Guide to the Chester H. McCall papers C0098 Chester H. McCall

Guide to the Chester H. McCall papers C0098

Chester H. McCall


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Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0098
Title
Chester H. McCall papers 1931-1947
Quantity
1.5 Linear Feet, 3 boxes
Creator
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Creator
McCall, Chester H.
Language
English .
Abstract
The Chester McCall papers contain materials from his tenure at the Department of Commerce as well as his private life.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Chester H. McCall papers, C0098, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The donor is unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009. Updated by Greta Kuriger in 2011. Reprocessed and finding aid updated by Lana Mason in 2018.


Biographical Information

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.

Scope and Content

The Chester McCall Papers comprise 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, and memorandums and a handwritten note from Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by subject.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds many other collections on United States government and politics, particularly the Legislative branch. The Clark Warburton papers include documents on the FDIC during the 1930s.

The University of Virginia Libraries also holds a collection of the Chester H. McCall papers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Educational change
  • International trade
  • Interstate commerce
  • Maberry, Arthur
  • McCall, Chester H.
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
  • Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • United States. Department of Commerce

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Maberry, Arthur
  • McCall, Chester H.
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
  • Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • United States -- Politics and government

Container List

Chester H. McCall papers
1931-1947
Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    Arledge, Hardin B.
    January 2, 1934
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Bouchard, Leo
    March 5, 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Boykin, Frank
    June 15-16, 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    Brody, Harry
    April 13 and 17, 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Bulkley, Robert
    October-December 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Calvert, Lawrence
    June and September 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
    Canaday, Ward
    1935-1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
    Copeland, Royal
    October 5 and 16, 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
    Cromie, Robert
    1934-1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
    Francis, Clarence
    1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
    Friendly, Alfred
    June and September 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
    Lewis, Reuben
    August 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
    Mendehall, Wayne
    February 15, 1935 and May 5, 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
    Sauer, Leonard C.
    April and May 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
    Stettinius, E. R., Jr.
    January 6, 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
    Tweksbury, Howard
    May 5, 1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
    Harry, Truman S.
    September 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
    Willard, Daniel
    May and June 1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
    Business Advisory Council
    1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
    Credit and New Deal, An Address by Chester H. McCall Assistant Secretary of Commerce before the Washington Association of Credit Men
    March 13, 1934
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
    National Institution of Public Affairs
    12866
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
    US Shipping Board Bureau
    February 27, 1934 and May 9, 1934
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
    Regimentation and Recovery
    12724
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
    Trading for Peace 1 of 3
    1934
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
    Trading for Peace 2 of 3
    1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
    Trading for Peach 3 of 3
    1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
    Constitution Day Speech
    1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
    Government Article
    1947
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
    Maberry Organization
    1935-1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
    Weekly Memo to the President
    1935-1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
    Cabinet
    1935-1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
    Confidential General
    1935-1936
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
    16-A General
    1934-1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
    Kee Notes (Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, MD)
    1946
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
    Clippings
    1946
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
    Bethesda Journal
    1946
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
    IV-F Philosophical Aspects and Foundation (play pages 5-36)
    undated
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
    Miscellaneous (Home building program of The Committee for Economic Recovery report; newspaper clippings; Rebuilding our foreign trade)
    1935
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
    Notes in the Presidents Handwriting
    undated
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
    Play Script (Dark Stairs)
    undated
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 14
    Play Script (Liberty and Discipline)
    1931
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 15
    Un-named Play (Demagoguery)
    undated
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
    Un-named Play
    undated
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
    Mickey McCall (includes photograph)
    1946
    Scope and Contents note
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
    Miscellaneous (school notebook, Space & Time news-letter of advertising, The Psychological Cycle, correspondence and notes from the Pacific Northwest
    1934-1939
    Scope and Contents note