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• CONTAINER LIST

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American Association for Social Security Records, 1909-1953
Collection Number: 5002

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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Consists of Association correspondence with various individuals, societies and organizations, chiefly concerning unemployment insurance, federal social security, national health insurance, old age benefits, state laws and workmen's compensation. Also subject files which consist of published and unpublished materials having to do with health insurance, old age pensions, federal social security and unemployment relief; a card file of legislative histories of social security bills; a social legislation bibliography; copies of legislative bills; newspaper clippings which chiefly concern federal social security programs, social insurance, social security, and the Social Security Board; and miscellaneous related documents.

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 12	Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy	1940
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence
Box 1	Folder 1	Amalgamation of AASS and AALL.	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence including exchange between Associate Secretary of AASS, Solomon Bloom and Prof. Joseph Chamberlain, Edwin E. Witte re possible amalgamation
Box 1	Folder 22	Board and Executive Committee Correspondence	1943
Box 1	Folder 21	Bloom, Allan (Associate Secretary of AASS)	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re Dr. Bloom's book, World of Nations
Box 1	Folder 20	Blanshard, Paul (NYS Insurance Dept.) Correspondence	1929
Box 1	Folder 19	Blake, Moe E. Correspondence	1938
Box 1	Folder 18	Billikopf, Jacob Correspondence	1943
Box 1	Folder 17	Bills Paid (Misc.)	1941-1943
Box 1	Folder 16	Berger, B.W.	1936
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re mss. on pension plans
Box 1	Folder 15	Benjamin, Herbert Executive Secretary of International Workers Order	1940
		Scope and Contents re IWO's "Plan for Plenty" publication
Box 1	Folder 24	Board of Directors Correspondence	1941-1943
Box 1	Folder 13	Bakke, E. Wight - Yale University Correspondence	1936
Box 1	Folder 25	Brandjard, I.M. (Dept. of Public Welfare, Montana)	1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re proposed bill for Home Security
Box 1	Folder 11	Associated Industries of MASS	1934
		Scope and Contents Correspondence to all members re opposition to Wagner and Connery Bills
Box 1	Folder 10	Appeals - Miscellaneous	1943
Box 1	Folder 9	Appeals for Contributions Sample letter	1943
Box 1	Folder 8	Appeals - General	1943
Box 1	Folder 7	Applications for Positions Recommendations, resignations, etc.	1931-1943
Box 1	Folder 6	Anniversary Celebration (10th)	1937
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re 10th Anniversary of the Association from many supporters including Jacob Billikopf, Hugo Black, J.P. Chamberlain, Paul Douglas, William Haber and others.
Box 1	Folder 5	AASS - re Work of Association
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re NY Times article by Epstein; contributions from other organizations, unions, benefactors; response to contribution requests
Box 1	Folder 4	AASS - Financial Appeals and Materials on Ideas, Costs	1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with Harvey Lebrum, Acting Executive Dir. of AASS with various persons concerning fund raising; Herbert Lehman re possible publication ideas
Box 1	Folder 3	American Association for Social Security (AASS), Administrative Committee	1933-1942
		Scope and Contents General correspondence with John Andrews and Abraham Epstein re article in New Republic, "Enemies to Unemployment Insurance"
Box 1	Folder 2	American Association for Labor Legislation	1931-1939
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence with John B. Andrews, Executive Secretary
Box 1	Folder 14	Barradas, Gerald - Correspondence	1936
Box 1	Folder 36	Cannot Contribute Routine	1943
Box 1	Folder 48	Contributions	1941
Box 1	Folder 47	Contribution to Epstein Testimonial	1942
		Scope and Contents Lists of contributors to Abraham Epstein Testimonial Committee
Box 1	Folder 46	Contributions	1942
Box 1	Folder 43-45	Contributions	1943
Box 1	Folder 42	Contributors' Correspondence	1944
Box 1	Folder 41	Conferences - Outside	1943
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re conferences outside AASS
Box 1	Folder 40	Cohen, Wilbur (Member, Comm. on Economic Security, Staff Member of SSB, and Bureau of UC)	1941
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence
Box 1	Folder 39	Christian Social Justice Fund	1939-1943
		Scope and Contents re possible grant from CSJF to AASS; appeal of decision deciding not to grant AASS funds
Box 1	Folder 38	Christadora House - Open Forum	1944
		Scope and Contents re Health Insurance Conference held at Christadora House
Box 1	Folder 23	Board Members - Prospects	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence from Matthew Woll, second Vice-Pres. of AFL; C. Johnson, Pres. of the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. re refusals of offer to become members of Board of Directors
Box 1	Folder 36a	Chamberlain, Joseph P. (Columbia Univ.)	1933
		Scope and Contents re the Unemployment Insurance Bill
Box 1	Folder 49	Contributions	1940
Box 1	Folder 35	Byrne Condon Bill (NY)	1934
		Scope and Contents Letters re the unemployment insurance bill
Box 1	Folder 34	Business - Miscellaneous	1942
Box 1	Folder 33	Burton, Noble	1936
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter re unemployment in general
Box 1	Folder 32	Burns, Eveline
		Scope and Contents Incoming letters from Eveline Burns re her observations on Epstein amendments - no date
Box 1	Folder 31	Burke, William W. (Washington Univ., Dept. of Social Work)	1944
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence
Box 1	Folder 30	Bunker, Frank (Member, Christian Science Comm. on Publication for the District of Columbia)	1941
		Scope and Contents re employees who are of the Christian Science faith and social security
Box 1	Folder 29	Bullick, H. W.	1935
		Scope and Contents re article from American Seaman and social security
Box 1	Folder 28	Bryan, Lin (Chairman. of People's Rights Assn.)	1934
		Scope and Contents Re gaining guidance and support from AASS
Box 1	Folder 27	Brown, Douglas J. (Princeton University & VP of AASS)	1937-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with Epstein re work of the organization; also between Brown and Bakke re coalition of social security in the country, and Altmeyer re Advisory Council of AASS
Box 1	Folder 26	Brown, Grace	1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re proposed bill on social security
Box 1	Folder 37	Chile Conference Inter-American Committee to Promote Social Security	1942
Box 2	Folder 10	Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance -Department of Labor - NYS	1935-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re separate reports and partial unemploy-ment compensation; correspondence from Epstein to Chief of Placement re difference between unemployment compensation and private insurance
Box 2	Folder 1	Constitution Amended (By-Laws, etc.)	1927-1930
		Scope and Contents Copies of by-laws, constitutional amendments, constitution
Box 2	Folder 19	Federal Social Security - Grants - In - Aids	1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence to I. S. Falk and Mrs. Eleanor L. Dulles including a study of the need to change the 50-50 matching system of Federal grants in order to be more equitable to needy, aged, blind, and dependent children
Box 2	Folder 18	Federal Social Security - Federalism and Federalization	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re the pros and cons of making unemployment compensation a federal program
Box 2	Folder 17	Experience Rating vs. Social Security	1943
		Scope and Contents Paid and Complimentary Copies. Routine Correspondence
Box 2	Folder 16	Experience Rating vs. Social Security	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re above article appearing in Social Security; pamphlet enclosed
Box 2	Folder 15	Expense Statement - Lists, Reservation Cards and Programs	1936
Box 2	Folder 14	Executive Committee	1943
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 13	Epstein, Henrietta	1942-1944
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence; series of letters regarding reclaiming of Mr. Epstein's files by Mrs. Epstein (after his death) with Harvey Lebrun; enclosure: "Abraham Epstein - Pioneer and Prophet" testimony to Mr. Epstein
Box 2	Folder 21	Federal Social Security - Pensions and Politics
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with Margaret Wagner re candidate for Governor of Ohio Martin Davey
Box 2	Folder 11	Donnelly, Thomas J. (Sec. -Treas. Ohio Fed. of Labor)	1941
		Scope and Contents re Epstein's failure to attend 14th annual conf. of AASS
Box 2	Folder 22	Federal Social Security - Professions, Condition Of	1931
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence requesting information for research work being done by Epstein on subject
Box 2	Folder 9	Distributist Committeemen of America, Inc.	1934
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter asking for appointment to talk with Bishop McConnell about social security views
Box 2	Folder 8	Discontinued Members	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re discontinuation of membership; contributors asking, for various reasons, that their names be removed from the list
Box 2	Folder 7	DeTurberville, Estee (Dept. of Social Welfare, Calif.)	1929
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re California old age bill; possible attendance of DeTurberville at AASS Conference
Box 2	Folder 6	Davis, Michael W. (Board Member and Chmn. Comm. on Research in Medical Economics)	1943
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 5	Daily Contributions	1942
Box 2	Folder 4	Cumulative Trial Balances and Monthly Receipts and Expenditures	1940-1943
Box 2	Folder 3	Corporate Matters	1932-1942
Box 2	Folder 2a	Correspondence - Miscellaneous
Box 2	Folder 2	Correspondence re Membership Lists and Prospect Lists, Membership Organizations	1938-1942
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 12	Dopkin, Lee. L. - Baltimore, MD. Member of State Board of State Dept. of Public Welfare in Maryland	1936-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re Mr. Dophin's aid in securing contributions
Box 2	Folder 32	Folsom, Marion B.	1938
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re Mr. Epstein's book and Folsom's proposals to the Advisory Council
Box 2	Folder 42	Health Insurance - Miscellaneous	1938-1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence from January 1938. Routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 41	Health Insurance Bill, 1940, Assoc. Model	1940
		Scope and Contents Reactions to revised edition of the Association's Model Bill
Box 2	Folder 40	Health Insurance Bill (1934-35) Assoc. Model	1934-1935
		Scope and Contents Reactions from a wide variety of sources to Association's draft of a model bill
Box 2	Folder 39	Health - Bibliography	1935-1940
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re various articles and books dealing with health costs and insurance proposals
Box 2	Folder 38	Hartz, Gustov - Pamphlet	1935-1939
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re pamphlet by German reactionary concerning social insurance
Box 2	Folder 37	Haas and Schlesinger - CPA's	1930-1942
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 36	Gray, Professor Herman A. Correspondence	1935-1943
Box 2	Folder 35	Golden, Clinton S. Northeastern Director of Steelworkers Organizing Committee	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re election of Golden as a VP of AASS and how this is effected by Mr. Epstein's stand on Emergency Displacement Benefits; routine matters
Box 2	Folder 20	Federal Social Security - Mother's Pensions	1931
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence requesting information on Mother's aid legislation
Box 2	Folder 33	Gatewood, E.	1935
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re national pensions and suggestions for improvement sent to Mr. Epstein
Box 2	Folder 43	Health Insurance Correspondence	1937
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 31a	Fitch, John A. (NY School of Social Work and Member, Executive Committee, AALL)	1933
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re forming a united front in the movement for unemployment insurance
Box 2	Folder 31	Financial Statements - Comparison	1941-1942
Box 2	Folder 29-30	Financial Statements	1942-1943
Box 2	Folder 28	Finances - Inventory, etc.	1943-1944
Box 2	Folder 27	Fifteenth Anniversary Conference	1942
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence and various enclosures dealing with post-war America and social security; authors include Arthur Altmeyer, Nelson Rockefeller, E. Wight Bakke, and William Green
Box 2	Folder 26	Federal Social Security Wage Records	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence from M.D. Litman to Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance Industrial Commissioner, and Mr. Epstein complaining about injustice of the system
Box 2	Folder 25	Federal Social Security Taxes	1941-1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence to Altmeyer from Lebrun re the AASS stand on tax freezing, and to Senator Alben Barkley from Altmeyer re testimony to the Senate Finance Committee hearings on tax freezing; editorial by Epstein re Treasurer Secretary Morganthau's consideration of increased social security taxes
Box 2	Folder 24	Federal Social Security - Social Security Board	1936-1941
		Scope and Contents Notification to holders of defense contracts and routine correspondence re explanation of the Act
Box 2	Folder 23	Federal Social Security and Relief	1933-1937
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 2	Folder 34	Gilbertson, H.S.	1935
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Gilbertson and Mr. Epstein re an alternative proposal to unemployment reserves
Box 3	Folder 8a	Health insurance - Connecticut
Box 3	Folder 16	Hoey, Jane M.	1936
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re states that have passed old age assistance laws or bills
Box 3	Folder 15	Hillman, Sidney (Chmn. CIO PAC)	1944
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter inviting Harvey LeBrun to CIO Conference re full employment in post WWII era
Box 3	Folder 14	Hicks, M.	1932
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter re distribution of literature concerning wealth distribution programs
Box 3	Folder 13	Health Insurance - Rhode Island	1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re opposition to Rhode Island's proposed illness compensation bill; routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 12	Health Insurance - Substitutes for Voluntary Schemes, Etc	1929-1942
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re various schemes for health insurance with some enclosures explaining those schemes
Box 3	Folder 11	Health Insurance - New York	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence; handwritten response to Gray's letter to the editor the Times calling for health insurance from a woman whose husband had been out of work for five and a half months; notes on proposed N.Y.S. Health Insurance Plan Principles
Box 3	Folder 1	Health Insurance	1936
		Scope and Contents Correspondence from Mr. Epstein to Francis Perkins, Robert Wagner, and Mayor LaGuardia re AASS's proposed health insurance program for social security; enclosure: "The Case for Health Insurance" by Mr. Epstein
Box 3	Folder 9	Health insurance - Medical profession - individuals	1935-1940
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence, enclosures include: "Principles and Proposals for the Improvement of Medical Care", and an address given by M. J. Tobias before the Committee on Civic policy - Medical Society of County of New York
Box 3	Folder 19	Insecurity - A Challenge to American Responses	1930-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re Mr. Epstein's book - criticism, bills for payment, and buyer lists included
Box 3	Folder 8	Health insurance - conference	1940
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 7	Health insurance - conference	1939
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 6	Health insurance - conference	1939
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 5	Health insurance - Senator Arthur Capper	1937-1941
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re a Health Insurance Bill
Box 3	Folder 4	Health insurance - correspondence	1934-1941
		Scope and Contents 1934 (Jan-April) Routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 3	Health insurance - correspondence	1934
Box 3	Folder 2	Health insurance - correspondence	1935
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 10	Health Insurance - New Jersey	1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and J. Douglas Brown of Princeton, and E. Wright Bakke of Yale re expansion of New Jersey's unemployment compensation system to include illness coverage
Box 3	Folder 25	Langer, Senator William	1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Sen. Langer re bill proposed to amend the Social Security Act known as the "General Welfare Act" introduced by Langer
Box 3	Folder 34	Lebrun, Harvey - Personnel	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re hiring of personnel
Box 3	Folder 33	Lebrun, Harvey - Lectures	1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re lecture on U.S. Social Security given by Mr. Lebrun at the Jefferson School of Social Science
Box 3	Folder 32	Lebrun, Harvey - Arrangements and Correspondence	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re Mr. Lebrun's assumption of the Acting Executive Directorship of the AASS following Mr. Epstein's death; letters of recommendation, conditions of acceptance, etc.
Box 3	Folder 31	Leases	1930
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 30	League for Industrial Democracy	1942
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 29	Laws (States)	1944
		Scope and Contents Lists of State Social Security Laws
Box 3	Folder 28	Latimer, Murray	1932
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Latimer and Mr. Epstein concerning questions on amendments to the Social Security law; enclosed is a copy of Latimer's bill to amend the SS Act
Box 3	Folder 17	Hogue, Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Dir. Independent Legislative Bureau)	1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re Christian Justice Fund contribution to the AASS
Box 3	Folder 26	LaPorte, Alphonse A.	1929
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter from A. LaPorte re draft, of proposed Pa. bill concerning old age assistance
Box 3	Folder 18	Hohaus, R.A.	1944
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter re Mr. Hohaus's resignation as a member of AASS Advisory Committee
Box 3	Folder 24	Labor Unions	1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between various unions and Harvy Lebrun, Acting Executive Director, re sending of union official roster
Box 3	Folder 23	Kettle, Fletcher C. (Division of AA, Illinois)	1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Kettle and Mr. Epstein re study of almshouses in different states prepared by Illinois' staff, report enclosed
Box 3	Folder 22	Kelley, Nicholas	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 21a	Ives, Irving M. (Assemblyman)	1936
		Scope and Contents re passage of Social Security Program Bill
Box 3	Folder 21	Internal Revenue Dept. (Mr. Hastings)	1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re tax standings of AASS
Box 3	Folder 20	Institute, Conference, Forums, Suggestions, Etc.	1944
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 3	Folder 35	Lebrun, Harvey (Prior to 1943)	1930-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Mr. Lebrun re mutual interests in research for old age assistance and social security; Lebrun was working on his PhD. thesis during this period
Box 3	Folder 27	Lasker, Mrs. Alpert D.	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mrs. Lasker and Solomon Bloom, Associate Sec. for AASS, re financial contributions from former to latter
Box 4	Folder 11	Martin, H.J.	1938
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter - scheme to aid the country's economic condition
Box 4	Folder 24	Minimum Wages	1933-1939
		Scope and Contents Reports of hours and earnings of various industries - i.e. Laundry, Clothing, in Connecticut
Box 4	Folder 23	Meyer, Mrs. Eugene (Editor, Washington Post)	1937-1940
		Scope and Contents re social security campaign; various provisions of social security program; and the publication of articles and letters in the Post
Box 4	Folder 22	Merit Rating in U.S. - Miscellaneous	1939-1941
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 21	Merit Rating in Unemployment Insurance - Pennsylvania	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Substantive letters between Mr. Epstein and Mr. Wolf re merit systems; correspondence between Mr. Epstein and a variety of labor officials in Pennsylvania re merit rating
Box 4	Folder 20	Merit Rating in Unemployment Insurance - New York State	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Prof. Gray and Mr. Epstein re amendments to NYS Unemployment Insurance Acts, specifically the Young Bill; general correspondence between the AASS and other persons re the Young Bill
Box 4	Folder 19	Merit Rating In Unemployment Insurance - Massachusetts	1939-1941
		Scope and Contents Criticisms by Mr. Epstein of the proposed changes in the Massachusetts Unemployment Compensation Law -particularly the merit-rating plan; the Director of the Division of Unemployment Compensation replied to these criticisms with explanations of the policy; further discussion of merit-rating between Mr. Epstein and Katherine Dolan
Box 4	Folder 18	Merit Rating - Sub-Committee on - Personal, Mrs. Epstein	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence and rough draft of an article "Public Hails Association's Revised Health Insurance Bill" - no author
Box 4	Folder 17	Merit Rating - General Correspondence	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents includes "The Chamber of Commerce Reports on Experience-Rating in Unemployment Compensation' by Adolph Appleman; Resolution #112 by Rhode Island State Federation of Labor that the AFL use their influence towards repeal of merit-rating laws, and a letter from the AFL urging the same
Box 4	Folder 16	Merit Rating	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence against merit rating, and "Greedy Employers Menace Worker's Insurance Funds" by Max Finchter (rough draft of an editorial)
Box 4	Folder 15	Merit Rating	1944
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence - includes lists of organizations opposed to merit rating, and part of an editorial re merit rating by Harvey Lebrun
Box 4	Folder 14	McConnell, Bishop Francis	1937
		Scope and Contents Anniversary Routine correspondence re twenty-five years of service - testimonial for McConnell
Box 4	Folder 1	Lee, Clarence H.	1933
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter to Mr. Epstein proposing a scheme for aiding unemployment
Box 4	Folder 12	Mayer, A. A.- Fifty Plus Society
		Scope and Contents no date - Incoming letter requesting analysis of accompanying bulletin re the aged in society
Box 4	Folder 27	Nation (Editor)	1929
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letter from Epstein criticizing life insurance inadequacies in America, as reported in the Nation
Box 4	Folder 10	Mailers Service Co.	1943-1945
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 9	Magazine - Correspondence, Orders, etc.	1944
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 8	Lyon, Norman L. (American Association of Civil Advancement League)	1931
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 7	Luncheon Conference	1942
		Scope and Contents (Nov. 1942) Correspondence re possible reorganization with other national organizations - i.e. the National Consumer's League
Box 4	Folder 6	Luncheon Conference	1943
		Scope and Contents (Feb. 1943) Correspondence re policy of the AASS on unemployment insurance, health insurance, etc.; correspondence from Eveline Burns, Director of Research, Committee on Long Range Work and Relief Policies, John Corson, Director, of Bureau of Employment Security
Box 4	Folder 5	Long, Huey P.	1934
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter re appeal for his platform
Box 4	Folder 4	Lists (Exchange, etc.)	1931-1940
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re exchange of subscription lists with magazines and other organizations
Box 4	Folder 3	Lewi, Mrs. William G.	1939
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letter, response for information re old age assistance
Box 4	Folder 2	Letters - Circulation and Renewal	1936
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letters of requests for services from AASS
Box 4	Folder 1b	Leiserson, William	1933
		Scope and Contents Correspondence suggesting change in scope of organization to include employment security
Box 4	Folder 1a	Lehman, Herbert (Lt. Gov. & Gov., NYS)	1929-1941
		Scope and Contents Legislative correspondence re unemployment insurance, old age assistance to immigrants, old age insurance, health insurance, recommendations for political appointments, and Lehman's support of AASS
Box 4	Folder 13	McConnell, Bishop Francis	1928-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between McConnell and Mr. Epstein; incoming letters to McConnell from outsiders
Box 4	Folder 39	Old and Middle Age Employment	1929-1941
		Scope and Contents Requests from the AASS for information from Mass. Dept. of Labor re "Discrimination Against Older Wage Earners in the Matter of Employment;" a study from Michigan's Labor Dept. re accident rates and age groups; additional correspondence on this topic with other sources; and Epstein's comments on an article: re FDR's pension program
Box 4	Folder 52	Proceedings - Printing Cost Estimates, etc.	1942
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 51	Press Releases	1941
		Scope and Contents Jan. 1941 Routine correspondence; press releases; short biographical sketch of Harvey Lebrun, new Executive Director of AASS (after death of Epstein)
Box 4	Folder 50	Peterkin, Walter G.	1935
		Scope and Contents Letter from Peterkin to AASS enclosing a copy of a letter sent to President Roosevelt re old age annuities
Box 4	Folder 49	Perkins, Frances - National Conference on Social Insurance	1933-1934
		Scope and Contents Much correspondence to Sec. Perkins protesting the exclusion of the AASS from the upcoming February general conference on Labor Legislation; telegrams come from many of the AASS's supporters and members; an explanation from the Dept. of Labor is included; correspondence re a conference on social insurance to be sponsored by the Dept. of Labor and the AASS
Box 4	Folder 48	Perkins , Frances	1933-1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Perkins (Secretary of Labor) and Epstein containing agendas to several labor conferences that Mr. Epstein was invited to attend; topics of the conferences were Safety and Health, Minimum Wages, Old Age Pensions, Unemployment Insurance Legislation, etc.
