Guide to the National Youth Administration Records, 1934–1939

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Overview of the Collection

Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715)-836-2739
http://www.uwec.edu/Library/archives/info.htm

Reference Code: USGZE AS004

Accession Number: 76-31

Collection Number: Archives Series 004

Creator: Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire. Office of Business Affairs

Title: National Youth Administration Records

Dates: 1934–1939

Quantity: 5.8 linear feet (15 archives boxes)

Location of Collection: D3/2b (Box 1), D3/2c (Boxes 2–9), D3/2d (Boxes 10–15)

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: Correspondence, payroll reports, time sheets, applications, and questionnaires related to the National Youth Administration program at Eau Claire State Teachers College. The program ran at the college from 1935–1943.

Biographical/Historical Note

As college students struggled to afford schooling during the Great Depression, the government attempted to help with a series of work programs. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) started helping students during the spring 1934 semester in which 73 students at Eau Claire were provided a total of $2,403 based on financial need and character. The following school year the program expanded to providing $9,359 to 150 students at the university with about 25% of the student body working FERA jobs according to a fall 1934 survey.

The National Youth Administration (NYA) was launched by an executive order from President Roosevelt on June 26, 1935, and acted as a successor to the FERA program. As part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this New Deal program started helping students at Eau Claire right away in the summer of 1935. Students worked in a variety of places as part of the program and made around $0.30 an hour. They worked on campus in the cafeteria, helping faculty, or doing janitorial work as well as off-campus at places like the Y.M.C.A. and the public library. By the end of the 1930s, the NYA program at Eau Claire was assisting around 200 students each school year. College President Harvey Schofield, along with the assistance of Accounting Clerk Mabel Chipman, managed most of the program’s operation and handled the payroll. Instructors Monroe Milliren and Laura Sutherland were appointed to be program administrators for the male and female students respectively. The N.Y.A program continued at the university until 1943 and was ended nationally that same year.

Content Description

This collection contains correspondence about the creation and operation of the National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) at the college during the 1930s. Much of the correspondence is between President Harvey Schofield and state or federal offices involved in the running of the N.Y.A. program. Also included are payroll reports and time sheets. The time sheets are broken down on a monthly basis and cover the days and hours each student worked, as well as including information such as the type of work they did, their supervisor, the student’s year in school, etc. The majority of the collection contains applications and questionnaires filled out by students applying to the program each year and gives a unique view into the socio-economic situation of the roughly 10% of the student body that applied to the program each year.

Related Collections

AS001: Chancellor’s Correspondence and subject file, 1936-2010
AS392: Mabel Chipman Papers, 1890-1988

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in October 1976.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

Processing Note: Processed by Todd Daniels-Howell in December 1984. Finding aid created by Stephanie Much in September 2022.

Arrangement: Flat arrangement.

OCLC #: 18534988

Subjects

Personal Names:
Schofield, Harvey
Chipman, Mabel

Corporate Names:
Eau Claire State Teachers College

Subject Terms:
Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire – Students
United States – National Youth Administration – Wisconsin

Geographical Terms:
Eau Claire, Wis.

Detailed List of Contents

Container

Contents

Dates

Box/Folder

1/1

Correspondence

February 1934–June 1934

1/2

Correspondence

July 1934–June 1935

1/3

Correspondence

September 1965–June 1936

1/4

Correspondence

July 1936–May 1937

1/5

Correspondence

July 1937–May 1938

1/6

Correspondence

July 1938–May 1939

1/7

Correspondence

July 1939–December 1939

1/8

Bulletins, Newsletters, Wisconsin Youth

1935–1936

1/9

Newsletters

1936–1937

1/10

The National Youth Administration and Press Release

1937–1938

2/1

Time Charts

1934–1935

2/2

Time Charts

1935–1936

2/3

Time Charts

1936–1937

2/4

Time Charts

1937–1938

2/5

Time Charts (Men)

1938–1939

2/6

Payroll and Time Reports

February 1934–June 1934

2/7

Payrolls, FERA Reports, Project Costs

1934–1935

2/8

Payrolls and Time Reports

1935–1936

2/9

Payrolls, Report of Receipts and Disbursements (1933–1937)

1936–1937

2/10

Payrolls and Time Reports

1937–1938

2/11

Time Report

May 1939

3/1

Time Sheets (A–K)

September 1936–October 1936

3/2

Time Sheets (L–Z)

September 1936–October 1936

3/3

Time Sheets (A–K)

October 1936–November 1936

3/4

Time Sheets (L–Z)

October 1936–November 1936

3/5

Time Sheets (A–K)

November 1936–December 1936

3/6

Time Sheets (L–Z)

November 1936–December 1936

3/7

Time Sheets (A–K)

December 1936–January 1937

3/8

Time Sheets (L–Z)

December 1936–January 1937

4/1

Time Sheets (A–K)

January 1937–February 1937

4/2

Time Sheets (L–Z)

January 1937–February 1937

4/3

Time Sheets (A–K)

