mss00008 Guide to the Oliver Max Gardner Papers, 1932 - 1945 MSS 00008 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Special Collections Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Valerie Gillispie Special Collections Research Center 2004 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-12-20T14:41-0500 Finding aid written in English Oliver Max Gardner Papers MSS 00008 Special Collections Research Center 0.025 Linear feet 1932 - 1945 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. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 0.05 archival storage box[1 folder] Gardner, Oliver Max, 1882-1947 Restrictions to Access

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[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).

 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 North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts--Alumni and alumnae. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Governors--North Carolina Letters (correspondence) Presidents--United States--Correspondence Correspondence 1945 Letter to President Roosevelt April 5, 1945 General note

Expresses concerns regarding U.S. economy during and post World War II and support for Director Vinson

 Letter from President Roosevelt April 6, 1945 General note

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 General note

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

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

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.