Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

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

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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 1966...

This month in 1966, NYSE Rule 394(b) was approved. The result of negotiations between SEC Chairman Manuel Cohen and NYSE President Keith Funston, the rule allowed NYSE members to trade off the exchange in certain cases—the NYSE ensured that 394(b) was seldom invoked.

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