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RG 4 - U.S. Food Administration
RG 4 - U.S. Food Administration
Regulated the supply, distribution, and conservation of foods. Bought and sold grain and sugar and their products through two subsidiaries, the Food Administration Grain Corporation (U.S. Grain Corporation) and the U.S. Sugar Equalization Board, Inc.
Wartime controls lifted following Armistice, November 11, 1918. Conservation regulations lapsed, November-December 1918; licensing requirements, January-February 1919; commodity controls, except wheat, by June 1919. Administration of wheat program transferred to United States Wheat Director, who concurrently served as Chief of the Cereal Division, USFA, and as President of the U.S. Grain Corporation, by Presidential proclamations of June 23 and 24, 1919.
Residual functions of Food Administrator transferred to Chief of the Cereal Division, USFA (wheat and wheat products), and to Attorney General (all other food products), by Presidential proclamation, November 21, 1919.
State Correspondence
These finding aids consist of file folder lists for several record series of correspondence for U.S. Food Administration offices in Alabama and Georgia.
RG 8 - Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
RG 8 - Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Conducted research and investigated the application of principles of civil and mechanical engineering in the areas of irrigation, drainage, and farm structures and machinery (rural engineering). Research in irrigation, drainage, hydrology, and soil erosion were transferred to the Soil Conservation Service and the Bureau of Plant Industry, 1935 and 1938.
Field Office Correspondence
This series contains public and internal correspondence and reports relating to supplies, fiscal matters, and drainage surveys conducted in Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. These include letters sent and received from Washington, weekly field reports, road and bridge bond surveys, field correspondence, and staff correspondence. Topics covered by these documents relate to the Big Black River Survey in Mississippi and Alabama, the Cypress Creek Drainage District in Arkansas, and the drainage surveys conducted on the Florida Everglades.
RG 54 - Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering
RG 54 - Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering
Conducted research on agricultural (farming and gardening) and forestry problems in such areas as crops, soils, machinery, storage, transportation, and housing.
Sugar Plant Investigations
This series consists of correspondence and reports relating to the Sugar Plant Experimentation Station in Cairo, Georgia.
RG 95 - Forest Service
RG 95 - Forest Service
Administers the national forest system. Promotes conservation and use of national forests and grasslands. Conducts forest and range research. Assists and cooperates with administrators of state and private forests. Supervised forest and range conservation work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-42. Administered war-related programs, 1942-45. Administered, 1934-42, the Prairie States Forestry ("Shelterbelt") Project, established under the Emergency Appropriation Act (48 Stat. 1021), June 19, 1934. "Shelterbelt" Project transferred to Soil Conservation Service, effective July 1, 1942, by Secretary's memorandum, June 30, 1942.
Correspondence
This series contains correspondence relating to Civilian Conservation Corps plans, work projects, personnel, enrollment, inspections, policies, and special state agreements.
Engineering Division Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files from the Engineering Division.
Fire Control Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files related to fire control.
Flood Protection and River Basin Planning Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files relating to flood protection and river basin planning.
Headquarters Administrative Files
These series contains administrative files from headquarters offices.
- RG 95 - Atlanta Administrative Files [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Gainesville Administrative Files [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Historical Drawings
This series contains engineering and architectural drawings for structures on Forest Service property. The drawings include structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, water and sanitation drawings, bridges, fire towers, and recreational areas.
Information and Education Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files from the Information and Education Division.
Land Title Records
This series consists of case files relating to the transfer of land titles. These case files contain abstracts of title, warranty deeds, correspondence, receipts, title opinions, appraisal reports, certificates of possession, tax notices, and tract maps.
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Bankhead National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Chattahoochee National Forest [Download Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Conecuh National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Davy Crockett National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Francis Marion National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - LBJ National Grasslands [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Ouachita National Forest [Download Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Sabine National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Sam Houston National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Talladega National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Tuskegee National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 95 - Land Title Records - Uwharrie National Forest [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Operations Division Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files from the Operations Division.
Regional Forester Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files from the Regional Forester office in Cleveland, Tennessee.
State and Private Forestry Division Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files from the Division of State and Private Forestry.
