UTSV17943-A Utah Emergency Relief Administration reports, 1933-1936. Finding aid written in English UTAH STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICESeries 17943EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION

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 REPORTS1933-1936.0.7 cu. ft. (13 vols.) and 1 microfiche cardStorage is off-site; contact the Utah State Archives to order.

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DESCRIPTION: This series contains various reports explaining the fiscal obligations and relief activities of the Utah Emergency Relief Administration (UERA), its several divisions, and programs. Most of the reports in this series are either monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual disclosures of activities compiled by UERA's Division of Research and Statistics. These include financial summaries and statements of receipt and disbursement of funds, statistical analyses of relief per case and per capita, and distribution of total expenditures. Also included are statistical analyses of individual programs in such diverse areas as nutrition, public health, education, gardening, transient relief, drought relief, rural rehabilitation, and old age pensions. The remaining reports explain the activities of specific divisions or programs. These include a report of the Works Division and its several related projects in drought relief, range improvement, and reservoir construction. They contain detailed analysis of each program followed by summaries of activities (or proposed activities) in each county, district, or watershed with many photos, maps, and blueprints. Additional programs include "women's projects" in sewing, quilting, and rug and mattress making, and other projects in insect and rodent control, community sanitation, fish and game conservation, brick making, and self-help cooperatives.

ARRANGEMENT: Reports are arranged alphabetically by subject, thereunder chronologically by year and month.

RELATED RECORDS: PUBLIC RELIEF STATISTICAL REPORTS, 1935-1946, series 2685 continue the fiscal reports of the Utah Emergency Relief Administration programs under the Department of Public Welfare.

STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WELFARE AND EMERGENCY RELIEF MINUTES, 1933-1935,series 2696, contain administrative details on UERA's operations including correspondence, receipt and disbursement of funds, project reviews, and policy determinations.

RELIEF PROGRAMS, 1933-1940, series 191, contain reports, correspondence, project descriptions, and various other records from Governor Blood's office pertaining to federal and state relief programs. Further, STATE AGENCY CORRESPONDENCE, 1933-1940,series 14207, and CORRESPONDENCE, 1933-1940, series 186, both contain records documenting how different state agencies dealt with each other and the needs of Utah's citizens during the Depression.

See also related records for individual counties such as STATE RELIEF FILES, 1932-1934, series 81733, for Box Elder County. These files contain correspondence from county and state relief agencies (State Advisory Committee on Public Welfare and Emergency Relief and the Governor's Central Committee on Emergency Relief for Utah), budget reports, and lists of dependents.

STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE MINUTES, 1935-1938, series 2562, continue the activities of the State Advisory Committee on Public Welfare and Emergency Relief under a different name.

DROUGHT RELIEF PROGRAM PROJECT FILES, 1934-1949, series 19542, contain the original applications and other documents for many of the drought relief projects, approved and rejected, conducted by the UERA.

GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF COMMITTEE REPORTS, 1934-1937, series 14104, contain the committee's minutes, statistics, expenditures, and lists of approved and rejected UERA drought projects.

GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE, 1934-1936, series 24307, contains the State Engineer's correspondence relating to his duties as a member of the Drought Relief Committee.

WATER RESOURCES REPORTS, 1912-1941, series 1180, contain a few related reports and maps of Utah Emergency Relief Administration water projects, including drought relief projects collected by the State Planning Board.

PROCESSING NOTE: This series was processed by Michael A. Church in 2002. Originally, this series included several Department of Public Welfare statistical reports which were added to Public relief statistical reports, series 2685.

PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

 BoxFolderDescription CONTAINER LIST 11Drought Relief Program; 1935, Sept 12Proposed Reservoirs in Utah; 1935, April; oversized map removed. See box 2, folder 6 and map drawer 10. 13Proposed Reservoirs in Utah; 1935, May 14Range Improvement Program; 1936, Aug 15UERA annual statistical report; 1934 16UERA monthly statistical report; 1934, Feb 21UERA monthly statistical report; 1934, March 22UERA monthly statistical report; 1934, April 23UERA quarterly statistical reports; 1935, Jan-1936, Feb 24UERA semi-annual statistical report; 1934, July 25UERA statistical summary; 1932, Aug-1936, Feb 26Undeveloped Water Storage in Utah; 1934, Dec [fiche]; see map drawer 10 for original. 27Works Division; 1936, Sept Map Drawer FolderDescription 101Oversized map