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| Social Security
Textual Records in NARA
II |
Detailed
Inventory of Social Security Record Collections
Group 2: Records of the
Social Security Board (1935-1947) |
| Table 25: Records
of the Social Security Board (1 Box) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-UD, Entry
3) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
7 |
7 |
| Box 1: Records Relating to Field Office Locations,
1936 |
| Table 28: Records
of the Office of the Commissioner-Notes of Proceedings of the
Board of Social Security, the Commissioner of Social Security,
and the Welfare Commissioner ("Informal Notes"), 1936-67 (16
Boxes) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-A1, Entry
26-A) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
11 |
3 |
Box 1: January-October
1936
Box 2: November 1936-June 1937
Box 3: July 1937-June 1938
Box 4: July 1938-March 1939
Box 5: April-December 1939 |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
11 |
4 |
Box 6: January-December
1940
Box 7: January 1941-June 1942
Box 8: July 1942-July 1943
Box 9: August 1943-December 1944
Box 10: January 1945-July 1946
Box 11: August 1946-December 1948
Box 12: January 1949-December 1952 |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
11 |
5 |
Box 13: February 1953-December
1957
Box 14: February 1958-January 1963
Box 15: February 1963-August 1967
Box 16: Welfare Commissioner, Minutes of Staff Meetings, 1963-67 |
| Table
B31: Records of the Social Security Board, Central File, (1935-1947)
(563 Boxes) |
THE CENTRAL FILES (or General Files, as they were first
called) were set up by the Social Security Board early in 1936
as its central depository of records. As such, they were supposed
to contain copies of all general and special correspondence
except that which might be retained in the files of the chairman
or of the executive director. They were also supposed to represent
the agency's historical collection but, as it happened, the
various bureaus and offices set up their own files and did not
always send copies for deposit with Central Files.
Originally the Central Files were divided into four categories:
an administrative group, a group set up according to region,
a State group (composed of correspondence with and about the
States), and a general alphabetical group (supposedly for inquiries
on subjects not specifically related to a particular program).
The Central Files collection stopped after 1947, when the Social
Security Administration files system was reorganized. Overall,
the collection runs from 1935 to 1947, and consists of 555 boxes
stored in the National Archives Building under Record Group
47. As much as one-half of this material is made up of cross-reference
sheets; however, it also contains hundreds of original incoming
pieces of correspondence, as well as inter-office and intra-agency
memoranda originating with the Social Security Administration.
The administrative records reveal a major emphasis on the Informational
Service programs and the responsibilities incumbent upon the
Bureau of Business Management. In fact, this material constitutes
the best source for these areas.
In the regional group, each region is dealt with separately.
This material is worth consulting particularly in connection
with the informational program; the beginning of the regional
offices; the problems peculiar to each particular region; personnel
problems and State legislation; and the relationships of the
regional office with the headquarters office, with various bureaus
and offices, with field representatives, and with State officials.
In the State group, particularly worthwhile is the correspondence
reflecting attitudes of State, county, and even local officials.
These records are also useful for reconstructing the story of
how legislation covering unemployment compensation and public
assistance was enacted, and how the separate programs were set
into operation.{25}
The 095 group, or general alphabetical material, is made up
mostly of cross-reference sheets. However, these may prove useful.
Much of the incoming correspondence lodged here consists of
inquiries, complaints, and letters from persons trying to secure
benefits, quite often by way of their Congressmen. |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: PI-183 Entry 20 |
| The Administrative
Group (245 Boxes) |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
12 |
3 |
Box 1: 000 to 000.3
Box 2: 000.3 to 011
Box 3: 011 to 011.1
Box 4: 011.1
Box 5: 011.1 to 011.4
Box 6: 011.4 to 012
Box 7: 012 to 013 |
Boxes 1-14 [000-024]
The material in these boxes is difficult to summarize since
it covers many areas, none too deeply. Touched upon are items
in connection with national defense, some regional activities--including
situation reports on field operations. A few small but significant
items point up the role played by social security as an issue
in the election of 1936. The quantity gets heavier as the records
turn toward complaints of individuals who were not receiving
benefits, and to criticisms about the act itself by private
citizens and by Congressmen. There is correspondence (much of
it the expression of views on proposed changes in the act) from
individuals, organizations, Congressmen, and agency officials.
There is correspondence between Arthur J. Altmeyer and President
Roosevelt on the Ohio situation in 1939-1940. There are references
to contacts with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Bureau
of the Budget, the Post Office Department, and the Department
of justice on various matters, including views on proposed amendments
to the Social Security Act.
Terminology is given considerable attention, including that
involved when the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits changed
its name to the Bureau of Old-Age Insurance.
The files contain information on the Clark Amendment, its consideration
by the Joint House and Senate Committee in 1936, and the significant
role played by Murray Latimer in getting this amendment shelved.
The opposition from numerous groups and individuals to the payment
of social security taxes is revealed, as are the views of organized
labor, business groups, the insurance industry, State legislatures,
in the form of resolutions, letters, etc., on questions of coverage.
Some evidence of the relationship with the Subcommittee on Social
Security of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council
is revealed here. The Board took cognizance of the various proposals
to replace the Social Security Act, including the Townsend Plan,
the General Welfare of America and "Ham and Eggs"
proposals.
Much time was given to the interpretation of numerous aspects
of administering the act, including the collection of taxes,
and rules and regulations to be followed on procedures. There
are a few pieces on dealings with the International Labor Organization,
and some correspondence with the National Resources Committee
(later the National Resources Planning Board). |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
12 |
4 |
Box 8: 013.1 to 013.3
Box 9: 013.3 to 013.32
Box 10: 013.32 to 015.13
Box 11: 016 to 016.2
Box 12: 016.2
Box 13: 016.2 to 024
Box 14: 024 to 025 |
Boxes 1-14 [000-024]
The material in these boxes is difficult to summarize since
it covers many areas, none too deeply. Touched upon are items
in connection with national defense, some regional activities--including
situation reports on field operations. A few small but significant
items point up the role played by social security as an issue
in the election of 1936. The quantity gets heavier as the records
turn toward complaints of individuals who were not receiving
benefits, and to criticisms about the act itself by private
citizens and by Congressmen. There is correspondence (much of
it the expression of views on proposed changes in the act) from
individuals, organizations, Congressmen, and agency officials.
There is correspondence between Arthur J. Altmeyer and President
Roosevelt on the Ohio situation in 1939-1940. There are references
to contacts with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Bureau
of the Budget, the Post Office Department, and the Department
of justice on various matters, including views on proposed amendments
to the Social Security Act.
Terminology is given considerable attention, including that
involved when the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits changed
its name to the Bureau of Old-Age Insurance.
The files contain information on the Clark Amendment, its consideration
by the Joint House and Senate Committee in 1936, and the significant
role played by Murray Latimer in getting this amendment shelved.
The opposition from numerous groups and individuals to the payment
of social security taxes is revealed, as are the views of organized
labor, business groups, the insurance industry, State legislatures,
in the form of resolutions, letters, etc., on questions of coverage.
Some evidence of the relationship with the Subcommittee on Social
Security of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council
is revealed here. The Board took cognizance of the various proposals
to replace the Social Security Act, including the Townsend Plan,
the General Welfare of America and "Ham and Eggs"
proposals.
Much time was given to the interpretation of numerous aspects
of administering the act, including the collection of taxes,
and rules and regulations to be followed on procedures. There
are a few pieces on dealings with the International Labor Organization,
and some correspondence with the National Resources Committee
(later the National Resources Planning Board). |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
12 |
5 |
Box 15: 025 to 026
Box 16: 026 to 031.01
Box 17: 031.1 June 1937 to 032.1 A-Z
Box 18: 032.1 December 1936 to 032.2 December 1936
Box 19: 032.11 to 032.11 Calson
Box 20: 032.11 Claypool-Green
Box 21: 032.11 Greever-Ludlow |
Boxes 14-56 [025-049]
Of major importance are materials dealing with the various advisory
councils and committees. There are minutes of some meetings
of the Business Advisory Council of the Commerce Department
and of its Subcommittee on Social Security, held in 1935 and
1936. There are the various reports of, and the background to
the final report of, the Advisory Council on Social Security,
1938.
Among the other significant committees represented here are
the Committee on Economic Security and the Interdepartmental
Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities.
Boxes 19-28 contain individual folders for each member of Congress.
Some of these are useful, some are not. These files reflect
the pressures exerted on the Board in connection with the location
of Social Security Board offices and with appointments to various
posts.
The remainder of the boxes, beginning with 28 and running through
56 contain folder after folder of correspondence with various
other Federal agencies. Of the many included, these are the
most useful:
the Department of Labor (especially on the dealings with the
U.S. Employment Service), the Children's Bureau, the Works Progress
Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Veterans'
Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, the Post Office Department, the Department
of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the National Parks Service, the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Commerce (particularly the Business Advisory
Committee), the Bureau of the Census, the Central Statistical
Board, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the National
Emergency Council, the National Labor Relations Board, the National
Recovery Administration, the National Resources Planning Board,
and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
12 |
6 |
Box 22: 032.11 Ludlow-Sacks
Box 23: 032.11 Satterfield-Z
Box 24: 032.21 to 032.22 Burton
Box 25: 032.22 Byrd-Duffy
Box 26: 032.22 Ellender-Lewis
Box 27: 032.22 Lodge-Russell
Box 28: 032.22 Slattery to 040.01-5.3 |
Boxes 14-56 [025-049]
Of major importance are materials dealing with the various advisory
councils and committees. There are minutes of some meetings
of the Business Advisory Council of the Commerce Department
and of its Subcommittee on Social Security, held in 1935 and
1936. There are the various reports of, and the background to
the final report of, the Advisory Council on Social Security,
1938.
Among the other significant committees represented here are
the Committee on Economic Security and the Interdepartmental
Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities.
Boxes 19-28 contain individual folders for each member of Congress.
Some of these are useful, some are not. These files reflect
the pressures exerted on the Board in connection with the location
of Social Security Board offices and with appointments to various
posts.
The remainder of the boxes, beginning with 28 and running through
56 contain folder after folder of correspondence with various
other Federal agencies. Of the many included, these are the
most useful:
the Department of Labor (especially on the dealings with the
U.S. Employment Service), the Children's Bureau, the Works Progress
Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Veterans'
Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, the Post Office Department, the Department
of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the National Parks Service, the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Commerce (particularly the Business Advisory
Committee), the Bureau of the Census, the Central Statistical
Board, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the National
Emergency Council, the National Labor Relations Board, the National
Recovery Administration, the National Resources Planning Board,
and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
12 |
7 |
Box 29: 040.01-5.5 to 040.1 June 1936
Box 30: 040.1 June 1937-1942
Box 31: 040.1 1943-1945 to 040.2 June 1936-May 1937
Box 32: 040.2 June 1937-July 1938
Box 33: 040.2 August 1938 to 040.4 December 1937
Box 34: 040.4 January 1938 to 040.5 December 1937
Box 35: 040.5 January 1938 to 040.5 Kentucky |
Boxes 14-56 [025-049]
Of major importance are materials dealing with the various advisory
councils and committees. There are minutes of some meetings
of the Business Advisory Council of the Commerce Department
and of its Subcommittee on Social Security, held in 1935 and
1936. There are the various reports of, and the background to
the final report of, the Advisory Council on Social Security,
1938.
Among the other significant committees represented here are
the Committee on Economic Security and the Interdepartmental
Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities.
Boxes 19-28 contain individual folders for each member of Congress.
Some of these are useful, some are not. These files reflect
the pressures exerted on the Board in connection with the location
of Social Security Board offices and with appointments to various
posts.
The remainder of the boxes, beginning with 28 and running through
56 contain folder after folder of correspondence with various
other Federal agencies. Of the many included, these are the
most useful: the Department of Labor (especially on the dealings
with the U.S. Employment Service), the Children's Bureau, the
Works Progress Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board,
the Veterans' Administration, the Department of the Treasury,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Post Office Department,
the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the National Parks Service, the Department
of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce (particularly the
Business Advisory Committee), the Bureau of the Census, the
Central Statistical Board, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration,
the National Emergency Council, the National Labor Relations
Board, the National Recovery Administration, the National Resources
Planning Board, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
1 |
Box 36: 040.5 Louisiana-Pennsylvania
Box 37: 040.5 Rhode Island to 040.7-2.9
Box 38: 040.8 to 041.2
Box 39: 042 to 042.2-1.3
Box 40: 042.22 to 042.2-8 December 1937
Box 41: 042.2-8 to 042.2-11 December 1936
Box 42: 042.2-11 January 1937 to 042.2-11.2 December 1939 |
Boxes 14-56 [025-049]
Of major importance are materials dealing with the various advisory
councils and committees. There are minutes of some meetings
of the Business Advisory Council of the Commerce Department
and of its Subcommittee on Social Security, held in 1935 and
1936. There are the various reports of, and the background to
the final report of, the Advisory Council on Social Security,
1938.
Among the other significant committees represented here are
the Committee on Economic Security and the Interdepartmental
Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities.
Boxes 19-28 contain individual folders for each member of Congress.
Some of these are useful, some are not. These files reflect
the pressures exerted on the Board in connection with the location
of Social Security Board offices and with appointments to various
posts.
The remainder of the boxes, beginning with 28 and running through
56 contain folder after folder of correspondence with various
other Federal agencies. Of the many included, these are the
most useful:
the Department of Labor (especially on the dealings with the
U.S. Employment Service), the Children's Bureau, the Works Progress
Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Veterans'
Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, the Post Office Department, the Department
of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the National Parks Service, the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Commerce (particularly the Business Advisory
Committee), the Bureau of the Census, the Central Statistical
Board, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the National
Emergency Council, the National Labor Relations Board, the National
Recovery Administration, the National Resources Planning Board,
and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
2 |
Box 43: 042.2-13 to 043 Washington, D.C. Post
Office Department
Box 44: 043 Florida-Ohio
Box 45: 043 Oklahoma to 043.2-4
Box 46: 044 to 045.1-1
Box 47: 045.1-2 to 045.2-5
Box 48: 045.2-6 to 045.2-9 Kansas
Box 49: 045.2-9 Kentucky to 045.15 |
Boxes 14-56 [025-049]
Of major importance are materials dealing with the various advisory
councils and committees. There are minutes of some meetings
of the Business Advisory Council of the Commerce Department
and of its Subcommittee on Social Security, held in 1935 and
1936. There are the various reports of, and the background to
the final report of, the Advisory Council on Social Security,
1938.
Among the other significant committees represented here are
the Committee on Economic Security and the Interdepartmental
Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities.
Boxes 19-28 contain individual folders for each member of Congress.
Some of these are useful, some are not. These files reflect
the pressures exerted on the Board in connection with the location
of Social Security Board offices and with appointments to various
posts.
The remainder of the boxes, beginning with 28 and running through
56 contain folder after folder of correspondence with various
other Federal agencies. Of the many included, these are the
most useful: the Department of Labor (especially on the dealings
with the U.S. Employment Service), the Children's Bureau, the
Works Progress Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board,
the Veterans' Administration, the Department of the Treasury,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Post Office Department,
the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the National Parks Service, the Department
of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce (particularly the
Business Advisory Committee), the Bureau of the Census, the
Central Statistical Board, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration,
the National Emergency Council, the National Labor Relations
Board, the National Recovery Administration, the National Resources
Planning Board, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
3 |
Box 50: 046 to 046.2-14
Box 51: 047 to 048.2-2
Box 52: 048.2-3 to 049 Federal Emergency Admin.
Box 53: 049 Federal Emergency Administration to Interstate Commerce
Commission
Box 54: 049 Maritime Commission to National Emergency Co. (MD.)
Box 55: 049 National Emergency Co. (MA.) to National Youth Administration
Box 56: 049 National Resources Planning Board to Name (General)
A-Z |
Boxes 14-56 [025-049]
Of major importance are materials dealing with the various advisory
councils and committees. There are minutes of some meetings
of the Business Advisory Council of the Commerce Department
and of its Subcommittee on Social Security, held in 1935 and
1936. There are the various reports of, and the background to
the final report of, the Advisory Council on Social Security,
1938.
Among the other significant committees represented here are
the Committee on Economic Security and the Interdepartmental
Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities.
Boxes 19-28 contain individual folders for each member of Congress.
Some of these are useful, some are not. These files reflect
the pressures exerted on the Board in connection with the location
of Social Security Board offices and with appointments to various
posts.
The remainder of the boxes, beginning with 28 and running through
56 contain folder after folder of correspondence with various
other Federal agencies. Of the many included, these are the
most useful:
the Department of Labor (especially on the dealings with the
U.S. Employment Service), the Children's Bureau, the Works Progress
Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Veterans'
Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, the Post Office Department, the Department
of Justice, the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the National Parks Service, the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Commerce (particularly the Business Advisory
Committee), the Bureau of the Census, the Central Statistical
Board, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the National
Emergency Council, the National Labor Relations Board, the National
Recovery Administration, the National Resources Planning Board,
and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
4 |
Box 57: 050 to 050.12 France
Box 58: 050.12 Germany to 050.132
Box 59: 051 to 055.6
Box 60: 056 to 057.2
Box 61: 058 to 060.2
Box 62: 060.4 to 060.5
Box 63: 061 to 061.2 1937 |
Boxes 57-61 [050-059.1]
The area of research is covered; the records of major value
are those that provide the beginnings to various research activities.
There is reference to the accumulation and publication of public
assistance and relief statistics; to the aid provided in this
field by outside consultants; the foreign experience gained
through correspondence and trips abroad by Board officials.
The progress of research projects can be followed: how they
were first started and how they developed. There was considerable
discussion over the responsibility for research and where it
should be performed, as well as whether it should be primarily
functional, or whether the long-range variety was to be emphasized.
All sorts of studies were prepared, and statistical and other
data collected on railroad retirement and other plans; cost
analyses of various plans--Government and private; studies on
various groups of the United States population, and groups excluded
from retirement plans; on employment and unemployment; on wages,
temporary disability, workmen's compensation, and vocational
rehabilitation. Actuarial estimates were prepared, as was also
material on the fiscal capacity of States and on administrative
costs.
Various types of proposals were considered, including postwar
plans--particularly noteworthy being that for a unified national
social insurance system. Represented here are considerations
of health care and security against sickness, including the
activities of the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities; the views of various Government
and nongovernment groups and individuals in regard to this topic,
and particularly those of the American Medical Association.
There are early proposals to cover dependents of deceased wage
earners.
Boxes 61-83 [060-092]
All but the last three of these boxes are taken up with the
Informational Service and its activities to inform the public
throughout the country of the social security program. In the
process, the story unfolds as to how this organization was established,
who were the individuals involved, the width and range of responsibilities
given to it, as well as the individuals, groups, organizations
with whom dealings were carried on, and the various media used.
Quantities of evidence reflect public attitudes as expressed
by individuals, the press, and by business and labor organizations.
These materials demonstrate the educational programs carried
on by the Informational Service with the general public and
institutions, and for other Federal and State agencies. There
are copies of speeches given by numerous Board personnel and
evidence of the extensive use made of radio. Exhibits, movies,
posters, all sorts of visual aids were used in great quantities.
There are copies of the numerous informational publications
distributed throughout the country to individuals, religious
groups, businesses, labor organizations, schools, and universities.
The last three boxes reflect the sustained effort by the Board
to exchange social security information and publications with
foreign countries; especially noteworthy is the material on
British and Canadian policy and practices. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
5 |
Box 64: 061.2 1938-42 to 061.11 1937
Box 65: 061.11 1938 to 062/81
Box 66: 062/82 to 062/85
Box 67: 062/86 to 062.2/89
Box 68: 062.1 to 062.2 1937
Box 69: 062.2 1937 - Speeches
Box 70: 062.2 Speeches: Burns to 062.2 Miscellaneous |
Boxes 61-83 [060-092]
All but the last three of these boxes are taken up with the
Informational Service and its activities to inform the public
throughout the country of the social security program. In the
process, the story unfolds as to how this organization was established,
who were the individuals involved, the width and range of responsibilities
given to it, as well as the individuals, groups, organizations
with whom dealings were carried on, and the various media used.
Quantities of evidence reflect public attitudes as expressed
by individuals, the press, and by business and labor organizations.
These materials demonstrate the educational programs carried
on by the Informational Service with the general public and
institutions, and for other Federal and State agencies. There
are copies of speeches given by numerous Board personnel and
evidence of the extensive use made of radio. Exhibits, movies,
posters, all sorts of visual aids were used in great quantities.
There are copies of the numerous informational publications
distributed throughout the country to individuals, religious
groups, businesses, labor organizations, schools, and universities.
The last three boxes reflect the sustained effort by the Board
to exchange social security information and publications with
foreign countries; especially noteworthy is the material on
British and Canadian policy and practices. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
6 |
Box 71: 062.11 to 062.31 October 1937
Box 72: 062.31 November 1937 to 062.32 June 1936
Box 73: 063.321 July 1936 to 064.1 December 1937
Box 74: 064.1 January 1935 to 064.1 1942
Box 75: 064.11 1936 to 064.111
Box 76: 064.12 to 064.13 June 1937
Box 77: 064.13 July 1937 to 064.2 June 1936 |
Boxes 61-83 [060-092]
All but the last three of these boxes are taken up with the
Informational Service and its activities to inform the public
throughout the country of the social security program. In the
process, the story unfolds as to how this organization was established,
who were the individuals involved, the width and range of responsibilities
given to it, as well as the individuals, groups, organizations
with whom dealings were carried on, and the various media used.
Quantities of evidence reflect public attitudes as expressed
by individuals, the press, and by business and labor organizations.
These materials demonstrate the educational programs carried
on by the Informational Service with the general public and
institutions, and for other Federal and State agencies. There
are copies of speeches given by numerous Board personnel and
evidence of the extensive use made of radio. Exhibits, movies,
posters, all sorts of visual aids were used in great quantities.
There are copies of the numerous informational publications
distributed throughout the country to individuals, religious
groups, businesses, labor organizations, schools, and universities.
The last three boxes reflect the sustained effort by the Board
to exchange social security information and publications with
foreign countries; especially noteworthy is the material on
British and Canadian policy and practices. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
13 |
7 |
Box 78: 064.2 July 1936 to 064.2 December 1937
Box 79: 064.2 January-December 1938
Box 80: 064.2 January 1939 to 089
Box 81: 090 to 091 Costa Rica
Box 82: 091 Cuba-Peru
Box 83: 091 Poland to 111.3
Box 84: 111 1939 to 111.3 1941 |
Boxes 61-83 [060-092]
All but the last three of these boxes are taken up with the
Informational Service and its activities to inform the public
throughout the country of the social security program. In the
process, the story unfolds as to how this organization was established,
who were the individuals involved, the width and range of responsibilities
given to it, as well as the individuals, groups, organizations
with whom dealings were carried on, and the various media used.
Quantities of evidence reflect public attitudes as expressed
by individuals, the press, and by business and labor organizations.
These materials demonstrate the educational programs carried
on by the Informational Service with the general public and
institutions, and for other Federal and State agencies. There
are copies of speeches given by numerous Board personnel and
evidence of the extensive use made of radio. Exhibits, movies,
posters, all sorts of visual aids were used in great quantities.
There are copies of the numerous informational publications
distributed throughout the country to individuals, religious
groups, businesses, labor organizations, schools, and universities.
The last three boxes reflect the sustained effort by the Board
to exchange social security information and publications with
foreign countries; especially noteworthy is the material on
British and Canadian policy and practices.
Boxes
83-95 [100-160]
This, the 100 series, deals with finance. Involved are budgets
and budget estimates; justifications for budgets; appropriations;
transfer of allotments; and disbursements and expenditures.
There is also much here on auditing and accounting for funds
and for property that was purchased or transferred. The materials
suggest that close relations were maintained with congressional
appropriation committees and much time was spent at hearings.
In all this, the Bureau of the Budget was constantly at hand
to recommend, suggest, order, and supervise. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
14 |
1 |
Box 85: 111.3 1941
Box 86: 111.3 1942-43
Box 87: 111.3 1943 to 111 1938 FY
Box 88: 111 1932-1939 FY
Box 89: 111 to 111.3
Box 90: 111.3 to 111.5
Box 91: 112 to 120.1 |
Boxes 83-95 [100-160]
This, the 100 series, deals with finance. Involved are budgets
and budget estimates; justifications for budgets; appropriations;
transfer of allotments; and disbursements and expenditures.
There is also much here on auditing and accounting for funds
and for property that was purchased or transferred. The materials
suggest that close relations were maintained with congressional
appropriation committees and much time was spent at hearings.
In all this, the Bureau of the Budget was constantly at hand
to recommend, suggest, order, and supervise. |
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Box 92: 120.11 to 121.1 January 1937
Box 93: 121.1 to 121.2
Box 94: 121.3 to 132.2
Box 95: 132.3 to 160
Box 96: 200 to 200.5
Box 97: 201 Aaker-Alpens
Box 98: 201 Alsop-Arne |
Boxes 83-95 [100-160]
This, the 100 series, deals with finance. Involved are budgets
and budget estimates; justifications for budgets; appropriations;
transfer of allotments; and disbursements and expenditures.
There is also much here on auditing and accounting for funds
and for property that was purchased or transferred. The materials
suggest that close relations were maintained with congressional
appropriation committees and much time was spent at hearings.
In all this, the Bureau of the Budget was constantly at hand
to recommend, suggest, order, and supervise.
Boxes
96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 99: 201 Arneson-Bary
Box 100: 201 Bah-Bl
Box 101: 201 Boa-Bra
Box 102: 201 Bre-Clark
Box 103: 201 Clark-Cox
Box 104: 201 Ce-Desson
Box 105: 201 Detlefs-Dunn |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 106: 201 Dunn-Er
Box 107: 201 F-Frankel
Box 108: 201 Franklin-Glaser
Box 109: 201 Glisson-Gril
Box 110: 201 H-Han
Box 111: 201 Har-Hoke
Box 112: 201 Hokenson-I |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 113: 201 J-Keenan
Box 114: 201 Keenan-Ko
Box 115: 201 Kr-Lounsburg
Box 116: 201 Love-Marshall
Box 117: 201 Marsinkus-McCord
Box 118: 201 McCormack-McL
Box 119: 201 Medley-Moran |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 120: 201 Morcum-Nelles
Box 121: 201 Nelli-Om
Box 122: 201 P-Pollitz
Box 123: 201 Pollock-Pugh
Box 124: 201 Puls-Ritter
Box 125: 201 Robb-Ru
Box 126: 201 S-Shaughnessy |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 127: 201 Shaw-Smutz
Box 128: 201 Snead-Stone
Box 129: 201 Stone-Tighe
Box 130: 201 Tilton-Ve
Box 131: 201 W-White
Box 132: 201 White-Witte
Box 133: 201 Wolbrecht-Z |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 134: 201.1 to 201.05 N-Z
Box 135: 201.05 T-Z to 202 F
Box 136: 202 G-Z
Box 137: 202.1 to 211
Box 138: 212 to 212.2
Box 139: 212.3 to 213.2
Box 139A: 214 to 214.1 |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 140: 214.2 to 220
Box 141: 221 to 221.71
Box 142: 222 to 231.2
Box 143: 231.2 to 232 1938
Box 144: 232 1939 to 234.41
Box 145: 235 to 236.2
Box 146: 236.3 to 239.1 |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 147: 239.11 to 241.4
Box 148: 241.51 to 244.21
Box 149: 244.22 to 246.51
Box 150: 246.6 to 251
Box 151: 251 to 255
Box 152: 260 to 273 Braunthal
Box 153: 273 Brine-Geddles |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte. |
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Box 154: 273 Givens-Murray
Box 155: 273 Murray-Williamson
Box 156: 273 Winans to 276
Box 157: 280 to 282 1936
Box 158: 283 to 284
Box 159: 300 Announcements 1940-1947
Box 160: 300 Announcements |
Boxes 96-158 [200-284]
All aspects of personnel are represented here. Involved are
numerous problems relating to procedures, personnel needs, recruitment,
selection and classification of personnel, and standards of
performance. A host of 201 folders is included--one or more
for each employee (17 for Mr. Altmeyer, for example), but most
of them are filled up with items on travel and with cross-reference
sheets.
There are also many 202 folders, one for each applicant for
a job with the Board. The contents include job recommendations.
The handling of experts and lawyers (who were not at first under
Civil Service regulations) is carefully considered. This matter
involved many people, including Congressmen and congressional
committees, but most of all the Civil Service Commission, as
was true in many other personnel matters. Problems requiring
special attention involved employment policies in regard to
Negroes, military veterans, and the handicapped.
Promotional policy, including the preparation of efficiency
or service ratings, took up much time and effort. Employee relations,
particularly matters of morale, hours of work, travel, details,
separation from service, were other problems considered. Of
note are the many outside consultants used by the Social Security
Board to provide assistance in various capacities; these included
John B. Andrews, Roy Blough, Elizabeth Brandeis, Abraham J.
Epstein, Frank Graham, Paul Kellogg, Helen Hohman, C. Rufus
Rorem, Summer Slichter, Pierre A. Tixier, Norman J. Ware, and
Edwin E. Witte.
Boxes 159-185
[300-317]
These contain administrative materials up to and including the
various types of reports prepared. There are Announcement Sheets
of administrative interest, and procedures for preparing manuals,
administrative orders, field letters, circulars, office memoranda,
and especially regulations. Copies of all of these indicate
how policy developed into procedures. The procedures and policy
enunciated at Board meetings reveal themselves through the agenda
and the minutes of these and the executive staff meetings. The
office procedures are also made evident. Under the heading of
telephones are numerous transcripts of telephone conversations
between regional and State personnel or with the headquarters
office.
Numerous types of reports are included under 317--annual reports
by the Board itself, and by the bureaus and offices and even
smaller elements; and monthly, semi-monthly, and weekly reports. |
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Box 161: 300 Daily Announcement to 300.1 June
1936
Box 162: 300.1 July 1936-June 1938
Box 163: 300.1 August 1938 to 300.2 July 1936
Box 164: 300.2 August 1936-December 1939
Box 165: 300.2 January 1940 to 300.21
Box 166: 300.3 to 300.3/650
Box 167: 300.3/700 to 311.12 |
Boxes 159-185 [300-317]
These contain administrative materials up to and including the
various types of reports prepared. There are Announcement Sheets
of administrative interest, and procedures for preparing manuals,
administrative orders, field letters, circulars, office memoranda,
and especially regulations. Copies of all of these indicate
how policy developed into procedures. The procedures and policy
enunciated at Board meetings reveal themselves through the agenda
and the minutes of these and the executive staff meetings. The
office procedures are also made evident. Under the heading of
telephones are numerous transcripts of telephone conversations
between regional and State personnel or with the headquarters
office.
Numerous types of reports are included under 317--annual reports
by the Board itself, and by the bureaus and offices and even
smaller elements; and monthly, semi-monthly, and weekly reports. |
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Box 168: 311.12 to 311.16 1938
Box 169: 311.16 1939 to 311.191
Box 170: 311.191 June 1938-February 1942
Box 171: 311.2 to 311.32
Box 172: 311.33 to 312.01
Box 173: 312.1 to 312.2
Box 174: 312.201 to 312.22 |
Boxes 159-185 [300-317]
These contain administrative materials up to and including the
various types of reports prepared. There are Announcement Sheets
of administrative interest, and procedures for preparing manuals,
administrative orders, field letters, circulars, office memoranda,
and especially regulations. Copies of all of these indicate
how policy developed into procedures. The procedures and policy
enunciated at Board meetings reveal themselves through the agenda
and the minutes of these and the executive staff meetings. The
office procedures are also made evident. Under the heading of
telephones are numerous transcripts of telephone conversations
between regional and State personnel or with the headquarters
office.
Numerous types of reports are included under 317--annual reports
by the Board itself, and by the bureaus and offices and even
smaller elements; and monthly, semi-monthly, and weekly reports. |
| 47 |
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15 |
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Box 175: 312.221 to 312.3 1937
Box 176: 312.3 1938 to 312.8 1941
Box 177: 313 to 313.2 1939
Box 178: 312.2 1940 to 313.5
Box 179: 313.6 to 315.1 July 1936
Box 180: 315.1 August 1936 to 317
Box 181: 317.1 to 317/23 |
Boxes 159-185 [300-317]
These contain administrative materials up to and including the
various types of reports prepared. There are Announcement Sheets
of administrative interest, and procedures for preparing manuals,
administrative orders, field letters, circulars, office memoranda,
and especially regulations. Copies of all of these indicate
how policy developed into procedures. The procedures and policy
enunciated at Board meetings reveal themselves through the agenda
and the minutes of these and the executive staff meetings. The
office procedures are also made evident. Under the heading of
telephones are numerous transcripts of telephone conversations
between regional and State personnel or with the headquarters
office.
Numerous types of reports are included under 317--annual reports
by the Board itself, and by the bureaus and offices and even
smaller elements; and monthly, semi-monthly, and weekly reports. |
| 47 |
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57 |
16 |
1 |
Box 182: 317.1 1936 to 317.1/21-5
Box 183: 317.1/21-6 to 317.1/21-9
Box 184: 317.3 to 317.4/21-6
Box 185: 317.4/21-7 to 320
Box 186: 320.1 to 320.2 April 1938
Box 187: 320.2 June 1938 to 320.3
Box 187A: 320.3 to 321.1 (U.S.E.S.) |
Boxes 159-185 [300-317]
These contain administrative materials up to and including the
various types of reports prepared. There are Announcement Sheets
of administrative interest, and procedures for preparing manuals,
administrative orders, field letters, circulars, office memoranda,
and especially regulations. Copies of all of these indicate
how policy developed into procedures. The procedures and policy
enunciated at Board meetings reveal themselves through the agenda
and the minutes of these and the executive staff meetings. The
office procedures are also made evident. Under the heading of
telephones are numerous transcripts of telephone conversations
between regional and State personnel or with the headquarters
office.
Numerous types of reports are included under 317--annual reports
by the Board itself, and by the bureaus and offices and even
smaller elements; and monthly, semi-monthly, and weekly reports.
Boxes 185-201 [320-324]
Most of these records treat organizational matters, not only
as to functions of the Board and of its various elements, but
also regard their relations toward one another and with various
parts of the field organization. Of special note was the problem
of whether to keep functions of the Bureau of Old-Age Insurance
centralized or to decentralize them to its field organization.
The problems of research--who should do it, where it should
be located, and what its major emphasis should be--came in for
particular attention. Staff meetings of key personnel among
the individual bureaus and offices reveal many of the issues
that perplexed the Board staff. All the bureaus and offices
had their problems but the major emphasis (if the quantity of
records is any criterion) was placed on problems of the Bureau
of Federal Old-Age Benefits. These are revealed in accounts
of meetings and in correspondence relating to organizational
issues, establishment and operation of a field organization,
and the enumeration process. They are indicated in the Director's
Bulletins and proceedings of conferences with the bureau's regional
representatives. Other offices so involved included the Informational
Service (in connection with organization, staffing, surveys
of operation); Bureau of Business Management (concerned with
the functions of organization down to the smallest elements);
and the Bureau of Research and Statistics (over organizational
matters).
Somewhat different were those problems involving the regional
offices, such as changes in organization; dealings with Board
and State personnel; the regional director's role vis-a-vis
the Board staff and the regional representatives; the establishment
of field offices of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits including
the drawing of boundaries, selection of offices and managers,
and procedures for handling the enumeration process. |
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Box 188: 321-1 1936 to 321-2-2
Box 189: 321-3 August 1936-1943
Box 190: 321-3.1 to 321-3.2 June 1942
Box 191: 321-3.2 to 321-5 1937
Box 192: 321-5 March 1938 to 321-5.1 (299)
Box 193: 321-5.1 (350-110)
Box 194: 321-5.1 (179-140) to 321-6 |
Boxes 185-201 [320-324]
Most of these records treat organizational matters, not only
as to functions of the Board and of its various elements, but
also regard their relations toward one another and with various
parts of the field organization. Of special note was the problem
of whether to keep functions of the Bureau of Old-Age Insurance
centralized or to decentralize them to its field organization.
The problems of research--who should do it, where it should
be located, and what its major emphasis should be--came in for
particular attention. Staff meetings of key personnel among
the individual bureaus and offices reveal many of the issues
that perplexed the Board staff. All the bureaus and offices
had their problems but the major emphasis (if the quantity of
records is any criterion) was placed on problems of the Bureau
of Federal Old-Age Benefits. These are revealed in accounts
of meetings and in correspondence relating to organizational
issues, establishment and operation of a field organization,
and the enumeration process. They are indicated in the Director's
Bulletins and proceedings of conferences with the bureau's regional
representatives. Other offices so involved included the Informational
Service (in connection with organization, staffing, surveys
of operation); Bureau of Business Management (concerned with
the functions of organization down to the smallest elements);
and the Bureau of Research and Statistics (over organizational
matters).
Somewhat different were those problems involving the regional
offices, such as changes in organization; dealings with Board
and State personnel; the regional director's role vis-a-vis
the Board staff and the regional representatives; the establishment
of field offices of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits including
the drawing of boundaries, selection of offices and managers,
and procedures for handling the enumeration process. |
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Box 195: 321.6 to 321.8 Miscellaneous
Box 196: 321.8 1936 to 322
Box 197: 322.1 to 322.4
Box 198: 323 Field Office Plan
Box 199: 323 to 323.1 December 1936
Box 200: 323.1 1937 to 323.2
Box 201: 323.21 to 331 |
Boxes 185-201 [320-324]
Most of these records treat organizational matters, not only
as to functions of the Board and of its various elements, but
also regard their relations toward one another and with various
parts of the field organization. Of special note was the problem
of whether to keep functions of the Bureau of Old-Age Insurance
centralized or to decentralize them to its field organization.
The problems of research--who should do it, where it should
be located, and what its major emphasis should be--came in for
particular attention. Staff meetings of key personnel among
the individual bureaus and offices reveal many of the issues
that perplexed the Board staff. All the bureaus and offices
had their problems but the major emphasis (if the quantity of
records is any criterion) was placed on problems of the Bureau
of Federal Old-Age Benefits. These are revealed in accounts
of meetings and in correspondence relating to organizational
issues, establishment and operation of a field organization,
and the enumeration process. They are indicated in the Director's
Bulletins and proceedings of conferences with the bureau's regional
representatives. Other offices so involved included the Informational
Service (in connection with organization, staffing, surveys
of operation); Bureau of Business Management (concerned with
the functions of organization down to the smallest elements);
and the Bureau of Research and Statistics (over organizational
matters).
Somewhat different were those problems involving the regional
offices, such as changes in organization; dealings with Board
and State personnel; the regional director's role vis-a-vis
the Board staff and the regional representatives; the establishment
of field offices of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits including
the drawing of boundaries, selection of offices and managers,
and procedures for handling the enumeration process. |
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Box 202: 331 to 332 1940
Box 203: 332 1941 to 340.133
Box 204: 340.134 to 340.151
Box 205: 341.151 to 340.53
Box 206: 340.5 to 341.4
Box 207: 341.1 to 341.11
Box 208: 341.2 to 341.22 |
Boxes 201-223 [330-370]
Three main topics are covered in these boxes: training (including
library facilities), procurement, and conferences. Training
concepts, philosophy, and some description of the courses provided
and correspondence about them are found under the 330's. To
a considerable degree the functions of the library are spelled
out. The 340's cover the procedures for the procurement of supplies
and equipment, as well as their maintenance. Careful attention
was paid to selection of equipment for maintaining the wage
records and to the selection and printing of the forms to be
used.
Under communications (telecord) are to be found transcripts
of important telephone calls between Board officials and their
regional representatives, and with State officials. There is
considerable material indicating the time spent on securing
space for offices--in Washington, Baltimore and elsewhere throughout
the country. Information as to money spent for travel (360)
indicates direction and purpose for travel of Board personnel;
trips were generally to attend conferences--both Government
and non government-sponsored (370)--dealing with social security
and related subjects. |
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Box 209: 343 February 1938
Box 210: 343 March 1938 to 343.1
Box 211: 343.1 to 344
Box 212: 345 to 346
Box 213: 346 to 347
Box 214: 347.2 Monthly Reports January 1936-December 1937
Box 215: 347.2 1938 to 347.3 |
Boxes 201-223 [330-370]
Three main topics are covered in these boxes: training (including
library facilities), procurement, and conferences. Training
concepts, philosophy, and some description of the courses provided
and correspondence about them are found under the 330's. To
a considerable degree the functions of the library are spelled
out. The 340's cover the procedures for the procurement of supplies
and equipment, as well as their maintenance. Careful attention
was paid to selection of equipment for maintaining the wage
records and to the selection and printing of the forms to be
used.
Under communications (telecord) are to be found transcripts
of important telephone calls between Board officials and their
regional representatives, and with State officials. There is
considerable material indicating the time spent on securing
space for offices--in Washington, Baltimore and elsewhere throughout
the country. Information as to money spent for travel (360)
indicates direction and purpose for travel of Board personnel;
trips were generally to attend conferences--both Government
and non government-sponsored (370)--dealing with social security
and related subjects. |
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Box 216: 347.4 to 361.14
Box 217: 361.2 to 366.21 February 1938
Box 218: 366.21 November 1938-August 1939
Box 219: 366.21 September 1939-June 1940
Box 220: 366.21 June 1940-January 1942
Box 221: 366.21 1942 to 370 July 1936
Box 222: 370 September 1936-June 1939 |
Boxes 201-223 [330-370]
Three main topics are covered in these boxes: training (including
library facilities), procurement, and conferences. Training
concepts, philosophy, and some description of the courses provided
and correspondence about them are found under the 330's. To
a considerable degree the functions of the library are spelled
out. The 340's cover the procedures for the procurement of supplies
and equipment, as well as their maintenance. Careful attention
was paid to selection of equipment for maintaining the wage
records and to the selection and printing of the forms to be
used.
Under communications (telecord) are to be found transcripts
of important telephone calls between Board officials and their
regional representatives, and with State officials. There is
considerable material indicating the time spent on securing
space for offices--in Washington, Baltimore and elsewhere throughout
the country. Information as to money spent for travel (360)
indicates direction and purpose for travel of Board personnel;
trips were generally to attend conferences--both Government
and nongovernment-sponsored (370)--dealing with social security
and related subjects. |
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Box 223: 370 July 1939 to 513.2
Box 224: 520 to 521.1
Box 225: 521.2 to 523
Box 226: 530 to 531.31
Box 227: 531.31 to 531.6
Box 228: 532 to 532.2
Box 229: 532.201 to 532.326 |
Boxes 201-223 [330-370]
Three main topics are covered in these boxes: training (including
library facilities), procurement, and conferences. Training
concepts, philosophy, and some description of the courses provided
and correspondence about them are found under the 330's. To
a considerable degree the functions of the library are spelled
out. The 340's cover the procedures for the procurement of supplies
and equipment, as well as their maintenance. Careful attention
was paid to selection of equipment for maintaining the wage
records and to the selection and printing of the forms to be
used.
Under communications (telecord) are to be found transcripts
of important telephone calls between Board officials and their
regional representatives, and with State officials. There is
considerable material indicating the time spent on securing
space for offices--in Washington, Baltimore and elsewhere throughout
the country. Information as to money spent for travel (360)
indicates direction and purpose for travel of Board personnel;
trips were generally to attend conferences--both Government
and nongovernment-sponsored (370)--dealing with social security
and related subjects.
Boxes
223-229 [500-560]
The various aspects of unemployment compensation (later employment
security) are delved into in these boxes. Subjects mentioned
include to a greater or lesser extent general overall problems;
getting the program underway; discussion inside and outside
the Board on interpretation of the law; benefit formulae and
stamp plans; and appeals procedures. Other areas taken up were:
federalization of State unemployment compensation functions;
Board responsibilities over State administrative procedures,
including auditing of costs; submittal of State plans for Board
approval and certification; passing on State laws and rules
and regulations as well as taking cognizance of the litigation
thereby resulting; appraising State merit systems, standards
of performance, etc. The aid rendered by Board personnel in
recommending State legislation and in helping to secure its
passage, particularly in the early days, is made quite evident.
The subjects of experience rating, eligibility, and the unemployment
compensation trust funds are treated.
Some of the argument with the Department of Labor's U.S. Employment
Service comes through, too. All of these matters involved Board
officials in many and complicated relations with State officials
and labor union officials, particularly the powerful Interstate
Conference of Employment Security Agencies. |
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Box 230: 532.327 to 532.6
Box 231: 532.61 to 607
Box 232: 610 to 621.8
Box 233: 622 to 622.2 1939
Box 234: 622.2 1938 to 631.214
Box 235: 631.22 to 632.12
Box 236: 632.12/02 to 641.104 |
Boxes 229-235 [600-674]
Here the public assistance program is covered in its many aspects:
general policy; terminology; the numerous proposals for amendments
to the act; help provided States in getting legislation enacted;
grant approval procedures, including interpretation of State
plans and laws and the auditing of expenditures; confidentiality
of records; fair hearings; merit systems; variations in payments
by individual States; and problems in the administration of
public assistance. Included are dealings with various Congressmen
and congressional committees, with the Bureau of the Budget,
the regional staff of the Social Security Board, Bureau of Public
Assistance representatives, and State welfare personnel. Some
attention was given to the collection of statistical data related
to the various public assistance programs.
Boxes
235-245 [700-860]
Old-age insurance (700) is covered in these files but, with
some exceptions, not to any great depth. Treated are: policy,
in a general way; terminology; various proposals for changes
in and amendments to the act, especially significant being the
stamp-reporting system idea; the original enumeration program
(establishing it, the manual of procedures to be followed, the
selection of employee and employer identification numbers, public
and business attitudes toward the idea); wage-reporting and
claims procedures; records on the purchase of equipment; and
the establishment of an industrial classification system. Social
security taxes, their collection, and interpretation of the
law in this regard all receive due attention.
The Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance reserve fund is
treated, both internally and through some published articles;
also treated is the question of the tax rate and whether it
was to remain "frozen" at its initial level. This
last resulted in an important exchange of views with Senator
Vandenberg. The Board gave considerable attention to the extension
of coverage to new or excluded groups, including the casts and
administrative and other problems involved.
With the Bureau of Internal Revenue, particularly, and to some
extent with the Department of Justice, the Board found itself
involved in interpretation of rules and regulations in administering
the old-age insurance program. The issue of wage records' confidentiality
brought about many dealings with various Federal agencies. The
collection of statistics and the composition of forms to be
used also necessitated contacts with other Federal agencies,
particularly the Central Statistical Board.
Records under the 800 series deal with defense, problems of
family security, and civilian war benefits; however, there are
few pieces here. |
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Box 237: 641.11 to 704.1
Box 238: 704.2 to 707
Box 239: 710 to 721
Box 240: 721.1 to 721.52
Box 241: 721.53 to 722.7
Box 242: 722.7 to 730.10
Box 243: 730.1 M to 731 |
Boxes 235-245 [700-860]
Old-age insurance (700) is covered in these files but, with
some exceptions, not to any great depth. Treated are: policy,
in a general way; terminology; various proposals for changes
in and amendments to the act, especially significant being the
stamp-reporting system idea; the original enumeration program
(establishing it, the manual of procedures to be followed, the
selection of employee and employer identification numbers, public
and business attitudes toward the idea); wage-reporting and
claims procedures; records on the purchase of equipment; and
the establishment of an industrial classification system. Social
security taxes, their collection, and interpretation of the
law in this regard all receive due attention.
The Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance reserve fund is
treated, both internally and through some published articles;
also treated is the question of the tax rate and whether it
was to remain "frozen" at its initial level. This
last resulted in an important exchange of views with Senator
Vandenberg. The Board gave considerable attention to the extension
of coverage to new or excluded groups, including the casts and
administrative and other problems involved.
With the Bureau of Internal Revenue, particularly, and to some
extent with the Department of Justice, the Board found itself
involved in interpretation of rules and regulations in administering
the old-age insurance program. The issue of wage records confidentiality
brought about many dealings with various Federal agencies. The
collection of statistics and the composition of forms to be
used also necessitated contacts with other Federal agencies,
particularly the Central Statistical Board.
Records under the 800 series deal with defense, problems of
family security, and civilian war benefits; however, there are
few pieces here. |
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Box 244: 731.03 to 740.15 1937
Box 245: 740.51 1938 to 742
Box 245A: 750 to 750.01 I
Box 246: 750.01 II to 752.1 March 1938
Box 247: 752.1 April 1938 to 860 |
Boxes 235-245 [700-860]
Old-age insurance (700) is covered in these files but, with
some exceptions, not to any great depth. Treated are: policy,
in a general way; terminology; various proposals for changes
in and amendments to the act, especially signifigant being the
stamp-reporting system idea; the original enumeration program
(establishing it, the manual of procedures to be followed, the
selection of employee and employer identification numbers, public
and business attitudes toward the idea); wage-reporting and
claims procedures; records on the purchase of equipment; and
the establishment of an industrial classification system. Social
security taxes, their collection, and interpretation of the
law in this regard all receive due attention.
The Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance reserve fund is
treated, both internally and through some published articles;
also treated is the question of the tax rate and whether it
was to remain "frozen" at its initial level. This
last resulted in an important exchange of views with Senator
Vandenberg. The Board gave considerable attention to the extension
of coverage to new or excluded groups, including the casts and
administrative and other problems involved.
With the Bureau of Internal Revenue, particularly, and to some
extent with the Department of Justice, the Board found itself
involved in interpretation of rules and regulations in administering
the old-age insurance program. The issue of wage records' confidentiality
brought about many dealings with various Federal agencies. The
collection of statistics and the composition of forms to be
used also necessitated contacts with other Federal agencies,
particularly the Central Statistical Board.
Records under the 800 series deal with defense, problems of
family security, and civilian war benefits; however, there are
few pieces here. |
| REGIONAL FILE, 1935-47 |
| X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: PI-183 Entry 21 |
(NOTE: Single general description applies
to all boxes in the collection.)
Materials relating to all of the 12 regions (covering 48 States
and the territorial offices in Alaska and Hawaii) are included
in these 160 boxes. The filing system is the same as that set
up for the administrative or master decimal group. Rather than
repeat what is found under each of the regions, an overall survey
is provided of the subjects covered. The major topics are: the
extensive informational programs conducted; regional office
operations, including the activities of the regional director
and the program representatives in the region; personnel problems;
reports; and conferences.
The regional director is the focal point of all the material.
The letters he sent back to the executive director and others
at headquarters reflect his views toward his job; the establishment
of his office and how he operated it; the numerous problems
growing out of relations with bureau and office representatives,
and with State officials; and the relations established with
business, organized labor, and the public in general. Considerable
attention was paid to public attitudes expressed in the mail
received and in the press. Allegations of illegal practices,
fraud, and misrepresentation, including those raised during
the election campaign of 1936, all are treated.
