Repository

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Title

Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practice Records

Creator

Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment Practices (Pa.)

Collection Number

AIS.1969.11

Extent

0.94 Linear Feet

Date

1945-1950

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.

Language

English .

Author

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

Publisher

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Address

University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

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.

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).

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 & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Previous Citation

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

Processing Information

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

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.

Subjects

Corporate Names

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

Genres

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

Other Subjects

• Associations
• Government
• Discrimination in employment -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County

Container List

Series I. Minutes

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

Containers

box 1, folder 1

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.

Correspondence, 1945-1946, August-October 1950

Containers

box 1, folder 2-3

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.

Contributors File, 1945-1946

Containers

box 1, folder 4

Financial Reports, 1945, 1948

Containers

box 1, folder 5

Invoices (paid), 1945

Containers

box 1, folder 6

Bank Deposit Book from People First National Bank

Containers

box 1, folder 7

Miscellaneous Account Book, 1948-1950

Containers

box 1, folder 8

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.

Mass Meeting, North Side, April 20, 1945

Containers

box 1, folder 9

FEPC Dinner Committee, 1950

Containers

box 1, folder 10

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.

Memorandum Book of Executive Secretary

Containers

box 1, folder 11

Series VI. Lists

Individuals to be contacted for FEPC

Containers

box 1, folder 12

Series VII. Publicity

Newspaper Releases and Statements

Containers

box 1, folder 13

Newspaper clippings, reprints, and brochures

Containers

box 1, folder 14

Photographs

Containers

box 1, folder 15

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).

Transcript of Public Hearing, March 27, 1945

Containers

box 1, folder 16

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.

Pennsylvania Committee for FEPC, 1945-1946

Containers

box 1, folder 17

Americans for Democratic Action, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1950-1954

Containers

box 1, folder 18