Civil Service Commission annual reports, 1896-1973.

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Civil Service Commission annual reports, 1896-1973.

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The earliest report (1894) is of the labor commissioner who administered the Public Employment Office which was part of the commission. Reports (1896-1920s) have appendices that include reports for the secretary, chief examiner, and labor commissioner and include information such as labor statistics, rulings, amendments, examinations including examination questions, and labor issues. Labor commissioner reports in the 1890s are very detailed and include information on the types and numbers of position filled, increase of population due to the gold rush in Alaska, railroad laborers, hop picking, women, and minorities. From the 1930s until 1942 the annual report of the labor commissioner is presented jointly with the commission report and includes statistical information but not as much narrative as earlier reports, reports in the 1950s begin listing names of examiners used both inside and outside of city employment, reports in the 1960s include organizational charts, and beginning in 1970 the reports are much shorter with only one to two pages of statistical trends or no statistics and a few pages of narrative.

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