Box 4	Folder 47	Old Age Pensions - Various Schemes	1930-1941
		Scope and Contents Old Age Security by an Educational Birth Tax - a plan for a Federal Old Age Pension system proposed by Saul Wiland (attorney) and sent to Mr. Epstein for comment; review of Downey report on old age pension system
Box 4	Folder 46	Old Age Pensions - Trade Union Pension Plans	1927
		Scope and Contents Requests from the AASS for information _re_ various trade union pension plans- relief systems; copies and explanations of various plans are included (i.e. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Bricklayers)
Box 4	Folder 45	Old Age Pensions - Relief - Almshouses	1940
		Scope and Contents A statement from the Governor of Maryland (O'Conor) re the elimination of almshouses -requested by the AASS
Box 4	Folder 44	Old Age Pensions - Public Employees Retirement Systems	1931-1932
		Scope and Contents Requests from the AASS for information on state retirement laws; copies of some state retirement programs are enclosed (i.e. Cal.); a copy of a speech to be delivered by the National Education Association of the United States re teachers' pensions
Box 4	Folder 43	Old Age Pensions - Private Organizations, Church, School	1927
		Scope and Contents A copy of the pension program of the Board of Pensions and Relief - Methodist Episcopal Church - sent to Mr. Epstein; Mr. Epstein's reply is included
Box 4	Folder 42	Old Age Pensions - Industrial Plans	1925-1933
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re pensions plans with General Electric, Central Hudson Gas and Electri Corporation, State Senator Putman (Miss.), Harry Kaplan , insurance analyst and underwriter E.D. Hackett, and others
Box 4	Folder 25	Morgan, Gerald	1938-1943
		Scope and Contents Substantial amoung of correspondence between Morgan and Epstein re social issues; details of various plans and personal; also between Morgan and Solomon Bloom, Acting Secretary after Mr. Epstein's death
Box 4	Folder 40	Ohio Federation of Teachers	1944
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letter re Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill
Box 4	Folder 26	Names of People to Contact	1943
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence requesting informational aid from the AASS by various organizations and individuals
Box 4	Folder 38	Objects, Activities and Needs of the Org	1944
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 37	Nonpartisan Social Security Commission	1937
		Scope and Contents Final report, sent to Mr. Epstein, of a three month study by the Nonpartisan Social Security Commission, sponsored by the Hearst newspapers
Box 4	Folder 36	New York State Injunction Cases - List of No correspondence
Box 4	Folder 35	New York City - Emergency Work and Relief Administration	1933
		Scope and Contents A report to the Mayor (John P. O'Brien) covering the operations of the Emergency Work and Relief Administration in New York City from April, 1933 to Sept., 1933
Box 4	Folder 34	National Refugee Services	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re job placements
Box 4	Folder 33	National Lawyers Guild	1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re the AASS analysis of the Wagner- Murray - Dingell Social Security Bill
Box 4	Folder 32	National Information Bureau (Mrs. May Harding)	1931
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 31	National Consumers League	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re the possible merger of the AASS with the NCL
Box 4	Folder 30	National Conference on Social Work	1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re participation of the AASS at National Conference of Social Work
Box 4	Folder 29	National Child Labor Committee	1934-1940
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 28	National Association of Letter Carriers -Empire Branch Thirty-Six	1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re above's oppostion to a Congressional bill involving proposed changes in the Social Security Act; letter to Harvey Lebrun
Box 4	Folder 53	Printers, etc	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents routine correspondence
Box 4	Folder 41	Old Age Pensions - Human Interest	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Copies of letters from recipients of Old Age Assistance in New York and New Jersey expressing their gratitude for the payments
Box 5	Folder 9	Simkhovitch, Mrs. Mary	1929-1943
		Scope and Contents Letters to Simkhovitch, President of the National Public Housing Conference, largely from officials of the AASS requesting her opinions and information; her own requests and replies are included
Box 5	Folder 1	Raushenbush, Paul	1933
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re differing viewpoints on social security bills
Box 5	Folder 19	Ticonium.	1943
		Scope and Contents Letters to the AASS from J.J. Nevin, promotional manager for Ticonium, re membership in the AASS and info. about the legislation it has proposed for state legislatures, particularly health insurance legislation; replies from the AASS are included
Box 5	Folder 18	Thompson, Mrs. Lewis S. (Geraldine) -Sister of Gerald Morgan	1941
		Scope and Contents Letters to Mr. Epstein from Mrs. Thompson of the New Jersey State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies, expressing her interest in the AASS's health program; replies from Mr. Epstein are included
Box 5	Folder 17a	Taft, Robert (U.S. Senator)	1943
		Scope and Contents Letter re legislation
Box 5	Folder 17	Studybaker, Aaron	1943
		Scope and Contents Letter from Solomon Bloom, Associate Secretary, to Studybaker of the American Retail Federation re an informal meeting to discuss successor to Mr. Epstein; reply is included
Box 5	Folder 16a	Stone, N.I.	1933
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re John Andrews' attack on Epstein and the Association's policies and ideas
Box 5	Folder 16	State Legislation - Social Security
		Scope and Contents Letters to Lebrun from various stats answering his requests for information on old age assistance programs; responses from Georgia, Arizona, etc
Box 5	Folder 15	State Legislation - Dependent Children	1943
		Scope and Contents Letters to Harvey Lebrun, Acting Director, from various state public welfare departments re his requests for information on aid to dependent children programs; pamphlets and statistics on state public welfare programs from states are included
Box 5	Folder 14	State Legislation - Blind	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Letters to Harvey Lebrun, Acting Executive Director, re his requests for information on various states' programs for the blind; specific state programs for the blind are described in the letters
Box 5	Folder 13	Speakers Correspondence - Health Insurance	1935-1936
		Scope and Contents Letters to various New York newspapers requesting that they each send a reporter to cover the AASS's Health Insurance luncheon; correspondence with John Kingsbury and Charlotte Carr, featured speakers at the luncheon; correspondence with the Hotel Astor
Box 5	Folder 12	Speakers - Correspondence	1942
		Scope and Contents Letters from Dr. Imre Ferenczi, Patricia Strauss (member, Labour Party), and William Green re statements they were asked to make by the AASS
Box 5	Folder 21	Tyson, Dr. Francis.	1939-1942
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence between Dr. Tyson, professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and Mr. Epstein, a close personal and professional friend, re fund-raising and legislative concerns
Box 5	Folder 10	Slavin, Harry	1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Slavin and the AASS re his attempts to raise contributions and members after Epstein's death - assistance from the UAW seemed particularly pressing
Box 5	Folder 22	Unemployment Insurance Bill	1934
		Scope and Contents Comments on the Wagner-Lewis unemployment bill and federal excise tax on unemployment insurance; correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Merrill G. Murray of the University of Minnesota; additional correspondence from Sen. Wagner and Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Box 5	Folder 8a	Sansby, Charles
Box 5	Folder 8	Saltonstall, Leverett (Gov. Massachusetts)	1939
		Scope and Contents Letter from Epstein to Saltonstall criticizing the implementation of a merit- rating system to reform Massachusett's unemployment compensation law, and urging the Gov. not to adopt it
Box 5	Folder 7b	Rubinow, I.M. re support of AASS	1933
Box 5	Folder 7a	Roosevelt, F.D. (Gov., NYS)	1929-1931
		Scope and Contents Correpsondence re old age security
Box 5	Folder 7	Rood, Royal D.