Timber Management Research Division Administrative Files
This series contains records relating to land utilization, timber sales, planning projects, and fire suppression.
Division of Watershed, Wildlife, and Range Management Division Administrative Files
This series contains administrative files from the Division of Watershed, Wildlife, and Range Management.
RG 96 - Farmers Home Administration
RG 96 - Farmers Home Administration
Provides small farmers with credit to construct or repair homes and farm buildings, improve farming operations, or become farm owners.
Inventory of Records
This finding aid provides brief descriptions of each series of records found within our Farmers Home Administration records. More detailed finding aids, including file folder lists, for each series is found below.
Records of Region 4, Raleigh, NC (KY, NC, TN)Correspondence of the Director [Entry 56]
This series consists mainly of letters sent, but includes a few letters received, concerning loans, complaints, job applications, and other matters in which the aid of congressmen was solicited. There is also some correspondence, primarily regarding job applications, with Julian N. Friant, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, with W. W. Alexander, Administrator of the Farm Security Administration, and with state directors.
Correspondence and Reference Files of the Regional Director [Entry 57 and 58]
This series consists of correspondence and reference files created by the Directors of Region 4, which included the States of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The files include letters received; copies of letters, telegrams, and memoranda sent; reports; press releases; and circulars. Much of the material concerns activities involving agriculture and rural development associated with the Great Depression and the New Deal, including correspondence on the direction of the Rehabilitation Program, the Tenant Purchase Program, and various resettlement projects, such as Cumberland Homesteads in Tennessee and Penderlea Homesteads in North Carolina.
General Correspondence [Entry 59 and 60]
This series consists of correspondence of the regional office, which served the States of Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia, relating to the following categories: cooperation among states, municipalities, organizations, and individuals; speeches; articles and press releases; the Land Acquisition Program; the Rural Rehabilitation Program; relocation of individuals and families by the government; farm and home plans for rural rehabilitation clients; farm debt adjustment, occupancy of resettlement projects; farm ownership loans; and administrative and organizational matters.
Correspondence Files of James S. Heizer [Entry 61]
This series consists of the correspondence files of James S. Heizer that concern the organization and operation of low-cost medical care programs for rehabilitation clients and their families.
Letters Sent Relating to Applications for Employment [Entry 62]
This series consists of letters sent mainly to Congressmen from the states comprising Region 4 in behalf of applicants. Included are some memoranda concerning visits of an official of the Farm Security Administration to these Congressmen.
Correspondence and Reference Files of J. B. Slack [Entry 63]
This series consists mainly of copies of letters, telegrams, and interoffice memoranda sent, but includes some letters received and reference material. Also included are some summary reports on rehabilitation loans as well as some detailed reports of Bernard G. Torreyson, Regional Collection Adviser, concerning loan operations in various offices in the region.
Correspondence of J. R. Allgyer [Entry 64]
This series consists of correspondence exchanged with the central office, State Rural Rehabilitation Corporations, and others regarding loans, grants, debt adjustment, and other matters.
General Correspondence [Entry 65]
This series consists of correspondence related to all activities of the division for the States of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Much of the correspondence relates to rural development and rehabilitation, rehabilitation clients, and legal questions regarding the transfer of Rural Rehabilitation Corporation funds.
Correspondence of C. W. E. Pittman [Entry 66]
This series consists of correspondence mainly covering the period when C. W. E. Pittman was located in the state office of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration at Raleigh, North Carolina.
Correspondence of H. R. Edwards [Entry 67]
This series consists of reference materials on various background subjects, such as policies and procedures, laws and legal opinions, financial data and statistics on loans, and various other informational material. Included are some letters sent by H. P. Edwards.
Copies of Letters Sent [Entry 68]
This series consists of copies of letters sent to the central office, state directors, project managers, and others by division employees. Also included are some internal memoranda. The series concerns mainly rehabilitation matters and farm ownership loans.
