PERRY K. SELLON PAPERS, 1927-1987
6 linear feet, 2 linear inches (14 LGA-S boxes)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Writer and editor Perry K. Sellon was born in 1912. After graduating from Princeton with a master’s degree in English Sellon worked for Standard Statistics on security markets. During World War II Sellon worked at the War Production Board editing War Progress. He also wrote economic reports for the Federal Reserve Board, the Foreign Economic Administration, and the State Department. Sellon edited the “Business Around the World” section for World Report magazine (later U. S. News and World Report) until 1967. He worked briefly at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund before retiring in 1974. Sellon died April 23, 1990.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Papers are arranged in two series:
PROFESSIONAL FILES contain reports, contracts, articles, biographical information, critiques, notes and booklets from 1937 to 1974. Topics include the World War Two era activities of: the Federal Reserve Board, the Foreign Economic Administration, the War Production Board, and security market statistics. Also includes materials on the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and U.S. News and World Report. Arranged alphabetically.
The PUBLICATIONS series contains issues of U.S. News and World Report arranged chronologically and books arranged alphabetically by author.
FOLDER LIST
PROFESSIONAL FILES
Box Contents
1 Biographical
Personal information, 1942-1967
Trip to South America, 1940
Writings with Sellon Critiques, 1936-1967
Federal Reserve Board
General, 1940-1942 (2 folders)
Business Trends Booklet, 1940
Capacity Reports for Government Orders, 1940
Monthly Review, 1940-1942 (3 folders)
Suggestions, 1941-1942
Wagner Questionnaire, undated
Foreign Economic Administration
General, 1942-1944 (2 folders)
2 Contracts for Development of Metals and Minerals, 1944
Latin American Economics, 1943 (2 folders)
Report on Demobilization Problems and Foreign Minerals, 1944
Stockpiles of Strategic Metals Policy, 1943-1944
International Monetary Fund, 1971-1974
Standard Statistics (Standard and Poor’s)
General, 1939
Outlook for the Security Markets, 1937-1938 (3 folders)
3 Outlook for the Security Markets, 1939-1940 (3 folders)
Standard Employees Association, 1939
Trade and Securities, 1939-1940 (3 folders)
4 U.S. News and World Report
General, 1962-1966 (4 folders)
Articles by Sellon, 1957-1966 (3 folders)
Balance of Payments, 1961-1963
Notes in Interviews and Meetings, Sep-Oct 1963
5 War Production Board
General, 1942-1943
War Progress, 1942-1943 (2 folders)
World Bank, 1968-1969 (3 folders)
6 World Bank, 1969 (2 folders)
Capitol Hill Documents on International Development, 1969
McNamara, Undated
Youth, 1966, Undated
PUBLICATIONS
6 U. S. News and World Report, May-Dec 1946 (vol. 1, bound)
7 U. S. News and World Report, 1947-1948 (2 folders, vols. 2 and 3, bound)
8 U. S. News and World Report, 1952 (vol. 33, bound)
9 U. S. News and World Report, 1953 (vol. 34, bound)
10 U. S. News and World Report, 1953 (vol. 35, bound)
11 U. S. News and World Report, 1966 (5 folders, unbound)
12 Books
American Institute of Banking. Utilizing the Federal Reserve Statement,
1938
Batra, Ravi. The Great Depression of 1990, 1987
Beverly, W. H. Full Employment in a Free Society, 1945
Burgess, W. R. The Reserve Bank and the Money Market, 1927
Corvin, E. S. The Constitution and What It Means Today, 1930
Dimoch, M. E. The Japanese Technocracy, 1968
Federal Reserve System, 1939
Feis, H. Seen from E. A., 1947
13 Graham and Dodd. Security Analysis, 1934
Graham and Whittlesey. Golden Avalanche, 1939
Gregory T. E. The Gold Standard and Its Future, 1932
Groves, H. M. Financing Government, 1939
Inter-American Coffee Board. Annual Reports, 1941-1944 (3 folders)
Jacobsson, Per. The Market Economy in the World Today, 1961
Jacobsson, Per. International Monetary Problems, 1957-63, 1964
14 Keynes, J. M. How to Pay for the War, 1940
Lyon, H. Corporations and Their Financing, 1938
MacIver, R. M. The Pursuit of Happiness, 1955
Madden, J. T. The International Money Markets, 1936
Nathan, R. R. Mobilizing for Abundance, 1944
National Bureau of Economic Research. Income and Wealth, 1937
Robertson, D. H. Money, 1929
Shultz, T.W. Agriculture in an Unstable Economy, 1945
Wallach, H. C. The Cost of Freedom, 1960
Willkie, Wendell. An American Program, 1944
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