RM Reese to Chiefs of Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices

Title

RM Reese to Chiefs of Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices

Creator

Reese, Robert Miller

Identifier

A071414

Date

1914 July 14

Description

Memorandum requesting information on the number of African-American employees in the Department of Agriculture.

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

Memorandum for Chiefs of Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices:

For the information of the Secretary, kindly furnish me a memorandum showing in tabular form the number of colored employees in your branch of the Department, the position held by each, and the salary paid. This information should be for the field service as well as for Washington, DC.

Very truly yours,
RM Reese
Chief Clerk.

Original Format

Letter

Files

A071414.JPG

Citation

Reese, Robert Miller, “RM Reese to Chiefs of Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices,” 1914 July 14, A071414, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.