Records of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, Record Group 220

Dates: 1941-1947. Bulk Date Span: 1946-1947

The records of the President's Committee on Civil Rights (Record Group 220) consist of correspondence, reports, memos, statistics, studies, transcripts, statements, news clippings, inquiries, and recommendations documenting the work of the committee. The President's Committee on Civil Rights was established by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946. Its purpose was to propose measures to strengthen and protect the civil rights of the American people. The committee, chaired by General Electric President Charles E. Wilson, terminated upon submission and publication of its final report in December 1947. The final report was entitled To Secure These Rights

[Administrative Information | Agency History | Collection Description | Series Descriptions | Folder Title List]

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 11 linear feet (ca. 21,600 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: Documents prepared by United States Government employees in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in documents that do not fall into this category is presumed to remain with the authors of the documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: James R. Fuchs (1956)
Updated by: Carol Briley, Sharie Simon, and Janice Davis (2000).

AGENCY HISTORY

The President's Committee on Civil Rights was established by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946, to strengthen and safeguard the rights of the American people. The Government's policy, announced in the same order, was that civil rights were guaranteed by the Constitution and essential to domestic tranquility, national security, the general welfare, and the continued existence of our free institutions. The advisory committee was chaired by Charles E. Wilson. The final report of the committee was published in 1947 as a one-hundred-and-seventy-eight page document entitled To Secure These Rights.

The President's Committee on Civil Rights had the following members: Ms. Sadie T. Alexander, Mr. James B. Carey, Mr. John S. Dickey, Mr. Morris L Ernst, Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, Dr. Frank P. Graham, The Most Reverend Francis J. Haas, Mr. Charles Luckman, Mr. Francis P. Matthews, Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., The Right Reverend Henry Knox Sherrill, Mr. Boris Shishkin, Ms. M.E. Tilly, Mr. Channing H. Tobias, and Charles E. Wilson (Chairman). Robert K. Carr was Executive Secretary of the committee. All departments and agencies of the Federal Government were instructed to cooperate with the committee and furnish it with information and services as required. The committee conducted an inquiry; held public hearings; solicited advice; examined the evidence; and made recommendations for policy improvements to carry out the mandate of Executive Order 9808. President Truman used the report as the basis for a special civil rights message to Congress and for executive orders leading to the desegregation of the armed forces and an end to discrimination in the Civil Service system.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Records of the President's Committee on Civil Rights (Record Group 220) came to the Truman collection from the National Archives in 1955. The records mostly cover the period from 1946 to 1947, the life-span of the committee, and document the formation of the committee and its work in behalf of the development and protection of civil rights for all Americans. The committee, among other things, explored the broad social, economic and educational aspects of civil rights.

The Committee on Civil Rights was responsible for proposing measures to strengthen and safeguard civil rights in the United States. The committee conducted inquires; examined existing laws, regulations and statutes; and made recommendations for policy improvements to carry out the mandate of Executive Order 9808.

The collection is comprised of eleven series. The series are administrative in nature and document the daily workings of the committee. The series are: 1) General Correspondence and Administrative Records; 2) General Correspondence with Government Departments and Agencies; 3) Administrative Correspondence with Committee Members; 4) Correspondence with Individuals; 5) Correspondence with Institutions, Organizations, Etc.; 6) Reading File, February 16-October 31, 1947; 7) Records Relating to Meetings, Hearings, and Staff Interviews of the Committee; 8) Staff Memoranda, Witnesses Statements to the Committee and Other Committee Documents; 9) Records Relating to Reports and Recommendations of the Committees and Subcommittees; 10) Miscellaneous Administrative Records; and 11) Reference (Literature) File.

The first series, General Correspondence and Administrative Records, includes general correspondence from the public (including hate mail), administrative receipts, lists, and staff files. There are also reports on the status of laws, education, housing, and the health of minorities; statistics; legislation; clippings; drafts; and notes relating to the preparation of the report, To Secure These Rights.

Executive Order 9808, establishing the President's Committee on Civil Rights, mandated agencies to cooperate with the committee in its work, and to furnish the committee with information or staff services. This contact with Government agencies is documented in the second series in the collection: General Correspondence with Government Departments and Agencies. This series includes correspondence with twenty-eight departments and Government agencies, the most important of which include: the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, Justice, State and War; the Civil Service Commission; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the National Housing Agency; the Public Health Service; and the Social Security and Veterans Administrations. This series documents the status of blacks in employment, health care, housing, education, child labor, immigration, and civil rights matters. In some instances the agencies were also required to provide the committee with copies of their current policy regarding the hiring of blacks and other minorities, and any reports, studies, or statistics dealing with their mission that might have bearing on the issues.

