Francis G. Coffey to Chief Clerk (RM Reese)

Title

Francis G. Coffey to Chief Clerk (RM Reese)

Creator

Coffey, Francis G.

Identifier

A071614c

Date

1914 July 16

Description

No African-American employees in the Office of the Solicitor.

Source

US National Archives and Records Administraiton 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

CHIEF CLARK OF THE DEPARTMENT:

I am in receipt of your memorandum of July 14, 1914, requesting, for the information of the Secretary, a memorandum containing in tabulated form the number of colored employees in this office, the position held by each, and the salary paid.

In reply you are informed that there are no colored employees in or under the jurisdiction of this office.

Francis G. Coffey
Solicitor.

Original Format

Letter

To

Reese, Robert Miller

Files

A071614.pdf

Citation

Coffey, Francis G. , “Francis G. Coffey to Chief Clerk (RM Reese),” 1914 July 16, A071614c, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.