Edward C. Easton to RM Reese
Title
Edward C. Easton to RM Reese
Creator
Easton, Edward C.
Identifier
A080314a
Date
1914 July 18
Description
List of African-American employees in the USDA Central Office of the Weather Bureau.
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
Colored employees. Me
Memorandum for the Chief Clerk, Department of Agriculture.
As requested in your memorandum of the 14th instant, information concerning colored employees in the Weather Bureau is given below:
Number of Employees Position Salary.
In Washington D.C.
3 Skilled Artisan $840
2 Watchman 720
2 Fireman 720
4 Unskilled Laborer 720
1 Classified Laborer 660
2 Unskilled Laborer 660
1 Skilled Laborer 600
1 Unskilled Laborer 600
1 Unskilled Laborer 480
3 Unskilled Laborer 450
1 Charwoman 360
1 Charwoman 240
In the Field Service.
2 Assistant Observer $1080
2 Messenger 600
1 Unskilled Laborer 480
1 Messenger Boy 360
Very respectfully,
Edward C. Easton
Actg Chief Clerk- Executive Asst.
Memorandum for the Chief Clerk, Department of Agriculture.
As requested in your memorandum of the 14th instant, information concerning colored employees in the Weather Bureau is given below:
Number of Employees Position Salary.
In Washington D.C.
3 Skilled Artisan $840
2 Watchman 720
2 Fireman 720
4 Unskilled Laborer 720
1 Classified Laborer 660
2 Unskilled Laborer 660
1 Skilled Laborer 600
1 Unskilled Laborer 600
1 Unskilled Laborer 480
3 Unskilled Laborer 450
1 Charwoman 360
1 Charwoman 240
In the Field Service.
2 Assistant Observer $1080
2 Messenger 600
1 Unskilled Laborer 480
1 Messenger Boy 360
Very respectfully,
Edward C. Easton
Actg Chief Clerk- Executive Asst.
Original Format
Census
To
Reese, Robert Miller
Files
Collection
Citation
Easton, Edward C., “Edward C. Easton to RM Reese,” 1914 July 18, A080314a, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.