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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
Series V: Biographical & Articles About Levitt
Series VII: Arthur Levitt Sr. Papers
Series IX: Digital Materials
Series XI: NEA Controversy
Series XII: Oversized Documents
Series XIII: SEC Correspondents Index

Arthur Levitt papers, 1948-2007

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Series IV: Speeches Background Material

Printed materials, speeches by others with associated correspondence, notes and drafts relating to specific subjects and to public speaking in general.

Subseries IV.1: Individual Speakers' files

Individual files with speaches' texts by selected speakers


Box 19 Folder 4 Brademas, John New York University, President, 1986 - 1989

Box 19 Folder 5 Grace, J. Peter Foundation for the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, Inc., Apr. - Jun. 1984

Box 19 Folder 6 Hunter, David W. SIA (Chairman); Parker/Hunter Inc., 1976 - 1984

[Includes undated speech honoring A. Levitt at B'nai B'rith Dinner]

Box 19 Folder 7 Kolton, Paul American Stock Exchange (Chairman), 1971 - 1977


Box 20 Folder 1 Peterson, Peter G. Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, Inc., 1981 - 1984

Box 20 Folder 2 Williams, Harold M. US SEC (Chairman), 1978 - 1981

Box 20 Folder 3 Alda, Alan A - C, May 25, 1980

Box 20 Folder 3 Allen, Peter J. Human Resources Network, Feb. 17, 1978

Subseries IV.2: Various speakers

Arranged alphabetically

Box 20 Folder 3 Baldwin, Robert H.B. Morgan Stanley & Co.; SIA (Chairman), Dec. 1977 - Nov. 1978

Box 20 Folder 3 Bernstein, Peter L. Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., Mar. 1977 - Apr. 1978

Box 20 Folder 3 Biggs, Barton M. Morgan Stanley & Co., n.d.

Box 20 Folder 3 Birch, David, 1979

Box 20 Folder 3 Bladen, Ashley Guardian Life Insurance Co., Jan. 15, 1980

Box 20 Folder 3 Boothby, Willard S., Jr. SIA (Chairman-elect), Dec. 1, 1978

Box 20 Folder 3 Bunting, John R. First Pennsylvania Corp., Oct. 27, 1977

Box 20 Folder 3 Burns, Arthur F. Chairman, Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, Oct. 27, 1977

Box 20 Folder 3 Butcher, Willard C. Chase Manhattan Bank, Oct. 5, 1983

Box 20 Folder 3 Chandler, John W. Williams College, 1979 - 1983

Box 20 Folder 3 Collier, D. W., Oct. 3, 1977

Box 20 Folder 3 Cooper, Alan B. Wright State University, May 7, 1984

Box 20 Folder 3 Corn, Ira G. Michigan General Corp., Feb. 22, 1982

Box 20 Folder 3 Cox, Carol G. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Dec. 13, 1983

Box 20 Folder 3 Cox, Morris A. William Volker Fund, Jun. 2, 1976

Box 20 Folder 3 Cunniff, John Associated Press, Oct. 28, 1977

Box 20 Folder 4 Davant, James W. Paine Webber Inc. D - I, Jul. 18, 1978

Box 20 Folder 4 Davis, Sidney, n.d.

Box 20 Folder 4 Dee, Robert F. Smithkline Corp., Jun. 19, 1980

Box 20 Folder 4 Demsetz, Harold Hoover Institution, Oct. 18, 1977

Box 20 Folder 4 Diamond, Joseph Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Oct. 22, 1984

Box 20 Folder 4 Driskoll, Robert S. Lord, Abbett & Co., May 8, 1979

Box 20 Folder 4 Etherington, Edwin D. Wesleyan University, 1968 - 1981

Box 20 Folder 4 Evans, Eli N., Feb. 26, 1989

Box 20 Folder 4 Evans, James H. Union Pacific Corporation, Oct. 25, 1982

Box 20 Folder 4 Frooks, Leighton, n.d.

Box 20 Folder 4 Gartner, David G. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Feb. 16, 1979

Box 20 Folder 4 Gervitz, Don, Jan. 27, 1987

Box 20 Folder 4 Goldmark, Peter G. Rockefeller Foundation, Oct. 26, 1989

Box 20 Folder 4 Graziano, Frank J. Crompton & Knowles Corp., Apr. 13, 1976

Box 20 Folder 4 Horan, John J. Merck & Co., Dec. 9, 1980

Box 20 Folder 5 Jacobs, Harry A. Prudential-Bache Securities J - L, Nov. 4, 1983

Box 20 Folder 5 Jennings, Eugene, n.d.