The third series is entitled Administrative Correspondence with Committee Members. These administrative files document such things as expenses and attendance at meetings. The files include vouchers, telegrams, memoranda, clippings, pamphlets, letters, and reports of problems. Items are filed alphabetically under the name of the individual committee member. The names of the officers of the committee were as follows: Chairman, Charles E. Wilson; First Vice Chairman, John S. Dickey; Second Vice Chairman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; and Executive Secretary, Robert K. Carr. The members of the Committee include the following: Sadie T. Alexander; James B. Carey; Morris L. Ernst; Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn; Dr. Frank P. Graham; Bishop Francis J. Haas; Charles Luckman; Francis J. Matthews; Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill; Boris Shiskin; M.E. Tilly; and Dr. Channing H. Tobias.

The fourth series is Correspondence with Individuals. This series consists of letters, memos, vouchers, articles, comments, suggestions, testimony, and statements, both to and from specific individuals. In some instances the committee initiated contact with these individuals due to their expertise in specific subject areas; in other cases, individuals wrote offering their help to the committee. The committee requested items such as lectures on civil liberties, statements on the status of Mexican-Americans, and a manuscript on alien land problems in the Pacific islands.

The next series is entitled Correspondence with Institutions, Organizations, Etc. The committee contacted more than one hundred institutions and organizations, and invited contributions to their efforts. The most prominent of these are listed alphabetically as follows: American Bar Association; American Civil Liberties Union; American Council on Race Relations; American Jewish Congress; National Association of Manufacturers; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Conference of Christians and Jews; National Congress of American Indians; Tuskegee Institute; United Automobile Workers; and United Council of Church Women. The series consists of letters, memos, reports, publications, pamphlets, articles, expense vouchers, remarks, statements, and speeches.

The sixth series, the Reading File, dates (chronologically) from February 16 though October 31, 1947. This file is composed entirely of carbon copies of letters and memoranda without attachments. It includes mostly form letters that thank individuals and organizations for bringing information to the attention of the committee and form letters to individuals and organizations requesting advice and information to assist with the committee's inquiries. This series documents the routine day-to-day correspondence of the committee. Included also are requests for help in preparation of the manuscripts; requests for employment with the committee; and much documentation of arranging dates and times for meetings.

Series number seven, Records Relating to Meetings, Hearings, and Staff Interviews of the Committee, includes: transcripts of the proceedings of the committee; transcripts of staff interviews; agendas for policy meetings; minutes of meetings of the committee; notices of public hearings; press releases; memos; and correspondence.

The eighth series is entitled Staff Memoranda, Witnesses Statements to the Committee and Other Committee Documents. This series consists of memoranda, statements, studies, summaries of reports, and reports prepared for the committee on specific issues. Some of the issues include the poll tax, the Freedom Train, social conditions, lynching, and discrimination in employment, housing and other areas of social concern. Many of the studies were written by the committee's Executive Secretary, Robert K. Carr. Still others were submitted by the American Veterans Committee, the Department of Justice, the National Urban League, and the American Civil Liberties Union. The series also includes memoranda and other records relating to meetings of the committee and its subcommittees.

The ninth series, Records Relating to Reports and Recommendations of the Committee and Subcommittees, consists of drafts of reports on topics such as fair employment practices, the administration of the Federal civil rights program, voters rights, public accommodations, lynching, the armed services and education. It also includes interim reports of subcommittees dated April 17, 1947. There are also several folders of distribution lists. They include lists of business and professional organizations; civic and fraternal groups; educational and cultural organizations; and labor, veterans, and farmers groups. The series ends with drafts, re-writes, and galley proofs. There is also one folder of memoranda critical of drafts of the report and making suggestions for changes. Charles E. Wilson and Nancy Wechsler wrote two of the memos.

The tenth series, Miscellaneous Administrative Records, consists of change of address forms; clippings; a subject index for committee documents; a directory of information of organizations, associations, federations, foundations, and councils; miscellaneous memoranda; addresses; and lists of names. There is also a report on the food situation authored by the Office of War Information.

