IMF Archives: Finding Aids
Office of the Managing Director Records
Per Jacobsson Papers
OMD Correspondence
Date(s): 1956-1963 |
Content and structure
Scope and content: Series consists of incoming correspondence and internal memoranda of Managing Director Per Jacobsson, as well as notes regarding responses to the correspondence, and occasionally copies of outgoing correspondence, containing requests and information connected to issues concerning the IMF. Correspondence is often addressed to the Managing Director from governors or general managers of banks, congressmen and members of the U.S. government, the head of various international companies, chairs of economic groups and committees, and other outside correspondents, or inter-office memoranda to and from the Executive Director, the Deputy Managing Directors, Department heads and other members of staff. The correspondence includes letters asking the Managing Director for copies of reports or speeches, as well as requests for employment with the IMF, requests for the Managing Director to attend meetings, thank-you letters, and letters from former colleagues and friends discussing personal news or common interests, as well as notes recommending an article or publication to the Managing Director, often with the suggested article attached. Correspondence also includes memoranda to the Managing Director about issues concerning the IMF, such as the Euro-Dollar and rates of interest, forecasts of U.S. economic activity, and gold. This correspondence is arranged by last name of correspondent.
Series also contains a set of general correspondence, which refers to correspondence sent to the Managing Director from the general public, or those not necessarily connected to IMF business. This group of files contains the original incoming correspondence with a reply from either the Managing Director or his personal assistant. This material is arranged in chronological order, as opposed to last name of correspondent as seen in the above-mentioned correspondence files.
Associated Materials
Related units of description: See also Chronological files for outgoing correspondence.
File 5/61 | Altman, Oscar. — 1962-1963 Scope and content: File contains copies of correspondence to, and memos from, Oscar Altman, the Deputy Director of the Research and Statistics Department. Foreign Markets for Dollars, Sterling and Other Currencies [translations, 1962] / O. L. Altman. - One German and one Italian translation. - 24p. and 83p. - Some Aspects of the Gold Problem Ref.: DM/62/15 / O.L. Altman. - Washington DC : Research and Statistics Department IMF, Apr. 1962. - 18p. Language: Predominantly English. German, Italian. |
File 5/62 | Asbrink, Per. — 1959-1960 Scope and content: File contains letters sent to the Governor of the Bank of Sweden. |
File 5/63 | Auboin, Roger. — 1957-1958 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements. Language: Predominantly French. English. |
File 5/64 | Aufricht, Hans. — 1960-1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and memos with attachments (including with Aufricht of the IMF Legal Department, and others), mimeographed release from publisher. Preface to H. Aufricht's book [Central Banking Legislation] / P. Jacobsson. - Copy of typescript draft, edited, Dec. 1961. - 2p. |
File 5/65 | Barr, Joseph W. — 1959-1960 Scope and content: File contains letters and a curriculum vitae received from the US Congressman from Indiana. |
File 5/66 | Baumgartner, Wilfrid. — 1958-1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Governor of the Bank of France. Language: French and English. |
File 5/67 | Belt, Haller. — 1953-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and enclosures, including news clipping, from Belt, who brought many economic issues to the Managing Director's attention. |
File 5/68 | Blessing, Karl. — October-November 1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. |
File 5/69 | Brinckmann, R. — March-April 1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with German banker Rudolph Brinckmann, and memos with attachments. International Chamber of Commerce document 101/16, 2.27.1962 / L. Deschuyteneer. - Copy of typescript in German and distribution copy translated into English. - 8p. and 4p. Language: German and English. |
File 5/70 | Brofoss, Erik. — January-June 1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with attachments, memo and cable with the Governor of the Bank of Norway. Language: Predominantly English. Norwegian. |
File 5/71 | Burgess, Randolph W. — February 1960 Scope and content: File contains outgoing letter to the chair of the Group of Four on Economic Organization. |
File 5/72 | Candau, M. G. — December 1960 Scope and content: File contains outgoing letter to the Director-General of the World Health Organization. |
File 5/73 | Cobbold, C. F. — 1956-1961 Scope and content: File contains telegrams, correspondence with attachments and memos with the Governor for the Bank of England. |
File 5/74 | Cochran, H. Merle. — 1957-1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Deputy Managing Director, memos, radio- and telegrams, distribution copies of Executive Board Administrative papers, itineraries. Joint press release. |
