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Frederick P. Gruenberg papers
These papers include Gruenberg's professional correspondence as an officer in a variety of civic, governmental, and banking organizations: Brown Brothers & Co., bankers, 1910-1913, head of foreign exchange department; Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research, 1913-1923, and director from 1...
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| Collection: | Frederick P. Gruenberg Papers |
| Collection Number: | 2029 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 099 | |a 2029 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Gruenberg, Frederick P. |d 1884-1976 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Frederick P. Gruenberg papers |f 1902-1980, undated | |
| 300 | |a 4.3 Linear feet |f ; 11 boxes | ||
| 506 | |a Collection is open for research. | ||
| 520 | |a These papers include Gruenberg's professional correspondence as an officer in a variety of civic, governmental, and banking organizations: Brown Brothers & Co., bankers, 1910-1913, head of foreign exchange department; Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research, 1913-1923, and director from 1915; Bankers Bond and Mortgage Company, 1924-1931, treasurer; public service commissioner, 1931-1937, appointed by Governor Gifford Pinchot, who is among Gruenberg's correspondents; City Charter Committee of Philadelphia, 1938-1940, executive secretary; Office of Price Administration, 1942-1944, Philadelphia area rent director; Samuel Fels Fund, 1944-1958, director. Gruenberg's personal correspondence consists of letters exchanged mostly with his wife, Bertha Sanford Gruenberg, his children, and other family members. Also included in the papers are: addresses and articles; diaries, 1909, 1956-1970, with daily memoranda of activities; clippings; news releases; birthday and anniversary greetings; and photographs. | ||
| 520 | |a Frederick P. Gruenberg was born in 1885 in Minnesota; his family later moved to New York City. His father, John Gruenberg, was a lawyer and his older brother, Benjamin C. Gruenberg, was a scientist. On December 29, 1909, in Minneapolis, Frederick was married to Bertha Sanford. Frederick arrived in Philadelphia in 1910 and, apart from a few years in Harrisburg, remained there until his death in 1976. He had two children: Edith (Mrs. Stephen M. Harris) and John II, and five grandchildren. These papers include Gruenberg's professional correspondence as an officer in a variety of civic, governmental, and banking organizations: Brown Brothers & Co., Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research, Bankers Bond and Mortgage Company, public service commissioner of Philadelphia, City Charter Committee of Philadelphia, Office of Price Administration, and Samuel Fels Fund. Also included is Gruenberg's personal correspondence which consists of letters exchanged mostly with his wife, Bertha Sanford Gruenberg, his children, and other family members. | ||
| 524 | 8 | |a Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Frederick P. Gruenberg papers (Collection 2029), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | |
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Frederick P. Gruenberg, 1969 and 1974. | |
| 545 | |a Frederick P. Gruenberg was born in 1885 in Minnesota; his family later moved to New York City. His father, John Gruenberg, was a lawyer and his older brother, Benjamin C. Gruenberg, was a scientist. On December 29, 1909, in Minneapolis, Frederick was married to Bertha Sanford. Frederick arrived in Philadelphia in 1910, and apart from a few years in Harrisburg, remained there until his death in 1976. He had two children: Edith (Mrs. Stephen M. Harris) and John, and five grandchildren. His undergraduate studies were at New York University’s School of Commerce and were not as balanced as his later education. He received education in history, economics, sociology, and modern languages in addition to the core curriculum of accounting, corporation finance, commercial law and the like. Frederick spent two years at the University of Pennsylvania as a graduate student in social sciences. He majored in Political Science with minors in economics and sociology. He did this while supporting his family and had to make sure that the roster of seminars and classes had to fit around his full-time job of being the director of the Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research. Frederick benefited greatly from the education and was able to get good grades, thanks in part to the trustees of the bureau who accommodated his education. During his ten years at the Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research, Frederick engaged in two part-time teaching experiences, again with the cooperation with the Bureau’s trustees. The first was a lectureship in political science at Hobart College, Geneva, NY. The other teaching was as a volunteer member of the faculty of the Pennsylvania School of Social Work, where, for seven successive years, he gave a course in social agency administration for both students and board members of social agencies. Frederick held a number of official services during his life. The first of these was during the latter part of World War I. He was an aide to Morris Llewellyn Cooke, an administrator of the United States Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Frederick’s duties were varied and mainly consisted of being the liaison-officer with the Army and the Navy. Frederick’s second official service was a public administrative and quasi-judicial experience as a public service commissioner of Pennsylvania, for six years, by appointment of Governor Gifford Pinchot. The third public service was during World War II was when he was area rent director for eight counties in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1944, Frederick became executive director of the Samuel S. Fels Fund - a foundation mainly concerned with scientific research and higher education, as well as training career officials in local and state government. | ||
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Banks and Banking. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Bureau of Municipal Research (Philadelphia, PA). |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Pennsylvania--Politics and government--20th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Public service commissions. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a World War II, 1939-1945--Personal Correspondence--Home front. |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Frederick P. Gruenberg Papers |l 2029 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/g/Gruenberg2029.html |