Record Group 4 - Records of the US Food Administration (USFA)
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The U.S. Food Administration (USFA) regulated the supply, distribution, and conservation of foods. Selected series in this record group pertain to the USFA’s interest in African American eating habits.
Clusters: Health & Human Services, Culture
People of interest:
E. T. Atwell and Arthur Ulysses Craig were heads of the Negro Press Section in the Education Division of the USFA. Through their efforts and far reaching correspondence, the Food Administration collected data about various African American cultural institutions in the early twentieth century, including churches, theaters, schools, and fraternal organizations.
Textual Records
Correspondence of the State Director of Negro Workers, 1918–1918
National Archives Identifier: 5336597
General Correspondence [Education Division], 1917-1919
National Archives Identifier: 1756387
Indexed by: Indexes to General Correspondence, 1917-1919 (National Archives Identifier 1756451).
General Records [Farm Journal Section], 1917-1919
National Archives Identifier: 1762388