Henry Parker Willis papers, 1863-1937
Biographical Note
Professor of Banking at Columbia University, 1917-1937. Willis was editor of the NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, 1919-1931,
and the author of numerous works on banking. Willis was instrumental in drafting the first Federal Reserve Act.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, speeches, documents, and subject files of Willis. Much of the collection deals with
the formation and early development of the Federal Reserve System. The papers also deal with his work with the Philippine
National Bank, the Irish Banking Commission, the Banking Inquiry of 1925 and the Banking Act of 1933, the New Zealand Monetary
Commission, Australian Banking, and the Indian Currency Commission. Among the major correspondents are Charles Francis Adams,
Irving Fisher, Carter Glass, Francis W. Hirst, William G. McAdoo, Christopher Morley, Manuel L. Quezon, and E.R.A. Seligman.
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