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FDR Presidential Library - John M. Carmody Papers finding aid (new site) - 2026-10-04

Site: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/finding-aids -> "CARMODY, JOHN M. ... Open the finding aid" (PDF shelf list prepared Oct 1958 by J. V. Deyo, 39 pp., 146 ft). Saved: files/FDRL_Carmody-Papers_shelf-list_1958_findingaid.pdf. Result: positive (finding aid; the boxes themselves are not online). Recheck: no (static finding aid). Request route: FDR Library reference.

The PDF text was searched for: moray, radiant, research, technocra, frazer, "wood, f", young, slattery, smith, invent, utah, voorhis, Senate, investigat. Moray, Frazer, Wood and "radiant" do not appear (the shelf list gives folder titles only).

Relevant boxes (Series VII, Rural Electrification Administration Papers) [web]

  • Boxes 91-94: 3x5 card indexes ("Correspondence Division"; "Personnel and R.E.A."; "Engineering Division and Construction"; "Projects: Miscl., State, State-County"). A card index is the most likely way to find Moray, Frazer or Wood entries.
  • Box 102: R.E.A. Chronological File [April 1938 - February 1939]. This covers Carmody's fall-1938 approval of the Moray inquiry and the 17 Feb 1939 start of Moray's paid engagement (Senate report pp.1344-1345).
  • Box 103: R.E.A. Chronological File [April - July 1939]. Wood's report is dated August 1939, and Carmody left REA in 1939 (the finding aid gives his REA years as 1936-39). There is no box for March 1939 or for after July 1939 in this list.
  • Box 99: "R.E.A. Miscellaneous [1940-1955]" and "Senate Hearings [1944]", Carmody's own file on the 1944 hearings that published the Moray material.
  • Box 96: "JMC's Departure from REA"; "Miscellaneous [1936-39]". Box 106: "News Clippings re R.E.A. [1938-39]".
  • Box 30 (pre-REA, Factory and Industrial Management editor files, about 1930-33): a folder titled "Technocracy". This shows Carmody's early contact with the Technocracy movement, which Frazer and Wood are said to have followed (Senate report). It is a context lead, not evidence about Moray.

Bearing

Claim 6 and Silence C (missing REA reports). If Wood's August 1939 report, Crim's report or Frazer's correspondence reached the Administrator, Boxes 102-103 and the card index (91-94) are where a copy would be. Box 99 "Senate Hearings [1944]" may hold Carmody's reaction to the Halleck release.