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- 1942-1947, 1963 (Creation)
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0.47 linear feet of textual records
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Series is comprised of Leonard B. Rist's collection of reference material on the Bretton Woods Conference and the events leading up to it. Document types include official copies of proposals, agreements and amendments relating to the Bretton Woods institutions, IBRD and IMF, as well as reports and commentary from U.S. government agencies (Treasury, Federal Reserve, State Department), research institutions, and the press (Foreign Affairs, Finance, Foreign Commerce Weekly). Also included are President Roosevelt's address to Congress recommending passage of the Bretton Woods agreements, 1963 amendment to the Bretton Woods agreement, and several unpublished papers.
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Files are arranged in chronological order.
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Records are subject to the World Bank Access to Information Policy.
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Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.
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- See Reference Collection on World Bank History (WB IBRD/IDA REF for records copied from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library dealing with the Bretton Woods conference.
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27 January 2020