James E. Jones to RM Reese
Title
James E. Jones to RM Reese
Creator
Jones, James E.
Identifier
A071514e
Date
1914 July 15
Description
Bureau of Plant Industry does not have information on the number of African-American employees.
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 of Department.
Dear Mr. Reese:
Referring to your memorandum of the 14th instant addressed to heads of offices, divisions, and offices in this Department, requesting a memorandum showing in tabular form the number of colored employees in the several branches of the Department, etc., I inform you that the records in this Bureau do not give this information, and in order to secure same we would have to take a census of all our employees, or get it from the records of the Appointment Clerk. Could not the Appointment Clerk prepare the desired data for you from the Personal Placement Sheets on file in his office?
If necessary we can get the information for our service from the records of the office of the Appointment Clerk. Kindly advise me of your wishes.
Very truly yours,
James E. Jones
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Chief Clerk of Department.
Dear Mr. Reese:
Referring to your memorandum of the 14th instant addressed to heads of offices, divisions, and offices in this Department, requesting a memorandum showing in tabular form the number of colored employees in the several branches of the Department, etc., I inform you that the records in this Bureau do not give this information, and in order to secure same we would have to take a census of all our employees, or get it from the records of the Appointment Clerk. Could not the Appointment Clerk prepare the desired data for you from the Personal Placement Sheets on file in his office?
If necessary we can get the information for our service from the records of the office of the Appointment Clerk. Kindly advise me of your wishes.
Very truly yours,
James E. Jones
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Original Format
Letter
To
Reese, Robert Miller
Files
Collection
Citation
Jones, James E., “James E. Jones to RM Reese,” 1914 July 15, A071514e, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.