Morrow papers, series I : Business Affairs and Public Activities Files, 1900-1931.

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Morrow papers, series I : Business Affairs and Public Activities Files, 1900-1931.

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Includes extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports. Morrow's professional, public service, and personal activities as a lawyer, international financier, statesman, public servant, and board member are documented. The series best documents Morrow's work as partner at J.P. Morgan & Co. Major correspondents include: Hiram Bingham, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Cochran, Paul D. Cravath, T. Coleman DuPont, Walter E. Edge, Will H. Hays, Frank B. Kellogg, Arthur Bliss Lane, Walter Lippmann, Thomas W. Lamont, George Rublee, Sir Arthur Salter, A.H. Springer, Frank W. Stearns, Henry L. Stimson, Harlan Fiske Stone, and Owen D. Young. Additional correspondents include representatives of: J.P. Morgan & Co., National Republican Party, Russell Sage Foundation, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, and the Smithsonian Institution.

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