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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 VIII: Audiovisual Records

Series consists of 127 VHS tapes and 9 Audiotapes. Arranged Chronologically. Duplicate tapes are at the end of the series

Subseries VIII.1: Video

Sub-subseries VIII.1.1: Hearings and Testimonies.

37 unique VHS (24 total) tapes


Box 61 Tape 1 CN8: Mutual Fund Scandal, undated


Box 62 Tape 1 Levitt Speech, undated


Box 61 Tape 3 Bloomberg Television tape, undated


Box 62 Tape 3 "Character Studies" An Introduction, undated

Box 62 Tape 5 Decisions 2003. Hunter College, NYC, undated

Box 62 Tape 6 Fox News. "Your World with Neil Cavuto", undated


Box 61 Tape 2 PBS: Frontline: DOT CON, January 24, 2002

Box 61 Tape 4 AART. Arthur Levitt 2002 Andrus Award, April 29, 2002


Box 62 Tape 2 NHK Special: Enron Collapse, June 20, 2002


Box 61 Tape 5 Financial Management Network: Arthur Levitt Speaks Out, November 2002


Box 25 Folder 1 Senate Confirmation Hearings, US SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, [1993], 1

[2 duplicates]


Box 61 Tape 6 Arthur Levitt's ROBTV Interview with Howard Green. Part 1, February 26, 2003


Box 62 Tape 4 Arthur Levitt's ROBTV Interview with Howard Green. Part 2, February 27, 2003


Box 25 Folder 2 Telecommunication and Finance Hearing. The Municipal Securities Market - Chairman Levitt, Sep. 9, 1993, 1

[1 duplicate]

Box 25 Folder 3 Hearing on Mutual Fund Industry, Nov. 10, 1993, 1

Box 25 Folder 4 - 7 Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee of Energy and Commerce, Concerning Bank Sales of Mutual Funds, Parts 1 - 4, Mar. 3, 2994, 4

Box 25 Folder 8 Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. Chairman Levitt - Securities Regulatory Equality Act, Apr. 13, 1994, 1

Box 25 Folder 9 H. R. 3447, Panel # 2, Apr. 14, 1994, 1

Box 25 Folder 10-11 Chairman's Hearing, Parts 1 - 2, May 25, 1994, 2

Box 25 Folder 12 Hearing before House Energy & Commerce Committee, Telecommunication and Finance Subcommittee on Securities Fraud Litigation with Arthur Levitt., Jul. 22, 1994, 1 (RT: 2 hrs. 8 min. 23 sec.)

Box 25 Folder 13 Rogue Brokers, Rep. Markey, Sep. 14, 1994, 1


Box 26 Folder 1 Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Jan. 5, 1995, 1 (RT: 3 hrs. 22 min.)

Box 26 Folder 2 - 3 H. R. 10, Feb. 10, 1995, 2

Box 26 Folder 4 H. R. 10 Fields, Feb. 10, 1995, 1

Box 26 Folder 5 - 6 H. R. 18, Mar. 15, 1995, 2

Box 26 Folder 7 Subcommittee on Capital Market, Mar. 30, 1995, 1

Box 26 Folder 8 Testimony before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Material. Arthur Levitt, Chairman, US SEC, Regarding H. R. 1062 The Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1995, Jun. 6, 1995, 1

Sub-subseries VIII.1.2: Speeches and media appearances

Series consists of 89 unique tapes (94 total)

Box 26 Folder 9 American Electronics Association: Stock Options Rally, n.d., 1

Box 26 Folder 10 Arthur Levitt, Jr.: A Man For All Seasons, n.d., 1

Box 26 Folder 11 American Association of Retired Persons: SEC Advice VNR, n.d., 1

Box 26 Folder 12 Coastline Community College: Dollars & Sense. Program 119: Stocks., n.d., 1

Box 26 Folder 13 WFSB-TV (CBS); WTIC-TV (FOX) Connecticut Investors' Town Meeting, n.d., 1


Box 27 Folder 1 The Fight to Expose: The Blinder Robinson Scandals, n.d., 1

[Denver-based Blinder Robinson & Co.the largest penny stock brokerage in the country, filed for bankruptcy in 1990. The company's founder, Meyer Blinder, was convicted of securities fraud racketeering and money laundering two years later.]

