Relief Administration Records, 1933-1944

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Title:: State Relief Administration records,
Dates:: 1933-1944
Creators:: California. State Relief Administration.
Abstract:: The State Emergency Relief Administration was created in 1933, and succeeded by the State Relief Administration in 1935. Both agencies were developed to alleviate certain conditions caused by the Great Depression. The records from both agencies include reports, statistics, surveys, operating procedures, budgets and bulletins. There is no correspondence included in these records.
Extent:: 5 cubic feet
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], State Relief Administration Records, F3448:[folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.

Scope and content:: The records of the State Relief Administration (SRA) include reports, statistics, surveys, operating procedures, budgets and bulletins created or gathered by various divisions of the SRA and its predecessor, the State Emergency Relief Administration. There is no correspondence included in these records.
Biographical / historical:: The State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) was created in 1933 as a provision of the Unemployment Bond Relief Act. In 1935, SERA was succeeded by the State Relief Administration (SRA). Both agencies were created to help alleviate certain conditions caused by the Great Depression, and their responsibilities included the distribution of state and federal funds for unemployment relief. The activities of the State Relief Administration frequently overlapped activities of other local, federal and even state agencies created for similar purposes. Consequently, the organization of the SRA was constantly changing and it is difficult to decisively state the the number or names of the agency's divisions at any given date. See Elsey Hurt, California State Government - an Outline of Its Administrative Organization, vol. 2, 1939, for more details.
Acquisition information:: These records were sent to the California State Archives after the State Relief Administration was disbanded in 1944.
Physical location:: California State Archives

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by staff.
Date Prepared:: © 2004
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Laura Avedisian. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: 2000.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the California State Archives. Permission for reproduction or publication is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives collections.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], State Relief Administration Records, F3448:[folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:: California State Archives

1020 "O" Street

Sacramento, CA 95814, US