RP Clifton to Chief Clerk (RM Reese)
Title
RP Clifton to Chief Clerk (RM Reese)
Creator
Clifton, RP
Identifier
A072114
Date
1914 July 21
Description
Sending requested list of African-American employees in the Bureau of Entomology.
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
The Chief Clerk,
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Dear Sir:
Complying with your request of the 14th instant, I enclose herewith memorandum showing colored employees employed in the Bureau of Entomology.
Yours very truly,
R. S. Clifton
Executive Assistant.
MEMORANDUM SHOWING COLORED EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED INT EH BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.
Name, Title, Compensation, Location
Ellen P. Boler, Charwoman, $480, Washington, D.C.
Helen Stokes, Charwoman, $480, Washington, D.C.
Lena Stokes*, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D.C.
George W. Simmons, Unskilled Laborer, $540, Washington, D.C.
Fannie J. Washington, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
Jefferson Freeman, Unskilled Laborer, $1.75 per day, Drummond, Md.
Walter Lee, Unskilled Laborer, $35 mo., Tallulah, La.
Henry W. Snowden, Mechanic, $750, Melrose Highlands, Mass.
*Lena Stokes, above referred to has been transferred to the Bureau of Plant Industry, effective August 1, 1914.
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Dear Sir:
Complying with your request of the 14th instant, I enclose herewith memorandum showing colored employees employed in the Bureau of Entomology.
Yours very truly,
R. S. Clifton
Executive Assistant.
MEMORANDUM SHOWING COLORED EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED INT EH BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.
Name, Title, Compensation, Location
Ellen P. Boler, Charwoman, $480, Washington, D.C.
Helen Stokes, Charwoman, $480, Washington, D.C.
Lena Stokes*, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D.C.
George W. Simmons, Unskilled Laborer, $540, Washington, D.C.
Fannie J. Washington, Charwoman, $240, Washington, D. C.
Jefferson Freeman, Unskilled Laborer, $1.75 per day, Drummond, Md.
Walter Lee, Unskilled Laborer, $35 mo., Tallulah, La.
Henry W. Snowden, Mechanic, $750, Melrose Highlands, Mass.
*Lena Stokes, above referred to has been transferred to the Bureau of Plant Industry, effective August 1, 1914.
Original Format
Letter
To
Reese, Robert Miller
Files
Collection
Citation
Clifton, RP, “RP Clifton to Chief Clerk (RM Reese),” 1914 July 21, A072114, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.