File 5/75 | [Congreve, Ambrose]. — March 1958 Scope and content: File contains incoming letter from Congreve, the Chairman of Humphreys and Glasgow (Canada) Ltd. General note: original file title: Humphreys and Glasgow (Canada) Ltd. |
File 5/76 | Constantacatos, M. E. — 1958-1960 Scope and content: File contains printed pamphlet, correspondence, distribution copies of incoming letters with the Greek national. |
File 5/77 | Coombs, H. C. — 1959-1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Governor of Australia. |
File 5/78 | Corominas-Segura, Rodolfo. — 1957-1958 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and cable with the IMF Executive Director. |
File 5/79 | Cracco, Francois P. H. — 1957-1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, curriculum vitae and biographical sketch with the Belgian national. Language: English, French. |
File 5/80 | [Cromer, Earl of]. — 1961-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with George Rowland Stanley Baring, Governor of the Bank of England. General note: original file title: Rowley, Earl of Cromer (Bank of England). Language: English. |
File 5/81 | Dacy, Manning. — 1956-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, memos and typescript with the Economic Advisor, Lloyds Bank Ltd., London. |
File 5/82 | Dillon, Douglas. — March-December 1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Under Secretary of State, US. |
File 5/83 | Douglas, Carl (Count). — December 1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Swedish Ambassador. |
File 5/84 | Einstein, Major B. — April 1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Senior Vice President of the First National Bank of St. Louis (US). |
File 5/85 | Emminger, Otmar. — 1957-1958 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, cables with the director of the Deutsche Bundesbank. |
File 5/86 | Erhard, Dr. — March 1958 Scope and content: File contains memos to the Managing Director regarding issues for discussion in meetings with Ludwig Erhard. |
File 5/87 | Ferrero, Romulo A. — July-August 1959 Scope and content: File contains memos and correspondence with Ferrero, Director of the National Agrarian Society of Peru. |
File 5/88 | Franks, (Sir) Oliver. — February 1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, memo from the representative of Lloyds Bank of London. |
File 5/89 | Frere, Maurice. — 1957-1958 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with attachments with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and one time Governor of the National Bank of Belgium. Language: English. French. |
File 5/90 | Futter, Manfred. — May-June 1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and memo with attachments including typescript. Language: Predominantly German. English. |
File 5/91 | Germain-Martin, Henry. — January-March 1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and memo with the Director of the Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie, Paris. |
File 5/92 | Gran, Lennart J. — 1957 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the American national on repayment issues. |
File 5/93 | Guindey, Guillaume. — May-June 1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and cable with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) representative. Language: English. French. |
File 5/94 | Guth, Wilfried. — December 1959 Scope and content: File contains copy of typescript. Wilfried Guth was the Executive Director for the Federal Republic of Germany in the IMF from 1959-1962. Language: German. |
File 5/95 | Heller, Walter W. — 1961-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (US). |
File 5/96 | Hoeffding, Waldemar. — 1957-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with German journalist. |
File 5/97 | Holtrop, W. — 1957-1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, cables with the President of the Bank of the Netherlands. |
File 5/98 | Johnson, Byron L. — June 1960 Scope and content: File contains a letter received from the US Congressman from Colorado. |
File 5/99 | Kadragic, Catherine S. — 1957-1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence from the US National, inquiring as to employment. |
File 5/100 | Kielland, Gabriel. — January-February 1963 Scope and content: File contains memo and attachment regarding the head of the Bank of Norway. |
File 5/101 | King, Wilfred. — 5.8.1961-5.18.1961 Scope and content: File contains memos and correspondence with the Editor of The Banker Ltd., London UK. Outgoing letter from G. S. Dorrance, Chief, Finance Division. |
File 5/102 | Lloyd, Selwyn. — June 1961 Scope and content: File contains outgoing letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (UK). |
File 5/103 | Mandicas, A. S. — March 1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with representative of the Commercial Bank of Greece. |
File 5/104 | McElligott, J. J. — 1958-1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, memos with the Governor, Central Bank of Ireland. |
File 5/105 | de Moubray, Guy L. L. — 1956-1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, memo, cables, notes, program from Jacobsson's assistant. |
File 5/106 | Nielsen, Svend. — 1957-1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Governor of Danmarks Nationalbank. Language: Predominantly English. Danish. |
