Die Schweiz und die Goldtransaktionen im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Zwischenbericht Gold 17 Anhang 3
2.2.2 Federal Reserve Bank of New York Archives (New York City)
The records of the FRBNY are collected in the bank’s archival division. The files have a
chronological date range from the formation of the Federal Reserve System to the present day,
although confidentiality requirements keep some files out of public circulation and require that
others be released only after redaction. During the Second World War, the FRBNY was the
fiscal agent of the US Treasury Department and conducted most of the nation’s foreign gold
operations. Thus, its records offer valuable information on international gold policies. Some of
these files are also available as photocopies at the US National Archives II (College Park,
Maryland).
Papers of FRBNY President Sproul
These files are selected from the personal papers of FRBNY President Arthur Sproul, who ran
the New York bank from 1936 to 1941. The papers include his correspondence with banking
and government officials and the memos and reports sent to him by subordinate officers within
the bank. They are not sorted by boxes.
File «French Franc, 1936.» French franc exchange rates and monetary management.
File «Foreign Accounts – 1942–1943.» Foreign banks holding accounts at the FRBNY.
File «Bank of England, Sterling – 1930–1935.» Sterling exchange rates and monetary management.
File «Gold Exchange Standard and Gold, Location of, 1942.» Earmarked gold held for foreign
accounts as of 1942.
File «Foreign Research Division, 1930–1948.» Establishment and management of a FRBNY division.
File «Bank for International Settlements Representation.» Federal Reserve System’s prospective
representation on the board of the BIS
File «Gold, 1937–1938.» US’ prospective gold policy in case of a European war.
File «Research and Public Information.» Sproul’s work for the US Research and Public Information
committee during the war.
File «Blocked Foreign Funds.» Swiss property vested by the Alien Property Custodian in the US
File «Foreign Funds Control, 1940–1942.» US regulations regarding foreign funds in the United
States.
File «Bank of England, 1939.» British gold policy prior to 1940, including gold shipments to the US
and British relinquishment of Czech gold to the BIS
General Files of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
These files comprise the records of various bank officers and staff, sorted by subject. They are
not grouped by boxes.
File C261 «1936–1946, Canada – Bank of Canada.» Flight capital from Europe destined for the Bank
of Canada.
File C261 «1926–1944, Canada, Government of.» US-Canadian coordination of financial policies
during the war.
File C261 «1933–1946, Czechoslovakia – Narodni Bank Ceskoslovenska.» FRBNY’s relationship to
the National Bank of Czechoslovakia before and during the German occupation.
File «Switzerland, Banque Nationale Suisse, 1938–1942.» Examinations of Swiss fiscal and monetary
policy.