Box 27 Folder 2 US SEC How to Invest Wisely, n.d., 1

Box 27 Folder 3 Levitt News Highlights, 1

Box 27 Folder 4 Levitt on CNBC, n.d., 1

Box 27 Folder 5 National Press Club, n.d., 1

Box 27 Folder 6 US SEC New York Town Meeting by Crosswalks TV, n.d., 1

[1 duplicate]

Box 27 Folder 7 PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer: Full Disclosure, n.d., 1

Box 27 Folder 8 PBS Nightly Business Report: Chairman Levitt on Mutual Funds, n.d., 1

Box 27 Folder 9 PBS Nightly Business Report: Levitt Story, n.d., 1

Box 27 Folder 10 WNBC-TV (NBC) Nightly News: Wall Street Journal Scandal, Apr. 18, n.y., 1

Box 27 Folder 11 Office of Thrift Supervision Seminar: Facing the Year 2000 Challenge Together, n.d., 1 ( RT: 57 min.)

Box 27 Folder 12 Philadelphia District Office: Jonathan Lebed, n.d., 1(RT: 10 min.)

Box 27 Folder 13 Shareholders Rights / Accounting Wrongs, n.d., 1 (RT: 7 min.)


Box 28 Folder 1 Bowne; Northeast Chapter for the American Corporate Counsel Association Think Twice 2: How the SEC Detects and Pursues Insider Trading, n.d., 1

Box 28 Folder 2 A Time for Justice, n.d., 1

Box 28 Folder 3 Tuesday Morning General Session. Speaker: Arthur Levitt, n.d., 1 (RT: 31 min. 12 sec.)

Box 28 Folder 4 PBS Wall Street Week # 748, n.d., 1

Box 28 Folder 5 City Club: Arthur Levitt, Jr., 1981, 1

Box 28 Folder 6 CNN Pinnacle with Arthur Levitt, Mar. 17, 1984, 1

[Tape also contains: Pinnacle with Deborah Szekely, Apr. 22, 1989]

Box 28 Folder 7 ABC Good Morning America: Arthur Levitt, Dec. 1, 1986, 1

Box 28 Folder 8 CNN Inside Business: Arthur Levitt, Dec. 13, 1987, 1

Box 28 Folder 9 NBC Meet the Press: Arthur Levitt, Oct. 16, 1988, 1

[One of the tapes also contains: Cardinal O'Conner's Visit (FOX, Channel 5). 1 Duplicate]

Box 28 Folder 10 US SEC Swearing In Video, [1993], 1

[Chairman's copy]

Box 28 Folder 11 PBS Nightly Business Report: Chairman Levitt on Fund Managers, Jan. 11, 1994, 1

Box 28 Folder 12 PBS Morning Business Report: Chairman Levitt on Mutual Fund, Personal Trading, Jan. 12, 1994, 1

Box 28 Folder 13 ABC Good Morning America: Arthur Levitt, May 20, 1994, 1


Box 29 Folder 1 Enforcement Roundtable Discussion, Jun. 13, 1994, 1

Box 29 Folder 2 Bloomberg L. P. The Bloomberg Forum: SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt Interview, Aug. 29, 1994, 1

Box 29 Folder 3 CNN Moneyline: SEC Budget, Oct. 4, 1994, 1

Box 29 Folder 4 Security Industry Association Annual Convention, Nov. 30 - Dec. 3. 1994. Day Three Module, [1994], 1

Box 29 Folder 5 CNBC Inside Opinion: Chairman Levitt on Mutual Funds, Mar. 31, 1995, 1

Box 29 Folder 6 WFAA-TV Investors' Town Meeting: SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt Appearance, Dallas, TX, Apr. 12, 1995, 1

Box 29 Folder 7 WFAA-TV Arthur Levitt SEC Air Check, Dallas, TX, Apr. 16, 1995, 1

Box 29 Folder 8 National Association of Securities Dealers NASD Annual Conference: Arthur Levitt speech on Broker Practices, May 19, [1994/1995], 1

[Year is 1995 on spine, 1995 on front label - Verify. Beninning of speech is missing.]

Box 29 Folder 9 PBS Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Arthur Levitt, Jr., Jun. 9, 1995, 1

Box 29 Folder 10 WNET-TV (PBS); Merrill Lynch Wall Street Week: Chairman Arthur Levitt., Jun. 10, 1996, 1 ( RT: 11 min.)

[1 duplicate]

Box 29 Folder 11 GMA; CNBC Profile Prospectus, July 31, 1995, 1

Box 29 Folder 12 WJLA-TV (ABC) Good Morning America: Arthur Levitt / SEC and Mutual Funds, Washington, DC, July 31, 1995, 1 (RT: 1 hr. 45 min.)

