RG 9 - National Recovery Administration, Folder List
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Entry 524 Administrative Files, 1935-1936
National Archives Identifier 3794036
This series of records includes intra-office memoranda concerning relations between the regional office and code authorities; copies of letters sent to the National Recovery Administration (NRA) Consumers' Division relating to the attitude of people in the region toward the NRA; intra-office memoranda and correspondence with Washington headquarters relating to wage restitutions; correspondence, reports, and papers containing statistical data relating to mass compliance and the Robert Committee surveys; reports on the removal of Blue Eagle insignia from violators of the codes; correspondence and memoranda relating to voluntary agreements; reports on proposed State recovery acts; material containing data on the attitude of employees toward the NRA; instructions on administrative procedures; reports on budgetary matters; and interoffice memoranda, together with related floor plans, dealing with the utilization of equipment and space. The records also include correspondence, memoranda, and forms relating to personnel administration.
| Box 1 | Administration - Budget & Expenditures | ||
| Folder | |||
| 1 | Administration | ||
| 2 - 4 | Analyses of State Office Cases | ||
| 5 | Attitude of Employees | ||
| 6 | Bulletin | ||
| 7 | Blue Eagle Removal Instructions | ||
| 8 | Boot & Shoe Survey | ||
| 9 | Budget - Regional Office | ||
| 10 | Budget & Expenditures | ||
| Box 2 | Code Authority - Litigation | ||
| 1 | Code Authority Administration- | ||
| (Field Instructions No. 4) | |||
| 2 | The Consumer | ||
| 3 | Distribution Differentials | ||
| 4 | Division of Review | ||
| 5 | Equipment | ||
| 6 | Equipment - Regional Office | ||
| 7 | Government Manual | ||
| 8 | Hynds Report | ||
| 9 | Insignias - Removal | ||
| 10 - 12 | Instructions | ||
| 13 | Instructions for Docket Clerk - Regional Office | ||
| 14 | Labels | ||
| 15 | Leases & Floor Plans - Regional office | ||
| 16 | List of Complaints | ||
| 17 | Litigation | ||
| 18 | Litigation Reports | ||
| Box 3 | Mass Compliance - Restitution | ||
| 1 - 2 | Mass Compliance | ||
| 3 | Minutes of Meetings | ||
| 4 | New Legislation | ||
| 5 | Numerical List of Washington Letters | ||
| 6 | Office Management | ||
| 7 | Office Instructions | ||
| 8 | Questionnaire | ||
| 9 | Referees for Hearings under Bacon-Davis Act | ||
| 10 - 11 | Reports - Regional Misc. | ||
| 12 | Reports Regional - Docket Reports | ||
| 13 | Reports Regional - Weekly Report to Washington | ||
| 14 | Requisitions for Supplies - Office Expense Vouchers | ||
| 15 | Restitution: State Office Case Analyses: | ||
| Box 4 | Restitution - Wage Computation | ||
| 1 | Restitutions to Negroes | ||
| 2 - 3 | Space - Equipment | ||
| 4 | State Directors | ||
| 5 | Robert Survey | ||
| 6 | Survey in Changes | ||
| 7 | Telephone | ||
| 8 | Telegraph Regional | ||
| 9 | Telephone Regional | ||
| 10 | Telephone Service - State Offices | ||
| 11 | Transportation Requests | ||
| 12 | Travel | ||
| 13 | Travel - Alabama | ||
| 14 | Travel - Florida | ||
| 15 | Travel - Georgia | ||
| 16 | Travel - Louisiana | ||
| 17 | Travel - Mississippi | ||
| 18 | Travel - South Carolina | ||
| 19 | Travel - Tennessee | ||
| 20 | Travel for Region - General | ||
| 21 | Travel - Regional | ||
| 22 | Transportation Request Books | ||
| 23 | Wage Computation Chart |
Entry 524A State Office Administrative Files, 1935-1936
National Archives Identifier 4492352
This series details the establishment of state offices in each state of Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee) and efforts of each office to obtain compliance to National Recovery Administration code authorities and wage agreements. Included in the files are reports of wage complaint adjustment activities in each state and production reports of field adjusters who attempted to settle code compliance cases relating to labor and trade practices.
