flannagan, W. W.

Box 5 Fletcher, Wilson


Box 6 G

Box 6 H

Box 6 Haig, Robert M.

Box 6 Hamlin, Charles S.

Box 6 Harding, W.P.G.

Box 6 Herter, Christian

Box 6 Hollander, J.H.

Box 6 Hollis, Henry

Box 6 I

Box 6 Inter-American High Commission


Box 7 J

Box 7 Jenks, John S., Jr.

Box 7 K

Box 7 Kammerer, E. W.

Box 7 Kirkbridge, F.W.

Box 7 L

Box 7 LaSalle University

Box 7 Linz, Clarence L.


Box 8 M

Box 8 N

Box 8 National Committee on People's Banks

Box 8 New International Encyclopedia

Box 8 O

Box 8 Oddie, Tasker


Box 9 P

Box 9 Paine, George H.

Box 9 Q

Box 9 R


Box 10 S

Box 10 Sprague, O.M.W.

Box 10 T

Box 10 U


Box 11 V

Box 11 W

Box 11 Walcott, Frederic C.

Box 11 Wilson, Emmett

Box 11 Willis, Gwendolen B.

Box 11 Willis, Olympia

Box 11 Willis, Rosa Johnston Brooke

Box 11 Y

Series III: Personal File-- General

Box 11 Addresses

Box 11 American Institute of Banking

Box 11 Articles


Box 12 Articles

Box 12 Articles--J.R. Commons

Box 12 Articles--Paul M. Warburg

Box 12 Banking Conference, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, 1928 June 4

Box 12 Banking Seminar

Box 12 Columbia University Courses

Box 12 Columbia University School of Business

Box 12 Federal Reserve Board

Box 12 Irish Trade Journal

Box 12 Ireland - First and Second Interim Report

Box 12 Letters to Senator Carter Glass from Constituents


Box 13 Memoranda

Box 13 Miscellaneous

Box 13 Notes

Box 13 Questionnaire on Finance Companies

Box 13 Roumania--Reports

Box 13 Trade Acceptances

Box 13 Trade Acceptances--Correspondence

Series IV: Philippine Banking

Subseries IV.1: Correspondence


Box 14 A

Box 14 B

Box 14 Burke

Box 14 C-F

Box 14 Ferguson, Samuel

Box 14 G-P


Box 15 Q

Box 15 R

Box 15 Robinson, Charles C.

Box 15 S

Box 15 T

Box 15 W

Box 15 Walcutt, C.C.

Box 15 Y

Subseries IV.2: Subject Files


Box 16 Addresses, Lectures, etc.

Box 16 Banking Legislation

Box 16 Hemp

Box 16 Philippine American Chamber of Commerce

Box 16 Philippine Memoranda

Box 16 Tobacco Industry

Box 16 U.S.-Philippine Trade

Box 16 Miscellaneous


Box 17 Philippine National Bank

Series V: Australian Report


Box 18 Correspondence

Box 18 Austalian Banking Legislation

Box 18 Diary of Australian Trip

Copies.

Box 18 Maps

Box 18 Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Proposed Company

Box 18 Newspaper Clippings

Box 18 Statistics and Information re: Farmer's Cooperative Associations, etc.

Box 18 Summary of Australian Statistics

Box 18 Test of Report on Trip to Australia


Box 19 Exhibit I--Tariff Figures and Agreements

Box 19 Exhibit II--Legal Opinions

Box 19 Exhibit III--Companies; Acts

Box 19 Exhibit IV--Banking Laws and Charters

Box 19 Exhibit V--Book Balance Sheets

Box 19 Exhibit VI--Wheat and Wool Tools

Box 19 Exhibit VII--Cooperative Concerns--Articles and Balance Sheets

Box 19 Exhibit VIII--Concerns Doing Business Between Australia and U.S.

