EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION:

An Inventory of Its Langland (Harold S.) Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. State Relief Agency.
	Title:	Langland (Harold S.) Files.
	Dates:	1933-1941 (bulk 1935-1936).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, memoranda, statistics, reports, administrative bulletins and circulars, and miscellany created or kept by Harold S. Langland, Personnel Director and coordinator of statistical and research projects. They pertain largely to general Emergency Relief Administration and State Relief Agency administration and organization, and to personnel matters, the management of work relief projects, and the compilation of financial and activity statistics.
	Quantity:	1.6 cubic feet (2 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ARRANGEMENT

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Relief Agency. Langland (Harold S) Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 987-34; mss 13,140; 2001-51

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017192430104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
120.D.4.9B		Accounting division, 1935-1936.


		Administrative bulletins, 1935-1936.


		Administrative circulars, 1935-1936.


		Administrative letters, 1935–1937, 1939.


		Administrative project studies, 1935.


		Administrative division reorganization, 1934-1935.


		Administrative reorganization notes, 1934-1935.


		Administrator’s memoranda, 1935.


		Administrator’s monthly summary of activities, December 1934–November 1935.
			Incomplete; beginning in July 1935, it is titled: Cost of Administration and Analysis of Administration Expenses.


		CCC letters, Nos. 12-23, 1936.


		Clipping file, Nos. 1-216, January 1934–May 1935. 2 folders.


		Correspondence, 1934-1935.
			Mostly regarding personnel and salary matters.


		Correspondence, 1933-1941. 2 folders.


		County relief workers, county emergency relief committees letters, 1933-1934. 2 folders.


		Daily press digest, 1935.


		Deputy administrator circular letters A-1 to A-54, July-December 1934.


		Digest of current welfare and relief literature, 1936-1937.


		Drought program formation meeting minutes, March 4, 1934.


		Efficiency department, 1935.


		Emergency education division issuances, 1935.


		Emergency education division: Arts and crafts project issuances, 1935.


		Emergency education division: Signal fires, (Nos. 5, 7, 11), 1935.


		Emergency nursery school report, 1935.


		Financial division, 1934-1935.
			Includes Circulars, Memorandum, and Bulletins.


		Guckert, Elroy, 1934-1935.
			Carbon copies of letters and memoranda.


		Home economics department, 1935-1936.


		Library department/library digest, 1935-1936.


		Manual of standards, 1935.


		Minneapolis relief readjustment department: Correspondence, 1934-1935.


		Minneapolis relief readjustment department: Complaint reports, 1935.


		Miscellaneous SERA bulletins, 1934-1936.


		Occupational classification form 144: Bulletins and letters, 1935.


		Occupational classification form 144: Instruction summary, trade examinations, 1935.


		Occupational classification form 144A, 1935.
			A procedure manual, with assorted updates, for the classification and assignment of workers.


		Official memoranda, Nos. 2-36, 1934-1935.
			Incomplete.


		Organization charts, 1935-1936.


		Organization charts: Notes, memoranda, and drafts, 1935.


		Personnel manual, May 1935.


		Prediction of human relief trend, Minnesota, April to December 1935.


		Project investigations, 1934-1936.


Location
120.D.4.10F		Publicity department, 1935.


		Recreation and leisure time activities bulletins, 1934-1936.
			Incomplete.


		Research, 1934-1935.


		Research and statistics department, 1935.


		Rural rehabilitation division, 1934-1935.
			Includes bulletins and memorandum.


		Safety division circulars, 1934-1935.


		Safety division: Accident prevention news, 1935.
			Incomplete.


		St. Paul SERA Adult Education: Weekly News, Nos. 3-11, 1935.


		Social service letters, 1936.


		Social services division, 1935-1936.


		State garden and canning activities (reports), 1936.
			Includes subsistence garden and canning letters.


		Statistics, 1934.


		Statistics, 1935.


		Summaries, 1935.


		Surplus commodities division, 1934-1937.
			Includes letters and circulars.


		Survey of Minnesota poor farms, by Oscar W. Behrens, 1934.


		Telephone directory, October 1934.


		Transient camps, 1934.
			Clippings.


		Travel log and work reports, H. S. Langland, July-October 1934.


		Work division, 1935.


		Work relief trends, 1935-1936.
			Notes, studies, and charts on work relief projects, project administration, and trends. They appear to have been for a University of Minnesota sociology class that Langland took in 1936.


		Work Progress Administration issuances, 1935-1937.

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:: Public welfare -- Minnesota -- Statistics.; Public welfare administration -- Minnesota.; Unemployed -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Langland, Harold S. (Harold Severin), 1898-

Organizations:: Minnesota Emergency Relief Administration.

Places:: Minnesota -- Public works.

Functions:: Statistics.

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EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION:

OVERVIEW

ARRANGEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS