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Title: Harry L. Hopkins Papers, 1928-1946

Primary Creator: Harry L. Hopkins (1890-1946)

Extent: 168.99 Cubic Feet

Arrangement:

The papers of Harry L. Hopkins were deposited into the holdings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library on May 24, 1949, by his widow, Louise M. Gates. After her death in 1963, by the terms of her will, the legal ownership of the papers was bequeathed to David and Robert Hopkins, the surviving sons of Harry Hopkins. At their request, certain of the papers, which were considered personal, were returned to the family. Title to the remaining papers passed to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in 1965, when Mr. Hopkins’ sons renounced their interest in them.

In October 1966, Herman Kahn of the National Archives sent to the Roosevelt Library two folders of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary of Commerce for January-March, 1939, which were incorporated into the Hopkins' papers.

When the Hopkins Papers were first acquired, they were arranged by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in general chronological, alphabetical, subject, and surname order. In the years following World War II, former Roosevelt speechwriter, Robert E. Sherwood, conducted research at the Roosevelt Library for his book, Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History (1948). During this research and with the permission of the Hopkins family, Sherwood rearranged a portion of the collection to facilitate his work. This included removing records from originally ordered series and containers, and placing them in newly created containers of his own arrangement. The records concerned are largely from the period of the Second World War, regarding Hopkins’ work as Special Assistant to President Roosevelt. The legacy of Sherwood’s work with the papers, known as the “Sherwood Collection,” can be found in Series 14 of the Hopkins Papers.

The Hopkins Papers are arranged into eighteen series.

Date Acquired: 05/24/1949

Abstract

The Hopkins Papers consist of correspondence, reports, writings, and personal materials accumulated during his career in public service. Materials document Hopkins’s tenure as a leading New Deal public works administrator, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and special advisor to President Roosevelt on foreign affairs.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Harry L. Hopkins Papers, contains 353 Boxes of records, divided into eighteen series. The papers pertain to his life and career from the period, 1928-1946. This includes Hopkins’ service in both the US Government and New York State government.

The Hopkins Papers contain correspondence, reports, transcriptions, indexes, speech copies, and other administrative records, and well as various personal items, such as letters and scrapbooks.

The collection contains records from his many roles in public service, such as administrator of New York’s Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, head of the US Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and head of the Works Progress Administration. Records pertaining to this period of service are found in Series 4, 6, and 7 of his papers. Also contained are records concerning his involvement with the 1940 Presidential Campaign (Series 10 and 11) and his tenure as Secretary of Commerce (Series 7 and 9).

The bulk of the material found in the Hopkins Papers covers Hopkins’ role as Special Assistant to the President during World War II. The majority of these records are contained in Series 12, “Special Assistant to the President,” and in Series 14, “Sherwood Collection.”

In addition, there are many records of a personal nature, including correspondence to family members, newspaper clippings, appointment schedules, and an address book of friends of Hopkins. There is also materials from Hopkins’ time as a trustee of his alma mater, Grinnell College (Series 3).

Collection Historical Note

Harry Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was a public administrator and advisor, at both the federal level, and at the state level in New York.

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Hopkins was the fourth of five children of David and Anna Hopkins. After several relocations throughout his early childhood, the family settled in Grinnell, Iowa.

A graduate of Grinnell College in 1912, Hopkins began his career in social work, first for the Christodora House in New York City’s Lower East Side, then the following year, 1913, working with the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (AICP). Hopkins would serve as Superintendent of the Employment Bureau, in the AICP’s Department of Family Welfare. While with AICP, Hopkins helped organize the Bronx Park Employment Program, which was one of the earliest public employment programs in the United States.

In 1915, New York City’s Mayor John Purray Mitchel appointed Hopkins Executive Secretary of the Bureau of Child Welfare. After the entry of the United States into World War I, Hopkins would relocate to New Orleans, Louisiana, to work for the American Red Cross as Director of Civilian Relief, Gulf Division. In 1921, he was elevated to General Manager of the Red Cross’ Southwestern Division, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1923, Hopkins was elected President of the American Association of Social Workers (AASW), after helping to draft a charter for the organization. By 1924, Hopkins had returned to work with the AICP in New York City, and became manager of the Bellevue-Yorkville health project and Assistant Director of the AICP. Later in 1924, he would become Executive Director of the New York Tuberculosis Association.

