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the grand marshal for the upcoming Grand Civic and Military Parade. Letter is written on
stationery of the National Democratic Convention, and includes an engraved illustration of the
Eads Bridge.
Cite as: John I. Martin Letter to My Dear Sir, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0989
Martin, Robert M. (1920- ).
World War II Papers, 1941-1990. 1 folder and 2 scrapbooks.
Collection consists of the personal papers of Robert M. Martin relating to his World War II
service with Company E, 138th Infantry, National Guard of Missouri (activated in December
1940), into which Martin was drafted on February 20, 1941, and with the 42nd Bombardment
Squadron in the central Pacific, in which Martin served as a radio gunner with the rank of staff
sergeant. Also includes two scrapbooks documenting Martin's years of service and the activities
of the 138th Infantry reunion association.
Cite as: Robert M. Martin World War II Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0991
Martin, William.
Daybooks, 1834-1855. 3 volumes
Records of legal practice in Alton, Illinois.
Cite as: William Martin Daybooks, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0990
Martin, William McChesney, Jr. (1906-1998).
Papers, 1931-1986. 62 boxes; 13 volumes; 4 oversize folders
William McChesney Martin, Jr., was born December 16, 1902, in St. Louis, the son of
Rebecca Woods and William McChesney Martin. He attended Yale University, 1928, and
Benton College of Law in St. Louis in 1931, and received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws
from Temple University in 1951, Tulane University in 1953, and Amherst College in 1954. He
served in the bank examination department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 1928-1929,
and as the head of statistics with A.G. Edwards in St. Louis, 1931-1938. He was a member of the
New York Stock Exchange from 1931 to 1938 and served as the governor of that institution from
1935 to 1938. He was appointed a member of the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank
in 1945 and served as chairman and president from 1946 to 1948. He was also the assistant
secretary of the treasury from February 1949 to March 1951. President Truman appointed him
chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in 1951, a position in which he served until 1970, during
six administrations. He died July 29, 1998.
The papers are representative of the different positions and organizations in which William
McChesney Martin, Jr., was involved. They include papers relating to the New York Stock
Exchange, 1936-1949; the Federal Reserve Board; the National Geographic Society; minutes of
the Rockefeller Center, 1978-1980; the United States Senate Subcommittee of the Committee of
Banking and Currency, 1957-1962; Export-Import Bank, 1945-1950; and personal
correspondence and diaries, 1945-1949 and 1961-1963.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: William McChesney Martin, Jr., Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2349
Maryland Place (St. Louis, Mo.).