RG 9 - National Recovery Administration - Folder List for All Series

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Entry 524 Administrative Files​, 1935-1936 

National Archives Identifier 3794036

This series of records includes intra-office memoranda concerning relations between the regional office and code authorities; copies of letters sent to the National Recovery Administration (NRA) Consumers' Division relating to the attitude of people in the region toward the NRA; intra-office memoranda and correspondence with Washington headquarters relating to wage restitutions; correspondence, reports, and papers containing statistical data relating to mass compliance and the Robert Committee surveys; reports on the removal of Blue Eagle insignia from violators of the codes; correspondence and memoranda relating to voluntary agreements; reports on proposed State recovery acts; material containing data on the attitude of employees toward the NRA; instructions on administrative procedures; reports on budgetary matters; and interoffice memoranda, together with related floor plans, dealing with the utilization of equipment and space. The records also include correspondence, memoranda, and forms relating to personnel administration.

Entry 524A  State Office Administrative Files​, 1935-1936

National Archives Identifier 4492352

This series details the establishment of state offices in each state of Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee) and efforts of each office to obtain compliance to National Recovery Administration code authorities and wage agreements. Included in the files are reports of wage complaint adjustment activities in each state and production reports of field adjusters who attempted to settle code compliance cases relating to labor and trade practices.

Entry 525   General Correspondence, 1935-1936

National Archives Identifier 4492353

This series consists of correspondence to and from Region IV Regional Administrator, William L. Mitchell, concerning a variety of topics from code authority enforcement issues relating to manufacturing and production to investigations of wage complaints. Correspondence with, and advice to, other regional and state offices is also contained in the files. The files also include Mitchell's correspondence with National Recovery Administration Headquarters in Washington, D.C. regarding legal matters and legislation. The series includes correspondence from Mitchell's tenure as State Director of Georgia prior to his appointment as Regional Administrator for Region IV.

Entry 526   Complaints about State Offices, 1934-1935

National Archives Identifier 4492357

This series details the handling of complaints against state offices sent to Region IV of the National Recovery Administration. It includes letters to the Regional Administrator lodging complaints, follow-up replies, and field investigations of the complaints.

Entry 527    Records of Administration Members of Code Authorities 1934-1935

National Archives Identifier 4497844

This series consists of instructions of the national code authorities (particularly those for the trucking industry and the retail solid fuels industry)to state code authorities. It documents efforts of the national code authority to approve codes and obtain compliance to them at the state level. The series also includes minutes of code meetings and correspondence with divisional compliance directors.

Entry 528   Legal Records, 1934-1935

National Archives Identifier 3799129

This series of records includes correspondence with the Legal and Compliance Divisions of the National Recovery Administration, United States district attorneys, State government agencies, code authorities, trade associations, law firms, and business organizations relating to compliance activities, interpretations of codes, State recovery acts, and procedures for terminating code authorities. The records also include indictments, warrants, memoranda and related correspondence, briefs, and exhibits relating to enforcement of approved codes, collection of code assessments, interpretations of codes, and legality of price-fixing provisions of codes. The records also include some case files.

Entry 529   Office Files of Reuben J. Martin, 1934-1935

National Archives Identifier 4497843

This series consists of the legal files of Reuben J. Martin who was Assistant Legal Counsel, Acting Counsel, and Chair of the Regional Compliance Council for Region IV. The files contain the daily dockets of the Regional Compliance Council, code violation correspondence, responses to code complaints, weekly reports of attorneys, legal briefs, decisions, and appeals.

Entry 530   Office Files of John T. Grigsby, 1934-1935

National Archives Identifier 4499071

This series consists of records maintained by John T. Grigsby in his role as Regional Litigation Attorney for Region IV of the National Recovery Administration. Included in the records are progress reports, a table of docketed cases, case files, litigation memorandums, and official correspondence.

Entry 531 Office Files of Samuel E. Ewing, 1935-1936

National Archives Identifier 4499073

This series consists of records created by Samuel E. Ewing in his role as Regional Attorney for Region IV of the National Recovery Administration. The records include procedural instructions, intra-office memoranda, briefs, and correspondence with Washington headquarters, district attorneys, and other regional offices relating to compliance cases, interpretations of codes, and other legal matters.

Entry 534   Records Relating to Personnel Administration, 1933-1934

National Archives Identifier 4492358

This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, meeting agendas, oaths of office, job applications, job descriptions, questionnaires, personal history statements, and administrative forms. The material relates generally to personnel changes following the May 27, 1935, U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled the mandatory codes section of the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. The subjects include workforce reduction, job reclassification, transfers, recommendations, pay, sick, and annual leave balances, and the physical appearance of female job applicants.