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Louis Samuel Rothschild papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 425

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous speeches and memoranda concerned with the public career of Louis S. Rothschild, particularly as under secretary of commerce for transportation in the Eisenhower administration.

Dates

  • 1953-1958

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Louis S. Rothschild, 1962.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0425

Abstract

Miscellaneous speeches and memoranda concerned with the public career of Louis S. Rothschild, particularly as under secretary of commerce for transportation in the Eisenhower administration.

Biographical / Historical

Louis Samuel Rothschild: born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on March 29, 1900; received a Ph.B., Yale University, 1920; business executive with Rothschild and Sons, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, 1920-1956; chairman, Board of Inland Waterways Corporation, 1953-1959; chairman, Federal Maritime Board of U.S. Department of Commerce, 1953-1955; under secretary of commerce for transportation, 1955-1958; president or director of other corporations and government agencies.

Title
Guide to the Louis Samuel Rothschild Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Susan Grigg
Date
February 1980
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
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Location

Sterling Memorial Library
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New Haven, CT 06511

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