Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

Explore our exhibits and delve into our archives of papers, conversations, photos, oral histories and more.

Enjoy Anita Nagler’s oral history and six more.

Featured Exhibition

The SEC Experience of the September 11 Attacks

FINRA donates primary sources on the creation of NASD

Digital Archives

Oral Histories

Learn from interviews with SEC leaders, staff and other regulatory professionals about issues and rules their organizations grappled with starting in the 1930s.

Conversations

Conversations involve two or more people focused on historical SEC or regulatory topics. Check out their perspectives and experiences.

Historic Papers

Take a deep dive into our collection of nearly 10,000 letters, speeches, reports, notes and other materials about U.S. financial regulation.

This month in 1969...

This week in 1969, the Second Circuit decided the case of US v Simon, involving concealment of loans made by top officials of the Continental Vending Machine Corporation. The first criminal case against auditors, US v Simon established a duty to disclose improper client activity.

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