federal records relating to civil rights in the post-world war ii era

Federal Records Relating to

Civil Rights in the

PostWorld War II Era

R E F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N P A P E R 1 1 3

Na t i o n a l Arch i ve s a n d Re co rd s Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n , Wa s h i n g to n , D C

2006

FederalRecordsRelatingtoCivilRights inthePostWorldWarIIEra

COMPILED BY WALTER B . HILL , J R . , AND L I SHA B . PENN

R E F E R E N C E I N F O R M A T I O N P A P E R 1 1 3

NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration

Washington, DC

2006

UnitedStates. NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration.

FederalrecordsrelatingtocivilrightsinthepostWorld

WarIIera/compiledbyWalterB. Hill, Jr., andLishaB.

Penn.Washington, DC: NationalArchivesandRecords

Administration, 2006.

p. ; cm.(Referenceinformationpaper; 113)

1. UnitedStates. NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration

Catalogs. 2. AfricanAmericansCivilrightsHistory

20thcenturySourcesBibliographyCatalogs. 3. Civil

rightsmovementsUnitedStatesHistory20thcentury

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relationsHistory20thcenturySourcesBibliography

Catalogs. I. Hill, WalterB. II. Penn, LishaB. III. United

States. NationalArchivesandRecordsAdministration. IV. Title.

Cover: Washington, DC; PresidentEisenhowerwithNegroleadersfollow

ingconferenceonproblemsof schoolintegrationandothermattersaffect

ingNegroes. Lefttoright: LesterB. Granger, ExecutiveSecretary, National

UrbanLeague; Dr. MartinLutherKing, Jr., President, SouthernLeadership

Conference; E. FrederickMorrow, AdministrativeOfficer, theWhiteHouse;

PresidentEisenhower; AsaPhilipRandolph, VicePresident, AFLCIO; U.S.

AttorneyGeneralWilliamP. Rogers; RoccoSiciliano, SpecialAssistantto

thePresident; andRoyWilkins, ExecutiveSecretary, NationalAssociation

fortheAdvancementof ColoredPeople. (306PS58133001)

BackCover: Leadersattheheadof theCivilRightsMarchonWashington,

DC, August28, 1963. (306SSM4A356)

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contents

Preface ix

PA RT I : In t r o du c t i o n

Scopeof thePaper 1 Principlesof Arrangement 3 EditorsNote 3 OtherSources 4 RegionalArchives 5 PresidentialLibraries 7 Acknowledgments 10

PA RT I I : Ex e c u t i v e B ran c h Re c o rd s i n t h e Na t i o na l Ar c h i v e s , Wash i n g t o n , DC , Are a

RecordGroup12 Recordsof theOfficeof Education 11 Recordsof theOfficeof theCommissioner 11 Recordsof theOfficeof theAssistantSecretaryforEducation 14 Recordsof theDivisionof HigherEducation 15 Recordsof SpecialProjectsandPrograms/NationalSurveyof VocationalEducationandGuidanceof Negroes 18

Recordsof theDivisionof EqualEducationalOpportunity 20 Recordsof theBureauof ElementaryandSecondaryEducation 24

RecordGroup40 GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Commerce 26 Recordsof theOfficeof theSecretary 26

RecordGroup51Recordsof theOfficeof ManagementandBudget 30 Recordsof theTransportation, Commerce, andHousingDivision 30 Recordsof theOfficeof theDirector 32

Record Group 56 General Records of the Department of the Treasury 39 Recordsof theOfficeof EmploymentPolicyPrograms 40 Recordsof theOfficeof theUnderSecretary 42

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RecordGroup60 GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Justice 43 Recordsof theCivilRightsDivision 46

RecordGroup65 Recordsof theFederalBureauof Investigation 61

RecordGroup134 Recordsof theInterstateCommerceCommission 92 Recordsof theBureauof Enforcement 93

RecordGroup146Recordsof theU.S. CivilServiceCommission 94 Recordsof theOfficeof PersonnelManagement 94 Recordsof theOfficeof theCommissioners 95

RecordGroup174 GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Labor 96 Recordsof theOfficeof theSecretary 97 Recordsof theOfficeof theSolicitor 103 Recordsof thePresidentsCommitteeon

GovernmentContractCompliance(CGCC) 105 Recordsof theOfficeof AdministrativeLawJudges 106 Recordsof theOfficeof FederalContractCompliancePrograms 107 Recordsof theOfficeof ProgramAnalysisandEvaluation 109

RecordGroup196Recordsof thePublicHousingAdministration 109

RecordGroup207GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Housing

andUrbanDevelopment 110 Recordsof theOfficeof theSecretary 118 Recordsof theOfficeof theUnderSecretary 121 OtherRecords 122

RecordGroup220 Recordsof TemporaryCommittees, Commissions, andBoards 123 Recordsof thePresidentsCommitteeonEqualEmployment, 196165 124

RecordGroup235 GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Health, Education, andWelfare 127 Recordsof theOfficeof theSecretary 128

RecordGroup237 Recordsof theFederalAviationAdministration 128 Recordsof theOfficeof ComplianceandSecurity 129 Recordsof theOfficeof theAdministrator 130

RecordGroup319 Recordsof theArmyStaff 131 Recordsof theOfficeof theDeputyChief of Staff forMilitary Operations(ODCSOPS) 131

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Record Group 381 Records of the Community Services Administration 133 HeadquartersRecordsof theOfficeof EconomicOpportunity 133 Recordsof theOfficeof theDirector 134 Recordsof theOfficeof CivilRights 137 Recordsof theOfficeof Planning, Research, andEvaluation 139

RecordGroup398GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Transportation 140 Recordsof theOfficeof theSecretaryof Transportation 140

RecordGroup403 Recordsof theEqualEmploymentOpportunity Commission 141 Recordsof theOfficeof theChairman 143 Recordsof theComplianceDivision 147 OtherRecords 148

RecordGroup406 Recordsof theFederalHighwayAdministration 150 MixedDirectiveFiles, 196169 151 Recordsof theOfficeof theAdministrator 152

RecordGroup441 GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Education 152 Recordsof theOfficeof theSecretary 153 Recordsof theNationalInstituteof Education 154

RecordGroup453 Recordsof theUnitedStatesCommissionon

CivilRights 155 Recordsof theOfficeof theChairman 156 Recordsof theOfficeof theStaff Director 158 Recordof theOfficeof theDeputyStaff Director 165 Recordsof theOfficeof theGeneralCounsel 166 Recordsof theOfficeof ManagementActivities 169 Recordsof theLiaisonandInformationOffice 169 Recordsof theOfficeof FederalCivilRightsEvaluation 171 Recordsof theFederalProgramsDivision 172 Recordsof theClearinghouseDivision 175

RecordGroup527 Recordsof theUnitedStatesMarshalsService 177

PA RT I I I : Re c o rd s i n t h e Cen t e r f o r Le g i s l a t i v e Ar c h i v e s

RecordGroup46 Recordsof theU.S. Senate

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179

RecordGroup233 Recordsof theU.S. Houseof Representatives 179 Surveyof Documents 182

PA RT I V: Re c o rd s i n t h e Of f i c e o f Re g i ona l Ar c h i v e s S e r v i c e s

NARAPacificAlaskaRegion(Seattle) 187 RecordGroup21 Recordsof DistrictCourtsof theUnitedStates 187 RecordGroup403 Recordsof theEqualEmploymentOpportunity

Commission 190

NARASoutheastRegion(Atlanta) 190 RecordGroup21 Recordsof DistrictCourtsof theUnitedStates 190

NARANortheastRegion(Boston) 198 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 198

NARAGreatLakesRegion(Chicago) 199 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 199

RecordGroup228 Recordsof theCommitteeonFairEmployment

RecordGroup211 Recordsof theWarManpowerCommission,

RecordGroup403 Recordsof theEqualEmployment

RecordGroup276 Recordsof theU.S. Courtof Appeals 205 RecordGroup75 Recordsof theBureauof IndianAffairs 207 RecordGroup155 Recordsof theWageandHourDivision 207

Practices, 19411946 208

19421945 208 RecordGroup156 Recordsof theOfficeof theChief of Ordnance 208 Record Group 92 Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General 208

OpportunityCommission 209 RecordGroup146 Recordsof theU.S. CivilServiceCommission 209 Record Group 381 Records of the Community Services Administration 209

NARARockyMountainRegion(Denver) 210 RecordGroup527 Recordsof theUnitedStatesMarshalsService 210 RecordGroup60 GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Justice 215

NARASouthwestRegion(FortWorth) 216 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 216

NARACentralPlainsRegion(KansasCity) 218 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 218

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RecordGroup228 Recordsof theCommitteeonFair

EmploymentPractice 222

NARAPacificRegion(LagunaNiguel) 222 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 222 RecordGroup276 Recordsof theU.S. Courtof Appeals 223

NARANortheastRegion(NewYorkCity) 224 RecordGroup21 Recordsof theDistrictCourtsof the

UnitedStates 224

RecordGroup181 Recordsof NavalDistrictsandShore

Establishments 226

NARAMidAtlanticRegion(CenterCityPhiladelphia) 227 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 227

NARAPacificRegion(SanFrancisco) 237 Record Group 21 Records of the District Courts of the United States 237

RecordGroup228 Recordsof theCommitteeonFairEmployment

Recordsof theCommitteeonFairEmploymentPractice,

RecordGroup381 Recordsof theCommunityServices

RecordGroup276 Recordsof theU.S. Courtof Appeals 240 RecordGroup129 Recordsof theBureauof Prisons 241 Recordsof theBureauof Prisons, 18701981 241

Practice 241

19411946 241

Administration 243 Records of the Community Services Administration, 19671979 243

PA RT V: Re c o rd s i n President ial Librar ies

HarryS. TrumanLibrary, Independence, Missouri 245

DwightD. EisenhowerLibrary, Abilene, Kansas 255

JohnF. KennedyLibrary, Boston, Massachusetts 263

LyndonB. JohnsonLibrary, Austin, Texas 271

NixonPresidentialMaterialsStaff, CollegePark, Maryland 280

GeraldR. FordLibrary, AnnArbor, Michigan 283

JimmyCarterLibrary, Atlanta, Georgia 287

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A P P E N D I X E S

APPENDIX A: PublishedCongressionalHearingsThatPertain

toCivilRightsBeginningwiththe79thCongress(194546) 289 CommissiononCivilRights 292 DiscriminationinEducation 295 DiscriminationinEmployment 302 DiscriminationinHousing 305

APPENDIX B: Departmentof JusticeMicrofilmCollection

DepositedintheJohnF. KennedyLibrary,August1964 309 CivilRightsDivision 309 PublicAccommodationsandDemonstrations 313 FreedomRides 314 Voting 314 Schools 318 Transportation 319 Employment 320 PresidentialPapersof JohnF. Kennedy 322 SpeechFiles 322 LegislativeFiles 322 DepartmentsandAgencies 322

APPENDIX C: U.S. GovernmentPublications

RelatingtoCivilRights 323

APPENDIXD: RecordsRelatingtoCivilRightsintheCenterfor ElectronicRecords(NWME) 327

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preface

This reference informationpaperprovidesdescriptionsof the recordsof Federal agencies, commissions, and courts that formulated civil rights guidelines, programs, andjudicialdecisions. Therecordscoverthespanof time between civil rights initiatives undertaken by theHarry S. Truman administration, 194552, through the reorganization plan of civil rights programsdirectedbytheJimmyCarteradministration, 197781. Thefocus herein is on textual records in archival facilities in theWashington, DC, area, the regional archives, and the Presidential libraries of theNational ArchivesandRecordsAdministration(NARA).

Sixdecadesago, theNationalArchivesbeganpublishingreferenceinformation papers (RIPs) as part of a comprehensive descriptive program designedtohelppeoplefindtheirwaythroughthevoluminousrecordsin ourholdings. RelatedtopicaddressedinotherpublicationsareRecordsof MilitaryAgenciesRelatingtoAfricanAmericansfromthePostWorldWarI PeriodtotheKoreanWar (RIP105, 2006); BlackHistory:AGuidetoCivilian Records in theNationalArchives (1984); andFederalRecordsPertaining to Brownv. Boardof Educationof Topeka, Kansas (1954) (RIP112, 2004). The National Archives and Records Administrations web site, www.archives.gov, offersaccesstomoresourcesforAfricanAmericanhistoryaswellastotheArchivalResearchCatalog(ARC), theonlinecatalogof NARAsnationwideholdings.

Asthenationsrecordkeeper, NARAsafeguardsrecordsof allthreebranchesof theFederalGovernment. NARAmeetsanalmostunlimitedrangeof informationneeds, ensuringaccesstorecordsonwhichboththecredibility of government and the accuracy of history depend. Wewelcome any commentsyoumayhaveontheinformationproductsandservicesNARA provides. [email protected].

AllenWeinstein

ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES

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mailto:[email protected]:www.archives.gov

TopNegrocivilrightsleaderswhohavecalledforanendtoriotinginU.S.

citiesandaresupportingPresidentJohnsonincondemninglawlessness.

Topleft, Dr. MartinLutherKing, Jr.;topright, RoyWilkins;bottomleft,

WhitneyM. Young, Jr.;bottomright, A. PhilipRandolph. (306PSC672777)

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PART I : Introduction

SCOPE OF THE PAPER

I.1 This reference information paper (RIP) describes the records of Federal agencies and commissions that formulated civil rights guidelines and programs. The records cover the civil rights initiatives undertaken by the Harry S. Truman administration, 194552, through the reorganization plan of the civil rights programs as directed by the Jimmy Carter administration, 197781. The focus of this RIP is on textual records in archival facilities in the Washington, DC, area, the regional archives, and the Presidential libraries of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). In addition there are four appendixes that identify publications, published congressional hearings, electronic records, and microfilm collections that relate to civil rights.

I.2 Additional records related to this topic, but not listed in this paper, may be available at NARA. This RIP is not meant to be exhaustive, but to provide guidance to researchers interested in conducting research on civil right issues. It includes descriptions of records from agencies and commissions that emphasized civil rights issues, initiated programs to change internal operations, and effected social change. The history of the Federal Governments attention and response to civil rights begins in the early national period and continues to the present. However, it was not until President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9808, which established the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights, that the Federal Government placed a deliberate focus on civil rights issues. He believed that it was of such importance that he mentioned civil rights issues as a priority for his administration in his 1947 and 1948 State of the Union messages to Congress. President Truman committed the Federal Government to policies and initiatives that would strengthen civil rights and provide for the protection of all citizens, in particular African Americans.

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I.3 ThisRIPisthefirstandonlyNationalArchivespublicationthatspecificallyfocusesonrecordsthatrelatetocivilrights. Itsupplementsthestandardfindingaid BlackHistory:AGuidetoCivilianRecordsintheNational Archives and expands upon the identification and description of those record series that pertain to civil rights. Also, it is recommended that researchersconsultReferenceInformationPaper(RIP)112FederalRecords PertainingtoBrown v. Boardof Education, Topeka, Kansas (1954), because theBrowndecisiongaveimpetustothegrowingattentiontoanddemand forcivilrightsbycitizens. RIP112citescourtcasesandothercivilrights related events that influenced Federal activity around the question of school desegregation and other issues related to educational civil rights. NumerouscivilrightsissueswerehandledintheFederaljudiciarysystem District Courts, Appeal Courts, and the Supreme Court. Many of these caseswillbefoundintheholdingsof theregionalarchives. Thecourtcases, other executive branch activities, and events surrounding the Supreme Courtdecisionanditsaftermathmustbeunderstoodaspartof civilrights historyandthemodernCivilRightsMovement. BlackHistory:AGuideto CivilianRecordsintheNationalArchives, RIP112, andthisRIPareguides for researchers who study civil rights in Federal records. In addition, researchers may wish to further consult finding aids at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff and the following National Archives Presidentiallibraries, astheymaycontainrelevantcivilrightsrelatedmaterials: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Herbert Hoover Library, John F. Kennedy Library; Lyndon B. Johnson Library; Gerald R. Ford Library; JimmyCarterLibrary; FranklinD. RooseveltLibrary, andHarryS. Truman Library.

I.4 OthersupplementalNARAfindingaidsthatmayprovideinformation aboutcivilrightsissuespertainingtoAfricanAmericansincludeRIP105, Records of MilitaryAgencies Relating toAfricanAmericans from the PostWorldWar I Period to the KoreanWar; RIP 108, Black Family Research: Recordsof PostCivilWarFederalAgenciesattheNationalArchives; Selected Documents Pertaining to Black Workers Among the Records of the Department of Labor and Its Component Bureaus, 19201969; and Select AudiovisualRecords:Picturesof AfricanAmericansDuringWorldWarII.

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PRINCIPLES OF ARRANGEMENT

I.5 AllNationalArchivesrecordsdescribedinthispublicationarearranged by record group. NARA arranges its holdings according to the archival principleof provenance. Thisprincipleprovidesthatrecordsbeattributed totheagencythatcreatedormaintainedthemandbearrangedthereunder astheywerefiledwheninactiveuse. AtNARA, theapplicationof theprincipleof provenancetakestheformof numberedrecordgroupswitheach comprisingtherecordsof amajorgovernmententity, usuallyabureauor independentagency. Forexample, NationalArchivesRecordGroup174is GeneralRecordsof theDepartmentof Labor.

I.6 Mostrecordgroupsincluderecordsof anypredecessorsof theorganizationnamed in the titleof therecordgroup. Thenumberassigned toa recordgroupreflectstheorderinwhichitwasestablishedbytheNational Archives. Withineachrecordgroup, therecordsof agovernmentagencyare organizedintoseries. Eachseriesisasetof documentsarrangedaccording tothecreatingofficesfilingsystemorotherwisekepttogetherbythecreat

ingofficebecausetheyrelatetoaparticularsubjectorfunction, resultfrom thesameactivity, documentaspecifickindof transaction, takeaparticular physicalform, orhavesomeotherrelationshiparisingoutof theircreation, receipt, oruse.

I.7 Records andmanuscripts that are in the holdings of the Presidential librariesarelessoftenarrangedwithreferencetorecordgroupsandseries. ThisnecessityarisesfromthefactthateachWhiteHouseOfficehasbeen organizeddifferentlyaccordingtotheneedsandstyleof eachadministration; fromtherealitythatsuchholdingsareasmuchmanuscriptrepositoriesastheyarearchives; andfromthepracticeof accessioningarelatively largeproportionof nongovernmentalcollectionsrelatedtoeachPresidents administration.

EDITORS NOTE

I.8 Becauseof thedifferencesinthearrangementanddescriptionpractices mentionedabove, itisdifficulttoarriveatastandardformatfordescribing bothNationalArchivesandPresidentiallibrariesmaterial. Sincethispublication is issuedby theOfficeof theNationalArchives, the standards are essentially thoseof that entity. For instance, the titlesof series (themost

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common unit of description inNARA) are rendered inbold face. Such titles are almost always followed by dates indicating the coverage of the recordsandthereafterbyvolumefigures(inparentheses). Thereaftermay follow further information such as box numbers, accession numbers, or other items helpful to archivists in locating specific records. Presidential libraries records seldom fit this format. They are, for instance, seldom describedintermsof series. (Whensuchanexpressionisused, wehaverendered the series titles as mentioned above.) Generally, conventions of Presidential libraries capitalization have been retained herein, but the NationalArchivesorder and styleof dates andvolume informationhave been used. This was all done in the interest of producing a reasonable degreeof conformityandof makingitrelativelyeasyfortheusertoscan thisRIPandhaveseriesandcollectiontitlesstandout. Paragraphnumbers, withaprefixreferringtopartnumber(asIII.23), areusedforthesamereasonsandarealsothebasisof referenceforindexitems. Listswithinparagraphsarenumberedthus suchan itemmightbe cited in the indexas III.23.7.