The eleventh and final series, entitled: Reference [Literature File], consists of publications, reports, pamphlets, journals, and clippings from major organizations concerned with civil rights issues. There are publications from the Census Bureau, Agriculture Department, Department of Labor, Library of Congress, Navy, War Department, and Securities and Exchange Commission. There are also publications from the American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Labor, American Jewish Congress, Association on American Indian Affairs, National Lawyers Guild, National Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Chamber of Commerce. There is also literature from, among others, the Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches.

Additional information concerning the President's Committee on Civil Rights and civil rights policies during the Truman administration can be found in the Official File of the Harry S. Truman Papers (OF 596 and OF 93), in the papers of Philleo Nash and David Niles, in the Records of the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services (Record Group 220), and in other collections at the Truman Library.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.		Series
1-5		GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS Reports, legislation, correspondence, clippings, notes, applications, statistics, administrative requests, hate letters, receipts, bills, memoranda, pamphlets, lists, outlines, and drafts. Arranged in alphabetical order.
5-7		GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES Requests, correspondence, statistics, working papers, pamphlets, and flyers. Arranged in alphabetical order.
8-9		ADMINISTRATIVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS Correspondence, expense vouchers, telegrams, memoranda, pamphlets, clippings, and reports. Arranged in alphabetical order.
9-10		CORRESPONDENCE WITH INDIVIDUALS Correspondence, memoranda, testimony, comments, vouchers, statements, suggestions, articles, and lectures. Arranged in alphabetical order.
10-13		CORRESPONDENCE WITH INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, remarks, speeches, vouchers, pamphlets, articles, expense vouchers, and statements. Arranged in alphabetical order.
13-14		READING FILE, FEBRUARY 16-OCTOBER 31, 1947 Correspondence, memoranda, and form letters. Arranged in chronological order.
14-16		RECORDS RELATING TO MEETINGS, HEARINGS, AND STAFF INTERVIEWS OF THE COMMITTEE Transcripts, agendas, minutes, notices, press releases, memos, statements, and correspondence. Arranged in alphabetical order.
16-18		STAFF MEMORANDA, WITNESSES STATEMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS Memoranda, statements, studies, summaries of reports, and reports. Arranged in alphabetical order.
18-22		RECORDS RELATING TO REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES Drafts, reports, distribution lists, re-writes, and galley proofs. Arranged in alphabetical order.
22-23		MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS Forms, clippings, subject index for documents, directory of information, memoranda, addresses, and lists of names. Arranged in alphabetical order.
23-27		REFERENCE (LITERATURE) FILE Publications, reports, pamphlets, journals, and clippings. Arranged in alphabetical order for the most part.

FOLDER TITLE LIST

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

Box 1

Alien Land Laws [1 of 2]
Alien Land Laws [2 of 2]
American Council on Race Relations
American Indian
Anti-Lynching Legislation [mail favoring]
Applicants [1 of 2]
Applicants [2 of 2]
A-Miscellaneous [Atlantic Urban League and Alaska Native Service]
Brinkley Case
B-Miscellaneous
Chicago University Law School
Clipping-Digest [empty]
Clippings-Lynching
Congress, Representatives in
Congressional Disapproval of Propaganda Efforts [clipping]
Crackpot [1 of 2]
Crackpot [2 of 2]
C-Miscellaneous

Box 2

Dependent Areas
Disbursements [carbon copies, bills, etc.]
District of Columbia Problems
Duplicating Service Requisitions
D-Miscellaneous [empty]
Earle, (Willie) Case
Education, State Departments of
E-Miscellaneous [empty]
Federal Bills, Requests for
Ferris, F. William (Dr.)
Form Reply No. 1 [1 of 2]
Form Reply No. 1 [2 of 2]
Form Reply No. 2 [1 of 2]
Form Reply No. 2 [2 of 2]
Form Reply No. 3

Box 3

F-Miscellaneous [empty]
G-Miscellaneous
Health-General
Hearings
Housing
H-Miscellaneous
Information Requests
Intra-Office Memos
I-Miscellaneous
J-Miscellaneous
K-Miscellaneous [empty]
Latin American Civil Rights Problems
Lawyers' Panel
Library of Congress-Loan Division Requests
Lists of Organizations and Individuals
Loyalty Order [The President's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty]
L-Miscellaneous
Melendes Case [St. Louis police cell murder, July1942]
Mental Patients
Mexican-American
Minden, Louisiana Case [lynching case]
Murra Case [denial of citizenship for John Victor Murra]
M-Miscellaneous [empty]
National Education Association
National Theater

