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January 29, 1930

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Max Lowenthal

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

February 21, 1930

Congratulatory letter from Frederick Allen to Charles Evans Hughes on appointment as Chief Justice of the United States

[transcript] (pdf) (Charles Evans Hughes Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

April 8, 1930

Address by Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter to Indiana Bar Association

[image] (pdf) (Willis Van Devanter Papers, courtesy of Library of Congress)

April 14, 1930

Letter from Wallace Sturtevan to Willoughby Crozier & Co. on McCormick decision by U.S. Supreme Court

[transcript] (pdf) (Charles Evans Hughes Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

May 1930

William Clark, William O. Douglas and Dorothy S. Thomas, The Business Failures Project: A Problem in Methodology.

[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 39, pages 1013-1024)

September 25, 1930

Offer from F.B. Oldham, American Industrial Company to Charles Evans Hughes to become a stockholder in the company

[transcript] (pdf) (Charles Evans Hughes Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

November 5, 1930

Protest letter from F.M. Eugene Blass to Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes against the American Medical Association

[transcript] (pdf) (Charles Evans Hughes Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

November 15, 1930

Letter from R.D. Bowen to Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes on state sovereignty

[transcript] (pdf) (Charles Evans Hughes Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

September 24, 1931

Broadcast by David Jackson on WIBO on securities and investments

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

October 8, 1931

Letter from Charles B. Couchman, President and John L. Carey, Secretary to members and associates of the American Institute of Accountants on proposed classification of accountancy services

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

December 4, 1931

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Justice Harlan Stone on dissent in Car Hire

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 1932

William O. Douglas, Some Functional Aspects of Bankruptcy

[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 41, pages 329-364)

January 7, 1932

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Justice Harlan Stone on First National Bank of Boston vs. Maine

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 10, 1932

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Justice Harlan Stone on Car Hire

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 16, 1932

Letter from David Jackson to Justice Louis Brandeis requesting approval to publish talks broadcast on WIBO

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 21, 1932

Letter from Gregory Hankin, Legal Research Service to Justice Louis Brandeis in support of dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 22, 1932

Letter from Abraham Flexner, Institute for Advanced Study to Justice Louis Brandeis in support of dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 22, 1932

Letter of support from Bernard Bell, Columbia University to Justice Louis Brandeis for dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 23, 1932

Letter from Edwin Mitchell to Justice Louis Brandeis in support of dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 23, 1932

Telegram of support from George Foster Peabody to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 28, 1932

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Justice Harlan Stone on opinion in Heiner vs. Donnan

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

March 31, 1932

Letter of support from Sumner Slichter, Harvard University to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

April 2, 1932

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Justice Harlan Stone on leaders of the bar

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

April 4, 1932

Letter from Thorwald Siegfried to Justice Louis Brandeis on issuance of currency

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

April 12, 1932

Acknowledgement from Ralph Epstein, University of Buffalo to Justice Louis Brandeis for copy of dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

April 18, 1932

Letter from Alexander Whiteside to Justice Louis Brandeis in support of dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

April 23, 1932

Testimony of Bernard Smith on Stock Exchange Practices (the Radio Pool) to the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S. Senate

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

May 1932

George E. Bates and William O. Douglas, Secondary Distribution of Securities: Problems Suggested by Kinney v. Glenny

[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 41, pages 949-1004)

July 29, 1932

Letter from E.M. Dodd, Jr. to Justice Louis Brandeis seeking advice on teaching business corporation law

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

August 9, 1932

Letter from Sidney Scheuer to Justice Louis Brandeis on wage adjustments

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

October 13, 1932

"An Imperishable Ideal of Liberty Under Law" - Section of address given by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes on laying of cornerstone of U.S. Supreme Court building

[transcript] (pdf) (Charles Evans Hughes Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

October 22, 1932

Letter from Thomas Doran to Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter on upcoming election

[transcript] (pdf) (Willis Van Devanter Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

1933

Can Law-Makers Solve the Economic Riddle? - Speech by Wiley Rutledge

[transcript] (pdf) (Wiley Rutledge Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 13, 1933

