George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Chester H. McCall papers
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
McCall, Chester H.
C0098
/repositories/2/resources/186
1.5 Linear Feet
3 boxes
1931-1947
The Chester McCall papers contain materials from his tenure at the Department of Commerce as well as his private life.
English
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Preferred Citation
Chester H. McCall papers, C0098, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
The donor is unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009. Updated by Greta Kuriger in 2011. Reprocessed and finding aid updated by Lana Mason in 2018.
Biographical Information
Chester H. McCall served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce (1933-1937) under Daniel C. Roper in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration. While in the Department of Commerce, McCall headed up the administrative, public relations, and publications efforts of the department's Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, and Bureau of Air Commerce. He was also a member of the Executive Board of the National Youth Administration, secretary of several Cabinet committees, and represented Commerce in several inter-departmental committees.
Scope and Content
The Chester McCall papers comprise contain materials from his tenure at the Department of Commerce as well as his private life. The materials include correspondence between Chester McCall, Secretary Roper, government employees, and business leaders; speech drafts: "Credit and the New Deal" (March 13, 1934), "Regimentation and Recovery" (November 6, 1934), "Trading for Peace" (August 16, 1934); and contemporary news clippings regarding the Roosevelt Administration and the Department of Commerce. The materials also include documents and writings pertaining to McCall's personal life, and memorandums and a handwritten note from Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
New Deal, 1933-1939
United States -- Politics and government
Interstate commerce
Educational change
International trade
Maberry, Arthur
Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943
McCall, Chester H.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
United States. Department of Commerce
Chester H. McCall papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/612391931-1947Scope and Contents note
Arledge, Hardin B./repositories/2/archival_objects/61240January 2, 193411Scope and Contents note
Bouchard, Leo/repositories/2/archival_objects/61241March 5, 193612Scope and Contents note
Boykin, Frank/repositories/2/archival_objects/61242June 15-16, 193613Scope and Contents note
Brody, Harry/repositories/2/archival_objects/61243April 13 and 17, 193614Scope and Contents note
Bulkley, Robert/repositories/2/archival_objects/61244October-December 193515Scope and Contents note
Calvert, Lawrence/repositories/2/archival_objects/61245June and September 193516Scope and Contents note
Canaday, Ward/repositories/2/archival_objects/612461935-193617Scope and Contents note
Copeland, Royal/repositories/2/archival_objects/61247October 5 and 16, 193518Scope and Contents note
Cromie, Robert/repositories/2/archival_objects/612481934-193519Scope and Contents note
Francis, Clarence/repositories/2/archival_objects/612491935110Scope and Contents note
Friendly, Alfred/repositories/2/archival_objects/61250June and September 1935111Scope and Contents note
Lewis, Reuben/repositories/2/archival_objects/61251August 1935112Scope and Contents note
Mendehall, Wayne/repositories/2/archival_objects/61252February 15, 1935 and May 5, 1936113Scope and Contents note
Sauer, Leonard C./repositories/2/archival_objects/61253April and May 1936114Scope and Contents note
Stettinius, E. R., Jr./repositories/2/archival_objects/61254January 6, 1936115Scope and Contents note
Tweksbury, Howard/repositories/2/archival_objects/61255May 5, 1936116Scope and Contents note
Harry, Truman S./repositories/2/archival_objects/61256September 1935117Scope and Contents note
Willard, Daniel/repositories/2/archival_objects/61257May and June 1935118Scope and Contents note
Business Advisory Council/repositories/2/archival_objects/612581935119Scope and Contents note
Credit and New Deal, An Address by Chester H. McCall Assistant Secretary of Commerce before the Washington Association of Credit Men/repositories/2/archival_objects/61259March 13, 1934120Scope and Contents note
National Institution of Public Affairs/repositories/2/archival_objects/6126012866121Scope and Contents note
US Shipping Board Bureau/repositories/2/archival_objects/61261February 27, 1934 and May 9, 1934122Scope and Contents note
Regimentation and Recovery/repositories/2/archival_objects/6126212724123Scope and Contents note
Trading for Peace 1 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/612631934124Scope and Contents note
Trading for Peace 2 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/612641935125Scope and Contents note
Trading for Peach 3 of 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/612651935126Scope and Contents note
Constitution Day Speech/repositories/2/archival_objects/612661935127Scope and Contents note
Government Article/repositories/2/archival_objects/61267194721Scope and Contents note
Maberry Organization/repositories/2/archival_objects/612681935-193622Scope and Contents note
Weekly Memo to the President/repositories/2/archival_objects/612691935-193623Scope and Contents note
Cabinet/repositories/2/archival_objects/612701935-193624Scope and Contents note
Confidential General/repositories/2/archival_objects/612711935-193625Scope and Contents note
16-A General/repositories/2/archival_objects/612721934-193526Scope and Contents note
Kee Notes (Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, MD)/repositories/2/archival_objects/61273194627Scope and Contents note
Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/61274194628Scope and Contents note
Bethesda Journal/repositories/2/archival_objects/61275194629Scope and Contents note
IV-F Philosophical Aspects and Foundation (play pages 5-36)/repositories/2/archival_objects/61276undated210Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous (Home building program of The Committee for Economic Recovery report; newspaper clippings; Rebuilding our foreign trade)/repositories/2/archival_objects/612771935211Scope and Contents note
Notes in the Presidents Handwriting/repositories/2/archival_objects/61278undated212Scope and Contents note
Play Script (Dark Stairs)/repositories/2/archival_objects/61279undated213Scope and Contents note
Play Script (Liberty and Discipline)/repositories/2/archival_objects/612801931214Scope and Contents note
Un-named Play (Demagoguery)/repositories/2/archival_objects/61281undated215Scope and Contents note
Un-named Play/repositories/2/archival_objects/61282undated31Scope and Contents note
Mickey McCall (includes photograph)/repositories/2/archival_objects/61283194632Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous (school notebook, Space & Time news-letter of advertising, The Psychological Cycle, correspondence and notes from the Pacific Northwest/repositories/2/archival_objects/612841934-193933Scope and Contents note