		Scope and Contents A letter from Mr. Rood, Attorney at Law, enclosing a pamphlet relating to a report in the Congressional Record - no date
Box 5	Folder 6	Roberts, Fred	1932
		Scope and Contents A letter from Paramount Rubber Consolidated, Inc. proposing an old age pension plan that utilizes pension "stamps" issued by the government through the post office
Box 5	Folder 5	Review of Pamphlet and Advertising by AASS	1944
		Scope and Contents Sample advertisement, letters from Advertising Dept.'s of the Nation and the Commonweal
Box 5	Folder 4	Reservation Acknowledgements	1935-1936
		Scope and Contents Jan. 1936 Letters of acknowledgement from the AASS re received reservations
Box 5	Folder 3	Requests for Comments, Information, Advice, etc.	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Questions directed to AASS on legislation; requests for general information re AASS and excerpts from Social Security; also a Conference Calendar for those in the field of public administration
Box 5	Folder 2	Renewal Letters	1932-1939
		Scope and Contents Letters from AASS asking for renewed contributions
Box 5	Folder 1a	Renewals	1939-1942
		Scope and Contents Letters from AASS asking for renewed contributions
Box 5	Folder 11	Spayth, George W.	1938
		Scope and Contents Letter from Spayth, Editor of The Weekly Call, to Epstein citing an editorial that he had written on old age pensions for his newspaper, and inviting Epstein's criticisms of it
Box 5	Folder 34	Unemployment Insurance - Illinois	1935-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with Rev. Lawrence - Illinois Association for Social Security- re changes in the Federal Social Security Act, and unemployment insurance in Illinois; correspondence from Peter Swanish, Commissioner of Placement and Unemployment Compensation in Illinois; correspondence with Daniel Goldy, Division of Unemployment Compensation, re the interests and philosophy of the AASS
Box 5	Folder 47	Unemployment Insurance - New York State	1933-1934
		Scope and Contents Letters to N.Y. State union officials from a member of the N.Y. Permanent Conference on Social Security, urging them to write to George Meany (VP of the N.Y. Fed. of Labor and part of a committee to recommend legislation for unemployment insurance in N.Y.) supporting a bill such as the Social Security (which does not use the company reserve plan); correspondence from the AASS re state legislation and its own Model unemployment bill designed by the most prominent experts in the field
Box 5	Folder 46	Unemployment Insurance - Hearing on Albany	1935
		Scope and Contents More requests from the AASS - to the League of Women Voters, etc., - re attendance at the March, 1935 hearing on unemployment insurance in Albany; replies expressing how many could attend were requested; Mr. Epstein stressed the importance of this hearing in demonstrating support for the penc ing Byrne-Killgrew Bill (of which a brief description is enclosed)
Box 5	Folder 45	Unemployment Insurance - New York City	1934
		Scope and Contents Mr. Epstein's opinion on the Municipal Assembly Bill on unemployment insurance
Box 5	Folder 44	Unemployment Insurance - Byrne-Killgrew Bill (New York State)	1935
		Scope and Contents Letters from the AASS requesting its delegates to bring as many persons as possible to the hearing on unemployment insurance held in Albany in 1935; major union leaders were requested to do the same (i.e. David Dubinsky); letters from the AASS urging their friends to pressure two particular Senators (Dunnigan and Byrne) for passage of the bill, many of these letters are included
Box 5	Folder 43	Unemployment Insurance - New York - Complaints	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Letters from dissatisfied New Yorkers who are not receiving the unemployment benefits they feel they should, or have been promised; replies from the AASS - most of which admit helplessness until the state law is simplified by amendment
Box 5	Folder 42	Unemployment Insurance - New Jersey	1934-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with Katherine Wiley of the Consumers League of New Jersey, Vincent Murphy, of the New Jersey Federation of Labor, and others re passage of a state law on unemployment insurance and the guidance the AASS could provide; also, Mr. Epstein's appearance before the Unemployment Compensation Commission of New Jersey in which he outlined many proposals and answered questions; general correspondence with officials of the Commission
Box 5	Folder 41	Unemployment Insurance - New Hampshire	1934-1940
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with Herman Feldman, Chairman of the New Hampshire Commission on Unemployment reserves, re federal legislation on unemployment insurance and New Hampshire's own bill; correspondence with the Unemployment Compensation Division of the Bureau of Labor re reports being sent to Mr. Epstein for comment; related correspondence with Mr. Feldman re his appointment to the Commission and his views on unemployment insurance
Box 5	Folder 40	Unemployment Insurance Division - Nebraska	1937
		Scope and Contents Nebraska. Correspondence re a request from the Unemployment Compensation Division of Nebraska for articles on unemployment compensation laws of the states; reply from the AASS
Box 5	Folder 39	Unemployment Insurance - Missouri	1937-1940
		Scope and Contents Criticism from Robert Cummins, Chief of Research and Statistics on Missouri's Unemployment Compensation Commission over the interpretation of unemployment insurance by the AASS's Social Security; reply by the AASS; criticism of the Social Security review of the Missouri Unemployment Commission from Andrew Murphy, Chairman of the Commission; correction of a Social Security article on the Missouri legislative situation, from a member of the Missouri Senate
Box 5	Folder 38	Unemployment Insurance - Michigan	1937-1940
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Michigan Unemployment Compensation re the Majority Report of the Interstate Conference Committee on Experience Rating; also, a letter suggesting the AASS hire Dr. Otto Neuberger for a research position
Box 5	Folder 37	Unemployment Insurance - Massachusetts	1933-1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Mass. Unemployment Compensation Commission re biographical sketches of its members and requests for info.; Mr. Epstein's criticisms of the Federal Social Security; Act; the AFL's Resolution on Unemployment Insurance (1934) ; correspondence re state efforts to establish unemployment bills - especially with John McLaren, Chairman of the Workers' Education Council; company reserves plan vs. single state pooled funds is hotly debated in unemployment legislation; correspondence with the Mass. State Federation of Labor - the AASS seding copies of its model unemployment bill to the State House; correspondence with many persons connected to Mass state drive for an unemployment bill
Box 5	Folder 20	Townsend, Fr. F.E. (Townsend Plan)	1934
		Scope and Contents Letter from Dr. Townsend, president of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd., asking Bishop Francis (Pres. of the AASS) for his opinion of a plan for universal old age pensions; Francis's reply is included
Box 5	Folder 35	Unemployment Insurance - Kentucky	1938-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Kentucky re free distribution of Social Security; a letter re biographical sketches of the Executive and Associate Directors of the Commission
Box 5	Folder 48	Unemployment Insurance Correspondence -New York	1937-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence and bulletins re Dr. William Leiserson's Committee to Study Operation of the Unemployment Insurance Law, of which Mr. Epstein is a member; miscellaneous correspondence with the New York State Dept. of Labor
Box 5	Folder 33	Unemployment Insurance - Indiana	1934-1938
		Scope and Contents Requests for info, from the Indiana Unemployment Compensation Board and comments on the Unemployment Compensation Division's recommendations for amending the state's Unemployment Insurance law; also, Mr. Epstein's opinion of the Wagner- Lewis Bill, and requests for info, by Indiana University on unemployment legislation
Box 5	Folder 32	Unemployment Insurance -. D.C.	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Info, on D.C.'s Unemployment Compensation Act (dependents' allowances); requests for copies of D.C.'s Unemployment Compensation Act as amended
Box 5	Folder 31	Unemployment Insurance - Connecticut	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents A review of Connecticut's hearing on the Commission's Unemployment Compensation Bill and Mr. Epstein's thoughts of the bill; also an info. request to Connecticut's Unemployment Compensation Division
Box 5	Folder 30	Unemployment Insurance - California	1937-1941
		Scope and Contents Letter from the Sec. of the Cal. State Federation of Labor notifying the AASS of Rep. Desmond's attempt to amend the Cal. Unemployment Insurance Act; an article for Social Security describing California's unemployment compensation pro-cedures: correspondence with the Cal. Dept. of Employment also included
Box 5	Folder 29	Unemployment Insurance Standards	1933-1936
		Scope and Contents Correspondence from the AASS to various colleges, the United Mine Workers, Francis Perkins, and others re a tentative set of standards for unemployment insurance established by the AASS's Brookwood conference and embodied in a model bill for unemployment insurance; replies are included
Box 5	Folder 28	Unemployment Insurance - Opposition	1933-1934
		Scope and Contents Criticism of the AASS's old age pension plan system and other public welfare programs they sponsor
Box 5	Folder 27	Unemployment Insurance - Laidler	1930
		Scope and Contents Letter to Dr. Laidler of the League for Industrial Democracy from The Institute of Economics of the Brookings Institution, commenting on his State Employment Insurance Bill
Box 5	Folder 26	Unemployment Insurance - Constitutional Provisions	1936
		Scope and Contents Corrections on an article - "Some Constitutional Obstacles to Unemployment Insurance" - in Social Security (Dec., 1935), made by students at Columbia University and sent to the AASS; a reply is included
Box 5	Folder 25	Unemployment Insurance Census	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Letters from the Social Security Board in Wash. B.C. containing requested info. on unemployment compensation; an unemployment survey for 1939 from New Mexico; letters of invitation to unemployment compensation administrators requesting them to attend the AASS's Thirteenth Annual National Conference on Social Security
Box 5	Folder 24	Unemployment Insurance Census	1938-1939
		Scope and Contents Letters to state unemployment compensation commissions, requesting they complete and return the AASS's annual census of unemployment insurance developments; requests to the Dept. of Labor for info, on the U.S. Employment Service; also, a copy of the above mentioned survey is included
Box 5	Folder 23	Unemployment Insurance - Brookwood Conference	1933
		Scope and Contents Invitations to the AASS's second conference on proposed standards for unemployment insurance being held at Brookwood Labor College; requested participants include Dean Sommer of the New York University Law School, Paul Brissenden of Columbia Univ., and Dr. Broadus Mitchell of Johns Hopkins University
Box 5	Folder 36	Unemployment Insurance - Maryland	1933-1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence with H. O'Conor, Attorney General of Md., and Sen. George Radcliffe re Mr. Epstein's views of the Md. Unemployment Insurance Bill; correspondence with Steven Fitzgerald of The Evening Sun and Simon Sobeloff, Chairman of the Md. Unemployment Insurance Commission, re the Federal Social Security Act and Maryland's own attempts to enact a law; acceptance by Mr. Epstein of an advisory position on the Committee on Unemployment Compensation of the Attorney General Association
Box 6	Folder 13	Washington Strategy Conference	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re a 1944 conference (which never occurred) in which a variety of groups including labor and government, were to meet for an off-the-record discussion of social security
Box 6	Folder 2	Unemployment Insurance - North Carolina	1934-1936
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Prof. Wolff, Executive Secretary of the Unemployment Commission, and T. Wilson, Industrial Commissioner of N.C. re a study of unemployment insurance in N.C.
Box 6	Folder 3	Unemployment Insurance - Pennsylvania	1934-1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and E. Kelly, Executive Director of Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation in Pennsylvania; includes an article by Kelly on the Stamp plan vs. Payroll tax plan for unemployment insurance
Box 6	Folder 4	Unemployment Insurance - Ohio	1934-1941
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Elizabeth Magee, Executive Secretary of the Consumers League of Ohio re his opinion on Ohio's proposed unemployment bill; routine correspondence
Box 6	Folder 5	Unemployment Insurance - Rhode Island	1935
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Clemens France, Chairman of the Division of Unemployment compensation, re experience rating and the interstate hearings on unemployment compensation
Box 6	Folder 6	Unemployment Insurance - South Carolina	1934-1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Commissioner Lewis of the S.C. Unemployment Commission re the stamp plan; stamp plan article is enclosed
Box 6	Folder 7	Unemployment Insurance - Tennessee	1940
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letter from Epstein to Dr. E. Elberling, Director of Research and Statistics at the Tennessee Unemployment Compensation Division re Elberling's article on statistical analysis of unemployment compensation material
Box 6	Folder 8	Unemployment Insurance - Wisconsin	1937-1940
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Epstein and a variety of persons re the Nov. 1937 issue of Social Security and its article on unemployment insurance in Wisconsin; correspondence between Epstein and Paul Raushenbaush, Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, re above-mentioned article and his reply
Box 6	Folder 9	Unemployment Insurance - States	1934-1938
		Scope and Contents Requests from the AASS for copies of Oregon's unemployment compensation act and names of the members of the State Unemployment Insurance Committee; replies included; also a requested biographical sketch of the Chief Administrator of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law
Box 6	Folder 10	Unemployment Insurance State Advisory Council	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence; correspondence between Prof. Herman Gray and Lincoln University re the Negro and Social Security
Box 6	Folder 11	Unemployment Insurance - Misc.	1932-1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence
Box 6	Folder 1	Unemployment Insurance - New York	1934-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re the Byrnes-Condon Bill and changes suggested by the AASS; correspondence between Mr. Epstein and N. Stone re "An American Plan for Unemployment Reserve Funds"; correspondence between Mr. Epstein and George Meany re unemployment insurance in New York State
Box 6	Folder 12	Wagner-Murray-Dingell-Altmeyer	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Important correspondence re the new role of the AASS in the 1940's under Harvey Lebrun, and individual's ideas on social security
Box 6	Folder 25	Miscellaneous	1937-1941
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence re state unemployment laws, etc.; respondents included A. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board in Washington, and letters from Gov. Saltonstall's (Mass.) office; also a guest list for the Abraham Epstein dinner
Box 6	Folder 14	Watt, Robert J.	1944
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letter from Harvey Lebrun to the AFL
Box 6	Folder 15	Weir, Joseph P.B.	1934-1936
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence
Box 6	Folder 16	Welch, Margaret	1938
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Epstein and a Consumer's group
Box 6	Folder 17	West, P.R.	1934
		Scope and Contents Incoming letter to the AASS re unemployment insurance
Box 6	Folder 18	Weisman, Margaret (Executive Secretary of the Consumer's League of Massachusetts)	1934-1942
		Scope and Contents Correspondence re unemployment legislation, conferences, health insurance
Box 6	Folder 19	Wise, Stephen S.	1936-1937
		Scope and Contents Routine correspondence
Box 6	Folder 20	Witte, Edwin E. (Committee on Economic Security)	1934-1935
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Epstein and M. Schnopper of the Committee; correspondence with Barbara Armstrong, Frances Perkins, Douglas Brown re Epstein's views and role in the work of the Committee; also the Committee's staff report on unemployment insurance
Box 6	Folder 21	Workmen's Compensation	1944
		Scope and Contents Outgoing letter from Lebrun re the possible amalgamation between the AASS and the AALL, with an enclosed editorial from Social Security about the possibilities
Box 6	Folder 22	Workmen's Compensation News	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Enclosure re advances in workmen's compensation during 1942-43; correspondence between Lebrun and various state industrial commissions re changes in workmen's compensation during 1943, with enclosures of new laws
Box 6	Folder 23	Workmen's Sickness and Death Benefit Fund	1934-1943
		Scope and Contents Correspondence between Epstein and Paul Sturm, National Secretary, WSDBF, mainly re contributions to the AASS and attending meetings of WSDBF
Box 6	Folder 24	Wunderlich, Frieda	1934-1944
		Scope and Contents General correspondence
Box 6	Folder 11a	Wadsworth, James J. (Assemblyman, NYS)	1936
		Scope and Contents re Social Security Program opposition
Box 7	Folder All	New York City	1929-1942
		Scope and Contents Books and pamphlets outlining New York City's public assistance programs (unemployment relief, aid for the aged, etc.); also, reports from the Department of Welfare of New York City, and other committees
Box 8	Folder All	New York State	1929-1942
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, reports and books describing public assistance programs in New York State (unemployment insurance, old age relief, and the history of public assistance in New York are some of the topics included in this box
Box 9	Folder All	New York State	1929-1950
		Scope and Contents Printed materials on unemployment in New York State - contains minutes of meetings of the Joint Legislative Committee on Unemployment, training manuals for employment office workers, and material on old age
Box 10	Folder All	Other States	1935-1941
		Scope and Contents Reports on unemployment compensation in various states (i.e. Oregon, Alabama, Wisconsin, etc.) dealing with topics including experience rating and seasonal unemployment; folders, reports, and books
Box 11	Folder All	Other States
		Scope and Contents Reports on unemployment insurance and experience rating from various states. the federal government
Box 12	Folder All	U.S. Dept. of Labor, Children's Bureau, Youth Administration	1932-1940
		Scope and Contents Books, reports, and pamphlets re social security and the security of children (i.e. the effects of unemployment on children and young people)
Box 35	Folder All	Card Index to State Social Security Bills
Box 36	Folder All	Bibliography
Box 13	Folder All	U.S. Federal Emergency Relief Administration	1934-1936
		Scope and Contents Research bulletins from this body
Box 14	Folder All	U.S. Government Publications Relating to Social Security	1933-1943
		Scope and Contents Contains pamphlets and printed materials from the government re social security
Box 15	Folder All	U.S. National Resources Planning Board	1937-1942
		Scope and Contents Contains reports on urban planning, transportation, the stabilization of employment, and other issues investigated by the NRPB
Box 16	Folder All	U.S. National Resources Planning Board, National Resources Planning Committee, National Health Conference, National Health Survey	1933-1938
		Scope and Contents Contains health surveys and various reports on the economic effects of expenditures on federal works programs along with other types of expenditures (i.e. consumer spending)
Box 17	Folder All	U.S. Federal Security Agency, Social Security Board - Statistics of Family Composition in Selected Areas of the U.S	1934-1936
		Scope and Contents Contains reports entitled "Statistics of Family Composition" for various areas of the U.S.
Box 18	Folder All	U.S. Social Security Board	1937-1942
		Scope and Contents Handbooks, pamphlets, and reports on aspects of the Social Security Act (i.e. old age pensions, unemployment compensation, etc.); also, a claims manual is included
Box 19	Folder All	U.S. Works Projects Administration	1932-1937
		Scope and Contents Reports on WPA projects and many handbooks on unemployment in the U.S.
Box 20	Folder All	Foreign Countries - British	1911-1940
		Scope and Contents Reports, articles, and handbooks on unemployment compensation, old-age pensions plans, national health insurance, etc.; reports from the Ministry of Labor
Box 21	Folder All	Foreign Countries	1909-1940
		Scope and Contents Contains handbooks on public assistance from various countries (i.e. Canada, Chile, Germany, etc.) - some are in foreign languages
Box 22	Folder All	Economics Policy	1931-1942
		Scope and Contents Handbooks and pamphlets on many varied economic topics - unemployment compensation In the U.S., German economic policy in Europe, preventing economic depressions, credit for consumers , etc
Box 23	Folder 15	Health Insurance - State Health Legislation Introduced	1937-1941
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings and printed materials re the compulsory health insurance debate; copies of the Association's Model Bill for compulsory health insurance are included
Box 23	Folder 14	Health Insurance - Medical Profession	1932-1940
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings and printed materials on the health insurance controversy - the AMA opposed to compulsory health insurance, and the AASS in favor of it
Box 23	Folder 13	Health Insurance - Kingsbury, John A	1935
		Scope and Contents Letter, speeches, and clippings re former NYC commissioner of charities and his campaign for compulsory health insurance
Box 23	Folder 12-12a	Health Insurance - Illness, Extent and Cost Of	1933-1941
		Scope and Contents Subject files, mainly speeches, with clippings and reprints
Box 23	Folder 11	Health Insurance - Hospital Conditions and Finance	1930-1941
		Scope and Contents Subject files, mainly news releases, articles and clippings, 3 folders
Box 23	Folder 10	Health Insurance - Federal Government	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Subject files containing mainly newspaper clippings, with occasional articles, news releases, and health insurance schemes introduced into Congress
Box 23	Folder 9	Health Insurance - Corlears Hook Medical Association	1942
		Scope and Contents Two year report on an experiment in volunteer pre-paid medical care for low income families in NYC
Box 23	Folder 8	Health Insurance - Conference	1940
		Scope and Contents Contains a list of persons invited to attend this conference which will consider revisions in the Health Insurance Bill; also, a list of those who accepted invitation
Box 23	Folder 7	Health Insurance - Conference	1939
		Scope and Contents Misc. Documents. Includes lists of individuals invited to attend the conference, and those that actually came
Box 23	Folder 6	Health Insurance - Conference	1934
		Scope and Contents List of persons attending 1934 health insurance conference in which suggestions for a model bill were drafted; also, a list of individuals to whom the bill was sent
Box 23	Folder 5	Health Insurance - California	1934-1935
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings; corrected typescript entitled "Interest in Health Insurance Reassuring"
Box 23	Folder 4	Health Insurance - Bureau of Cooperative Medicine	1939
		Scope and Contents News releases and bulletins
Box 23	Folder 3	Health - Bibliography	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Bibliographies and book reviews of books and pamphlets re health insurance; for correspondence re books see box #2 Health-Bibliography
Box 23	Folder 2	Health Bill - Assoc. Model	1934
		Scope and Contents Includes "Basic Principles for a Health Insurance Bill" formulated at a 1934 conference of experts under the auspices of the AASS; also, related comments, notes, and revisions
Box 23	Folder 1	Health Insurance Bill - Assoc. Model	1940
		Scope and Contents Draft of the model bill, speeches, essays, analysis
Box 24	Folder 9	Health Insurance Under Social Security Act	1936-1941
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings and printed articles describing the types of health programs now made available to states under the Federal Social Security Act
Box 24	Folder 2-2a	Health Insurance & Medical Profession - State and Local	1935-1936
		Scope and Contents Includes printed material on various aspects of insurance and the medical profession (state and local)
Box 24	Folder 3	Health Insurance - Miscellaneous Material	1941
		Scope and Contents Includes printed materials; the speech "Health Insurance for Connecticut" by Alfred Bingham, a member of the State Senate,; paper by Robert Watt entitled "Health Insurance"; an address by Robert J. Wagner; an address by Bertram Bernheim
Box 24	Folder 4-4a	Health Insurance - Miscellaneous Material	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Includes printed material, clippings
Box 24	Folder 5	Health Insurance - Misc. Individuals - Organizations	1931-1939
		Scope and Contents Clippings, report, printed articles
Box 24	Folder 6	Health Insurance - New York	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Includes clippings, notes; also, "Health Insurance Plan for State of NY" by Clement Conoli, Deputy Industrial Commissioner
Box 24	Folder 1-1a	Health Insurance & Medical Profession -Individuals	1932-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, printed materials, correspondence; a recommendation for Wendell Wilkie from John Peters, M.D.; proposals for the improvement of medical care from a committee of physicians to Mr. Epstein; and address by M. Tobias
Box 24	Folder 8	Health Insurance - States	1943
		Scope and Contents Envelopes of clippings, pamphlets, and bills re Oregon, "Delaware, Washington, New Hampshire, and District of Columbia
Box 24	Folder 16	Health Insurance - Wagner Bill - Opposition	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 24	Folder 10	Health Insurance - Labor	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings and printed articles on labor-management negotiated health plans (i.e. Textile Workers); William Green's (Pres. AFL) promotion of programs to increase social insurance (i.e. workmen's compensation, disability programs)
Box 24	Folder 11	Health Insurance - Substitutes for Voluntary Schemes, etc	1929-1940
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, reports, tables, releases
Box 24	Folder 12	Health Insurance - Medical Care Plans - Hospital Care Plans	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Includes printed materials
Box 24	Folder 13	Health Insurance - Wagner Bill - General Opposition to Health Insurance - Features of	1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 24	Folder 14	Health Insurance - Wagner Bill - Opposition from Insurance Companies	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 24	Folder 15	Health Insurance - Wagner Bill - Medical Opposition	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, publications, notes
Box 24	Folder 7	Health Insurance - Rhode Island	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, clippings
Box 25		Health Insurance - Miscellaneous Publications	1930-1945
		Scope and Contents Publications on health insurance
Box 26		Old Age Assistance	1930-1945
		Scope and Contents Publications on old age programs
Box 27	Folder 12-12a	Old Age Pensions - Industrial Plans	1924-1935
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, clippings
Box 27	Folder 2	Old Age Pensions - Abroad - General	1925-1932
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, "Brief Report of Findings Abroad" (5 p. mss.), pamphlets
Box 27	Folder 3	Old Age Pensions - Citizenship	1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 27	Folder 4	Old Age Pensions - Complaints	1927-1934
		Scope and Contents Clippings, reports, articles, "Old Age Assistance Amendment to Constitution", speech by Harry A. McKey, City Treasurer of Philadelphia (3 p. mss.)
Box 27	Folder 5	Old Age Pensions - Contributory	1934
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlet
Box 27	Folder 6	Old Age Pensions - General	1928-1931
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 27	Folder 7	Old Age Pensions - General	1934-1940
		Scope and Contents Articles, chart, clippings
Box 27	Folder 8	Old Age Pensions - Human Interest	1935-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 27	Folder 9-9a	Old Age Pensions - Industrial Plans	1928-1932
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, chart, articles
Box 27	Folder 1-1a	Old Age, Middle Age, Employment - Handicaps, etc	1928-1941
		Scope and Contents Publications, releases, bibliography, clippings, articles, questionnaire; articles include "Aged Women Swamp Relief Rolls"; notes on AMA meeting re employment for the aged; proposed study of the age factor in industry; excerpts from a NAM meeting
Box 27	Folder 11	Old Age Pensions - Industrial Plans	1924-1926
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlets
Box 27	Folder 21	Old Age Pensions - Various Schemes	1930-1933
		Scope and Contents Clippings; memo entitled "Old Age Security, By an Educational Birth Tax" by Saul Wiland (attorney, NYC)
Box 27	Folder 13	Old Age Pensions - News	1930-1931
		Scope and Contents Stories on Assn. Clippings
Box 27	Folder 14	Old Age Pensions - Private Organizations, Church, School	1927-1936
		Scope and Contents Printed materials, clippings
Box 27	Folder 15	Old Age Pensions - Organization of the Aged	1938
		Scope and Contents One article
Box 27	Folder 16	Old Age Pensions - Public Employees Retirement Systems	1932-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlets
Box 27	Folder 17-17a	Old Age Pensions - Railroad Retirement Act	1935-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 27	Folder 18	Old Age Pensions - Relief - Almshouses	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 27	Folder 19	Old Age Pensions - "Streamlining" Trends	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 27	Folder 20	Old Age Pensions - Trade Union Pension Plans	1927-1933
		Scope and Contents Clippings; Pensions plans from Lithographers, Iron Workers, Granite Cutters, Trainmen, Bricklayers, and Typographical Union
Box 27	Folder 10	Old Age Pensions - Industrial Plans	1922-1932
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets re various plans
Box 28		Public Assistance	1931-1940
		Scope and Contents Booklets and reports re public relief programs in various states - Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, etc.
Box 29	Folder 17	Social Security Board - Employees	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases
Box 29	Folder 2	Railroad Retirement Act	1939-1942
		Scope and Contents Publications, bills
Box 29	Folder 3	Social Security Act (Federal)	1934-1943
		Scope and Contents Printed hearings, reports, bills, and publications
Box 29	Folder 4	Social Security Act (Federal)	1935-1940
		Scope and Contents Publications, bills
Box 29	Folder 5-6	Social Security Act (Federal) - Advisory Council for Employment Security	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Releases
Box 29	Folder 7	Social Security Act (Federal) - Altmeyer, Chmn. of Social Security Board	1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 29	Folder 8	Social Security Act (Federal) - Amendments	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents President's 1941 Suggestions SSB federalization proposal and press reaction
Box 29	Folder 9	Social Security Amendments	1939-1940
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings, releases, pamphlets
Box 29	Folder 10	Social Security - American Beveridge Report	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, nine page report
Box 29	Folder 11	Social Security - Analysis by Different Persons	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, address, newsletter of the National League of Women Voters, memo from YWCA
Box 29	Folder 12	Social Security - Annuities - Voluntary	1939-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 29	Folder 13	Social Security - Appropriations, Expenditures, Reserves, etc.	1936-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, statements, releases, GPO Documents
Box 29	Folder 14	Social Security - Armed Forces	1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 29	Folder 1	Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Publications, bills
Box 29	Folder 16	Social Security Board - Administration, Problems, Procedures, etc.	1938-1939
		Scope and Contents Publications, articles, clippings, address by A.J. Altmeyer
Box 29	Folder 30	Social Security - Cost of Administration	1937-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 29	Folder 18	Social Security Board - Federal Advisory Council	1940
		Scope and Contents Memos, releases, statements
Box 29	Folder 19	Social Security - Green, Senator	1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, legislative bill re Sen Green's proposal for expansion of the social security system
Box 29	Folder 20	Social Security - Social Security Board Machinery, Methods, etc	1937-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, article
Box 29	Folder 21	Social Security - Social Security Board - Offices, Space, Buildings, etc	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 29	Folder 22	Social Security - Social Security Board Regional Offices	1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 29	Folder 23	Social Security - Business	1936-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, addresses, publications, releases, articles
Box 29	Folder 24	Social Security - Byrnes Committee Report	1939
Box 29	Folder 25	Social Security - Civilian War Relief	1942
		Scope and Contents Legislative bills, notes, clippings
Box 29	Folder 26	Social Security - Committees and Special Groups	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, releases, statement
Box 29	Folder 27	Social Security - Conferences	1935-1939
		Scope and Contents Releases, program, clippings
Box 29	Folder 28	Social Security - Confusion	1935-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 29	Folder 29	Social Security - Congressional Pensions	1939-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 29	Folder 15	Social Security - Bane, Frank	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Bane, Ex-Director of the SSB resigns; clippings releases, articles, addresses
Box 30	Folder 10	Social Security - Eliot Bill	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, bill, notes
Box 30	Folder 1-1a	Social Security - Defense Releases	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, publications, transcript of interview with William Hudson, Commissioner of Welfare (NYC)
Box 30	Folder 18	Social Security - Internal Revenue Bureau -Tax and Rulings	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Publications, clippings
Box 30	Folder 17	Social Security - Imberman, A. A.	1936-1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 16	Social Security - Hoey,Jane M.	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 15	Social Security - Grants-In-Aid	1936-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, pamphlet
Box 30	Folder 14	Social Security - Foreign Opinion	1937
		Scope and Contents Clipping
Box 30	Folder 13	Social Security - Federalism and Federalization	1940-1942
		Scope and Contents Questionnaire notes, articles, clippings
Box 30	Folder 20	Social Security - Life Insurance	1936-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, publications
Box 30	Folder 11	Social Security - Employment Service	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, Article, releases
Box 30	Folder 21	Social Security - McNutt, Paul V.	1939-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, address, releases, article, testimony
Box 30	Folder 9	Social Security - Effects on State Legislation	1935-1936
		Scope and Contents Clippings, editorials, issue of Congressional intelligence
Box 30	Folder 8	Social Security - Effects	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Articles, address
Box 30	Folder 7	Social Security - Editorials Urging General Taxation for Social Security	1936-1939
		Scope and Contents clippings
Box 30	Folder 6	Social Security - Downey Committee (Universal Pensions)	1941
		Scope and Contents Statement by A.J. Altmeyer, Chairman, Social Security Board
Box 30	Folder 5	Social Security - Douglas, Paul H.	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 4	Social Security - Disability Permanent	1940
		Scope and Contents Articles, typed mss.
Box 30	Folder 3	Social Security - Dewson, Mary	1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases re Dewson "Discusses Social Security from Women's Viewpoint"
Box 30	Folder 2	Social Security - Defense and Financing -Morganthau Proposals	1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 12	Social Security - Employers Questionnaires	1937-1938
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings
Box 30	Folder 30	Social Security - Pamphlets of Social Security Board	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, clippings, releases
Box 30	Folder 39	Social Security - Relief and Security Statistics	1936-1937
		Scope and Contents Publications
Box 30	Folder 38	Social Security - Relief	1937-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, statement, bill, testimony of demons France, Dir. State Dept. of Social Welfare, Rhode Island
Box 30	Folder 37	Social Security - Registration of Workers	1936-1931
		Scope and Contents Releases, clippings, 5 p. mss. by Epstein re unemployment insurance
Box 30	Folder 36	Social Security - Reduction of Tax (Unemployment Insurance)	1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 35	Social Security - Reaction of Individuals and Organizations	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlets, announcement
Box 30	Folder 34	Social Security - Progress Reports	1935-1942
		Scope and Contents Address, releases, clippings, summary of progress
Box 30	Folder 33	Social Security - Post War Problems	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlets, articles
Box 30	Folder 19	Social Security - Internal Revenue Bureau -Collection of Taxes	1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 31	Social Security - Perkins, Frances (National Conference on Social Insurance)	1933-1934
		Scope and Contents lists of names re Advisory Council
Box 30	Folder 40	Social Security - Reserve Account and Use of Reserves (Attacks, etc.)	1937-1942
		Scope and Contents Release, clippings, form letter
Box 30	Folder 29	Social Security - Old Age Pensions	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 28	Social Security - Old Age Insurance	1936-1939
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 30	Folder 27	Social Security - Officials, Statements, Biographies	1938-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases, articles, speech
Box 30	Folder 26	Social Security - Negroes	1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, release
Box 30	Folder 25	Social Security - Mothers' Pensions	1931
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, bibliography, notes, reports, publication
Box 30	Folder 24	Social Security - Migratory Workers	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 30	Folder 23	Social Security - Miles, Vincent M.	1936-1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings, addresses
Box 30	Folder 22	Social Security - Merrill Murray	1939
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases
Box 30	Folder 32	Social Security - Perkins , Frances	1935-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, address by Perkings, "The Beveridge Plan"
Box 31	Folder 8	Social Security - State Officials	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Release, clippings
Box 31	Folder 1a	Social Security - Roosevelt on Social Security	1939-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 31	Folder 15	Social Security - Winant, John C.	1936-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 31	Folder 14	Social Security - Wage Records	1935-1942
		Scope and Contents Releases, clippings
Box 31	Folder 13	Social Security - Vandenberg, Sen.	1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings, "Discussion of Social Security Act," by Arthur H. Vandenberg
Box 31	Folder 12	Social Security - Unemployment Insurance Operations	1937-1938
		Scope and Contents Releases, clippings
Box 31	Folder 11	Social Security - Unemployment Insurance - Legislation, Operation, Statements	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Releases, clippings, articles
Box 31	Folder 17	Social Security - Women Workers	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 31	Folder 9	Social Security - State Officials	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Release, clippings
Box 31	Folder 18	Social Security - Woodward, Ellen S.	1938-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 31	Folder 7	Social Security - Stamp System	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Release, pamphlets, article, notes
Box 31	Folder 6	Social Security - Soldiers' Dependents' Allowances	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Clippings, drafts of proposals, leg. bills, "The Cost and Administration of Family Allowances," by Harry Grossman
Box 31	Folder 5	Social Security - Soldiers Benefit Rights, Etc.	1942-1944
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings, legislative bills
Box 31	Folder 4	Social Security - Social Security Taxes	1943-1944
		Scope and Contents Clippings, notes, statement by A. Altmeyer
Box 31	Folder 3	Social Security - Seidmann, H.P.	1936-1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases, article
Box 31	Folder 2	Social Security - Seasonal Workers	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Publications
Box 31	Folder 1	Social Security - Rosenberg, Mrs. A.M.	1936-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 31	Folder 10	Social Security - Tabular Analysis of Law	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 31	Folder 26	Family Allowances	1933-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, legislative bills, release, notes
Box 31	Folder 34	Professions - Condition of	1931-1935
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings
Box 31	Folder 33	Pension Plans	1930-1931
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, pamphlets, releases, mss. re GE unemployment plan, 11 p.
Box 31	Folder 32	Pensions and Politics	1938-1940
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings
Box 31	Folder 31	Pensions for the Blind	1932-1937
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings, legislative bills, notes, statistical information
Box 31	Folder 30	International Labor Organization	1934-1935
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases, articles, issues of Monthly Summary of the ILO
Box 31	Folder 29	Home Work	1936-1937
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases
Box 31	Folder 16	Social Security - Witte, E.E.	1935-1937
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings
Box 31	Folder 27	Federal Aid to the States and General Expenditures	1933-1940
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, release, clippings
Box 31	Folder 35	Savings	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Issues of The Month's Work published by the National Assn. of Mutual Savings Banks
Box 31	Folder 25	Employment Agencies	1930-1936
		Scope and Contents Releases, articles, clippings, notes, pamphlets
Box 31	Folder 24	Domestic Labor Clippings	1940-1941
Box 31	Folder 23	Dependent's Allowances	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Articles, legislative bills, clippings, notes
Box 31	Folder 22	Blind and Dependent Laws CCH Sheets - Oregon - Wyoming	1937-1939
Box 31	Folder 21	Blind and Dependent Laws CCH Sheets - Massachusetts - Oregon	1937-1939
Box 31	Folder 20	Blind and Dependent Lavs CCH sheets by State - Alabama - Massachusetts	1937-1939
Box 31	Folder 19	Social Security - Workers Education Bureau - Plans	1936
		Scope and Contents Booklets re this topic
Box 31	Folder 28	Governor's Messages	1944
		Scope and Contents Printed messages from various states re social security programs
Box 32	Folder 15	Unemployment - Michigan	1935
		Scope and Contents Pamphlet
Box 32	Folder 2	Unemployemnt - Benefits - Trade Union Plans	1928-1931
		Scope and Contents Articles, printed materials, and a booklet re labors' benefit plans; unions include the Brhd. of Railway Clerks, Amalgamated Workers of America, and others
Box 32	Folder 3	Unemployment - Bibliography	1930-1932
		Scope and Contents Includes a list of social science abstracts, readers' guide references and some clippings on unemployment
Box 32	Folder 4	Unemployment - Causes - Purchasing Power	1930-1931
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings
Box 32	Folder 5	Unemployment - Causes - Technological Development	1927-1932
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, clippings
Box 32	Folder 6	Unemployment - Connecticut Valley	1932
		Scope and Contents Reports
Box 32	Folder 7	Unemployment - Consequences	1930
		Scope and Contents Articles, pamphlets, clippings, notes
Box 32	Folder 8	Unemployment - Consequences	1931-1934
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, printed mss. re the effects of the depression
Box 32	Folder 9	Unemployment - Consequences	1930-1936
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles, releases
Box 32	Folder 10	Unemployment - Extent - 1930 and Before	1927-1930
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 32	Folder 11	Unemployment - Extent - 1930 to 1933	1931-1933
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings, reports
Box 32	Folder 12	Unemployment - Extent	1931-1939
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases, articles
Box 32	Folder 1	Unemployment - Benefits - Company Plans	1929-1936
		Scope and Contents Clippings and articles describing company benefit plans
Box 32	Folder 14	Unemployment - Massachusetts	1931-1932
		Scope and Contents Reports
Box 32	Folder 29	Unemployment Remedies - Share Work	1932-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlets, address by W. Teagle, statement
Box 32	Folder 16	Unemployment - -New Jersey	1939
		Scope and Contents Explanation of the unemployment insurance compensation lav of New Jersey
Box 32	Folder 17	Unemployment - Nevada	1931-1932
		Scope and Contents Reports
Box 32	Folder 18	Unemployment - New York State	1930-1932
		Scope and Contents Publications
Box 32	Folder 19	Unemployment - New York State	1933-1937
		Scope and Contents Publications
Box 32	Folder 20	Unemployment - Ohio	1928-1934
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, reports , article
Box 32	Folder 21	Unemployment - Oregon	1915
		Scope and Contents Report
Box 32	Folder 22-23	Unemployment - Pennsylvania	1931-1938
		Scope and Contents Publications
Box 32	Folder 24	Unemployment Remedies - General	1928-1930
		Scope and Contents Legislative bill, clippings, articles, publications
Box 32	Folder 25	Unemployment Remedies - Loans to Workers	1927
		Scope and Contents Articles, publication
Box 32	Folder 26	Unemployment Remedies - Relief	1931-1932
		Scope and Contents Articles, clippings
Box 32	Folder 27	Unemployment Remedies - Repeal of l8th Amendment	1932-1934
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, clippings re prohibition
Box 32	Folder 28	Unemployment Remedies - Rural Rehabilitation	1934-1935
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 32	Folder 13	Unemployment - General	1928-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings, articles
Box 33	Folder 13	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases	1939
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings, a reading list, and a report by the Bureau of Research and Statistics
Box 33	Folder 2	Unemployment Remedies - Stabilization General	1928-1937
		Scope and Contents Newspaper articles and printed materials on the problem of unemployment, suggesting programs for stabilization of jobs, and pointing out the necessity of this
Box 33	Folder 3	Unemployment Remedies - Stabilization by Industries and Companies	1929-1938
		Scope and Contents Newspaper articles and printed materials reporting methods and plans used by various industries during the depression to alleviate cyclical and seasonal unemployment in attempts to create a stabilization of jobs and wages; companies reported on include Proctor and Gamble, GE, etc. also newspaper clipping on social security and its relation to unemployment benefits
Box 33	Folder 4	Unemployment - Rhode Island	1937
		Scope and Contents Description of Rhode Island's unemployment compensation law
Box 33	Folder 5	Unemployment - Statistical Studies - States and Cities	1930-1937
		Scope and Contents Report on the problems of international employment statistics, and unemployment surveys; and articles on unemployment census-taking
Box 33	Folder 6	Unemployment - Study Outlines	1929-1935
		Scope and Contents Reports and pamphlets on unemployment - its causes and some possible ones; sources include the National Board of the YWCA, and Pennsylvania's State Emergency Relief Administration, etc
Box 33	Folder 7	Unemployment - Tragedies - Pictures - Sketches	1933-1937
		Scope and Contents Newspaper photographs and articles portraying the depressed state of the union - bread lines , child labor, etc.
Box 33	Folder 8	Unemployment - Washington (State)	1930-1931
		Scope and Contents An employment survey in the Pacific Northwest -winter of 1930-31
Box 33	Folder 9	Unemployment - Compensation - Merit Rating	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents Explains the merit rating system in unemployment -the basic issues involved and its objectives, includes booklets and other printed materials
Box 33	Folder 10	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -General	1940-1944
		Scope and Contents Printed materials and pamphlets from the Joint Conference against Merit-rating; A. J. Altmeyer, "Undermining Unemployment Insurance,"
Box 33	Folder 1	Unemployment Remedies - Shorter Hours or Week	1931-1933
		Scope and Contents The six hour work day and five day work week are discussed in newspaper articles from the NY Times, Federation News, etc.; also, printed material on these topics
Box 33	Folder 12	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating Clippings and Releases	1933-1938
		Scope and Contents Pros and Cons of merit-rating explained in clippings and releases
Box 33	Folder 24	Unemployment Insurance - America - Advocates	1930-1934
		Scope and Contents Various proposals for unemployment insurance are explained in articles and printed materials by Senator Wagner, William Leiserson, Harry Laidler, etc.
Box 33	Folder 14	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases	1940
		Scope and Contents Reports, articles, clippings, and printed materials re merit rating; a statement of Mr. Epstein before the Committee on Employers Experience Rating; an annotated bibliography on experience (merit) rating; a report on merit-rating from the Committee on Social Legislation, National Lawyers Guild; proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Labor Legislation, etc.
Box 33	Folder 15	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases - Massachusetts	1939-1941
		Scope and Contents Clippings, reports to Gov. Saltonstall
Box 33	Folder 16	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases - New York	1940
		Scope and Contents Printed materials and reports re a proposed merit-rating amendment to the unemployment insurance law of NY, and Gov. Lehman's veto of it
Box 33	Folder 17	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings - New York	1939-1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings re merit rating
Box 33	Folder 18	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases - Pennsylvania	1940
		Scope and Contents Clippings, pamphlets and reports on merit-rating; "Is Experience (Merit) Rating Practical in Unemployment Compensation in Pennsylvania," by Pa. Assn. for Sound Social Security, etc.
Box 33	Folder 19	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases - Other States	1940-1941
		Scope and Contents Articles and clippings from various states, i.e. Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, etc.
Box 33	Folder 20	Unemployment Compensation - Philosophy - Articles	1941-1943
Box 33	Folder 21	Unemployment Insurance - Abroad - General	1930-1937
		Scope and Contents Articles, printed materials and reports covering unemployment insurance abroad; also included Is a report from the ILO Conference held in Geneva
Box 33	Folder 22	Unemployment Insurance - Advocation and Endorsement by Individuals and Organizations	1930-1934
		Scope and Contents Articles and printed materials expressing views on unemployment insurance - sources include the YWCA, William Leiserson, Paul Douglas, etc.
Box 33	Folder 23	Unemployment Insurance - America - General	1930-1937
		Scope and Contents Newspaper and magazine articles, printed materials, on U. S. programs; included are statements from the Consumers League of New York; a Debate Handbook from the Univ. of Pittsburgh; various opinions and explanations of the subject
Box 33	Folder 11	Unemployment Compensation - Merit Rating -Clippings and Releases	1941-1942
		Scope and Contents General Clippings and printed materials re merit-rating; "The Demerits in Merit Rating" by Epstein
Box 34	Folder 14a	Unemployment Insurance - Hawaii	1937-1944
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, newsletters
Box 34	Folder 2	Unemployment Insurance - Byrne-Killgrew Bill	1935
		Scope and Contents Telegrams sent to Sen. Byrne; a summary of the revised Byrne-Killgrew Bill; information re the unemployment insurance hearing
Box 34	Folder 3	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Graphs, tables, publications of the Federal Security Agency - Social Security Board
Box 34	Folder 4	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1941
		Scope and Contents Publications, reports, statistical charts
Box 34	Folder 5	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1940
		Scope and Contents Publications, statistics
Box 34	Folder 6	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1939
		Scope and Contents A-N completed survey forms by states
Box 34	Folder 7	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1939
		Scope and Contents Census N-W completed survey forms
Box 34	Folder 8	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1938
		Scope and Contents Completed survey forms, correspondence re the forms
Box 34	Folder 9	Unemployment Insurance - Census	1938-1939
		Scope and Contents Forms, tables
Box 34	Folder 10	Unemployment Insurance - Constitutional Provisions	1935
		Scope and Contents Provisions by states
Box 34	Folder 11	Unemployment Insurance - Costs	1931-1933
		Scope and Contents Articles, charts
Box 34	Folder 12	Unemployment Insurance - Cost of Administration	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings
Box 34	Folder 1	Unemployment Insurance - Brookwood Conference	1932-1933
		Scope and Contents Opinions on unemployment insurance - quoting Chamberlain, Kellogg, and others; also a manual entitled "Outcomes for the Study of Unemployment" prepared by economics instructor, John C. Kennedy at the Brookwood Labor College; also a list of those asked to attend the Conference
Box 34	Folder 14	Unemployment Insurance - Federal Excise Tax	1931-1932
		Scope and Contents Summary of bill providing federal aid; various booklets re unemployment insurance
Box 34	Folder 27	Workmen's Compensation Insurance	1931-1942
		Scope and Contents Clippings, releases, notes, pamphlets, bibliography
Box 34	Folder 15	Unemployment Insurance - Interstate Coop	1936-1938
		Scope and Contents Clippings and printed material re unemployment compensation; a report of the Interstate Conference of Unemployment Compensation Administrators
Box 34	Folder 16	Unemployment Insurance - Labor	1931-1932
		Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings
Box 34	Folder 17	Unemployment Insurance - Laidler	1930-1931
		Scope and Contents Laidler's articles on his view of unemployment insurance
Box 34	Folder 18	Unemployment Insurance - New York City	1934-1935
		Scope and Contents Two page mss. by Epstein entitled, "Security in Old Age;" address delivered by Bernard "Deutsch at the YWCA headquarters, "The Relation of Unemployment Relief to Unemployment Insurance;" additional material re unemployment ins.
Box 34	Folder 19	Unemployment Insurance - Oppostion	1931-1934
		Scope and Contents Newspaper articles, printed materials, and reports voicing opposition to unemployment insurance programs; sources include the NAM, American Academy of Political and Social Science, the VP of Metropolitan Life Insurance, etc
Box 34	Folder 20	Unemployment Insurance - Social Security Bill	1933-1935
		Scope and Contents Pamphlets, articles, clippings
Box 34	Folder 21	Unemployment Insurance - Standards	1932-1939
		Scope and Contents Printed material on unemployment compensation including an address on the "Six Basic Tests of Public Compulsory Unemployment Insurance," by an economist from NAM
Box 34	Folder 22	Unemployment Insurance - States - Clippings	1932-1939
		Scope and Contents Clippings from various states re unemployment insurance; printed material including "A Comparison of State Unemployment Compensation Laws,"
Box 34	Folder 23	Unemployment Insurance - Wagner Bill
		Scope and Contents 10 p. mss., undated
Box 34	Folder 24	Unemployment Insurance - Washington, D.C.	1942-1943
		Scope and Contents Notes, article, clippings, leg. bills
Box 34	Folder 25	Veterans - Compensation, Rehabilitation	1932-1942
		Scope and Contents Leg. bills, clippings, reports
Box 34	Folder 26	Workers Education	1927-1937
		Scope and Contents Reports and printed material
Box 34	Folder 13	Unemployment Insurance - Duration of Benefits	1941-1943
		Scope and Contents Publications, statistical material
Box 37	Folder All	Ala-Ark
Box 38	Folder All	California
Box 39	Folder All	Calif-Col
Box 40	Folder All	Conn-Fla
Box 41	Folder All	Ga-Ill
Box 42	Folder All	Ind-Kan
Box 43	Folder All	Kan-Maine
Box 44	Folder All	Md-Mass
Box 45	Folder All	Massachusetts
Box 46	Folder All	Michigan
Box 47	Folder All	Minn-Miss
Box 48	Folder All	Mo-Mont
Box 49	Folder All	Neb-N.H.
Box 50	Folder All	N.J.-N.Dak.
Box 51	Folder All	New York	1923-1939
Box 52	Folder All	New York	1940-1944
Box 53	Folder All	Ohio-Ore
Box 54	Folder All	Pennsylvania
Box 55	Folder All	R.I.-S.Dak.
Box 56	Folder All	Tenn-Texas
Box 57	Folder All	Utah -Wash
Box 58	Folder All	W. Va. -Wyo
Box 59	Folder All	Wisconsin
Box 60	Folder All	Ariz. -Idaho
Box 61	Folder All	Ill - Mich
Box 62	Folder All	Minn - NY
Box 63	Folder All	NY - Ore
Box 64	Folder All	Penn - Tex
Box 65	Folder All	Utah - Wyo
Box 66	Folder All	Amendments to the Social Security Act
Box 67	Folder All	Amendments, Propaganda and Editorials
Box 68	Folder All	Attitude of Business Toward the SSA
Box 69	Folder All	Committee on Economic Security
Box 70	Folder All	Constitutional Problems and Cases
Box 71	Folder All	Editorials on Attitudes of Political Leaders
Box 72	Folder All	Editorial Opinion
Box 73	Folder All	Editorial Opinions to 1937
Box 74	Folder All	Labor
Box 75	Folder All	Life Insurance
Box 76	Folder All	Payroll Propaganda
Box 77	Folder All	President Roosevelt
Box 78	Folder All	Progress of the Bill from March 1, 1953	1953
Box 79	Folder All	Reaction to Pres. Roosevelt's Proposals
Box 80	Folder All	Regional Offices
Box 81	Folder All	Reserves and Their Uses
Box 82	Folder All	War Displacement Bills
Box 83	Folder All	Australia
Box 84	Folder All	Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czechoslovakia
Box 85	Folder All	Canada
Box 86	Folder All	France
Box 87	Folder All	France, Germany, Latin America
Box 88	Folder All	Great Britain
Box 89	Folder All	Great Britain, Beveridge Plan
Box 90	Folder All	Italy, Irish Free State
Box 91	Folder All	Netherlands, Newfoundland, Norway, Poland
Box 92	Folder All	S. Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Misc.
Box 93	Folder All	U.S., State and Local
Box 94	Folder All	U.S. Lundeen Bill
Box 95	Folder All	Business Leaders
Box 96	Folder All	Opinions of Individuals
Box 97	Folder All	Costs
Box 98	Folder All	Funnies
Box 99	Folder All	Social Security and Relief
Box 100	Folder All	Taxes
Box 101	Folder All	Social Security Act - Editorials on Supreme Court Decisions
Box 102	Folder All	Altmeyer, Arthur J.
Box 103	Folder All	Payment of Old Age Benefits
Box 104	Folder All	Registration of Workers
Box 105	Folder All	Winant, John G.
Box 106	Folder All	Administrative Leaders, Secretary Perkins, Political Leaders
Box 107	Folder All	Child Welfare and Labor
Box 108	Folder All	Civil Service Standards for States and Reactions
Box 109	Folder All	Company Welfare Plans, Dismissal Payments, Profit Sharing Plans
Box 110	Folder All	Health Insurance - Great Britain
Box 111	Folder All	Life Insurance
Box 112	Folder All	Life Insurance
Box 113	Folder All	National Resource Planning Board
Box 114	Folder All	Old Age Pensions, General Articles
Box 115	Folder All	Old Age Relief-Almshouses
Box 116	Folder All	Panaceas
Box 117	Folder All	Unemployment Insurance - Great Britain
Box 118	Folder All	Unemployment Insurance - New York State
Box 119	Folder All	Bulletin of the Association, American Association for Labor Legislation, Misc. Folder
Box 120	Folder All	Periodicals Containing Epstein Articles
Box 121	Folder All	Speeches, Articles, Scrapbooks