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1980

Governor Reagan's Policies and Actions are Worth Study

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

1980

NASD Annual Report

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy FINRA)

1980

NASD Notices to Members

(Courtesy of FINRA)

• January - March [image] (pdf)
• April - May [image] (pdf)
• June [image] (pdf)
• July [image] (pdf)
• August I [image] (pdf)
• August II [image] (pdf)
• September [image] (pdf)
• October - November [image] (pdf)
• December [image] (pdf)

1980

National Securities Clearing Corporation Annual Report

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of and made possible through the support of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation)

1980

Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 (Public Law No. 96-477); Sections 202, 203(b)(3), 205 of IAA Amended; Sections 2(a)(46), 3(c)(1), 3(c)(11), 6, 47(b), 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 of ICA Amended

[document] (pdf) (Government Records)

1980

The Depository Trust Company Annual Report

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of and made possible through the support of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation)

1980

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Market Oversight Surveillance System

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

January 3, 1980

"The 1980s: The Future of the Accounting Profession" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to AICPA

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

January 4, 1980

Letter from Chief Justice Warren Burger to Justice Lewis Powell re Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 7, 1980

Opinion memorandum for Justice Harry Blackmun in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

January 9, 1980

"The Quest for Accountability" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Roberta S. Karmel to American Society of Corporate Secretaries

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

January 17, 1980

"Tender Offers and the Corporate Director" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to Securities Regulation Institute

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

January 21, 1980

Letter from Stuart Eizenstat to SEC Chairman Harold Williams proposing SEC cooperation with proposed Small Business Issuers' Simplification Act

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)

January 22, 1980

Letter from U.S. Representative James H. Scheuer to Business Week

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of Theodore A. Levine)

January 24, 1980

"Freedom, Free Enterprise and the Accountability Process" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to New Y ork State Bar Association

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

January 30, 1980

Letter from Lewis H. Young, Business Week, to U.S. Representative James H. Scheuer

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of Theodore A. Levine)

January 31, 1980

Note from Chief Justice Warren Burger to Justice Lewis Powell on dissent in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 1, 1980

"Free Enterprise in a Free Society" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to Corporate Issues of the 80s, Southern Methodist University

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

February 1, 1980

Memo from Sheldon Rappaport to SEC Commissioner John R. Evans on subjects for use in a speech to the New York Stock Exchange

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

February 1, 1980

Opinion memorandum for Justice Harry Blackmun on Chief Justice Burger's dissent in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 1980

Report of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Business Conduct Committee

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Archives)

February 4, 1980

Letter from Justice Harry Blackmun on decision in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 4, 1980

Memo from Al McDonald to President Carter on discussions with New York business leaders

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)

February 5, 1980

Memorandum from Justice William Brennan to Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justice Lewis Powell on position in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 6, 1980

Letter from Justice Lewis Powell to Justice William Brennan on Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 11, 1980

Note from Justice Harry Blackmun to Justice Lewis Powell on writing dissent in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

February 12, 1980

Letter from U.S. Representative James H. Scheuer to Lewis H. Young, Business Week

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of Theodore A. Levine)

February 14, 1980

"An Inside View of the SEC Regulatory Process," Address by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to the Utah State Bar Association

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

February 26, 1980

Minutes of the Meeting of the Floor Procedure Committee, Chicago Board Options Exchange

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Archives)

February 27, 1980

Memo from Jim Clarkson to SEC Commissioner John R. Evans on upcoming trip to New York Regional Office

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

March 1980

Initial Public Offerings of Common Stock: The Role of Regional Broker-Dealers in the Capital Formation Process - Report by the Small Business Administration and the SEC

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

March 3, 1980

Letter from Chief Justice Warren Burger to Justice Potter Stewart re Aaron v. SEC

[image] (pdf) (Thurgood Marshall Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

March 4, 1980

Note from Justice William Brennan to Justice Harry Blackmun and Justice Thurgood Marshall in dissent of Aaron v. SEC

[image] (pdf) (Thurgood Marshall Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

March 5, 1980

Memorandum from Justice Harry Blackmun on draft dissent in Chiarella v. United States

[image] (pdf) (Harry A. Blackmun Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

March 6, 1980

Remarks by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to Board of Directors, New York Stock Exchange

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

March 7, 1980

"The State of the Securities and Exchange Commission - 1980" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to SEC Speaks

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

March 7, 1980

Program for the SEC Memorial Service for Ray Garrett, Jr.

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Nancy Garrett Worcester)

March 13, 1980

"The Role of the SEC in Overseeing the Accounting Profession" - Paper by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to Nuffield College, Oxford

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

March 17, 1980

"The Challenges of the New Decade" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to the Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

March 18, 1980

Supreme Court of the United States: Vincent F. Chiarella v. United States on Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals

(Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

• Part 1 [image] (pdf)
• Part 2 [image] (pdf)
• Part 3 [image] (pdf)
• Part 4 [image] (pdf)

March 20, 1980

SEC Authorizations for Fiscal Years 1981, 1982 and 1983 - Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of David Morf)

March 27, 1980

"Deregulation Has Its Price," Address by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to 1980 Mutual Funds & Investment Management Conference

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

March 27-29, 1980

Remarks of SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams at the National Conference on Corporate Governance and Accountability in the 1980s

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

April 19, 1980

Memo from Josh Gotbaum to President Carter on wage/price program

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)

April 22, 1980

"Political Physics - Accountability Vacuums and Social Dynamics" - Speech by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams at Washington University

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

April 23, 1980

"The First Thousand Days - and Beyond" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams at Northwestern University

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

April 25, 1980

"The United States in a Competitive World: Americans are Concerned" - Address by William M. Batten, New York Stock Exchange at the Conference on U.S. Competitiveness

[document] (pdf) (All rights are owned exclusively by NYSE Euronext (copyright) 2009 NYSE Euronext. All Rights Reserved, courtesy New York Stock Exchange Archives)

April 28, 1980

Thank-you letter from President Carter to SEC Commissioner Stephen Friedman on passage of HR 4986: Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Act of 1980

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)

May 14, 1980

"Some Further Challenges to Mutual Funds" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to the Investment Company Institute

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

May 14, 1980

Letter from Michael Macchiaroli, SEC Division of Market Regulation to Ronald Consiglio, Deloitte Haskins & Sells on Bateman Eichler, Hills Richards, Inc.

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Stuart Kaswell)

May 15, 1980

"Investor Protection and the Securities Bar," Address by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to Securities Law Committee, Chicago Bar Association

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

May 21, 1980

Memorandum from Chief Justice Warren Burger on solo position in Aaron v. SEC

[image] (pdf) (Thurgood Marshall Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

May 28, 1980

Opening Statement of the Honorable Harold M. Williams, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, at the Commission's consideration of proposed rules to require a management statement on internal accounting control

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans)

May 28, 1980

Opinion of Chief Justice Warren Burger in Aaron v. SEC

[image] (pdf) (Thurgood Marshall Papers, courtesy Library of Congress)

June 2, 1980

Ronald Reagan invitation letter to establish Business Advisory Panel

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

June 3, 1980

"Revolutionary Change in the Financial Markets" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to Options Seminar, Securities Industry Association

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

June 3, 1980

The Political Economy in Perspective: The Outlook for a Capitalist Renaissance, by Paul Craig Roberts

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

June 5, 1980

"Inflation and the Recapitalization of America" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to the Calvin Bullock Forum

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

June 5, 1980

Opening Statement of the Honorable Harold M. Williams, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, at the occasion of the Commission's consideration of Rule 19c-3

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans)

June 10, 1980

"Policy-Making and Enforcement at the SEC" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to Federal Bar Association Securities Law Committee

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

June 18, 1980

Testimony of the Honorable Harold M. Williams, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, before the Joint Economic Conference

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans)

June 19, 1980

Memo from Richard Williamson to Bill Casey on further meetings of Business Advisory Panel

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

June 22, 1980

Memo from Charlie Smith to Ed Meese on issue center concept

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

June 26, 1980

Handwritten note from Charlie Smith to Ed Meese on issue centers

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

July 1980

Memo from Lisa Stockdale, Council of Economic Advisors to Perry Quick on Government Related Securities Act of 1980

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)

July 1980

NASD Newsletter

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy FINRA)

August 1980

SEC Report to Congress on the Accounting Profession and the Commission's Oversight Role - Part I (pages 1-41)

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

August 5, 1980

"Professionalism and the Corporate Bar" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to American Bar Association

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

August 8, 1980

"Corporate Accountability - A Look at Strategy" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams at Corporate Governance in the 80s, Rice University