| Box 1 | Activities - Florida | ||
| 1 | State Office Activities | ||
| 2 | State Office Efficiency Ratings - Regional | ||
| 3 | Budget - Alabama | ||
| 4 | Leases and Floor Plans - Alabama | ||
| 5 | Equipment and Supplies - Alabama | ||
| 6 | Field Adjusters Production Record - Alabama | ||
| 7 | Reports - Alabama | ||
| 8 | Misc - Alabama | ||
| 9 | Telephone - Alabama | ||
| 10 | Telegraph - Alabama | ||
| 11 | Travel - Alabama | ||
| 12 | Budget - Florida | ||
| 13 | Equipment and Supplies - Florida | ||
| 14 | Field Adjusters/Production Record - Florida | ||
| 15 | Leases and Floor Plans - Florida | ||
| 16 | Reports - Florida | ||
| 17 | Misc. - Florida | ||
| Box 2 | Georgia - South Carolina | ||
| 1 | Equipment and Supplies - Georgia | ||
| 2 | Leases and Floor Plans - Georgia | ||
| 3 | Reports - Georgia | ||
| 4 | Field Adjusters/Production Board - Georgia | ||
| 5 | Telephone - Georgia | ||
| 6 | Budget - Louisiana | ||
| 7 | Equipment and Supplies - Louisiana | ||
| 8 | Leases and Floor Plans - Louisiana | ||
| 9 | Field Adjusters Production Record - Louisiana | ||
| 10 | Telephone - Louisiana | ||
| 11 | Reports - Louisiana | ||
| 12 | Misc. - Louisiana | ||
| 13 | Budget - Mississippi | ||
| 14 | Equipment and Supplies - Mississippi | ||
| 15 | Field Adjusters Production Record - Mississippi | ||
| 16 | Leases and Floor Plans - Mississippi | ||
| 17 | Reports - Mississippi | ||
| 18 | Budget - South Carolina | ||
| 19 | Equipment and Supplies - South Carolina | ||
| Box 3 | South Carolina - Tennessee | ||
| 1 | Field Adjusters Production Record - South Carolina | ||
| 2 | Leases and Floor Plans - South Carolina | ||
| 3 | Reports - South Carolina | ||
| 4 | Telephone - South Carolina | ||
| 5 | Travel - South Carolina | ||
| 6 | Misc. - South Carolina | ||
| 7 | Budget - Tennessee | ||
| 8 | Leases and Floor Plans - Tennessee | ||
| 9 | Field Adjusters Production Record - Tennessee | ||
| 10 | Equipment and Supplies - Tennessee | ||
| 11 | Reports - Tennessee | ||
| 12 | Misc. - Tennessee |
Entry 525 General Correspondence, 1935-1936
National Archives Identifier 4492353
This series consists of correspondence to and from Region IV Regional Administrator, William L. Mitchell, concerning a variety of topics from code authority enforcement issues relating to manufacturing and production to investigations of wage complaints. Correspondence with, and advice to, other regional and state offices is also contained in the files. The files also include Mitchell's correspondence with National Recovery Administration Headquarters in Washington, D.C. regarding legal matters and legislation. The series includes correspondence from Mitchell's tenure as State Director of Georgia prior to his appointment as Regional Administrator for Region IV.
