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.

Original Format

Letter

To

Reese, Robert Miller

Files

A071514E.pdf

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.