Farm Ownership Files [Entry 69]
This series consists of case files for agricultural loans made to farm families applying for economic assistance. The case files may contain loan applications, appraisal reports, and data concerning prospective borrowers; options; loan and variable payment agreements; loan analyses; mortgage and warranty deeds; certifications by the county committee; farm and home plans; title insurance policies; fire and property damage insurance policies; and certifications of closing for tenant - purchase loans associated with programs under the New Deal. The files may also include subsidiary forms and correspondence relating to the processing of loans.
General Correspondence of the Farm Debt Adjustment Commission of North Carolina [Entry 70]
This series consists of correspondence of G. W. Forester, Executive Secretary of the Commission, and of Harry F. Watkins, its State Representative. The series documents the commission's attempts to work out satisfactory adjustments between distressed farmer-debtors and their creditors.
- RG 96 - General Correspondence of the Farm Debt Adjustment Commission of North Carolina [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Administrative Correspondence of the Farm Debt Adjustment Commission of North Carolina [Entry 71]
This series consists chiefly of correspondence of G. W. Forester, Executive Secretary of the Commission, and of Harry F. Watkins, but also includes files of correspondence with state and other officials regarding program matters.
- RG 96 - Administrative Correspondence of the Farm Debt Adjustment Commission of North Carolina [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Correspondence of the Farm Debt Adjustment Section [Entry 72]
This series consists of correspondence of Harry F. Watkins, as State Farm Debt Adjustment Supervisor for North Carolina.
General Correspondence of the Community and Cooperative Services Section [Entry 73]
This series consists of correspondence that relates to the section's work in connection with loans to cooperatives or to individual borrowers wishing to join them.
- RG 96 - General Correspondence of the Community and Cooperative Services Section [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Correspondence of the Community and Cooperative Services Section [Entry 74]
This series consists of correspondence that relates to all phases of organizing, financing, and operating cooperatives under subheadings of classification 590 cooperatives, such as raising, harvesting, canning, storing, and marketing crops; assisting in erosion control; manufacturing lime and fertilizers; providing educational, recreational, and medical facilities; and furnishing other services.
Loan Application and Supporting Papers of Cooperative Associations [Entry 75]
This series consists of files for each association that usually contain correspondence, a loan application, and supporting exhibit material such as bylaws, a certificate of incorporation, a financial statement, a membership list, a plat, and other papers.
- RG 96 - Loan Application and Supporting Papers of Cooperative Associations [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Instructional and Reference Materials for the Use of Home Management Supervisors [Entry 76]
This series consists of printed and mimeographed pamphlets and sheets giving instructions on canning fruits and vegetables, gardening, preparing meals, and other homemaking activities. Included is a report on the home management program for 1936 in Tennessee.
- RG 96 - Instructional and Reference Materials for the Use of Home Management Supervisors [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Reports and Procedures File [Entry 77]
This series consists of annual and other periodic reports of home and farm management supervisors; summary reports on rural rehabilitation activities; a report on leased and optioned lands; procedural and instructional materials from the central, regional, and state offices; and circulars, bulletins and conference notes.
Office File of C. B. Faris, Assistant Regional Director in Charge of Resettlement [Entry 78]
This series consists of letters received, copies of letters sent, reports, maps, and other records of C. B. Faris. Most of the correspondence deals with setting up and administering resettlement projects.
- RG 96 - Office File of C. B. Faris, Assistant Regional Director in Charge of Resettlement [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Correspondence Relating to Resettlement Projects [Entry 79 and 80]
This series consists of correspondence relating to the acquisition of land and the construction, occupancy, and management of the following resettlement projects associated with programs under the New Deal: Christian - Trigg Farms in Kentucky; Penderlea Homesteads, Roanoke Farms, Pembroke Farms, and Scuppernong Farms in North Carolina; and Shenandoah Homesteads in Virginia. Included is a small amount of correspondence on farm tenant projects in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Correspondence and Other Records Concerning the Relocation of Families [Entry 81]
This series consists of correspondence relating to the relocation of families for land utilization projects, forms containing statistics on the number of families moved, and a few other records.
