Depression Era Relief Requests from Residents of North Carolina
Collection Summary
| Title: | Depression Era Relief Requests from Residents of North Carolina |
| Call Number: | MS 80-01 |
| Size: | 0.5 linear feet |
| Acquisition: | Donated by Margaret Elizabeth Dolley, granddaughter of Ray Melton Brown |
| Processed By: | DRS, 6-26-1980; SMC, 4-20-1998; MN, 2-23-2012 |
| Note: | None |
| Restrictions: | None |
Literary Rights
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Content Note
The collection consists of transcriptions of 234
letters sent by residents of 47 North Carolina counties to various relief
agencies and individuals during the Great Depression. The letters mainly
date between 1934 and 1936 and are arranged by county name. They originally
belonged to Roy Melton Brown, head of the School of Public Welfare and Social
Work at the University of North Carolina. Faithfully reproduced in terms
of spelling and grammar, these typed transcriptions embody the correspondents’
desperation and stress during the 1930s.
Detailed Description: Box and Folder Listing
| Box 1 | FF 1 | Brunswick County, May 27, 1935-October 17, 1935 (includes two undated letters) |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | Catawba County, June 25, 1934-September 18, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | Chatham County, April 24, 1935-March 3, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | Cherokee County, January 14, 1934-November 6, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 5 | Chowan County, June 4, 1935-September 2, 1935 (includes one undated letter) |
| Box 1 | FF 6 | Cleveland County, undated |
| Box 1 | FF 7 | Columbus County, June 6, 1935-March 2, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 8 | Craven County, January 8, 1934-January 23, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 9 | Cumberland County, October 2, 1934-February 4, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 10 | McDowell County, October 12, 1934-November 16, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 11 | Mecklenburg County, January 23, 1935-January 16, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 12 | Mitchell County, January 16, 1935-February 12, 1937 |
| Box 1 | FF 13 | Montgomery County, August 22, 1935-March 23, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 14 | Moore County, January 8, 1934-August 24, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 15 | Nash and Edgecombe County, undated |
| Box 1 | FF 16 | New Hanover County, January 17, 1935-March 5, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 17 | Northhampton County, August 28, 1933-September 13, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 18 | Onslow County, April 13, 1935-July 6, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 19 | Orange County, undated |
| Box 1 | FF 20 | Pamlico County, January 11, 1934-December 7, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 21 | Pasquotank County, January 13, 1934-June 16, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 22 | Person County, December 7, 1934-July 12, 1935 (includes one undated letter) |
| Box 1 | FF 23 | Pitt County, December 30, 1934-March 5, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 24 | Raleigh City County, January 26, 1935-June 16, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 25 | Randolph County, January 4, 1934-March 30, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 26 | Richmond County, April 22, 1935-November 26, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 27 | Robeson County, March 8, 1934-August 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 28 | Rockingham County, January 7, 1934-August 31, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 29 | Rowan County, September 29, 1934-November 9, 1935 (includes two undated letters) |
| Box 1 | FF 30 | Rutherford County, September 25, 1934-June 10, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 31 | Sampson County, July 12, 1935-March 23, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 32 | Scotland County, January 21, 1935-November 25, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 33 | Stanly County, March 9, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 34 | Stokes County, April 18, 1935-May 22, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 35 | Surry County, July 1, 1935-January 27, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 36 | Swain County, March 16, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 37 | Transylvania County, January 21, 1935-October 22, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 38 | Tyrrell County, December 20, 1933-June 4, 1934 |
| Box 1 | FF 39 | Union County, September 11, 1935-October 10, 1935 (includes one undated letter) |
| Box 1 | FF 40 | Vance County, January 8, 1935-December 4, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 41 | Wake County, January 16, 1934-February 26, 1936 (includes two undated letters) |
| Box 1 | FF 42 | Warren County, undated |
| Box 1 | FF 43 | Washington County, February 13, 1935-March 20, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 44 | Watauga County, March 20, 1935 |
| Box 1 | FF 45 | Wayne County, January 1, 1934-March 17, 1936 (includes one undated letter) |
| Box 1 | FF 46 | Wilkes County, December 14, 1933-August 10, 1936 |
| Box 1 | FF 47 | Yadkin County, June 17, 1935-February 19, 1936 |