Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charls E. Walker papers,
Date (inclusive): 1946-1997
Collection number: 2001C23
Creator:
Walker, Charls E. (Charls Edward), 1923-
Extent:
37 manuscript boxes
15.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to American economic conditions, American
economic policy, especially during the presidential administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon, and especially
to banking and taxation issues.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charls E. Walker Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2001.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical Note
| 1923 Dec. 24 |
Born, Graham, Texas |
| 1947 |
B.A., University of Texas |
| 1947-1954 |
M.B.A., University of Texas |
| 1948-1950 |
Instructor of finance, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1948-1954 |
Instructor, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor of finance, University of Texas |
| 1949 |
Married Harmolyn Hart |
| 1953-1954 |
Financial economist at the Federal Reserve Bank, Pennsylvania |
| 1954-1961 |
Financial economist at the Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas |
| 1955 |
Ph.D. in economics, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1958-1961 |
Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson |
| 1961-1969 |
Vice president, American Bankers Association |
| 1969-1972 |
Under Secretary of the Treasury |
| 1973 |
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury |
Scope and Content Note
The Charls E. Walker papers consist of material related to Charls E. Walker's professional life in business and government.
They include biographical material, correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, and printed matter reflecting his long
career in banking, and his tenure as Under Secretary (1969-1973) and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1973).
Of particular interest is material related to his career in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and his close relationship
to the business and academic community of Texas, reflected in numerous appearances and speeches before academic and business
groups, found in the SPEECHES AND WRITINGS series. The collection also includes extensive material about American banking,
including the American Banking Association.
The TREASURY DEARTMENT OFFICE FILE contains material related to his tenure in the Treasury Department, including briefings,
memoranda, reports, speeches, and writings. An extensive SUBJECT FILE includes material about business associations, and groups
such as the American Economic Association, as well as business and the U.S. economy. The collection also includes writings
by other economists and political figures.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
United States--Economic policy.
Finance, Public--United States.
Banks and banking--United States.
Taxation--United States.
United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-
Occupations
Economists.