Philadelphia Bureau of Unemployment Relief records
Collection 1585
1930-1933(12.0 Linear feet ; 19 boxes, 31 volumes)
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Bureau of Unemployment Relief (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Title
- Philadelphia Bureau of Unemployment Relief records
- ID
- 1585
- Date
- 1930-1933
- Extent
- 12.0 Linear feet ; 19 boxes, 31 volumes
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Allison Sharkey
- Language
- English
- Mixed materials [Volume]
- 1 - 31
- Mixed materials [Box]
- 1 - 19
Preferred Citation note
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Philadelphia Bureau of Unemployment Relief records (Collection 1585), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Abstract
The Philadelphia Bureau of Unemployment Relief (July 1931- December 1931) was founded on July 15, 1931 as an outgrowth of the Committee for Unemployment Relief (November 1930- July 1931 and November 1931- June 1932). The Committee for Unemployment Relief, founded on November 14, 1930 in response to the Great Depression, was primarily funded by grants and donations from private philanthropists. The committee provided services such as financial and work relief and care for homeless men. When, in July of 1931, it became evident that private funding alone would no longer support these efforts, the City of Philadelphia adopted an ordinance which created the Bureau of Unemployment Relief within the municipal Department of Welfare. The bureau borrowed $3,000,000 from the city but, in order to use the funds most effectively, eliminated many services previously offered by the committee to concentrate on financial relief. On December 23, 1931, with 46,151 families receiving financial relief, the original $3,000,000 was exhausted and the bureau ceased to exist as a publically funded organization.
In response to this, the Committee for Unemployment Relief reorganized and planned to take over the work of the bureau. The committee began to collaborate with the Welfare Federation and the Federation of Jewish Charities to form the United Campaign on November 9, 1931. In January of 1932, the United Campaign aligned with several women’s charities to provide aid and relief for a growing number of needy women. The Committee for Unemployment Relief intermittently received funding throughout the next several months. Finally, due to growing numbers of homeless and unemployed persons and lack of consistent funding the committee decided to cease its participation in the United Campaign and dissolved on June 20, 1932. Horatio G. Lloyd was the chairman of both the Bureau of Unemployment Relief and the Committee for Unemployment Relief.
This collection spans from 1930 to 1933. It contains check stubs, banknotes, warrants, bills, contributions, reports, food orders and other business papers from the Bureau of Unemployment Relief as well as some from the Committee for Unemployment Relief and the United Campaign. Also included are papers on the Clearing House for Homeless Men, 1931; Temporary Shelter for Homeless Men, 1931-1932; and Emergency Aid, 1932. Though the bureau dissolved in 1932, there are a few items that date from 1933, such as Purchase ledger (Volume 23), Schedule of vouchers for the Bureau of Unemployment Relief (Volume 26), Schedule of vouchers for the Committee for Unemployment relief (Volume 28).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 2012
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Gift of Horatio Gates Lloyd, 1947.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
Committee for Unemployment Relief (Philadelphia, Pa.) records (Am.3996)
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Business records.
Personal Name(s)
- Lloyd, Horatio Gates.
Subject(s)
- Homelessness--Philadelphia (Pa.)--1930's
- Unemployment--Philadelphia (Pa.)--1930s
Bibliography
Lloyd, Horatio Gates. Unemployment Relief in Philadelphia 1930-1931-1932. Philadelphia, 1932. (call number Wj*.9 v.3.)
Collection Inventory
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Check stubs, October 15, 1931 - January 15, 1932 |
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Check stubs, December 1, 1930 - October 10, 1931 |
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Check stubs, December 30, 1931 - July 15, 1932 |
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Check stubs, March 15, 1932 - May 13, 1932 |
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Check stubs, March 30, 1932 - August 19, 1932 |
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Check stubs and bank books, February 1931 - August 1932 |
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Bills (arranged in order of payment), #3460- #3915; "Adjustments made for Position" forms; schedule of vouchers; memos, 1931 - 1932 |
7 | |||
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Printed Pamphlet; bills (arranged in order of payment), #1986 - #3219, April 27, 1931 - October 29, 1931 |
8 | |||
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Warrants, July 16, 1931 - December 31, 1931 |
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Warrants and warrant orders, July 16, 1931 - December 31, 1931 |
10 | |||
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Emergency aid: bank statements, correspondence, payroll addition and separation record, time reports, 1932 |
11 | |||
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Payroll addition and seperation record, payroll changes, schedule of vouchers, time reports, 1931 - 1932 |
12 | |||
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Clearing House for Homeless Men: bank statement, payroll addition and seperation record, schedule of vouchers, time reports, 1932 |
13 | |||
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Time reports, July 16, 1931 - July 31, 1932 |
14 | |||
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Contributions received, payroll accounts, 1931 - 1932 |
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Food orders, statements and accounts, 1931 - 1932 |
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Contributions received, list of people transferred to the United Campaign, payroll accounts, payroll lists, time reports, 1931 - 1932 |
17 | |||
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Distribution of expenditures,employees paid over $1000 or more during the year, schedule of vouchers, statements, 1931 -1932 |
18 | |||
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Miscellaneous, 1931 - 1932 |
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Time book July 15, 1931 - March 31, 1932 |
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Time book October 31, 1931 - March 15, 1932 |
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Time book March 31, 1932 - August 20, 1932 |
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Time book April 15, 1932 - June 30, 1932 |
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Time book July 1, 1932 - September 21, 1932 |
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United Campaign in Philadelphia final report volume I of III November 9, 1931 - December 7, 1931 |
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United Campaign in Philadelphia final report volume II of III November 9, 1931 - December 7, 1931 |
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United Campaign in Philadelphia final report volume III of III November 9, 1931 - December 7, 1931 |
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Special fund for familes at Drexel and Company 1931 - 1932 |
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Daily recapitulation of expenditures July 28, 1931 - September 7, 1932 |
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Managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Township of Germantown April 23, 1932 - August 2, 1932 |
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District distribution December 1931 - August 1932 |
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Cash disbursements by district July 1931 - December 1931 |
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Summary of expenses incurred by district August 29, 1931 - October 17, 1931 |
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Summary of expenses incurred by district October 24, 1931 - December 19, 1931 |
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Summary of expenses incurred by district December 26, 1931 - May 7, 1932 |
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Summary of expenses incurred by district June 4, 1932 - August 24, 1932 |
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Ledger December 1932 - April 1932 |
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Ledger May - July 1932 |
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General ledger August 1931 - February 1932 |
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General ledger January - May 1932 |
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General ledger May - September 1932 |
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Purchase ledger cash disbursement December 31, 1931 - March 16, 1933 |
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Purchase ledger cash disbursement May 14, 1932 - January 24, 1933 |
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Expenditures 1931 - 1932 |
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Schedule of vouchers for Bureau of Unemployment Relief July 16, 1931 - January 24, 1933 |
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Schedule of vouchers for Bureau of Unemployment Relief May 14, 1932 - December 9, 1932 |
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Schedule of vouchers for Committee for Unemployment Relief December 30, 1931 - March 16, 1933 |
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Schedule of vouchers for temporary shelter for homeless men December 31, 1931 - August 18, 1932 |
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Unemployment fund 1931 - 1932 |
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Check stubs July 16, 1932 - August 28, 1932 |
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