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Box 17

 Container

Contains 24 Results:

New York State -New York World's Fair -, 1936-1939

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

United States Employment Service endeavors to secure employment for Blacks on the New York World's Fair projects. Requests by Black job applicants for aid in securing employment at the fair. Alleged discrimination against Blacks in staffing at the fair. Leaflet on the condition of the urban Black population.

Dates: 1936-1939

New York State - William H. Wilkinson -, 1936-1937

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Statistics concerning job applicants and employee placements of the New York State Employment Service and the National Re-Employment Service.

Dates: 1936-1937

New York State - Survey -, 1937-1938

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Report on the relationship between the New York State Employment Service and Black job applicants. Statistics on population, emergency relief recipients, occupations, local industry, and job applicants and employee placements from the service, divided by race for New York City, Buffalo, and New York.

Dates: 1937-1938