Hard Times in Illinois Introduction

1. Letter from Chicago Public Bath Attendants Concerning the City's Budget
   January 13, 1930
2. Telegram from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Concerning Unemployment in Illinois
   April 28, 1930
3. Telegram from Governor Emmerson Requesting Emergency Supplies
   November 6, 1930
4. Letter from Congressman Rainey Concerning Drought Relief
   January 14, 1931
5. Letter Requesting Assistance in Arranging a Hardship Military Discharge
   March 5, 1931
6. Letter Soliciting Appointment as a Bank Receiver
   August 15, 1931
7. Letter from the U.S. Secretary of State Requesting Information for the Austrian Government
   October 13, 1931
8. Letter Concerning a Bank Closing in Herrin
   November 24, 1931
9. Letter Concerning a Bank Closing in Lanark
   ca. July 11, 1932
10. Letter from the Moweaqua Coal Corporation Concerning Operations
    July 28, 1932
11. Letter Concerning a Mortgaged Poultry Farm
    August 22, 1932
12. Letter Concerning a Pending Foreclosure in Champaign
    September 7, 1932
13. Letter Concerning a Pending Tax Sale in Venice
    September 9, 1932
14. Letter from the U.S. Secretary of State Concerning the Tenth Anniversary of Fascist Italy
    October 17, 1932
15. Letter from the U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Concerning Federal Dollars Requested
    October 27, 1932
16. Letter from the U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Concerning Federal Dollars Made Available as of April 15, 1933
    May 6, 1933
17. Letter Concerning Prosecution of an Illinois Prohibition Law Violation
    June 21, 1933
18. Letter from Seattle, Washington Requesting a Pension for a War Veteran's Widow
    October 1, 1933
19. Executive Order Activating Selected Units of the National Guard
    October 5, 1933
20. Letter from the U.S. Secretary of State Concerning the Graf Zeppelin
    October 19, 1933
21. Franklin D. Roosevelt Photograph
    1934
22. Letter Concerning an Appointment to the State Agricultural Conciliatory Committee
    January 12, 1934
23. Letter Requesting a Pension for a Veteran's Widow from Litchfield
    January 22, 1934
24. Telegram Concerning Violence Committed against the Progressive Miners of America
    February 2, 1934
25. Letter Concerning a Bank Closing in Chicago
    February 13, 1934
26. Letter Requesting Free Garden Seeds
    February 16, 1934
27. Letter Concerning Library Service for Illinois Federal Transient Camps
    February 28, 1934
28. Letter from a School Teacher Requesting an Extension of Time to Pay an Automobile License Fee
    April 7, 1934
29. Letter from the U.S. Secretary of State Concerning the Extradition of Samuel Insull
    April 13, 1934
30. Telegram to the Governor of Michigan Concerning an Award for the Capture of John Dillinger
    May 9, 1934
31. Telegram Protesting the Omission of the Communist Party from the November Ballot
    October 1, 1934
32. Memorandum from the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission Concerning Fall Plowing
    November 14, 1934
33. Letter Concerning the Relief Program or the Lack thereof in Pittsfield
    November 26, 1934
34. Governor's Statement Concerning an Attack Made on Relief Workers in Chicago
    January 29, 1935
35. Letter Concerning the Collapse of the Chicago Housing Market
    February 2, 1935
36. Letter Complaining of Unfair Treatment Under a Feed and Seed Loan Program
    February 22, 1935
37. Letter Concerning the Depressed Livestock Industry
    March 5, 1935
38. Letter Concerning State Acquisitions of Greene County Orchards
    March 11, 1935
39. Letter Concerning Anticipated State Aid for Schools
    April 2, 1935
40. Illinois Emergency Relief Commission Monthly Statistics
    April 1935
41. Letter Requesting Drought Relief for Fayette County
    August 1, 1936
42. Resolution of the United Electrical and Radio Workers of America Protesting the Treatment of Edward Parker
    July 10, 1937
43. Telegram to the U.S. Secretary of State Concerning a Champaign Man Condemned to Death in Spain
    September 3, 1937
44. Letter Concerning Race Relations at the University of Illinois
    October 23, 1937
45. Illinois Wages of Hired Farm Labor, 1924-1937
    December 13, 1937
46. Telegram from the U.S. Secretary of State Concerning Potential Harm to German Persons and Interests
    November 12, 1938
47. News Release from the State Rural Electrification Committee
    1938
48. Letter Comparing Chicago Poverty to The Grapes of Wrath
    October 12, 1939
49. Letter Requesting Relief for the Daughters of a Civil War Veteran
    October 18, 1939
50. Letter Concerning the Mobilization of the Illinois National Guard
    ca. November 13, 1940