I.9 Thegeneralphysicallocationsof therecordsshouldbeobviousbecause of thecontextof thedescriptionthatis, thearrangementof thisRIPseparatesthedescriptionsintosectionsforeachmajordepository. Withinthe sectiondescribingthelargestcollectionExecutiveBranchRecordsinthe NationalArchivesintheWashington, DC, Area (PartII)therearenotes immediatelyfollowingseriesorfiletitlesthatoftenindicateshelf, oreven box, locations. Thesefewlineswillassistarchivistsinlocatingrecordsaccuratelyandefficientlytoserveresearchers. TheFindingAid (suchasPI forpreliminaryinventories)helpsthearchivistputtherecordsincontext within the recordgroup. TheMLR (MasterLocationRegister)number yieldsashelf location. Theboxnumbersfurtherrefinethelocationof the subject records. And the NAII designation indicates that the records resideattheNationalArchivesatCollegePark, MD.

I.10 ItalsoshouldbenotedthattheusagebywhichAfricanAmericansare referred to with terms such as colored, Negro, black, African American, or other is reflected inmost series descriptions or historical backgroundsegmentsaswasapplicableintherelevantrecordsortheperi

odinwhichtheywerecreated. Thesameistrue, toalesserextent, regardingotherethnicandminoritygroups.

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OTHER SOURCES

I.11 For informationon records located in regional archives, consult the following locations. Thearea servedbyeachregionalarchive is listed for convenience:

NARANortheastRegion(Boston) 380TrapeloRoad Waltham, MA024526399 8664062379 email: [email protected] areaserved: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, RhodeIsland, andVermont

NARANortheastRegion(Pittsfield) 10ConteDrive Pittsfield, MA012018230 4132363660 email: [email protected]

NARANortheastRegion(NewYorkCity) 210VarickStreet, 12thFloor NewYork, NY100144811 2124011620 email: [email protected] areaserved: NewJersey, NewYork, PuertoRico, andtheVirginIslands

NARAMidAtlanticRegion(CenterCityPhiladelphia) 900MarketStreet Philadelphia, PA191074292 2156060100 email: [email protected] area served: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia

NARASoutheastRegion(Atlanta) 5780JonesboroRoad Morrow, GA302603806 7709682100 email: [email protected] areaserved: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, SouthCarolina, andTennessee

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mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

NARAGreatLakesRegion(Chicago) 7358SouthPulaskiRoad Chicago, IL606295898 7739489001 email: [email protected] areaserved: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

NARACentralPlainsRegion(KansasCity) 2312EastBannisterRoad KansasCity, MO641313011 8162688000 email: [email protected] areaserved: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, andNebraska

NARASouthwestRegion(FortWorth) 501WestFelixStreet, P.O. Box6216 FortWorth, TX761150216 8178315900 email: [email protected] areaserved: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, andTexas

NARARockyMountainRegion(Denver) DenverFederalCenter, Building48 P.O. Box25307 Denver, CO802250307 3034075700 email: [email protected] areaserved: Colorado, Montana, NewMexico, NorthDakota, South Dakota, Utah, andWyoming

NARAPacificRegion(LagunaNiguel) 24000AvilaRoad, 1stFloor LagunaNiguel, CA926773497 9493602641 email: [email protected] areaserved: Arizona, southernCalifornia, andClarkCounty, Nevada

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mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

NARAPacificRegion(SanFrancisco) 1000CommodoreDrive SanBruno, CA940662350 6502383500 email: [email protected] areaserved: northernCalifornia, Hawaii, Nevada(exceptClark County), AmericanSamoa, andthePacificTrustTerritories

NARAPacificAlaskaRegion(Seattle) 615SandPointWay, NE Seattle, WA981157999 2063365115 email: [email protected] areaserved: Idaho, Oregon, andWashington

NARAPacificAlaskaRegion(Anchorage) 654WestThirdAvenue Anchorage, AK995012145 9072617800 email: [email protected] areaserved: Alaska

I.12 TheNationalArchivesandRecordsAdministrationcurrentlyadministers13Presidentiallibraries:

HerbertHooverLibrary 210ParksideDrive P.O. Box488 WestBranch, IA523580488 3196435301 website: www.hoover.archives.gov email: [email protected]

FranklinD. RooseveltLibrary 4079AlbanyPostRoad HydePark, NY125381999 8454867770 website: www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu email: [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]:www.fdrlibrary.marist.edumailto:[email protected]:www.hoover.archives.govmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

HarryS. TrumanLibrary 500W. U.S. Highway24 Independence, MO640501798 8162688200 website: www.trumanlibrary.org email: [email protected]

DwightD. EisenhowerLibrary 200SoutheastFourthStreet Abilene, KS674102900 7852636700 website: www.eisenhower.archives.gov email: [email protected]

JohnF. KennedyLibrary ColumbiaPoint Boston, MA021253389 6175141600 website: www.jfklibrary.org email: [email protected]

LyndonBainesJohnsonLibrary 2313RedRiverStreet Austin, TX787055702 5127210200 website: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu email: [email protected]

NixonPresidentialMaterialsStaff Officeof PresidentialLibraries NationalArchivesatCollegePark 8601AdelphiRoad CollegePark, MD207406001 3018373290

website: http://nixon.archives.gov/index.php email: [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]://nixon.archives.gov/index.phpmailto:[email protected]:www.lbjlib.utexas.edumailto:[email protected]:www.jfklibrary.orgmailto:[email protected]:www.eisenhower.archives.govmailto:[email protected]:www.trumanlibrary.org

GeraldR. FordLibrary 1000BealAvenue AnnArbor, MI481092114 7342050555 website: www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov email: [email protected]

GeraldR. FordMuseum 303PearlStreet, NW GrandRapids, MI495045353 6162540400 website: www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov email: [email protected]

JimmyCarterLibrary 441FreedomParkway Atlanta, GA303071498 4048657100 website: www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov email: [email protected]

RonaldReaganLibrary 40PresidentialDrive SimiValley, CA930650600 8005778444/8004108354 website: www.reagan.utexas.edu email: [email protected]

GeorgeBushLibrary 1000GeorgeBushDrive CollegeStation, TX778453906 9796914000 website: www.bushlibrary.tamu.edu email: [email protected]

WilliamJ. ClintonLibrary 1200PresidentClintonAvenue LittleRock, AK722011749 5012442889 website: www.clintonlibrary.gov email: [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]:www.clintonlibrary.govmailto:[email protected]:www.bushlibrary.tamu.edumailto:[email protected]:www.reagan.utexas.edumailto:[email protected]:www.jimmycarterlibrary.govmailto:[email protected]:www.fordlibrarymuseum.govmailto:[email protected]:www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I.13 The compilersof this finding aidworked as a team to research and describepertinentcivilrightsrelatedrecordsof thethreebranchesof the FederalGovernment: executive, legislative, and judicial. WalterB. Hill, Jr. (whodescribedWhiteHouserecords)andLishaB. Penn(whodescribed Justice, Labor, Education, Civil Rights Commission, and Commerce records)wish to extend their sincere appreciation to severalNARA staff memberswhospentcountlesshoursworkingwith themon this teamto prepare the descriptions of records that made this publication possible. SpecialthankstoteammembersTrichitaChestnut, whomadecoordinated arrangements with theOffice of Presidential Libraries and theOffice of RegionalRecordsServicesfordescriptionsof pertinentcivilrightsrelated records in those facilities; Jahi Issa, whowrote seriesdescriptions for the transportationclusterrecordgroups; MaryellenTrautman, whoprepared thelistof relevantpublicationsof theU.S. Government; CynaraRobinson, who described U.S. Marshal, gift collections, and Federal Bureau of Investigation records; Janis Wiggins, who wrote descriptions of Federal Bureau of Investigation records; IdaBrudnick, whoprovided descriptive information about congressional records; and student interns Paul Williams, whodescribedU.S. ArmyStaff recordsandMichaelHussey, who assisted with Health, Education and Welfare records. Thanks to Ann Cummings, Anthony Fantozzi, James Hastings, Jeanne Schauble, Steve Tilley, andRichardWoodforbeingsosupportiveof thisproduct. Thank yousarealsoextendedtoSharonFawcett(NL)andNancyMalan(NR)for coordinating the submission of staff descriptions of Presidential library materialandregionalrecordsforthispublication. ThankyoualsotoNARA staff members Patrice Brown, Barbara Brett, Teresa Matchette, Don McIlwain, and Mary Kay Schmidt, who prepared some of the original descriptionsthatwerefoundindossiersof relevantrecordsincludedinthis findingaid. BenDeWhittdeservesspecialrecognitionforhisoutstanding editorial assistance. His contributions include exceptional attention to detailandvaluablesuggestionsfororganizationandpresentationof information.

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PART II : ExecutiveBranchRecordsinthe National Archives in the Washington, DC, Area

Record Group 12 Records of the Office of Education

II.1 A Department of Education, headed by a Commissioner, was established by an act of March 2, 1867. The Department was abolished as a separate independent agency by an act of July 20, 1868, and was reestablished in the Department of Interior as the Office of Education, effective July 1, 1930 (46 Stat. 281, May 14, 1930). Under Reorganization Plan 1, effective July 1, 1939, the Office was transferred to the newly created Federal Security Agency, which on April 1, 1953, became the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1972, HEW was reorganized and the Office of Education was placed in the Education Division along with the National Institute of Education. The Division was run by an Assistant Secretary for Education. The statutory function of the Office of Education was administration of programs of financial assistance to educational agencies, institutions, and organizations. The Office was abolished, effective May 4, 1980, by the Department of Education Organization Act, October 17, 1980 (93 Stat. 668).

RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

II.2 TheCommissionerof EducationwasappointedbythePresidentwith theadviceandconsentof theSenateandhadgeneraldirectionof theprograms and operations of the agency under its various designations of department, bureau, andoffice.

II.3 OfficeFilesofAmbroseCaliver, 19461962(4ft.)

FindingAid: PI178 MLREntry17 Boxes110[NN36820] Loc: NAII

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Arrangement: Arrangedbysubjectornameof conferenceororganization.

Files: AEA Committee on Literacy & Fundamental EducationWomen CollegePresidents

ScopeandContent: Therecordsconsistof speeches, articles, minutes, conferenceproceedings, andrelatedcorrespondenceconcerningCaliversliaisonworkwithorganizationsinterestedintheeducationof blackAmericans andadulteducation. Caliverwasanationalleaderinthefieldof blackeducation for over 30 years. These records document the formulation of nationaleducationalpolicyandadvicetoandcooperationwithstate, local, andprivateinstitutionsabouteducationalmattersparticularlythepostwar educationof veterans andwarworkers, vocational education andhigher education of Negroes. There are also references to the National Urban LeagueandtheUnitedNegroCollegeFund.

