Published in 1930 by Greenberg, DeWitt Carl Eggleston’s Wall Street Procedure: With Special Reference to Brokers' Accounts acts as a highly specialized technical manual detailing the financial mechanics of 1930s investment firms. Written by a prominent accountant and lecturer at the College of the City of New York, this 301-page textbook outlines the rigorous daily book-keeping, auditing standards, and operational guidelines required to run a legitimate brokerage house. The text contains 88 comprehensive charts, sample ledgers, and working sheets to demonstrate how transactions are processed, cleared, and audited under the regulatory rules of the era. Functioning as a precise historical archive, it provides researchers with an immersive, unvarnished look at institutional accounting practices immediately following the foundational 1929 stock market crash.
