RV Bailey to RM Reese
Title
RV Bailey to RM Reese
Creator
Bailey, R. Victor
Identifier
DAG071614_2
Date
1914 July 16
Description
Informing Reese there were no African-American employees in the USDA Office of Markets or the Office of Rural Organization.
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,
Department of Agriculture.
Dear Mr. Reese:
In accordance with the request contained in your circular memorandum of July 14, 1914, I beg leave to say that there are no colored employees in the Office of Markets or in the Office of Rural Organization.
Very truly yours,
R. V. Bailey
Acting Chief, Office of Markets,
and Office of Rural Organization.
CMV
Chief Clerk,
Department of Agriculture.
Dear Mr. Reese:
In accordance with the request contained in your circular memorandum of July 14, 1914, I beg leave to say that there are no colored employees in the Office of Markets or in the Office of Rural Organization.
Very truly yours,
R. V. Bailey
Acting Chief, Office of Markets,
and Office of Rural Organization.
CMV
Original Format
Letter
To
Reese, Robert Miller
Files
Collection
Citation
Bailey, R. Victor, “RV Bailey to RM Reese,” 1914 July 16, DAG071614_2, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.