II.4 Press Releases of the Commissioner of Education, 19631969 (7ft. 4in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry95 Boxes117[NN301294008]

Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedintwosections, pressreleasesandpressdigests, andthereunderchronologically.

Files: 200Public Schools underMDTAU.S. Office of Education, Daily PressDigest(12/31/69)

ScopeandContent: This seriescontainspress releasesconcerningawide varietyof subjectsadministeredbytheOfficeof Educationorconcerning educationgenerally. These includepress releases regarding topics suchas the acceptance by Commissioner Francis Keppel of desegregation plans from 12 southern public school districts and the termination of Federal financial assistance to six southern school districts for failure to comply withdesegregationguidelines.Otherrecordsconcerngrantstotrainteach

ers of handicapped students, graduate school fellowships awardedunder TitleIVof theNationalDefenseEducationAct(NDEA), andaprogramto trainpersons fromlow incomebackgrounds forcareers in theeducation profession.

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II.5Officeof theCommissionerof Education, 19281980(505ft. 7in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry122 Boxes11155[NN301294016]

Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedchronologically, generallyinoneyearblocks, and thereunderbytypeof file.

Files: NationalConferenceonPhysicalFitnessCongressionalforms

ScopeandContent: Thisseriescontainsrecordscoveringthewholerange of topics addressed by the Office of Education. The yearly reading files includecorrespondencewithCongress; theWhiteHouse; theSecretaryof Health, Education, andWelfare; andotheragencies. Thesubjectfilescover issuessuchascivilrights, studentunrest, andFederalaidtoeducation, as well asotheradministrative issues. The series alsocontains speechesand articlesbytheCommissionersof Education. Box79(segregation); Box80 (surveyof thehighereducationof Negroes); Boxes100101(courtdecisions [segregation/integration])&desegregation, PrinceEdwardCounty, VA); 123 (segregation/integration); 181 (civil rights); 192202 (civil rightsreport on racial imbalance & educationsegregated cafeterias); 217(equaleducationalopportunityprogramreport); 22628(schooldistrictplansundercivilrightsact); 240(segregation); 27576(equaleducationinhighereducationU.S. CommissiononCivilRights); 345(educational opportunities forNegroes in higher education); 358 (civil rights); 38384(TitleIVof theCivilRightsAct); 45559(poorpeoplesdemands student unrest); 486 (urban education); 510 (minority groups); 52223 (desegregation plansCivil Rights Commission); 527 (Howard University); 645(urbaneducation); 654(HowardUniversity); 701(urban education); 762(blackcolleges); 95254(Bakkecaseaffirmativeaction); 100506(affirmativeaction); 1013(operationEXCEL, JesseJackson); 1016 (desegregationstudy); 1067(civil rightscompliance); 1087(equaleducationopportunity); 112324(civilrightscompliance); and1146(discrimination).

II.6 Records Relating to Formulation of National Education Policy, 19511980(23ft. 1in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1MLREntry126

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Boxes153[NN301294016] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedbysubjectandthereunderchronologically.

Files: NationalConferenceonPhysicalFitnessCongressionalforms

ScopeandContent: Thisseriescontainsdocumentationof awidevarietyof issues concerning the Office of Education during the 1960s and 1970s. Much of this series overlaps with the series Office Files of the Commissioner of Education, although this series appears to have been maintainedseparatelyasamoregeneralfileonpolicyissues. Formorespecificinformationaboutcivilrightsrelatedrecords, seeBoxes4(blackcolleges), 22(JesseJackson), 47(Chicagoschooldesegregationmatters), and 48(JesseJackson).

RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION

II.7 TheOfficeof theAssistantSecretaryforEducationwascreatedbythe Education Amendments, signed into law on June 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 327; 20 U.S.C. 1221e), which created the Education Division within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Under direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary, the Division was responsible for coordinating and generally supervising the education activities of the Department. The Education Division consisted of the Office of Education and the National Institute of Education.

II.8ProgramFiles, 19721975 (21ft.)

FindingAid: PI178 MLREntry91 Boxes148[NN344194014] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedaccordingtoanagencycreatedalphanumericfilingplan.

Files: ADM1(Administration)VT162(CareerEducationPolicy)

ScopeandContent: Thisseriesrelatestotheestablishmentandimplementationof Federalprogramsdesignedtoimprovetheacademicperformance

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of American students, enhance the delivery of education services, raise the standards of American public schools, and strengthen postsecondary education. Included are records relating to the issuance of regulations and guidelines for various educational reform acts, such as the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Emergency School Aid Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the International Education Act of 1966. Specific documented programs include Head Start, Upward Bound, Teacher Corps, and the School Lunch Program. Other topics covered include affirmative action, grants, vocational education, the Cuban refugee program, bilingual education, racial discrimination, gender discrimination, international education, urban education, literacy, health and nutrition, Native Americans, and African Americans.

RECORDS OF THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

II.9 TheDivisionof HigherEducationwasestablishedonFebruary3, 1911, althoughtheBureauof Educationhadbeenactiveinthatfieldsince1867. Its name was changed to the Division of Colleges and Professional Schools in 1929, but the earliest name was restored in November 1933. The Division collected and disseminated information about higher education, including professional schools, normal schools, and junior colleges, and administered funds appropriated for the establishment and support of land grant colleges.

II.10AnnualReportsReceivedFromLandGrantColleges, 1929(1ft.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry46 Boxes13 Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedbytypeof reportandthereunderalphabeticallyby nameof institution.

Files: AlabamaPolytechnicInstituteUniversityof Wyoming

ScopeandContent: ThesereportsweresubmittedannuallytotheBureau of Educationtoexamine, analyze, andissueastatementonthestatusof the colleges. The records consistof original andduplicate setsof the reports receivedonastandardformprovidedforthatpurposeforfiscalyear1929.

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The Morrill Act of 1862 provided that each state was to receive a certain amount of public land or land script and that the proceeds from its sale were to constitute a permanent fund for the establishment of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts. The second Morrill Act (1890) and the Nelson amendment of 1907 provided additional funds for these schools. These laws also required annual reports on the use of the 1862 funds and the MorrillNelson appropriations to the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior. Information about Negro land grant colleges generally is interspersed with other reports. However, there is one file folder, Annual Reports of Land Grant Colleges for Negroes, that contains reports about colleges formerly known as Alabama A&M, Florida A&M, Kentucky State Industrial College, Prairie View A&M, Southern A&M, Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College, and Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute.

II.11Correspondenceof WalterG. Daniel, 19511953[Correspondence of Walter G. Daniel, Specialist for Higher Education for Negroes, 19511953] (4ft. 3in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry47 Boxes110[NN370179] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arranged in two parts: alphabetically by state in which colleges or universities were located; and alphabetically by subject or type of record.

Scope and Content: This series includes correspondence with college officials concerning Daniels speaking engagements, campus race relations, and the admission of black Americans to each institution. There is also an exchange of correspondence with officials of the Federal Security Agency and the Office of Education, other government officials, and nongovernment individuals and organizations concerning higher education for black Americans. Included is information on the participation of black Americans in World War II.

II.12 Material Relating to Negro Higher Education Information, 19511953(1ft. 7in.)


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Arrangement: Arrangedintwoparts: alphabeticallybynameof organization, place, orcompany; andunarranged.

Files: AU; andmiscellaneous

ScopeandContent: Thisreferencefile, apparentlymaintainedbyWalterG. Daniel, contains publications or drafts of publications concerning black Americaneducation, integratedschools, andracialorintergrouprelations.

II.13 Records Relating to the Annual Survey of Howard University, 19411968(1ft. 3in.)


Arrangement: Arrangedbyyearinreversechronologicalorder.

Files: Summaryof InspectionsHowardUniversity1941

Scope and Content: Annual inspections of Howard University were required by provisions of anAct of December 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 1021), whichfirstauthorizedannualappropriationsforthesupportof thetraditionally black institution. From1929 to 1940, these inspectionswere the responsibilityof theDepartmentof theInterior. ReorganizationPlanNo. 4 of 1940 transferred that responsibility to the Federal Security Agency, whichinturndelegatedthe inspectionstotheOfficeof Education(OE). Survey teams comprised of OEprofessionals and other experts annually examinedoneortwoaspectsof theUniversityseducationalprograms. The team spent several days at the Universitymeeting withmembers of the administrativestaff, faculty, andstudentbodyandexaminingrelevantfacilities, laboratories, equipment, records, andreports. Among theprograms andservicesinspectedweretheGraduateSchool(1967and1977), College of Medicine(1964and1965), Libraryfacilities(1972), universitystudent relations(1968), andSchoolsof Pharmacy(1965), Music(1957), andSocial Work(1963). Alsoincludedaresummariesof inspections, proceduresfor annualinspections, acopyof theCentennialReport of HowardUniversity in1967, andarticlesonthehistoryof theUniversity. Therearenoinspections for the years 195152, 1958, and 196970. There are some general unarrangedreferencematerialsatthebeginningof theseries.

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RECORDS OF SPECIAL PROJECTS AND

PROGRAMS/NATIONAL SURVEY OF VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE OF NEGROES

II.14 Using fundsauthorizedby theEmergencyRelief AppropriationAct (49Stat. 115), April8, 1935, theOfficeof Educationconductedanational survey of opportunities available to blacks for vocational education, 193536, withtabulationandpublicationof resultsin1937.

II.15GeneralCorrespondence, 19341938(2ft. 5in.)

FindingAid: PI178 MLREntry159 Boxes16 Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedalphabeticallybynameandsubject.

Files: AW(AtlantaMeetingRobertC. Weaver)

Scope and Content: This series constitutes the central file of Director AmbroseCaliverandAssociateDirectorHaroldL. Trigg. Therecordsconsist of administrative correspondence, memorandums, reports, organizationcharts, diagrams, minutes, andotherrecordsrelatingtothenational survey. They include correspondence with members of the Technical AdvisoryCommittee; FranklinO. Nichols, specialassistanttotheDirector on vocational training in medicine; Robert C. Weaver, adviser on black affairsintheInteriorDepartment; andIraDeA. Reid, directorof research in theNationalUrbanLeagueandof theWorksProgressAdministration (WPA)surveyof trainingandemploymentof whitecollarandskilledblack workers. Fundswereallocatedundertheprovisionsof theEmergencyRelief Appropriations Act of 1935 for the Office of Education to conduct a national survey of opportunities for vocational education available to blacks.

II.16CorrespondencewiththeRegionalDirectors, 19351937(5in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry160 Box1 Loc: NAII

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Arrangement: Arranged by name of regional director and thereunder chronologically.

File: WalterR. ChiversJamesH. Robinson

Scope and Content: The records consist of reports, memorandums, and correspondence of the Director and the Associate Director with the regional directors about administrative, budget, personnel, and surveying procedures.

II.17InquiryForms, 19351937 (7in.)


Arrangement: ArrangedalphabeticallybyformdesignationAcZ.

Files: OriginalSchedulesAcScheduleI

ScopeandContent: The records consistof blank inquiry forms, instructions on their use, lists of recipients, andmemorandums relating to the developmentof theforms. Datafromthesurveywereobtainedfromavarietyof sourcesincludinghighschools, vocationalschools, eveningschools, students, medical schools, colleges, welfare agencies, and teachers. These formswereusedtorecordinformationontheorganizationandadminis

trationof theschools, trendsincurriculums, contentof courses, teaching methods, students socioeconomic backgrounds, and vocational interests andoccupationalgoals.

II.18AccountingRecords, 19361938(8in.)


Arrangement: Arrangedalphabeticallybystate.

Files: MichiganTexas

ScopeandContent: The recordsmainly consistof abstractsof allotment ledgersheetsandunliquidatedencumbrancereportspreparedbytheState

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AccountsOfficeof theU.S. TreasuryDepartment. Thereportsandabstracts were sent to project managers, state supervisors, and regional directors of the survey to assist them in keeping their accounts that were forwarded to the Office of Education. States represented in the files include Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

RECORDS OF THE DIVISION OF

EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

II.19 TheDivisionof EqualEducationalOpportunity(DEEO)wascreated afterareorganizationin1968andadministeredTitleIVof theCivilRights Actof 1964(78Stat. 241)toassistschooldistrictswiththeirdesegregation effortsthroughgrants, theEmergencySchoolAssistanceProgram, andthe EmergencySchoolAidAct.

II.20AdministrativeFiles, 19651972(4ft. 7in.)


Arrangement: Arrangedbysubject.

Files: PoorPeoplesCampaignDEEOPolicyandOrganization

ScopeandContent: TheserecordsconcernTitleIV, Desegregationof Public Education, of theCivilRightsActof 1964(78Stat. 241). Underthistitle, the Officeof Educationwasgiventheresponsibilityof assistingU.S. schoolsystems in theprocessof desegregation. The records include studies, guidelines, andprogramplansdevelopedby theDivision tooffer guidance to school systems on methods of desegregation and the means to access Federalfunding. Alsoincludedareadministrativerecordsof theDivision, includingreportsonstaffingandorganization, budgetaryrecords, a fiveyearplan, andinternalmemorandums.

II.21ReadingFiles, 19681970(1ft. 3in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry33

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Arrangement: Arrangedchronologicallybymonthandyear.

ScopeandContent: Theserecordsprimarilyconsistof letters sentby the DivisionbothwithintheOfficeof Educationandtoprivatecitizens. The letters cover administrative topics such as appropriations and facilities management and also address specifics on program development and implementation. Manyof these letters andothermaterials found in this seriesconcerntheDivisionsadministrationof TitleIVof theCivilRights Actof 1964(78Stat. 241), addressingaidtoschoolsystemsforthedesegregationof publiceducation.

II.22GrantsReports, 19691970 (10in.)


Arrangement: Arrangednumericallybygrantnumber.

ScopeandContent: Asasamplingof amuchlargergroupof records, these reports represent several of the large number of grants administered by the Division. They were a necessary administrative task for those recipients of grants provided for in Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under this title, the Office of Education was responsible for administering aid including grants to U.S. school districts in order to facilitate their efforts at desegregation. Referred to as case files by the agency, each of these numbered reports contains standard information, including proposal, memorandums, correspondence, narrative reports, and program materials. The exceptions to this standard are two unnumbered grant files at the end of the series.

II.23RecordsRelatingtoDesegregationinEducation, 19621974 (1ft. 8 in.)


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Arrangement: Arranged numerically by subject and records type grant number.

Files: Original ESAA (Emergency School Aid Act) Year IInformation Papersre. Desegregation

Scope and Content: These records concern the history of educational desegregationasitrelatestotheOfficeof Education. Mostof therecords cover theOfficesdutiespursuant to the1950ssuitability ruling. These courtrulingsestablishedthenecessityof providingadesegregatededucationforchildrenlivingonFederalproperty. TheOfficeof Educationwas giventheresponsibilityof ensuringthatthedecisionwascarriedout. Other documentsconcernTitleIVof theCivilRightsActof 1964(78Stat. 241) andtheEmergencySchoolAidActof 1972(86Stat. 354), bothof which gavetheOfficeof Educationresponsibilityforaidingstateschoolsystems intheireffortsatdesegregation.

II.24RejectionLetters, 19701971 (5in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry36 Box1[NN301291002] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arranged numerically by subject and records type grant number.

ScopeandContent: Theserecordsconsistof copiesof letterssenttoapplicant school districts with explanations of why their grant requests were denied. Thegrants referred to in these letterswereprovided through the EmergencySchoolAssistanceProgram, whichwascreatedunderthe1970 Office of Education Appropriations Act (84 Stat. 801). The grants were establishedtoprovidefinancialassistancetostateeducationalagenciesto helpmitigatethecostsof desegregation.

II.25Correspondence, 19701971 (1ft. 3in.)


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Arrangement: Arrangedalphabeticallybystate.

ScopeandContent: Asasampleof alargergroupof correspondence, these records cover the states alphabetically fromAlabama toMississippi. The topicsaddresseddealwithdesegregationandtheworkof theDivisionas mandatedbythe1964CivilRightsAct(78Stat. 241)andthe1971Officeof EducationAppropriationsAct(84Stat. 801). Thelettersrefertothestatus of grantapplications, constituentlettersreferredbytheWhiteHouse, testimonybeforetheCongress, andDivisionregionalplansfordesegregation, aswellasadministrativeactivitieswithintheDivision.

II.26TitleIVcasefiles, 19651970 (24ft. 9in.)

FindingAid: NASA1 MLREntry102 Boxes157[NN301294006] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedbyprojectnumberinroughlychronologicalorder.

Files: Texas Southern University I135(Tennessee OE537029) Fisk University

ScopeandContent: Thisseriesconsistsof projectcasefilesthatdocument howtheOfficeof Educationadministeredprovisionsof TitleIV, Pub. L. 88352, whichprovidedmoneyforcivilrightseducationalactivities. Theprogramwasdesigned to assist states and localities todevelop strategies for implementingdesegregation. Individualprojectsvariedinfocus; however, they typically dealt with the development of local desegregation plans, workshopsforadministrators, seminarsfortheentireeducationcommunity, andinservicediversityinstructionforteachers. Oftenthismeanthiring expertsor specialists in the areasof desegregation and culturaldiversity. Casefilesexistforlocalschoolboards, stateeducationoffices, anduniversitiesthatappliedformoneytofundaproject. Atypicalcasefileconsistsof aproposalforaproject, evaluationsof theproposal, notificationof grant awardsandrelateddocuments, reviewof theproject, andreports. Reports mayincludesitevisits, interimreports, financialreportsanddocumentation, and finalproject report. Inaddition, thecase filesmayalso include biographies of school personnel, information such as pamphlets or newslettersaboutaschooldistrict, andinformationabouttheorganization sponsoringthetraining.

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II.27EmergencySchoolAidAct(ESAA)ProjectCaseFiles, 19721975 (10 ft. 5in.)


Boxes124[NN301294004andNN301294006] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedbyprojectnumber.

Files: OEG747679 Missouri, Special Arts Project Shannon County IndependentSchoolDistrict#1.

Scope and Content: This series consists of project case files that document how the Office of Education administered Pub. L. 92318, as amended by Pub. L. 93380, the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). This legislation provided money to states and local school districts so they could continue desegregation activities. Congress recognized that the expense of funding desegregation could cause the process to stall. Grants provided as a result of the ESAA allowed school systems to develop innovative desegregation techniques and to desegregate more quickly. Individual grants varied in focus; however, they typically provided monies to a local school district for a specific program or to a state agency for the development and implementation of a more inclusive curriculum. Local districts represented include the Boston metropolitan area, districts from Region VII (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Utah), and Dallas, TX. State projects focused on cooperating with state cultural, arts, or humanities agencies to create a curriculum that included exposure to other cultures and recognized the achievements of minorities. A typical case file consists of a proposal for a project, evaluations of the proposal, notification of grant awards and related documents, review of the project, and reports. Reports may include site visits, interim reports, financial reports and documentation, and final project report. In addition, the case files may also include copies of products produced as a result of the project.

RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ELEMENTARY

AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

II.28 TheBureauof ElementaryandSecondaryEducationwasestablished topromoteacademicexcellence, toenhanceopportunitiesandequityfor

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allof Americaschildrenandfamilies, andtoimprovethequalityof teachingandlearningbyprovidingleadership, technicalassistance, andfinancial support. TheBureauwasresponsibleforcoordinatingandrecommending policyforprogramsdesignedto: assiststateandlocaleducationalagencies toimprovetheachievementof elementaryandsecondaryschoolstudents; help ensure equal access to services leading to such improvement for all children,particularlychildrenwhoareeducationallydisadvantaged,Native Americans, orchildrenof migrantworkersorthehomeless; fostereducationalimprovementatthestateandlocallevels; andprovidefinancialassistance to local educational agencies whose local revenues are affected by Federalactivities.

II.29Correspondenceof theAssociateCommissioner, 19621967 (15ft. 7in.)