In 1931, Hopkins would take on the role of Executive Director of New York’s Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA), part of New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt’s effort to combat the Great Depression in New York State. Due to his efficient management, he was elevated to TERA’s presidency in 1932. It was during his time in the Roosevelt administration in New York, that he began his life-long friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt.

Following the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States, Hopkins would serve in the Roosevelt administration from 1933 until 1945. Roosevelt first asked Hopkins to serve as a federal relief administrator. Hopkins would serve in this function as head the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) from 1933 until 1935. During this time, Hopkins also administered the temporary Civil Works Administration (CWA) during the winter of 1933-34. In 1935, FERA was replaced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and Hopkins placed in charge of this new agency. The WPA became one of the largest employers in the nation, and would be responsible for construction of numerous public works projects and subsidiaries, including the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). 8.5 million people would be employed by the agency between 1935 and 1943, when it was disbanded. Beginning in December, 1938, Hopkins would begin work as Secretary of Commerce, and would serve until September, 1940. It was during this time Hopkins would be diagnosed with stomach cancer, in 1939, and undergo surgery to remove a majority of his stomach. He would suffer from complications for the remainder of his life.

Hopkins would serve the following years in a special advisory role to President Roosevelt. He would serve as Special Assistant to the President, from 1941 until the President’s Death in 1945. He would also serve President Harry S. Truman in the same role through much of 1945.

In his role as Special Assistant, Hopkins would serve as President Roosevelt’s personal representative to allied leaders, such as Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. He attended several significant wartime conferences, including the Atlantic Conference in 1941, the Tehran Conference in 1943, and the Yalta Conference in 1945.

In addition to his role as advisor, Hopkins also served as an administrator of the Lend Lease Program, a $50 Billion Dollar material aid program to allied nations during World War II. Hopkins would control policy for the program throughout the war. Hopkins also served in the Chairmanship of the Munitions Assignments Board, and as a member of both the War Production Board and the Pacific War Council. He was also Roosevelt’s chief liaison with Soviet officials, serving as Chairman of the President’s Soviet Protocol Committee.

Following Roosevelt’s death, in April 1945, Hopkins would serve as a special envoy to the Soviet Union for President Truman. Not long after leaving government service in 1945, Hopkins would succumb to the effects of his stomach cancer, and died on January 29, 1946, at the age of 55.

His remains were buried in Grinnell, Iowa. He was survived by his wife, Louise Gill (Macy) Hopkins, and three children from previous marriages, sons David and Robert, and daughter Diana. A third son, Stephen, was killed in the Pacific Theater during the war.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: These papers contain documents restricted in accordance with Executive Order 11652, and some material is closed in accordance with the stipulations of the donor.

Use Restrictions: he literary property rights in these papers have not been donated to the United States Government. Copyrights in the writings of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in the papers have been retained. Information concerning them should be sought from her literary executor, Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.

Acquisition Source: Louise M. Gates

Related Materials:

There are papers relating to Harry L. Hopkins found throughout many of the Library's collections, particularly the papers of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and Oscar Cox.

The microfilm of Harry Hopkins' papers that were returned to his family, together with microfilm of early Hopkins' letters in the possession of his first wife, Ethel Gross Hopkins, are described in Part I of the Harry Hopkins finding aids.

There are materials relating to Harry Hopkins and the book, “Roosevelt and Hopkins”, in the Robert E. Sherwood Papers in The Houghton Library at Harvard University.

Papers of John Carmody

Papers of Oscar Cox

Papers of Albert Wayne Coy

Papers of Lorena Hickok

Papers of Lowell Mellet

Papers of Henry Morgenthau Jr.

