New Deal Agencies and Black America
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm JK723 .A34N48
Description
This collection contains documents of agencies and officials of the Roosevelt administration who shaped its relationship with black America. It includes personal and official files and correspondence of New Dealers, letters written from black citizens, and reports and studies directed to problems of the black community.
Materials are arranged by department or agency and then by record group.
The index must be used for access to this collection.
This collection focuses on the years between 1933 and 1940. It includes materials held by the National Archives.
Leaders from Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet" whose papers are represented in this collection include Mary McLeod Bethune of the National Youth Administration, Sterling Brown of the Federal Writers' Project, Roscoe C. Brown of the Public Health Service Robert C. Weaver of the Department of the Interior, Lawrence A. Oxley of the Department of Labor and Eugene K. Jones of the Department of Commerce.
This collection is particularly useful for the study of black business and politics during this period as well as the governmental role in combatting racial discrimination and fostering the development of black art, education and employment.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
- Ref JK723 .A34N48 Index
- Kirby, John B.New Deal Agencies and Black America.