Box 19 Exhibit IX--Photographs and Maps

Series VI: Federal Reserve Board

Suberies VI.1: Correspondence


Box 20 A-G

Box 20 Glass, Carter

Letters to, and related items

Box 20 H-J

Box 20 Jenks, John S., Jr.

Box 20 K-M


Box 21 N

Box 21 Norbeck, Peter

Box 21 O

Box 21 Owen, Peter

Box 21 P

Box 21 Paine, George H.

Box 21 Q-S

Box 21 Simmons, Furnfield

Box 21 T-W

Box 21 Wilson, Woodrow

Copies.

Box 21 Y

Suberies VI.2: Other Files


Box 22 Addresses

Box 22 Addresses

Box 22 Foreign Loans and Foreign Trade, 1925 June 25

Box 22 The Significance of Stable Currency and Banking in the Orient, 1919 February 16

Box 22 Other Authors

Box 22 Manuscripts

Box 22 The Federal Reserve System During the Crisis and Depression

Box 22 General, 3 folders


Box 23 American Finance and the European War

Box 23 American Trade Acceptance Council

Box 23 Banking Collapse of 1933

Box 23 Federal Reserve Board

Box 23 International Gold Fund

Box 23 Limit of Credit to Individuals

Box 23 The Pre-War Discount Policy of the Federal Reserve System ("Chapter 3")

Box 23 Revising the Federal Reserve Act

Box 23 Miscellaneous Notes

Box 23 Manuscripts by Other Authors

Box 23 Pamphlets by Other Authors

Box 23 Miscellaneous


Box 24 Memoranda, Notes, etc., 3 folders

Box 24 Minutes of Meetings, 1914-1916, 3 folders


Box 25 Minutes of Meetings, 1917 October-December

Box 25 Minutes of Meetings, 1917 September-1918

Box 25 Minutes of Meetings, 1918 January-July

Box 25 Minutes of Meetings--Miscellaneous and undated


Box 26 Regulations, Circulars, etc., 4 folders


Box 27 Annual Report

Draft

Box 27 Application Forms, Official Papers, etc.

Box 27 By-laws

Box 27 Directors, Choice of

Box 27 Docket, 1916 December

Box 27 Drafts of Acceptances Circular

Box 27 Exhibits from Seattle, Portland and San Francisco

Box 27 Federal Reserve Agents

Box 27 New York Office

Box 27 Reports

Box 27 Statements

Box 27 Uniform Draft

Box 27 Miscellaneous, 2 folders

Suberies VI.3: Legislative Bills and Reports


Box 28 Glass Bill, 1913, 3 folders

Box 28 General, 2 folders

Box 28 Banking Committee Report, 1913

Box 28 Banking and Currency Bill, 1913


Box 29 Agricultural Development, 1914

Box 29 Congratulations to Glass

Box 29 Congressional Testimonies

Box 29 Comments and Rconmendations (Glass Bill)

Box 29 Drafts of Legislation

Box 29 Testimony before Senate Committees

Box 29 Glass Bill Draft, 1912

Box 29 Exhibit, 1915 March

Box 29 B.H. Beckhart Comments on Glass Bill, 1931 October 12

Box 29 S.3215, 1932 March


Box 30 Testimony and Related Materials

Box 30 Miscellaneous Related Material

Series VII: Speeches


Box 31 Speeches, 1914-1932


Box 32 Speeches, 1933-1935


Box 33 Speeches, 1935-1936

Box 33 Speeches--Undated--A-N


Box 34 Speeches--Undated--O-Z

Box 34 Miscellaneous Related Material

Series VIII: Miscellaneous Files


Box 35 Journal of Commerce Schedules

Manuscripts


Box 36 Books--Chapters and Related Items


Box 37 The Financial Letter

Also called The Financial Situation.

Box 37 Miscellaneous, A - Z

Box 37 Miscellaneous, 1935

Box 37 Fragments

Box 37 Miscellaneous Related Items

Box 37 Document (Passport)

Box 37 Printed Material

Series IX: Volumes

134 volumes including reports, letters, statements and other material of the Federal Reserve System; reports of the Irish Banking Commission; various materials pertaining to the Philippine National Bank and the Indian Central Banking Enquiry Committee; and other items.


Volume 1 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 1, 1914 August-1916 January


Volume 2 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 2, 1914 August-1916 January


Volume 3 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 3, 1916 January-June


Volume 4 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 4, 1916 June-1917 January


Volume 5 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 5, 1917 February-June


Volume 6 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 6, 1917 July-December


Volume 7 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 7, 1918 January-June


Volume 8 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 8 and 9, 1918 July-December


Volume 9 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 10, 1919 January-June


Volume 10 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 11, 1919 July-December


Volume 11 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 12, 1920 January-June


Volume 12 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 13, 1920 July-December


Volume 13 Mimeograph Letters and Statements Federal Reserve Board Volume 14, 1921 January-December


Volume 14 Pamphlets on Federal Reserve Act, etc.


Volume 15 Conference of Federal Reserve, 1928 June 4-5


Volume 16 Report to the Reserve Bank Organization Committee by the Preliminary Committee on Organization, Confidential No. 233


Volume 17 Various Publications, Journal of the American Bankers Association, Volume 6, Number 1, 1913 July


Volume 18 American Bankers Association 1917; Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Convention, Published by Fred E. Farnsworth, 1917


Volume 19 Third Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board, 1916


Volume 20 Second Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board, 1915


Volume 21 Chamber of Commerce Referendum No. 45 on Advisory Committee's Report - Powers of National Banks


Volume 22 H.R. 6855 68 Congress, 1st Session, circa 1923-1925


Volume 23 Powers and Functions of Federal Reserve Branch Banks Federal Reserve Board, Washington, 1922 June


Volume 24 Recommendations of the Federal Advisory Council to the Federal Reserve Board, 1915


Volume 25 Fourth Conference of Federal Reserve Agents Volume 1, 1916 December


Volume 26 Fourth Conference of Federal Reserve Agents Volume 2, 1916 December


Volume 27 Congressional Digest, Washington DC March 1926; McFadden Banking Bill, 1926


Volume 28 Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency US Senate, 72nd Congress 1st Session on S. 4115, 1932 March 23-25


Volume 29 Operation of the National and Federal Reserve Banking Systems Hearings; Senate Resolution 71, 1931 March 2


Volume 30 Federal Reserve Bulletin January 1927 to December 1927, Washington: GPO., 1927


Volume 31 63rd Congress 1st Session 5,7 April 7 1913; other Senate Bill regarding Federal Reserve Act., 1913


Volume 32 Copies of Replies to Sullivan Questionnaire


Volume 33 H.R. 6454 63rd Congress, 1st Session; various other Bills, circa 1913-1915


Volume 34 Fourteenth Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Board, 1927


Volume 35 Federal Reserve Board Conferences, 1915 and 1918


Volume 36 Reserve Bank Organization Committee Division and Location of Banks and Head Offices, 1- 750


Volume 37 Reserve Bank Organization Committee Division and Location of Banks and Head Offices, 751 - 1550


Volume 38 Reserve Bank Organization Committee Division and Location of Banks and Head Offices, 1551 - 2250


Volume 39 Reserve Bank Organization Committee Division and Location of Banks and Head Offices, 2251 - 3000


Volume 40 Reserve Bank Organization Committee Division and Location of Banks and Head Offices, 3001 - 3750


Volume 41 H.R. 6454 Committee Print; H.R. 7837 House Banking and Currency Bill


Volume 42 First Federal Conference on Business Reporting Federal Reserve Board (First of Four), 1921 February 21-22


Volume 43 First Federal Conference on Business Reporting Federal Reserve Board (Second of Four), 1921 February 21-22


Volume 44 First Federal Conference on Business Reporting Federal Reserve Board (Third of Four), 1921 February 21-22


Volume 45 First Federal Conference on Business Reporting Federal Reserve Board (Fourth of Four), 1921 February 21-22


Volume 46 Federal Reserve Committee on Branch, Group, and Chain Banking - Statistical Data, 1931 November 6


Volume 47 Accounting System for Regional Banks - Marwick, Mitchell, Peat Co., 1914 June 6


Volume 48 Accounting System for Regional Banks - Marwick, Mitchell, Peat Co., 1914 June 6

Duplicate.


Volume 49 Accounting Forms for Regional Banks - Marwick, Mitchell, Peat Co.


Volume 50 General Statement and Credit Forms - Marwick, Mitchell, Peat Co.


Volume 51 Newspaper Clippings Springfield Republican, Starting February 4 1902, 1902-


Volume 52 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting May 24 1902., 1902-


Volume 53 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting September 29, 1902., 1902-


Volume 54 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting May 22, 1907, 1907-


Volume 55 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting February 4, 1902, 1902-


Volume 56 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting July 5,1905, 1905-


Volume 57 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting February 28, 1906, 1906-


Volume 58 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting October 24, 1905, 1905-


Volume 59 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting April 10, 1909, 1909-


Volume 60 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting September 23, 1908, 1908-


Volume 61 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting July 5, 1909, 1909-


Volume 62 Newspaper Clippings Journal of Commerce and Commercial, Starting March 23, 1910, 1910-


Volume 63 Miscellaneous News Clippings and Letters regarding "Our Philippine Problem," starting 1905, 1905-


Volume 64 Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, 1926


Volume 65 Indian Currency and Finance Volume 4 & 5, Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, 1926


Volume 66 Miscellaneous, Adolft Wagner

In German


Volume 67 Banking Act 1931-1932 I, 1931-1932

Willis comments on draft bill


Volume 68 Banking Act 1931-1932 II, 1931-1932


Volume 69 Banking Act 1931-1932 III, 1931-1932


Volume 70 Banking Act 1931-1932 IV, 1931-1932


Volume 71 Banking Act 1931-1932 V, 1931-1932


Volume 72 Banking Act 1931-1932 VI, 1931-1932


Volume 73 Senate Drafts I-VII 1931-1932 S-l 72nd Congress 1st Session, 1931 December 9


Volume 74 Banking Act Advisor's Report, 1931-1932


Volume 75 S 4115 Banking Act 1932 72nd Congress 1st Session, 1932 April 2


Volume 76 S 3215 Glass Bill, 1932


Volume 77 Banking Plans, Monetary Commission Plan, Muhleman Plan, Fowler Plan


Volume 78 Approved Minutes of Philippine National Bank Manila, P.I., February 26 1916 to August 25 1916, Volume I., 1916 February 26-August 25


Volume 79 Philippine National Bank Reports, 1916 June 13


Volume 80 Philippine National Bank Minutes, 1916 July 11-1917 February


Volume 81 Federal Reserve Act Drafts and Comparison with Aldrich Bill, 1913 April 1


Volume 82 Weekly Financial Review H. Clews & Co. 1919 - 1921, 1921 Jaunary 8


Volume 83 Banking Inquiry 1925 Volume I, Report of an Inquiry into Contemporary Banking in the U.S., 1925


Volume 84 Banking Inquiry 1925 Volume II, 1925


Volume 85 Banking Inquiry 1925 Volume III, 1925


Volume 86 Banking Inquiry 1925 Volume IV, 1925


Volume 87 Banking Inquiry 1925 Volume V, 1925


Volume 88 Banking Inquiry 1925 Volume VI, 1925


Volume 89 Banking Inquiry 1925 Interviews Appendix A, 1925


Volume 90 Banking Inquiry 1925 Digest of Certain Provisions in State Bank Acts Appendix C, 1925


