University of Michigan-Flint

Name of the collection: Kenneth B. West, selector. Depression Collection
Inclusive years: 1930-1949
Quantity: 1 linear foot
Acquisition: These files were selected by and photocopied for Kenneth B. West in 1994 and were donated in 1997.
Access: There are no restrictions on access. See content description for citation information.
Photographs: There are no photographs.
Processed by: Paul Gifford, July 1997
 

DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of photocopies of archival or manuscript files from three repositories: the National Archives, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, and the Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota. Kenneth B. West, Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Flint, visited these archives and selected files concerning Flint, Michigan, and sometimes Michigan as a whole, and ordered photocopies of these files. He focused on the Great Depression and the records relating to labor, social welfare, relief, and public works programs.

Federal records are in the public domain. However, in citing the materials, please note the repository at which they are held. Permission to quote from the documents in the Association of Junior Leagues of America, the National Recreation Association, and the Family Service Association of America must be obtained from the organizations.
 

FOLDER LIST
 

National Archives
        National Recovery Administration (RG 9)
                Hearing in Detroit, Dec. 15, 1934
                Hearing in Flint, Dec. 17, 1934
                        (1 of 2)
                        (2 of 2)
                Hearing in Flint, Dec. 18, 1934
                Hearing in Flint, Dec. 18, 1934 - confidential record
                Preliminary report on Study of Regularization of Employment and Improvement of Labor Conditions in the Automobile Industry, 1935
                Preliminary report on Regularization of Employment in the Auto Industry, 1935
                Preliminary report on study of automobile industry - Appendix B, 1935
                Special research and planning reports. Letter to President re automobile industry, 1935
        Works Projects Administration (RG 69)
                School lunch program in Michigan, 1942-1943
                Transients in Flint, 1935
                Recreation programs in Michigan, 1943
                Adult education, 1943
                Projects in Flint, 1933-1942
                Canal construction report, 1933
                Food production and preservation in Michigan
                Progress report on Bishop Airport, 1939
                Housekeeping aide project in Michigan, 1943
        National Youth Administration (RG 119) - Reports on Flint, 1936
        Public Works Administration (RG 135) - Alphabetical index to records of non-Federal projects, 1935-1939
        Department of Labor (RG 183)
                Monthly reports on labor in Flint, 1941-1947
                Michigan State Employment Service - Report on Negro labor, 1941
                United States Employment Service - Report on Michigan, 1936
        Federal Home Loan Bank Board (RG 195) - Home Owners' Loan Corporation - Survey of Flint, 1937
        Community War Services (RG 215) - Labor market in Flint, 1945
        Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RG 234) - Flint's application for loan for relief, 1932
        National Housing Agency (RG 252) - Report on Flint, 1946-1947
Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota
        Association of Junior Leagues of America, 1938-1948
        Family Service Association of America, 1938-1949
        National Recreation Association, 1930-1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
        Letters to Harry Hopkins, 1934