Guide to the Eau Claire County (Wis.). Relief Group: Director's Files, 1933-1936

Summary Information

Title: Eau Claire County (Wis.). Relief Group: Director's Files

Inclusive Dates: 1933-1936

Creator: Eau Claire County (Wis.). Relief Group

Call Number: Eau Claire Series 51

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. 

Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, statistical reports, and other materials to and from various local governments, the Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration, and other state and federal government agencies relating to unemployment relief, rural rehabilitation, work relief, CCC programs, the Wisconsin Transient Bureau, and other relief efforts. Materials relate primarily to the administration of relief programs but include some information on problems of poverty and on local conditions. The County Relief Group consisted of cities, villages, and towns in the Eau Claire region excluding the City of Eau Claire which administered its own relief program through a Public Relief Department.

Language: English

Search Terms/Subject Terms

• Public service employment—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County
• Public Welfare—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County
• Transients, Relief of—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County
• Unemployment—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County 

Contents List

Box 1
Folder 1Auditing and Accounting Procedures, 1934 Box 1
Folder 2Chief Auditor, W.E.R.A., 1935-1936Box 1
Folder 3City of Altoona, 1933Box 1
Folder 4City of Mondovi (Buffalo County), 1934-1936 Box 1
Folder 5Disability Claims, 1934 Box 1
Folder 6Drought Relief, 1933-35Box 1
Folder 7General Correspondence, 1934-35Box 1
Folder 8Medical Fees, 1933-35Box 1
Folder 9Nutrition Advisor - W.E.R.A., 1934-1936 Box 1
Folder 10Price Lists - Food and Funerals, 1934Box 1
Folder 11Public Relief Department - City of Eau Claire, 1934-1936 Box 1
Folder 12Relief Flour Supply, 1935Box 1
Folder 13Reports of Wisconsin Public Welfare Agencies Receiving Federal Aid, 1932-1934 Box 1
Folder 14Research and Statistics, W.E.R.A., 1934-1935Box 1
Folder 15Rural Division, W.E.R.A., 1934-1935  Box 1
Folder 16 Rural Rehabilitation, 1934-1935 Box 1
Folder 17Special Programs; CCC, Emergency Education Projects, Garden Projects; 1934-1936
Surplus CommoditiesBox 1
Folder 181933-1936Box 1
Folder 19Monthly Reports, 1934-1935Box 2
Folder 1Unemployment Relief Division - W.E.R.A., 1934Box 2
Folder 2Wage Rates, 1934 Box 2
Folder 3Wagner, M. J. - Secretary-Treasurer, Eau Claire County Relief Group, 1933-1934Box 2
Folder 4Wisconsin Transit Bureau, W.E.R.A., 1933-1935 Box 2
Folder 5Women's Work Programs, 1934 Box 2
Folder 6 Work Division, W.E.R.A., 1934Box 2
Folder 7Work Relief - Education, 1934