Volume 91 Banking Inquiry 1925 Branch Banking Abroad Appendix D, 1925


Volume 92 Banking and Business, Institute of Banking NY Chapter, 1918 Autumn


Volume 93 51 - Money and Banking First Half Year 1917-1918, 1917-1918


Volume 94 153 - Banking and Credit First Half Year 1917-1918, 1917-1918


Volume 95 52 - Banking Organization and Administration Second Half Year 1917-1918, 1917-1918


Volume 96 Banking Operation First Half Year 1919-1920, 1919-1920


Volume 97 Banking and Credit First Half Year 1920-1921, 1920-1921


Volume 98 Reserves and Rediscounts Second Half Year 1920-1921, 1920-1921


Volume 99 Commercial Paper First Half Year 1920-1921, 1920-1921


Volume 100 Central Reserve Banking First Half Year 1920-1921, 1920-1921


Volume 101 Banking Seminar, 1920-1921


Volume 102 Financial Institutions First Half Year 1921-1922, 1921-1922


Volume 103 Banking and Credit First Half Year 1921-1922, 1921-1922


Volume 104 Banking and Credit, International Relations, and Theory of International Banking Second Half Year 1921-1922, 1921-1922


Volume 105 Mortgage Banking and Rural Credits Second Half Year 1919-1920, 1919-1920


Volume 106 Banking 114 International Banking and Foreign Lending Spring Semester 1924-1925, 1924-1925


Volume 107 Banking 104 Money and Currency Spring Semester 1924 -1925, 1924-1925


Volume 108 Banking 102 Bank Portfolios and Short Term Lending Spring Semester 1924-1925, 1924-1925


Volume 109 Banking Lectures, 1929-1933


Volume 110 Banking 101 Commercial Paper First Half Year, undated


Volume 111 Banking 103 First Half Year, undated


Volume 112 Banking Seminar, 1927-1928


Volume 113 Banking Legislation Second Half Year, undated


Volume 114 Business of Journalism, undated


Volume 115 Class Notes, 1931-1932

Notes for classes for other years as well.


Volume 116 Gold Standard, Carel J. Smit and William Adams Brown Jr. - The International Gold Standard Reinterpreted


Volume 117 Indian Central Banking Enquiry, 1931


Volume 118 German Bank Inquiry of 1908 National Monetary Commission Stenographic Reports 61st Congress 2nd Session Senate Document 407, circa 1908


Volume 119 The Savings Bank and Its Practical Work, Wm. H. Kniffin Jr.


Volume 120 Report of the Federal Trade Commission Price Bases Inquiry - The Basing-Point Formula and Cement Prices, 1932 March


Volume 121 Report of the Committee of Experts 1929 - Multi-National Group Report on Reparations Payments from Germany, 1929


Volume 122 Irish Banking Commission Sessions Volume I, 1926 March 9-18


Volume 123 Irish Banking Commission Sessions Volume II, 1926 March 18-31


Volume 124 Irish Banking Commission Sessions Volume III, 1926 March 14-May 31


Volume 125 Irish Banking Commission Sessions Volume IV, 1926 June 1-July 1


Volume 126 Irish Banking Commission Agricultural Papers, 1926


Volume 127 Irish Banking Commission Report Drafts Volume 1, Note Currency Memorandum as Adopted, First Interim Report, 1926 April 16


Volume 128 Irish Banking Commission Drafts Volume 2, 1927


Volume 129 Irish Banking Commission Acts and Reports Volume 3 (First to Fourth Interim Reports and several Appendices), 1926


Volume 130 Irish Banking Commission Acts and Reports Volume 4, 1927


Volume 131 Irish Banking Commission Reports and Drafts Volume 5, 1926


Volume 132 Irish Banking Commission Final Draft, 1927 January 11


Volume 133 Agricultural Report - Ireland, 1914 May


Volume 134 National Bank of Ireland - W. Hallhead 1779, 1779