Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1934-1935.

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Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1934-1935.

Items relate to Sellin's participation on the authority's nine person advisory board. Correspondents include authority members James Bennett (secretary-treasurer) and Howard Gill (economic adviser). Other correspondents include Hugh Johnson and Linton Collins (National Recovery Administration officials), H. Rose (chief of the National Recovery Administration Code Record Section), and the National Work Shirt Manufacturers Association. Also see correspondence from the United States Prison Industries Reorganization Administration (Ms. Coll. 694, Folder 1227).

121 items (375 leaves)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7129578

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Rose, Harvey

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United States. Prison Industries Reorganization Administration

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National Work Shirt Manufacturers Association, Inc.

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Prison Labor Authority.

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Also called the Prison Labor Compact of Fair Competition. Formed the basis of the United States Prison Industries Reorganization Administration. Was affiliated with the United States National Recovery Administration. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1934-1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243694273 ...

Collins, Linton M.

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Gill, Howard B.

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Developed the experiment undertaken at the Massachusetts Dept. of Corrections state prison colony at Norfolk and served as superintendent there. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1920-1958. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236170452 ...

Bennett, James V. 1894-1978.

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United States. National Recovery Administration

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Johnson, Hugh S. (Hugh Samuel), 1882-1942

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Administrator of the National Recovery Administration and the Works Progress Administration. From the description of Papers, 1933-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523554 Hugh Samuel Johnson (1882-1942), American army officer and politician, was born in Fort Scott, Kansas. He entered the United States Army in 1903, and served in World War I. Johnson originated, planned, and directed selective service conscription in 1917 and 1918. He became a brigadier general in 1918,...