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Fair Employment Practices Commission Oral History Project Audio recordings and Transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: 5480 OH

Scope and Contents

This collection includes the recordings and transcripts of interviews with Jonathan Daniels, Mark Ethridge, Lawrence Cramer and Robert Weaver, conducted by Frances Hardin.

The interviews were conducted in an attempt to uncover the factors which contributed to the enunciation of a policy of fair employment during World War II. Specifically, it is concerned with the Roosevelt Administration's attempts at direct government intervention by means of Executive Orders 8802 and 9346 into the hiring process in order to prevent discrimination against workers on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin.

These executive orders established and re-established, respectively, the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice (generally referred to as the FEPC). The interviews collected here were conducted by Frances Hardin with individuals who were critical to the decision-making which affected the nation's policy on non- discriminatory hiring.

Dates

  • 1973

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Abstract

This collection includes the recordings and transcripts of interviews with Jonathan Daniels, Mark Ethridge, Lawrence Cramer and Robert Weaver, conducted by Frances Hardin.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5662 mf: Fair Employment Practices Commission Records on Microfilm

Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Oral histories (document genres), transcripts.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, January 10, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 13, 2019
Title
Fair Employment Practices Commission Oral History Project Audio recordings and Transcripts
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 13, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183