Skip to main content

     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Gold clause

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Justice James Clark McReynolds

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-85-1

The Papers of Harry LeRoy Jones

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-85-7
Abstract

This collection of administrative files that pertain to the Department of Justice Alien Property Division (1934-1959) contain claims and litigation files including correspondence, memoranda and other materials; numbered opinions of the Division’s General Counsel; claims decisions and related correspondence; and numerous drafts proposals and correspondence regarding the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. Of special interest are the gold cases.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1917-1975, 1934-1966