Microfilm: Harry Hopkins Papers

Harold L. Ickes Diaries and Selected Papers

Works Progress Administration Index to Projects in New York State.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1928-1945],
[Series 2: Personal and Financial Matters, 1933-1945],
[Series 3: Grinnell College, 1934-1945],
[Series 4: Pre-Works Progress Administration Papers, 1931-1934],
[Series 5: Speeches and Articles, 1933-1945],
[Series 6: Federal Relief Agency Papers, 1930-1940],
[Series 7: General Correspondence, 1933-1940],
[Series 8: Engagement Lists, 1933-1940],
[Series 9: Secretary of Commerce, 1938-1940],
[Series 10: Confidential Political File, 1938-1940],
[Series 11: President's Speeches and Speech Material, 1937-1945],
[Series 12: Special Assistant to the President, 1941-1945],
[Series 13: Newspaper Clippings of Harry Hopkins - Bound Volumes, 1933-1940],
[Series 14: Sherwood Collection - Hopkins Papers, 1933-1945],
[Series 15: Card File of Mr. Hopkins' Callers, 1935-1940],
[Series 16: Special Assistant to the President - Index, 1941-1942],
[Series 17: Names and Addresses of Friends of Mr. Hopkins, 1935-1939],
[Series 18: Clippings and Scrapbooks, 1937-1945],
[All]

Series 6: Federal Relief Agency Papers, 1930-1940

Correspondence, administrative orders, bulletins, procedural issuances, handbooks, instructions, press releases, reports, drafts of legislation, transcripts of speeches, telephone conversations, and testimony, arranged by subject. This series contains numerous records accumulated by Mr. Hopkins while he was Administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (1933-1935), the Civil Works Administration (1933-1934), and the Works Progress Administration (1935-1938). This series also contains surveys and field reports from FERA investigators, including Lorena Hickok.

(Containers 15-84)

Series 6 is further categorized as follows: (a) Procedural Issuances (b) FERA-WPA Transcripts and Records of Conferences (c) Confidential Political File (d) Relief Plans and Programs (e) FERA-WPA Narrative Field Reports (f) FERA-WPA Relief Projects (g) FERA-WPA Transcripts of Telephone Conversations with State Relief Directors and Other Officials (h) FERA-WPA Legislative and Legal Proceedings.

Sub-Series 1: Procedural Issuances

Box 15

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Circulars, Nos. 1-8, June 1935-October 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Instructional Bulletins - Nos. 1-10, June 1935-April 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Instructional Bulletins - Nos. 11-38, June 1935-February 1936

Box 16

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Instructional Bulletins - Nos. 1-10, June 1935-April 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Instructional Bulletins - Nos. 11-38, June 1935-February 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Executive Orders, June 1933-March 1938

Box 17

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - WPA Administrative Orders - Nos. 1-66
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Monthly Earnings Adjustment Orders
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Letters to State WPA Administrators, October 1935-June 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - General Letters - Nos. 1-100, February 17, 1936-December 10, 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - General Letters - Nos. 101-214, December 12, 1936- December 12, 1938

Box 18

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Digests of Publications, 1936-1938
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Index of Publications, January 1, 1936
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Operating Procedures - Folder 1, 1936-1937

Box 19

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Operating Procedures - Folder 2, 1936-1937
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Operating Procedures Memoranda - Nos. 1-25, 1938

Box 20

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Operating Procedures Memoranda - Nos. 26-40, 1938
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Operating Procedures Memoranda - Nos. 41-56, 1938
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Serial Telegrams, 1935-1938

Box 21

Civil Works Administration (CWA) - Classification of Projects, 1933-1934
Civil Works Administration (CWA) - General Policy - Nos. A-1 to A-118, 1933-1935
Civil Works Administration (CWA) - Rules and Regulations, 1933-1934
Civil Works Administration (CWA) - Supplementary Instructions, 1933-1934
Civil Works Administration (CWA) - Safety - CW-S-4 to CW-S-77, 1933-1935
Civil Works Administration (CWA) - Traffic Survey - CW-T-l to CW-T-5

Box 22

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series AO - Administrative, 1933-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series DA - Drought Relief, 1934-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series E - Education, 1933-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series FS - Field Service, 1934
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - General Policy, 1933-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Medical Program, 1933-1934
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series RD - Rural Rehabilitation, 1934-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Rules and Regulations, 1933
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series RS - Research and Statistics, 1933-1936
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series S - Safety, 1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series SH - Self-Help and Cooperative Associations, 1933-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Serial Telegrams, 1933-1934