File 5/107 | Orne, S.H. — September-October 1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with a writer requesting a speech from the Managing Director. |
File 5/108 | Palyi, Melchior. — 1960-1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the economist, Professor Palyi, and a distribution copy of a bulletin. |
File 5/109 | Parsons, Maurice. — 1959-1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Director of the Bank of England. |
File 5/110 | Rayan, S. V. — 1962-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, memo, news clipping. Liquidity and World Trade : three important points to prevent deflation / P. Jacobson. - Reprint of speech before the National Foreign Trade Convention in New York, Oct. 1962, Bombay, Nov. 1962. - pp.816 - 818. |
File 5/111 | Reid, Jay. — 1958-1960 Scope and content: File contains outgoing letter, memo and copy of itinerary. Jay H Reid was in charge of the IMF's public relations and external information activities from 1948-1980. |
File 5/112 | Reimann, Guenter. — 1957-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and memo with the editor of International Reports Inc. (US). |
File 5/113 | Rooth, Ivar. — 1957-1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the former Managing Director. |
File 5/114 | Schwegler, W. — 1958-1961 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and memo and attachments with the President of the Swiss National Bank. Language: Predominantly English. German. |
File 5/115 | Smit, Carel Jan. — February 1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence and attachments, including news clipping with the Saint Anselm College professor, New Hampshire, US. |
File 5/116 | Tamagna, Frank M. — April-May 1961 Scope and content: File contains incoming letter with attachment, note, memos. Tamagna was a professor at American University in Washington, DC. Central Banks and International Monetary Arrangements / F. M. Tamagna. - Washington DC : American University, May 1961. - Copy of typescript. - 29p. |
File 5/117 | Thunholm, Lars-Erik. — February-March 1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Director of the Skandinaviska Banken (Sweden). |
File 5/118 | Van Lennep, E. — 1961-1962 Scope and content: File contains incoming letter with attachment, note. Van Lennep was Treasurer-General in the Netherlands, Ministry of Finance, and involved with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). |
File 5/119 | Vocke, Wilhelm. — February-April 1957 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with attachment. Vocke was German Governor, IMF. Language: Predominantly English. German. |
File 5/120 | Von Mangoldt-Reiboldt, H. Karl. — 1957-1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, cables with the representative of the European Monetary Agreement - Paris and Alternate Governor - IMF. Language: Predominantly English. German. |
File 5/121 | Wardlaw, George M. — April 1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with Wardlaw of the Safe Deposit Co. of New York, who requests answers from Jacobsson about the financial future of the United States. |
File 5/122 | Whitman, Harold. — 1958-1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence, also distribution copies of letters, draft extract of speech by Whitman, lists, invitations. Whitman was President of the Pan American Society of the United States. |
File 5/123 | Wilkie, John A. — October-November 1959 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Secretary of the Treasury, US Government. |
File 5/124 | Williams, Oliver. — June 1962 Scope and content: File contains incoming letter from Williams to W.P. Cooke, with attached essay: Let the World Aid America: the Trade Expansion Act of 1962/ O. Williams. - New York: the author, Jun. 1962. - Distribution copy. - 8p. |
File 5/125 | Woods, George D. — 1962-1963 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with the Chairman of the Board and President, IBRD. |
File 5/126 | Yoshioka, Robert. — October-November 1962 Scope and content: File contains correspondence from student Yoshioka. |
File 5/127 | [Zonana, Isaac]. — March-October 1957 Scope and content: File contains correspondence from Zonana of the Egyptian Exchange asking for a position with the IMF, cable, memo, list of appointments. General note: original file title: Nick Koestuer and Zonana, I. |
File 5/128 | Zorn, Eugene C., Jr. — May 1960 Scope and content: File contains correspondence with Zorn, Vice President and Economist with the Republic National Bank of Dallas. |
File 10/227 | General Correspondence. — January 1954 - November 1956 |
File 10/228 | General Correspondence. — February-November 1957 Language: Predominantly English. Norwegian. |
File 10/229 | General Correspondence. — December 1957 - February 1959 Language: Predominantly English. Swedish, French, etc. |
File 10/230 | General Correspondence. — June-November 1959 Language: Predominantly English. German, Portuguese. |
File 10/231 | General Correspondence. — November 1959 - May 1960 Language: Predominantly English. French, German. |
File 10/232 | General Correspondence. — June 1960 - February 1961 Language: Predominantly English. German. |
File 10/233 | General Correspondence. — March 1961 - April 1963 Language: Predominantly English. German, Swedish, Italian. |
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