Box 4

Negroes [1 of 2]
Negroes [2 of 2]
N-Miscellaneous
Office Quarters [office passes for relocating staff]
O-Miscellaneous [empty]
Police Brutalities
Princeton University
Publication Requests
P-Miscellaneous
Q-Miscellaneous
Radio
Report ["To Secure These Rights"] [1 of 3]
Report ["To Secure These Rights"] [2 of 3]
Report ["To Secure These Rights"] [3 of 3]

Box 5

Request for Report
Requisitions for Photostatic Work
R-Miscellaneous
Schomburg Collection
Senators (U.S.)
South Carolina White Primary Case
Staff
State Bills, Requests for
Statler Hotel
Stewart, M. [Milton]
Supplies
S-Miscellaneous
Truman's Speeches [newspaper clippings]
T-Miscellaneous [empty]
United Nations-General Assembly
U-Miscellaneous [empty]
V-Miscellaneous [empty]
Williams, Frances H.
W-Miscellaneous
XYZ-Miscellaneous [empty]

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Agriculture Department
Bureau of the Budget
Census Bureau (Dept. of Commerce)
Civil Rights Section (Dept. of Justice)
Civil Service Commission

Box 6

Coast Guard
Commerce Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Security Agency
Govt. Depts. & Agencies-Replies to Letter from the President's Committee on Civil Rights re Fed. Govt. Employment of Negroes (includes working papers)
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Interior Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Justice, Department of [1 of 2]
Justice, Department of [2 of 2]
Labor Department
National Housing Agency
Navy Department
Office of Government Reports-Division of Press Intelligence

Box 7

Office of Price Administration
Office of Temporary Controls (OPA)
Post Office Department
Public Health Service
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security Board
State Department [1 of 2]
State Department [2 of 2]
Treasury Department
Veterans' Administration
War Department [1 of 3]
War Department [2 of 3]
War Department [3 of 3]

ADMINISTRATIVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Box 8

Alexander, Sadie T.
Carey, James B.
Dickey, John S.
Ernst, Morris L.
Gittelsohn, Roland B. (Rabbi)
Graham, Frank P.
Haas, Francis J. (Bishop)
Luckman, Charles
Matthews, Francis P.
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr.
Sherrill, Henry Knox (Bishop)
Shishkin, Boris
Tilly, M. E. [Dorothy]

Box 9

Tobias, Channing H.
Wilson, Charles E.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH INDIVIDUALS

Alexander, Will
Bernays, Edward L.
Bowles, Chester
Bronson, Ruth
Bukeley, Mrs. Lucinda N.
Castaneda, Alfonzo
Chafee, Zechariah, Jr. (Prof.)
Clark, Tom C.
Cullum, Robert
Cushman, Robert E.
Dexter, Nina C.
Emerson, Tom
Farnum, Ruth
Fraenkel, Osmond K.
Frank, John
Freund, Arthur J.
Gellhorn, Walter
Gilchrist, Henrietta
Gleason, John T.
Hearings, People Interested in
Hearings, People We Request to Appear
Houston, Charles H.
Hughes, Langston
Ickes, Harold L.
Janowitz, Morris
Key, V. O.
Konvitz, Milton R.
Lasswell, Harold D.
Lavagnino, J. F.
Lazarsfeld, Professor Paul F.
Lee, Alfred McClung
Matson, Frederick R.
MacIver, Professor R. M.
McWilliams, Carey
Meissner, Edwin B. (St. Louis Race Relations Commission)
Miller, Professor Clyde R.
Ming, William R.
Miscellaneous-Individuals
Nash, Philleo
Niles, David K.
Nutter, T. Gillis

Box 10

Oxnam, G. Bromley [Bishop]
Potter, E. E. [Edwin E.]
Roberts, E. P.
Roberts, G. [George]
Roosevelt, F. D. (Mrs. Franklin)
Rotnam, Victor
Suggestions (General Suggestions from Individuals)
Tead, O. [Ordway]
Thompson, Charles H.
Tuttle, Charles H.
Walls, W. J. [Bishop]
Weaver, Rufus Lee
Webb, Elizabeth
Wechsler, Herbert
West, Benj. W.
Wlach, Dr. Oskar
Wright, Dr. Louis T.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, ETC.

