Papers, 1914-1959, 1930-1959 (bulk)

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Papers, 1914-1959, 1930-1959 (bulk)

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speech and article drafts, published material, and clippings relating to his work with the Wisconsin Conference of Social Work, 1922-1932; his government positions in the Roosevelt Administration including field representative for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Executive Director of the National Youth Administration, 1933-1943; his work with the Alabama Farmers' Union and the National Farmers' Union, 1945-1958; his work with the Southern Conference Educational Fund and other civil rights issues, 1945-1958; and his editorship of SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME. Also, personal and family papers of Williams, his wife Anita, and their children, including letters during World War II, 1914-1948.

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Southern Conference Educational Fund

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The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) was formally organized in Birmingham, Alabama in the fall of 1938. It was inspired by the findings of the National Emergency Council's Report on Economic Conditions in the South and by the philosophies of the Southern Policy Conference, a group of Southern intellectuals. Its structure was based on representation from the thirteen Southern states (non-Southerners were welcomed as non-voting members) and the District of Columbia and New York (the la...

Williams, Aubrey Willis, 1890-1965

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Williams was executive director of the Wisconsin Conference of Social Work from 1922 to 1932. He joined the Roosevelt administration in 1933 and left in 1943 to become director of the National Farmers' Union. From 1945 to 1965 he was editor of SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME. From the description of Papers, 1914-1959, 1930-1959 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525242 Aubrey Willis Williams (1890-1965), social worker, federal official, and civil rights advocate, was born in Sp...

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)

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Wisconsin Conference of Social Work

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United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

United States. National Youth Administration

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Williams, Anita, 1926-

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Alabama Farmers' Union.

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