Reeve, Joseph E. Papers

Dates: 1943-1984. Bulk Date Span: 1948-1971

Economist and Assistant Chief, Commerce and Finance Division, Bureau of the Budget, 1942-1965

The papers of Joseph E. Reeve consist of memorandums, correspondence, speeches and statements, tables, routing slips, and printed materials. They relate to Reeve's service as an economist with the Bureau of the Budget.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 2 linear feet, 2 linear inches (about 3,600 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The American Heritage Center donated to the U.S. government its copyright interest in all writings in this collection. No donation of copyright has been received from Joseph E. Reeve or his legal heirs. Documents created by U.S. government employees in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Elizabeth Carrington (2011).


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1907 (December 2)

 

Born, Kendallville, Indiana

1929

 

A.B., Amherst College

1929-1930

 

Student, London School of Economics and Bonn University

1931-1938

 

Instructor in Economics, Marietta College, George Williams College, Carleton College, University of Chicago, Wayne University

1939

 

Ph.D., University of Chicago

1939-1941

 

Economist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

1942-1965

 

Economist and Assistant Chief, Commerce and Finance Division, Bureau of the Budget

1943

 

Author, Monetary Reform Movements

1962-1963

 

Executive Secretary, President's Committee on Federal Credit Programs

1965-1970

 

Director, Monetary and Credit Analysis Staff, Office of Budget Review, Bureau of the Budget

1966

 

Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Financial Assets

1969

 

Executive Secretary, President's Committee to Reappraise Federal Credit Programs

1992 (March 10)

 

Died, Lee County, Florida

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Joseph E. Reeve Papers are comprised of memorandums, correspondence, speeches and statements, tables, routing slips, and printed materials. The papers relate to Reeve's service as an economist with the Bureau of the Budget. The collection consists of one series, a Chronological File, arranged chronologically.

A majority of the materials within the collection are memorandums and correspondence which convey the results of inter-agency discussions and recommendations for actions addressing topics such as budget policy, housing, federal loan programs, interest rates, public works financing, federal credit programs, public debt management, area redevelopment, flood insurance, the Farmers Home Loan Bank, the International Home Loan Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), and legislative proposals in these areas.

The first folder of the collection contains biographical information and printed materials provided by Reeve when he donated his papers to the American Heritage Center. Longhand lists created by Reeve appear at the beginning of each year in the folders that follow. These lists categorize the records for each year based on the following codes:

Bd. P.

 

Budget Policy

Cons. P.

 

Consumer Protection

D. M.

 

Department Management

Dis. A.

 

Disaster Assistance

F. C. P.

 

Federal Credit Programs

F. I.

 

Financial Institutions

Ins.

 

Insurance (including Flood Insurance)

Int.

 

Interest

Intl.

 

International

Org.

 

Organization

Further information concerning the Bureau of the Budget during the Truman administration can be found in the Frederick J. Lawton Papers, J. Weldon Jones Papers, and David H. Stowe Papers.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

 

Series

1-5

  CHRONOLOGICAL FILE, 1943-1984
Memorandums, correspondence, speeches and statements, tables, routing slips, and printed materials. Arranged chronologically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

CHRONOLOGICAL FILE, 1943-1984

Box 1

  • 1943-1984
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954

Box 2

  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957 [1 of 2]
  • 1957 [2 of 2]
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960

Box 3

  • 1961
  • 1962 [1 of 2]
  • 1962 [2 of 2]
  • 1963
  • 1964

Box 4

  • 1965
  • 1966 [1 of 2]
  • 1966 [2 of 2]
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969 [1 of 2]

Box 5

  • 1969 [2 of 2]
  • 1970
  • 1971
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