The files show the varied means used to reach the public: press
releases, speeches by Social Security Board officials before
groups, and by radio, movies, and all types of publications.
There were also efforts to reach the public through educational
institutions and labor unions. Periodic reports by the Informational
Service representative provide information on these programs,
as do also the regional director's periodic and occasional reports.
Involvement of regional personnel in interpreting the law and
pending legislation, and participating in litigation over the
various programs under the Social Security Act, is shown in
the periodic reports of the regional attorney.
The financial side of the story is only briefly touched on here--budgets,
allotments, auditing, with one especially worthwhile report
that was prepared by all regions in 1939, relative to the cost
of supervising field operations.
Much attention was given to personnel matters such as staffing
schedules, recruitment, hiring of persons in minority groups,
personnel practices, and the classification of jobs.
The quantity of records indicates that the administrative side
of the operation received much time and effort, not only in
regard to office procedures, space needs, equipment, supplies,
forms, and the establishment of files; but also in the preparation
of quarterly, monthly, and weekly reports. A number of regions
had their own publications, which furnish other details on their
operations and activities. Common problems were discussed at
the many regional conferences.
Material in the 500, 600 and 700 series is of marginal value.
The first group, unemployment compensation (500), has some items
treating litigation, analysis of State laws, procedures to be
followed, auditing of State administrative expenses, discussion
of benefit payments, and merit systems. The next series, public
assistance (600), touches on the whole subject in a general
way, including the question of what constituted a fair hearing;
litigation; State activities; and some analyses of State plans.
The old-age insurance group of files (700) touches on its subject
area in a general way, too. Included are these matters: tax
problems, inquiries from the public, specific claims, investigation
of fraud cases, discussion of appeals procedures, the confidentiality
of wage records, and activities and views of the regional attorney.
For each region there are numerous folders--one or more for
each of its field offices administering the Federal Old-Age
Benefits program. In the main, these deal with the acquisition
of office space, the classification of offices, and some internal
office problems. Some correspondence reflects congressional
interest in location of the field offices, and the selection
of personnel to man them.
The 800 series has only a small quantity of material; this deals
with defense and health welfare services from 1940 through the
war years. |
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Box 1: Region I 000 to 061.11
Box 2: Region I 061.2 to 062/81 |
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Box 3: Region I 062.1 to 062.3
Box 4: Region I 062.31 December 1936 to 064.13 January 1939
Box 5: Region I 064.14 to 202
Box 6: Region I 210 to 240
Box 7: Region I 241.6 to 311.1
Box 8: Region I 312 to 317.2/22
Box 9: Region I 317.2/223 to 320 |
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Box 10: Region I 321 to 332
Box 11: Region I 340 to 347
Box 12: Region I 347.2 to 530
Box 13: Region I 531.31 to 740
Box 14: Region I 750 to 000 Brocton, MA
Box 15: Region I 000 Burlington, VT-Pawtucket, RI
Box 16: Region I 000 Pittsfield, MA-Worchester, MA |
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57 |
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Box 17: Region II 000 to 061.1 1937
Box 18: Region II 061.11 1938 to 062.11
Box 19: Region II 062.2 to 062.31
Box 20: Region II 062.32 to 064.12 June 1938
Box 21: Region II 064.12 July 1938 to 064.2 January 1939
Box 22: Region II 100 to 220
Box 23: Region II 230 to 311 |
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Box 24: Region II 312 to 317.2/22
Box 25: Region II 317.2/22-3 to 332
Box 26: Region II 340 to 347
Box 27: Region II 347.2 to 600
Box 28: Region II 622 to 753-111
Box 29: Region II 800 to 000-700 Long Island City, NY
Box 30: Region II 000-700 Newburch, NY-Yonkers, NY |
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Box 31: Region III 000 to 062/81 June 1938
Box 32: Region III 062/81 July 1938 to 062.31
Box 33: Region III 062.32 to 121.1
Box 34: Region III 200 to 246
Box 35: Region III 247 to 317
Box 36: Region III 317.2/22 to 332
Box 37: Region III 340 to 360 |
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Box 38: Region III 366.21 to 800
Box 39: Region III 000 General to 000-700 Lancaster, PA
Box 40: Region III 000 Newark, NJ to 300-700 Philadelphia, PA
Box 41: Region III 000 Pittsburgh, PA to 000-700 York, PA
Box 42: Region IV 000 to 062.1
Box 43: Region IV 062.2 to 062.2/89
Box 44: Region IV 062.21 to 064.13 |
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Box 45: Region IV 100 to 311
Box 46: Region IV 312 to 317.4/22.3
Box 47: Region IV 317.4/21-4 to 332
Box 48: Region IV 340 to 640
Box 49: Region IV 700 to 000-700 Durham, NC
Box 50: Region IV Fayetteville, NC to 000-700 Salisbury, NC
Box 51: Region IV Salisbury, NC to Region V 000 to 060 |
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57 |
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Box 52: Region V 060.2 to 061.2
Box 53: Region V 061.2 January 1938 to 062.2 September 1938
Box 54: Region V 062.2/89 to 062.32 1937
Box 55: Region V 062.32 January 1938 to 064.1 March 1938
Box 56: Region V 064.1 April 1938 to 120
Box 57: Region V 121.1 to 235
Box 58: Region V 236 to 313.5 |
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57 |
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Box 59: Region V 315 to 321.9
Box 60: Region V 322 to 341.2
Box 61: Region V 343 to 366.21
Box 62: Region V 370 to 640
Box 63: Region V 700 to 000-700 Bowling Green, KY
Box 64: Region V 000-700 Canton, OH-Detroit, MI
Box 65: Region V 000-700 Escamba, MI-Louisville, KY |
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Box 66: Region V Mansfield, OH-Zanesville, OH
Box 67: Region VI 000 to 062
Box 68: Region VI 062/81 to 062.2/86
Box 69: Region VI 062.21 to 064.1
Box 70: Region VI 064.12 to 121.1
Box 71: Region VI 130 to 244
Box 72: Region VI 245 to 313.5 |
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Box 73: Region VI 317 to 322
Box 74: Region VI 323 to 341.2
Box 74A: Region VI 343 to 346
Box 75: Region VI 347.2 to 500
Box 76: Region VI 600 to 000
Box 77: Region VI 000-700 Chicago Streets-Harvey, IL
Box 78: Region VI 000-700 Indianapolis, IN-Oshkosh, WI |
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Box 79: Region VI Peoria, IL-Wausau, WI
Box 80: Region VII 000 to 061.2 April-June 1937
Box 81: Region VII 061.2 July 1937 to 062.1
Box 82: Region VII 062.2 to 062.32 October 1938
Box 83: Region VII 064 to 210
Box 84: Region VII 214.1 to 280
Box 85: Region VII 300 to 317.2 |
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Box 86: Region VII 317.2/22 to 317.4/22-3
Box 87: Region VII 320 to 330
Box 88: Region VII 332 to 345
Box 89: Region VII 346 to 532
Box 90: Region VII 600 to 000-700 Albany GA
Box 91: Region VII 000-700 Anderson, SC-Columbus, MS
Box 92: Region VII 000-700 Decatur, AL-Meridian, MS |
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Box 93: Region VII 000-700 Miami, FL-West Palm
Beach, FL
Box 94: Region VIII 000 to 061.2
Box 95: Region VIII 062 to 062.32
Box 96: Region VIII 062.321 to 200
Box 97: Region VIII 200.3 to 300
Box 98: Region VIII 310 to 317.4/21-4
Box 99: Region VIII 317.4/21-5 to 323 |
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Box 100: Region VIII 330 to 347
Box 101: Region VIII 347.2 to 600
Box 102: Region VIII 610 to 800
Box 103: Region VIII 000-700 General to Lincoln, NE
Box 104: Region VIII 000-700 Mankato, MN-Waterloo, IA
Box 105: Region IX 000 to 061.2 1937
Box 106: Region IX 061.2 1938 to 062.32 |
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Box 107: Region IX 064 to 121.1
Box 108: Region IX 200 to 234
Box 109: Region IX 236 to 312.3
Box 110: Region IX 313 to 317.4/21.4 1937
Box 111: Region IX 317.4/21.4 1938 to 320
Box 112: Region IX 322 to 341.1
Box 113: Region IX 343 to 370 |
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Box 114: Region IX 500 to 800
Box 115: Region IX 000-700 General-Little Rock, AR
Box 116: Region IX 000-700 Muskogee, OK-St. Louis, MO
Box 117: Region IX 000-700 Salina, KS to Region X 000 to 060
Box 118: Region X 060.5 to 062/81
Box 119: Region X 062/82 to 064
Box 120: Region X 064.1 to 121.1 |
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Box 121: Region X 200 to 237
Box 122: Region X 239.1 to 312.221
Box 123: Region X 312.3 to 317.4/21-5
Box 124: Region X 320 to 332
Box 125: Region X 340 to 347.2
Box 126: Region X 360 to 630
Box 127: Region X 700 to 300-700 Austin, TX |
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Box 128: Region X Baton Rouge, LA-Fort Worth,
TX
Box 129: Region X 000-700 Galveston, TX-San Antonio, TX
Box 130: Region X 000-700 Santa Fe, NM to Region XI 000 to 060.2
Box 131: Region XI 060.2 1938 to 062
Box 132: Region XI 062/81 to 062.32 1937
Box 133: Region XI 062.32 1938 to 092
Box 134: Region XI 100 to 210 |
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Box 135: Region XI 214.1 to 250
Box 136: Region XI 260 to 313.2
Box 137: Region XI 313.21 to 317.2/22-3 August 1938
Box 138: Region XI 317.2/22-3 to 322.4
Box 139: Region XI 323 to 343
Box 140: Region XI 343.1 to 521.22
Box 141: Region XI 530 to 800 |
Box 142: Region XI 000-700 General to Havre, MT
Box 143: Region XI Helena, MT-Tucson, AZ
Box 144: Region XII 000 to 061.11 June 1938
Box 145: Region XII 061.11 July 1938 to 062.13
Box 146: Region XII 062.2 to 062.32 July 1938
Box 147: Region XII 062.32 August 1938 to 064.2
Box 148: Region XII 080 to 220 |
Box 149: Region XII 221 to 310
Box 150: Region XII 311 to 317.2/22
Box 151: Region XII 317.2/22.3 to 323
Box 152: Region XII 330 to 346
Box 153: Region XII 346 to 530
Box 154: Region XII 531 to 750.11
Box 155: Region XII 751 to 300-700 Los Angeles, CA |
Box 156: Region XII 000-700 Oakland, CA-San Bernardino,
CA
Box 157: Region XII 000-700 San Diego, CA-Yakima, WA
Box 158: Region XIII 000 to 322
Box 159: Region XIII 300 to 800 / Region XIV 000 to 284
Box 160: Region XIV 300 to 000-700 Honolulu, T.H. |
| Table B31 (Cont.):
STATE FILE, 1935-47 (73 Boxes) |
| X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: PI-183 Entry 22 |
(NOTE: Single general description applies
to all boxes in the collection.)
These records relate to the 48 States, plus Alaska and Hawaii,
with just a few items pertaining to the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The material is useful in a number
of ways, particularly in showing the opinions, attitudes, and
feelings of State, county, and local officials. The records
reflect the numerous and extended discussions between Social
Security Board officials and State personnel, including governors.
Frank Bane, executive director of the Social Security Board
from its beginning in 1935 until late1938, served as the liaison
for the Board with State officials, and with the Board's regional
organization.
Basically, the records comprise three groups: the 092 material,
which is chiefly correspondence on the exchange of publications
between the Board and the State agencies; the 500 series, which
treats the subject of unemployment compensation; and the 600
group, which has to do with the administration of the public
assistance program.
As might be expected, the material in these files varies in
quantity and interest from State to State. Generally, the larger
the State the more dealings were carried on with that State.
This applies to such States as New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Illinois, and California; and to those (such as Utah, Texas,
and Oklahoma) with which the Social Security Board held long
discussions and negotiations over specific State plans, or on
the issue of political meddling in administration of the public
assistance and unemployment compensation programs.
The following topics are included in these files: requests for
Board publications from State personnel, and vice versa; Informational
Service activities involving films, speeches, and visitors to
the States; litigation (including some cases that went to the
Supreme Court); interpretation of what constituted coverage;
passing on legality of State laws, in both the unemployment
compensation and the public assistance areas; reports from regional
directors and other Board representatives on situations in individual
States; dealings by Board representatives with State officials,
particularly the work of Merrill G. Murray and others in the
Division of Legislative Aid, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation,
who helped State officials to formulate legislation on unemployment
compensation; and the work by the regional attorney in interpreting
legislation in the public assistance and unemployment compensation
areas, and in appraising applicable rules and regulations.
Worth special attention are the analyses of State legislation,
particularly in the early years--1935,1936, and 1937. In addition,
these other subjects are covered: Board appraisal of grants
to States; approval and certification procedures; audit of grants
and administrative expenses involved; appeals from Board disapprovals;
questions on coverage as sent in by individuals and groups,
and resolutions by State legislatures advocating the Townsend,
General Welfare or other similar plans. There is also material
on the development of merit systems among various State welfare
agencies; and, finally, such miscellaneous items as the treatment
of Indians, the evacuation of aliens during World War II, and
policy in connection with the disclosure of information about
beneficiaries.
The material in the 800 grouping, covering the area of health
and defense welfare services, is of little interest. |
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Box 1: Alabama 000 to 521.2
Box 2: Alabama 521.2 to 532.2 |
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Box 3: Alabama 532.201 to Arizona 092
Box 4: Arizona 500 to 622.202
Box 5: Arizona 622.203 to Arkansas 630
Box 6: Arkansas 631 to California 092
Box 7: California 500 to 523
Box 8: California 530 to 600
Box 9: California 610 to 800 |
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Box 10: Colorado 092 to 613
Box 11: Colorado 620 to Connecticut 513
Box 12: Connecticut 520 to Delaware 092
Box 13: Delaware 500 to District of Columbia 520
Box 14: District of Columbia 521 to Florida 092
Box 15: Florida 500 to 800
Box 16: Georgia 092 to 630 |
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Box 17: Georgia 631 to Idaho 532
Box 18: Idaho 600 to Illinois 092
Box 19: Illinois 500 to 631
Box 20: Illinois 631.2 to Indiana 520
Box 21: Indiana 521 to 540
Box 22: Indiana 600 to Iowa 520
Box 23: Iowa 531 to Kansas 092 |
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57 |
21 |
2 |
Box 24: Kansas 500 to Kentucky 092
Box 25: Kentucky 500 to Louisiana 092
Box 26: Louisiana 500 to 800
Box 27: Maine 092 to 640
Box 28: Maryland 092 to 632
Box 29: Massachusetts 092 to 500
Box 30: Massachusetts 521 to 532.3 |
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130 |
57 |
21 |
3 |
Box 31: Massachusetts 600 to Michigan 510
Box 32: Michigan 520 to 800
Box 33: Minnesota 092 to 532
Box 34: Minnesota 600 to Mississippi 520
Box 35: Mississippi 531 to Missouri 510
Box 36: Missouri 520 to Montana 092
Box 37: Montana 500 to Nebraska 531 |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
21 |
4 |
Box 38: Nebraska 532 to New Hampshire 092
Box 39: New Hampshire 500 to 540
Box 40: New Hampshire 600 to New Jersey 510
Box 41: New Jersey 520 to New Mexico 500
Box 42: New Mexico 532 to New York 092 September 1938
Box 43: New York 092 March 1938 to 513
Box 44: New York 520 to 530.2 |
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130 |
57 |
21 |
5 |
Box 45: New York 531 to 532.2
Box 46: New York 532.3 to North Carolina 092
Box 47: North Carolina 500 to 800
Box 48: North Dakota 092 to 640
Box 49: Ohio 092 to 531.31
Box 50: Ohio 531.4 to 631.3
Box 51: Ohio 632 to Oklahoma 621 |
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57 |
21 |
6 |
Box 52: Oklahoma 622 to Oregon 520
Box 53: Oregon 521 to 622.203
Box 54: Oregon 623 to Pennsylvania 092
Box 55: Pennsylvania 500 to 531.34
Box 56: Pennsylvania 531.35 to 630
Box 57: Pennsylvania 631 to Rhode Island 530
Box 58: Rhode Island 531 to South Carolina 092 |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
21 |
7 |
Box 59: South Carolina 500 to 622
Box 60: South Carolina 631 to South Dakota 640
Box 61: Tennessee 092 to 540
Box 62: Tennessee 600 to Texas 532.18
Box 63: Texas 532.2 to 502 Ha-Hu
Box 64: Texas 502 In-Ku to Wi-Za
Box 65: Texas 600 to Utah 092 |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
1 |
Box 66: Utah 500 to 632
Box 67: Vermont 092 to 630
Box 67A: Virginia 092 to 530
Box 68: Virginia 600 to Washington 530
Box 69: Washington 532 to 800
Box 70: West Virginia 092 to 640
Box 71: Wisconsin 092 to 530 |
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130 |
57 |
22 |
2 |
Box 72: Wisconsin 531 to 622
Box 73: Wisconsin 630 / Wyoming / Alaska
Box 74: Hawaii / Philippine Islands / Puerto Rico / Virgin Islands |
| ALPHABETICAL
FILE, 1935-47 |
| X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: PI-183 Entry 23 |
(NOTE: Single general description applies
to all boxes in the collection.)
The alphabetical (or 095) files are of limited usefulness, made
up as they are chiefly of cross-reference sheets. Their arrangement
is the same as that used in other Social Security collections.
Where the quantity or importance of the correspondence seemed
to warrant it, a separate folder was set up for an individual,
organization, or publication. However, significant pieces of
correspondence are also to be found in folders carrying a single
alphabetical letter, or group of letters. In addition, there
are occasional lodes, such as the material in the Edwin E. Witte
folders.
Worth noting, too, as having correspondence of consequence are
these:
International Labor Organization
Israel, Edward L.
National Conference of Social Work
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness
National Urban League
New York School of Social Work
United Automobile Workers
Wisconsin (Witte material) |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
2 |
Box 1: A - Am
Box 2: American - America L
Box 3: American M - Andrew
Box 4: Ar - Bal |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
3 |
Box 5: Bam - Bes
Box 6: Bi - Boy
Box 7: Br - Bug
Box 8: Bur - Carr
Box 9: Cas - Chid
Box 10: Ci - Community
Box 11: Con - Cons |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
4 |
Box 12: Cook - Cun
Box 13: D - Den
Box 14: Dep - Du
Box 15: Duo - Enl
Box 16: Er - Fitch
Box 17: Fl - G
Box 18: Gar - Goo |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
5 |
Box 19: Gr - Ham
Box 20: Har - Hi
Box 21: Hi - Hur
Box 22: I - International H
Box 23: International I - Jackson, M
Box 24: Jackson, P - Jor
Box 25: K - Laf |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
6 |
Box 26: Lan - Ll
Box 27: Lu - Me
Box 28: Mo - Mor
Box 29: Moran - Mr
Box 30: Mu - Myr
Box 31: N - National Conference
Box 32: National Conference - National P |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
22 |
7 |
Box 33: National S - New J
Box 34: New K - Newman
Box 35: Newman, D - Northwestern
Box 36: Norton - Ohm
Box 37: Oil - Ostr
Box 38: Osu - Parker, L
Box 39: Parker, P - Pef |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
1 |
Box 40: Pei - Pettitt
Box 41: Petty - Plu
Box 42: Plummer - Pres
Box 43: Prescott - Pyr
Box 44: Q - Read, H
Box 45: Reade - Reult
Box 46: Rev - Ritter |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
2 |
Box 47: Ritterb - Romano
Box 48: Rome - Ruch
Box 49: Ruf - San J
Box 50: Sanborn - Schm
Box 51: Schme - Scriv
Box 52: Scro - Shea, H
Box 53: Sheab - Silberman |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
3 |
Box 54: Silc - Sme
Box 55: Smi - Snyder, T
Box 56: So - Southern
Box 57: Southern E - Sr
Box 58: St - Step
Box 59: Stephen - Stov
Box 60: Stow - Sur |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
4 |
Box 61: Surm - Taylor, L
Box 62: Taylor, M - Thompson, J
Box 63: Thompson, John - Traf
Box 64: Trai - Underwood
Box 65: Une - U.S. Civilian Construction Corps
Box 66: U.S. Civil Service - Up
Box 67: Upton - Vict |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
5 |
Box 68: Vig - Wall, H
Box 69: Wallace - Wat
Box 70: Water - Welcher
Box 71: Weldon - Westers
Box 72: Westf - Wilbur
Box 73: Wilcox - Wilson, J
Box 74: Wilson, J - Wolg |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
6 |
Box 75: Woll - Wyckoff
Box 76: Wyd - Zan
Box 77: Zang - Zwi |
| Table
B32: RECORDS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD, RECORDS OF THE OFFICE
OF THE COMMISSIONER, CHAIRMAN'S FILE (1935-1942) (135 boxes) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: MLR-PI 183, Entry 13 |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
6 |
Box 1: 000 - 000.4 1938
Box 2: 000.4 1939 - 000.9
Box 3: 000.9 Office of Civilian Defense - Old Land and Legal
Matters
Box 4: 011 - 011.1 |
Boxes 1-3 [000-010]
These records involve violations of the Social Security Act--crimes,
offenses, frauds; national defense problems; and, in only a
general way, unemployment, employment, migration, welfare legislation,
and legal matters.
Boxes 4-7
[011-011.4]
These contain analyses of the Social Security Act as well as
some of the act's history, particularly the legislative aspects.
There are copies of the speeches made by Arthur J. Altmeyer
and President Roosevelt, and some early progress reports of
the Board. Discussed at considerable length are: the terminology
to be used in correspondence, and suggested amendments to various
titles of the act, technical as well as substantive. The opposition--both
inside and outside the Board--to suggested changes in the act
is revealed, as is the stand of the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Organizations on various provisions
of the Social Security Act. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
23 |
7 |
Box 5: 001.1 Legislation Affecting SSA - 011.1
Old Age Survivor
Box 6: 011.1 Old Age Assistance-Technical Amendments
Box 7: 011.1 Amendments - 011.4 Resolutions and Recommendations
Box 8: 011.5 Litigation - 015 Courts
Box 9: 016 Legal Decisions and Opinions - 025 Advisory Council
Box 10: 025 Advisory Councils and Committees
Box 11: 025 Hearst's Non-Partisan Commission-National Health
Conference 1938 |
Boxes 4-7 [011-011.4]
These contain analyses of the Social Security Act as well as
some of the act's history, particularly the legislative aspects.
There are copies of the speeches made by Arthur J. Altmeyer
and President Roosevelt, and some eariy progress reports of
the Board. Discussed at considerable length are: the terminology
to be used in correspondence, and suggested amendments to various
titles of the act, technical as well as substantive. The opposition--both
inside and outside the Board--to suggested changes in the act
is revealed, as is the stand of the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Organizations on various provisions
of the Social Security Act.
Box
8 [011.5-015]
There is considerable material on litigation involving the Social
Security Act, including the background to the Supreme Court
Decision; problems of taxation; the economic impact of changes
in the tax rate; and technical matters, including collection
of taxes. This relates to attempts to resolve problems with
the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
and various Congressmen.
Boxes
9-13 [016.1-025]
The materials in these boxes are particularly important for
the information provided on the activities of the advisory councils
(025), and other investigative groups. These files include the
1937-1938 Advisory Council on Social Security which was so important
for the 1939 amendments. The work of this group can be followed
through minutes of the meetings held and the various reports
used by the council in arriving at its decisions. Examples of
other groups worth noting include the Subcommittee on Social
Security of the Business Advisory Council, set up by the Department
of Commerce; and the nongovernment group sponsored by the Hearst
Press in 1937.
There is also some valuable matter giving background on the
original appointments to the Social Security Board (020). Considerable
material treats the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities in the period 1937-1941. {24}
Especially worth mentioning is the National Health Conference,
1938, including the background to this conference and the correspondence
carried on with individuals and outside organizations, such
as the American Medical Association. There are various other
reports; especially significant is the one prepared on social
security in 1939 by the United States Chamber of Commerce. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
1 |
Box 12: 025 U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Federal Advisory
Council Minutes Feb. 1938
Box 13: 025 Federal Advisory Council Minutes Apr.-Dec. 1938
Box 13a: 025 Articles and Studies
Box 14: 025 - 031 Speeches
Box 15: 031 White House Personnel - 032.11 "D"
Box 16: 032.11 "E"-XYZ
Box 17: 032.2 Senate - 032.11 Senators "H" |
Boxes 9-13
[016.1-025]
The materials in these boxes are particularly important for
the information provided on the activities of the advisory councils
(025), and other investigative groups. These files include the
1937-1938 Advisory Council on Social Security which was so important
for the 1939 amendments. The work of this group can be followed
through minutes of the meetings held and the various reports
used by the council in arriving at its decisions. Examples of
other groups worth noting include the Subcommittee on Social
Security of the Business Advisory Council, set up by the Department
of Commerce; and the nongovernment group sponsored by the Hearst
Press in 1937.
There is also some valuable matter giving background on the
original appointments to the Social Security Board (020). Considerable
material treats the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities in the period 1937-1941. {24}
Especially worth mentioning is the National Health Conference,
1938, including the background to this conference and the correspondence
carried on with individuals and outside organizations, such
as the American Medical Association. There are various other
reports; especially significant is the one prepared on social
security in 1939 by the United States Chamber of Commerce.
