List of Colored Employees in Forest Service Outside DC

Title

List of Colored Employees in Forest Service Outside DC

Creator

Adams, James B.

Identifier

A071714b-d

Date

1914 July 30

Description

Sends list of African-American employees of the Forest Service employed outside Washington, D.C.

Source

US National Archives and Records Administration 130/68/3/00 box #3 entry #5 “Negroes” folder

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

African-Americans--segregation

Contributor

Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock

Language

English

Provenance

Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.

Text

Mr. R. M. Reese,
Chief Clerk.

Dear Sir:

Referring to your letter of July 1, regarding colored employees in the Forest Service, to which a partial answer was sent you on July 17:

I enclose a list of the colored employees of the service at localities outside of Washington, D. C.

Very truly yours,
James B. Adams
Acting Forester.

Enclosure.

List of Colored Employees in Forest Service Outside of Washington, D. C.

Name Position Location Salary
S. A. McClure, Packer, Ogden, Utah, $1,000
Irving Norris, Unsk. Laborer, Ogden, Utah, $840
J. A. Wheeler, Unsk. Laborer, Ogden, Utah, $840
J. N. Allen, Messenger, Ogden, Utah, $540
Samuel Smith, Janitor, Ogden, Utah, $540
J. A. Wheeler, Jr., Messenger Boy, Ogden, Utah, $480
Ella Smith, Charwoman, Ogden, Utah, $300
H.J.S. Strickland, Messenger, San Francisco, Cal, $660

Original Format

Letter

To

Reese, RM

Files

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Citation

Adams, James B. , “List of Colored Employees in Forest Service Outside DC,” 1914 July 30, A071714b-d, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.