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Chester H. McCall papers, C0098, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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Updated by Greta Kuriger in 2011. Reprocessed and finding aid updated by Lana Mason in 2018.
Chester H. McCall served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce (1933-1937) under Daniel C. Roper in the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Administration. While in the Department of Commerce, McCall headed up the administrative, public relations, and publications
efforts of the department's Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, and Bureau of Air Commerce.
He was also a member of the Executive Board of the National Youth Administration, secretary of several Cabinet committees,
and represented Commerce in several inter-departmental committees.
The Chester McCall Papers contain materials from his tenure at the Department of Commerce as well as his private life. The
materials include correspondence between Chester McCall, Secretary Roper, government employees, and business leaders; speech
drafts: "Credit and the New Deal" (March 13, 1934), "Regimentation and Recovery" (November 6, 1934), "Trading for Peace" (August
16, 1934); and contemporary news clippings regarding the Roosevelt Administration and the Department of Commerce. The materials
also include documents and writings pertaining to McCall's personal life, memoranda and a handwritten note from Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Special Collections Research Center also holds many other collections on United States government and politics, particularly
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Letter from Hardin B. Arledge to D. C. Roper (Secretary of Commerce),
January 2, 1934
Box: 1
Folder: 2
Letter to Leo Bouchard (Dayton Association of Credit Men),
March 5, 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 3
Correspondence between McCall and Frank W. Boykin (House of Representatives),
June 15-16, 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 4
Correspondence between McCall and Harry Brody,
April 13,17, 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 5
Correspondence between McCall and Robert J. Bulkley (Senator),
October-December, 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 6
Correspondence between McCall and Lawrence Calvert,
June, September, 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 7
Correspondence between McCall and Ward Canaday,
1935-1936
Box: 1
Folder: 8
Correspondence between McCall and Royal S. Copeland (Senator) - related materials in 2.2,
October 5, 16, 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 9
Correspondence between McCall and Robert Cromie; newsclipping - "The Age of Youth" from The Vancouver Sun ,
1934-1935
Box: 1
Folder: 10
Correspondence between McCall and Clarence Francis - related correspondence and related newsclipping,
1935
Box: 1
Folder: 11
Correspondence between McCall and Alfred Friendly,
June, September, 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 12
Correspondence between McCall and Reuben A. Lewis,
August 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 13
Correspondence between McCall and Wayne Mendenhall,
February 15, 1935, May 5, 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 14
Correspondence between McCall and Leonard C. Sauer - related newsclipping,
April, May 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 15
Letter from E. R. Stettinius, Jr. to McCall,
January 6, 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 16
Letter from McCall to Howard Tewksbury,
May 5, 1936
Box: 1
Folder: 17
Correspondence between Daniel C. Roper and Harry S. Truman,
September 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 18
Letter from Daniel Willard to Daniel C. Roper and related correspondence,
May, June, 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 19
Documents from the Business Advisory and Planning Council for the Department of Commerce - related correspondence including
memorandum from Franklin D. Roosevelt,
1935
Box: 1
Folder: 20
"Credit and the New Deal" - an address by McCall before the Washington Association of Credit Men,
March 13, 1934
Box: 1
Folder: 21
Memorandum from McCall to "The Secretary" in reference to the National Institution of Public Affairs,
March 23, 1935
Box: 1
Folder: 22
Memorandum from McCall to Daniel C. Roper in reference to the Shipping Board Bureau and related letter,
February 27, May 9, 1934