Boxes 14-18 [025-039]
There is additional material in 026 that deals with interdepartmental
groups, including the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities, and some research done in these
areas. The 030 group has Henry Aronson's report, made in 1939
when he was Director of the President's Committee on Improvement
of the Civil Service; some of Franklin D. Roosevelt's speeches;
and the Board's suggestions for passages to be used by the President
in his speeches on national health and other areas of Board
responsibility. Then, too, there are copies of the presidential
budget messages for the years 1937-1940.
The decimal 032.11 consists of a large collection of letters
exchanged by Representatives and Senators with the Board, concerning
patronage and pending bills; and considerable evidence of the
aid rendered to them by the Social Security Board in the form
of suggested speeches, answers to criticisms of the Social Security
Act, etc. All of this is arranged alphabetically. There is also
testimony by Arthur J. Altmeyer and other Social Security Board
officials before various congressional committees. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
2 |
Box 18: 032.22 "I"-XYZ
Box 19: 040 Executive Dept. - 041 Dept. of State
Box 20: 042 Treasury Dept. - 045.2 Wage and Hour Decision
Box 21: 045.2-3 Div. Of Labor Standards - 049 Reports of Executive
Secretary
Box 22: 049 Fed. Coordinator of Transportation - 050 Research
and Statistics
Box 23: 050 Labor Research Committee - 050.112 Private Insurance
Box 23a: 050.113 - 050.12 Foreign Insurance |
Boxes 14-18
[025-039]
There is additional material in 026 that deals with interdepartmental
groups, including the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities, and some research done in these
areas. The 030 group has Henry Aronson's report, made in 1939
when he was Director of the President's Committee on Improvement
of the Civil Service; some of Franklin D. Roosevelt's speeches;
and the Board's suggestions for passages to be used by the President
in his speeches on national health and other areas of Board
responsibility. Then, too, there are copies of the presidential
budget messages for the years 1937-1940.
The decimal 032.11 consists of a large collection of letters
exchanged by Representatives and Senators with the Board, concerning
patronage and pending bills; and considerable evidence of the
aid rendered to them by the Social Security Board in the form
of suggested speeches, answers to criticisms of the Social Security
Act, etc. All of this is arranged alphabetically. There is also
testimony by Arthur J. Altmeyer and other Social Security Board
officials before various congressional committees.
Boxes 19-22 [040-050]
A considerable quantity of records concerns the dealings carried
on between the Board and various other agencies, including the
Central Statistical Board, the Bureaus of the Budget and the
Census, the Treasury, Post Office, and Labor Departments, and
others. Subjects include suggested amendments, the constitutionality,
interpretation, and administration of the act.
Boxes
22-37 [050-060]
In these boxes, the material covers the internal organizational
problems connected with research and various responsibilities
of the Social Security Board in the field. These appear in the
form of reports, studies, and statistical data. Subjects taken
up include old-age insurance; foreign insurance experience,
with material from or about practically every country that concerned
itself with these matters; unemployment insurance; Government
and railroad retirement plans; veterans' problems; family income;
industrial classification; and population estimates and analyses.
Then, too, there are various studies on groups not then covered
under the old-age insurance provisions of the Social Security
Act, such as the self-employed, agricultural and casual labor,
domestics, and those employed by nonprofit and charitable organizations.
Still other subjects treated include labor migration, health
insurance, disability, medical care, workmen's compensation,
and the financing of social security.
Of special note are the Regional and Field Letters, 1 through
26. Designed to inform field employees, they concentrated on
personnel and administrative problems, and relations with other
governmental agencies--especially the U.S. Employment Service
of the Department of Labor. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
3 |
Box 24: 050.12 Foreign Insurance: Argentina-Denmark
Box 25: 050.12 Foreign Insurance: Ecuador-Germany
Box 26: 050.12 Foreign Insurance: Great Britain
Box 27: 050.12 Great Britain-Greece
Box 28: 050.12 Hungary-Sweden
Box 29: 050.12 Sweden - 050.14 Railroad Retirement Plan
Box 30: 050.14 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act Report -
050.16 Maritime U.C. Plan |
Boxes 22-37 [050-060]
In these boxes, the material covers the internal organizational
problems connected with research and various responsibilities
of the Social Security Board in the field. These appear in the
form of reports, studies, and statistical data. Subjects taken
up include old-age insurance; foreign insurance experience,
with material from or about practically every country that concerned
itself with these matters; unemployment insurance; Government
and railroad retirement plans; veterans' problems; family income;
industrial classification; and population estimates and analyses.
Then, too, there are various studies on groups not then covered
under the old-age insurance provisions of the Social Security
Act, such as the self-employed, agricultural and casual labor,
domestics, and those employed by nonprofit and charitable organizations.
Still other subjects treated include labor migration, health
insurance, disability, medical care, workmen's compensation,
and the financing of social security.
Of special note are the Regional and Field Letters, 1 through
26. Designed to inform field employees, they concentrated on
personnel and administrative problems, and relations with other
governmental agencies--especially the U.S. Employment Service
of the Department of Labor. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
4 |
Box 31: 050.16 Maritime U.C. Plan - 052 Income
Studies
Box 32: 053 Business Units - 054.15 Government Employment
Box 33: 054.15 Federal Instrumentalities - 055.1 Unemployment
Box 34: 055.1 Labor Migration - 056.1 Health Insurance
Box 35: 056.11 Disability - 056.12 Medical Care
Box 36: 056.2 Survivor's Insurance - 057 Actuarial Studies
Box 37: 057.1 Annuity Studies - 058.110 Old Age Insurance |
Boxes 22-37 [050-060]
(23a also)
In these boxes, the material covers the internal organizational
problems connected with research and various responsibilities
of the Social Security Board in the field. These appear in the
form of reports, studies, and statistical data. Subjects taken
up include old-age insurance; foreign insurance experience,
with material from or about practically every country that concerned
itself with these matters; unemployment insurance; Government
and railroad retirement plans; veterans' problems; family income;
industrial classification; and population estimates and analyses.
Then, too, there are various studies on groups not then covered
under the old-age insurance provisions of the Social Security
Act, such as the self-employed, agricultural and casual labor,
domestics, and those employed by nonprofit and charitable organizations.
Still other subjects treated include labor migration, health
insurance, disability, medical care, workmen's compensation,
and the financing of social security.
Of special note are the Regional and Field Letters, 1 through
26. Designed to inform field employees, they concentrated on
personnel and administrative problems, and relations with other
governmental agencies--especially the U.S. Employment Service
of the Department of Labor. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
5 |
Box 37a: 058.12 Public Assistance Relief - 060
Information Service
Box 38: 061 Press - 062.2 Speeches and Speakers Service
Box 39: 062.2 Speeches Bane, F.-Ewan, C.
Box 40: 062.2 Speeches Falk, I.S.-J-O
Box 41: 062.2 Speeches Palmer, C.F.-W-Z
Box 42: 062.3 Visual Education - 064 Publications
Box 43: 064 Publications |
Boxes 37a-48 [060-091]
The 060 series spells out the responsibilities, organization,
and plans of the Informational Service. Of major importance
was its relationship with the press, especially the views expressed
by the press on social security matters. Included, too, are
speeches by Arthur J. Altmeyer, Frank Bane, George E. Bigge,
Mary W. Dewson and other Social Security Board officials, and
some made by persons outside the Board, such as Sidney Hillman,
Leon Henderson, William S. Knudsen, and Donald M. Nelson. Also
treated are the other media used for getting the social security
program across to the public:
movies, radio programs, exhibits, posters, charts, and various
types of publications. There are reading lists, reprints of
the Social Security Bulletin, some Department of Labor publications,
and scattered issues of magazines published by trade and labor
unions. These reflect organized labor's attitudes toward social
security matters. In Box 48, there are some 091 records which
include items on the experience of foreign countries in the
social security field. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
6 |
Box 44: 064.1 Board Publications
Box 45: 064.1 Publications - 064.2 Outside Publications
Box 46: 064.2 Articles
Box 47: 064.2 Articles and Publications
Box 48: 064.2 U.S. Municipal News - 110 Appropriations
Box 49: 111 Estimates of Appropriations 1936-1937
Box 50: 111 Estimates of Appropriations 1938-1940 |
Boxes 37a-48 [060-091]
The 060 series spells out the responsibilities, organization,
and plans of the Informational Service. Of major importance
was its relationship with the press, especially the views expressed
by the press on social security matters. Included, too, are
speeches by Arthur J. Altmeyer, Frank Bane, George E. Bigge,
Mary W. Dewson and other Social Security Board officials, and
some made by persons outside the Board, such as Sidney Hillman,
Leon Henderson, William S. Knudsen, and Donald M. Nelson. Also
treated are the other media used for getting the social security
program across to the public:
movies, radio programs, exhibits, posters, charts, and various
types of publications. There are reading lists, reprints of
the Social Security Bulletin, some Department of Labor publications,
and scattered issues of magazines published by trade and labor
unions. These reflect organized labor's attitudes toward social
security matters. In Box 48, there are some 091 records which
include items on the experience of foreign countries in the
social security field.
Boxes
48-51 [100-200]
The 100 series relates to accounting and finance, supplying
the record on appropriations, budget estimates and justifications,
operating requests, disbursements, as well as correspondence
carried on with the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of
the Budget and other agencies on these related matters. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
24 |
7 |
Box 51: 111 Budgets - 200 Personnel
Box 52: 200 Personnel - 201 Personnel (A-Z) "F"
Box 53: 201 Gates, G.-"T"
Box 54: 201 "U" - 202 Applications: Engle, L.
Box 55: 202 "E"-"L"
Box 56: 202 "M"-"R"
Box 57: 202 "S" - 202.1 Applications |
Boxes 48-51 [100-200]
The 100 series relates to accounting and finance, supplying
the record on appropriations, budget estimates and justifications,
operating requests, disbursements, as well as correspondence
carried on with the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of
the Budget and other agencies on these related matters.
Boxes 51-66 [200-300]
This series takes up the various aspects of personnel. Starting
with Box 51, there are letters of recommendation on persons
who applied for jobs with the Social Security Board. Considered
at great length are personnel problems, labor union questions,
civil service matters, and political activities among the staffs
of State welfare agencies.
Box 52 has the first of a large quantity of applications, correspondence
on qualifications, as well as the personnel folders--in alphabetical
order--of individual Social Security Board employees. Where
sufficient material warranted, there is an individual folder;
otherwise, the material appears under the letters A, B, C, D,
etc. There is a large quantity of 202 records, beginning in
Box 57, which deal with personnel recommendations. This material,
too, is in alphabetical order. It shows the pressure exerted
on the Social Security Board to accept congressional recommendations.
Boxes 62 and 63 contain a collection of memoranda prepared by
the various policy-making officials of the Board on all aspects
of the Board's responsibilities, with major emphasis on personnel
matters. These, too, are in alphabetical order. Although the
material prepared by John G. Winant and Vincent M. Miles is
skimpy, there is a great deal by Arthur J. Altmeyer.
A portion of Box 63, as well as all of Boxes 64, 65, and 66,
contains numerous Civil Service items on rules, regulations,
procedures, practices, and examinations. Other subjects deal
with recruitment including the appointment of "experts"--along
with transfers, classifications, promotions, efficiency ratings,
details, job descriptions, hours of work, overtime, retirement,
labor problems in Baltimore (including union activities), employee
relations, and the use of consultants to advise the Social Security
Board on varied matters. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
25 |
1 |
Box 58: 202.2 Recommendations - 202.3 Congressional
Recommendations: Buchanan
Box 59: 202.3 Buckley-Hatch
Box 60: 202.3 Hayden-Rogers
Box 61: 202.3 Reynolds - Memoranda: Aronson
Box 62: Memoranda: "A"-"R"
Box 63: Memoranda: "S" - 220 Appointments
Box 64: 221.6 Expert Appointments - 239.1 Reports |
Boxes 51-66 [200-300]
This series takes up the various aspects of personnel. Starting
with Box 51, there are letters of recommendation on persons
who applied for jobs with the Social Security Board. Considered
at great length are personnel problems, labor union questions,
civil service matters, and political activities among the staffs
of State welfare agencies.
Box 52 has the first of a large quantity of applications, correspondence
on qualifications, as well as the personnel folders--in alphabetical
order--of individual Social Security Board employees. Where
sufficient material warranted, there is an individual folder;
otherwise, the material appears under the letters A, B, C, D,
etc. There is a large quantity of 202 records, beginning in
Box 57, which deal with personnel recommendations. This material,
too, is in alphabetical order. It shows the pressure exerted
on the Social Security Board to accept congressional recommendations.
Boxes 62 and 63 contain a collection of memoranda prepared by
the various policy-making officials of the Board on all aspects
of the Board's responsibilities, with major emphasis on personnel
matters. These, too, are in alphabetical order. Although the
material prepared by John G. Winant and Vincent M. Miles is
skimpy, there is a great deal by Arthur J. Altmeyer.
A portion of Box 63, as well as all of Boxes 64, 65, and 66,
contains numerous Civil Service items on rules, regulations,
procedures, practices, and examinations. Other subjects deal
with recruitment including the appointment of "experts"--along
with transfers, classifications, promotions, efficiency ratings,
details, job descriptions, hours of work, overtime, retirement,
labor problems in Baltimore (including union activities), employee
relations, and the use of consultants to advise the Social Security
Board on varied matters. |
| 47 |
130 |
57 |
25 |
2 |
Box 65: 239.1 List of Employees - 253.1 Labor
Unions
Box 66: 253.2 Credit Unions - 300.3 Board Policy and Precedents
Box 67: 300.4 Board Regulations - 311.31 Telephone Reports
Box 68: 311.4 Messengers - 317.1 Annual Reports
Box 69: 317.2 Monthly Reports
Box 70: 321.1 Unemployment Compensation - 321.4 General Counsel
Box 71: 321.5 Information Service - Region 5 Cleveland |
Boxes 66-79 [300-370]
All aspects of administration are found in the 300 series. To
begin with, there are administrative orders and regulations.
Worth special attention is the evolution of the Board's Regulation
No. 1 (relating to confidentiality of individual wage records)
and Nos. 2 and 3. Under 310 can be found the important report
on the Social Security Board prepared by the Attorney General's
Committee on Administrative Procedures, in 1937. A mass of reports--annual,
monthly, and weekly--from Board-level down to and including
all the bureaus and offices and subordinate elements is found
under 317. Included are not only various drafts but comments
and correspondence about these reports as well.
Under 320 (Box 69) can be found essential material on the organization
and administration of the Board itself. The organizational problems
faced by the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits are related
in great detail, along with various reorganization proposals,
especially the important Hopf reports. In the case of the Bureau
of Research and Statistics, especially important are the discussions
about breaking up and redistributing the research activities
among various operating bureaus. Here, too, can be found the
background and problems in the location of functions to the
various bureaus of the Board. The same type of records cover
problems of organization and personnel within the Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation, along with outside studies on these
matters. There is also material on problems faced by the Office
of the General Counsel and the Informational Service, and by
the Bureau of Accounts and Audits, and the Bureau of Research
and Statistics. There is a vital study of the executive director's
office, made in 1936.
A considerable quantity of material treats the regional offices;
their problems, including personnel matters; the opening up
of field offices; and the numerous conferences held. Some of
the minutes of these conferences are included. The field organization
of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits (later, Old Age Insurance)
is dealt with, including the initial plans, location of offices,
costs, and problems of selecting personnel (Box 73). Boxes 74
to 76 cover the in-service training program, including a description
of some of the lectures. Two boxes, 76 and 77, are concerned
with supplies, buildings, libraries, requisitions, space matters,
transportation, and the whole background on what was to be the
Social Security Building in Washington (now known as the
Wilbur J. Cohen Building).
The last three boxes in this group, 77 to 79, tell the story
of participation in conferences, conventions, and congresses--particularly
those concerned with unemployment compensation and public assistance.
Of particular note is the correspondence dealing with the various
National Conferences on Labor Legislation in the late 1930's;
the Conference on Children in a Democracy; and some of the international
meetings attended by Board representatives. |
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Box 72: 322 Region 6 Chicago - 322.4
Box 73: 323 Field Offices Region 6
Box 74: 323 Region 7 - 330 Inservice Education
Box 75: 331 Inservice Training Material
Box 76: 331 Outline of Training - 347 Buildings
Box 77: 347.1 Building Construction - 370 Conferences
Box 78: 370 Conferences |
Boxes 66-79 [300-370]
All aspects of administration are found in the 300 series. To
begin with, there are administrative orders and regulations.
Worth special attention is the evolution of the Board's Regulation
No. 1 (relating to confidentiality of individual wage records)
and Nos. 2 and 3. Under 310 can be found the important report
on the Social Security Board prepared by the Attorney General's
Committee on Administrative Procedures, in 1937. A mass of reports--annual,
monthly, and weekly--from Board-level down to and including
all the bureaus and offices and subordinate elements is found
under 317. Included are not only various drafts but comments
and correspondence about these reports as well.
Under 320 (Box 69) can be found essential material on the organization
and administration of the Board itself. The organizational problems
faced by the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits are related
in great detail, along with various reorganization proposals,
especially the important Hopf reports. In the case of the Bureau
of Research and Statistics, especially important are the discussions
about breaking up and redistributing the research activities
among various operating bureaus. Here, too, can be found the
background and problems in the location of functions to the
various bureaus of the Board. The same type of records cover
problems of organization and personnel within the Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation, along with outside studies on these
matters. There is also material on problems faced by the Office
of the General Counsel and the Informational Service, and by
the Bureau of Accounts and Audits, and the Bureau of Research
and Statistics. There is a vital study of the executive director's
office, made in 1936.
A considerable quantity of material treats the regional offices;
their problems, including personnel matters; the opening up
of field offices; and the numerous conferences held. Some of
the minutes of these conferences are included. The field organization
of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits (later, Old Age Insurance)
is dealt with, including the initial plans, location of offices,
costs, and problems of selecting personnel (Box 73). Boxes 74
to 76 cover the in-service training program, including a description
of some of the lectures. Two boxes, 76 and 77, are concerned
with supplies, buildings, libraries, requisitions, space matters,
transportation, and the whole background on what was to be the
Social Security Building in Washington (now known as the
Wilbur J. Cohen Building).
The last three boxes in this group, 77 to 79, tell the story
of participation in conferences, conventions, and congresses--particularly
those concerned with unemployment compensation and public assistance.
Of particular note is the correspondence dealing with the various
National Conferences on Labor Legislation in the late 1930's;
the Conference on Children in a Democracy; and some of the international
meetings attended by Board representatives. |
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Box 79: 370 Conferences - 501 Stamp Reporting
System
Box 80: 510 State Legislation - 510.1 Legislative History and
Analysis
Box 81: 510.3 Draft Bill - 513 Litigation
Box 82: State: Board Regulations - 520.1 Interstate Conference
Box 83: 520.1 Interstate Conference - 521 Grant Procedure
Box 84: 521.2 Funds - 530.2 Forms and Instructions
Box 85: 531 State Administration - 531.31 Personnel Standards |
Boxes 79-91 [500-541]
The 500 series covers unemployment compensation and employment
security. Materials of value are concerned with the various
proposals, such as use of a stamp book for unemployment compensation;
State legislative proposals and enactments; and the Board's
views toward all of them. This also involved analyses of State
unemployment compensation laws in regard to benefits, taxes,
coverage, grants, the reserve fund, and draft bills prepared
by the Social Security Board. There is much discussion over
the respective merits of the employer reserve accounts and the
pooled-fund systems.
Litigation is found under 513 (Box 81), including the constitutionality
aspects, all the way up to the Supreme Court. Under 520 (Box
82) are records of the many interstate conferences that considered
the problems in unemployment compensation. The 521 group gives
an insight into the procedures, responsibilities, and controls
exerted by the Social Security Board over funds, auditing and
certification. The 530 series (Boxes 85-86) deals with State
administration (including forms, instructions, procedures);
the establishment of State unemployment compensation offices,
accounting methods, and filing systems; personnel problems (including
salaries, standards, and ceilings); and the procurement of equipment
and supplies. There is a mass of material on benefits and on
various technical problems-- such as part-time work, separation
from employment, eligibility, waiting period, disqualification,
payments, exceptions, exclusions, farm labor, interstate problems--ending
up with employment service functions in the defense period (Boxes
86-90). The 540 series (Box 91) provides a quantity of statistics
on unemployment compensation, and various studies of the research
programs conducted by State unemployment compensation agencies. |
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Box 86: 531.5 Equipment Supplies and Service -
532.11 Separation from Employment
Box 87: 532.12 Eligibility - 532.2 Contributions
Box 88: 532.21 Credit Against the Federal Tax - 532.32 Exclusions
Box 89: 532.33 Interstate - 532.6 Compensation Funds
Box 90: 533 State Employment Operation Service - 532.24 Occupational
Analysis
Box 91: 540 Statistics - 541 Simplifications
Box 92: 543 Studies - 620 State-Board Regulations |
Boxes 79-91 [500-541]
The 500 series covers unemployment compensation and employment
security. Materials of value are concerned with the various
proposals, such as use of a stamp book for unemployment compensation;
State legislative proposals and enactments; and the Board's
views toward all of them. This also involved analyses of State
unemployment compensation laws in regard to benefits, taxes,
coverage, grants, the reserve fund, and draft bills prepared
by the Social Security Board. There is much discussion over
the respective merits of the employer reserve accounts and the
pooled-fund systems.
Litigation is found under 513 (Box 81), including the constitutionality
aspects, all the way up to the Supreme Court. Under 520 (Box
82) are records of the many interstate conferences that considered
the problems in unemployment compensation. The 521 group gives
an insight into the procedures, responsibilities, and controls
exerted by the Social Security Board over funds, auditing and
certification. The 530 series (Boxes 85-86) deals with State
administration (including forms, instructions, procedures);
the establishment of State unemployment compensation offices,
accounting methods, and filing systems; personnel problems (including
salaries, standards, and ceilings); and the procurement of equipment
and supplies. There is a mass of material on benefits and on
various technical problems-- such as part-time work, separation
from employment, eligibility, waiting period, disqualification,
payments, exceptions, exclusions, farm labor, interstate problems--ending
up with employment service functions in the defense period (Boxes
86-90). The 540 series (Box 91) provides a quantity of statistics
on unemployment compensation, and various studies of the research
programs conducted by State unemployment compensation agencies.
Boxes 92-96 [600-643]
The 600 series covers the area of public assistance. Subjects
discussed in these records include aid to dependent children,
transients, Confederate veterans, Negroes, and Indians, as well
as more general problems in the field of public assistance.
Of considerable interest are the substitute plans proposed for
old-age assistance (such as that involving a flat rate) and
those advanced by the Townsend and General Welfare Federation
of America movements (Box 92). Other materials are concerned
with State public assistance legislation, litigation, State
and Social Security Board relations, grants, rules and regulations,
forms and instructions, audits of public assistance plans, disclosure
of information about recipients, and the adequacy of State public
assistance benefits and funds. Personnel problems involved in
public assistance include employee training, salaries, and the
merit systems. Other records deal with applications, procedures,
eligibility standards, payments to recipients, the research
conducted by State agencies on public assistance, the question
of fair hearings, State filing systems, and numerous studies
and statistical matter on these subjects. |
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Box 93: 621 Plans - 631 State Administration
Box 94: 631.01 Reports - 632.12 Eligibility
Box 95: 632.13 Payments - 642 General Relief
Box 96: 643 Studies - 700.01 Reports and Statistics
Box 97: 701 Stamp Reporting System - Sample Stamps
Box 98: 701.1 Collection of Social Ins. Taxes and Contributions
- 705 Old Age Reserves
Box 99: Old Age Reserves |
Boxes 92-96 [600-643]
The 600 series covers the area of public assistance. Subjects
discussed in these records include aid to dependent children,
transients, Confederate veterans, Negroes, and Indians, as well
as more general problems in the field of public assistance.
Of considerable interest are the substitute plans proposed for
old-age assistance (such as that involving a flat rate) and
those advanced by the Townsend and General Welfare Federation
of America movements (Box 92). Other materials are concerned
with State public assistance legislation, litigation, State
and Social Security Board relations, grants, rules and regulations,
forms and instructions, audits of public assistance plans, disclosure
of information about recipients, and the adequacy of State public
assistance benefits and funds. Personnel problems involved in
public assistance include employee training, salaries, and the
merit systems. Other records deal with applications, procedures,
eligibility standards, payments to recipients, the research
conducted by State agencies on public assistance, the question
of fair hearings, State filing systems, and numerous studies
and statistical matter on these subjects.
Boxes
96-106 [700-742]
The 700 series encompasses the old-age and survivors insurance
program and all its aspects, treated in reports, articles, studies,
analyses, memoranda, and letters. Proposed amendments are evaluated,
proper terminology suggested, and the account-numbering system
put through a period of intensive discussion before agreement
is reached. Of considerable interest is a suggested stamp-reporting
system. There are samples of the books to be used, and the correspondence
with the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture on this proposal.
A large quantity of material deals with an old-age insurance
wage study (1937), and with the question of deciding on a proper
employee identification device. The latter became an issue in
the 1936 election.