Arrangement: Arrangedaccordingtoanagencycreatedalphanumericfilingplan.

Files: AdministrativeManagement(AM)Enforcementof DavisBaconAct inLibraryServices/Voc. Ed. ProgramsReportsandStatistics(RS)Survey of DependentsSchools(AID)inSoutheastAsia.

Scope and Content:This series consists of incoming and outgoing memorandums and supplementary materials relating to programs implemented under education laws such as the National Defense Education Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Topics covered include internal management of the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), educational loans and other assistance for Cuban refugees, desegregation, civil rights, conferences, committees, audits, grant programs, higher education, and educational laws and legislation. Records relating to the withdrawal of student loans and investigations of fellowship holders concerning their political views may require screening by reference staff.

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Record Group 40 General Records of the Department of Commerce

II.30TheDepartmentof CommercewasestablishedbytheActof March4, 1913(15U.S.C. 1501), whichreorganized theDepartmentof Commerce and Labor. The act transferred all labor activities into a new, separate Departmentof Labor. TheDepartmentof Commerceencourages, serves, andpromotestheNationsinternationaltrade, economicgrowth, andtechnological advancement. TheDepartmentprovides awidevarietyof programs throughout the competitive free enterprise system. It offers assistanceandinformationtoincreaseAmericascompetitivenessintheworld economy; administersprogramstopreventunfair foreigntradecompetition; providessocialandeconomicstatisticsandanalysesforbusinessand governmentplanners; providesresearchandsupportfortheincreaseduse of scientific, engineering, and technological development; works to improveourunderstanding andbenefits of theEarthsphysical environmentandoceanicresources; grantspatentsandregisterstrademarks; developspoliciesandconductsresearchontelecommunications; providesassistance to promote domestic economic development; and assists in the growthof minoritybusinesses.

RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

II.31 TheSecretaryof Commerceisresponsiblefortheadministrationof allfunctionsandauthoritiesassignedtotheDepartmentof Commerceand for advising the President on Federal policy affecting the industrial and commercialsegmentsof thenationaleconomy. TheSecretaryisservedby the offices of the Deputy Secretary, the Inspector General, the General Counsel, and theAssistant Secretaries of Administration, Legislative and IntergovernmentalAffairs, andPublicAffairs. TheOfficeof theSecretary develops and promotes a cooperative working relationship and ensures effectivecommunicationbetween theDepartmentof Commerceand the businesscommunity. Italsopromotesbusinessinvolvementindepartmentalpolicymakingandprogramdevelopmentandprovidestechnicalassis

tancetobusinessesthatdesirehelpindealingwiththeGovernment.

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II.32 Records of Special Assistants to the Secretary of Commerce, 19611963 (5ft.10in.)



ScopeandContent: Theseunprocessedrecordsconsistof memorandums, correspondence, reports, minutes, speeches, andpamphletsthatwerecreated or maintained by Hyman H. Bookbinder and Clifford Rucker, who servedas specialassistants toSecretaryof CommerceLutherM. Hodges. The files contain information about: YearEnd Surveys to determine employment levelsof Negroes intheDepartmentthatweresubmittedto the Presidents Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (PEEO) for variousCommercecomponents; discriminationcomplaints; promotionsof Negroestohighergradesorproblemsassociatedwithpromotingtheminto someprofessionaljobseries; CommercesrecruitmentandEEOpolicy; and recruitmentsof NegrostudentsathistoricallyblackcollegesanduniversitiestoworkattheDepartmentof Commerce. IncludedinthefilesismaterialfromtheCivilRightsSubcabinetGroup, whichwascomposedof highlevelrepresentativesof variousFederaldepartmentswhometperiodically atthecallof LeeWhite, specialcounselattheWhiteHouse. Thisgroupmet todiscussmattersof procedureandplannedtheKennedyadministrations strategyonsomecivilrightsissues, suchasplanningtheCentennialYear of NegroProgress; anExecutiveorderagainstdiscriminationinFederally assistedconstructionprojects; useof Negropilotsonairplanes; andappearances of some cabinet officers before segregated audiences in the South. TherearereferencestothePlansforProgress agreementwithU.S. businessmen to voluntarily agree to hireNegroes; a task force established to improve employment and business opportunities for minority group members; a request by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that racist signs posted by the Ku Klux Klan along U.S. highways in Alabama be removed; efforts by the Commerce Departmenttogetchainvarietystoresandrestaurantstodesegregatelunch countersandotherservicesintheSouth; incidentsof racialdiscrimination experiencedbyforeigndiplomats fromSudan, Jamaica, andSierraLeone whilevisitingvariousAmericanstates; andreportssuchasProposalsfor

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ExecutiveActiontoEndFederallySupportedSegregationandOtherForms of RacialDiscrimination andTheEconomicSituationof Negroesinthe UnitedStates.

II.33SubjectFileof ExecutiveAssistantstotheSecretaryof Commerce, 19681972 (2ft.)




ScopeandContent: Theseunprocessedrecordsconsistof correspondence, reports, andmemorandumsthatarepartof alargercollectionof filesheld bynumerouspersonswhoservedasExecutiveAssistantstoSecretariesof Commerce. These particular files were created ormaintained by Joseph Casson, who served as the Executive Assistant to Commerce Secretary MauriceH. Stans. Thereisacopyof aMay1971reportpresentedbythe CongressionalBlackCaucus, ReporttotheNation, writteninresponseto PresidentRichardNixon. Thereare60proposedrecommendationstospur minority economic development or enterprise. Included in the files are backgrounddocumentsabouttheOfficeof MinorityBusinessEnterprises (OMBE) advisory conference for black, Spanishspeaking, and Indian minoritiesandrepliestocongressionalandgeneralpublicinquiriesabout theOMBEswork. TheOMBEwascreatedbyPresidentNixonin1969to seek out and develop opportunities formembers of minority groups to establishbusinessesorexpandexistingones. Alsofoundintherecords is thecorrespondenceof Secretaryof CommerceStanswithHarvardBusiness Review editorEdwardC. BurskaboutnotpublishingStanssresponsetoa disparaging article aboutminority businesses in theReview. Stanswrote thattheReviewhadreadilyprintedadisservicetotheminoritycitizensof theNation inthearticleLetsWriteoff MEBIS. Includedisinformation about Nixons Presidential goal for achieving $100 million in minority

ownedbankdeposits. ManyFederalagenciesandprivatesectorcompanies such asGeneralElectric, Xerox, PepsiCola, Ford, Prudential, AT&T, and IBMparticipatedbymakingdepositsinminoritybanks. Acopyof anarticlewrittenbyAndrewBrimmer, RecentTrendsinBlackBanking, isalso inthefile.

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II.34PlansforProgressRecords, 19611969 (86ft. 7in.)


Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name of business entity and thereunderbyyear.

File: AAI(AmericanArmament, Inc)AmericanAirlines

ScopeandContent: Theunprocessedrecordsconsistof thesignedcontractual agreements of thePlans for Progress programbywhich company presidentspledgedtotheU.S. Government(representedbyVicePresidents LyndonB. JohnsonandHubertH. Humphrey)toprovideequalemploymentopportunitiestoallAmericansregardlessof race, creed, ornational origin. Thesefilesdocumenttoasignificantextenthowprivatesectorcompanies became more integrated in employment during the 1960s and 1970s. This programwas implemented under ExecutiveOrder 10925 by President John F. Kennedy (which also established the Presidents CommitteeonEqualEmploymentOpportunity)andencouragedcompa

nies or businesses to volunteer to participate and to recruit and hire employeeswithoutdiscrimination. Thesignedcontractsdetailthetermsof theagreementwithinformationaboutpolicyimplementation, recruiting, training, placement, employeebenefits, reductionsinforce, andstatusfor minority employees. Some companies that signed Plans for Progress agreements were Aetna Life and Casualty Company, Allied Chemical Company, Bank of America, AnheuserBusch, BristolMyers Company, Bendix Corporation, Campbell Soup Company, Coca Cola Company, ColgatePalmolive Company, International Business Machines (IBM), LockheedAircraft, PepsiCola, andUnitedAirlines. Manyof thesecompanieswerealsoencouragedbytheFederalGovernmenttomakemonetary donationstowardtheProgressVocationalGuidanceInstitute program.

II.35Recordsof theAdvisoronNegroAffairs, 19401963 (11ft. 8in.)

FindingAid: NC54 MLREntry9 Boxes127[IIINNE99] Loc: NAII

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Arrangement: Arrangedbysubjectandthereunderalphabeticallybyname of companyorbusinessortypeof record.

Scope and Content: These records contain the general subject and correspondence files of ElmerMartin Lancaster,Advisor onNegroAffairs to the Secretary of Commerce. The files include information about Negro participation in business and agriculture, the financial condition of Negro banking institutions, and national conferences of Negro businessmen (sponsored by the Department of Commerce). Other files pertain to the mobilization of Negro firms in furtherance of the war effort (World War II) and postwar planning for the Negro in business. The records include references to insurance companies owned by Negroes (such as Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Booker T. Washington Burial Association, and Guaranty Life Insurance Company) and requests that were made for each state to identify Negroowned banks. These were identified as the Carver Savings Bank of Savannah, GA; Douglas State Bank of Kansas City, KS; the Home Seekers Savings and Loan Association of Jefferson City, MO; and Consolidated Bank and Trust Company of Richmond, VA.

Record Group 51 Records of the Office of Management and Budget

II.36 ExecutiveOrder11541of July1, 1970, prescribed thedutiesof the Officeof ManagementandBudget (OMB)and theDomesticCouncil in theExecutiveOfficeof thePresidenttoimplementReorganizationPlanNo. 2of 1970. TheOMBassiststhePresidentinpreparingthebudget, informulating fiscal programs, and in supervising the administration of the budget. TheOMBconductsefficiencyreviewsof executivebranchorganizationalstructureandmanagementprocedures; assistsinclearinglegislative proposals from Federal agencies; drafts Executive orders and Presidentialproclamations; anddevelopsregulatoryreformprograms.

RECORDS OF THE TRANSPORTATION,

COMMERCE, AND HOUSING DIVISION

II.37ProgramRecords[of theHousingDivision], 19691976 (9ft.)