Box 23

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series T - Transients, 1933-1934
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series W - Women's Work Divison, 1933-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series WD - Work Projects, 1933-1935
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) - Series WDO - Work Projects Procedures, 1934-1935
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation - Series C - Commodity Distribution, 1933-1935
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation - Series CO - Commodity Distribution, 1933-1935
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation - General Policy, 1933-1934

Box 24

National Youth Administration (NYA) - Circulars, Memoranda, etc., 1936-1938
National Youth Administration (NYA) - Handbook of Procedures, 1938
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Memorandum - Relief in the Year Ending June 30, 1937
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Miscellaneous, 1935-1938
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - State Maps, 1935-1937

Sub-Series 2: FERA-WPA Transcripts and Records of Conferences

Box 25

CWA Conference, November 15, 1933
Conference on State Set-Up, September 5-8, 1933
Emergency Conference on Needs of Women, November 20, 1933
Conference on New England and Middle Atlantic States, April 23, 1934
Conference on Anticipated Needs, August 27, 1934
Administrators' Conferences - Folder 1, June 16-19, 1935
Administrators' Conferences - Folder 2, June 16-19, 1935
WPA Luncheon Meeting, December 28, 1935

Box 26

Meeting of National Advisory Committee of NYA, April 28-29, 1936
Principle Addresses - State Women Directors' Conference, May 4-6, 1936
U.S. Community Improvement Appraisal
Conference of State Administrators - Chicago, February 12-13, 1937
Conference of State Administrators - Washington D.C., October 21-22, 1937
Conference with Governors of N.Y. and New England States, September 26, 1938
Committees, November 18, 1938

Box 27

White House Press Conferences, 1934-1938
Mr. Walker's Press Conference, May 15, 1935
Secretary Ickes' Press Conferences, May 21-November 30, 1935
Secretary Ickes' Press Conferences, December 1, 1935-June1, 1936

Box 28

Mr. Hopkins' Press Conferences, January 27-October 29, 1934

Box 29

Mr. Hopkins' Press Conferences, November 2, 1934-December 19, 1935

Box 30

Mr. Hopkins' Press Conferences, January 9, 1936-December 8, 1938
WPA Press Clippings, November 1938

Box 31

Box 32

Box 33

Box 34

Press Releases - Liberty League Releases
Press Releases - National Republican Committee
Press Releases - Releases from Other Departments
Press Releases - White House Releases
Press Releases - WPA Releases

Box 35

Releases, Speeches, etc., 1938-1939
Cartoons, Editorials, etc., 1933-1938

Sub-Series 3: Confidential Political File

Box 36

A, 1933-1938
Ba-Bl, 1933-1938
Bo-Br, 1933-1938
Ca-Ci, 1933-1938
Cl-Co, 1933-1938
Cr-Cz, 1933-1938
Da, 1933-1938

Box 37

De-Dz, 1933-1938
E, 1933-1938
F, 1933-1938
Farley, James A., 1933-1938
G, 1933-1938
Ha-Hi, 1933-1938
Ho-Hu, 1933-1938

Box 38

I, 1933-1938
J, 1933-1938
K, 1933-1938
La, 1933-1938
Langer, William, 1933-1938
Le, 1933-1938
Li-Lu, 1933-1938
Mc, 1933-1938

Box 39

Ma-Mi, 1933-1938
Mo-Mu, 1933-1938
N, 1933-1938
North Dakota, 1933-1938
O, 1933-1938
P, 1933-1938
Q, 1933-1938
R, 1933-1938
Roosevelt, James - "Hampton Robb" Letters, 1933-1938

Box 40

Sa-Si, 1933-1938
Sm-Sy, 1933-1938
T, 1933-1938
U, 1933-1938
V, 1933-1938
W, 1933-1938
White House, 1933-1938
WPA-Division of Investigation, 1933-1938
X-Y-Z, 1933-1938
Miscellaneous, 1933-1938

Sub-Series 4: Relief Plans and Programs

Box 41

Relief, 1930-1933
Hoover, Herbert - Relief, April-November, 1930
Hoover, Herbert - Relief, December 1930
Hoover, Herbert - Relief, January-February, 1931
Hoover, Herbert - Relief, March-August, 1931

