Collections : [Rare Book & Manuscript Library]

Correspondence, speeches, speech materials, news clippings, subject files, audio and videotapes relating to the professional activity of Arthur Levitt, Jr. The papers and audiovisual material deal primarily with his tenure as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1993-2001), but also contain earlier records, including some materials relating to Levitt's school years at the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School and at Williams College, and his work at Hayden Stone, the American Stock Exchange, and the New York Economic Development Corporation, and his advocacy of the National Endowment of the Arts during the 1991-1992 funding controversy. These papers also contain materials relating to his father, Arthur Levitt, Sr., who served for 24 years as New York State Comptroller.

Correspondence and appointment calendars containing brief notes of the daily activities of Fred Lazarus Jr. There are photocopies of letters from Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as from various family members to Lazarus. The appointment calendars cover the period from 1948 through 1973