Guide to the Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1932 - 1945

Collection Number MSS 00008

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Collection Information
Abstract:

Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947), an alumnus of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), served as governor of North Carolina and chair of the Advisory Board of the U.S. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. The Oliver Max Gardner Papers consists of four items related to Gardner's governorship and chairmanship of the above-mentioned Advisory Board. Two of the items are letters to or from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one item is a letter from the Secretary to the President Jonathan Daniels.

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Processed by
Special Collections Staff
Date Completed
1995
Encoded by
Valerie Gillispie

Descriptive Summary

Creator

Gardner, Oliver Max

Title

Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1932 - 1945

Call Number

MSS 00008

Extent

0.05 archival storage box, 0.025 linear feet [1 folder]

Location

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Oliver Max Gardner Papers, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Biographical Note


Democrat Oliver Max Gardner was a legislator, lieutenant governor (1916) and governor of North Carolina (1929-1933); president of Cleveland Cloth Mills in Shelby, North Carolina; director of Sperry Corporation (1942); chair of the Advisory Board of the U.S. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (1942-1946); under-secretary of the United States Treasury (1946); alumnus of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1903) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's law school; lawyer in Shelby, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. President Harry Truman appointed Gardner ambassador to the Court of St. Jamess, but he died before reaching England.

Scope and Content Note


The papers contain three letters written during Oliver Max Gardner's term as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion including: a letter from Jonathan Daniels to Gardner (21 April 1945), a copy of a letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Gardner (6 April 1945), and a copy of a letter to Roosevelt from Gardner (5 April 1945) all correspondence pertaining to the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. The collection also includes a program from the "Live-At-Home-Dinner" an event by the Press Association of North Carolina in honor of Gardner and Governor Elect J. C. B. Ehringhaus (1932).

Online Catalog Headings

Daniels, Jonathan
Gardner, Oliver Max
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
U.S. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion

Related Material

Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1901-1966, Collection #3613, at UNC-Chapel Hill
Mrs. Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1774, 1784, 1956, Collection #511, at North Carolina State Archives
Oliver Max Gardner Papers at North Carolina State Archives

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Correspondence, 1945

    • Letter to President Roosevelt, April 5, 1945

      Expresses concerns regarding U.S. economy during and post World War II and support for Director Vinson
    • Letter from President Roosevelt, April 6, 1945

      Expresses direction in which he hoped to see reconversion in the United States move
    • Letter from Jonathan Daniels, Secretary to the President, April 21, 1945

      States that letter of 6 April 1945 was the last letter President Roosevelt wrote concerning reconversion

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  • Programs, 1932

    • Program/menu from the "Live-At-Home Dinner," held in Gardner's honor, December 16, 1932

      Held by the Press Association of North Carolina in honor of the Governor of North Carolina, Oliver Max Gardner and Governor-Elect J.C.B. Ehringhaus.

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