Exhibition: Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal
Item appears in the following exhibition pageFrances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal: Trade Unions & Strikes: Strikes Item Information  Dublin CoreTitleLetter to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on behalf of President Franklin Roosevelt concerning the attached telegram sent to the President
SubjectPresident Hoover (Steamship)
DescriptionStephen Early, secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt, forwarded to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins a telegram from the passengers of the SS President Hoover. The ship was unable to land in San Francisco due to the Pacific Coast Longshoremen's Strike of 1936. In Early's memo to Perkins, on behalf of the president, Perkins is asked to give the telegram and the situation 'consideration and appropriate action'.
CreatorUnited States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965
Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951
DateSeptember 9 and 10, 1936
Languageeng
Additional Item MetadataProvenanceGift of Frances Perkins
MODSKey Date1936-09-09 1936-09-10
Type of Dateex
Place of OriginSan Francisco, California
Washington
Form/Genrecorrespondence
Repository Namennc-rb
Shelf LocationBox 61
NotesOriginal filename: 090074193.tif, 090074194.tif
Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
CollectionFrances Perkins Papers
CitationUnited States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt), Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965, and Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951, “Letter to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on behalf of President Franklin Roosevelt concerning the attached telegram sent to the President,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed February 6, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/perkins/item/426. |