Bretton Woods Conference Collection
Overview:
Richard B. Brenner Papers
Ansel F. Luxford Papers
Edward M. Bernstein Papers
Bretton Woods Conference Files
Photographs
Further Information:
IMF Archives
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IMF Archives: Finding Aids
Bretton Woods Conference
Collection:
Edward M. Bernstein Papers
Date(s): 1940-1947
Level of description:
Series
Extent and medium: 3.5 linear
feet of textual records
Context
Creator: Bernstein, E. M.
Administrative/Biographical history: Edward M.
Bernstein (1904-1996) received his Ph.B. from the University of
Chicago in 1927 and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1931. He
taught economics at North Carolina State University from 1930 to
1935, and was on the faculty of the Department of Economics of the
University of North Carolina from 1935 to 1940. From 1940 to 1946,
he was Principal Economist for the U.S. Treasury, during which time
he also served as Assistant Director of the Monetary Research
Division and, in 1946, as Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S.
Treasury Department. In 1944, Bernstein was Chief Technical Advisor
and Executive Secretary to the U.S. Delegation to the Bretton Woods
Conference. From 1946 to 1958, Bernstein was Director of the IMF's
Research Department. In 1958, Bernstein left the IMF to form EMB
(Ltd.) Research Economists, an international monetary research
firm. He retired as president of EMB in 1981 and in 1982 took up
the position of Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Content and structure
Scope and content: The series (boxes 40-46) consists of
files maintained by E.M. Bernstein while an Assistant Director of
the U.S. Treasury's Monetary Research Division and Executive
Secretary of the U.S. Delegation at the Bretton Woods Conference.
Files consist of original correspondence, memoranda and drafts
prepared by Treasury as well as copies of material preserved
elsewhere and printed material. They are arranged alphabetically by
subject. Complementing the larger set of Bernstein files
incorporated to the Bretton Woods Conference Files, original
material contained in this series focus more particularly on
relations with the public (correspondence, memoranda and drafts of
speeches and articles) and the preparation of the hearings held by
the U.S. Congress on the Bretton Woods Agreements (in files:
Bretton Woods Agreements, Post Conference Misc/ Senate/ Witnesses/
Legislation). The series also contains multiple copies of drafts
and printed copies of Proposals and Articles of Agreement for both
the IMF and the Bank (in files: Bank Plan / Fund Plan) as well as
the official documents issued both at Inaugural Meeting at
Savannah, Georgia, March 1946 (IMF Documents, Official Documents)
and the First Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF
and the Bank, October 1946 (in file: Annual Meeting,
Documents).
Conditions of Access and
Use
Language/script of material: English.
Files
40/375-377 |
Annual Meeting Documents (Washington, D.C.).
— 1946Scope and content: File contains set of Official Documents
issued for the First Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of
the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, held at the Wardman Park hotel in
Washington, D.C. Contains reports, statements, agendas and
schedules of meetings.
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File 40/378 |
[Bank Plan] Joint Statement. — April
1944Scope and content: File contains draft of a "Statement on the
Establishment of a Bank for Reconstruction and Development".
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File 40/379 |
Bank Plan (4th Draft). — 1943Scope and content: File contains draft of the "Proposal for a
Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the United and
Associated Nations".
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File 40/380 |
Bank Plan (7th Draft, September 1943).
— 1943 |
File 40/381 |
Bank Plan (9th Draft, October 1943). —
1943 |
File 40/382 |
Bank Plan (published, November 1943). —
1943Scope and content: File contains printed brochure from the
U.S. Treasury: "Preliminary Draft Outline of a Proposal for a Bank
for Reconstruction and Development of the United and Associated
Nations".
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File 40/383 |
Bank Plan - Guiding Principles. —
October 8, 1943Scope and content: File contains U.S. Treasury memo: "Guiding
Principles for a United Nations Bank for Reconstruction and
Development".
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File 40/384 |
Bank Plan - International Investment Agency.
— September 4, 1943Scope and content: File contains proposal for an
"International Investment Agency".
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File 40/385 |
Bank Plan - Out-of-Town Meetings. —
1944Scope and content: File contains correspondence pertaining to
meetings held by Bernstein with the Women's Bond Club at Columbia
University in early 1944.
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File 40/386 |
Bank Plan - Summary. — June 1944Scope and content: File contains U.S. Treasury "Summary of the
Proposal for a Bank".
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File 40/387 |
Bank Plan - Summary of Provisions. —
September 1943Scope and content: File contains U.S. Treasury memo "Summary
of the Principal Provisions for a United Nations Bank for
Reconstruction and Development".
