Oren Root, Jr (IV) Papers

Content Description

Contains the correspondence, both personal and relating to offices held and activities, of Oren Root IV [1911-1995]. Finding aid available in repository. Contains the correspondence, both personal and relating to offices held and activities, of Oren Root, Jr. Extensive collection of correspondences involving political campaigns to which he contributed (Lindsay, Javits, Willkie, etc.), committees and associations to which he belonged (American Arbitration Association, American Veterans Committee, Fair Employment Practice Committee, Council on Foreign Relations, International Rescue Committee, Metropolitan Club, National Association for Mental Health, New York Young Republican Club, etc.), and positions he held (New York State Banking Superintendent, Special Assistant to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, President of Charter New York Corporation, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Irving Trust Co.). Collection also includes memorabilia relating to the Willkie presidential campaign of 1940 (scrapbooks, photographs, pins). Added 7/2006: folder on arbitration; folder on Westchester properties.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Oren Root, Jr.; Daphne Skouras Root (Mrs. Oren Root)

Restrictions Apply

No