Box 20 Folder 5 Jones, Reginald H. General Electric Company, 1974 - 1977

[Speeches on Capital Formation]

Box 20 Folder 5 Jordan, Vernon E. National Urban League, May 18, 1981

Box 20 Folder 5 Kaufman, Henry Salomon Brothers, May 1, 1980

Box 20 Folder 5 Kemp, Jack US House of Representatives, 1978 - 1983

Box 20 Folder 5 Krug, Maurice F. Technology, Inc., Sep. 1977

Box 20 Folder 5 Kudlow, Laurence A. New Economic Review, Mar. - Dec. 1980

Box 20 Folder 5 Lamm, Richard ex-Governor, CO, Oct. 1989

Box 20 Folder 5 Lazarus, Ralph Federated Department Store, May 3, 1979

[Small Business]

Box 20 Folder 5 Lehrer, Jim MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, 1993

Box 20 Folder 5 Levitt, Theodore, n.d.

Box 20 Folder 5 Liebman, Walter H., n.d.

Box 20 Folder 5 Lipson, Leon S., 1979

Box 20 Folder 5 Little, Arthur D. Narragansett Capital Corp., Mar. 3, 1980

[Small Business]

Box 20 Folder 6 Malabre, Alfred L., Jr., Mar. 5, 1980

Box 20 Folder 6 Malkiel, Burton G.; Firstenberg, Paul Princeton University, Jun. 1979

Box 20 Folder 6 Minsky, Hyman P. Washington University, 1980

Box 20 Folder 6 Nelson, Gaylord US Senate, Jan. 14, 1980

[Small Business]

Box 20 Folder 6 Norris, William Control Data Corp., Jan. 28, 1980

Box 20 Folder 6 O'Brien, Edward I. SIA (President), 1978-1980

Box 20 Folder 6 O'Connell, Brian Independent Sector, May 17, 1986

Box 20 Folder 6 O'Leary, James J. US Trust Co., 1979 - 1983

Box 20 Folder 6 O'Sullivan, Don, Mar. 21, 1973


Box 21 Folder 1 Patricof, Alan J. Alan Patricof Associates P - R, Feb. 28, 1978

Box 21 Folder 1 Petersen, S. R.; Berg, H. E. Getty Oil Company, Feb. 8, 1978

Box 21 Folder 1 Phelan, John J. New York Stock Exchange, Chairman, 1981 - 1986

Box 21 Folder 1 Pollock, Oscar S., Sep. 23, 1980

Box 21 Folder 1 Poser, Norman S. American Stock Exchange (Exec. VP), Sep. 14, 1979

Box 21 Folder 1 Rappleye, Willard C., Jr., Dec. 1980

Box 21 Folder 1 Reich, Robert B., Apr. 12, 1987

Box 21 Folder 1 Robinson, James D., III American Express Co. (Chairman), Aug. 5, 1983

Box 21 Folder 1 Rohatyn, Felix G. Lazard Freres & Co., Jan. 26, 1988

Box 21 Folder 2 Samuels, Howard, n.d.

[Small Business]

Box 21 Folder 2 Scribner, Richard O. American Stock Exchange (Exec. VP), Oct. 16, 1980

Box 21 Folder 2 Simon, [?], n.d.

Box 21 Folder 2 Sullivan, Joseph W. Chicago Board Options Exchange (President), Jan. 10, 1978

Box 21 Folder 2 [Stean], Martha, n.d.

Box 21 Folder 2 Steinberg, David Long Island University (President), Nov. 13, 1985

Box 21 Folder 2 Stevenson, Howard H. Harvard University, Jun. 6, 1983


Box 59 Folder 5 Sweeney, John J. Remarks for Arthur Levitt reception, October 2, 2002


Box 21 Folder 2 Taylor, Arthur R., Feb. 15, 1977

Box 21 Folder 2 Thatcher, Margaret Prime Minister, UK, Nov. 12, 1979

Box 21 Folder 2 Thomas, Barbara S. US SEC, Jun. 1981

Box 21 Folder 2 Tolley, Joseph C., Apr. 25, 1976

Box 21 Folder 2 Vitullo-Martin, Julia Fiscal Observer, Nov. 19, 1979

Box 21 Folder 2 Walker, James W., Jr. SIA (Exec. VP), Mar. 24, 1977

Box 21 Folder 2 Wriston, Walter B. Citicorp, 1980-1982

Box 21 Folder 2 Zises, Alvin, 1977

Subseries IV.3: Drafts and Background Information

Speech drafts, notes, printed material, quotes, memos etc used as background for speeches. Arranged by subject.

Box 21 Folder 3 Drafts and Notes, n.d.

Box 21 Folder 4 Capital Formation 1977 - 1990

Box 21 Folder 5 Clippings 1978 - 1988

Box 21 Folder 6 The Executive Speaker 1982 - 1987

Box 21 Folder 7 Small Business 1979 - 1981

Box 21 Folder 8 Securities Industry Association 1990 - 1993

Box 21 Folder 9 Printed Materials 1975 - 1985

Box 21 Folder 10 Quotes and correspondence 1973 - 1990


Box 59 Folder 8 Restructuring the Financial Accounting Foundation, April 9, 2001