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- Correspondence dealing with a proposed dog fight in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1934 January
- The first two letters, written January 20 and 22, 1934, are from American Humane Association representatives Richard C. Craven and N. J. Walker. They inform Governor Benjamin Miller of dog fights to be held in Tuscaloosa by the American Pit Bull...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between M. H. Sterne in Birmingham, Alabama, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932 May
- In the first letter, written May 13, 1932, Sterne suggests that "there is no form of relief through public works so quick or that will mean so large a percentage of disbursements for labor as road building." He has noticed that pending legislation...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from T. Arnold Hill of the National Urban League in New York, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1931 January 1
- In the letter Hill, director of the League's Department of Industrial Relations, encourages Governor Miller to give African Americans employment opportunities in the public works projects that will be funded through recent federal legislation: "It...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Correspondence to Governor Benjamin Miller, discussing violence in Camp Hill, Alabama, between members of the Alabama Sharecroppers Union and county officials.
- 1931 July
- The ASCU was established by the Communist Party in 1931, and most of its members were African Americans. The letters are from L. N. Duncan, director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, and Bradford Knapp, president of Auburn University....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegrams between Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932 February
- In the first message, sent February 28, 1932, Bingham asks for the number of people in Alabama who are starving and the number who cannot find work. In the second message, sent February 29, 1932, Miller replies that he does not have the details...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegrams between Congressman Clarence J. McLeod of Michigan, and Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932 May
- In the first message, sent May 4, 1932, McLeod refers to a legislative bill that would provide World War I veterans with land for farming, and he asks Alabama to contribute property. In the second message, sent May 5, 1932, Miller replies that the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Harry D. Pitchford in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1932 September 21
- In the letter Pitchford mentions a plan he has developed to assist the unemployed during the winter. He has enclosed a copy of this proposal, which suggests that voters donate articles of food and clothing when they go to the polls for the November...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from the Elba Lions Club to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1931 September 5
- In the message the club members suggest that the governor issue a proclamation asking all businesses in the state to refrain from laying off any employees: "...instead if necessity demands it that wages be cut or number of working hours or days be...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from a delegation of the Unemployed Councils of Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller and the state legislature.
- 1931-1935 circa
- In the letter the men describe the "widespread unemployment and great misery" affecting the citizens of the state, and they complain that the legislature is not discussing any programs to meet the needs of the poor ("All the so called economy...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection