Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) - United States - Missouri - St. Louis, 1944-1947, 1959

Scope and Contents

Detailed documentation of FEPC hearings held in Saint Louis in August 1944. Also includes a 1959 report of the FEPC committee of the city of St. Louis, which was created by local ordinance in 1956.

Extent

2 folders

Dates

Creation: 1944-1947
Creation: 1959

Document Types

Clippings, Transcripts, Wire articles, Reports, Photographs

Additional Description

Arrangement

Detailed documentation of the committee's hearings is arranged geographically by state, with hearings in California and Oregon filed under the heading "West Coast Cases." Files concerning Railroad Cases, which addressed practices across the country, are arranged under the heading "Railroad cases." Material documenting advocacy for ongoing fair employment laws post-WWII is arranged geographically for state and municipal efforts, or under the heading "National Council for a Permanent FEPC."

Processing Information

Files on the Fair Employment Practice Commission have been processed using detailed processing techniques. This means that each folder has been described with document types and inclusive dates. Folder headings have been verified against content, and in some cases, content has been arranged in more detail and assigned new subheadings to facilitate access.