Box: 1
Folder: 23
"Regimentation and Recovery" - an address by Daniel C. Roper over nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Company,
November 1934
Box: 1
Folder: 24
"Trading for Peace" - an analytical study by McCall - part 1 of 3,
1935
Box: 1
Folder: 25
"Trading for Peace" - an analytical study by McCall and newsclippings - part 2 of 3,
1935
Box: 1
Folder: 26
"Trading for Peace" - an analytical study by McCall and related correspondence - part 3 of 3,
1935
Box: 1
Folder: 27
"Forward with the Constitution" - an address by Daniel C. Roper on Constitution Day - related correspondence, documents, and
newsclippings - part 1 of 2,
1935-1936
Box: 1
Folder: 28
"Forward with the Constitution" - an address by Daniel C. Roper on Constitution Day - related correspondence, documents, and
newsclippings - part 2 of 2,
1935-1936
Box: 1
Folder: 29
"Report to the President of the United States on National Recovery and Employment" - report by the Durable Goods Industries
Committee and related note,
May 14, 1934, September 15, 1936
Box: 2
Folder: 1
"Government article" pertaining to Federal Trade Commission and civil liberties - related newsclippings - personal writings,
1947
Box: 2
Folder: 2
Documents and correspondence related to planning of the Maberry Organization-correspondence between McCall and Arthur Maberry-related
newsclippings
,
1935-1936
Box: 2
Folder: 3
memoranda between Daniel C. Roper and Franklin D. Roosevelt - related correspondence,
1935-1936
Box: 2
Folder: 4
Cabinet meeting memoranda from McCall to Daniel C. Roper - press release from Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works,
1935-1936
Box: 2
Folder: 5
Correspondence between John H. Overton and Johnston Avery on Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce hiring - letter of recommendation
by McCall for Ralph H. Michael, Jr.,
May 1935, April 1936
Box: 2
Folder: 6
16-A - "Report on Visit to the United States of America" (access copies) - letter from Thomas A.Watson to Daniel C. Roper
- letter to John H. Love,
October 30, 1925, September 27, 1934, March 29, 1935
Box: 2
Folder: 7
"Kee-Notes" - keynoted activities of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland and souvenir calendars,
1946
Box: 2
Folder: 8
Newsclippings related to McCall's career and persona life in Bethesda, Maryland,
1946
Box: 2
Folder: 9
"Editorship of Journal" - McCall's personal recollections of events leading to his becoming editor and publisher of the "Bethesda
Journal" - related document,
1946
Box: 2
Folder: 10
"Dark Stairs" - play script by unknown author - part 1 of 2,
undated
Box: 2
Folder: 11
"Methods for Men, Money, Management and Government"-a report to Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Home Building Program of the
Committee for Economic Recovery-related documents and newsclippings,
1935
Box: 2
Folder: 12
Handwritten note from Franklin D. Roosevelt (includes access copy),
circa 1930s
Box: 2
Folder: 13
Untitled play by unknown author-part 1 of 3,
undated
Box: 2
Folder: 14
Untitled play by unknown author-part 2 of 3-letter to McCall from Charles H. Smith,
undated and 1931
Box: 2
Folder: 15
Untitled play by unknown author-part 3 of 3,
undated
Box: 2
Folder: 16
Letters from National Aeronautic Association-letter from the Air Defense League and associated document,
January-February, 1936
Box: 2
Folder: 17
Memorandum to Daniel C. Roper on commercial attache to USSR and related newsclipping-document on trade with Cuba-anonymous
memorandum to McCall,
1935-1936
Box: 2
Folder: 18
Personal recollections of Daniel C. Roper by Daniel J. Currie-related document,
December 5, 1936
Box: 2
Folder: 19
Mission statement for the National Institution of Public Affairs-related newsclippings and document,
1935
Box: 3
Folder: 1
"Dark Stairs"-play script by unknown author-part 2 of 2,
undated
Box: 3
Folder: 2
Writings by Mickey McCall-related photograph,
1946-1947
Box: 3
Folder: 3
Notebook with handwritten notes and inserts-related newsclippings-envelopes from the Department of Commerce-preservation note:
two rusted paper clips attached to materials,
1930s
Box: 3
Folder: 4
Notebook with handwritten notes and inserts,
undated
Box: 3
Folder: 5
"Space and Time" newsletter referencing McCall's business activities after departure from Washington, D.C.,
February 20, 1939
Box: 3
Folder: 6
"The Psychological Cycle" essay by unknown author-letter to McCall from H. E. Waterbury-telegram from E. L. Sweek with handwritten
note-,
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