New Digital Collections: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Three collections originally digitized for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis have now been made available on loc.gov:

• The digitized portion of the Nelson Aldrich papers documents the National Monetary Commission, created in 1908 to study banking and currency operations at home and abroad and to suggest changes in American practices. https://www.loc.gov/collections/nelson-w-aldrich-papers/about-this-collection/
• The digitized portion of the Charles S. Hamlin papers includes diaries (1887-1937), diary indexes (1887-1937), and miscellany (1894-1939) relating principally to the formation and early history of the Federal Reserve System and Hamlin's service as a governor and first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.  https://www.loc.gov/collections/charles-s-hamlin-papers/about-this-collection/
• The digitized portion of the Eugene Meyer papers focuses on economic and financial history, corporate finance, currency regulation, foreign trade, and war reparations. It documents early efforts to address the effects of the Great Depression in the country following the stock market crash of 1929. https://www.loc.gov/collections/eugene-meyer-papers/about-this-collection/