February 1937–March 1937

4/4

Time Sheets (L–Z)

February 1937–March 1937

4/5

Time Sheets (A–K)

March 1937–April 1937

4/6

Time Sheets (L–Z)

March 1937–April 1937

4/7

Time Sheets (A–K)

April 1937–May 1937

4/8

Time Sheets (L–Z)

April 1937–May 1937

4/9

Time Sheets (A–K)

May 1937–June 1937

5/1

Time Sheets (L–Z)

May 1937–June 1937

5/2

Discontinued Students Time Sheets

1936–1937

5/3

Time Sheets

September 1937–October 1937

5/4

Time Sheets

October 1937–November 1937

5/5

Time Sheets

November 1937–December 1937

5/6

Time Sheets

December 1937–January 1938

5/7

Time Sheets

January 1938–February 1938

5/8

Time Sheets

February 1938–March 1938

6/1

Time Sheets

March 1938–April 1938

6/2

Time Sheets

April 1938–May 1938

6/3

Time Sheets

May 1938

6/4

Time Sheets

September 1938–October 1938

6/5

Time Sheets

October 1938–November 1938

6/6

Time Sheets

November 1938–December 1938

7/1

Time Sheets

December 1938–January 1939

7/2

Time Sheets

January 1939–February 1939

7/3

Time Sheets

February 1939–March 1939

7/4

Time Sheets

March 1939–April 1939

7/5

Time Sheets

April 1939–May 1939

7/6

Time Sheets

May 1939–June 1939

7/7

Discontinued Students Time Sheets

1938–1939

8/1

Applications (Women)

1934–1935

8/2

Applications (Men)

January 1935

8/3

Applications (Women)

January 1935

9/1

Applications (Men, A–H)

September 1935

9/2

Applications (Men, J–P)

September 1935

9/3

Applications (Men, Q–Z)

September 1935

9/4

Applications (Women, A–H)

September 1935

9/5

Applications (Women, I–P)

September 1935

9/6

Applications (Women, R–Z)

September 1935

9/7

Questionnaires (A)

Spring 1935

9/8

Questionnaires (B–Bj)

Spring 1935

10/1

Questionnaires (Bl–Bu)

Spring 1935

10/2

Questionnaires (C)

Spring 1935

10/3

Questionnaires (D)

Spring 1935

10/4

Questionnaires (E–F)

Spring 1935

10/5

Questionnaires (G)

Spring 1935

10/6

Questionnaires (H–He)

Spring 1935

10/7

Questionnaires (Hi–Hu)

Spring 1935

10/8

Questionnaires (I–J)

Spring 1935

11/1

Questionnaires (K)

Spring 1935

11/2

Questionnaires (L)

Spring 1935

11/3

Questionnaires (M–Me)

Spring 1935

11/4

Questionnaires (Mi–Mu)

Spring 1935

11/5

Questionnaires (N)

Spring 1935

11/6

Questionnaires (O)

Spring 1935

11/7

Questionnaires (P)

Spring 1935

11/8

Questionnaires (R)

Spring 1935

11/9

Questionnaires (S–Sh)

Spring 1935

12/1

Questionnaires (Si–So)

Spring 1935

12/2

Questionnaires (Sp–Su)

Spring 1935

12/3

Questionnaires (T–V)

Spring 1935

12/4

Questionnaires (W–We)

Spring 1935

12/5

Questionnaires (Wh–Z)

Spring 1935

12/6

Applications (Men, A–E)

January 1936

12/7

Applications (Men, F–J)

January 1936

12/8

Applications (Men, K–N)

January 1936

12/9

Applications (Men, O–S)

January 1936

13/1

Applications (Men, T–Y)

January 1936

13/2

Applications (Women, A–G)

January 1936

13/3

Applications (Women, H–L)

January 1936

13/4

Applications (Women, M–W)

January 1936

13/5

Applications (Men, A–F)

September 1936

13/6

Applications (Men, G–L)

September 1936

13/7

Applications (Men, M–Q)

September 1936

13/8

Applications (Men, R–Z)

September 1936

14/1

“Second” Applications (Women, A–J)

September 1936

14/2

“Second” Applications (Women, K–Z)

September 1936

14/3

“Second” Applications (Men, A–H)

January 1937

14/4

“Second” Applications (Men, J–P)

January 1937

14/5

“Second” Applications (Men, R–W)

January 1937

14/6

“Second” Applications (Women, A–H)

January 1937

14/7

“Second” Applications (Women, I–R)

January 1937

15/1

“Second” Applications (Women, S–W)

January 1937

15/2

Applications (Men, A–H)

September 1937

15/3

Applications (Men, J–P)

September 1937

15/4

Applications (Men, R–W)

September 1937

15/5

“First” Applications (Women)

September 1937

15/6

Applications (Women, A–H)

September 1937

15/7

Applications (Women, I–R)

September 1937

15/8

Applications (Women, S–W)

September 1937

15/9

Applications (Women)

January 1938

15/10

Applications

September 1938