- RG 96 - Correspondence and Other Records Concerning the Relocation of Families [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Correspondence Concerning Operation of Roanoke Farms Project [Entry 82]
This series consists of the correspondence of C. B. Faris, Assistant Regional Director in Charge of Resettlement, and others concerned with the operation of Roanoke Farms, Virginia. The files concern administrative matters, land acquisition, rural development and construction, financial and legal issues, and property operation and disposition associated with New Deal programs.
Correspondence and Other Records Concerning the Shenandoah Homesteads [Entry 83]
This series consists of correspondence relating to the relocation of families for land utilization projects, forms containing statistics on the number of families moved, and a few other records.
- RG 96 - Correspondence and Other Records Concerning the Shenandoah Homesteads [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Correspondence of Percy Bloxam, Chief of the Architectural and Engineering Section [Entry 84]
This series consists of letters received and copies of letters sent from regional, project, and other employees concerning the planning and construction of resettlement projects.
- RG 96 - Correspondence of Percy Bloxam, Chief of the Architectural and Engineering Section [Download Spreadsheet]
Project Plans File of C. B. Faris, Assistant Regional Director in Charge of Resettlement [Entry 85]
This series consists of plans for proposed resettlement projects. Typically, each plan contains a letter from the Regional Director to the Administrator of the Resettlement Administration, transmitting and recommending the plan; a detailed description of the plan, with suitable maps and other illustrative materials; a soil report; budget estimates; estimated production reports on crops and livestock; and other descriptive and informational material.
- RG 96 - Project Plans File of C. B. Faris, Assistant Regional Director in Charge of Resettlement [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Rural Resettlement Project Plans, Proposals, and Related Records [Entry 86]
This series consists mainly of project plans during the preliminary phases of planning. The series includes correspondence, comprehensive reports, maps and blueprints, options on land, and data concerning project costs and crop production.
Overall Plans for Resettlement Projects in Tennessee [Entry 87]
This series consists of a file identified as docket 5 (Cumberland Homesteads, SH-TN-5) that contains forms summarizing the plans for each farm unit in the project; and files identified as dockets 6 and 7 contain unit plans for Tenant Security Project RR-TN-27 and some tract maps and blueprints of farm layouts and buildings.
Correspondence and Preliminary Plans Pertaining to Projects in West Virginia [Entry 88]
This series consists of correspondence relating to the relocation of families for land utilization projects, forms containing statistics on the number of families moved, and a few other records.
- RG 96 - Correspondence and Preliminary Plans Pertaining to Projects in West Virginia [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Land Acquisition Case Files [Entry 89]
This series contains case files pertaining to land purchased in North Carolina for Magnolia Farms, Penderlea Homesteads, Roanoke Farms, and Wolf Pit Farms, and in Virginia for Shenandoah Homesteads. Each case file usually contains some or all of the following records: offers to sell land to the United States, the U.S. Government's options to purchase land, appraisal reports, tract maps, abstracts of title, certificates of title, condemnation hearings, warranty deeds, preliminary opinions of the district attorney on title, final opinions of the attorney general on titles, and certificates of settlement. The files may also contain subsidiary forms and correspondence relating to the acquisition process.
Land Case Files [Entry 90]
This series consists of numbered land case files that contain correspondence and in several instances only a questionnaire regarding the status of title to certain lands. They concern land that was purchased by the Rural Rehabilitation Corporations of North Carolina and West Virginia, and turned over to the Farm Security Administration.
Administrative and Reference File on Resettlement Projects [Entry 91]
This series consists of a file, probably accumulated for convenience, concerning certain projects in the region. There is no uniformity in subject matter, although it relates chiefly to the construction, administration, and operation of projects. In addition to correspondence, there are plans, specifications, various kinds of reports, maps, blueprints, budgetary and fiscal records, project proposals, and agreements.
Correspondence of the Regional Director of the Land Policy Section [Entry 92]
This series consists of correspondence that deals with functions that Carl C. Taylor, regional director of the Land Policy Section, was responsible for and some of the correspondence concerns the submarginal land purchase program in North Carolina and Virginia.