| Box 1 | Alabama - Arizona State Director | ||
| 1 - 2 | Alabama | ||
| 3 | Mr. Cochrane - Suspense File | ||
| 4 | Suspense | ||
| 5 | Adams Manufacturing - Binder 1 | ||
| 6 | Adams Manufacturing - Binder 2 | ||
| 7 | Arizona State Director | ||
| Box 2 | Berry, G. L. - Florida | ||
| 1 | Berry - G. L. | ||
| 2 | Carroll, Braddish (Instructions) | ||
| 3 | Circular Letters - State Director | ||
| 4 | Cornelius Cochrane | ||
| 5 | Kenneth Coleman | ||
| 6 | Consumer Council - Dekalb County, Georgia | ||
| 7 | Consumer Council - Chatham County, Georgia | ||
| 8 | Consumer Council - Fulton County, Georgia | ||
| 9 | Consumer Council - Clarke County, Georgia | ||
| 10 | Community Chest | ||
| 11 | County Councils | ||
| 12 | Director's Conference - August 1935 | ||
| 13 | Dimmock, Charles D. | ||
| 14 | District Attorney | ||
| 15 | Ewing, Sam E. | ||
| 16 | Federal Business Association | ||
| 17 | F. E. R. A. | ||
| 18 | Federal Trade Commission | ||
| 19 | Florida - Folder 1 of 2 | ||
| Box 3 | Florida - Louisiana | ||
| 1 | Florida - Folder 2 0f 2 | ||
| 2 - 4 | Georgia | ||
| 5 | J. T. Grigsby | ||
| 6 | Bruce Hall | ||
| 7 | J. Henry Hallam | ||
| 8 | Hardwood Dimension Manufacturing Association | ||
| 9 | Holloway, Hubert | ||
| 10 | Homeowner's Loan Corporation | ||
| 11 | Indiana | ||
| 12 | Kentucky | ||
| 13 | Louisiana - Folder 1 of 2 | ||
| Box 4 | Louisiana - Publicity | ||
| 1 | Louisiana - Folder 2 of 2 | ||
| 2 | Major Berry's Conference - Mailing Lists | ||
| 3 | Major Berry Correspondence | ||
| 4 | L. J. Martin | ||
| 5 | Mr. Martin | ||
| 6 | Massachusetts | ||
| 7 | Misc. - Regional Office | ||
| 8 | Mississippi | ||
| 9 | W. L. Mitchell | ||
| 10 | NEC | ||
| 11 | North Carolina | ||
| 12 | Ohio | ||
| 13 | Public Works Administration | ||
| 14 | Publicity - Regional offices | ||
| Box 5 | Resettlement Administration - Tennessee | ||
| 1 | Resettlement Administration | ||
| 2 - 4 | South Carolina | ||
| 5 | State Enabling Act | ||
| 6 - 8 | Tennessee | ||
| Box 6 | Texas - Wagner Bill | ||
| 1 | Texas | ||
| 2 | Voluntary Agreements, etc | ||
| 3 | Virginia | ||
| 4 | West Virginia | ||
| 5 - 8 | Washington | ||
| 9 | Wagner Bill |
Entry 526 Complaints about State Offices, 1934-1935
National Archives Identifier 4492357
This series details the handling of complaints against state offices sent to Region IV of the National Recovery Administration. It includes letters to the Regional Administrator lodging complaints, follow-up replies, and field investigations of the complaints.
| Box 1 | Regional - Tennessee | ||
| 1 | Complaints - Regional | ||
| 2 | Complaints - Alabama | ||
| 3 - 4 | Complaints - Florida | ||
| 5 | Complaints - Georgia | ||
| 6 | Complaints - Louisiana | ||
| 7 | Complaints - Mississippi | ||
| 8 | Complaints - South Carolina | ||
| 9 | Complaints - Tennessee | ||
| 10 | Complaints - Closed Cases - Alabama | ||
| 11 | Complaints - Closed Cases - Florida | ||
| 12 | Complaints - Closed Cases - Georgia | ||
| 13 | Complaints - Closed Cases - Louisiana | ||
| 14 | Complaints - Closed Cases - SC, MS, TN - Empty Folder |
Entry 527 Records of Administration Members of Code Authorities 1934-1935
National Archives Identifier 4497844
This series consists of instructions of the national code authorities (particularly those for the trucking industry and the retail solid fuels industry)to state code authorities. It documents efforts of the national code authority to approve codes and obtain compliance to them at the state level. The series also includes minutes of code meetings and correspondence with divisional compliance directors.
