Edward M. Bernstein Papers (#4502) 1927-1996

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Edward M. Bernstein Papers (#4502) 1927-1996

Edward M. Bernstein, professor of economics at the University of North Carolina, 1935-1940; principal economist for the United States Treasury Department, 1940-1946; assistant to the secretary of the United States Treasury Department, 1946; research director of the International Monetary Fund, 1944-1958; president of EMB (Ltd.) Research Economists, 1958-1981; and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution beginning in 1982. The collection includes reports and other writings on topics in international economics, particularly international finance and monetary policy, by Edward M. Bernstein and EMB (Ltd.) Research Economists; materials concerning the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, N.H., in 1944, materials about meetings of United States Treasury Department staff, and other materials relating to the establishment and research operations of the International Monetary Fund; some personal papers; and pictures, including pictures of the Bretton Woods conference.

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