Afro-American Newspapers
America
American Bar Association
American Cancer Society, Inc.
American Civil Liberties Union
American Council on Race Relations
American Equity Association
American Institute of Public Opinion
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
American Law Institute
American Legion
American Library Association
American National Red Cross
American Veterans Committee
Americans United for World Government, Inc.
Amvets
Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Nazi League
Associated Negro Press
Association of the Junior Leagues of America
Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking

Box 11

Board of Christian Education-Presbyterian Church
Bronx Internal Revenue Bureau Employees, Citizens Committee for the Job Security of
Bureau of Advertising
California Council for Civic Unity
California Library Association
Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Chicago Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination
Chicago Defender, The
Chicago Park District
Citizens Council for Democracy
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Civil Rights Congress
Commission on Human Rights-United Nations
Commission on Law and Social Action
Committee to Abolish Discrimination
Committee for Amnesty
Committee for the Extension of Labor Education
Committee for a Greater Negro, Inc.
Committee for the Nation's Health
Cornell University
Coronet Magazine
Cosmopolitan Century Club
Council on African Affairs
Council Against Intolerance in America
Council for Civic Unity-San Francisco
Council for Inter-American Cooperation, Inc.
Council of Social Agencies
Council of Veterans Affairs (Grand Rapids 2, Michigan)
Dade County Civil Rights Council
Denver Unity Council
Erie County Civil Liberty Committee
Federation of American Scientists
Federation of the Handicapped, Inc.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Fisk University
Friends of Democracy, [Inc]
General Education Board, Inc.
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Hampton Institute
Howard University
Illinois Inter-Racial Commission
Institute of Ethnic Affairs
International Harvester Co.
International League for the Rights of Man
Japanese American Citizens League, Anti-Discrimination Committee, Inc.
Jewish Labor Committee
Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.
League for Fair Play, [Inc.]
League for Industrial Democracy
League of Women Voters
Marine Corps Fathers'Association

Box 12

Mayor's Committee on Unity
Mayor's Council on Human Relations
Methodist Church, Woman's Division of Christian Service of the Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Federation for Social Action
Nation, The
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.)
National Association of American Manufacturers
National Association of Real Estate Boards
National Bar Association
National Catholic Community Service
National Catholic Welfare Conference
National Committee for the Defense of Democracy Through Education
National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital
National Community Relations Advisory Council
National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc.
National Congress of American Indians
National Council of Jewish Women, Inc.
National Council for a Permanent F. E. P. C. [Fair Employment Practice Committee]
National Home and Property Owners Foundation
National Lawyers Guild
National Medical Society
National Opinion Research Center
National Service Board for Religious Objectors
National Urban League
National Women's Trade Union League of America
New Harlem Tenants League
New Republic
New York Public Library-Schomburg Collection
New York State Commission Against Discrimination
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
Phelps-Stokes Fund
Post War World Council
Princeton Group Arts
Pulse [Magazine]
Research Institute of America
Rockefeller Foundation
Rosenwald, Julius (Fund)
Russell Sage Foundation
St. Louis Civil Liberties Committee
St. Paul Branch, N.A.A.C.P.
Social Science Research Council
Southern Conference for Human Welfare

Box 13

Southern Regional Council, Inc.
Southern University
Students for Democratic Action
Survey Associates
Time
Trenton Times
Tuskegee Institute
UAW (CIO)
United Council of Church Women
United Nations
United Office and Professional Workers of America
United Public Workers of America-CIO Affiliate
United Service for New Americans, Inc.
University of New Mexico
War Resisters League
Woman's Missionary Society-A.M.E. Church
Workers Defense League
World Fellowship, Inc.
World Mission Crusade of the National Baptist Convention
YWCA-Public Affairs Committee of the National Board

READING FILE, FEBRUARY 16-OCTOBER 31, 1947

February 16-28, 1947
March 1-15, 1947
March 16-31, 1947
April 1-15, 1947
April 16-30, 1947
May 1-15, 1947
May 16-31, 1947

Box 14

June 1-15, 1947
June 16-30, 1947
July 1-15, 1947
July 16-31, 1947
August 1-15, 1947
August 16-31, 1947
September 1-30, 1947
October 1-31, 1947

