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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Percival Flack Brundage, accountant, consultant, and director of the Bureau of the Budget, were given to the Library of Congress as a bequest of Brundage in 1980-1981.
The papers of Percival Flack Brundage were arranged and described in 1983. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. A reel of motion picture film has been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Percival Flack Brundage Papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Percival Flack Brundage is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Percival Flack Brundage are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Percival Flack Brundage Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Percival Flack Brundage (1892-1979), director of the Bureau of the Budget, consultant to the United States government on financial affairs, and partner with Price, Waterhouse & Company span the years 1918 to 1979. The collection consists of correspondence, announcements, financial statements, legal papers, and speeches and writings. The earliest item, dated 1918, concerns Brundage's appointment as a civilian with the Army Quartermaster Corps in New York. The remainder of the material is dated from 1934 to 1979 and relates to Brundage's activities as a member of national and international charitable, political, religious, and social organizations. The papers are organized into the following series: Correspondence; Subject File; Speech, Article, and Book File; and Miscellany.
The Correspondence file is divided into two sections, family and general. Letters to and from Brundage's son Robert, his daughter Lois, and their families, as well as other relatives, make up the family correspondence. The general correspondence consists of letters from Brundage's political associates and personal friends, and covers the period 1954-1978. The section includes letters to and from Julian Baird, William Emerson Brock, W. Randolph Burgess, Arthur F. Burns, George Bush (1924- ), Clifford P. Case, Hamilton Fish, Andrew Heiskell, George Oliver May, Thruston B. Morton, Ronald Reagan, Clarence K. Streit, and various members of the Trilateral Commission.
The Subject File constitutes the bulk of the collection and indicates the nature and extent of Brundage's many public and professional associations, including the Atlantic Council of the United States; the Federal Union; Price, Waterhouse & Company; and the People to People Health Foundation (Project Hope). His concern for United States economic policy and the condition of the budget after his retirement from government service is documented in the files concerning Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald R. Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and the White House. From 1959 until his death, Brundage spent the winters at his home in Pompano Beach, Florida, in the Hillsboro community, and was very active in the Hillsboro Association. The Florida files contain correspondence, financial statements, minutes, and architects' drawings on the development of this community. Other individuals represented in the Subject File include Avery Brundage, Maurice H. Stans, and pianist Tibor Szász.
The Speech, Article, and Book File contains typescripts of Brundage's speeches from 1943 to 1951, notes and drafts of his book
The Miscellany dates from 1918 to 1978 and includes announcements, autographs, clippings, invitations, printed matter, receipts, and speeches and writings by persons other than Brundage. Among the autographs are those of Everett McKinley Dirksen, John Foster Dulles, Strom Thurmond, and Elliot L. Richardson.
This collection is arranged in four series:
Family and general correspondence.
Arranged under family and general headings and therein alphabetically.
Correspondence, financial statements, legal papers, printed matter, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Speeches, articles, lectures, books, and miscellaneous writings.
Arranged by type of material and therein chronologically.
Announcements, clippings, invitations, printed matter, programs, and speeches and writings by others.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.