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

August 14, 1980

Letter from Thomas Renk to Douglas Winn, with sample letter and "Hit List for Regulatory Reform" form from Ronald Reagan

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

September 1980

"Delegation of Powers Between the Commission and the Self-Regulatory Organizations and Professional Organizations," Paper Submitted by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

September 4, 1980

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Staff Report on Corporate Accountability

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

September 5, 1980

Memo from Jack Kemp to Martin Anderson with suggestions regarding Governor Reagan's economic speech

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

September 5, 1980

Transcript of exit interview with Anne Edwards, by David Alsobrook

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)

September 8, 1980

"Capital Formation, the Market Economy and the SEC" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to National Association of Manufacturers

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

September 9, 1980

"A Strategy for Growth: The American Economy in the 1980s" - Address by Governor Ronald Reagan to the International Business Council

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library)

September 9, 1980

"Public Capital for Mortgage Credit - Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to Mortgage Bankers Association of America

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

September 9, 1980

Progress Report to the SEC on an NYSE Audit Trail and other Related Developments

[image] (pdf) (All rights are owned exclusively by NYSE Euronext (copyright) 2009 NYSE Euronext. All Rights Reserved, courtesy New York Stock Exchange Archives)

September 16, 1980

"Adequate Information: Prerequisite to an Effective Board" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to Financial Executives Research Foundation/American Society of Corporate Secretaries

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

September 16, 1980

"Regulation and Expansion of Options Markets," Address by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to The "New" Stock Options Market Conference

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

September 16, 1980

"Reporting Developments at the SEC and their Impact on Annual Reports" - Remarks by A. Clarence Sampson, SEC Chief Accountant at Financial Times of London seminar

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

September 25, 1980

Panel Presentation by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to the OTC Congress '80

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

September 26, 1980

"Exploring the Limits of Corporate Accountability" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to American Society of Corporate Secretaries

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

September 30, 1980

46th Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

October 1980

Acquisition of Technology-Based Firms by Tender Offer: An Economic and Financial Analysis - SEC Capital Market Working Papers

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

October 3, 1980

"The Foreign Challenge" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman, Los Angeles

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

October 5, 1980

"The National Market System: An Update" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to National Security Traders Association

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

October 9, 1980

Financial Accounting Standards: Controversy, Concepts and Consensus - Dr. Robert T. Sprouse

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of JT Ball)

October 10, 1980

New York State Attorney General Release on surrender of Laurence Hecker

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of Orestes Mihaly)

October 17, 1980

"Transition to the 1980s - Political and Economic Evolution" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to Congress of European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

October 24, 1980

"Do We Measure Up?," Address by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to the 13th Annual Rocky Mountain State-Federal Securities Conference

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

October 31, 1980

"Perpetuating Private Enterprise: The Relevance of the American Experience" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

November 3, 1980

"Accounting and Financial Reporting - The Challenges of the 1980s" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

November 11, 1980

"Corporate Accountability: A Participatory Process," Address by SEC Commissioner John R. Evans to "Corporate Governance Issues and the Corporate Secretary," National Association of Corporate Directors

[image] (pdf) (Courtesy of the estate of John R. Evans; made possible through a gift from Quinton F. Seamons)

November 13, 1980

"Do Regulations Reinforce Ethical Postures?" - Address by SEC Chairman Harold M. Williams to Hebrew Union College

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

November 13, 1980

"Investment Management and the Glass-Steagall Act - The Emperor's New Clothes" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to the Association of Bank Holding Companies

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

November 13, 1980

"The U.S. National Market System: Progress, Problems and Issues" - Remarks by William M. Batten, New York Stock Exchange at EEC Symposium - "Towards a European Stock Exchange"

[image] (pdf) (All rights are owned exclusively by NYSE Euronext (copyright) 2009 NYSE Euronext. All Rights Reserved, courtesy New York Stock Exchange Archives)

November 15, 1980

"Financial Regulators and Financial Markets: The Tortoise and the Hare" - Remarks by SEC Commissioner Stephen J. Friedman to Public Securities Association

[image] (pdf) (Government Records)

November 17, 1980

SEC Release: Steps Announced to Reduce Delays in Processing of Registration Statements

[document] (pdf) (Courtesy of Richard Rowe)

November 18, 1980

Memo from Roger Spencer, Reagan Administration Transition Team to Daniel Goelzer, SEC

[transcript] (pdf) (Courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum)