California. State Relief Administration
Variant namesBiographical Note
The State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) was created in 1933 as a provision of the Unemployment Bond Relief Act. In 1935, SERA was succeeded by the State Relief Administration (SRA). Both agencies were created to help alleviate certain conditions caused by the Great Depression, and their responsibilities included the distribution of state and federal funds for unemployment relief. The activities of the State Relief Administration frequently overlapped activities of other local, federal and even state agencies created for similar purposes. Consequently, the organization of the SRA was constantly changing and it is difficult to decisively state the the number or names of the agency's divisions at any given date. See Elsey Hurt, California State Government - an Outline of Its Administrative Organization, vol. 2, 1939, for more details.
From the guide to the State Relief Administration records, 1933-1944, (California State Archives)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Baker, Ralph W. | person |
| associatedWith | Mount Diablo Museum Advisor Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Public Administration Service (Chicago, Ill.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| California--Los Angeles | |||
| California |
| Subject |
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| Great Depression |
| Migrant labor |
| Public welfare administration |
| Public welfare administration |
| Unemployed |
| Unemployed |
| Unemployed |
| Unemployed |
| Unemployment |
| Unemployment |
| Unemployment |
| Occupation |
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| Activity |
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Corporate Body
Active 1935
Active 1939