Letter from John F. Forbes, President to members and associates of the American Institute of Accountants on proposed consolidation of AIA with American Society of Certified Public Accountants

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

January 24, 1933

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Associate Justice Harlan Stone on American Tobacco Company dissent

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 2, 1933

Letter from Associate Justice Harlan Stone to Felix Frankfurter on American Tobacco Company

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 21, 1933

Testimony of Charles Mitchell, First National City Bank President, to the Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S Senate (Pecora Committee)

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

March 2, 1933

Telegram from C.H. Parsons, Kentucky Merchants Association to Representative Fred Vinson in support of national bank deposit emergency legislation

[transcript] (pdf) (Frederick Moore Vinson Collection, University of Kentucky)

March 3, 1933

Telegram from Representative Fred Vinson to C.H. Parsons in support of Guaranty Bank Deposit bill

[transcript] (pdf) (Frederick Moore Vinson Collection, University of Kentucky)

March 4, 1933

Inaugural Address of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

March 14, 1933

Letter of support from Charles M. Stone to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 15, 1933

Letter of support from General Distributors, Inc. to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 18, 1933

Letter of support from Arnold Margolin to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 20, 1933

Letter of support from Judge George Anderson to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 21, 1933

Acknowledgement from Louis Boudin to Justice Louis Brandeis for copy of opinion

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 25, 1933

Request from A.A. Berle, Jr. to Justice Louis Brandeis for copy of opinion

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 27, 1933

Letter of support from Judge Evan Evans to Justice Louis Brandeis

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

May 5, 1933

Letter from Benjamin Cohen to James Landis

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

May 8, 1933

Excerpt from Diary of Felix Frankfurter

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

May 15, 1933

Letter from Emmett Butler, Butler Brothers to Associate Justice Pierce Butler

[transcript] (pdf) (With permission of the Pierce Butler Family Papers, Minnesota Historical Society)

May 27, 1933

The Securities Act of 1933

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

June 7, 1933

Letter from Benjamin Cohen to James Landis

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

June 10, 1933

"What Will Happen to the House of Morgan?," The Literary Digest

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

July 6, 1933

Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Act of 1933

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of David Ratner)

August 31, 1933

Letter from J.C. Muirhead, Inc. to President Roosevelt protesting regulation

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

September 15, 1933

Letter from E.G. Parsly, Parsly Bros. & Co., to Baldwin Bane

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

September 25, 1933

Telegrams to George Mathews from President Roosevelt on appointment to Federal Trade Commission Securities Division, along with acceptance of James Landis

[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

September 28, 1933

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Justice Harlan Stone on Securities Act

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

October 30, 1933

Accountants and the Securities Act - American Institute of Accountants

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

October 30, 1933

Address by James Landis, Federal Trade Commission on the Securities Act of 1933 to New York State Society of CPAs

[transcript] (pdf) (AICPA Collection, University of Mississippi)

November 1933

George E. Bates and William O. Douglas, Stock "Brokers" as Agents and Dealers

[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 43, pages 46-62)

December 1933

George E. Bates and William O. Douglas, The Federal Securities Act of 1933

[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal Company and William S. Hein Company from The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 43, pages 171-217)

December 7, 1933

American Institute of Accountants Release - Liabilities under the Securities Act

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

December 27, 1933

Letter from John F. Forbes, President to members and associates of the American Institute of Accountants urging membership

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

1933

American Institute of Accountants Release - Special Committee to Study Effects of State Corporation Laws on Presentation of Financial Statements

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

1934

Parts I and II of Statement of Richard Whitney on H.R. 7852, National Securities Act of 1934

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

1934

Telegram from Lemuel C. Benedict to President Franklin Roosevelt

[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

1934 to present

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmen and Commissioners

[document] (tml) (Government Records)

1934 to present

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Home Offices Locations in Washington and Philadelphia

[document] (jpg)

1934

"Just 'A Little Red House' to Britten," Washington Herald - Representative Frederick Britten Accuses Benjamin Cohen and Thomas Corcoran of Foisting Communistic Legislation

