Description
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau’s personal copy of The Official Program of the 1933 Inaugural Ceremonies, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John H. Garner.
Thin octavo, 64pp, [2]. Blue pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt. From an unknown number of deluxe copies, each signed by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Chairman of the Inaugural Committee. Illustrated with numerous photographs, color frontispiece title page. Henry Morgenthau’s name stamped in gilt on the front cover. Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell, title stamped in gilt over a red morocco label on the spine. Light shelf wear and sunning to the clamshell case.
Includes JSA authentication paperwork, provenance from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. Not found in Halter, but referenced in Halter, 367.
This copy is signed by President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner below their portraits.
An exceptional association copy.
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891-1967) was a trusted advisor and longtime friend of President Roosevelt. He first served as head of the Farm Credit Administration (1933), and later Secretary of the Treasury from 1934 to 1945, making him one of the longest-serving cabinet officers in the Roosevelt administration. As Treasury secretary, Morgenthau served on the Committee on Economic Security that developed the framework for Social Security, supported the administration’s 1935 economic security legislation before Congress, and helped oversee New Deal financing efforts. In 1944, he chaired the Bretton Woods conference, which established the framework for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and played an important role in urging Roosevelt to create the War Refugee Board in 1944.
