Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the Transamerica Corporation, owned by the Giannini family of California, and the attempts of U.S. government agencies to prevent further expansion of the Bank of America. This box also contains some material relating to the Federal Reserve Board hearings on Transamerica and Bank of America; for more materials on the hearings, see Box 21.

Scope and Contents Letters and reports sent to Eccles, mainly from Comptroller Preston Delano and the Gianninis. These materials document the difficulties between the Federal Reserve Board and the comptroller, and between government banking agencies and the Gianninis. Most of the Federal Reserve documents are in response to Delano's actions.

Scope and Contents Materials related to the Federal Reserve Board's interest in Transamerica, Bank of America, and the Gianninis. Chief correspondents are Amadeo P. Giannini, Eccles, and Lawrence Clayton, assistant to Eccles.