Box 42

Hoover, Herbert - Relief, September-December, 1931
Hoover, Herbert - Relief, 1932
Hoover, Herbert - Relief - State File, 1932-1933
Hearings on Federal Aid for Unemployment Relief, January 1933

Box 43

Reports of the Executive Council, July 15, 1933-October 30, 1933

Box 44

Reports of the Executive Council, November 4, 1933-February 26, 1934

Box 45

Reports of the Executive Council, March 10, 1934-November 13, 1934

Box 46

Executive Council and National Emergency Council (1), 1933-1938
Executive Council and National Emergency Council (2), 1933-1938
Executive Council and National Emergency Council (3), 1933-1938
Executive Council and National Emergency Council (4), 1933-1938
National Power Survey, 1933-1938

Box 47

Steel Rail Prices, 1933-1938
Report-Conference-National Emergency Council, January 31-February 3, 1934
Weekly Reports of FERA, CWA, FSRC to NEC, July 18, 1933-March 2, 1935
Digest of Proceedings of Advisory Committee on Allotments, 1935
Proceedings of Advisory Committee on Allotments, 1935
Allotment Board Members
Agenda, Advisory Committee on Allotments, June-August, 1935
Report, Subcommittee on Flood Control and Water Storage Projects
Resolution Submitted to Advisory Committee, August 1935

Box 48

Industrial Emergency Committee, July-November, 1934
Economic and Social Security, June-November, 1934
Preliminary Report on Economic Security, September 1934
Economic and Social Security, 1934-1935
Economic and Social Security, 1935
National Construction Program, 1936-1940

Box 49

Report - Sen. Borah's Commitments on Relief Measures
Instructions - Field Men, July-October, 1933
Staff Conferences, November-December, 1933
Report, Activities of Iowa Emergency Relief Admin., January, 1933-December, 1934
Federal Projects - Allocations for, December, 1933-February, 1934
The Federal CWA, November, 1933-April, 1934
Economic Trends-Extension Course by Univ. of Wisconsin
Commodity Money
Labor-Wage Scales-Wage Policies
Report of Mississippi Valley Committee, PWA, 1933-1938
Reports on Transients, January, 1934
Coal Mining - Plan for Rehabilitation and Stabilization of Industry
Families on Relief in Coal Mining Areas
Col. H. M. Waite's Memo to Ickes re PWA Employment, August 1934
National Resources Board, 1934
Confidential Reports
Estimate of Total Public and Private Construction, October 22, 1934
Mr. Baker's Memos on A National Work Program, 1934
California Indictments
Funds Needed
Plan to Give Work to Able-Bodied Needy Unemployed

Box 50

Reemployment Reports, 1934
Rules and Regulations, CWA, FERA
Committee on Decentralization of Industry
Youth Program-Planning Division
Scheme for Executive-Legislative Control of Expenditures - 20-Year Program of Public Works Submitted to President by Morris L. Cooke
C. J. People's Memo to Morgenthau on Proposed Programs, December 8, 1934
Memo by Eddy, Riggs and Boyd on Requirements for Work Program, December 12, 1934
Relief Statistics, 1934-1935
Financing of Unemployment Relief by Winthrop W. Aldrich, December 3, 1934
Unemployment Relief Legislation-State, 1934-1935
Type of Projects Which May Be Prosecuted - Agencies Authorized to Supervise the Projects, 1935
Henry P. Kendall's Letter re Outline of Organization of Emergency Efforts of Government
Report on Rural Electrification
Report on Emergency Work Relief Program of FERA, April 1, 1934-July 1, 1935
Chronology of Federal Emergency Relief Admin, May 12, 1933-December 31, 1935
Secretary Ickes Letter to President and Statement re Types of Applications to be Considered by PWA and WPA, June 1935
Recommendations of Field Representatives, September 18, 1935
Report, Number and Value of WPA Projects by Types Approved by the President, November 15, 1935
Drafts of Executive Orders, 1935
Housing, 1934-1938

Box 51

Presidential Cruise Aboard U.S.S. Houston (1), 1935
Presidential Cruise Aboard U.S.S. Houston(2), 1935
Survey of Employment Prospects in Various Industries
Airway and Airport Projects
Report of Chas. E. Stuart on European Conditions in Their Relationship to International Trade and Export Credits, August 1935
Form Letters, 1935
Col. Harrington's Report on WPA Setup, 1935
Miscellaneous Proposals, Plans and Activities on Setup and Execution of WPA Program, 1935-1937
Political Affiliations of Montana WPA Employees, January 10, 1936
Gen. Hagood Letter, February 1935
Material re Mississippi Schools

Box 52

Flood, March 1936
Sen. Vandenberg's Letter re WPA in Pennsylvania, February-March 1936
Charges of Sen. Holt re WPA in West Virginia, March 1936
President's Outline of Relief Program as Given at Press Conference, April 24, 1936
Charge of Arthur M. Curtis, Republican National Committee, re WPA in Missouri, 1936
Clippings on Charges of Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer re WPA in Westchester County, New York, 1936
The Lawyer, the Courts and the Rise of the Legalistic Mind to Power, F.C.Howe
651.101 Florida Marketing Projects
Report on WPA in New York City by Gen. Hugh Johnson

Box 53

Lawrence Westbrook's Report on WPA Information Service
WPA Information Service
Memoranda re Unemployment Census
Reports by U.S. Conference of Mayors, March 1936, January 1937
Staff Meeting, June 3, 1936
Radio Staff Meeting, June 20, 1936
Budget, July 1, 1936
FDR's Trip to Drought Area, August 25-September 5, 1936

Box 54

Mr. Hopkins' Inspection Tour of Western States, September 1936
Memo re Material Collected for Hopkins, October-November 1936
Draft of Presidential Relief Message
Pamphlets Published by the Record Publishing Company
Flood, January 1937
General Motors Corp. Agreement with United Auto workers, February 1937
Memoranda re Matching WPA, State, and Local Funds
Program for Year Beginning July 1937, July 1937
Statement of American Mfg. Co. re Labor Relations Board, October 1937
Project Applications - Engineering Division, October 1937
History of Relief Appropriations
Leon Henderson Memoranda
Issues of Work (Workers Alliance), April 99, 1938; April 23, 1938
Congressman Lamneck's Remarks re Reorganization, March 31, 1938

Box 55

Lauchlin Currie Report, April 1, 1938
Mr. Hopkins' Letter re Politics in WPA, May 5, 1938
Politics in WPA - Excerpts from Letters, 1938
Report on Economic Conditions of the South
Brookings Study on Relationship of Government to Industry
Civil Aeronautics Authority - Washington National Airport - Preliminary Studies, August 22, 1938
Memorandum re Marketing Law Study, August 26, 1938
Material from Lee Pressman re Minimum Wages in Iron and Steel Industry, August-September 1938
The House That Franklin Built by John H. Cover, August 1938
Mr. Hunter's Press Release re Series of Articles re WPA Appearing in Chicago Tribune, September 20, 1938
"It's All Done by Leaning on a Shovel", Chicago Daily Times
Pamphlet re Fair Labor Standards, October 10, 1938
Memorandum re Proposed Work Program by Alan Johnstone
WPA Work Program, 1938
General Industrial Advisory Council, November 1938
Memoranda re WPA Funds, December 1938
Recommendations for Proposed Dept. of Social Welfare, 1938
Suggested Changes in Relief Policies for Fiscal Year, 1938
Re Presidential Trip into Maryland, September 1938
Suggested Program for South Carolina by Alan Johnstone, November 22, 1938
Inventory - An Appraisal of Results of the WPA, 1938
Results of Various Polls re WPA and Unemployment, February 1939
Comments of 12 Chicago Citizens re WPA, 1939
1940 Budget
Miscellaneous

Sub-Series 5: FERA-WPA Narrative Field Reports

Box 56

General
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida

Box 57

Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana

Box 58

Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico

Box 59

New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota

Box 60

Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Washngton
West Virginia
Wisconin
Wyoming
Regional Examiners' Reports - Mr. Gill
Regional Examiners' Reports - Region I - Mr. Branion
Regional Examiners' Reports - Region II - Mr. Dryden
Region III - Mr. Miller
Regional Examiners' Reports - Mr. Millers Confidential Report on New Orleans, June 1935

