The Governor is the chief executive of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the appointing of individuals to various state and local offices and the signing of grants and commissions. This series consists of correspondence relating to appointments, resignations, and commissions for state and local government positions during Bibb Graves' second gubernatorial administration. The merit system for state employees did not exist at this time. Graves received numerous job requests ranging from clerical positions to administrative posts. A large portion of requests were for state highway patrol jobs. The overwhelming number of requests is indicative of the massive unemployment that still existed in the state of Alabama four years into President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
