Coolidge Papers. Labor Department, 1923-29.

Correspondence between President Coolidge and Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, as well as memoranda, reports, press releases, speeches, and newspaper clippings, on the condition of labor and labor statistics for different parts of the country. Topics include Labor Department accomplishments; data on farm labor; the migration of Negro workers; women in the work force; seasonal farm labor; American workers' standard of living; immigrant labor; low wages of unskilled laborers in coal mining, textiles, and the building trades; the shortening of the work week; and the solicitation of funds for Mooseheart, a home school near Chicago that taught blue-collar trades to youth. Organizations mentioned or featured in the documents include the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Women's Bureau, the U.S. Employment Service, the Federation of Foremen's Clubs in Dayton, Ohio, and the Loyal Order of Moose.

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March 28, 1926Letter from Everett Sanders to James J. Davis
January 1926Index Card
March 2, 1926Letter from James J. Davis to Frank Gilbert
no dateLetter from James J. Davis to Everett Sanders
February 13, 1926Index Card
January 19, 1926Index Card
January 18, 1926Speech from James J. Davis
January 15, 1926Index Card
December 7, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
March 24, 1926Index Card
January 12, 1926Index Card
April 12, 1926Index Card
no dateIndex Card
July 16, 1926Letter from James J. Davis to Everett Sanders
July 13, 1926Memorandum from Francis I. Jones
November 16, 1926Index Card
December 21, 1926Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
October 1926Federal Publication
no dateFederal Publication
December 21, 1926Letter from James J. Davis to Hugh E. Wilson
no dateReport from James J. Davis
no dateLetter from James J. Davis to Everett Sanders
December 15, 1926Letter from Hugh Wilson to James J. Davis
September 22, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
June 3, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
no dateLetter from James J. Davis to Edward J. McGivern
June 25, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to E.J. McGivern
June 26, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to William J. Bowen
June 27, 1925Report
July 3, 1925Letter from Everett Sanders to James J. Davis
August 5, 1925Index Card
August 12, 1925Letter from Everett Sanders to Robe Carl White
August 26, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
September 22, 1925Speech from James J. Davis
January 28, 1928Index Card
no dateLetter from James J. Davis to Everett Sanders
1927Federal Publication
September 26, 1925Index Card
September 29, 1925Index Card
October 3, 1926Notes
October 19, 1925Index Card
no dateLetter from James J. Davis to Everett Sanders
no dateReport
October 1925Index Card
October 28, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
November 14, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
September 12, 1925Article from Theodore G. Risley
September 5, 1928Letter from W.C. Platt to James J. Davis
November 21, 1927Index Card
July 31, 1928Letter from Robe Carl White to Everett Sanders
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateForm
August 29, 1928Letter from James J. Davis to W.C. Platt
no dateNotes
September 9, 1928Index Card
September 13, 1928Letter from Edward T. Clark to W.C. Platt
November 23, 1928Index Card
March 15, 1929Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
March 18, 1929Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
no dateReport
February 28, 1929Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James j. Davis
September 6, 1928Letter from W.C. Platt to Calvin Coolidge
June 29, 1925Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
April 20, 1927Letter from James J. Davis to Andrew W. Mellon
no dateReport
no dateMemorandum
July 16, 1927Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
July 21, 1927Letter from W.W. Husband to Calvin Coolidge
July 26, 1927Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
July 29, 1927Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
August 28, 1927Index Card
November 9, 1927Index Card
June 23, 1928Notes from Everett Sanders
January 5, 1928Index Card
April 20, 1927Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
February 25, 1928Index Card
February 29, 1928Letter from Bertram E. Adams to Calvin Coolidge
February 3, 1928Letter from James J. Davis to Bertram E. Adams
no datePhotograph
March 1, 1928Letter from Everett Sanders to Bertram E. Adams
March 5, 1928Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
March 5, 1928Index Card
April 13, 1928Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
May 28, 1928Lin
July 18, 1928Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
May 7, 1925Index Card
December 10, 1923Index Card
May 2, 1924Index Card
March 27, 1924Article
March 24, 1924Speech
March 19, 1924Memorandum from Ethelbert Stewart
March 19, 1924Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
February 25, 1924Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
February 23, 1924Report from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
February 21, 1924Memorandum from Francis I. Jones
May 20, 1924Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
January 9, 1924Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to George L. Cade
January 31, 1924Speech from James J. Davis
January 4, 1924Letter from George L. Cade to Calvin Coolidge
January 3, 1924Letter from James J. Davis to George L. Cade
no dateNotes
no dateTypescript
no dateArticle from B.C. Forbes
no dateNotes
no dateNotes
May 6, 1925Index Card
February 23, 1924Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
no dateLetter from James J. Davis to Everett
May 13, 1925Speech from James J. Davis
November 15, 1923Index Card
no dateIndex Card
September 11, 1923Letter from Calvin Coolidge
no dateNotes
April 10, 1925Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
November 28, 1923Letter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
November 26, 1923Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge
October 29, 1924Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to A.E. Cook
no dateLetter from Calvin Coolidge to James J. Davis
September 27, 1924Index Card
September 15, 1924Article
September 18, 1924Letter from James J. Davis to C. Bascom Slemp
April 15, 1926Index Card
August 12, 1924Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to James J. Davis
August 5, 1924Index Card
April 28, 1925Article
April 24, 1925Letter from Everett Sanders to James J. Davis
July 22, 1924Notes
July 18, 1924Letter from James J. Davis to Calvin Coolidge