FindingAid: NARSA1

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MLREntry202 Boxes: 1, 2, 57, 13, 16, 1823, 25, 34, 4647, 56 Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedgenerallyinfourchronologicalperiods(196970, 197172, 197374, and197576), thereunderbyagency, andthereunderby subject.

Scope and Content: These files contain letters, memorandums, reports, studies, analyses, factsheets, briefingpapers, discussiondocuments, newspaperclippings, newsreleases, charts, graphs, andotherdocumentsrelating to the activities of severalOMBunitswith housing responsibilities. The records cover a variety of subjects and activities that relate tonumerous civil rights issues, programs, conferences, studies, and legislation. Among therecordsarethreefilesontheAdvisoryCommissiononCivilDisorders, commonlyreferredtoastheKernerCommission. TheCommission, establishedon July27, 1967, byExecutiveorder, wascharged tomake recommendationswithrespecttorecentmajorcivildisordersinAmericancities, todevelopstrategiestoavertfurthercivildisorders, andtodefinetherole of local, state, andFederalauthorities. Racialviolencehadoccurredinover 100citiesbetween1965and1967. TheCommissionheldhearingsinmany of thosecitiesandconductedstudiesindifficultproblemsconfrontingthe Nation. There are files on fair housing and equal opportunity actions throughoutthegovernment, inparticularregardingtheworkof theFederal Equal Housing Opportunity Council. They cover efforts to abolish the PresidentsCommitteeonEqualOpportunityinHousingandtransferits functiontotheSecretaryof HousingandUrbanDevelopment, civilrights recommendationsonhousing, andtherelocationof governmentalfacilities workingintheareaof fairhousing. Thereisalsoafilecontainingapreliminarydraftof theCivilRightsStudyforFederallyAssistedProgramsestablishedbyTitleVI, CivilRightsActof 1964; anEEOactionplanforFederal agencieschargedwithinitiatingEEOprograms; andanexecutivesummary of the Management Review of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Several files cover the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights questionnairetogovernmentagenciesinitiatingEEOprogramsand theresponsesof thoseagencies. ThereareCommissionreportsonvoting rights,women,andTitleVIenforcement.Somefilescovertheorganization and reorganization plans for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a management analysis and evaluation of the EEOCs

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structure. SeveralCivilRights chronologicalfiles(1971)dealwithpolicies in the Presidents budget formulation for fiscal year 1973, recommendations by the Congressional Black Caucus, and responses to the governmentsEEOefforts.

RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

II.38SubjectFilesof theDirector, 19691976(5in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry156A Box3[NN3518619] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedbytheagencysfilingcode69.1andthereunderby subject.

File: E61CivilRights, PrivilegesandImmunities

ScopeandContent: Thisfileincludesamemorandumonantidiscrimination programs in the Federal Government. There are prcis of assigned duties with a focus on EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, Departmentof Labor. ThereisalsocorrespondencethatcoversTitleVIof the1964CivilRightsAct; ContractComplianceExecutive Order 11246, Nondiscrimination in Federal employment; and Fair HousingExecutive Order 11063, Titles VIII and IX of the 1968 Civil RightsAct. Alsoincludedarecorrespondenceof theCommissiononCivil Rightswithvariousindividualsandactivistsof theCivilRightsMovement andreportsof theCommissionontheCausesandPreventionof Violence.

II.39[DeputyDirectors &AssistantDirectors]OfficeFiles, 19611968 (4ft. 5in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry8 Boxes7, 10, 11, 1516, 22, 2627, 29 Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arrangedby theagencys filingcode61.1band thereunder chronologically.

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Scope and Content: Correspondence files for the Community Relations Service, 1964; reportsof theTaskForceonCities, 196768; reportsof the Task Force on Civil Rights, 1966; proposals for legislative and executive action, 1966 and 1967; Memorandum from Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice to Joseph P. Califano, Jr., Special Assistant to the President; Task ForceReport onEducation for 1967 legislative program; Task Force on UrbanAffairs, 196567; Civil disorders and the National AdvisoryCommissionagencyresponse; memorandumsthatpertaintothe Officeof EconomicOpportunity, 1964; correspondenceof SargentShriver, Directorof OEO; andFederalexecutiveboards reportsonurbanproblems andissues, 196667.

II.40CivilRightsOrganizationalFiles, 19771979 (10ft.)


Arrangement: Unarranged.

ScopeandContent: Thisseriesisunprocessed. Someexamplesof theinformationfoundinthisentryinclude:

1. Box1

Volume1: Summaryof thePresidentsReorganizationPlanNo. 1of 1978 to reorganize the Federal Governments equal opportunity enforcement activities, withaspecialemphasisontheEqualEmploymentOpportunity Commission

Volume2: Study initiative for thereorganizationof civil rightseffortsby Federal agencies with focus on the elimination of discrimination in employment, education, and housing in Federally assisted activities and projects

Volume3: PublicparticipationinEEOreorganizationinitiative; reportsby severalagenciesinvolvedinEEOefforts

Volume4: Analysisof thepublicsresponsetothereorganizationinitiative

Volume5: Civilrightsgroupsrespondtothereorganizationinitiativeand

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submitproposalsforthestrengtheningof Federalprotectionsof rightsto equalopportunity

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Volume6: BusinessresponseandreactiontotheFederalactiontoconsolidatecivilrights/EEOprograms

Volume7: Federalagenciesresponsestotheneweffortsof thegovernment toconsolidatecivilrights/EEOprograms

Volume8: Unions andcivilrightsandothergroups responsetotheFederal initiativetoconsolidatecivilrights/EEOprograms

Volume 9: Various responses and reaction to the Reorganization Act of 1977andtheproposalsfortheequalemploymententities reorganization

Volume10: Reportsfromconsultantgroupsontheadvantagesanddisadvantagesof theconsolidationof Federalcontractcompliancefunctionsinto an Office of Federal Contract Compliance; proposals for reorganizing FederalEEOrightsandenforcementefforts

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Volume 11: Various reorganization proposals and recommendations for endingemploymentdiscrimination

Volume12: Presidentialdecisionmemorandumsummarizingthefindings andrecommendationsandidentifyingthestepsrequiredtoundertakethe recommendations

Volume 13: Congressional action regarding the reorganizationplanwith congressionalstaff inplacetoworkwiththeplan

Volume14: CongressionaltestimonyonReorganizationPlanNo. 1of 1978

Volume16: CongressionalhearingsinMarchandApril1978, whichincluded several civil rights advocates such as James T. McIntyre, Jr., OMB; EleanorHolmesNorton, EEOC; AlanK. Campbell, U.S. Commissionon CivilRights; DrewS. DaysIII, CivilRightsDivision, Departmentof Justice; DonaldElisburg, Departmentof Labor; andClarenceMitchellandArthur S. Flemming, U.S. CommissiononCivilRights

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Volume17: Implementationof coordinationresponsibilitycomprisingthe Executive order providing for the coordination of the Federal EEOprogramsandtheimplementationof thereorganizationplan

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Folders: DraftPhaseIDocuments#1draftreportsof theCivilRightsTask Force; Drafts Phase IDocuments #2drafts of the reorganization plan, Civil Rights Task Force, JanuaryFebruary 1978; Miscellaneous Phase Documents; filesonthecivilrightsactivitiesof theCongressduring1977; CongressionalliaisonswithFederalagencies

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File: VolumeC1, March1977July1977

Correspondence file discussing issues surrounding equal employment effortsbytheU.S. Government. Amongtheissuesdiscussedwereinitiatives forestablishinganappealssystem, proposedlegislationandrelatedmemorandums, statusof theEqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission, fragmentation of the Federal civil rights enforcement efforts, news clippings and correspondence seeking consolidation of Federal equal employment opportunity efforts, and agencies responsible for civil rights compliance. ThefilealsocontainscorrespondencefromnonFederalinstitutionsinter

estedinthegovernmentscivilrightsefforts.

File: VolumeC2, August1977September1977

Correspondence file acknowledging individuals, organizations, governmentagencyheadsof civil rightsoffices for theirrecommendationsconcerning the reorganization of the governments civil rights enforcement efforts. Also comments from organizations and government agencies regarding the reorganization efforts. Memorandum of the Presidents ReorganizationProject.

File: VolumeC3, Oct. 1977April1978

Correspondence file consisting of Federal and nonFederal communications. Muchof thecorrespondencerelatestothePresidentsReorganization Project. File: Volume21Conferences, May1977April1978. Invitationsto participateincivilrightsconferencesandseminarsonequalemployment opportunity. Letters of appreciation; planning of local, regional, and

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nationalconferences; meetingswithbusinessandfinancialgroups; correspondencefromgroupssuchasNationalUrbanLeague, NAACP, National Black Policemen Association, AFLCIO, law firms and attorneys, U.S. Conferenceof Mayors, andtheBrookingsInstitution.

File: Volume22CivilRightsCommissionReport, ca1977

The file contains a status report of EEO efforts in the Civil Service Commission, the Department of Labor (Compliance Office), the Departmentof Labor(EqualPayAct), theEqualEmploymentOpportunity Commission, theDepartment of Justice (Civil RightsDivision), and the EqualEmploymentOpportunityCoordinatingCouncil. Thereisasection onthe1977Reportof theCommissiononCivilRightsandEEOCscommentsonthereport.

6. Box6


File: VeteransAdministrationEqualOpportunityLenderCertificate, 1977

ScopeandContent: InstructionsforhomeloanprocessingforVAcenters

File: FederalPrograms, 197677

Scope and Content: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publications on fair housing; conference report before the U.S. CommissiononCivilRightsMilliken v. Bradley: TheImplications for MetropolitanDesegregation

File: GAODraftQuestionnaire, 1977

Scope andContent: Draft questionnaire of aGeneralAccountingOffice (GAO)surveyof Federalagencyenforcementof TitleVIof the1964Civil RightsAct

File: PresidentsstatementonTitleVI, 1977

Scope and Content: Minutes of the cabinet meeting, July 11, 1977; Department of Justice correspondence regarding the Attorney Generals responsibilityforstrengtheningenforcementof TitleVIof theCivilRights Actof 1964

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File: Education, 197578

ScopeandContent: HEWstatementonbehalf of theEqualEmployment Opportunity Commission, Administration and Enforcement of Certain CivilRightsLawsandAuthorities; HEWreport: FactFindingHearing to ConsiderEmploymentbyInstitutionsof HigherEducationUnderFederal NonConstructionContracts; newspaperclippings; memorandumregarding the Administrations proposal for a Cabinetlevel Department of Education; released statement by Rev. Jesse Jackson, President, Push for Excellence, Inc.

