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Box 19

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

Virginia - General Correspondence -, 1937-1939

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Correspondence arranging conference on Black employment with the Virginia State Employment Service. Black job applicants requesting aid in securing employment.

Dates: 1937-1939

Virginia - Survey -, 1937-1939

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Statistics on population, emergency relief recipients, occupations and job applicants and employee placements from the Virginia State Employment Service divided by race for Richmond and Virginia. Editorial describing discrimination against Blacks under the New Deal.

Dates: 1937-1939

Washington, DC - Complaints -, 1935-1937

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Letters protesting replacement of incompetent B lack worker with unsympathetic white worker at the Washington, DC Employment Service.

Dates: 1935-1937

Washington, DC - Survey -, 1937-1938

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Includes racial statistics on population, emergency relief recipients, occupations, unemployment, job applicants and employee placements from the Washington, DC employment service. Report on the relationship between the service and Black job applicants. Discrimination against a Black employee at the Service is alleged.

Dates: 1937-1938

West Virginia - General Correspondence -, 1936-1938

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Black job applicants requesting aid in securing employment. Discrimination against Blacks in staffing at the West Virginia State Employment Service.

Dates: 1936-1938

West Virginia - Survey -, 1936-1938

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Report on the relationship between the West Virginia State Employment Service and Black job applicants. Statistics on population, emergency relief recipients, occupations, local industry, unemployment, and on job applicants and employee placements from the service divided by race for Charlestown and West Virginia. Paper on Black families concerning composition, children and employability.

Dates: 1936-1938