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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.
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.
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).
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[Identification of item], O. Max Gardner Papers, MSS 00008, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Expresses concerns regarding U.S. economy during and post World War II and support for Director Vinson
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Expresses direction in which he hoped to see reconversion in the United States move
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States that letter of 6 April 1945 was the last letter President Roosevelt wrote concerning reconversion
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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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[Identification of item], O. Max Gardner Papers, MSS 00008, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.