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Edward W. Kelley, Jr. Federal Reserve papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0492
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

Meeting notes, agendas, transcripts and reports mainly related to E.W. Kelley's work on Federal Open Market Committee as Governor for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.

Dates

  • Creation: 1986-2010

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, woodson@rice.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Edward W. Kelley, Jr. was president of Kelley Industries, a Houston-based holding company with businesses in manufacturing and distribution. He then served as chairman of the board of Investment Advisors, also in Houston. In 1987, his valuable perspective as a business executive was called upon when he began a term of service as a governor on the Federal Reserve board. He was instrumental in preparing the Federal Reseve system for Y2K, to make sure the Federal computer sytems would keep running as the year 1999 turned over into 2000. These preparations helped the same system keep running effortlessly after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Kelley served on the Federal Reserve board until 2001, when he retired. He was honored in 2005 by having the new Federal Reserve branch bank building in Houston named after him, and praised by then Federal Reseve Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech at the building's dedication.

Extent

8.5 Linear Feet ( (17 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Meeting notes, agendas, transcripts and reports mainly related to E.W. Kelley's work on Federal Open Market Committee as Governor for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This material was donated by Edward W. Kelley, Jr., 2002-2008, and 2013.

Title
Guide to the Edward W. Kelley, Jr. Federal Reserve papers, 1986-2010
Status
Completed
Author
Amanda Focke
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586