Frances Perkins papers, 1895-1965 71 linear feet
- Highlight
- Government official for New York State and the federal government, including Industrial
- Creator
- Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965
- Abstract Or Scope
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Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, appointment books, subject files, documents, photographs, memorabilia and printed materials. There are notes from her lectures on Sociology at Adelphi College in 1911-1912; papers from 1912-1932, when Perkins served on the Commission for Safety and on the Industrial Commission of New York State; the main body of the material is from the period of her cabinet office, 1933-1945; and some items from her days on the Civil Service Commission, 1946-1953. Also included are personal and family papers.