Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice Records, 1945-1946, 1950, AIS.1969.11, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
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.
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).
ULS Archives & Special Collections, December 5, 1969
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This collection was transferred to the Archives Service Center from the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, on September 5, 1969.
This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff on December 5, 1969.
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
Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice Records, 1945-1946, 1950, AIS.1969.11, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice. Records, 1945-1946, 1950, ais 69:11, Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh
Series I. Minutes | ||||||||||||||
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Series II. CorrespondenceScope 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. | ||||||||||||||
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Series III. Financial RecordsScope 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. | ||||||||||||||
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Series IV. ActivitiesScope 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. | ||||||||||||||
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Series V. Executive SecretaryScope and Content Notes This book contains notations on the Dinner Chairman and Committees, mailing lists, publicity, potential speakers for dinners and volunteer workers. | ||||||||||||||
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Series VI. Lists | ||||||||||||||
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Series VII. Publicity | ||||||||||||||
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Series IX. PublicationsScope 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). | ||||||||||||||
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Series X. Related OrganizationsScope 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. | ||||||||||||||
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