Title
Ansel F. Luxford Papers
Reference
8395
Date
1940-1947
Level of description
series
Material
textual records
Exent
12.5 linear feet of textual records.
Subject
Fund, IBRD, United States
Persons keyword
Ansel F. Luxford, Bretton Woods Conference
Scope and Content
The series (boxes 7-25) contains files maintained by Ansel F. Luxford while at U.S. Treasury, then as a technical advisor to the U.S. delegation at the Bretton Woods Conference and later at the Bank. Materials consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts, Conference and Bank / IMF issuances and printed material. Some of the material was re-arranged during Luxford's tenure as Assistant General Counsel of the Bank in well organized and indexed sets. When transferred to the IMF, the files were in a loose alphabetical order by subject. Generally, files contain: documents regarding the development of the initial proposal for an International Stabilization Fund (in files: International Stabilization Fund, International Stabilization Fund Memoranda and Correspondence/ Preliminary Draft Outline/ Questions and Answers); correspondence, memoranda and drafts of the Joint Statement by Experts on the Establishment of an International Monetary Fund of the United and Associated Nations (in files: Reports -International Monetary Fund [Joint] Statement, International Stabilization Fund, Joint Statement /Legal Memoranda); drafts and minutes of meetings of the Conference at Atlantic City (in files: Bank Atlantic City and Fund Pre-Atlantic City); memoranda regarding the organization of the Conference, the drafting and the interpretation of the Articles of Agreement as well as Conference Documents, and printed copies (in files: Bank, IMF, Bretton Woods, Articles of Agreement, Comparisons, Reports, Preliminary Draft, Working Draft:); and correspondence with Department of State, Federal Reserve, Congressmen, bankers regarding the U.S. enabling legislation (in files: Bank Legal Memoranda, Bankers, Legislation, Congressional Records). There is also material regarding the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Governors in Savannah (in files: Board of Governors) and the drafting of the IMF Rules and Regulations (in files: Rules and Regulations), as well as a fairly large collection of press clippings.
Creator
Ansel F. Luxford