RL Emerson to RM Reese

Title

RL Emerson to RM Reese

Creator

Emerson, R. L.

Identifier

A072014

Date

1914 July 20

Description

List of African-American employees in the USDA's Bureau of Chemistry.

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 Sir:

Replying to your circular letter of July 14, I submit herewith in tabular form the number of colored employees in this bureau, the position held by each, and the salary paid; also their official station.

Name, Position, Salary, Location

Horace Brown, Unskilled Laborer, $600, Washington, D. C.
Kirby L. Burton, Laboratory Helper, $720, Washington, D. C.
Rosa Butler, Laborer (Unskilled), $480, Washington, D. C.
Charles D. Campbell, Laboratory Helper, $600, Denver, Colo.
William R. Carter, Laboratory Helper, $900, Washington, D. C.
William H. Childress, Laboratory Helper, $720, Washington, D. C.
Henry Dean, Laboratory Helper, $600, Washington, D. C.
Ernest O. Dickerson, Laboratory Helper, $720, Washington, D. C.
Henry E. Dunn, Laboratory Technician, $900, Washington, D. C.
Daniel O. Elwood, Laborer (Unskilled), $600, Washington, D. C.
Francis Gay, Laboratory Helper, $840, Philadelphia, Pa.
John D. Gibson, Laborer (Unskilled), $480, Washington, D. C.
(Mrs.) Mary E. Gibson, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
Joseph A. Gilbert, Laboratory Helper, $600, Chicago, Ill.
John E. Hall, Unskilled Laborer, $660, Washington, D. C.
Thaddeus S. Hume, Laboratory Helper, $1200, New York City.
(Mrs.) Maggie Iveson, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
James Jenkins, Laborer (Unskilled), $600, Washington, D. C.
Martin A. Johnson, Messenger, $840, Washington, D. C.
Joseph E. Johnston, Laboratory Helper, $600, Washington, D. C.
J. G. W. Kerrick, Laborer (Unskilled), $480, Washington, D. C.
Messiah King, Unskilled Laborer, $600, Washington, D. C.
Eldridge P. Landry, Laboratory Helper, $720, Savannah, Ga.
Joseph E. Major, Laboratory Helper, $720, New Orleans, La.
Ernest A. Martin, Laboratory Helper, $840, Seattle, Wash.
Jesse Merchant, Laboratory Helper, $720, Chicago, Ill.
(Mrs.) Alice Meyers, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
Sarah J. Orr, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
Henry C. Pierceson, Unskilled Laborer, $660, Washington, D. C.
Alfred A. Rhambo, Messenger, $600, Chicago, Ill.
Erskine A. Roberts, Laboratory Helper, $600, Washington, D. C.
John D. Scott, Laborer (Unskilled), $720, Washington, D. C.
James Simms, Laborer (Unskilled), $600, Washington, D. C.
(Mrs.) Maggie Simms, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
(Mrs.) F. C. Stewart, Unskilled Laborer, $240, Washington, D. C.
Lena Stewart, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
Garfield Thomas, Unskilled Laborer, $720, Washington, D. C.
P. W. Webster, Laboratory Helper, $720, Washington, D. C.
John W. Williams, Laboratory Helper, $840, Washington, D. C.
(Mrs.) M. Williams, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.

Respectfully,

R. L. Emerson
Assistant Chief.

Original Format

Letter

To

Reese, Robert Miller

Files

A072014.pdf

Citation

Emerson, R. L., “RL Emerson to RM Reese,” 1914 July 20, A072014, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.