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- Letter from Pitt Maner, secretary to Governor Bibb Graves, to J. D. Thompson in Boaz, Alabama.
- 1935-02-11
- Thompson had written the governor asking for a job with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Maner explains that the governor has no connection with the CCC; he has directed Thompson's request to the director of the Veterans' Administration in...
- 2009-09-15
- "Many Issues Fall to Low Levels on Wave of Selling."
- 1929-10-28
- This article, written the day before "Black Tuesday," reports that "prices broke wide open" in the stock market during the day: "Many of the leaders sold close to the low levels established in last Thursday's dramatic collapse in prices, and some...
- 2010-01-25
- "Wall Street Is Under Guard of Reserve Police."
- 1929-10-25
- This article reports that the police commissioner of New York has ordered over five hundred extra patrolmen and detectives to Wall Street to protect the area from possible chaos during the stock market decline. The commissioner has also warned...
- 2010-01-25
- "Conditions Good, Says President."
- 1929-10-26
- This article reports that the nation's financial condition is sound despite the stock market crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The fundamental business of the country is on a sound and profitable basis, President Hoover asserted Friday, in a...
- 2010-01-25
- "The Agree That Business is Sound."
- 1929-10-29
- This article reports that the country's financial leaders do not believe that the stock market crash will have long-lasting negative effects on business: "All business and industrial leaders and all persons in official positions whose opinion is...
- 2010-01-25
- "Prices Collapse As Stock Mart Goes 'Haywire.'"
- 1929-10-29
- This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...
- 2010-01-25
- "Stocks Dip to Lows After Rally from Panicky Sales."
- 1929-10-29
- This article reports than an Iowan senator has predicted nationwide panic and bankruptcy because of the ongoing declines on Wall Street. The article also describes stock market conditions after "Black Tuesday," mentioning efforts by financial...
- 2010-01-25
- "Rush of Selling Brings History's Wildest Market."
- 1929-10-25
- This article gives a lively account of the stock market collapse on October 24 ("Black Thursday"): "The remarkable era of avid public speculation in stocks which has swept over the country during the past five years came to a climax today in the...
- 2010-01-25
- "Montevallo's New $87,000 Bridge Will Be Open In A Few Days."
- 1936-07-23
- This article discusses the completion of a bridge over the Southern Railway tracks and Shoal Creek in Montevallo, Alabama. The bridge was built as part of the Works Progress Administration: "The new bridge pictured above bears the distinction of...
- 2010-07-27
- "Stock Market Suffers Swiftest Decline Experienced in Years."
- 1929-10-24
- This article describes the stock market decline on October 23: "The stock market suffered the swiftest and most hair raising drop in recent financial history today, a sweeping decline far more drastic than anything yet experienced in this modern...
- 2010-01-25
- "Bell Rings and Roar of Stock Market Subsides."
- 1929-10-25
- This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...
- 2010-01-25
- "Back to Normalcy."
- 1929-10-26
- This article argues that the stock market crash was inevitable because "the country had gone speculation mad"; while the country will suffer "painful consequences," the author predicts that "the shock will not be so severe as it has been on former...
- 2010-01-25
- Payroll for a road work project of the Works Progress Administration in Bibb County, Alabama.
- 1936-08-16
- The roll lists the name of each employee, along with occupation, hours worked, and amount earned. The project was sponsored by the county and the Alabama State Highway Department.
- 2009-09-18
- Payroll for a construction project of the Farm Security Administration in Coffee County, Alabama.
- 1938-07-13
- The roll lists the name of each employee, along with occupation, hours worked, and amount earned. The project was managed by the MacIntosh Construction Company of Newark, Delaware.
- 2009-09-18
- Blue Eagle Letter No. 5 from Boaz Long, chief of the Recovery Boards Section of the Blue Eagle Division, National Recovery Administration.
- 1933-08-29
- The letter lists codes for specific industries that have recently been approved by the NRA.
- 2009-09-15
- "President's Reemployment Agreement" from Franklin D. Roosevelt, to be signed and submitted by employers in the United States.
- 1933-07-27
- The agreement was drafted as part of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. By signing it employers agreed to promote the efforts of the National Recovery Administration: "...the undersigned hereby agrees with the President as follows:...Not...
- 2009-09-15
- "Alabama greets...Mr. Farley."
- 1938-04-28
- Program for a banquet at Fort Dixie, where James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will give an address. A "Human Welfare Menu" will be served, with dishes such as WPA Chicken, PWA Potatoes, and FHA Lettuce with TVA Dressing.
- 2009-10-16
- Letter from Mrs. W. H. Jones to Governor Benjamin Miller.
- 1934-04-05
- Mrs. Jones, a widow in Frisco City, Alabama, explains that she has been cut off from the relief program and has no other way to support her family. Her sixteen-year-old son has been denied relief work because of his age, and her married children...
- 2009-09-15
- RADIO ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
- 1933-10-22
- In this address, the fourth "Fireside Chat," President Roosevelt discusses New Deal programs that have been enacted to improve the country's economic situation. He mentions a recent rise in employment; the Civilian Conservation Corps; relief...
- 2009-09-15
- Telegram from Ira B. Thompson in Crenshaw County, Alabama, to Governor Bibb Graves in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1935-03-05
- In the message Thompson mentions news of twenty new Civilian Conservation Corps camps to be set up in Alabama. He asks the governor to promote the establishment of a soil erosion camp in Crenshaw County.
- 2009-09-15