Box 29 Folder 13 Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA); National Association of Counties (NACo) A Whole New Ballgame in Municipal Bond Disclosure, 1995, 1 (RT: 85 min. 14 sec.)


Box 30 Folder 1 Stanford Law School Executive Education Programs - Directors' College. Keynote Speech by Arthur Levitt., Mar. 1996, 1

Box 30 Folder 2 PBS; Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. Adam Smith Show # 1223: Arthur Levitt: A Conversation, Apr. 18, 1996, 1 (RT: 26 min. 46 sec.)

Box 30 Folder 3 EdwardJones Regional Leader Meeting: Arthur Levitt, SEC Chairman, Apr. 21-23, 1996, 1

[Note on label: For internal use only. Do not show to the Public.]

Box 30 Folder 4 C-SPAN Philadelphia Investors' Town Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Jun. 11, 1996, 1

Box 30 Folder 5 National Association of Securities Dealers NASD Press Conference, Aug. 8, 1996, 1

Box 30 Folder 6 CNN-TV; Video Monitoring Services of America Moneyline: Arthur Levitt, Dec. 26, 1996, 1 (RT: 5 min. 23 sec.)

Box 30 Folder 7 TV Footage on Arthur Levitt in Israel (KDH Ceremony), [1996], 1

Box 30 Folder 8 LA Times I.S.C: Arthur Levitt, Mar. 1997, 1

Box 30 Folder 9 Detroit Economic Club Luncheon Talk. Hon. Arthur Levitt, SEC Chairman: CPA and CEO's - A Relationship at Risk, Detroit, MI, May 19, 1997, 1(RT: 51 min. 45 sec.)

Box 30 Folder 10 Bloomberg L. P. The Bloomberg Forum: SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt Interview, Jul. 30, 1997, 1

Box 30 Folder 11 CNBC Arthur Levitt in the news, May 27, 1997; May 6, 1998; Jul. 13, 1998, 1

Box 30 Folder 12 US SEC Summary of Investor Education Campaign (Informese Es Su Dinero Es Su Futuro), Chile, May 1, 1998, 1 (RT: 5 min.)

Box 30 Folder 13 Court TV Arthur Levitt Interview, Jun. 19-21, 1998, 1


Box 31 Folder 1 CNBC Arthur Levitt on Broker Pay, Jul. 13, 1998, 1

[Tape also contains: CNBC - John Stark on Internet Fraud, Jul. 13, 1998]

Box 31 Folder 2 FOX News Channel Cavuto Report, Sep. 28, 1998, 1

Box 31 Folder 3 NBC; CNBC Nightly News: Arthur Levitt on Mutual Funds; Levitt on Mutual and Hedge Funds, Oct. 13-14, 1998, 1 (2 segments)

Box 31 Folder 4 CNBC Hedge Fund Regulation, Oct. 15, 1998, 1

Box 31 Folder 5 William O. Douglas, Commission Meeting Room Dedication, Oct. 16, 1998, 1

[Note on label Master]

Box 31 Folder 6 CNN Moneyline: Arthur Levitt, Oct. 30, 1998, 1

Box 31 Folder 7 Bloomberg L. P. The Bloomberg Forum: SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt Interview, Nov. 18, 1998, 1

[1 duplicate]

Box 31 Folder 8 [US SEC] Confirmation, 1998, 1

Box 31 Folder 9 [US SEC] Swearing In, 1998, 1

Box 31 Folder 10 CNN Arthur Levitt on Social Security, Feb. 17, 1999, 1

Box 31 Folder 11 [ABC News] Nightline, Mar. 2, 1999, 1

Box 31 Folder 12 PBS Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Arthur Levitt, Jr., #2837, Mar. 12, 1999, 1

Box 31 Folder 13 CNBC Arthur Levitt, Apr. 1999, 1


Box 32 Folder 1 National Press Club Luncheon - Arthur Levitt, May 4, 1999, 1

Box 32 Folder 2 CNBC Business Center: Phil Gramm, Sep. 28, 1999, 1

Box 32 Folder 3 NBC Fleecing of America: Arthur Levitt on Investment Advises Fraud., Nov. 17, 1999, 1

Box 32 Folder 4 Remarks by Chairman Arthur Levitt, US SEC, Nov. 20, 1999, 1

Box 32 Folder 5 PBS Nightly Business Report: Arthur Levitt, Jan. 11, 2000, 1

Box 32 Folder 6 PBS Nightly Business Report: Arthur Levitt Interview, Jan. 17, 2000, 1

Box 32 Folder 7 PBS Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser: Arthur Levitt, Mar. 31, 2000, 1

Box 32 Folder 8 CNBC The Squawk Box: Arthur Levitt, SEC, May 10, 2000, 1 [RT: 6 min. 48 sec.]

