Guide to the Chester H. McCall papers , C0098

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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.

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.

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

Chester H. McCall papers

1931-1947

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