RECORDS RELATING TO MEETINGS, HEARINGS, AND STAFF INTERVIEWS OF THE COMMITTEE

Agenda for Policy Meeting-President's Committee on Civil Rights-June 30-July 1, 1947, Hanover, N.H. (Jack Durham)
Hanover, N.H. Meeting, Correspondence re
Meetings of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights, Agenda for the-January 13-September 12, 1947
Meeting of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights, Agenda for The-Thursday, May 1, 1947
Minutes of the Meeting of the Full Committee-Jan. 15, 1947
Minutes of the Meetings of the Full Committee-Feb. 5 and 6, 1947
Minutes of the Meetings of the Full Committee-March 19 and 20, 1947 (and digest of testimony of J. E. Hoover)
Minutes of the Meeting of the Full Committee-April 3, 1947
Notice of Public Hearing to be Held by the Committee on Apr. 17, 1947 (Press release dated Apr. 14, 1947)
Notice of Public Hearing to be Held by the Committee on May 1, 1947 (Press release dated Apr. 29, 1947)
Notice of Public Hearing to be Held by the Committee on May 14 & 15, 1947 (Press release dated May 12, 1947)
Press Release Concerning the Second Session of the Pres. Comm. on Civil Rights, Held Feb. 6, 1947
Press Release for Oct. 29, 1947 Announcing Submittal of the Committee's Final Report to the President
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-March 6, 20; April 2, 1947 [1 of 2]
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-March 6, 20; April 2, 1947 [2 of 2]

Box 15

Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-April 3, 15, 17, 1947 [1 of 2]
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-April 3, 15, 17, 1947 [2 of 2]
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-April 24, 30; May 1,1947 [1 of 2]
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-April 24, 30; May 1,1947 [2 of 2]
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-May 14, 15, 1947
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-June 30; July 1, 1947-Meetings in Hanover, N.H. [1 of 2]

Box 16

Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-June 30; July 1, 1947-Meetings in Hanover, N.H. [2 of 2]
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-(processed)- June 30; July 1, 1947-Meetings in Hanover, N.H.
Proceedings of the Committee-Transcripts-(processed)- Sept 12-13, 1947 Meetings at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Proceedings of the Committee-Business Meeting- Transcripts-May 1, 1947
Proceedings of the Committee-Business Session- Transcripts-May 15, 1947
Questions for Consultants
Staff Interviews-Transcripts-June 13, 1947
Staff Interviews-Transcripts (processed)-April 24 & June 13, 1947
Stenotype Tape-Marked: "Grover - Thurs. - April 17, 1947 Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights 'Confidential'"

STAFF MEMORANDA, WITNESSES STATEMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS

Box 17

Box 18

RECORDS RELATING TO REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES

Criticisms of Final Report
Distribution Lists for the Final Report of the Committee [1 of 2]
Distribution Lists for the Final Report of the Committee [2 of 2]

Box 19

File Memo [cross references to oversize material]
Interim Report-Subcommittee #1-April 17, 1947
Interim Report-Subcommittee #2-April 17, 1947
Interim Report-Subcommittee #3-April 17, 1947
Names of Individuals and Organizations Interested or Possibly Interested in Receiving the Final Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights [1 of 3]
Names of Individuals and Organizations Interested or Possibly Interested in Receiving the Final Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights [2 of 3]
Names of Individuals and Organizations Interested or Possibly Interested in Receiving the Final Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights [3 of 3]
Proposed List of Organizations Interested in the Report of the Comm.-Prepared by the Dept. of State
Recommendations of the Committee (Also Agenda for Sessions of June 30, July 1, 1947)
Recommendations of the Committee (Preliminary and Final Drafts) [1 of 2]
Recommendations of the Committee (Preliminary and Final Drafts) [2 of 2]
Report, The (Milton Stewart's File)

Box 20

Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-Draft Sections (Working Papers of Jack Durham)
Report of the Pre. Comm. On Civil Rights-1st Drafts of Various Sections of the Report [1 of 3]
Report of the Pre. Comm. On Civil Rights-1st Drafts of Various Sections of the Report [2 of 3]
Report of the Pre. Comm. On Civil Rights-1st Drafts of Various Sections of the Report [3 of 3]
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-2nd Drafts of Various Sections of the Report (Work Papers) [1 of 2]
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-2nd Drafts of Various Sections of the Report (Work Papers) [2 of 2]

