Papers of Edward N. Gadsby, 1956-1973.

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Papers of Edward N. Gadsby, 1956-1973.

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The collection contains correspondence, published opinions, clippings, and speeches of Edward N. Gadsby. The collection has been divided into three series: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, and Publications. Correspondence includes letters during Gadsby's tenure on the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as personal correspondence. Newspaper clippings include articles and excerpts from the North Adams Transcript during the early 1940s, when Gadsby was particularly active in local and state politics. The Publications Series contains several volumes of opinions authored by Gadsby when he was associated with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, a bound set of his collected speeches as Chair of the SEC, and two editions of the Matthew Bender Business Organizations series, relating to the Security Exchange Act of 1934, which Gadsby edited and which include his handwritten edits.

2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes).

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United States. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Utilities.

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Gadsby, Edward N., 1900-1973

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Edward Northup Gadsby was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst College in 1923 and received his law degree from New York University in 1929. After practicing in New York for eight years, he returned to North Adams, where he practiced for 10 years (1947-1952) before being name to the Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission. From 1952-1956 he served as counsel to the commission. In 1957 Gadsby was named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Securities and Exchange Com...