File: KennethAdams v. JosephCalifano, Secy. of HEW, 1977

Scope and Content: Copy of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbiaorderandruling

File: Housing, 1978

Scope and Content: Statement of Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of HUD, beforetheCommitteeonBanking, HousingandUrbanAffairs, U.S. Senate; newsletterof theU.S. CommissiononCivilRights; variouscirculars thatpertaintourbanhousing

File: TitleVIForum, 197678

Scope and Content: Newsletter of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, Federal Program Section; draft of the Federal FinancialRegulatoryAgencys report: Departmentof JusticeCivilRights DivisionHousingandCreditSection

File: Departmentof Defense, 1978

ScopeandContent: Draftreportof theU.S. CommissiononCivilRightson theDepartmentof Defense

File: GeneralInformationandData, 1978

Scope and Content: Congressional correspondence, notes from the PresidentsReorganizationProject

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Scope and Content: A report issued by the Institute for the Study of EducationalPolicy, HowardUniversity, onaffirmativeactioninhighereducation, 1977; comments and suggestions from a variety of organizations and institutions on the proposed amendment to Title VIII of the Civil RightsAct of 1968, H.R. 3504, ANationalHousing LawProject; Special Task Force report on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, 1977, commissionedbyRayMarshall, Secretaryof Labor; reportonaffirmative actioninfacultyemploymentasproposedbyExecutiveOrder11246,1974, preparedbyProfessorJanVetter, Universityof California, Berkeley; report preparedbytheLawyers CommitteeforCivilRightsUnderLaw, 1977, on the transfer of affirmative action responsibilities in Federal employment fromtheCivilServiceCommissiontotheEqualEmploymentOpportunity Commission; assortedreportsandpositionpapersonFederalresponsibilitiesintheareaof equalopportunityandemploymentrights, 197578; and MidAtlanticRegionalActionof theU.S. CommissiononCivilRightson the1980NationalAffirmativeActionMonitoringProject.

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File: FederalProgramCitations, 1977

ScopeandContent: Listingsandstatisticsof FederalEEOandcompliance programsunderTitleVI, VII, andVIII

File: WorkPlanOMBsRoleinCivilRights, 1978

ScopeandContent: Studyof OMBroleintheadministrationandenforcementof civilrightslaws; mastermailinglistof names, groups, associations, collegeanduniversitypresidents, unions, mayors, andhumanrightsgroups tocorrespondwithonFederalenforcementof civilrightslaws

File: StatusReport, PhaseII, 1978

ScopeandContent: PhaseIIstudyof nondiscriminationeffortsinFederally assisted programs and fair housing; options papers, study designs, and reportsontheFederalenforcementof civilrightslaws, 1978

9. Box9


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Scope and Content: State Advisory Committee Reports to the U.S. CommissiononCivilRights, 1980: Massachusetts, Tennessee, NewJersey, Oklahoma, Michigan, andPennsylvania

10. Box10


ScopeandContent: TitleVIIstatutesandDOJlistsof VIIagencies, 1978; reportonthereorganizationof equalemploymentopportunityprograms, 1977; optionspapersonthereorganizationof Federalequalemployment programs, SeptemberDecember 1977; report of the Department of Agricultureoncivilrightsprogramsandresponsibilities, 1978; Interagency Survey report: Evaluation of Title VI Enforcement at the Community Services Administration, May 1976; District Court of the District of Columbia,brief, WomensEquityActionLeague,etal., v. JosephCalifano,Jr., and KennethAdams, etal., v. JosephCalifano, Jr., June1976; report, Veterans AdministrationLoanGuarantyService, February1978; listof departments and agencies responsible for equal opportunity enforcement, December 1978; doctoraldissertationonHispanicgroupsandgovernmentemployment, 1977; draftoptionpapersonFederalEEOprograms, 1978; agency comments on options papers, 1977; and correspondence related to an ExecutiveorderbanningsexdiscriminationinFederallyassistedprograms, 1977.

Record Group 56 General Records of the Department of the Treasury

II.41 TheDepartmentof Treasurywascreatedbyanactof September2, 1789 (1 Stat. 65). This act, which remains the Departments operating authority, provides for theappointmentof aSecretaryof theTreasuryas the head of the Department, a Comptroller, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a Register, and an Assistant to the Secretary. The duties assigned to the Secretary are to prepare and implement plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and for the support of the public credit, to superintendthecollectionof therevenue, todeviseformsforkeepingand stating accounts andmaking returns, to grant under certain established limitations allwarrants formoneys issued from theTreasury, to execute

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suchservicesrelatingtothesaleof publiclandsasmayberequiredof him, to report toeitherbranchof theCongress inpersonor inwritingonall matters referred tohimby thosebodiesorwhichappertain tohisoffice, and to perform all such services relating to the public finances as he is directed. As amajorpolicy adviser to thePresident, the Secretary of the Treasury has primary responsibility for formulating and recommending domesticandinternationalfinancial, economic, andtaxpolicy; participatingintheformulationof broadfiscalpoliciesthathavegeneralsignificance fortheeconomy; andmanagingthepublicdebt. TheSecretaryalsooverseestheactivitiesof theDepartmentincarryingoutitsmajorlawenforcement responsibility; in serving as the financial agent for the U.S. Government; andinmanufacturingcoins, currency, andotherproductsfor customeragencies. TheSecretaryalsoservesastheFederalGovernments chief financialofficer.

RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF

EMPLOYMENT POLICY PROGRAMS

II.42 TheOfficeof EmploymentPolicyProgramswasresponsibleforthe operationof theEqualEmploymentOpportunityProgramunderthegeneralsupervisionof theAssistantSecretaryof theTreasury, whoservesasthe EmploymentPolicyOfficer. TheOfficepromulgatespolicies, procedures, andguidelinesforthehandlingof complaintsof discriminationinemploymentandotherpersonnelmattersbasedonrace, creed, colorornational origin under ExecutiveOrder 11246. TheOffice investigates complaints, attemptstheirresolution, andmakesrecommendationstoappropriateofficials forcorrectiveaction, if indicated. TheOfficealsopromotespositive aspectsof theprogramthroughstudiesof employmentpracticesandrecommendsmeasurestobetakenforimprovement.

II.43 Subject Files of the Assistant Secretary and Employment Policy OfficerRobertA.Wallace, 19601962 (11in.)



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Scope and Content: This series containsmemorandums and correspondence relating to the establishment and administration of the equal employment program throughout the Department of the Treasury. The recordsfocusonagencyeffortstoinstituteequalemploymentpoliciesand practicesintheTreasuryDepartment. Subjectsincludematterssuchasthe Equal Employment Opportunity Program, discrimination complaints filed, minorityrecruitment, andprogressreportsonminorityhiring.

II.44 Outgoing Correspondence of the Director of the Employment PolicyProgramMaryF. Nolan, January4, 1965December5, 1966 (4in.)

FindingAid: NARSA1 MLREntry757 Box1[NN305699002] Loc: NAII

Arrangement: Arranged by year and thereunder in reverse chronological order.

Scope and Content: This series containsmemorandums and correspondence relating to the administration of the Equal Employment OpportunityProgramintheDepartmentof theTreasury. Therecordsconcernspecificmatterssuchasinvestigatingdiscriminationcomplaints, onthejobtraining, andrestrictivehiringpractices.

II.45 Subject Files of theDirector of the Employment Policy Program MaryF. Nolan, 19631966 (9in.)


Arrangement: Arrangedalphabeticallybysubject.

Scope and Content: This series contains memorandums, correspondence, press releases, and reports concerning the investigation and monitoring of Treasurys Equal Employment Opportunity Program. The records relate to such specific matters as racial discrimination complaints, hiring practices, high turnover rates among narcotics agents, Coast Guard appointments, field installation inspections, and the Presidents Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

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RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY

II.46 Subject Files of Treasury Under Secretary Edward C. Schmults, 19741975 (3ft.)



ScopeandContent: Thisseriesconsistsof correspondence, memorandums, and testimony concerning the assistance and advice provided to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury by the Under Secretary on the formulation and execution of highlevel policies and programs relating to such matters as tariff administration, law enforcement, departmental administrative management, legislative liaison, and the general revenue sharing program. These records concern such specific topics as the Bank Holding Act, general revenue sharing program, securities legislation, student loans, civil rights issues, intelligence activities, and testimony before congressional subcommittees on securities, foreign operations, and the Merchant Marine. Prior to being appointed Under Secretary, Edward Schmults was Treasurys General Counsel, and some of his files from that earlier position are included in this series. The records are partially restricted.

II.47SubjectFilesof TreasuryUnderSecretaryJerryThomas, 1976 (1ft. 6in.)



ScopeandContent: Thisseriesconsistsof correspondence, memorandums, andreportsconcerningtheassistanceandadviceprovidedtotheSecretary andDeputySecretaryof theTreasurybytheUnderSecretaryonformulation and execution of highlevel policies and programs relating to such matters as law enforcementoperations, tariff administration, the general

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revenuesharingprogram, anddepartmentaladministrativemanagement. TherecordsrelatetosuchspecifictopicsastheBureauof Alcohol, Tobacco, andFirearms (ATF), theAntiDrugEnforcementCommittee, theEnergy Resources Council, the Exchange Stabilization Fund, and the Haiti InternationalDevelopmentBank roadproject. Also included are records from Under Secretary Jerry Thomass additional duties as Assistant Secretaryof Enforcement, Operations, andTariff Affairs. Therecordsare partiallyrestricted.

II.48 Subject Files of Treasury Special Assistant Faye P. Hewlett, 19751980 (5ft.)


Arrangement: Arranged in two partsnumerically by filing codes (#100209)andalphabeticallybysubject.

ScopeandContent: Thisseriesconsist