Box 32 Folder 9 Investing for Success: Interview with Hugh Price, May 12, 2000, 1

[Note on label: No cutaways]


Box 58 Item 1 Sungard World, September 5, 2001. (VHS videotape)


Box 32 Folder 10 CBS 60 Minutes: Jonathan Lebed and Arthur Levitt, Oct. 22, 2000, 1

Box 32 Folder 11 PBS Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser: 30th Anniversary, # 3018, Nov. 3, 2000, 1

[1 duplicate]

Box 32 Folder 12 North American Securities Administrators Association Annual Meeting of NASAA: SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, Sep. 2000, 1 (RT: 12 min)

Box 32 Folder 13 SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt: Retirement Message, Dec. 20, 2000, 1


Box 33 Folder 1 PBS, MPT Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser: First 30 Years, 2000, 1 (RT: approx 60 min.)

Box 33 Folder 2 CBS 60 Minutes II - Roel of TV Analysts, Jan. 20, 2001, 1

Box 33 Folder 3 Fairfield University, 51st Commencement Exercises, Class of 2001 - Awards, Honorary Degree Recepients, Addresses, Fairfield, CT, May 20, 2001, 1

Box 33 Folder 4 Economic Club of Chicago The Greening of American Enterprise, Chicago, IL, Feb. 13, 1980, 1

Box 33 Folder 5 Financial Management Network 1. Arthur Levitt Speaks out; (segment 1 - FEI and IMA news) 2. Corporate Governance and Financial Executives. 3. Business strategy and sales taxes. 4, Cash Flow in hard times., Nov. 2002

Subseries VIII.2: Audio

Sub-subseries VIII.2.1: Arthur Levitt Jr.


Box 34 Folder 1 NPR Consumer Initiative, Oct. 20, 1994, 1 side

Box 34 Folder 2 Prime Time Radio: Investing Information in Plain English, Mar. 11, 1997, 1/2 side

Box 34 Folder 3 - 4 Symposium on Career Options For Minority Students in the Securities and Commodity Futures Industries, Feb. 19, 1998, 2 tapes (3 sides)

Box 34 Folder 5 NPR Market Structure, Dec. 21, 1999, 1 side

Box 34 Folder 6 LA Times Keynote: Tech Stock All-Stars: Top Fund Managers Give Picks, n.d., 1 side

Box 34 Folder 7 US SEC Public Funds, Public Trust and the Federal Securities Laws, Alexandria, VA, n.d., 1 side

Box 34 Folder 8 Economic Club of Chicago Take on Wall Street, Chicago, IL, Oct. 15, 2002, 2 sides

Box 34 Folder 9 - 10 unmarked tape, 2 tapes

Sub-subseries VIII.2.2: Arthur Levitt Sr.

vinyl records, 10'' LP, 33 1/3 rpm. These materials were part of additions, donated by A. Levitt in 2002.

Box 34 Folder 11 Talk by Hon. Arthur Levitt, Rochester, NY, Apr. 23, 1957

[78 needle ]

Box 34 Folder 12 NBC-TV Citizens Union Searchlight, Oct. 25, 1959

Box 34 Folder 13 WNEW-TV Metropolitan Probe, Jan. 10, 1960

Box 34 Folder 14 CBS Let's Find Out, Jan. 31, 1960

Box 34 Folder 15 WBAI Albany Report, Feb. 11, 1960

Box 34 Folder 16 WNTA-TV Between the Lines, Feb. 14, 1960

Box 34 Folder 17 WMCA Barry Gray Show, Mar. 19, 1960

Box 34 Folder 18 WNEW Compulsory Fall-out Shelters, Mar. 20, 1960

Subseries VIII.3: Photographs

Sub-subseries VIII.3.1: Arthur Levitt Jr.

