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Two economists designed the main features of the charter of the IMF during World War II: John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White. Several of those features are attributable primarily to White, including the adoption of fixed but adjustable exchange rates, the funding of operations with national currencies deposited by member states, extending credits through currency swaps rather than conventional loans, making these credits subject to policy conditions, and encouraging members to retain capital controls as an option for use in difficult circumstances. This study of archival material helps to uncover White's role in this design process.

International finance. --- International Monetary Fund. --- White, Harry Dexter, -- 1892-1948. --- Investments: Metals --- Exports and Imports --- Foreign Exchange --- Money and Monetary Policy --- History of Thought: Individuals --- International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions --- Metals and Metal Products --- Cement --- Glass --- Ceramics --- Monetary Systems --- Standards --- Regimes --- Government and the Monetary System --- Payment Systems --- International Investment --- Long-term Capital Movements --- Investment & securities --- Monetary economics --- International economics --- Currency --- Foreign exchange --- Gold --- Currencies --- Capital flows --- Capital controls --- Commodities --- Money --- Balance of payments --- Capital movements --- United States --- White, Harry Dexter,