AG Rice to RM Reese
Title
AG Rice to RM Reese
Creator
Rice, A. G.
Identifier
DA071614_4a-b
Date
1914 July 16
Description
List of African-American employees in the USDA Bureau of Soils.
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,
Department of Agriculture.
Dear Sir:
With reference to your memorandum of the 14th instant, I beg to enclose herewith a list of colored employees now in this Bureau, together with the position held by each and the salary received by them. Those named are all in the immediate Bureau as we employ no colored help in the field.
Very truly yours,
A G Rice
Chief Clerk.
Colored Employees in the BUREAU OF SOILS.
Name, Position, Salary
1. Sanders M. Johnson, Laboratory Helper, $840.00
2. Benjamin A. Judkins, Laboratory Helper, $840.00
3. Willis Fields, Unskilled Laborer, $600.00
4. Eugene A. Williams, Unskilled Laborer, $600.00
5. Harry Jones, Unskilled Laborer, $480.00
6. William R. Smith, Unskilled Laborer, $480.00
7. Robert Wess, Unskilled Laborer, $480.00
8. W. T. Thomas, Laborer, $300.00
Chief Clerk,
Department of Agriculture.
Dear Sir:
With reference to your memorandum of the 14th instant, I beg to enclose herewith a list of colored employees now in this Bureau, together with the position held by each and the salary received by them. Those named are all in the immediate Bureau as we employ no colored help in the field.
Very truly yours,
A G Rice
Chief Clerk.
Colored Employees in the BUREAU OF SOILS.
Name, Position, Salary
1. Sanders M. Johnson, Laboratory Helper, $840.00
2. Benjamin A. Judkins, Laboratory Helper, $840.00
3. Willis Fields, Unskilled Laborer, $600.00
4. Eugene A. Williams, Unskilled Laborer, $600.00
5. Harry Jones, Unskilled Laborer, $480.00
6. William R. Smith, Unskilled Laborer, $480.00
7. Robert Wess, Unskilled Laborer, $480.00
8. W. T. Thomas, Laborer, $300.00
Original Format
Census
To
Reese, Robert Miller
Collection
Citation
Rice, A. G., “AG Rice to RM Reese,” 1914 July 16, DA071614_4a-b, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.