Box 61

Regional Examiners' Reports - Region IV - Mr. Hunter
Regional Examiners' Reports - Region V - Mr. Hinckley, 1936-1937
Regional Examiners' Reports - Region VI - Mr. Hinckley and Mr. Smith, 1938
State of Nation Reports (1), April 1934
State of Nation Reports (2), April 1934

Box 62

State of Nation Reports, Fall 1934
State of Nation Reports - Summary of The State of the Nation
Confidential Reports by Elmer Scott on Little Rock, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Houston
Pierce Williams' Reports - Analyses of Employment, 1934
Pierce Williams' Reports - Analyses of Employment, 1935

Box 63

WPA Narrative Field Reports - Pierce Williams' Reports, January-July 1, 1936
WPA Narrative Field Reports - Pierce Williams' Reports, August 10-October 1, 1936

Box 64

WPA Narrative Field Reports - Pierce Williams' Reports - Analyses of Employment, October 3-November 17, 1936
WPA Narrative Field Reports - Pierce Williams' Reports - Analyses of Employment, June 20, 1937-0ctober 11, 1938

Box 65

Surveys by FERA Investigators - Card Record of Distribution of Copies of Survey Reports, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Survey of Conditions, November 1934-January 1935
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Ball, Ernestine - New York State, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Bruere, Martha B. - New York State, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Claff, Julian - Delaware, Pennsylvania, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Colcord, Lincoln - Mostly Michigan and Ohio, 1934

Box 66

Surveys by FERA Investigators - Francis, Henry W. - West Virginia, Pennsylvania, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Gellhorn, Martha - Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Maynard, David - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Parrish, Wayne - New Jersey, New York, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Reavis, Hazel - Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Ohio, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Steep, Thomas - Illinois, Indiana, 1934

Box 67

Surveys by FERA Investigators - Washburn, Robert - New England, 1933-1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Webster, Edward J. - Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, 1933-1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Wilson, Louisa - Michigan, Ohio, 1933-1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Reports to Lorena Hickok, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Lorena Hickok Reports, August-October 28, 1933
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Lorena Hickok Reports, October 30, 1933-January 31, 1934

Box 68

Surveys by FERA Investigators - Lorena Hickok Reports, February 5-May 31, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Lorena Hickok Reports, June 1-September 15, 1934
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Lorena Hickok Reports, November 13, 1934-October 31, 1935
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Lorena Hickok Reports, November 1, 1935-November, 1936
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Alaska, 1934-1936
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Alaska, April-May 1938
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Confidential Report on Birmingham, Alabama, 1934-1938
Surveys by FERA Investigators - Comments re Work Relief, 1934-1938

Sub-Series 6: FERA-WPA Relief Projects

Box 69

Certificate of Incorporation of Federal Surplus Relief Corp.
FSRC - Amended Certificates of Incorporation and Minutes of Meetings, 1933-1935
Drought Memoranda, June-October 1934
Minutes of Meeting of Drought Relief Service, November 3, 1934
Report and Minutes of Livestock Feed Committee, August,November 1934
Submarginal Lands
Great Plains Drought Area Committee Report, August 1936
Rural Rehabilitation, Vol. 1, No.1,, November 15, 1934

Box 70

Cooperative Self-Help, November-December 1934
Self-Help Grants, 1936
Commission of Inquiry on Cooperative Enterprises in Europe and Cooperatives in General, 1934-1937
Federal Theatre, 1935-1936
Charleston, South Carolina Theatre Project, 1937
WPA Guides
WPA Art, 1939
Historical Murals in Los Angeles County Hall of Records
Report - Public Wprks of Art Project, 1934
WPA - Ferderal Art Project, 1937-1940

Box 71

WPA Art Program - A-L

Box 72

WPA Art Program - M-Z

Sub-Series 7: FERA-WPA Transcripts of Telephone Conversations with State Relief Directors and Other Officials

Box 73

Alabama - Illinois, 1934-1938

Box 74

Indiana - Massachusetts, 1934-1938

Box 75

Michigan - New Mexico, 1934-1938

Box 76

New York - North Dakota, 1934-1938

Box 77

Ohio - south Dakota, 1934-1938

Box 78

Tennessee - Wyoming, 1934-1938
Miscellaneous, 1934-1938

Sub-Series 8: FERA-WPA Legislative and Legal Proceedings

Box 79

Copies of Bill, H.R. 5755, National Industrial Recovery Act, 1933-1939
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) and Its Operation - Amendments to Act, 1933-1934
H.R. 9644 - Housing - Home Owners' Loan Act, May 1934
H.R. 9759 - Housing - National Housing Act, May, 1934
S. 3603 (Same as H.R. 9620) - Housing, May, 1934
H.R. 9620 (Same as S. 3603) - Housing, May, 1934
S. 3794 - Housing Renovation and Modernization, June 1934
Correspondence, Memoranda, etc., re National Housing Act, 1933-1939
Legislation, 1934-1935
Copies of Bill, Hearings and Digest of Old Age Laws in States and Territories - S. 1130, January 17, 1935
Copy of Bill - H.R. 7260, Social Security Act, 1935
Brief on Proposed Amendments to Social Security Act Submitted by Justice Tulin of New York City Domestic Relations Court, 1933-1939
Correspondence, Memoranda, Proposed Amendments, etc . - H. J. Res. 117, Relief Appropriations, 1933-1939
Memo on Loans Made by RFC, HOLC, FCA
Joint Resolution - Relief Appropriations, 1936
Memoranda, etc., re Deficiency Appropriation, February 1937
Unemployment Commission, 1937
Hearings - 76th Congress; H.J. 83 - Relief, 1939
Work Relief Bill, 1939

Box 80

Legal Analysis of FERA Act by Mr. Epstein,, June 26, 1933
Hopkins! Testimony before Bureau of Budget, January 22, 1934
Provisions of U.S. Code re Gifts to Federal Officers and Employees, December 20, 1935
S. Res. 241 - Appointing Special Committee to Investigate Unemployment and Relief, May 1936
Sheppard Investigating Committee, 1938
Testimony of Louis R. Glavis
Expenditure of Funds - FERA - Submitted to Chairman of Committee on Appropriations (Mr. Glass) in accordance with S. Res. 115, 1938
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Investigation, April 1939
Opinions - Opinion of Attorney General on Acquisition of Surplus Agricultural Products from AAA for Making Grants of Commodities to States, November 2, 1933
Opinions - Opinion on Withholding of Grants-In-Aid to States, February 9, 1935
Opinions - Opinion on Use of Corporations by Federal Government, February 27, 1935
Record Votes - Vote on Holding Company Bill, 1935
Record Votes - Vote on Relief Bill, 1935
Record Votes - Vote on Relief Bill, 1936
Record Votes - Vote on Bonus Bill, 1936
Record Votes - Record of Roll Calls in House on Amendments to Relief Appropriation, 1937
Congress Voting for Relief
Record Votes - Editorial Research Reports, 1938-1940

Box 81

Special Senate Committee to Investigate Unemployment and Relief - Byrnes Committee - Volume I, 1937-1938

Box 82

Special Senate Committee to Investigate Unemployment and Relief - Byrnes Committee - Volume II, 1937-1938

Box 83

Special Senate Committee to Investigate Unemployment and Relief - Byrnes Committee - Alan Johnstone, 1938
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Personnel Lists, 1933-1935
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - FERA Lists, 1933-1937
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Office and Field Personnel, 1935-1936
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - WPA Classification Grade and Job Designation, 1935
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Civil Service Classification, August-October, 1938
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - 1938 State Directors of Federal Writers Project, 1936-1937
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - State WPA
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - State Directors of Finance and Statistics
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - State Directors of National Youth Administration
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - State Directors of Women!s and Professional Projects
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Miscellaneous

Box 84

Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - FERA Labor Union, 1934
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - City Mayors, 1936-1937
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Civil Works Administration (CWA) Lists
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Regional Personnel, 1935-1938
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Official Directories, State Administrative Officers of the WPA and NYA, 1938
Personnel and Classification Lists, etc. - Official Directories, Federal Works Agency, WPA, Central, Regional and State Administrative Officers, 1939-1940