Summary Information

Title: Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice Records
Collection Number: AIS.1969.11
Creator: Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practices (Pa.).

Collection Dates: 1945-1950
Extent: 0.94 linear feet

Language: English

Abstract:

The Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice was formed in March, 1945 under the co-chairmanship of Judge Joseph A. Richardson and Walter S. Buchanan to promote education in fair employment practices. The collection includes minutes of general meetings, correspondence, financial reports, contributors lists, a memorandum book of the Executive Secretary, an activities folder on behalf of FEPC legislation, newspaper releases and clippings, and photographs.

Publisher:

ULS Archives Service Center
University of Pittsburgh Library System
7500 Thomas Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA, 15260
412-648-3232
archives-ref@mail.pitt.edu

Date Published:

December 5, 1969

Author:

Finding aid prepared by Archives Service Center Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process on January 11, 2002.

Revision Description:

July 1, 2006:

Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to EAD Version 2002

History

The Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice, formed in March, 1945 under the co-chairmanship of Judge Joseph A. Richardson and Walter S. Buchanan, promoted education in fair employment practices.

Members of the founding committee included Mrs. Frederick B. Chalfant, Mabel Gillespie, Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss, Bishop Author B. Kinsolving, the Reverend L.B. Moseley, the Reverend N.H.R. Moor, W.T. Poole, E.L. Martin, John B. Collins, Maurice R. Moss, David McDonald, Mrs. J.L. Reizenstein, Robert Lieberman, and Sterling Chavis.

The Committee organized support for Pennsylvania General Assembly House Bill 354, introduced by Homer S. Brown (Democrat, Pittsburgh) in the 136th session, 1945, concerning Fair Employment Practices.

Collection Scope and Content Notes

The collection includes minutes of general meetings from 1945-46, correspondence from 1945-46 and 1950, financial reports, contributors lists, a memorandum book of the Executive Secretary, an activities folder on behalf of FEPC legislation, newspaper releases and statements, and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains material relating to the Pennsylvania Committee for FEPC (1945-46) and Americans for Democratic Action, Pittsburgh Chapter of Roosevelt Day Dinners (1950-1954).

Subject Terms

Topics

• Discrimination in employment -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County

Corporate Names

• Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practices (Pa.).

Genres/Forms

• Clippings (Information artifacts)
• Correspondence
• County government records
• Financial records
• Minutes

Category

• Associations
• Government

Access and Use

Access Restrictions:

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information:

This collection was transferred to the Archives Service Center from the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, on September 5, 1969.

Preferred Citation:

Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice Records, 1945-1946, 1950, AIS.1969.11, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Previous Citation:

Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice. Records, 1945-1946, 1950, ais 69:11, Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh

Processing Information:

This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff on December 5, 1969.

Processing Information:

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Holly Mengel in January 11, 2001. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1403430

Copyright:

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Collection Inventory

Series I. Minutes

Box 1

Folder

1

General Meetings, March 15, 1945-March 18, 1946

Series II. Correspondence

Scope and Content Notes: The letters in this series primarily concern the association's activities on behalf of the Pennsylvania General Assembly (the 136th Session in 1945) House Bills 354, 620 and Senate Bill 444 concerning the Fair Employment Practices Committee. The correspondence also deals with the Mass Meeting, North Side on April 20, 1945, called to support the passage of FEPC legislation, and the FEPC Dinner held in 1950. Correspondents include George I. Bloom, Harry Boyer of the Pennsylavania Federation of Labor, David J. McDonald of the United Steelworkers of America, Homer S. Brown, Robert J. Corbett, Richardson Dilworth, Robert Fleming, James Fulton, Claire Booth Luce, William McNair, Right Reverend Austin Pardue, Mrs. Gifford (Cornelia Bryce) Pinchot, Joseph P. Rigby; Governor of Pennsylvania, Edward N. Martin; the Bishop of Pittsburgh, Most Reverend Hugh C. Boyle; and the Mayor of Pittsburgh, David L. Lawrence.

Folder

2-3

Correspondence, 1945-1946, August-October 1950

Series III. Financial Records

Scope and Content Notes: The Miscellaneous Account book contains office expenses from the years 1948 and 1949 and a record of tickets for 1950 FEPC dinner.

Folder

4

Contributors File, 1945-1946

Folder

5

Financial Reports, 1945, 1948

Folder

6

Invoices (paid), 1945

Folder

7

Bank Deposit Book from People First National Bank

Folder

8

Miscellaneous Account Book, 1948-1950

Series IV. Activities

Scope and Content Notes: Folder 9 contains correspondence, a program, and statements of Homer S. Brown, Senator William B. Rodgers, Joseph Goney of the United Steelworkers of America, Rev. Thomas F. Coakley, Right Reverend Austin Pardue and Dr. Ross Stagner, Professor of Psychology at Dartmouth College. Folder 10 contains a list of members of the Dinner Committee, invitations, reservations, correspondence, lists of dinner attendees with the address and organization they represented.

Folder

9

Mass Meeting, North Side, April 20, 1945

Folder

10

FEPC Dinner Committee, 1950

Series V. Executive Secretary

Scope and Content Notes: This book contains notations on the Dinner Chairman and Committees, mailing lists, publicity, potential speakers for dinners and volunteer workers.

Folder

11

Memorandum Book of Executive Secretary

Series VI. Lists

Folder

12

Individuals to be contacted for FEPC

Series VII. Publicity

Folder

13

Newspaper Releases and Statements

Folder

14

Newspaper clippings, reprints, and brochures

Folder

15

Photographs

Series IX. Publications

Scope and Content Notes: This hearing was held in Harrisburg before the Pennsylvania General Assembly Joint Committee on Labor of the Senate and House of Representatives on House Bills 354, 620 and Senate Bill 444 (Fair Employment Practices Committee).

Folder

16

Transcript of Public Hearing March 27, 1945

Series X. Related Organizations

Scope and Content Notes: Folder 17 contains the consititution and by-laws, minutes of the executive committee, correspondence, an action program and a questionnaire. Folder 18 contains the record book of the Roosevelt Day Dinners and a list of participants for the 1954 Dinner.

Folder

17

Pennsylvania Committee for FEPC, 1945-1946

Folder

18

Americans for Democratic Action, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1950-1954