HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS: FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE COMMISSION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis (Minn.). Fair Employment Practice Commission. | |
| Title: | Records. | |
| Dates: | 1947-1967. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Annual reports (1956-1967), executive director's correspondence (1948-1966), miscellaneous reports and brochures, subject matter files, and files on companies and unions (circa 1949-1957). Includes materials relating to the Mayor's Commission on Human Relations, with which the commission merged in 1957. | |
| Quantity: | 2.75 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis (Minn.). Fair Employment Practice Commission. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 983-181
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017127870104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 116.K.13.11B | 1 | Annual Reports, Nos. 9-19, 1956-1967. | |||||||||
| Correspondence of the Executive Director, 1948-1966. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically, then chronological thereunder. Comprised letters C-M only; remainder of alphabet apparently missing. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous reports, 1947-1967. 6 folders: | |||||||||||
| Activities report of the Executive Director, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Progress report: "Our Human Resources," 1952. | |||||||||||
| Report, 1953. | |||||||||||
| Report of operations, 1947-1955. | |||||||||||
| Report to Mayor and City Council, May 1954. | |||||||||||
| Three year report draft. | |||||||||||
| "Twenty Year Progress Report," 1967. | |||||||||||
| Subject files, 1947-1967. 1-1/2 boxes: | |||||||||||
| Articles: | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Law Review, 1953. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| "What FEPC Means to You," 1957-1958. | |||||||||||
| Beauty parlor survey file. | |||||||||||
| Complaints. 6 folders: | |||||||||||
| Housing. | |||||||||||
| Informal complaint: Mayor’s Commission v Civil Service Commission. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota complaints handled for Government Contract Compliance Committee. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous complaints, 1958-1963. | |||||||||||
| Procedures for handling complaints, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Public services. | |||||||||||
| Committees/Commissions/Conferences. 8 folders: | |||||||||||
| Ad Hoc Committee on Minneapolis Commission on Human Relations. | |||||||||||
| Coordinating Committee for the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights. | |||||||||||
| Committee on Government Contract Compliance. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Conciliation conferences. | |||||||||||
| Conferences of Joint FEPC and Urban League meetings. | |||||||||||
| Contractors’ Association Conferences. | |||||||||||
| Employment agencies. 3 folders: | |||||||||||
| General. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Suggested letter to be sent by employers to agencies. | |||||||||||
| Employment/Employers. 3 folders: | |||||||||||
| Employers assurance of hiring on merit. | |||||||||||
| Employment application forms: Undesirable results. | |||||||||||
| Rulings on questions on application forms and employment interviews. | |||||||||||
| Examples of Fair Employment Practices. | |||||||||||
| FEPC cases. 11 folders: | |||||||||||
| Samples of case records. | |||||||||||
| Classification of cases. | |||||||||||
| Criteria for disposition. | |||||||||||
| Discrimination cases outside of commission’s jurisdiction. | |||||||||||
| Disposition of cases: Lists and working papers. | |||||||||||
| Journal of cases, 1947-1954. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous cases sent to an interested agency. | |||||||||||
| Cases presented to state commission for action. | |||||||||||
| Statistics, 1947-1954. | |||||||||||
| Action on cases. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Freedom of employment opportunity. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin County Probation Office. | |||||||||||
| Information. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous brochures and reports, including “Our Goal” and “Our Human Resources” background files. | |||||||||||
| Jewish study: Private employment agencies. | |||||||||||
| Jewish Vocational Office. | |||||||||||
| Legislation proposed to use certain civil remedies by municipal FEPCs. | |||||||||||
| Mayors Council. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| Action of FEPC, 1946. | |||||||||||
| Agreement with FEPC, 1956. | |||||||||||
| Merger: FEPC and Mayor’s Commission on Human Relations. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis Star and Tribune. 3 folders: | |||||||||||
| Articles, 1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Report on resort discrimination, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota State Employment Service correspondence. | |||||||||||
| National Association of Manufacturers. | |||||||||||
| Nursing homes. | |||||||||||
| Operating procedures. | |||||||||||
| Ordinance (FEPC). 6 folders: | |||||||||||
| Amendment, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Proposed ordinance to create Minneapolis Civil and Human Rights Commission, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Ordinance passed, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Amended "Denny" ordinance, 1966. | |||||||||||
| FEPC ordinance, 1946-1955. | |||||||||||
| Notice summarizing provisions of ordinance, approximately 1953. | |||||||||||
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| 116.K.13.12F | 2 | Personnel. 6 folders: | |||||||||
| Appointment of commission members. | |||||||||||
| Biographical data and photographs of commission members. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Meeting notices and announcement sent to commission members. | |||||||||||
| Policies and procedures on federal employment of persons with criminal records. | |||||||||||
| Presentation of FEPC to employee group. | |||||||||||
| Press releases. | |||||||||||
| Program: "Community Plans for Progress," 1965. | |||||||||||
| Proposed plan for Minneapolis Human and Civil Rights Commission, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Pullman policy: Joint action. | |||||||||||
| Radio program: Commission’s seventh anniversary, 1954. | |||||||||||
| Radio series. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| By Merit Alone, 1952. | |||||||||||
| Proposed series, 1953. | |||||||||||
| Rules of procedure and hearings. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Twin Cities Personnel Managers Association. | |||||||||||
| Taxis. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| Airway Taxi Company. | |||||||||||
| Data on taxicab cases. | |||||||||||
| Urban League. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| General. | |||||||||||
| Adjustments reported. | |||||||||||
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| 116.K.14.4F | 3 | Company files, approximately 1949-1957. 187 folders. | |||||||||
| Correspondence and employment applications for companies, including employment agencies and government agencies; they contain letters, informational materials about the company/agency, and applications for employment arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Union files, approximately 1949-1957. 6 folders: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, applications, and informational material. | |||||||||||
| Air Line Pilots Association International. | |||||||||||
| Cement Masons Union Local 557. | |||||||||||
| Electrical workers’ union. | |||||||||||
| Musicians Union Local 73. | |||||||||||
| Twin City Carpenters’ District Council. | |||||||||||
| United Electrical Union Local 1139. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Civil rights -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Discrimination in employment -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis (Minn.). Mayor's Commission on Human Relations.
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