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Marion Bayard Folsom papers

 Collection
Identifier: D.59

Biographical / Historical note

Marion B. Folsom was a businessman, government official, and director or staff member of a number of committees and councils. As a government official, Folsom served as Under Secretary of the Treasury from 1953-1955, and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, from 1955-1958.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, reports, and printed material relating to Folsom's career in business and government. Subjects include creation, passage, and implementation of the Social Security Act of 1935 and amendments to it; unemployment insurance plan of Eastman Kodak Company, 1920's and '30's; Rochester Civic Plan on Unemployment, 1930-34; New York State Advisory Council on Placement and Unemployment Insurance. Also U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Postwar Economic Policy and Planning (Colmer Committee), dealing with reconstruction in Europe, 1944-46; National Advisory Board on Mobilization Policy, 1950-53; U.S. Treasury Department, with emphasis on taxation and social insurance, 1953-55. Additional subjects are Committee for Economic Development, and its Committee for Improvement of Management in Government, whose report on presidential succession resulted in a constitutional amendment; and other advisory councils, commissions, and conferences. Other material relates to University of Rochester, calendar reform, and higher education in New York State and in the South. There is correspondence with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Kenneth B. Keating, Oveta Culp Hobby, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Lyndon B. Johnson; a transcript of an interview with Josef Stalin, 1945; and Folsom's scrapbooks and speeches.

Creator

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-1975

Language of Materials

English

Extent

155 box(es) (155 boxes, 18 volumes, and 17 scrapbooks)

Access

The Marion Bayard Folsom Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.

Use

In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.

Preferred Citation

[Item title, item date], Marion Bayard Folsom Papers, D.59, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Bibliography

Selection of biographical works:

Folsom, Marion B. "A Great Man." University of Rochester Library Bulletin XXVI:3 (Spring 1971): 57-79.

McKinley, Charles, and Frase, Robert W. Launching Social Security. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970.

National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1960 ed. (Current Volume I). "Folsom, Marion Bayard".

United States Government Organization Manual, 1956-57. Washington, D.C.: Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, 1956.

Who's Who in America, 1974 ed. "Folsom, Marion Bayard."

Witte, Edwin E. The Development of the Social Security Act. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1963.
Title
Marion Bayard Folsom papers
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Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
Date
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Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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