These materials were part of additions, donated by A. Levitt in 2002. Arthur Levitt in all pictures

Box 34 Folder 19 Berlind, Roger S.; Ball, […]; Cogan, Marshall S.; Courter, James Andrew; Levitt family; Sturat, […]; Weill, Sanford I.; American Stock Exchange; Brandeis University; Defense Base Closure Commission; Hayden, Stone; Pre-SEC photos, v.p., 1967 - 1993, 6 8x10 b&w print, 3 8x10 color print, 1 5x7 color prints

Box 34 Folder 20 Carter, Jimmy; Clinton, Bill; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Gore, Albert; Reagan, Ronald; White House , Washington, DC, 1980 - 1999, 13 8x10 color print, 1 4x6 color print

[Photos contain signatures and autographs by Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Gore]

Box 34 Folder 21 Block, Herbert; Dinkins, David; Photos with New York City Mayor David Dinkins, New York, NY, Aug. 18, 1993, 2 8x10 b&w print

Box 34 Folder 22 Carey, […]; Hunt, [Isaac C.]; Johnson, […]; Schuetze, Walter P.; Turner, Lynn E.; Unger, Laura; SEC Staff , Washington, DC,, n.d., 4 8x10 color print

[Photo by Greenfeld-Sanders, Timothy]

Box 34 Folder 23 Dingell, John D. Boston Globe, New York Times; Washington Post Newspaper Photos of SEC chairman, v.p., n.d., 2 8x10 color print, 1 8x10 b&w print

[Washington Post photo inscribed to Levitt by John Dingell]

Box 34 Folder 24 Brodsky, William J; Goldsberry, John W.; Goldsberry, William; Hartmann, Ulrich; Luthringshausen Wayne P.; Petzel, Todd; Sandner, Jack; Tully, Daniel P.; American Stock Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange; Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Merrill Lynch & Co; National Association of Securities Dealer; New York Stock Exchange, North American Securities Administration Association; Securities Industry Association; VEBA AG Industry Leaders, Chicago, IL; New York, NY, 1993 - 1998, 4 4x6 color print, 6 8x10 color print, 1 8x10 b&w print

[Copies of related correspondence enclosed. CBOE photos by Richard Shay,]

Box 34 Folder 25 Rukeyser, Louis Maryland Public Television [Wall Street Week], [MD], 1995, 11 8x10 color print

[Inscription by Rukeyser (2 prints). Photos by Susan Noonan]

Box 34 Folder 26 Gore, Albert; Swearing In for the 2nd SEC term, 1998, 6 4x6 color print

[Copy of the letter to Mr. Charles Burson of Apr. 29, 1998 re: swearing in.]

Box 34 Folder 27 George Washington University; Hofstra University Universities, Washington, DC; Hempstead, NY, n.d., 8 8x10 color print

[Hofstra Photos by Brian Ballweb, Garden City, NY]

Box 34 Folder 28 Cameron, Alan Australian Securities and Investment Commission Trips - Australia, n.p., n.d., 3 5x7 b&w prints, 1 5x7 color prints

Box 34 Folder 29 Trips - Egypt, Egypt, n.d., 4 5x7 color prints

Box 34 Folder 30 Arnon, Igai; Karet, […]; [Netanyahu, Benjamin]; Nissim, Moshe; Ofir, […]; Ronel, Shalon Israel Securities Authority Trips - Israel, Israel, [1994], 7 5x7 color prints

[Invitation in Hebrew enclosed. Photos by Sarit Uziely]

Box 34 Folder 31 Securities and Futures Commission Trips - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, [2000], 2 5x7 color prints, 3 4x6 color print, 5 4x5 color print

[Copy of the letter from Andrew Sheng of Jul. 31, 2000 enclosed]

Box 34 Folder 32 Public Education / Dallas Town Meeting., v.p., n.d., 2 8x10 b&w print, 3 5x7 color prints

Box 34 Folder 33 American Bar Association; Anti-Defamation League Associations, [1997], 4 5x7 b&w prints, 2 4x6 color print

[Copy of letter from Salomon Brothers' Simon M. Lorne enclosed]

Box 34 Folder 34 Various Photographs, 4 8x10 color print, 5 5x7 color prints, 5 5x7 b&w prints, 1 8x10 b&w print, 5 4x6 color prints and smaller

Sub-subseries VIII.3.2: Arthur Levitt Sr.

Box 34 Folder 35 Photos of A. Levitt, Sr., 8 b&w, 1 color

Box 34 Folder 36 Mark Bomse Contact Sheets of A. Levitt, Sr., 9 b&w

Box 34 Folder 37 Faximile of signatures of various politicians, including A. Levitt, NY State Comptroller