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Author/Creator:Leffingwell, R. C. (Russell Cornell), 1878-1960.
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Title:Russell Cornell Leffingwell papers, 1883-1979 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:4 linear feet (12 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Gift of Edward Pulling, 1979.
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Organization:Arranged in four series: I. Correspondence. II. Memoranda. III. Writings and Speeches. IV. Photographs, Memorabilia, and Writings about RCL.
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Access and use:Any researcher who wishes to use the Collection to write a full-scale biography must first obtain written permission from Thomas L. Pulling. Said letter of permission will be delivered to the Director of Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. This stipulation shall govern the use of the Collection during the lifetime of Thomas L. Pulling. Thomas L. Pulling retains during his lifetime all literary and other property rights in the unpublished writings in the papers (including letters) and other materials donated to the Yale University Library. Upon his death, the literary rights will become the property of the Yale University Library. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Biographical / Historical note:Russell C. Leffingwell: LL.D., 1950; Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury, 1917; member of Cravath, Henderson, Leffingwell and de Gersdorff law firm, 1920-1923; member of J.P. Morgan & Co., 1920-1940; chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co., 1943-1955; director, 1955-1960.
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Summary:Chiefly correspondence (1917-1960) between Leffingwell and colleagues in banking and the legal profession, and with important American and British government officials on contemporary economic and political events. Following his service in the Department of the Treasury (1917) where he helped to float the Liberty Loan, Leffingwell continued to correspond with his colleagues, S. Parker Gilbert and Albert Rathbone, as well as Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury (1918-1920). As a partner in the firm of J.P. Morgan from 1923 on, he received reports on economic conditions from officers of the firm in London, Paris, and Mexico. There is also a voluminous correspondence (1935-1948) with Thomas W. Lamont, his chief at the bank. He was asked for advice by every president from Woodrow Wilson to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with the exception of Coolidge. Among these letters, his correspondence with Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the most extensive. He was also consulted by eight secretaries ofthe Treasury and other government officials. Important jounalists with whom he corresponded regularly are Walter Layton, editor of the British Economist, Walter Lippmann, and Morris Ernst. The papers also contain memoranda and speeches (1919-1958), photographs, and memorabilia.
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Indexes/Finding aids:The finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
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Cite as:Russell Cornell Leffingwell Papers (MS 1030). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Bell, Daniel W. (Daniel Wafena)
Blackett, Basil P. (Basil Phillott), Sir, 1882-1935.
Brand, R. H. (Robert Henry), 1878-1963.
Brown, Lewis H. (Lewis Herold), 1894-
Burgess, W. Randolph (Warren Randolph), 1889-1978.
Carter, Bernard Shirley, 1893-1961.
Catchings, Waddill, 1879-
Cravath, Paul D. (Paul Drennan), 1861-1940.
Danaher, John Anthony, 1899-
Delano, Frederic Adrian, 1863-1953.
Dickey, C. D.
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976.
Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969.
Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Ernst, Morris L. (Morris Leopold), 1888-1976.
Fisher, Irving, 1867-1947.
Gifford, T. J. Carlyle.
Gilbert, Seymour Parker, 1892-1938.
Glass, Carter, 1858-1946.
Green, William Raymond, 1856-1947.
Grenfell, E. C.
Hanes, John W. (John Wesley), 1892-1987.
Harrison, George Leslie, 1887-1958.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hopkinson, Edward, 1885-1966.
Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940.
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955.
Jay, Nelson Dean, 1883-
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963.
Kelley, Nicholas, 1885-1965.
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937.
Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
Lamont, Thomas Stilwell, 1899-1967.
Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948.
Layton, Walter, 1884-1966.
Leffingwell, R. C. (Russell Cornell), 1878-1960.
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974.
Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986.
McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941.
McCabe, Thomas B.
McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989.
Meyer, Eugene, 1875-1959.
Mills, Ogden Livingston, 1884-1937.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.
Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946.
Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931.
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966.
Norman, Montagu, 1871-1950.
Nye, Gerald P. (Gerald Prentice), 1892-1971.
Peacock, Edward R.
Rathbone, Albert, 1868-1943.
Rist, Charles, 1874-1955.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Sachs, Alexander, 1893-1973.
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949.
Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928.
Thomas, Elmer, 1876-1965.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Wasson, R. Gordon (Robert Gordon), 1898-1986.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Leffingwell family.
J.P. Morgan & Co.
Yale University--Students.
Gold standard.
Law.
World War, 1914-1918.
Europe.
Great Britain.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
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Occupation:Bankers.
Lawyers.
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