CR Barnett to RM Reese
Title
CR Barnett to RM Reese
Creator
Barnett, Claribel Ruth
Identifier
DAG071614_3a-b
Date
1914 July 16
Description
List of African-American employees in the USDA Library.
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 Mr. Reese:
In accordance with your request of July 14th I am enclosing a memorandum showing in tabular form the number of colored employees in the Library, the position held by each, and the salary paid.
Very respectfully,
C. R. Barnett
Librarian.
EES-
Enclosure-
Colored employees of the Library
Smith, Moses, Messenger, $720
Lawson, Henrietta V, Charwoman, $480
Gray, Alice E, Charwoman, $240
Chief Clerk.
Dear Mr. Reese:
In accordance with your request of July 14th I am enclosing a memorandum showing in tabular form the number of colored employees in the Library, the position held by each, and the salary paid.
Very respectfully,
C. R. Barnett
Librarian.
EES-
Enclosure-
Colored employees of the Library
Smith, Moses, Messenger, $720
Lawson, Henrietta V, Charwoman, $480
Gray, Alice E, Charwoman, $240
Original Format
Census
To
Reese, Robert Miller
Files
Collection
Citation
Barnett, Claribel Ruth, “CR Barnett to RM Reese,” 1914 July 16, DAG071614_3a-b, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.