Box 21

Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-2nd Draft, Dated Aug. 8, 1947 [includes table of contents]
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-2nd Draft, (2nd typing) Dated Aug. 8, 1947 [1 of 2, pages 1-326]
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-2nd Draft, (2nd typing) Dated Aug. 8, 1947 [2 of 2, pages 1-324]
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-2nd Draft, (3rd typing) Complete Except for Table of Contents and Title Page
Report of the Pres. Comm. on Civil Rights-3rd Draft, Dated Aug. 22, 1947 [1 of 2, title page, table of contents, and pages 1-214]
Report of the Pres. Comm. on Civil Rights-3rd Draft, Dated Aug. 22, 1947 [2 of 2, table of contents, pages 1-214]

Box 22

Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-"Rewrites" (Working Papers)
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-Galley Proofs (Marked: "Copy No. 5-Milton D. Stewart")
Report of the Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights-Draft Copy (Clipped Galley Proofs, "Marked Copy no. 20- Milton D. Stewart")
Report of the Subcommittee No. 2 to the Committee of the Whole, Concerning Discrimination Against Minorities in Employ., Community Services, Educ., Housing, and the Armed Forces-["A Program for More Equality"]
Request for Copies of the Final Report (These Requests, Received After the Committee Had Dissolved, Were Filled by the White House Staff)
Source of Statements-Final Report

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

Change of Address Form Letter
Clippings From Newspapers and Magazines [and other material]
Committee Documents, Subject Index of

Box 23

"Directory" of Information Concerning Various Organizations (Associations, Federations, Foundations, Councils, Etc.)
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda Re the Committee
Oath of Office (Photographic Copies) of the President's Committee on Civil Rights
Organizations and Individuals Name Lists

REFERENCE (LITERATURE) FILE

Agriculture Department
American Civil Liberties Union
American Council on Race Relations
American Credo, An-by James B. Carey
American Federation of Labor
American Friends Service Committee
American Jewish Committee, The
American Jewish Congress
Americans of Croatian Descent
Americans United for World Organization, Inc.
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith [empty folder]
Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc.

Box 24

Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking
Census Bureau
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination
Commission on Freedom of the Press
Committee for Economic Development
Committee for Racial Democracy in the Nation's Capital
Community Relations Service
CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)
Council Against Intolerance in America
Council for Civic Unity of San Francisco
Council for Inter-American Cooperation, Inc.
Crews (Tom A.) vs. U.S.A., Opinion in the case of-United States Circuit Court of Appeals (copy)
Crisis, The
District of Columbia Social Survey
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
Federal Security Agency [missing folder]
Friends of Democracy, Inc. [1 of 2]
Friends of Democracy, Inc. [2 of 2]
Illinois Inter-Racial Commission
Interior, U.S. Department of

Box 25

International City Managers Association
Jewish Labor Committee
Journal of Educational Sociology, The
Labor, U.S. Department of
Library of Congress, The
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer-Atlanta, Georgia
Mayor's Committee on Unity
Menorah Association, Inc., The
Methodist Church, The-Cincinnati, Ohio
Methodist Federation for Social Service
Michigan Council for Fair Employment Legislation
Miscellaneous Literature
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Catholic Welfare Conference
National Community Relations Advisory Council
National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc., The
National Council for a Permanent FEPC

Box 26

National Institute of Social Relations, Inc. [1 of 2]
National Institute of Social Relations, Inc. [2 of 2]
National Labor Service
National Lawyers Guild
National Opinion Research Center
National Urban League
Navy Department
Pamphlets-Pres. Comm. On Civil Rights
Planned Parenthood-Massachusetts
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Proposed Federal Fair Employment Practice Act-National Committee for a Permanent FEPC
Public Law 725 ("Hospital Survey and Construction Act")-Also Other Public Laws
Publications Supplied to Members of Pres. Comm. on Civil Rights
"Russia in UN Hits Personal Liberty" (New York Times article)
Securities and Exchange Commission [1 of 2]

Box 27

Securities and Exchange Commission [2 of 2]
Southern Conference for Human Welfare
Southern Regional Council, Inc.
Union for Democratic Action-Washington Chapter
United Council of Church Women
United Nations Conference on International Organization
United Service Organizations
War Department
Workers Education Bureau of America
Writers' Board, The
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Negatives, Miscellaneous Pictures and Related Material for the Final Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights

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Records of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, Record Group 220