Employment Dept. records, 1941-1985.

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Employment Dept. records, 1941-1985.

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The series consists of records of the Atlanta Urban League Employment Department from 1941-1945. The files include administrative files (1941-1985), containing correspondence, reports, rosters, and printed material relating to the work of Department leaders Robert A. Thompson (1941-1960), Harold Arnold (1961-1965), Richard Lyle (1965-1966), and Mortimer Cox (1964-1977); and departmental records (1981-1985). The files also include program files (1961-1984), including records of the Data Processing and Clerical Training Center (1974-1984); the Labor Education Advancement Program (1972-1978); the Manpower Analysis and Training Program (1974-1976); the On-the-Job Training Program (1967-1983); the Military and Veterans Affairs Program (1968-1974); the Preparation for Employment Program (1974-1984); and the Summer Youth Employment Program (1968). The series also contains employment orders (1961-1979).

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406513

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Arnold, Harold L.

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Atlanta Urban League. Employment Dept.

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The Atlanta Urban League, an affiliate of the National Urban League, was established in 1920. It is a private, non-profit, interracial community service organization which functions as a vehicle for addressing the social and economic problems of the black community in Atlanta, Georgia. The Employment Department of the League functioned to address inadequate employment opportunities for African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, by working to find public and private sector em...

Thompson, Robert Grainger Ker, Sir, 1916-....

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Robert A. Thompson, (1910- ), industrial secretary of the Atlanta Urban League. From the description of Robert A. Thompson oral history interview, 1977 July 28. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476426 Robert A. Thompson, (1910- ), Housing Secretary for the Atlanta Urban League (1941-1945). From the description of Robert A. Thompson oral history interview, 1989 June 5. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476314 ...

Lyle, Richard.

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Cox, Mortimer.

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