Financing old-age insurance, particularly the reserve fund aspect,
takes up most of two boxes (98 and 99). The Social Security
Board provided the 1937-1938 Advisory Council with studies and
analyses on this subject. Other analyses were presented by Edwin
E. Witte, Reinhard Hohaus, M. Albert Linton, and Russell R.
Reagh, to mention but four. Editorials and newspaper and magazine
articles by Eveline M. Burns, John T. Flynn, M. A. Linton, Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg, and others helped make the reserve fund
an important public issue. There is also extensive correspondence
with numerous individuals, Congressmen, and Federal Government
officials about the same subject. Articles by Mr. Altmeyer reflect
the Board's stand on this vital issue.
The conferences with the Department of the Treasury on program
coverage and on the possibility of adding voluntary Government
annuities to the Social Security Act are found in Box 100, under
720.
Boxes 101 and 102 contain a large amount of material on the
possibilities of providing old-age insurance coverage for additional
groups, including casual labor, domestics, Civil Service employees,
marine workers, nonprofit and charitable organization employees,
and the self-employed. The complexities of the initial registration,
or enumeration, for old-age insurance coverage is treated in
much detail under 730 ( Box 102 ). This involved an agreement
with the Post Office, along with the establishment of an internal
Social Security Board committee to work out details of the registration
process, including the procedures and forms to be used. The
Department of the Treasury, too, was deeply involved in this,
particularly in connection with the forms, the question of disclosure
of information, the procedures to be followed, and the assignment
of responsibilities. A number of Congressmen and some Census
Bureau representatives played roles in this episode. In Box
103, under the 740 classification, is material on the subject
of wage records: how they were to be reported and maintained,
the forms to be used, and other technical problems.
The remainder of the boxes in this group, 103 to 106, deal with
the claims process and the payment of old-age insurance benefits.
This involves such areas as workload estimates, the time required
to process claims, benefits to persons living outside the U.S.A.,
eligibility and qualification requirements, lump-sum, death,
and monthly benefits, legal problems, and proposed amendments.
Then, too, there is the whole area of appeals from benefit decisions,
including hearings, procedures, and regulations. A few items
reflecting the activities and views of the Subcommittee on Social
Security of the Business Advisory Council of the Department
of Commerce, and those of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
on various aspects of old-age insurance complete the 700 files. |
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Box 100: 720 Coverage - 721.1 Agricultural Labor
Box 101: 721.1 Agricultural Labor - 722 Self Employed
Box 102: 722 Self Employed - 740 Wage Records
Box 103: 740 Summary Report and Recommendations - 750.011 Time
Studies
Box 104: 750.02 Forms - 750.111 Applications
Box 105: 752.7 Appeals - 753.11 Descent and Distribution |
Boxes 96-106 [700-742]
The 700 series encompasses the old-age and survivors insurance
program and all its aspects, treated in reports, articles, studies,
analyses, memoranda, and letters. Proposed amendments are evaluated,
proper terminology suggested, and the account-numbering system
put through a period of intensive discussion before agreement
is reached. Of considerable interest is a suggested stamp-reporting
system. There are samples of the books to be used, and the correspondence
with the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture on this proposal.
A large quantity of material deals with an old-age insurance
wage study (1937), and with the question of deciding on a proper
employee identification device. The latter became an issue in
the 1936 election.
Financing old-age insurance, particularly the reserve fund aspect,
takes up most of two boxes (98 and 99). The Social Security
Board provided the 1937-1938 Advisory Council with studies and
analyses on this subject. Other analyses were presented by Edwin
E. Witte, Reinhard Hohaus, M. Albert Linton, and Russell R.
Reagh, to mention but four. Editorials and newspaper and magazine
articles by Eveline M. Burns, John T. Flynn, M. A. Linton, Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg, and others helped make the reserve fund
an important public issue. There is also extensive correspondence
with numerous individuals, Congressmen, and Federal Government
officials about the same subject. Articles by Mr. Altmeyer reflect
the Board's stand on this vital issue.
The conferences with the Department of the Treasury on program
coverage and on the possibility of adding voluntary Government
annuities to the Social Security Act are found in Box 100, under
720. Boxes 101 and 102 contain a large amount of material on
the possibilities of providing old-age insurance coverage for
additional groups, including casual labor, domestics, Civil
Service employees, marine workers, nonprofit and charitable
organization employees, and the self-employed. The complexities
of the initial registration, or enumeration, for old-age insurance
coverage is treated in much detail under 730 ( Box 102 ). This
involved an agreement with the Post Office, along with the establishment
of an internal Social Security Board committee to work out details
of the registration process, including the procedures and forms
to be used. The Department of the Treasury, too, was deeply
involved in this, particularly in connection with the forms,
the question of disclosure of information, the procedures to
be followed, and the assignment of responsibilities. A number
of Congressmen and some Census Bureau representatives played
roles in this episode. In Box 103, under the 740 classification,
is material on the subject of wage records: how they were to
be reported and maintained, the forms to be used, and other
technical problems.
The remainder of the boxes in this group, 103 to 106, deal with
the claims process and the payment of old-age insurance benefits.
This involves such areas as workload estimates, the time required
to process claims, benefits to persons living outside the U.S.A.,
eligibility and qualification requirements, lump-sum, death,
and monthly benefits, legal problems, and proposed amendments.
Then, too, there is the whole area of appeals from benefit decisions,
including hearings, procedures, and regulations. A few items
reflecting the activities and views of the Subcommittee on Social
Security of the Business Advisory Council of the Department
of Commerce, and those of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
on various aspects of old-age insurance complete the 700 files. |
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Box 107: 754 Monthly Benefits: Colorado-Georgia
Box 108: 754 Hawaiian Islands-Iowa
Box 109: 754 Kansas-Massachusetts
Box 110: 754 Michigan-Nevada
Box 111: 754 New Hampshire-New York
Box 112: 754 New York-Ohio
Box 113: 754 Ohio-Oklahoma |
State Files
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Boxes 106-118
These records are set up alphabetically with each State having
materials under the major headings of 092, 500 and 600. The
092 folders have some correspondence with the governor and other
State officials on subjects dealing with social security in
a general way, along with a list of the State officials who
handled these matters. The folders in the 500 group are taken
up with unemployment compensation and employment security. Public
assistance is covered in the 600 series. Most of the records
in the 500 and 600 series are concerned with the question of
the approval or disapproval of the various State plans by the
Social Security Board. The great bulk of this material concerns
relationships with the States of New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Tennessee, Texas, and especially, Wisconsin. Of particular significance
is the correspondence carried on with Paul Raushenbush of the
Wisconsin Industrial Commission. |
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Box 114: 754 Oregon-South Carolina
Box 115: 754 South Dakota-Texas
Box 116: 754 Utah-West Virginia
Box 117: 754 Wisconsin
BEGINNING OF PROPER NAME FILE
Box 118: 754 Wisconsin - Allis-Charners (should read Chalmers)
Box 119: 095 American Association-American Red Cross
Box 120: 095 American Statistical Assn.-Bo |
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Boxes 118-132
These boxes make up the 095 or proper-name file. The material,
set up alphabetically, includes correspondence with and about
individuals and organizations--professional, business, labor,
religious, fraternal, charitable, and educational. In several
instances, there is correspondence dating back to the period
of the Committee on Economic Security (1934-1935). The material
is filed in folders carrying the appropriate alphabetical letter,
except where quantity justified setting up name folders. It
should be noted that this group of boxes contains a great number
of cross-reference sheets. These can be of use in locating original
source material. Some of the important correspondence is listed
below by box number:
Box 118
Allis Chalmers
Box
119
American Association for Labor Legislation
American Association for Social Security
American Federation of Labor
American Medical Association
American Public Welfare Association
Box
120
American Retail Association (Federation)
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American University
Bakke, F. Wight (consultant on unemployment compensation)
Bane, Frank (after he left the Social Security Board) |
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Box 121: 095 Bi-D
Box 122: 095 De-Go
Box 123: 095 Go-Ho
Box 124: 095 Hom-I
Box 125: 095 J-Lo
Box 126: 095 Lo-National
Box 127: 095 National-Q |
Box 121
Brown, J. Douglas
Burns, Eveline M.
Cardozo, Justice Benjamin
Columbia University (Eveline M. Burns)
Cooperative Committee (Forum), 1937-1940
Creel, George
Davison, Ronald (British consultant)
Box
122
Democratic National Committee
Douglas, Paul H.
Eastman Kodak Company (Marion B. Folsom)
Ekern, Herman L. (chairman, Wisconsin Unemployment Commission;
lieutenant governor)
Epstein, Abraham
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (background
material to the Clark Amendment)
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America
General Electric Company (Gerard Swope, J. B. Cliffe)
General Welfare Federation of America (a pension plan offered
as a substitute for the Social Security Act)
Givens, Meredith B. (New York Division of Placement and Unemployment
Insurance)
Box 123
Goldy, Daniel L. (Illinois Director of Unemployment Compensation)
Gretz, Harry C. (American Telephone and Telegraph Company)
Green, William
Haber, William
Hansen, Alvin H.
Harvard University
Henderson, Leon
Hoar, Roger Sherman (Ohio attorney)
Hohaus, Reinhard (associate actuary, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company)
Box 124
Iglauer, Jay (Illinois Federation of Retail Associations; member
of the 1937-1938 Advisory Council)
ILO (International Labor Organization)
Iowa State Bureau of Labor
Box
125
Kulp, C. A. (Wharton School of Finance and Commerce)
Leet, Glenn (Washington representative of the American Public
Welfare Association)
Lester, R. A. (Economics Department, Princeton University)
Levy, Phil (administrative assistant to Senator Robert Wagner)
Lewisohn, Sam (National Retail Dry Goods Association)
Linton, M. Albert ( Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company;
member of 1937-1938 Advisory Council)
Maslow, Harold (Associated Hospital Service of Philadelphia)
Box 126
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor (Watt, Robert J., secretary-treasurer)
Michigan (William Haber)
Morgan, Gerald
Montana, Federation of Labor
Mowbray, A. H. (member of 1937-1938 Advisory Council)
National Association of Manufacturers
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Box
127
O'Grady, Rt. Rev. John O. (National Conference of Catholic Charities)
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania State Government (miscellaneous)
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Pope (National Old-Age Pension Association)
Princeton University (J. Douglas Brown)
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company (M. Albert Linton) |
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Box 128: 095 R-Sh
Box 129: 095 Si-Su
Box 130: 095 T-Wh
Box 131: 095 Wi-Wis
Box 132: 095 Wit-XYZ |
Box 128
Raushenbush, Paul
Retirement, Miscellaneous (California Ham and Eggs Plan)
Rector, Stanley (chief counsel, Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation
Industrial Commission)
Robbins, Rainard (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
of America)
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Ryan, John A. (National Catholic Welfare Conference)
Saposs, David J. (economist, National Labor Relations Board)
Shearon, Marjorie
Box 129
Slichter, Sumner
Social Science Research Council
Somers, Herman (Wisconsin Public Welfare Department)
Stanchfield, Paul (Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission)
Studenski, Paul (Department of Economics, New York University)
Survey Associates, Inc.
Box
130
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
Tennessee Valley Authority (David E. Lilienthal)
United Mine Workers of America
United Charities of Chicago (Joel D. Hunter, general superintendent)
Union Carbide
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Washington Newsletter on Social Legislation
Webbink, Paul (Social Research Council)
Box
131
Williams, Aubrey
Wisconsin Conference of Social Work
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Wisconsin State Government (miscellaneous)
Wisconsin State Governor (Governor Philip M. LaFollette)
Wisconsin (miscellaneous)
Wisconsin State Industrial Commission
Wisconsin, University of (Edwin E. Witte, particularly)
Box 132
Witte, Edwin E. (five huge folders of correspondence, particularly
that with Wilbur J. Cohen between 1936 and 1940)
Wrabetz, Voyta (Wisconsin Industrial Commission)
Woytinsky, W. S.
Young, Arthur (member of the Advisory Council on Employment
Security)
Zimmer, F. A. (director, Bureau of Labor Standards, Department
of Labor)
Yale University |
| Table
B33: RECORDS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD, RECORDS OF THE OFFICE
OF THE COMMISSIONER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S FILE, (1935 - 1940)
(187 Boxes) |
THIS COLLECTION partially duplicates the collection
of the chairman for the same period. However, in a number of
essential areas, especially those treating the activities of
the Board's regional organization, these records are quite different
from those of the chairman, and contain materials not to be
found elsewhere.
In processing what was originally a separate and distinct collection,
the National Archives has continued the box-numbering system
used for the files of the chairman. Thus, these records are
stored in boxes numbered 133 to 320. |
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Box 133: 000 - 011.1 Technical Amendments
Box 134: 011.1 Dec. 1937 - 011.1/25 |
Boxes 133-136 [010-016.2]
This group of records deals with laws and legal matters, including
legislative services performed by various Social Security Board
offices; interpretations of the Social Security Act or State
laws; activities in connection with court cases important enough
to go to the Supreme Court, and those involving minor violations,
including fraud. The various amendments proposed by Board officials
from 1936 through 1939 and those offered by Congressmen, organized
labor representatives, and State officials are analyzed. This
also involved dealings with the Department of the Treasury,
the Bureau of the Budget, and individual Congressmen, among
others. Questions regarding taxes, rules and regulations, Comptroller
General decisions, and forms to be used resulted in considerable
discussion and correspondence with Treasury and Internal Revenue
personnel. In the miscellaneous category are dealings with the
Roper Subcommittee on Social Security, and inquiries about the
Social Security Act and eligibility to receive benefits. |
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Box 135: 011.4 - 013.1
Box 136: 013.2 - 016.2 July 1940
Box 137: 016.2 Aug. 1940 - 025 Advisory Council on Social Security
Box 138: 025 Advisory Council on Social Security-Federal Advisory
Council
Box 139: 026 - 032.11 Byrne
Box 140: 032.11 Byron-"O"
Box 141: 032.11 Pace - 032.22 Caraway |
Boxes 133-136 [010-016.2]
This group of records deals with laws and legal matters, including
legislative services performed by various Social Security Board
offices; interpretations of the Social Security Act or State
laws; activities in connection with court cases important enough
to go to the Supreme Court, and those involving minor violations,
including fraud. The various amendments proposed by Board officials
from 1936 through 1939 and those offered by Congressmen, organized
labor representatives, and State officials are analyzed. This
also involved dealings with the Department of the Treasury,
the Bureau of the Budget, and individual Congressmen, among
others. Questions regarding taxes, rules and regulations, Comptroller
General decisions, and forms to be used resulted in considerable
discussion and correspondence with Treasury and Internal Revenue
personnel. In the miscellaneous category are dealings with the
Roper Subcommittee on Social Security, and inquiries about the
Social Security Act and eligibility to receive benefits. |
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Box 142: 032.22 Clark-"W"
Box 143: 040 - 040.5
Box 144: 040.5-5 - 042.1
Box 145: 042.2 - 044.1-1
Box 146: 044.1-2 - 047.23
Box 147: 047.2-25 - 049 Feb. 1940
Box 148: 049 Mar. 1940 - Exhibits National Youth Adm. |
Boxes 137-150 [016.2-050.02]
Records treating Board responsibilities, organization, and some
early work are in 020. In addition, there is considerable background
on the selection of Oscar M. Powell to succeed Frank Bane as
executive director. Some of the relationships with the National
Emergency Council are indicated.
Activities of the 1937-1938 Advisory Council on Social Security
that are filed under 025 include the selection of members and
their individual views toward the major subjects discussed.
There are also drafts of reports, minutes of meetings, and material
supplied by Board personnel for consideration by the council
members. The work of other similar groups is found here, too;
that of the Federal Advisory Council for Employment Security
is of particular note.
In these files relations with other Federal agencies and interdepartmental
committees--such as the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities--can be followed, as well as contacts
with the Chief Executive, with individual Representatives and
Senators, and some committees of the Congress.
Box 13 (040) contains the beginning of considerable material
on organization and reorganization of the Social Security Board.
Of significance are the changes resulting from the 1939 amendments
to the act itself, and the reorganization brought about by establishment
of the Federal Security Agency as the supervisory agency over
the Social Security Board in the same year. Other Federal agencies
dealt with include the Railroad Retirement Board, Veterans Administration,
Council of National Defense, Works Progress Administration,
Department of Labor (particularly in connection with the United
States Employment Service), Department of Commerce (Bureau of
the Census, Business Advisory Council), the Central Statistical
Board, the Office of Education, the National Resources Planning
Board, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. |
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Box 149: 049 Office of Education-Public Works
Adm.
Box 150: Office of Government Reports - 050.1 Adm.
Box 151: 050.12 Dec. 1937 - Gt. Britain Dec. 1940
Box 152: 050.15 - 054
Box 153: 055 - 057
Box 154: 058 - 060
Box 155: 060 - 062 |
Boxes 137-150 [016.2-050.02]
Records treating Board responsibilities, organization, and some
early work are in 020. In addition, there is considerable background
on the selection of Oscar M. Powell to succeed Frank Bane as
executive director. Some of the relationships with the National
Emergency Council are indicated.
Activities of the 1937-1938 Advisory Council on Social Security
that are filed under 025 include the selection of members and
their individual views toward the major subjects discussed.
There are also drafts of reports, minutes of meetings, and material
supplied by Board personnel for consideration by the council
members. The work of other similar groups is found here, too;
that of the Federal Advisory Council for Employment Security
is of particular note.
In these files relations with other Federal agencies and interdepartmental
committees--such as the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate
Health and Welfare Activities--can be followed, as well as contacts
with the Chief Executive, with individual Representatives and
Senators, and some committees of the Congress.
Box 13 (040) contains the beginning of considerable material
on organization and reorganization of the Social Security Board.
Of significance are the changes resulting from the 1939 amendments
to the act itself, and the reorganization brought about by establishment
of the Federal Security Agency as the supervisory agency over
the Social Security Board in the same year. Other Federal agencies
dealt with include the Railroad Retirement Board, Veterans Administration,
Council of National Defense, Works Progress Administration,
Department of Labor (particularly in connection with the United
States Employment Service), Department of Commerce (Bureau of
the Census, Business Advisory Council), the Central Statistical
Board, the Office of Education, the National Resources Planning
Board, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Boxes
150-154 [050.1-059.1]
Here the research activities, involving several different elements
of the Board, are covered. They take the form of studies, reports,
analyses, comments, statistical and actuarial data, and correspondence;
they involve numerous issues, such as old-age insurance, public
assistance, unemployment compensation, disability, medical care,
and health insurance. There is also some significant material
describing the work of the field-organization committee for
the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits.
Boxes
155-162 [060-091]
The operations of the Informational Service are given here in
detail; they concern a number of subjects and the use of various
communications media. Included in these files are numerous publications,
and papers relating to contacts with the press, educational
institutions, religious organizations, and labor and business
groups. The many speeches made by important members of the Social
Security Board are to be found in these boxes. Exhibits were
used, as were charts, films, radio scripts, and informational
publications. The files contain indications of public opinion
as expressed in the press and other media. Various Board publications
were started and distributed throughout the country. There is
reference to the Bureau of Research and Statistics publication,
the Social Security Bulletin, containing statistical data and
important historical matter on all the programs administered
under the Social Security Act. In Boxes 162 and 163 are some
requests for foreign publications in the social security areas. |
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Box 156: 062.1 - 062.2
Box 157: 062.2 Altmeyer-Jeter
Box 158: 062.2 McNutt-Williamson
Box 159: 062.2 Winant-Outside
Box 160: 062.31 - 064.1 Is
Box 161: 064.11 OASI - 064.12
Box 162: 064.13 - 091 Canada |
Boxes 155-162 [060-091]
The operations of the Informational Service are given here in
detail; they concern a number of subjects and the use of various
communications media. Included in these files are numerous publications,
and papers relating to contacts with the press, educational
institutions, religious organizations, and labor and business
groups. The many speeches made by important members of the Social
Security Board are to be found in these boxes. Exhibits were
used, as were charts, films, radio scripts, and informational
publications. The files contain indications of public opinion
as expressed in the press and other media. Various Board publications
were started and distributed throughout the country. There is
reference to the Bureau of Research and Statistics publication,
the Social Security Bulletin, containing statistical data and
important historical matter on all the programs administered
under the Social Security Act. In Boxes 162 and 163 are some
requests for foreign publications in the social security areas. |
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Box 163: 091 Netherlands - 111 Budget Material
Box 164: 111 Budget Material-Executive Directive 1937
Box 165: 111 Employment Security-Old Age Survivors Insurance
Box 166: 111 Public Assistance Budget Est-Pegronal
Box 167: 111 Regional-1941 Budget
Box 168: 111 Working Papers-Budget Estimates 1941
Box 169: 111 Working Papers of Budget Estimates 1940-1941 |
Boxes 163-181 [100-160]
The financial aspects of administration are covered in the 100
series. Revealed are the procedures for preparing budgets, the
budget justifications presented before Bureau of the Budget
personnel or before congressional committees, the resultant
appropriations, disbursement of funds through contracts, and
purchase of equipment and property. All of this involved correspondence
with Congress and its committees, with the Bureau of the Budget,
the Department of the Treasury, the Railroad Retirement Board,
and others. |
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Box 170: 111 Working Papers of Budget Estimates
1940
Box 171: 111 Working Papers of Budget Estimates 1939
Box 172: 111 Working Papers of Budget Estimates 1938
Box 173: 111 Work Papers: Budget Estimates 1936-1938 - Correspondences
1939-1940
Box 174: 111 Work Papers of State Study no. 1-70
Box 175: 111 July 1938 to 112 1937
Box 176: 112 1936 to 120.18 1937 |
Boxes 163-181 [100-160]
The financial aspects of administration are covered in the 100
series. Revealed are the procedures for preparing budgets, the
budget justifications presented before Bureau of the Budget
personnel or before congressional committees, the resultant
appropriations, disbursement of funds through contracts, and
purchase of equipment and property. All of this involved correspondence
with Congress and its committees, with the Bureau of the Budget,
the Department of the Treasury, the Railroad Retirement Board,
and others. |
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Box 177: 121 - 121.1
Box 178: 121.1 Adm. Expense Allotment to Regional
Box 179: 121.1 Regional Offices to 121.3
Box 179a: 121.4 Semi-monthly Financial Statements, 1940
Box 180: 121.4 Semi-monthly Statements 1937-39
Box 181: 121.4 1936-37 - 200
Box 182: 200.3 - 200.34 |
Boxes 163-181 [100-160]
The financial aspects of administration are covered in the 100
series. Revealed are the procedures for preparing budgets, the
budget justifications presented before Bureau of the Budget
personnel or before congressional committees, the resultant
appropriations, disbursement of funds through contracts, and
purchase of equipment and property. All of this involved correspondence
with Congress and its committees, with the Bureau of the Budget,
the Department of the Treasury, the Railroad Retirement Board,
and others.
Boxes 181-199
[200-284]
In the 200 series of records, the subject of personnel is treated.
Among the many aspects are: recruitment; rules and regulations;
dealings with the Civil Service Commission in connection with
examinations, eligibility registers, classification of and salaries
for specific jobs; and problems in the selection and appointment
of experts and attorneys. In filling jobs there were political
pressures from Congressmen to be reckoned with. Individual (201)
folders give details on promotions, demotions, efficiency and
service ratings, resignations, and political activities. Various
reports reflect personnel strength at a given period. Materials
on employee relations, union activities, and internal personnel
committees indicate the Board's personnel policies and attitudes.
The wide use of outside consultants in various capacities is
indicated by the personnel rolls. |
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Box 183: 201 A-F (Fisk)
Box 184: 201 Flo-Mc (General)
Box 185: May-Sz
Box 186: 201 Tate - 201.7
Box 187: 202 A-P
Box 188: 202 R - 212 1939
Box 189: 212 1938 - 222.2 |
Boxes 181-199 [200-284]
In the 200 series of records, the subject of personnel is treated.
Among the many aspects are: recruitment; rules and regulations;
dealings with the Civil Service Commission in connection with
examinations, eligibility registers, classification of and salaries
for specific jobs; and problems in the selection and appointment
of experts and attorneys. In filling jobs there were political
pressures from Congressmen to be reckoned with. Individual (201)
folders give details on promotions, demotions, efficiency and
service ratings, resignations, and political activities. Various
reports reflect personnel strength at a given period. Materials
on employee relations, union activities, and internal personnel
committees indicate the Board's personnel policies and attitudes.
The wide use of outside consultants in various capacities is
indicated by the personnel rolls. |
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Box 190: 224 - 231.1 Draft 1940
Box 191: 231.2 1940 - 232 1938
Box 192: 232 1937 - 234.3 1938
Box 193: 235 - 239.1 Monthly Reports on Personnel 1938
Box 194: 239.1 Monthly Reports on Personnel 1937 - 242
Box 195: 242 1936 - 260
Box 196: 253.1 - 260 |
Boxes 181-199 [200-284]
In the 200 series of records, the subject of personnel is treated.
Among the many aspects are: recruitment; rules and regulations;
dealings with the Civil Service Commission in connection with
examinations, eligibility registers, classification of and salaries
for specific jobs; and problems in the selection and appointment
of experts and attorneys. In filling jobs there were political
pressures from Congressmen to be reckoned with. Individual (201)
folders give details on promotions, demotions, efficiency and
service ratings, resignations, and political activities. Various
reports reflect personnel strength at a given period. Materials
on employee relations, union activities, and internal personnel
committees indicate the Board's personnel policies and attitudes.
