Scope and Content Note
The papers of George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) span the years 1894-1937. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers reflecting Peabody's activities as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, his interest in the Democratic Party, his association with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and other banking activities, and special interests such as African-American welfare, the development of education in the South, and the Georgia Warm Springs Health Foundation. The collection is arranged in General Correspondence, Subject File, and Name File series.
The papers include correspondence and papers by and about Newton Diehl Baker, Nicholas George Julius Ballanta-Tayor, Wade Chance, Stoughton Cooley, Arthur W. Milbury, Walter Hines Page, Louis F. Post, William Gorham Rice, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward Morse Shepherd, John A. Slade, Woodrow Wilson, and Booker T. Washington.