| Box 1 | Administration Members - Georgia Code Authority | ||
| 1 | Administration Members | ||
| 2 | Administration Members | ||
| 3 | Administrative orders | ||
| 4 | Mr. Hughes - September 1 -15, 1934 | ||
| 5 | E. E. Hughes - July 16 - 31, 1934 | ||
| 6 | E. E. Hughes - August 1 -15, 1934 | ||
| 7 | E. E. Hughes - August 15 - 31, 1934 | ||
| 8 | E. E. Hughes - June 19 - July 15, 1934 | ||
| 9 | Petree, Alabama Compliance Director | ||
| 10 | Gay, Louisiana Compliance Director | ||
| 11 | Marks, Mississippi Compliance Director | ||
| 12 | Wells, North Carolina Compliance Director | ||
| 13 | Pinckney, South Carolina Compliance Director | ||
| 14 | Terry, Tennessee Compliance Director | ||
| 15 | Divisional Code Authority, No. 16 | ||
| 16 | Divisional Code Authority, No. 17 | ||
| 17 | Alabama State Code Authority | ||
| 18 | Florida State Code Authority | ||
| 19 | Georgia State Code Authority | ||
| Box 2 | Louisiana Code Authority - John Hopper | ||
| 1 | Louisiana State Code Authority | ||
| 2 | Mississippi State Code Authority | ||
| 3 | North Carolina State Code Authority | ||
| 4 | South Carolina State Code Authority | ||
| 5 | Tennessee State Code Authority | ||
| 6 - 7 | Form Letters | ||
| 8 | Forms | ||
| 9 | Instructions | ||
| 10 | Inter-Office Correspondence | ||
| 11 | John Hopper - Von Gal | ||
| Box 3 | Lists - Public Utilities | ||
| 1 | Lists | ||
| 2 | Lists and Forms | ||
| 3 | Memoranda and Bulletins | ||
| 4 | Milestones Along Recovery Highway | ||
| 5 | Minutes of Meetings | ||
| 6 | Misc. | ||
| 7 | National Code Authority | ||
| 8 | NCA Bulletins | ||
| 9 | NCA Memoranda | ||
| 10 | Notices of Hearings | ||
| 11 | Personal | ||
| 12 - 17 | Public Utilities Division - September 115 - December 15, 1934 | ||
| Box 4 | Bulletins - Retail Solid Fuel Industry | ||
| 1 | PWA Bulletins | ||
| 2 | Reports | ||
| 3 | Service Reports and Travel Vouchers | ||
| 4 | John Swope | ||
| 5 | Truck Operators | ||
| 6 | Weekly Memoranda | ||
| 7 | Oyster Shell Crushers Industry | ||
| 8 - 10 | Retail Solid Fuel Industry | ||
| 11 | A + A Registration Bulletins |
Entry 528 Legal Records, 1934-1935
National Archives Identifier 3799129
This series of records includes correspondence with the Legal and Compliance Divisions of the National Recovery Administration, United States district attorneys, State government agencies, code authorities, trade associations, law firms, and business organizations relating to compliance activities, interpretations of codes, State recovery acts, and procedures for terminating code authorities. The records also include indictments, warrants, memoranda and related correspondence, briefs, and exhibits relating to enforcement of approved codes, collection of code assessments, interpretations of codes, and legality of price-fixing provisions of codes. The records also include some case files.
| Box 1 | Alabama - NRA Case Files | ||
| 1 | Alabama | ||
| 2 | Florida | ||
| 3 | Georgia | ||
| 4 | Louisiana | ||
| 5 | Mississippi | ||
| 6 | South Carolina | ||
| 7 | Tennessee | ||
| 8 | Paul H. Brimson - NRA Litigation | ||
| 9 | Complaint Register | ||
| 10 | Bill of Complaint | ||
| 11 | Indictments, Warrants, etc - LWC Mather- Asst. Council - | ||
| 12 | Indictments, Warrants, etc | ||
| 13 | Forms and Case Lists | ||
| 14 | Bulletin No. 27 Resume of NRA Cases | ||
| 15 | NRA Case Files | ||
| Box 2 | |||
| 1 | NRA Case Files | ||
| 2 | Case Files - Grigsby | ||
| 3 | Case Files - Grigsby | ||
| 4 | Restitution Agreements | ||
| 5 | Regional Cases Referred to Region IV | ||
| 6 | Compliance (Regional) | ||
| 7 | Ordinances - Jewelry Code | ||
| 8 | Miscellaneous Litigation | ||
| Box 3 | |||
| 1 | Auction Sales - Law Jewelry Co. | ||
| 2 | American Mermaid Co. | ||
| 3 | Fountain Inn, S.C. Ice and Coal Co. | ||
| 4 | Independence Box Co. Independenc, LA | ||
| 5 | Emily J. Kirkpatrick Personal | ||
| 6 | Moultrie Ice and Cold Storage, Moultrie, GA | ||
| 7 | Merit Oak Flooring Co., Birmingham, AL | ||
| 8 | Nashville Union Bus Terminal | ||
| 9 | Piedmont Shirt Company, Greenville, SC |
Entry 529 Office Files of Reuben J. Martin, 1934-1935
National Archives Identifier 4497843
This series consists of the legal files of Reuben J. Martin who was Assistant Legal Counsel, Acting Counsel, and Chair of the Regional Compliance Council for Region IV. The files contain the daily dockets of the Regional Compliance Council, code violation correspondence, responses to code complaints, weekly reports of attorneys, legal briefs, decisions, and appeals.
| Box 1 | Legal Decisions - A - D | ||
| Box 2 | Legal Decisions - E - P | ||
| Box 3 | Legal Decisions - R - W |
Entry 530 Office Files of John T. Grigsby, 1934-1935
National Archives Identifier 4499071
This series consists of records maintained by John T. Grigsby in his role as Regional Litigation Attorney for Region IV of the National Recovery Administration. Included in the records are progress reports, a table of docketed cases, case files, litigation memorandums, and official correspondence.
| Box 1 | C - L (gaps) | ||
| Box 2 | M - S | ||
| Box 3 | S - W (gaps) |
Entry 531 Office Files of Samuel E. Ewing, 1935-1936
National Archives Identifier 4499073
This series consists of records created by Samuel E. Ewing in his role as Regional Attorney for Region IV of the National Recovery Administration. The records include procedural instructions, intra-office memoranda, briefs, and correspondence with Washington headquarters, district attorneys, and other regional offices relating to compliance cases, interpretations of codes, and other legal matters.
| Box 1 | A - H | |
| Box 2 | H - M | |
| Box 3 | N - W | |
| Box 4 | W - Z |
Entry 534 Records Relating to Personnel Administration, 1933-1934
National Archives Identifier 4492358
This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, meeting agendas, oaths of office, job applications, job descriptions, questionnaires, personal history statements, and administrative forms. The material relates generally to personnel changes following the May 27, 1935, U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled the mandatory codes section of the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. The subjects include workforce reduction, job reclassification, transfers, recommendations, pay, sick, and annual leave balances, and the physical appearance of female job applicants.
| Box 1 | Instructions - Florida Personnel | ||
| 1 | Instructions - Personnel | ||
| 2 | Confidential | ||
| 3 | Personnel - Regional Office | ||
| 4 | Atlanta Regional and Georgia State Office Personnel | ||
| 5 - 7 | Alabama - Personnel | ||
| 8 | Personnel - Florida - 1 of 3 folders | ||
| Box 2 | Florida Personnel - Tennessee Personnel | ||
| 1 - 2 | Personnel - Florida - 2 and 3 of 3 folders | ||
| 3 - 4 | Georgia - Personnel | ||
| 5 - 7 | Louisiana - personnel | ||
| 8 - 10 | Mississippi - Personnel | ||
| 11 - 13 | South Carolina - Personnel | ||
| 14 - 16 | Tennessee - Personnel | ||
| Box 3 | Regional Personnel - Blue Eagle Personnel | ||
| 1 - 18 | Personal Correspondence - Arranged by last name | ||
| 19 - 26 | Per Diem - Arranged by last name | ||
| 27 - 43 | Personal Correspondence - Arranged by last name | ||
| 44 - 51 | Blue Eagle Personnel and State Per Diem Employees | ||
| Box 4 | Savannah Office - Job Descriptions | ||
| 1 | Correspondence of Savannah Office | ||
| 2 | Lewis A. Wood | ||
| 3 | Joseph H. Winkins | ||
| 4 | reclassifications | ||
| 5 | New Forms - Correspondence - Applications | ||
| 6 - 9 | Job Descriptions and Position Requisitions |