Box 1

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Between Mrs. Raliegh Hansl & Hildegarde Kneeland, (Home Economist, U.S. Bureau of Home Economics) re "Use of Time by Homemakers Study" - includes questionnaires, forms, etc

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Between Amey Watson & Encyclopedia of Social Sciences re article by Watson - includes draft of article on domestic service; to Emma Gunther (Columbia University) from Mary Anderson, (Dir., U.S. Women`s Bureau) re copy of a thesis (copy attached); by Ardis Carr re placement of domestic workers'; request to Gunther asking her to speak at various functions & routine

Scope and Contents To E. Gunther re speaking engagements; between Benjamin R. Andrews (Prof., Columbia University) from Anna Burdick (Fed. Agent for Industrial Education) re routine; to Andrews from Dorothy Wells (Nat'l. Bd. YWCA) re the YWCA reporting on their work of training household employees to Andrews from (Pres. AFL) Wm. Green re the organizing of domestic employees; to Dorothy Wells from Mary LaDame, (Assoc. Dir. U.S. Emp. Service) re incorporating the emp. service of YWCA with state services; to...

Scope and Contents January-June 1934. To Frances Perkins from Mrs. F.M. Chase (a domestic servant) re the need for a code for the domestic worker; to Henry Wallace from a farm worker; to Gunther from Marie White (training section - TVA) re questionnaires from the Home Econ. Service of the Office of Education; to Gunther from Irene Colwell, (secty. - Community Emp. Service, Atlanta, GA) giving details of the set-up & program of the Community Emp. Ser. Training School in Atlanta (5 p. letter); to Andrews...

Scope and Contents July-December 1934. Letter to Mrs. F.D. Roosevelt from Nat'l. Comm. On Household Employment (unsigned) re the Committee's appreciation for her interest & willingness to act as honorary chairman & outlining the progress & activities of the Committee (3 p.); memos to Dorothy Wells from Emma Gunther re Program Committee meeting - January 21-22; from Mary Dreier (Women's City Club of NY) to Gunther re problems of setting up standards for household workers; completed form re Nat'l....

Scope and Contents January-March 1935. Letter to Gunther from YWCA (Providence, R.I.) re their activities concerning classes for domestic workers; Gunther from City of Grand Rapids, Michigan re regulation for household employment; Gunther from Maude King (Syracuse Univeristy) re university women as household employees - statistics from questionnaires; to Andrews from Pennsylvania State Employment Service re setting up a training course in Philadelphia for household employees; between John B. Andrews (American...

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April-May 1935. To Dorothy Wells from Benjamin Andrews re attached paper by Laura I. Baldt entitled "Liveries & Uniforms for Household Employees", 6 p. & the possiblility of publishing it as a bulletin of the Committee; between Lucy Mason (Nat'l. Consumers League) & Gunther re legislation in California including domestics in the hours law; routine correspondence between Watson & Gunther; many requests for bulletins & training courses; & other routine

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June-December 1935. Many requests for the Committee's publication, "Volunteer Agreements between Employer & Employee"; & other routine

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Requests for publications; from Gunther to NBC Studios re skit on household employment, entitled, "Let's Talk It Over", 6 p.; to Wells from Anna Burdick (U.S. office of Education) re statement for Social Work Yearbook, "Training for Household Employment", 2 p.; letter to Andrews from a household worker re wages, hours, etc.; to a household employee from Wells replying to her letter of complaint re hours, wages, etc. & routine

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January-May 1937. Routine requests for publications; correspondence between Watson & Wells & between Watson & Gunther re conference & the possibility of getting a foundation to back a research project financially; correspondence between Wells & Eva Von Baur Hansl, including l0 p. mss. By Hansl, entitled, "Dignity for Domesticity"; correspondence & proposals for a voluntary agreement on household employees from Urban League of Pittsburgh