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File 40/388 |
Bank Plan - U.K. Experts Memo. — April
1944Scope and content: File contains memo of United Kingdom
Experts on the Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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File 40/389 |
Bank Plan - U.S. Experts Memo. — May
1944Scope and content: File contains memorandum from United States
Experts on the Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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File 40/390 |
Bank Questions and Answers. — March 18,
1944Scope and content: File contains comments on the U.S.
Treasury's "Questions and Answers on Bank for Reconstruction and
Development" (includes U.S. Department of Commerce comments).
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File 40/391 |
Bretton Woods Agreements - Public Act 171.
— July 1945Scope and content: File contains government copies of the
"Bretton Woods Agreements Act," passed by the U.S. Congress.
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File 40/392 |
Bretton Woods Agreements - Secretary's Statement
Before Senate Banking Committee. — June 12, 1945Scope and content: File contains statement by U.S. Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau before the U.S. Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency.
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File 40/393 |
Bretton Woods Agreements - Senate Minority
Report. — July 1945Scope and content: File contains published report, "Minority
Views from the Committee on Banking and Currency".
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File 40/394 |
Canadian Releases #114, 115. — June 9,
1943Scope and content: File contains draft proposals for an
International Exchange Union from the Canadian government.
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File 41/395 |
Fund - Joint Statement (Draft). —
February 1944Scope and content: File contains preliminary draft, "Joint
Statement by Experts of the United and Associated Nations on the
Establishment of an International Monetary Fund".
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File 41/396 |
Fund - Joint Statement (Draft). — April
1944 |
File 41/397 |
Fund Joint Statement (Published). —
April 21, 1944 |
File 41/398 |
Fund Plan (Published, Revised July 10, 1943).
— 1943 |
File 41/399 |
IMF Documents of Savannah Inaugural Meeting.
— 1946Scope and content: File contains indexed set of IMF Documents
issued for the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Governors of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the
International Monetary Fund.
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File 41/400 |
Meetings - Out-of-town. — 1943Scope and content: File contains memoranda and correspondence
on meetings attended and remarks made by E. M. Bernstein regarding
the proposal of a stabilization fund.
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File 41/401 |
Miscellaneous Articles. — 1944-1945Scope and content: File contains printed materials, bulletins,
press releases relating to the Bretton Woods Agreements (includes
U.S. Congressional Reports; U.S. State Department Press
Releases).
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File 41/402 |
Miscellaneous Articles. — 1943-1947Scope and content: File contains copies and drafts of external
publications on IMF and Bank issues, clippings.
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Files
41/403-404 |
Miscellaneous Hold File. —
1944-1945Scope and content: File contains post-conference drafts of
copies of addresses, letters, and articles relating to the Bretton
Woods Agreements of the IMF. Also contains notes on fiscal policy
and some internal and external correspondence.
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Files
42/405-407 |
Miscellaneous Loose Materials. —
1942-1944Scope and content: File contains copies of early proposals,
statements, speeches, and papers regarding the Bretton Woods
Agreements.
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Files
42/408-409 |
Official Documents for the Savannah Meeting.
— 1946Scope and content: File contains two complete sets of
documents issued for the Inaugural Meeting of the Board of
Governors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development and the International Monetary Fund, held in Savannah,
Georgia in March 1946.
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File 43/410 |
Post-Conference Correspondence, A-F, 1945.
— 1945Scope and content: Files contain alphabetically arranged set
of correspondence signed or drafted by E. M. Bernstein.
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File 43/411 |
Post-Conference Correspondence, G-J, 1945.
— 1945Scope and content: Files contain alphabetically arranged set
of correspondence signed or drafted by E. M. Bernstein.
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File 43/412 |
Post-Conference Correspondence, K-O, 1945.
— 1945Scope and content: Files contain alphabetically arranged set
of correspondence signed or drafted by E. M. Bernstein.
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File 43/413 |
Post-Conference Correspondence, P-Z, 1945.
— 1945Scope and content: Files contain alphabetically arranged set
of correspondence signed or drafted by E. M. Bernstein.
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File 43/414 |
Post-Conference Correspondence, A-Z, 1946.
— 1946Scope and content: Files contain alphabetically arranged set
of correspondence signed or drafted by E. M. Bernstein.
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File 43/415 |
Post-Conference Fund and Bank Cables. —
1945-1946Scope and content: File contains copies of incoming U.S.
Department of State telegrams from London on the progress of the
Bretton Woods Agreements debate in the British Parliament.