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

January 4, 1934

Letter from Justice Harlan Stone to Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes on addition to Home Building & Loan Association vs. Blaisdell

[transcript] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 4, 1934

Note from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes to Justice Harlan F. Stone, with addition to Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell

[image] (pdf) (Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 17, 1934

Letter from George O. May, Price, Waterhouse & Co., to James Landis

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)

January 20, 1934

Letter from James Harkless to Associate Justice George Sutherland on Minnesota case

[transcript] (pdf) (William H. Moody Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 21, 1934

Audits of Corporate Accounts: Correspondence between the Special Committee on Co-operation with the Stock Exchanges of the American Institute of Accountants and the Committee on Stock List of the New York Stock Exchange, 1932-1934

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

January 26, 1934

Letter from F. Dumont Smith, American Bar Association to Associate Justice George Sutherland on Minnesota case

[transcript] (pdf) (William H. Moody Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 1934

William O. Douglas - Protective Committees in Railroad Reorganizations

[document] (pdf) (with permission of the Harvard Law Review)

February 6, 1934

Message from President Roosevelt to U.S. Congress on Stock Exchange Practices

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

February 11, 1934

Telegram from Thomas Corcoran to Felix Frankfurter

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

February 24, 1934

Letter from Sam Untermyer to William O. Douglas

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

February 26, 1934

Excerpt of Testimony of Thomas Corcoran on the Securities Exchange Act before the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S. Senate

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

February 26, 1934

Excerpt of Testimony of Thomas Corcoran on the Securities Exchange Act before the Committee on Banking and Currency, U.S. Senate

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

March 1, 1934

Private News Letter

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

March 1934

William O. Douglas, Protecting the Investor

[document] (pdf) (with permission of The Yale Law Journal)

March 11, 1934

American Institute of Accountants Release - Protest Against Imposition of Uniform Accounting Methods

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

March 16, 1934

Protest from Nora McGary to Justice Louis Brandeis on unemployment

[transcript] (pdf) (Louis D. Brandeis Papers, Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville)

March 19, 1934

American Institute of Accountants letter to state boards of accountancy, announcing modification of plan of cooperation in conduct of examinations

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

March 22, 1934

Letter from Henry Morgenthau to President Roosevelt with Memorandum on the Stock Exchange Bill

[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

March 22, 1934

Letter from Paul V. Shields to Postmaster General James A. Farley in protest of exchange reform

[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

March 25, 1934

Letter from Sarah Agrillo to President Roosevelt

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the National Archives)

March 31, 1934

Telegram from R.K. Haughton, U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company to Senator Hugo Black in protest of National Securities Exchange Act

[image] (pdf) (Hugo Black Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

April 5, 1934

Letter from Joe Nettles, Congoleum-Nairn, Inc. to Senator Hugo Black requesting amendment to National Securities Exchange Act

[image] (pdf) (Hugo Black Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

April 9, 1934

Reply to Jack Miller with list of speeches given by Associate Justice George Sutherland

[transcript] (pdf) (William H. Moody Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

April 12, 1934

Letter from Richard Whitney, New York Stock Exchange, to President Roosevelt requesting meeting on "unsound" securities legislation

[transcript] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

April 13, 1934

Note from President Roosevelt to Col. Marvin H. McIntyre on delaying meeting with Richard Whitney

[image] (pdf) (with permission of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum)

April 16, 1934

Letter from J.W. Johnston, Lone Star Cement Company to Senator Hugo Black requesting modifications to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

[transcript] (pdf) (Hugo Black Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

April 19, 1934

Code of Fair Competition for Investment Bankers, with a descriptive analysis of its fair practice provisions and history of preparation - Investment Bankers Code Committee

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy FINRA)

April 24, 1934

Telegram from Milton Dammann, American Safety Razor Corporation, to Representative Sam Rayburn protesting the stock exchange bill

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

May 1934

James M. Landis - "Should the Federal Securities Act of 1933 Be Modified?," Congressional Digest

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

May 1, 1934

Letter from Harry Marks, Fenner & Beane to Senator Hugo Black in protest of National Securities Exchange Act

[image] (pdf) (Hugo Black Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)