Bretton Woods 50th Anniversary Materials

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1940-1994

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textual records

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Materials were transferred from the Joint Library during the planning of the 60th Anniversary Exhibition for the Bretton Woods Conference, February 2004.

1. Three miscellaneous items: a. Brochure (dated 3/94) describing the Bretton Woods File, maintained by the Joint Library; b. "Bretton Woods Conference 50th Anniversary, A Selected Bibliography," by Joint Bank-Fund Library, July 1994; c. Three copies of the Commemorative Exhibition pamphlet for the 50th Anniversary., 2. Copy of "The Meaning of Bretton Woods," an episode of "The American Forum on the Air." Radio program broadcast from the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, August 22, 1944 (disbound)., 3. Binder of photocopies of leading editorials from major newspapers on the Bretton Woods Conference, most dated 1945 (disbound)., 4. Binder of "Member Country Legislation and Decrees" to August 1955 (disbound into three folders)., 5. Several miscellaneous items: a. Pamphlet - 5,000,000 Jobs in World Trade: The promise of Bretton Woods; b. "Among Friends - Personal Letters of Dean Acheson," edited by David S. McLellan and David C. Acheson (1980), copies of selected pages; c. "Relations between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods Institutions," by Sidney Dell, in Development (1989, issue 4), copy; d. "The World Bank Proposals," in Fortune (vol. 28, no. 2, August 1943), copy; e. "International Monetary Mechanisms, the Keynes and White Proposals," by Friedrich A. Lutz, in Essays in Developmental Finance (no. 1, July 1943); f. "Unitas and Bancor" in The Round Table (no. 131, June 1943), copy; g. "International Clearing Union," text of a paper containing proposals by British experts for an international clearing union, April 8, 1943; h. "Speech by Lord Keynes on the International Monetary Debate," delivered before the House of Lords, May 23, 1944; i. "Questions and Answers on the International Monetary Fund," June 10, 1944; j. "International Monetary Debate," text of a debate in the House of Lords on the Proposal for an International Monetary Fund, May 23, 1944., 6. Several miscellaneous items: a. "Establishment of an International Monetary Fund," statement by Secretary Morgenthau, April 21, 1944 before the Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives; b. "Joint Statement by Experts on the Establishment of an International Monetary Fund," April 1944; c. "International Credit and Currency Plans," by Louis Raminsky, copy; d. "International Currency Gold versus Bancor or Unitas," an address by Dr. Benjamin M. Anderson, February 3, 1944; e. "United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Final Act and Related Documents," July 1-22, 1944; f. "Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation between the United States of America and Other Governments," signed December 5, 1955; g. "Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons Official Report," Friday December 14, 1945; h. "Monetary and Credit Agreements Entered into at Bretton Woods," April 1945; i. "Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords Official Report," December 19, 1945.