- RG 96 - Correspondence of the Regional Director of the Land Policy Section [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Rural Rehabilitation Loans [Entry 133]
This series consists of case files for paid-in-full agricultural loans made to destitute farm families who were unable to borrow from private agencies because they could not offer adequate security for the loans. It consists of files from Dallas, Elmore, Marshall, and Shelby counties in Alabama. A typical case file contains a loan application, a loan agreement, a lease agreement, a mortgage, statements of accounts, receipts, a farm and home management plan, farm visit reports, and related correspondence.
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - Kentucky [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - North Carolina [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - Tennessee [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Records of Region 5, Montgomery, AL (AL, FL, GA, SC)General Correspondence [Entry 93]
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports reflecting the work of the regional office in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Included are speeches, press releases, and information on the relocation of farm families. Also included is a report on the early rural rehabilitation program in Georgia.
Farm Ownership Files [Entry 94]
This series consists of case files for agricultural loans made to farm families applying for economic assistance. The case files may contain loan applications, appraisal reports, and data concerning prospective borrowers; options; loan and variable payment agreements; loan analyses; mortgage and warranty deeds; certifications by the county committee; farm and home plans; title insurance policies; fire and property damage insurance policies; and certifications of closing for tenant - purchase loans associated with programs under the New Deal. The files may also include subsidiary forms and correspondence relating to the processing of loans.
Correspondence Relating to Proposed Projects [Entry 95]
This series consists of letters received, suggesting the creation of resettlement projects in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, but also includes a little correspondence concerning projects already in operation.
Rural Rehabilitation Loans [Entry 133]
This series consists of case files for paid-in-full agricultural loans made to destitute farm families who were unable to borrow from private agencies because they could not offer adequate security for the loans. It consists of files from Dallas, Elmore, Marshall, and Shelby counties in Alabama. A typical case file contains a loan application, a loan agreement, a lease agreement, a mortgage, statements of accounts, receipts, a farm and home management plan, farm visit reports, and related correspondence.
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - Alabama [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - Florida [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - Georgia [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 96 - Rural Rehabilitation Loans - South Carolina [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Records of Region 6, Little Rock, AR (MS)Rural Rehabilitation Loans [Entry 133]
This series consists of case files for paid-in-full agricultural loans made to destitute farm families who were unable to borrow from private agencies because they could not offer adequate security for the loans. It consists of files from Dallas, Elmore, Marshall, and Shelby counties in Alabama. A typical case file contains a loan application, a loan agreement, a lease agreement, a mortgage, statements of accounts, receipts, a farm and home management plan, farm visit reports, and related correspondence.
RG 103 - Farm Credit Administration
RG 103 - Farm Credit Administration
Regulates and examines borrower-owned banks and associations of the farm credit system.
Project Manager's Files
These series contain records relating to land acquisition and disposal.
- RG 103 - Project Manager's Files - Columbia [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Project Manager's Files - New Orleans [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
Property Disposals
These series consist of case files documenting the disposal of land declared surplus by the U.S. Government and deemed suitable for agricultural use. In cooperation with the War Assets Administration, districts disposed of property from military sites classified as agricultural, grazing, forest or mineral lands including any structures on the site. A typical case file generally includes a declaration of surplus property, correspondence, disposal data, appraisals, and deeds. The case files contain primarily textual materials but may include photographs, maps, and architectural drawings.
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - Alabama [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - Florida [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - Georgia [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - Mississippi [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - North Carolina [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - South Carolina [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
- RG 103 - Property Disposals - Tennessee [Download Excel Spreadsheet]
RG 114 - Soil Conservation Service
RG 114 - Soil Conservation Service
Provides technical and financial assistance to land users and units of government with the aim of sustaining agricultural activity and protecting natural resources. Responsibilities include making and subsidizing loans for agricultural land purchase and preservation; operating test centers for plants with conservation potential; issuing the Natural Resources Inventory every five years; conducting the National Cooperative Soil Survey, and river basin surveys, in collaboration with state, local, and other Federal agencies; promoting flood protection projects; and administering such regional programs as the Great Plains Conservation Program, the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, and, in 11 western states and Alaska, the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program.
Correspondence
This series contains reports, press releases, project work plans, technical studies, and other administrative correspondence relating to the Spartanburg, South Carolina regional office.
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