The wide use of outside consultants in various capacities is
indicated by the personnel rolls. |
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Box 197: 261 - 272
Box 198: 273 - 280
Box 199: 281 1940 - 300.1 June 1937
Box 200: 300.1 Jan. 1937-Office Memorandum #17
Box 201: 300.1 Office Memorandum No. 18-No. 33
Box 202: 300.1 Office Memorandum No. 34 - 300.21 Board Meeting
July 1940
Box 203: 300.21 Board Meeting Aug. 1939-Aug. 1940 |
Boxes 181-199 [200-284]
In the 200 series of records, the subject of personnel is treated.
Among the many aspects are: recruitment; rules and regulations;
dealings with the Civil Service Commission in connection with
examinations, eligibility registers, classification of and salaries
for specific jobs; and problems in the selection and appointment
of experts and attorneys. In filling jobs there were political
pressures from Congressmen to be reckoned with. Individual (201)
folders give details on promotions, demotions, efficiency and
service ratings, resignations, and political activities. Various
reports reflect personnel strength at a given period. Materials
on employee relations, union activities, and internal personnel
committees indicate the Board's personnel policies and attitudes.
The wide use of outside consultants in various capacities is
indicated by the personnel rolls.
Boxes
199-211 [300-316]
The first part of the 300 series, which deals with administration,
is found in these boxes. The Board's administrative procedures
are shown in the office memoranda, administrative orders, bulletins,
and circulars. Of significance are the agenda and minutes of
the Social Security Board's periodic meetings, and those of
the executive director's staff meetings. Some information is
to be found in the transcripts of long distance telephone calls.
Instructions on how offices were to be run, files organized,
administrative procedures carried out, correspondence prepared,
and forms utilized are voluminously recorded. There is also
some interesting background on the establishment of Region I. |
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Box 204: 300.21 Board Meeting Dec. 1938-Sept.
1939
Box 205: 300.21 Board Meeting July 1936-Jan. 1937
Box 206: 300.21 Board Meeting Aug. 1936 - 311 Teletype
Box 207: 311.01 Dec. 1940 - 311.3 1940
Box 208: Telecord 1939-40 - 312 Dec. 1939
Box 209: 312 Correspondence Procedure: Miscellaneous - 312.6
Box 210: 313 - 313.5 |
Boxes 199-211 [300-316]
The first part of the 300 series, which deals with administration,
is found in these boxes. The Board's administrative procedures
are shown in the office memoranda, administrative orders, bulletins,
and circulars. Of significance are the agenda and minutes of
the Social Security Board's periodic meetings, and those of
the executive director's staff meetings. Some information is
to be found in the transcripts of long distance telephone calls.
Instructions on how offices were to be run, files organized,
administrative procedures carried out, correspondence prepared,
and forms utilized are voluminously recorded. There is also
some interesting background on the establishment of Region I. |
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Box 211: 314 - 316
Box 212: 317 - 317.1 1940
Box 213: 317.1 1939 - 317.1/21-3
Box 214: 317.1/21-4 - 317.11/21-9
Box 215: 317.2 Monthly Review of Progress-Bureau Report Nov.
1936
Box 216: 317.2 Federal Security Agency - 317.2/21 Appeals Council
Box 217: 317.2/21-1 Employment Security Reports Dec. 1938-Jan.
1940 |
Boxes 199-211 [300-316]
The first part of the 300 series, which deals with administration,
is found in these boxes. The Board's administrative procedures
are shown in the office memoranda, administrative orders, bulletins,
and circulars. Of significance are the agenda and minutes of
the Social Security Board's periodic meetings, and those of
the executive director's staff meetings. Some information is
to be found in the transcripts of long distance telephone calls.
Instructions on how offices were to be run, files organized,
administrative procedures carried out, correspondence prepared,
and forms utilized are voluminously recorded. There is also
some interesting background on the establishment of Region I.
Boxes 212-232 [317]
A vast amount of information is to be found in the various reports
contained here. They include the annual reports of the Social
Security Board and its subordinate bureaus and offices, the
monthly and weekly reports, and special work, progress, and
regional directors' reports. |
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Box 218: 317.2/21-1 Dec. 1937 - 317.2/21-2
Box 219: 317.2/21-3 Analysis Div.-Correspondence
Box 220: 317.2/21-4 General Council Reports 1938-40
Box 221: 317.2/21-4 Reports 1938 - 317.2/21-5 Reports 1938
Box 222: 317.2/21-5 IS Reports 1937-BM Reports 1939
Box 223: 317.21-6 BM Reports 1938-Communications and Review
Box 224: 317.2/21-6 Library - 317.2/21-7 A&A Report 1939 |
Boxes 212-232 [317]
A vast amount of information is to be found in the various reports
contained here. They include the annual reports of the Social
Security Board and its subordinate bureaus and offices, the
monthly and weekly reports, and special work, progress, and
regional directors' reports. |
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Box 225: 317.2/21-7 A&A Report 1938 - 317.2/21-8
R&S Reports 1940
Box 226: 317.2/21-8 R&S Reports 1936-40
Box 227: 317.2/21-8 Correspondence - 317.2/21-9
Box 228: 317.2/22 - 317.4/21-6 Duplicating
Box 229: 317.4 Work Reports 1939-41
Box 230: 317.4 Work Reports 1938-39
Box 231: 317.4 Work Reports 1938 - 317.4/21-9 1940 |
Boxes 212-232 [317]
A vast amount of information is to be found in the various reports
contained here. They include the annual reports of the Social
Security Board and its subordinate bureaus and offices, the
monthly and weekly reports, and special work, progress, and
regional directors' reports. |
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Box 232: 317.4/21-9 Correspondence Review - 317.5
Box 233: 320 - 320.1 General Charts 1938
Box 234: General Board Charts 1937 - 320.3 1937
Box 235: 320.4 - 321.1 1940
Box 236: 321.1 1939-Organization 1938
Box 237: 321.1 Organization 1938 - 321.1.2 1940
Box 238: 321.2 1940 - Public Assist. Organization and Operation |
Boxes 212-232 [317]
A vast amount of information is to be found in the various reports
contained here. They include the annual reports of the Social
Security Board and its subordinate bureaus and offices, the
monthly and weekly reports, and special work, progress, and
regional directors' reports.
Boxes
233-263 [320-370]
The remainder of the 300 series provides background material
on organization and administration starting with the beginning
of the Board in 1935. There are outside studies on administration,
including one on decentralization of functions. Board personnel
studied the duties of the regional directors in relation to
those of bureau representatives in the region, and the relationship
of each to the headquarters office. How research was to be divided
up organizationally, by function and responsibility, between
the Bureau of Research and Statistics and the operating bureaus,
was studied at great length.
Various organizational problems faced by the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, the Bureau of Public Assistance, the Bureau of
Federal Old-Age Benefits, the Informational Service are covered
in all their complicated and complex aspects. There are organizational
surveys of virtually all the elements of the Social Security
Board. Conferences among representatives of various bureaus
and offices are reported on, along with those by the regional
directors within their own respective regions. Periodically,
correspondence was addressed to the regional directors, describing
the processes to be followed in setting up field offices and
in laying out boundaries; suggesting office procedures; and
spelling out regional directors' responsibilities including
the relationship among regional representatives of the operating
and service bureaus, and their separate responsibilities and
functions.
There is a reporting of the regional office organizational setup
as it existed in 1939, including a bibliography on the subject.
There is the original field office plan for Federal Old-Age
Benefits, and material on the changes made in it with the passage
of time. The rationale for setting up this organization is given,
and the bases for field office boundaries; the classification
of offices according to size and importance; the determination
of the size of the personnel staff; and time studies intended
to improve the efficiency of operation.
Training (Box 254) received much attention, as indicated by
the quantity of the records. These reveal prescribed courses
of study and the materials used in teaching them to the field
staff and to Washington and Baltimore personnel.
The records under 340 (Box 257) treat the procedures for requisitioning
supplies, equipment, automobiles, property, forms; securing
printing and duplicating services; acquiring space for offices
in Washington, Baltimore, and elsewhere in the country--with
details of floor plans and required maintenance. There is considerable
material on official travel and attendance at conferences and
meetings, whether or not federally sponsored.
Also worth noting in Box 257 is the establishment of the Social
Security Library. |
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Box 239: 321.2 Public Assistance Research 1939
- 321.3 Samples of Forms 1939
Box 240: 321.3 1939 - Proceedings 1940
Box 241: 321.3.2 - 321.4 General Council Office Procedure
Box 242: 321.4 Org. Survey 1939 - 321.4.2 Regional Attorneys
Conference
Box 243: 321.4.2 Regional Attorneys Conference 1939
Box 244: 321.4.2 Regional Attorneys Conference 1938 - 321.5
1937
Box 245: 321.5 1937 - 321.7 1940 |
Boxes 233-263 [320-370]
The remainder of the 300 series provides background material
on organization and administration starting with the beginning
of the Board in 1935. There are outside studies on administration,
including one on decentralization of functions. Board personnel
studied the duties of the regional directors in relation to
those of bureau representatives in the region, and the relationship
of each to the headquarters office. How research was to be divided
up organizationally, by function and responsibility, between
the Bureau of Research and Statistics and the operating bureaus,
was studied at great length.
Various organizational problems faced by the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, the Bureau of Public Assistance, the Bureau of
Federal Old-Age Benefits, the Informational Service are covered
in all their complicated and complex aspects. There are organizational
surveys of virtually all the elements of the Social Security
Board. Conferences among representatives of various bureaus
and offices are reported on, along with those by the regional
directors within their own respective regions. Periodically,
correspondence was addressed to the regional directors, describing
the processes to be followed in setting up field offices and
in laying out boundaries; suggesting office procedures; and
spelling out regional directors' responsibilities including
the relationship among regional representatives of the operating
and service bureaus, and their separate responsibilities and
functions.
There is a reporting of the regional office organizational setup
as it existed in 1939, including a bibliography on the subject.
There is the original field office plan for Federal Old-Age
Benefits, and material on the changes made in it with the passage
of time. The rationale for setting up this organization is given,
and the bases for field office boundaries; the classification
of offices according to size and importance; the determination
of the size of the personnel staff; and time studies intended
to improve the efficiency of operation.
Training (Box 254) received much attention, as indicated by
the quantity of the records. These reveal prescribed courses
of study and the materials used in teaching them to the field
staff and to Washington and Baltimore personnel.
The records under 340 (Box 257) treat the procedures for requisitioning
supplies, equipment, automobiles, property, forms; securing
printing and duplicating services; acquiring space for offices
in Washington, Baltimore, and elsewhere in the country--with
details of floor plans and required maintenance. There is considerable
material on official travel and attendance at conferences and
meetings, whether or not federally sponsored.
Also worth noting in Box 257 is the establishment of the Social
Security Library. |
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Box 246: 321.7 - 321.9 Correspondence Review Reading
File
Box 247: 321.9 Correspondence Review Summary - 321.9 Exec. Dir.
Conference 1940
Box 248: 321.9 Executive Director's Conference 1939-1940
Box 249: 321.9 Agenda Sept. 1939-Regional Director's Conference
Transcripts Sept. 1938
Box 250: 321.9 E.D. Conference Sept. 1938 - 322
Box 251: 322 Regional Director's Letters 1938-9 - 323 1940
Box 252: 323 Field Office Organization |
Boxes 233-263 [320-370]
The remainder of the 300 series provides background material
on organization and administration starting with the beginning
of the Board in 1935. There are outside studies on administration,
including one on decentralization of functions. Board personnel
studied the duties of the regional directors in relation to
those of bureau representatives in the region, and the relationship
of each to the headquarters office. How research was to be divided
up organizationally, by function and responsibility, between
the Bureau of Research and Statistics and the operating bureaus,
was studied at great length.
Various organizational problems faced by the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, the Bureau of Public Assistance, the Bureau of
Federal Old-Age Benefits, the Informational Service are covered
in all their complicated and complex aspects. There are organizational
surveys of virtually all the elements of the Social Security
Board. Conferences among representatives of various bureaus
and offices are reported on, along with those by the regional
directors within their own respective regions. Periodically,
correspondence was addressed to the regional directors, describing
the processes to be followed in setting up field offices and
in laying out boundaries; suggesting office procedures; and
spelling out regional directors' responsibilities including
the relationship among regional representatives of the operating
and service bureaus, and their separate responsibilities and
functions.
There is a reporting of the regional office organizational setup
as it existed in 1939, including a bibliography on the subject.
There is the original field office plan for Federal Old-Age
Benefits, and material on the changes made in it with the passage
of time. The rationale for setting up this organization is given,
and the bases for field office boundaries; the classification
of offices according to size and importance; the determination
of the size of the personnel staff; and time studies intended
to improve the efficiency of operation.
Training (Box 254) received much attention, as indicated by
the quantity of the records. These reveal prescribed courses
of study and the materials used in teaching them to the field
staff and to Washington and Baltimore personnel.
The records under 340 (Box 257) treat the procedures for requisitioning
supplies, equipment, automobiles, property, forms; securing
printing and duplicating services; acquiring space for offices
in Washington, Baltimore, and elsewhere in the country--with
details of floor plans and required maintenance. There is considerable
material on official travel and attendance at conferences and
meetings, whether or not federally sponsored.
Also worth noting in Box 257 is the establishment of the Social
Security Library. |
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Box 253: 323 - 323.1
Box 254: 323.11 - 331 June 1938
Box 255: 331 July-Dec. 1938 - BM Training School
Box 256: 331 Training Committee - 331.1 Adv. Basic Course
Box 257: 331.1 - 331.3 Jr. Field Personnel
Box 258: 332 Library Survey - 341.21
Box 259: 343 1940 - 347.1 1939 |
Boxes 233-263 [320-370]
The remainder of the 300 series provides background material
on organization and administration starting with the beginning
of the Board in 1935. There are outside studies on administration,
including one on decentralization of functions. Board personnel
studied the duties of the regional directors in relation to
those of bureau representatives in the region, and the relationship
of each to the headquarters office. How research was to be divided
up organizationally, by function and responsibility, between
the Bureau of Research and Statistics and the operating bureaus,
was studied at great length.
Various organizational problems faced by the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, the Bureau of Public Assistance, the Bureau of
Federal Old-Age Benefits, the Informational Service are covered
in all their complicated and complex aspects. There are organizational
surveys of virtually all the elements of the Social Security
Board. Conferences among representatives of various bureaus
and offices are reported on, along with those by the regional
directors within their own respective regions. Periodically,
correspondence was addressed to the regional directors, describing
the processes to be followed in setting up field offices and
in laying out boundaries; suggesting office procedures; and
spelling out regional directors' responsibilities including
the relationship among regional representatives of the operating
and service bureaus, and their separate responsibilities and
functions.
There is a reporting of the regional office organizational setup
as it existed in 1939, including a bibliography on the subject.
There is the original field office plan for Federal Old-Age
Benefits, and material on the changes made in it with the passage
of time. The rationale for setting up this organization is given,
and the bases for field office boundaries; the classification
of offices according to size and importance; the determination
of the size of the personnel staff; and time studies intended
to improve the efficiency of operation.
Training (Box 254) received much attention, as indicated by
the quantity of the records. These reveal prescribed courses
of study and the materials used in teaching them to the field
staff and to Washington and Baltimore personnel.
The records under 340 (Box 257) treat the procedures for requisitioning
supplies, equipment, automobiles, property, forms; securing
printing and duplicating services; acquiring space for offices
in Washington, Baltimore, and elsewhere in the country--with
details of floor plans and required maintenance. There is considerable
material on official travel and attendance at conferences and
meetings, whether or not federally sponsored.
Also worth noting in Box 257 is the establishment of the Social
Security Library. |
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Box 260: 347.1 1938 - 347.2 1936
Box 261: 347.3 - 360 Travel Study
Box 262: 361.2 - 370 U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Box 263: 370 International Social Insurance Conf. - 510 1940
Box 264: 510 1939 - 520.11
Box 265: 520.11/03 - 521.2
Box 266: 521.22 - 530.1 |
Boxes 233-263 [320-370]
The remainder of the 300 series provides background material
on organization and administration starting with the beginning
of the Board in 1935. There are outside studies on administration,
including one on decentralization of functions. Board personnel
studied the duties of the regional directors in relation to
those of bureau representatives in the region, and the relationship
of each to the headquarters office. How research was to be divided
up organizationally, by function and responsibility, between
the Bureau of Research and Statistics and the operating bureaus,
was studied at great length.
Various organizational problems faced by the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, the Bureau of Public Assistance, the Bureau of
Federal Old-Age Benefits, the Informational Service are covered
in all their complicated and complex aspects. There are organizational
surveys of virtually all the elements of the Social Security
Board. Conferences among representatives of various bureaus
and offices are reported on, along with those by the regional
directors within their own respective regions. Periodically,
correspondence was addressed to the regional directors, describing
the processes to be followed in setting up field offices and
in laying out boundaries; suggesting office procedures; and
spelling out regional directors' responsibilities including
the relationship among regional representatives of the operating
and service bureaus, and their separate responsibilities and
functions.
There is a reporting of the regional office organizational setup
as it existed in 1939, including a bibliography on the subject.
There is the original field office plan for Federal Old-Age
Benefits, and material on the changes made in it with the passage
of time. The rationale for setting up this organization is given,
and the bases for field office boundaries; the classification
of offices according to size and importance; the determination
of the size of the personnel staff; and time studies intended
to improve the efficiency of operation.
Training (Box 254) received much attention, as indicated by
the quantity of the records. These reveal prescribed courses
of study and the materials used in teaching them to the field
staff and to Washington and Baltimore personnel.
The records under 340 (Box 257) treat the procedures for requisitioning
supplies, equipment, automobiles, property, forms; securing
printing and duplicating services; acquiring space for offices
in Washington, Baltimore, and elsewhere in the country--with
details of floor plans and required maintenance. There is considerable
material on official travel and attendance at conferences and
meetings, whether or not federally sponsored.
Also worth noting in Box 257 is the establishment of the Social
Security Library.
Boxes 264-272
[500-550]
Unemployment compensation records fill these nine boxes. There
is material on legislative developments at State and National
levels; draft amendments and their analysis; as well as outside
views on them, particularly by organized labor. Litigation in
connection with existing legislation is touched upon. A major
activity was the attendance of Board personnel at regional conferences
to discuss aspects of unemployment compensation. The important
role of the regional Interstate Conferences of Employment Security
Agencies in influencing policy and procedures is indicated from
minutes of the meetings.
The responsibilities of the Social Security Board (and especially
the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation) are indicated by the
amount of attention given to grants, budgets, and the certification
and auditing of the administration of grants; appraisal by the
Board of instructions and procedures laid down by the States;
and the interpretation of State laws. Other aspects cover analyses
of benefit formulas, and coverage and appeals procedures as
set up in the individual States.
Close relations were maintained with various State agencies,
especially over the federalization of State functions of unemployment
compensation, and these files reflect some of the disagreements
over responsibilities of the U.S. Employment Service, in the
Department of Labor. The Federal agencies dealt with include
not only the U.S. Employment Service but also the Department
of the Treasury, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Veterans'
Administration.
The defense period imposed new responsibilities on the Social
Security Board in connection with jobs, job training, counseling,
and keeping abreast of labor market conditions. Experience rating
came in for
a great deal of discussion and analysis. Similarly, the Board
spent much time and effort in furthering the merit system for
employees in State unemployment compensation agencies, thus
becoming involved in
matters of salaries, training, interpretation of rules and regulations,
recruitment of personnel, and the setting of standards. Other
subjects given consideration included research and statistics
in unemployment compensation (at both Federal and State levels);
establishment of the classification code; and the responsibilities
involved in operating a farm placement service. |
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Box 267: 530.1 - 530.3
Box 268: 531 - 531.3 1938
Box 269: 531.31 - 531.5 Federal Equipment
Box 270: 531.501 - 532.21
Box 271: 532.22 - 533.105
Box 272: 533.11 - 550
Box 273: 600 - 620.1 |
Boxes 264-272 [500-550]
Unemployment compensation records fill these nine boxes. There
is material on legislative developments at State and National
levels; draft amendments and their analysis; as well as outside
views on them, particularly by organized labor. Litigation in
connection with existing legislation is touched upon. A major
activity was the attendance of Board personnel at regional conferences
to discuss aspects of unemployment compensation. The important
role of the regional Interstate Conferences of Employment Security
Agencies in influencing policy and procedures is indicated from
minutes of the meetings.
The responsibilities of the Social Security Board (and especially
the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation) are indicated by the
amount of attention given to grants, budgets, and the certification
and auditing of the administration of grants; appraisal by the
Board of instructions and procedures laid down by the States;
and the interpretation of State laws. Other aspects cover analyses
of benefit formulas, and coverage and appeals procedures as
set up in the individual States.
Close relations were maintained with various State agencies,
especially over the federalization of State functions of unemployment
compensation, and these files reflect some of the disagreements
over responsibilities of the U.S. Employment Service, in the
Department of Labor. The Federal agencies dealt with include
not only the U.S. Employment Service but also the Department
of the Treasury, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Veterans'
Administration.
The defense period imposed new responsibilities on the Social
Security Board in connection with jobs, job training, counseling,
and keeping abreast of labor market conditions. Experience rating
came in for
a great deal of discussion and analysis. Similarly, the Board
spent much time and effort in furthering the merit system for
employees in State unemployment compensation agencies, thus
becoming involved in
matters of salaries, training, interpretation of rules and regulations,
recruitment of personnel, and the setting of standards. Other
subjects given consideration included research and statistics
in unemployment compensation (at both Federal and State levels);
establishment of the classification code; and the responsibilities
involved in operating a farm placement service.
Boxes
273-279 [600-643]
Public assistance is covered here in all its various aspects.
There are draft bills suggested for State legislation, in addition
to analyses of the existing State laws. This material includes
the debate over the
variable grant as a determinant for providing funds to the States.
Considerable attention is given to the special circumstances
surrounding the care of Indians as wards of the Federal Government.
There are
studies on public assistance that were carried on by State agencies,
by the Bureau of Public Assistance, and the Bureau of Research
and Statistics of the Social Security Board.
Studied at considerable length were the difficult questions
of eligibility; interpretation and determination of need; what
constituted a fair hearing procedure; and confidentiality of
the records of public assistance recipients. The responsibility
of the Bureau of Public Assistance to review State plans and
to interpret rules and regulations and manuals of operation
involved numerous trips to the individual
States. The Board personnel thus worked closely with State officials
from the governor on down, as well as with Congressmen representing
interests of their respective States. As in unemployment compensation,
the Board, particularly through its Bureau of Public Assistance,
played a large role in the establishment of merit systems in
State welfare agencies. |
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Box 274: 610 Work Papers: Public Assistance -
622 1940
Box 275: 622 1936 - 622.2 1938
Box 276: 622.2 Public Assistance Audits - 630.2 Financial Manual
for State Public Assistance Agency
Box 277: 630.2 Revised Schedule and Instructions-Work Papers:
Manual of State Pub. Assistance Legislation
Box 278: 631.301 - 632
Box 279: 632.36 - 643 1939
Box 280: 643 1939 - 700.02 |
Boxes 273-279 [600-643]
Public assistance is covered here in all its various aspects.
There are draft bills suggested for State legislation, in addition
to analyses of the existing State laws. This material includes
the debate over the
variable grant as a determinant for providing funds to the States.
Considerable attention is given to the special circumstances
surrounding the care of Indians as wards of the Federal Government.
There are
studies on public assistance that were carried on by State agencies,
by the Bureau of Public Assistance, and the Bureau of Research
and Statistics of the Social Security Board.
Studied at considerable length were the difficult questions
of eligibility; interpretation and determination of need; what
constituted a fair hearing procedure; and confidentiality of
the records of public assistance recipients. The responsibility
of the Bureau of Public Assistance to review State plans and
to interpret rules and regulations and manuals of operation
involved numerous trips to the individual
States. The Board personnel thus worked closely with State officials
from the governor on down, as well as with Congressmen representing
interests of their respective States. As in unemployment compensation,
the Board, particularly through its Bureau of Public Assistance,
played a large role in the establishment of merit systems in
State welfare agencies.
Boxes
280-284 [700-753.2]
The area of old-age insurance is briefly covered. Subjects include
the stamp passbook, proposed for use by covered workers; the
reserve fund issue, which involved correspondence, discussion,
and meetings (both internally and with outside persons--particularly
with representatives from the Bureau of the Budget and the Department
of the Treasury); the preparation and submittal of the First
Trustees' Report of the Old-Age Insurance Trust Fund; legal
problems connected with the administration of the old-age insurance
sections of the act.
Coverage comes in for a great deal of attention, especially
as regards interpretation, which meant numerous dealings with
the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Railroad Retirement Board.
Various proposals are analyzed from all angles in connection
with extending coverage to new groups--agriculture, maritime,
Federal Civil Service, State, and local government employees;
military veterans; employees of nonprofit and educational institutions;
and the self-employed.
The establishment of enumeration procedures, including the assignment
of account numbers for employers and employees, involved the
Board and the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits in close relations
with the Post Office, the Treasury and with employers (as individuals
and in groups). The beginnings of the wage-reporting process,
the verification of wage items, and the maintenance of records,
are all treated in these records. The claims process is considered
from the standpoints of interpretation, eligibility, adjudication,
auditing, and the planning, design and use of forms, the payment
of lump-sum benefits, and the appeals procedure. Representatives
from the Departments of the Treasury and Justice, the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, (and the Railroad Retirement Board were
dealt with on these matters. |
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Box 281: 701 - 720.02
Box 282: 721 - 731
Box 283: 731.1 - 751.7
Box 284: 752 - 753.2
Box 285: Region I 000 - Field Office Region I
Box 286: Region II 000-700
Box 287: Region III - Region IV 300 |
Boxes 280-284 [700-753.2]
The area of old-age insurance is briefly covered. Subjects include
the stamp passbook, proposed for use by covered workers; the
reserve fund issue, which involved correspondence, discussion,
and meetings (both internally and with outside persons--particularly
with representatives from the Bureau of the Budget and the Department
of the Treasury); the preparation and submittal of the First
Trustees' Report of the Old-Age Insurance Trust Fund; legal
problems connected with the administration of the old-age insurance
sections of the act.
Coverage comes in for a great deal of attention, especially
as regards interpretation, which meant numerous dealings with
the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Railroad Retirement Board.
Various proposals are analyzed from all angles in connection
with extending coverage to new groups--agriculture, maritime,
Federal Civil Service, State, and local government employees;
military veterans; employees of nonprofit and educational institutions;
and the self-employed.
The establishment of enumeration procedures, including the assignment
of account numbers for employers and employees, involved the
Board and the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits in close relations
with the Post Office, the Treasury and with employers (as individuals
and in groups). The beginnings of the wage-reporting process,
the verification of wage items, and the maintenance of records,
are all treated in these records. The claims process is considered
from the standpoints of interpretation, eligibility, adjudication,
auditing, and the planning, design and use of forms, the payment
of lump-sum benefits, and the appeals procedure. Representatives
from the Departments of the Treasury and Justice, the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, (and the Railroad Retirement Board were
dealt with on these matters.
X-REF.
TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-PI 183, Entry 17
Boxes 285-297 Regions I-XII
The regional organization covered the entire United States,
Alaska and Hawaii. The records for all the regions are set up
in the same way, with the major emphasis on administration.
They show the public attitudes toward social security, particularly
as seen through the newspapers; and the congressional pressures
connected with the placement of regional offices and the field
offices of the Bureau of Federal Old Age Benefits, and with
the appointment of personnel to staff them. Administrative procedures
and problems involved in setting up offices and operating them
are touched upon, too. Much of this information. is found in
the weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports prepared
by regional directors and the bureau representatives in the
regions. Inspection and survey trips by headquarters personnel
also add details to this story. Correspondence reflects what
was happening in the States, and the working relations between
regional directors, Board representatives, and various State
welfare officials. The Board's encouragement of merit systems
for State personnel administering the public assistance and
unemployment compensation programs is shown.
Materials on its dealings with the Post Office Department are
rather extensive, particularly in connection with the establishment
of field offices of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits.
Some additional information on the individual regions is found
in the regional publications that were issued periodically. |
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Box 288: Region IV 322 - Region V 317.3
Box 289: Region V 322 - Region VI 317
Box 290: Region VI 317.2 - Region VII 317
Box 291: Region VII 317.2 - Region VIII
Box 292: Region IX 000-317
Box 293: Region IX 317.1 - Field Office
Box 294: Region X |
Boxes 285-297 Regions
I-XII
The regional organization covered the entire United States,
Alaska and Hawaii. The records for all the regions are set up
in the same way, with the major emphasis on administration.
They show the public attitudes toward social security, particularly
as seen through the newspapers; and the congressional pressures
connected with the placement of regional offices and the field
offices of the Bureau of Federal Old Age Benefits, and with
the appointment of personnel to staff them. Administrative procedures
and problems involved in setting up offices and operating them
are touched upon, too. Much of this information. is found in
the weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports prepared
by regional directors and the bureau representatives in the
regions. Inspection and survey trips by headquarters personnel
also add details to this story. Correspondence reflects what
was happening in the States, and the working relations between
regional directors, Board representatives, and various State
welfare officials. The Board's encouragement of merit systems
for State personnel administering the public assistance and
unemployment compensation programs is shown.
Materials on its dealings with the Post Office Department are
rather extensive, particularly in connection with the establishment
of field offices of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits.
Some additional information on the individual regions is found
in the regional publications that were issued periodically. |
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Box 295: Region XI
Box 296: Region XII Field Office
Box 297: Region XIII - Arkansas
Box 298: Arizona - Colorado
Box 299: Connecticut - Florida
Box 300: Georgia - Idaho
Box 301: Illinois - Indiana |
Boxes 285-297 Regions
I-XII
The regional organization covered the entire United States,
Alaska and Hawaii. The records for all the regions are set up
in the same way, with the major emphasis on administration.
They show the public attitudes toward social security, particularly
as seen through the newspapers; and the congressional pressures
connected with the placement of regional offices and the field
offices of the Bureau of Federal Old Age Benefits, and with
the appointment of personnel to staff them. Administrative procedures
and problems involved in setting up offices and operating them
are touched upon, too. Much of this information. is found in
the weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports prepared
by regional directors and the bureau representatives in the
regions. Inspection and survey trips by headquarters personnel
also add details to this story. Correspondence reflects what
was happening in the States, and the working relations between
regional directors, Board representatives, and various State
welfare officials. The Board's encouragement of merit systems
for State personnel administering the public assistance and
unemployment compensation programs is shown.
Materials on its dealings with the Post Office Department are
rather extensive, particularly in connection with the establishment
of field offices of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits.
Some additional information on the individual regions is found
in the regional publications that were issued periodically.
X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS:
MLR-PI 183, Entry 18
Boxes
297-315 States
These files are set up individually for each State, plus Puerto
Rico and the Philippines. Most of the useful material deals
with the unemployment compensation (500) and public assistance
(600) programs. There are a few pieces in 092, relating to dealings
with the State governors. Of particular note are the letters
sent to the headquarters office by regional directors and the
bureau representatives in the regions. These report on State
visits by regional program representatives and often contain
references to State political situations which related to their
administration of the public assistance and unemployment compensation
programs.
The amount and significance of material varies from State to
State; Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois
may be especially interesting.
There are records of considerable dealings with governors and
State officials--both those in the welfare agencies carrying
out the State responsibilities under the Social Security Act
and the legislators in the State houses. These reflect some
of the political pressures exerted on the Social Security Board
and on State welfare agencies, also. In part this is indicated
by the Social Security Board's efforts to see that a merit system
was established--and retained--among State welfare personnel.
The Ohio and Oregon cases stand out in particular. Some material
reflects the degree of coordination between the Department of
Labor's U.S. Employment Service and the Social Security Board's
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Finally, this material
provides insight into the responsibilities of supervising and
auditing the grants made to the States, and into the litigation
involving constitutionality of the Social Security Act--especially
with the State of Alabama. |
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Box 302: Iowa - Kentucky
Box 303: Louisiana - Maryland
Box 304: Massachusetts - Michigan
Box 305: Minnesota - Montana
Box 306: Nebraska - New Jersey
Box 307: New Mexico - New York
Box 308: North Carolina - Ohio 600 |
Boxes 297-315 States
These files are set up individually for each State, plus Puerto
Rico and the Philippines. Most of the useful material deals
with the unemployment compensation (500) and public assistance
(600) programs. There are a few pieces in 092, relating to dealings
with the State governors. Of particular note are the letters
sent to the headquarters office by regional directors and the
bureau representatives in the regions. These report on State
visits by regional program representatives and often contain
references to State political situations which related to their
administration of the public assistance and unemployment compensation
programs.
The amount and significance of material varies from State to
State; Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois
may be especially interesting.
There are records of considerable dealings with governors and
State officials--both those in the welfare agencies carrying
out the State responsibilities under the Social Security Act
and the legislators in the State houses. These reflect some
of the political pressures exerted on the Social Security Board
and on State welfare agencies, also. In part this is indicated
by the Social Security Board's efforts to see that a merit system
was established--and retained--among State welfare personnel.
The Ohio and Oregon cases stand out in particular. Some material
reflects the degree of coordination between the Department of
Labor's U.S. Employment Service and the Social Security Board's
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Finally, this material
provides insight into the responsibilities of supervising and
auditing the grants made to the States, and into the litigation
involving constitutionality of the Social Security Act--especially
with the State of Alabama. |
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Box 309: Ohio 620 - Oregon 510
Box 310: Oregon 510 - Pennsylvania
Box 311: Puerto Rico - South Dakota
Box 312: Tennessee - Texas 600
Box 313: Texas 622 - Virgin Islands
Box 314: Washington
Box 315: West Virginia - 095 Adams (misc) |
Boxes 297-315 States
These files are set up individually for each State, plus Puerto
Rico and the Philippines. Most of the useful material deals
with the unemployment compensation (500) and public assistance
(600) programs. There are a few pieces in 092, relating to dealings
with the State governors. Of particular note are the letters
sent to the headquarters office by regional directors and the
bureau representatives in the regions. These report on State
visits by regional program representatives and often contain
references to State political situations which related to their
administration of the public assistance and unemployment compensation
programs.
The amount and significance of material varies from State to
State; Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois
may be especially interesting.
There are records of considerable dealings with governors and
State officials--both those in the welfare agencies carrying
out the State responsibilities under the Social Security Act
and the legislators in the State houses. These reflect some
of the political pressures exerted on the Social Security Board
and on State welfare agencies, also. In part this is indicated
by the Social Security Board's efforts to see that a merit system
was established--and retained--among State welfare personnel.
The Ohio and Oregon cases stand out in particular. Some material
reflects the degree of coordination between the Department of
Labor's U.S. Employment Service and the Social Security Board's
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Finally, this material
provides insight into the responsibilities of supervising and
auditing the grants made to the States, and into the litigation
involving constitutionality of the Social Security Act--especially
with the State of Alabama. |
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Box 316: 095 Al-Co
Box 317: 095 Con-Ho
Box 318: 095 Hom-Mu
Box 319: 095 National-State
Box 320: 095 Sweyer-XYZ |
X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: MLR-PI 183, Entry 19
Boxes 315-320 [095]
This general alphabetical or proper-name file has very little
in it of consequence, being made up mostly of cross-reference
sheets and scattered articles and speeches by individuals, both
inside and outside
the Social Security Board. Among the folders that may be of
interest are:
American Federation of Labor
The American Public Welfare Association
Bane, Frank
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Hoehler, Fred K.
International Labor Organization
Lansdale, Robert
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor |
| Table B34:
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY BOARD, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION (1941-1948) (456 Boxes) |
| X-REF. TO NARA FINDING
AIDS: MLR-A1, Entry 27 |
(Note: The following narrative
descriptions were provided by Bortz and were to Records Boxes.
Thus they do not correspond in any precise way to the current
location of the records which are in Archives Boxes.)
The Administrative Group
Records Boxes 1-5
[000-024]
In addition to some items of a general or miscellaneous nature,
there is considerable material dealing with defense and manpower
problems in the defense and war periods, including relations
with the Advisory Committee to the Council of National Defense.
The impact of these periods on the activities of the Social
Security Board is shown. There is the interesting proposal for
the post-war period of establishing social security centers
throughout the country where all programs under the act would
be administered under one roof.
There is a large mass of records on legislation, not only treating
procedures but also providing periodic analyses on proposals
and the status of Federal legislation. Material dealing with
the recommendations which resulted in the 1950 amendments is
especially noteworthy, as is that on the evolution of the health
insurance movement beginning with the Wagner, Murray, and Dingell
bills, and material relating to the GI bill (Servicemen's Readjustment
Act). Of interest also are the Board recommendations on social
security that were sent along to the President. In the process,
the views--including suggested amendments--on social security
by outside individuals and groups (especially organized labor)
are made known.
Coverage of State legislation, including contacts with State
officials, is to be found in the records under 012. The topic
of taxation receives quite a bit of attention in the form of
articles and correspondence, including considerable dealings
with the Bureau of Internal Revenue on rulings, regulations,
collections and refunds.
Records
Boxes 5-9 [025-030]
The advisory councils are the chief subject in this group, particularly
the Advisory Council on Social Security of 1947-1948. Included
are its background, selection of members, and the reports that
came out of the council's deliberations and recommendations.
The activities of other advisory groups are discussed here,
the more important ones being the Advisory Council on Public
Assistance, the Advisory Committee on Merit System Administration,
the National Commission on Children and Youth, the Business
Advisory Council of the Commerce Department, the National Labor
Supply Policy Committee, and especially the Federal Advisory
Council on Employment Security. There is particularly good coverage
of the Board's relations with the last-named group, and the
problems involving the U.S. Employment Service. Other outside
groups with which the Board had dealings included business groups
(such as the National Association of Manufacturers) and labor
organizations. Social Security Board officials were represented
on many interagency groups and committees.
The Board continued to be concerned with international social
security matters in these years. This involved dealings with
the International Labor Organization, the International Social
Security Association, inter-American organizations, and especially
the United Nations and its numerous subordinate agencies. There
is material on the plan for placing social welfare attaches
in foreign nations to interpret and report on social security
matters; and there is information on the trainee grants for
persons who wanted to learn about social security in the United
States.
Records Boxes 9-12
[031-032]
Here are found materials on Board dealings with the President,
including drafts of speeches and important suggested messages
prepared for President Truman in late 1945, 1946, and 1947--especially
on health matters. There are also numerous suggestions that
were sent to the President for use by his office in answering
mail. Many proposed amendments are discussed, including those
in the medical and disability areas, as well as proposals to
cover new groups under old-age insurance. There are also copies
of the Presidential Executive Orders, dating back to 1934.
In congressional correspondence, the Board's relations, both
with committees and individual Representatives and Senaitors,
are shown in considerable detail. These pieces are interesting
in connection with congressional views toward social security
in general, and with proposed changes to the Social Security
Act, in particular. The material concerns Board dealings with
the House Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Civil Service,
Labor, Postwar Economic Policy and Planning, and Ways and Means.
There are also folders containing correspondence with individual
Representatives. Of special note are the folders marked: Clinton
P. Anderson, John D. Dingell, and Thomas H. Eliot. The important
Senate committees represented here are Education and Labor,
Labor and Public Welfare, Finance, and a Special Committee to
Investigate Old Age Pensions. As in the case of the Representatives,
there are one or more folders for each individual Senator. Of
particular value are these: Sheridan Downey, Robert M. LaFollette,
James E. Murray, and Robert Wagner.
Records
Boxes 13-17 [040-04]
Material on organization (and reorganization) of administrative
agencies is found in these boxes. Included are the dealings
on this subject with congressional committees, the Bureau of
the Budget and the Hoover Commission. These also involved the
Bureau of Employment Security (of the Social Security Administration)
and the U.S. Employment Service (of the Department of Labor).
Some of the suggestions on organization were for a new "Department
of Health, Education and Security," and one was for a "Welfare
Department," with the Social Security Administration as
the key agency. There are dealings with the National Resources
Planning Board and, during the war, with the War Manpower Commission,
in whose activities Social Security Board officials were also
involved.
A quantity of material indicates the wide contact the Social
Security Board had with various other Federal agencies. Much
of it consists of cross-reference sheets; however, materials
on dealings with the Civil Service Commission, the Comptroller
General, the Federal Security Agency (including its studies
and the numerous meetings with its officials), and the Department
of Labor are most important. The Board was deeply involved in
negotiations with the Labor Department over location of the
Bureau of Employment Security. These records also mark the move
of the Children's Bureau to the Social Security Administration.
Records Boxes 17-22 [050-059.1]
Covered in this group are the various types of research activities,
such as collecting statistics, preparing reports, studies, analyses,
and cost estimates; these concerned all aspects of social security.
Under study were all sorts of insurance plans: union, group,
accident, health, and, especially, retirement systems--Civil
Service, veterans', State and local, and railroad employees'.
Data were collected on the United States population, and studies
conducted on the economic status of the aged and various aspects
of the family unit. Consultations and discussions on these and
other matters were held with many agencies, chief of them being
the Bureau of the Census and the Department of the Treasury.
There were also various interdepartmental committees that dealt
with these issues.
The experiences of various countries in regard to social security
issues are shown by the evidence gathered from those countries,
the most important among them being Great Britain (including
the Beveridge Report and the visit here of its author), Canada,
and the South American countries.
There are data in these files on the unemployment situation
at that time and projections on what might be anticipated; studies
on postwar possibilities, and the mobility of labor; analyses
of migrant labor; and suggestions for a coordinated guaranteed
annual wage, and for changes in unemployment insurance.
Many proposals are analyzed which relate to family allowances,
workmen's compensation, disability benefits, and to establishing
a single comprehensive social insurance system. There is a great
deal
of discussion and study on postwar objectives, particularly
in the light of an anticipated postwar recession. A quantity
of material relates to health and medical care, with all sorts
of proposals being considered. The position of organized hospital
groups, the American Medical Association, and other organizations
on the proposals is shown by correspondence and minutes of meetings.
Costs of all the proposed plans are offered, as are draft bills.
There are actuarial estimates of all kinds, including those
related to old-age insurance beneficiaries. Woytinsky's studies
are carefully considered, particularly those dealing with income
and wages. Much effort was put into analyses of the various
elements and methods involved in financing social insurance.
Other subjects treated include: the trust fund and how it was
to operate; tax estimates and costs of collecting them; and
proposals to change the $3,000 tax base.
Variable public assistance grants are discussed as
to feasibility and costs; also considered are estimates of the
income differences between States, and the costs of financing
different types of unemployment insurance. Evolution of the
grant-in-aid system and its administration can be followed,
especially as it was altered by establishment of an Office of
Federal-State Relations, in the Federal Security Agency.
Records Boxes 22-29 [060-091]
Much of the material in these boxes pertains to the responsibilities
and functions of the Informational Service. In addition to material
on the ongoing programs commenced in the 1930's, there is correspondence
on special anniversaries that were commemorated, and on special
efforts that were made to provide information on medical health
insurance. Many of the other facets of the program were outlined
in the earlier period: getting articles and informational matters
publicized; securing speakers (copies of many of the speeches
are here); providing aid to outsiders for intended articles;
accommodating foreign visitors; conducting correspondence with
publishers of various types of publications--professional, business,
labor; ascertaining public attitudes toward social security;
dealing with the press; getting films produced and shown to
the public; preparing radio "spot" announcements,
programs and speeches; dealing with various organized groups
(labor, especially), and attending their meetings. The Social
Security Board set up a labor research group, which included
as members representatives from organized labor, to discuss
social security matters.
In these files there are speeches of many of the Board staff,
{26} as well as articles prepared by them or for their signature.
Fact sheets, circulars, and other Informational Service publications
are here, as are the more technical Board publications, including
the manuals prepared by the individual bureaus. In this regard,
the volume of materials prepared by the Bureau of Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance stands out.
Other Board publications of historical value include Staff Notes,
and the State Technical Advisory Service letters.
The 080's relate to societies and associations (Box 29); there
is little of interest here except for a survey of labor laws
in the early 1940's, along with some discussion about the Social
Security Board's intern program and the social security or related
courses at a number of universities.
Also here are the 091's, which provide some additional information
on social security developments in foreign lands.
Records Boxes 29-33 [100-160]
The area of finance is covered in this group: appropriations,
including legislative bills; budget and budget estimates; and
procedures for preparing budgets and presenting them before
congressional committees. (Budget justifications provide information
on operations and problems in administering the Social Security
Act.) The expenditure of funds is also shown by these records.
Considerable amounts of money and time were expended on printing
and on travel. Records here also indicate some of the details
related to accounting procedures.
Records
Boxes 33-49 [200-284.1]
All aspects of personnel are covered in considerable detail
in this group of boxes. The files include: determination of
personnel requirements; control over positions; personnel ceilings
and the attempts to conserve manpower (especially beginning
with the defense period); and periodic reports of personnel
strength.
The 201 folders (beginning in Box 35) provide information on
the work history of individual employees. Most of the material
in them concerns appointments to committees, transfers, travel,
and attendance at meetings. These records may be of some interest
in regard to persons in the higher positions. Of special note
are the folders on William L. Mitchell, particularly in detailing
his activities as director of the Bureau of Business Management,
as executive director, and as deputy commissioner, over the
years.
The 202 series of files (beginning in Box 40) is taken up with
individuals' applications for jobs and recommendations submitted
on their behalf.
The materials in these boxes also deal with personnel regulations;
the treatment to be accorded veterans; the preparation of Civil
Service examinations; recruitment of personnel; the intern program;
temporary appointments; reemployment rights; occupational deferments;
transfers; treatment of Japanese employees; classification and
reclassification of jobs; standards of performance; and demotions
and reductions in force.
Employee relations were a matter of considerable concern to
the Board, as evidenced by files on the handling of grievances
and operation of the merit system. These and other issues were
subjects of discussion between an employees' union and management.
As in an earlier day, consultants were used on a large scale
to provide the Board with additional assistance in carrying
out its responsibilities. Some of the folders on individual
consultants contain interesting correspondence, those of Edwin
E. Witte and Karl de Schweinitz being among the more important.
Finally, there is a large amount of material on payroll procedures
and problems, differential pay in territories outside the United
States, and for night and hazardous work.
Records
Boxes 50-72 [300-316]
The administrative records begin with these boxes. The whole
picture of administration is seen through the procedure manuals,
office memoranda, bulletins, orders, and circulars prepared,
as well as in correspondence--both formal and informal. Especially
important is that material describing how the Board carried
on its functions; how it conducted hearings; how it passed on
proposed policy matters; and how it certified or rejected regulations,
State plans, and procedures. The agendas for the Board meetings
are also included, as are also the minutes. There are copies
of the orders which guided administrative procedure--beginning
with Administrative Order No. 1 (1936) . These take up virtually
all subjects which came under the Board's jurisdiction. Too,
there are all sorts of Board bulletins--on items as varied as
planning, preparing the budget, claims procedures, field service
operations, and the functions of the general counsel and the
Board library.
Many of the Federal Security Agency's publications are found
here: circulars, operation bulletins, agency orders, personnel
regulations. Manuals at Board and bureau level (along with those
prepared by the Federal Security Agency) show the development
of policy. The evolution of the regulations that guided administration
from 1935 on can be followed, with major emphasis on changes
involving Regulation No. 1, which deals with the confidentiality
of wage records. What took place at the general staff meetings
can be followed from the agenda and the recorded minutes of
the meetings. Records on the executive staff meetings are similarly
useful.
The pressure of war forced considerable attention to be placed
on the conservation of manpower, including various work-simplification
programs. Of some importance are the materials describing office
procedure, the handling of files and mail, and payment of telephone,
telegraph and similar charges.
Records
Boxes 72-81 [317]
Reports of all sorts, even to a calendar of reports, can be
found in these boxes. Among them are the bureau and office reports
from which the Board prepared its own annual reports (drafts
of which are also included). Then, too, there are regional office
workload reports. Besides the annual reports of the Federal
Security Agency, there are copies of progress reports the Board
sent to that agency. Among the reports prepared by the Board's
constituent elements are also the weekly, monthly, and 6-month
reports, reflecting progress and problems down to division and
branch level.
Boxes 81-92 320-324
Records in these boxes are chiefly those concerned with the
organization and administration of the Board. Materials under
320 indicate the working relationships between headquarters
staff and the field organization, and those of the bureaus and
offices with the Board (later the commissioner). Numerous functional
charts show the changes in organization.
The relocation of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
to Baltimore took place in 1942. The move of the State Technical
Advisory Service into the parent agency (Federal Security Agency)
is related in these records, too. Of particular note are the
extensive planning activities carried on by the Board.
Included under 321 (Boxes 83-90) is voluminous material on the
administrative setup, including reorganizations (those planned
and those actually executed); organizational problems; shifts
of bureaus into and out of the Social Security Administration
(including the Federal Credit Union, the Children's Bureau,
the Bureau of Employment Security, and the U.S. Employment Service).
These materials reflect changes from the chairman's, or commissioner's,
level down to bureaus and offices. A quantity of these relate
to the innumerable conferences held under Board auspices, including
meetings with the regional representatives of the bureaus, and
those held by the executive director with the regional directors
and their staffs. There are significant surveys of the administrative
processes and time studies of the various elements of the Board.
The administrative publications of each of the bureaus reflect
the programs carried on, as well as the changes made in program,
personnel, and organization through these years.
The regional office organization is surveyed under 322 (starting
in Box 90). These records provide insight into the problems
encountered, the relationships that existed between the region
and headquarters, and between the field and the regions. The
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance had special problems
within the regions in its relationships with the regional directors,
and in such matters as the location and classification of field
offices, and the selection of managers. An internal periodical
called FYI (For Your Information) was distributed by the Board's
field office division; copies in 322.8 provide a good deal of
information on procedures and problems, and suggestions for
solving them.
Boxes 92-98
324-370
These materials complete the 300, or administrative, series.
Of importance are the files that treat the training programs
conducted by the Board--including the interagency committees
set up to advise and
supervise this activity. An outside group with which the Administration
became deeply involved was the Committee on Education and Social
Security. Sponsored by the American Council on Education, this
committee established regional institutes in various parts of
the country to encourage students to train for work in social
security activities. Minutes of many of the meetings are included.
Of some value are materials that tell the responsibilities and
activities of the Board's library. The 340's concern the acquisition
and maintenance of equipment, property, and supplies. Acquisition
of space
for offices in the various cities is also discussed. Of lesser
importance are the records pertaining to travel and transportation.
The 370's (beginning in Box 97) treat the various meetings attended
by Board personnel. This subject involved correspondence with
officials of many organizations, including the American Association
for Social Security, the American Federation of Labor, the American
Legion, the American Public Welfare Association, the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, the International Labor Organization,
the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Conference
of Social Work, the National Health Assembly of 1948, the National
Industrial Conference Board, the Research on Child Life Conference,
and the White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, in
1942.
