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Correspondence with Egbert, who was given access to Eccles' papers in preparation of a 1972 doctoral dissertation in history at Brigham Young University titled, Marriner S. Eccles and the Banking Act of 1935. A copy of the work is included in the Eccles collection. Aunt Val, mentioned in Egbert's correspondence is Va Lois Egbert, Eccles' secretary.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Dean May, a Harvard University student who had written a 1966 seminar paper titled, "The Banking Act of 1935." (See Folder 3.) May had planned to expand on this topic with his dissertation, prospectively titled, The Public Career of Marriner S. Eccles, but changed his focus to Eccles' response to the 1937 recession. This work was published in 1981 under the title, From New Deal to New Economics: The American Liberal Response to the Recession of 1937, which is included in...

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Dean May's seminar paper.

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May's log book prepared as he microfilmed Eccles' Washington file. While doing his research, May made an agreement with Eccles that granted him permission to produce the microfilm reels on the condition that they later be added to the collection. This frame-by-frame guide, prepared as he worked on the project, shows the Eccles papers in their original order.