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HRS War of 1812 Records. 1813-14. A.5 cu. ft. (10 boxes)
Index.
Arranged sequentially by HRS assigned numbers.
Pensions. 1820. 0.25 lin. in. Index.
Arranged sequentially by HRS assigned numbers.
War Loan Interest Correspondence. 1826. 0.5 lin. in.
Index.
Arranged sequentially by HRS assigned numbers.
RG 23 Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission/ Citizens Emergency
Relief Committee Records (1930-36)
History
In 1931 W. Frank Roberts, president of the Baltimore Chamber of
Commerce, called a meeting to discuss the growing unemployment crisis
in the city and the lack of funds available to relieve the problem.
The mayor, police commissioner, and representatives of the state
government, Community Fund of Baltimore, Red Cross, Associated Jewish
Charities, and Bureau of Catholic Charities attended the meeting.
They formed an executive committee to raise funds, coordinate the
activities of the various charity agencies, and distribute funds.
Under the title of the Citizens Emergency Relief Committee (CERC),.
this body functioned in cooperation with the established charity
organizations.
By September 1933 it was evident that the private agencies were
ill-equipped to deal with the deteriorating unemployment situation.
The municipality responded by forming the Baltimore Emergency Relief
Commission (BERC) to supplement the work of CERC. BERC administered
the distribution of federal funds under the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration, and was a subsidy of the Maryland Emergency Relief
Administration.
In October 1936, the municipality abolished BERC in response to
the discontinuance of federal money and the failure of the state to
supply adequate funds. The federal Works Progress Administrative took
over many of BERC's former duties. CERC remained in existence until
at least 1941, coordinating the activities of the various charity
organizations.
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