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File 43/416 |
Post-Conference Legislation. — 1945Scope and content: File contains memoranda, drafts, copies of
Congressional Reports on legislation debated in the U.S. Congress
on the Bretton Woods Agreements.
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File 44/417 |
Post-Conference Meetings. —
1944-1945Scope and content: File contains schedules, correspondence,
memoranda, draft speeches, and published remarks on the Bretton
Woods Conference delivered at various civic, economic and
professional organizations.
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Files
44/418-419 |
Post-Conference Meetings with Clubs and
Associations. — 1944-1945Scope and content: File contains schedules, correspondence,
memoranda, draft speeches, and published remarks on the Bretton
Woods Conference arranged by organization.
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File 44/420 |
Post-Conference Memoranda (incoming). —
1945-1946Scope and content: File contains internal U.S. Treasury
memoranda and "memorandum for files" on Bretton Woods issues and
progress on the IMF and the Bank.
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File 44/421 |
Post-Conference Miscellaneous (Articles and
Speeches). — 1944-1945Scope and content: File contains copies of published articles
and speeches given on the Bretton Woods Conference and IMF and Bank
issues.
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File 44/422 |
Post-Conference Miscellaneous (Material for House
and Senate Hearings). — 1945Scope and content: File contains copies of fact sheets used to
help prepare testimony for the congressional hearings on the
Bretton Woods Agreements.
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Files
44/423-424 |
Post-Conference Miscellaneous Memos [Short
Statements]. — 1944-1945Scope and content: File contains internal memoranda regarding
the U.S. Bretton Woods Agreements Act and Congressional hearings,
notes for and on hearings, excerpts of statements.
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File 45/425 |
Post-Conference Miscellaneous (Tables).
— 1945Scope and content: File contains research material on economic
payments and other figures used in determining U.S. involvement in
the IMF and the Bank.
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Files
45/426-428 |
Post-Conference - Organizations Supporting the
Fund and the Bank. — 1945Scope and content: Files contain published statements,
articles, letters of endorsement from labor, political, economic
and business, and other organizations supporting the Bretton Woods
Agreements Act and urging its adoption and U.S. involvement in the
IMF and the Bank.
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File 45/429 |
Post-Conference - Publicity (Articles).
— 1945Scope and content: File contains drafts of articles on the
Bretton Woods Agreements.
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Files
45/430-431 |
Post-Conference - Publicity (Speeches).
— 1944-1945Scope and content: File contains drafts of speeches and copies
of statements given by U.S. government officials in support of the
Bretton Woods Agreements Act.
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File 45/432 |
Post-Conference - Published Industry Reports.
— 1944Scope and content: File contains reports on impact of the
Bretton Woods Agreements on the automobile, petroleum, motion
picture, electronics, railroad, and lumber industries (Business and
Industry Committee on Bretton Woods).
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File 45/433 |
Post-Conference - Senate and House Report on
Bretton Woods. — 1945Scope and content: File contains draft and published copy of
the United States House of Representatives and Senate Report on the
Bretton Woods Agreements Act, passed in the U.S. Congress.
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File 45/434 |
Post-Conference - Witnesses on Bretton Woods.
— 1945Scope and content: File contains memoranda and correspondence
on individuals called to testify on behalf of the Bretton Woods
Agreements Act (February-June 1945).
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File 46/435 |
Final Declaration(s) of the National Foreign
Trade Convention. — 1943-1946 |
File 46/436 |
Preliminary Charter for an International Trade
Convention. — 1946 |
File 46/437 |
Stabilem. — 1944 |
File 46/438 |
Annals. — July 1944Scope and content: File contains the "Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science".
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File 46/439 |
Post-War International Monetary
Stabilization. — June 1943Scope and content: File contains a reprint from the Federal
Reserve Bulletin on the proposed plan for an international economic
union after World War II.
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File 46/440 |
Banking Sessions, National Foreign Trade
Convention. — 1943-1944Scope and content: File contains background information and
the report of the proceedings of the National Foreign Trade
Convention, held in New York, October 25, 1943 and October 9,
1944.
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File 46/441 |
The New Republic. — April 30, 1945Scope and content: File contains issue of the New Republic,
detailing the San Francisco Conference, which resulted in the
founding of the United Nations.
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File 46/442 |
The Nation. — 1943-1945Scope and content: File contains several issues of the
"Nation".
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File 46/443 |
The Magazine of Wall Street. —
1943-1945Scope and content: File contains several issues of the
"Magazine of Wall Street".
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Files
46/444-446 |
Miscellaneous Publications. —
1943-1945Scope and content: Files contain periodicals dealing with
economic and financial issues in the post-war world.
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