Boxes 98-106 500-560
This group of records treats unemployment compensation (or employment
security), starting with the terminology and going on to the
federalization of the unemployment compensation function during
the war years. The records contain discussions of the anticipated
return of the program to State control at the end of the war;
proposed legislation during the war; and postwar plans. There
are periodic analyses of State legislation on unemployment compensation.
Proposals for changes affecting the returning serviceman are
considered, as well as some that would extend temporary disability
benefits to provide cash sickness payments, and extend unemployment
compensation benefits to new groups.
The function of the regional attorneys and other Board representatives
in administering State unemployment compensation programs can
be seen--in fact, many of the essential pieces are here to provide
an overall picture of the Federal functions involved. There
are reports on the operation of the unemployment compensation
system, by field representatives of the Bureau of Employment
Security. There is evidence of the role that the State Technical
Advisory Service played in raising personnel standards and performance
in the various State welfare agencies. This was done by encouraging
the establishment of merit systems and supervising the budgets,
expenditures and administrative standards, regulations, and
even examinations for individual positions.
Clearly reflected are the functions of the Bureau of Employment
Security, its operating policies and procedures, and its dealings
with State agencies. Some of the information here is in sharp
contrast with the views expressed by representatives of the
States at various conferences (particularly at the Interstate
Conferences of Employment Security Agencies) according to the
recorded minutes of the meetings. The plans of the individual
States came under the scrutiny of the Bureau of Employment Security
for legitimacy of budgets, grants and administrative costs.
There is considerable material on the processing of unemployment
compensation claims, starting with the original application
and going on to disallowed claims and the appeals procedure.
Questions from coverage to benefit decisions were taken up by
the Bureau of Employment Security and their conclusions were
transmitted to the States for guidance. Niunerous decisions
were rendered by Board personnel in regard to the interpretation
of the Social Security Act and State laws. Issues such as qualifications
for benefits, definition of the term "labor," and
problems involved in handling Japanese evacuees from the West
Coast--all are discussed in these records.
The activities of the State advisory councils on unemployment
compensation or employment security were of concern to the Bureau
of Employment Security; consideration was given to problems
of the unemployment compensation reserve funds, and what might
happen to the funds in the postwar period.
Other areas dealt with included: unemployment compensation matters
involving officials of the Department of the Treasury; the ever-present
issue of experience rating; relations with the Railroad Retirement
Board; and the labor market. The activities of the U.S. Employment
Service are treated, as are those relating to farm labor and
placement.
Special problems affecting veterans, Negroes, women in general,
were other items that came up for study and decisions. There
also are materials on the relations maintained with the War
Manpower Commission. There is some reference to the preparation
of occupational titles and to the collection of statistical
data.
Boxes 106-110 600-675
Starting with a general coverage of public assistance, this
group of records goes into many aspects of the subject. There
is much discussion on the specific functions of the Social Security
Board in regard to public assistance. This involved numerous
contacts with State officials. The suggestions for changes in
the act are analyzed by the Board, and recommendations offered.
This material includes the Townsend Plan, the "Ham and
Eggers," and the proposals of the General Welfare Federation
of America. Special problem areas involving minorities (Indians,
especially), migrant workers, and the physically handicapped--all
received special attention.
Payment procedures for beneficiaries are explored, as are these
matters: questions of determining eligibility and the adequacy
of public assistance payments; proposals for a food stamp plan;
family budgeting; and the means test. There is considerable
useful material on medical care, including some involving Selective
Service. Some of these subjects required dealings with administrators
of vocational rehabilitation.
Relations with the States involved such subject areas as assessing
the costs of public assistance, collecting data on various proposed
programs, appraising administrative review, and the certification
of laws and plans submitted by State welfare agencies for Board
approval. Much discussion centered on the amount, method of
payment, and the possibility of paying variable grants based
on the wealth of individual States. The merit system for State
welfare personnel comes in for attention in these files, with
regard to training and staff development programs. The release
or disclosure of information about the recipients of public
assistance benefits was of concern to the Board, and long remained
a problem.
Boxes 110-117
700-754.63
The old-age insurance materials are found in this group of records.
After some general or miscellaneous items, there follow the
rather significant developmental program reports. These indicate
in considerable detail the possibilities--including the costs
and administrative problems involved--of extending coverage
to various new groups.
The many dealings with the Bureau of Internal Revenue on definitions--particularly
of the term "employee"--are documented here. The Department
of Agriculture was brought into discussions over the possibility
of providing old-age insurance coverage to farmers. There were
discussions with officials of the Department of the Treasury,
the Bureau of the Budget, and the Bureau of the Census on the
definition of terms and on the formulation and interpretation
of regulations.
The claims procedure, as it evolved in the 1940's, receives
much attention. There were various problems that developed over
certification, erroneous payments and overpayments, frauds,
and tax refunds.
Studies were made and data collected on such subjects as benefit
levels and proposed new benefit formulas; the economic status
of beneficiaries; eligibility; tips; coverage; and proposals
to introduce a stamp plan, and to reduce the eligible age to
60.
The establishment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund involved the Board in discussions with other trustees
on policy matters, all of which is covered in correspondence,
minutes of meetings, studies, and the annual reports of the
trust fund itself.
The policy issue of whether or not to raise the 1-percent tax
rate on wages came in for long study and discussion, including
some noteworthy correspondence carried on with Senator Vandenberg.
The reeordkeeping function of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance posed several problems in collecting data, maintaining
wage records, and establishing an industrial classification
system. The appeals procedure came in for special attention
and was separated from the claims process itself, with its own
organization, procedures and policies. A persistent major problem
concerned the confidentiality of wage records. This involved
requests for data from--and considerable discussion with--a
number of agencies, including the Comptroller General; the Departments
of Justice, Treasury, Labor, and War; the Federal Bureau of
Investigation; and the Veterans' Administration. There were
also requests from State employment security agencies, in addition
to those from individuals and organizations outside the Federal
Government.
Boxes 117-120
800-847.3
The activities associated with the Office of Defense, Health,
and Welfare Services are covered here. Most of these programs
came under the Bureau of Public Assistance and involved civil
defense, civilian war assistance, civilian war relief, civilian
war injuries, allotments and allowances to military dependents,
the enemy alien program, and the assistance provided Japanese-Americans.
Some of these activities resulted in dealings with the War Relocation
Authority. There are some records, too, indicating the Federal
role in the juvenile delinquency program as it applied to Social
Security Administration responsibilities.
The
Regional Group
Boxes
120-138
These records, large in quantity but containing many cross-reference
sheets, are not as useful as those collected in the chairman's
files, 1935-1940, and in the earlier records of the executive
director, 1935-1940. The material varies in quantity and interest
from region to region. The 060 group, which deals with informational
activities, is generally of value. There is also some good material
in the finance section (121), particularly on budgets. The most
useful material is found in the 200 and 300 series. Transcribed
long-distance telephone calls constitute a particularly useful
item, but they may be a bit difficult to find since they appear
in the 200's, 201's, 311's and elsewhere, too. These provide
many inside details on personalities, motivation, and background
to what took place. The materials in the 500, 600, 700, and
800 groups are of little interest.
The following subjects are covered: activities in connection
with national defense; programs involving the Informational
Service; budgets, allotments, expenditures; personnel problems,
including staffing schedules and the classification of jobs.
Some of the individual folders under 201 are of interest, particularly
those of the regional directors. The pressure exerted by Congressmen
on appointments and on the location of field offices is evidenced
in papers filed under 214.
Of special note in the administrative records (the 300's) are
the transcripts of telephone calls (311.31, specifically) between
the regional directors and headquarters personnel. There are
quite a few monthly and quarterly reports under 317--some going
back to the late 1930's--which discuss problems in administration,
personnel, workloads, relationships between regional directors
and the bureau
and field office representatives. Visits from central headquarters,
including surveys of regional offices were reported in special
analyses. The FYI (For Your Information) letters, prepared in
the headquarters office for regional and field staffs, provided
suggestions on all sorts of problems and issues. Some records
dealing with organizational and personnel matters are found
under 322. The acquisition of space and the care and maintenance
of field offices are covered under each of the regions. In these
files, too, are the agenda and some of the recorded minutes
of various regional conferences (370).
The
State Group
Boxes
138-149
The records in this group are mostly in two basic areas unemployment
compensation (or employment security) filed under 500, and public
assistence, under 600; there is more material on the former
than the latter subject. The bulk of the material is under 092;
this is large in quantity but small in value, since it is made
up mostly of cross-reference sheets or requests for publications,
data, and other material by the Board. There are only a few
items of significance in the civilian war benefits group of
records, the 800 series.
Worth looking at in the 500 series are items relating to State
laws and the interpretation of them; the eligibility qualifications
for receiving unemployment compensation benefits; and references
to State officials, boards, and State advisory councils, which
also provide a picture of the politics involved in State administration.
Statistical data and other memoranda indicate areas of progress
made through the years. The responsibility of auditing expenditures
of grant money and supervising administration of programs (including
the determination of whether rules, regulations, laws, and plans
were in conformity with the Social Security Act) is all indicated
in considerable detail. There are some records pointing up the
issue of federalization of the unemployment compensation function,
and also some on the experience that resulted from this action.
Some important information can be found in the transcripts of
telephone calls between field and central office staffs. The
operation of merit systems in the States, including the hearings
held before the Board on important issues in this field, is
given here. There are congressional letters of all kinds--inquiries,
complaints from dissatisfied constituents, requests regarding
the location of field offices and job appointments.
In the 600 series, the following are of significance: analysis
and appraisal of State legislation; litigation; supervisory
auditing of grants and their expenditures; checking on rules
and regulations and administrative practices, including reports
on the major developments in administration; congressional interest
that centered on jobs and field office locations, making inquiries
about the various programs, and forwarding letters from constituents;
State merit systems; the information provided by transcripts
of long distance calls; and the attention given to the care
of Indians, particularly in Arizona and New Mexico.
The Alphabetical (095) Group
Boxes 149-155
These boxes contain some items of value, though many of them
are made up almost solely of cross-reference sheets. There are
numerous inquiries or complaints from individuals asking to
be declared eligible for benefits, or notes by Congressmen routing
the correspondence along; there is also the congressional correspondence
requesting information, or giving the Congressman's own views
on social security matters. Worth checking into for material
of some consequence are the folders with these titles:
American Association for Social Security
American Association of Social Workers
American Medical Association
American Public Welfare Association
Beveridge, William
Committee on Research in Medical Economics
Commitee for the National Health
Commons, John R.
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Cornell, University of
Council of State Governments
Corson, John J.--research director for the Washington Post
Cruikshank, Nelson
Davis, Michael E.--chairman, Committee on Research in Medical
Economics
Dunn, Loula
Epstein, Abraham
Ellenbogen, Judge Henry--Court of Common Relations, Pittsburgh
France, C. J.--director, Rhode Island Department of Social Welfare
Fraternal Order of Eagles
General Welfare Federation of America
Goldy, David--director, Illinois Placement and Unemployment
Compensation Commission
Haber, William
Hohaus, Reinhard A.
International Labor Organization
Kulp, C. A.--professor of insurance, Wharton School of Finance
and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania
Lester, Richard A.
Labor Relations and Social Security (J. Douglas Brown)
Lenroot, Katharine-Children's Bureau
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Reinhard Hohaus)
Morgan, Gerald--friend and neighbor of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Association of Manufacturers
National Social Welfare Assembly
O'Grady, Monsignor John--secretary, National Conference of Catholic
Charities
Princeton (J. Douglas Brown)
Slichter, Sumner
Somers, Herman
Stevenson, Adlai
United States Chamber of Commerce
Watt, Robert J.--Massachusets American Federation of Labor
Witte, Edwin E.
Wisconsin (Edwin E. Witte) |
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Box 176: 301 to 301
Box 177: 301 to 301 |
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Box 179: 301 to 301
Box 180: 301 to 301
Box 181: 301 to 301
Box 182: 301 to 301
Box 183: 301 to 301
Box 184: 301 to 301 |
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Box 186: 301 to 301
Box 187: 301 to 301
Box 188: 301 to 301
Box 189: 301 to 301
Box 190: 301 to 301
Box 191: 301 to 301 |
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Box 192: 301 to 301
Box 193: 301 to 301
Box 194: 301 to 301
Box 195: 301 to 301
Box 196: 301 to 310
Box 197: 310 to 310
Box 198: 310 to 310 |
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Box 199: 310 to 311.18
Box 200: 311.101 to 312
Box 201: 312 to 312.12
Box 202: 312.12 to 312.2
Box 203: 312.201 to 312.3
Box 204: 312.3 to 313.2
Box 205: 313.2 to 313.6 |
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Box 206: 313.7 to 317
Box 207: 317 to 317.1
Box 208: 317.1 to 317.1
Box 209: 317.1 to 317.1/21-1
Box 210: 317.1/21-2 to 317.2
Box 211: 317.2 to 317.2/20
Box 212: 317.2/20 to 317.2/21-1 |
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Box 213: 317.2/21-1 to 317.2/21-1
Box 214: 317.2/21-2 to 317.2/21-3
Box 215: 317.2/21-3 to 317.2/21-3
Box 216: 317.2/21-3 to 317.2/21-4
Box 217: 317.2/21-4 to 317.2/21-4
Box 218: 317.2/21-4 to 317.2/21-5
Box 219: 317.2/21-5 to 317.2/21-6 |
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Box 220: 317.2/21-6 to 317.2/21-6
Box 221: 317.2/21-6 to 317.2/21-7
Box 222: 317.2/21-7 to 317.2/21-8
Box 223: 317.2/21-8 to 317.2/21-9
Box 224: 317.2/21-9 to 317.2/21-9.8
Box 225: 317.2/21-9.8 to 317.4/21-9
Box 226: 317.4/21-9 to 317.8 |
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Box 227: 317.8 to 317.8/21-1
Box 228: 317.8/21-1 to 317.8/21-2
Box 229: 317.8/21-2 to 317.8/21-3
Box 230: 317.8/21-3 to 317.8/21-3
Box 231: 317.8/21-3 to 317.8/21-8
Box 232: 317.8/21-9.1 to 317.8/21-9.8
Box 233: 317.8/21-9.8 to 317.8/21-9.9 |
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Box 234: 317.8/21-10 to 320
Box 235: 320.1 to 320.1
Box 236: 320.1 to 320.1
Box 237: 320.1 to 320.1
Box 238: 320.1 to 320.1
Box 239: 320.3 to 321
Box 240: 321 to 321-1 |
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Box 241: 321-1 to 321-1
Box 242: 321-1 to 321-1
Box 243: 321-1 to 321-1.2
Box 244: 321-1.2 to 321-1.2
Box 245: 321-1.2 to 321-1.4
Box 246: 321-1.4 to 321-2
Box 247: 321-2 to 321-2.2 |
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Box 248: 321-2.2 to 321-3
Box 249: 321-3 to 321-3.1
Box 250: 321-3.1 to 321-3.2
Box 251: 321-3.2 to 321-3.2
Box 252: 321-3.2 to 321-5.1
Box 253: 321-5.2 to 321-7
Box 254: 321-7 to 321-9 |
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Box 255: 321-9 to 321-9
Box 256: 321-9 to 321-9
Box 257: 321-9 to 321-9
Box 258: 321-9 to 321-9.4
Box 259: 321-9.4 to 321-9.8.2
Box 260: 321-9.8.3 to 321-9.10
Box 261: 321-9.10 to 321-10.4 |
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Box 262: 321-10.5 to 322
Box 263: 322 to 322
Box 264: 322 to 322.4
Box 265: 322.4 to 322.7
Box 266: 322.7 to 322.12
Box 267: 323.1 to 331
Box 268: 331 to 331 |
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Box 269: 331 to 331
Box 270: 331 to 331.2
Box 271: 332 to 340.6
Box 272: 341 to 343
Box 273: 343 to 343.1
Box 274: 343.11 to 347.1
Box 275: 347.1 to 347.2 |
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Box 276: 347.2 to 361.12
Box 277: 361.122 to 361.3
Box 278: 361.31 to 361.33
Box 279: 361.33 to 370
Box 280: 370 to 370
Box 281: 370 to 370
Box 282: 370 to 370 |
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Box 283: 370 to 510
Box 284: 510 to 520
Box 285: 520 to 520.11
Box 286: 520.11 to 521.2
Box 287: 521.2 to 521.2
Box 288: 521.2 to 521.2
Box 289: 521.2 to 530 |
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Box 290: 530 to 531.222
Box 291: 531.222 to 531.225
Box 292: 531.226 to 531.31
Box 293: 531.31 to 531.36
Box 294: 531.37 to 532.1
Box 295: 532.1 to 532.11
Box 296: 532.11 to 532.14 |
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Box 297: 532.14 to 532.22
Box 298: 532.22 to 533
Box 299: 533 to 533.03
Box 300: 533.03 to 533.051/03
Box 301: 533.051/03 to 533.052
Box 302: 533.052/03 to 533.1
Box 303: 533.1 to 533.13 |
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Box 304: 533.14 to 533.19
Box 305: 533.2 to 541
Box 306: 542 to 560
Box 307: 566 to 600.042
Box 308: 600.043 to 601.3
Box 309: 601.31 to 610
Box 310: 610 to 620.6 |
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Box 311: 620.6 to 622
Box 312: 622 to 631.201
Box 313: 631.211 to 631.311
Box 314: 631.32 to 633.11
Box 315: 633.111 to 643
Box 316: 650 to 658.1
Box 317: 658.2 to 672 |
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Box 318: 672.1 to 672.3
Box 319: 672.4 to 700.02
Box 320: 700.02 to 705
Box 321: 705 to 710
Box 322: 710 to 720
Box 323: 720 to 721.1
Box 324: 721.1 to 721.5 |
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Box 325: 721.51 to 721.514
Box 326: 721.514 to 721.715
Box 327: 721.8 to 722
Box 328: 722.1 to 722.7
Box 329: 722.715 to 740
Box 330: 740/00.1 to 740.51
Box 331: 740.51 to 740.512 |
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Box 332: 740.512 to 740.512
Box 333: 740.512 to 741
Box 334: 741 to 750
Box 335: 750 to 750.11
Box 336: 750.2 to 751.5
Box 337: 751.6 to 752.351
Box 338: 752.351 to 752.7 |
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Box 339: 752.7 to 754.3
Box 340: 754.33 to 804
Box 341: 820 to 830.141
Box 342: 844 to 847
Box 343: 847.11 to 847.13
Box 344: 847.2 to 847.2
Box 345: 847.2 to 847.2 |
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Box 346: 847.2 to 847.31
Box 347: 847.313 to START OF REGIONAL FILES 200 Region I
Box 348: 200.313 to 230
Box 349: 230 to 246.3
Box 350: 246 to 311.31
Box 351: 311.31 to 317.1
Box 352: 317.2 to 620 |
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Box 353: 622.2 to 200.3 Region II
Box 354: 200.32 to 231.2
Box 355: 231.23 to 301
Box 356: 310 to 322
Box 357: 322 to 347.2
Box 358: 347.2 to 311 Region III
Box 359: 311.3 to 246 Region IV |
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Box 360: 260 to 317.22
Box 361: 317.322 to 800
Box 362: 026 to 231 Region V
Box 363: 231.1 to 313
Box 364: 315 to 823
Box 365: 830 to 200.35 Region VI
Box 366: 201 to 233 |
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Box 367: 244 to 310
Box 368: 311 to 322
Box 369: 322 to 347.2
Box 370: 347.2 to 201 Region VII
Box 371: 201 to 231
Box 372: 231.23 to 310
Box 373: 311 to 317.8/22 |
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Box 374: 320 to 341.2
Box 375: 343 to 060 Region VIII
Box 376: 064 to 220
Box 377: 223 to 311.31
Box 378: 312 to 322
Box 379: 322 to 060 Region IX
Box 380: 064 to 210 |
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Box 381: 220 to 260
Box 382: 280 to 317/22
Box 383: 317/22 to 322
Box 384: 322 to 360
Box 385: 370 to 064.13 Region X
Box 386: 064.13 to 223
Box 387: 230 to 260 |
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Box 388: 280 to 320
Box 389: 322 to 700
Box 390: 800 to 201 Region XI
Box 391: 201 to 260
Box 392: 280 to 317/22
Box 393: 317.8/22 to 343.1
Box 394: 343 to 064.13 Region XII |
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Box 395: 064.13 to 210
Box 396: 214 to 246.21
Box 397: 246.4 to 317/22
Box 398: 317/22 to 347.2
Box 399: 360 to 200 Region XIII
Box 400: 200.3 to 330
Box 401: 332 to 311 Region XIV |
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Box 402: 314 to 521.2
Box 403: 521 to 630
Box 404: 631 to START OF STATE FILES 531.1 Arizona
Box 405: 531.1 Arizona to 531.3 California
Box 406: 532 California to 631.2 California
Box 407: 640 California to 630 Colorado
Box 408: 650 Colorado to 532 District of Columbia |
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Box 409: 600 District of Columbia to 620 Georgia
Box 410: 630 Georgia to 800 Hawaii
Box 411: 092 Idaho to 630 Illinois
Box 412: 650 Illinois to 521.2 Iowa
Box 413: 531 Iowa to 600 Kentucky
Box 414: 630 Kentucky to 672 Louisiana
Box 415: 672.11 Louisiana to 600 Maine |
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Box 416: 650 Maine to 800 Massachusetts
Box 417: 092 Michigan to 532 Minnesota
Box 418: 532.22 Minnesota to 531.6 Missouri
Box 419: 532 Missouri to 660 Nebraska
Box 420: 670 Nebraska to 620 New Jersey
Box 421: 621 New Jersey to 521.2 New York
Box 422: 521.22 New York to 800 New York |
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Box 423: 092 North Carolina to 500 Ohio
Box 424: 510 Ohio to 532 Ohio
Box 425: 532.1 Ohio to 800 Oklahoma
Box 426: 092 Oregon to 521.2 Pennsylvania
Box 427: 521.2 Pennsylvania to 531.312 Pennsylvania
Box 428: 531.313 Pennsylvania to 092 Puerto Rico
Box 429: 530 Puerto Rico to 500 South Carolina |
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Box 430: 510 South Carolina to 532 Tennessee
Box 431: 600 Tennessee to 630 Texas
Box 432: 631 Texas to 800 Utah
Box 433: 092 Vermont to 521.22 Washington
Box 434: 531 Washington to 092 Wisconsin
Box 435: 500 Wisconsin to 800 Wyoming
ALPHABETICAL
FILE
Box 436: A - Am |
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Box 437: Am - Am
Box 438: Am - Be
Box 439: Bi - C
Box 440: Ca - Co
Box 441: Co - D
Box 442: De - El
Box 443: F - G |
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57 |
39 |
4 |
Box 444: Gi - Ha
Box 445: He - In
Box 446: In - K
Box 447: Ke - Li
Box 448: Lo - Me
Box 449: Me - Na
Box 450: Na - Ni |
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Box 451: O - R
Box 452: R - Se
Box 453: Se - St
Box 454: St - U
Box 455: U - Wi
Box 456: Wi - Z |
| Table 41: Social
Security Board - Policy Memorandums (2 boxes) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-A1, Entry
26-K) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
58 |
6 |
2 |
Box 1: 1938-March
1944
Box 2: April 1944-Dec. 1945 |
| Table 53: Records
of the Social Security Board - Miscellaneous Records of the
Social Security Board, 1935-47 (8 boxes) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-UD, Entry
4) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
58 |
10 |
5 |
Box 1: Employment
Reports and Studies
Box 2: Automobile Industry - Merit Rating
Box 3: Social Security Bulletins
Box 4: Social Security Bulletins
Box 5: Social Security Bulletins |
| 47 |
130 |
58 |
10 |
6 |
Box 6: Social Security
Bulletins
Box 7: Social Security Bulletins
Box 8: Social Security Bulletins |
| Table 54: Records
of the Social Security Board, 1942-47 (3 boxes) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-UD, Entry
5) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
58 |
10 |
6 |
Box 1: Miscellaneous unorganized memos
from 1942-1946, mostly involving issues related to child care
and the programs of the Bureau of Public Assistance.
Box 2: Miscellaneous papers, reports and memoranda on
the Civilian War Assistance Program of the 1940s.
Box
3: Miscellaneous papers, reports and memoranda on the Civilian
War Assistance Program of the 1940s (cont.), and two special
folders on "enemy aliens," one for New Jersey and
one for Pennsylvania. |
| Table 72: Social
Security Board Information Service - Press Releases, 1936-48
(3 boxes) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-A1, Entry
46) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
59 |
8 |
4 |
| Box 1: Five folders of miscellaneous press releases,
March 1937-December 1938; Loose collection of reprints of research
reports from Social Security Bulletin |
| 47 |
130 |
59 |
8 |
5 |
Box 2: Eleven folders of miscellaneous press releases,
August 1937-December 1938
Box 3: Two folders of miscellaneous press releases, October
1938; Five folders of miscellaneous newspaper and magazine article
clippings, 1936; loose collection of newspaper clippings from
same time period. |
| Table 79: Office
of the Board - Board Minutes, 1937-49 (3 boxes) |
| (X-REF. TO NARA FINDING AIDS: MLR-A1, Entry
25) |
| RECORD
GROUP |
STACK
AREA |
ROW
|
COMPARTMENT
|
SHELF
|
| 47 |
130 |
75 |
28 |
1 |
Box 1: Board Minutes, 1937-41
Box 2: Board Minutes, 1942-45 |
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130 |
75 |
28 |
2 |
| Box 3: Board Minutes, 1945-49 |
|
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