of them except as authorized Specified by: Secretary of Labor. IV. Records: Davis-Bacon "county files." Restrictions: No one may ex amine these records or be given information from them or copies of them except as authorized by the Secretary of Labor, the Assistant Secretary for Administration, or a representative of either. Specified by: Secretary of Labor. RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS The Bureau of Labor Statistics originated as the Bureau of Labor, established in the Department of the Interior by an act of June 27, 1884. In 1888 the Bureau became an independent Department of Labor without Cabinet status. It was incorporated into the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903 as a bureau, and when the present Department of Labor was organized in 1913 the Bureau was transferred to it as the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the Federal Government's principal factfinding agency in the field of labor economics, the Bureau gathers and analyzes data and publishes reports concerning the labor force, employment, and unemployment; long-range occupational employment prospects, wage rates, earnings, hours of work, and labor productivity; industrial hazards, accidents, and work injuries; rent; labor unions, collective bargaining, and work stoppages; and foreign labor conditions. The Bureau is also the principal Government agency concerned with price statistics outside the field of agriculture. It publishes periodical indexes of consumer and wholesale prices and conducts studies of consumer expenditures and incomes. There are 238 cubic feet of records dated between 1885 and 1945 in this record group. RECORDS. 1885-1945. 286 lin. ft. These records include letters sent, 1901-6, and telegrams, 1897-1904; administrative orders, letters, and issuances, 1885-1906; appropriation, voucher, and other ledgers, 1885-1913; memorandums and statistical compilations concerning labor, economics, and demography, 1896-1905; transcripts of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission proceedings, 1902-3; records relating to personnel, chiefly job applications, 18851919; correspondence concerning the Bureau's participation in the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, N.Y., and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Mo., 1899-1904; Department and Bureau forms, 1885-1916; collective-bargaining agreements filed by employers, trade associations, and trade unions, 1912-45; selected general correspondence of the Bureau, 1908-39; correspondence with other Federal agencies, 193334; the Commissioner's general correspondence, 1923-43, and his correspondence with the Secretary of Labor, 192529, the Bureau staff, 1933-35, and other Labor Department units, 1935; the files of Commissioner Ethelbert Stewart, 1904-31; correspondence and other records relating to National Recovery Administration programs, 1933-34; records concerning a survey of Federal statistical activities, 1932; and appropri Specified by: Commissioner of II. Records: Central correspondence Specified by: Bureau of Labor RECORDS OF THE WOMEN'S BUREAU The Women's Bureau, established in The Women's Bureau develops standards, policies, and programs to promote the welfare of working women, increase their efficiency, improve their working conditions, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. It publishes reports on trends in the employment of women and the characteristics of the female working force; women's employment opportunities, wages, and conditions of work in occupations and industries; the dual role of women as workers and homemakers; and factors affecting women's income, financial responsibilities, and needs. The Bureau analyzes and makes recommendations concerning existing and proposed labor laws and regulations applicable to women and laws affecting their civil and political status. In cooperation with other Labor Department bureaus it assists in coordinating activities of the Department for wider implementation of programs affecting all workers. The Bureau also plans programs of study and observation for women community leaders, provides technical materials to international agencies, and advises U.S. delegates attending international conferences concerned with women's status in political, social, economic, legal, and educational fields. See Activities of the Women's Bureau of the United States, Women's Bureau Bulletin 86 (1931). There are 17 cubic feet of records dated between 1918 and 1956 in this record group. RECORDS OF THE WOMAN-IN- These consist of general correspondence of Director Mary Van Kleek, 191820, and her correspondence with members of the War Labor Policies Board, 1918; minutes of the War Labor Policies Board, relating to women in industry, 1918-19; minutes of an October 1918 conference sponsored by the War Labor Policies Board for State labor law enforcement officials; records relating to hearings before the National War Labor Board, 1918; and bulletins issued by the Service, 1918-19. RECORDS OF THE WOMEN'S These consist of records relating to a survey of immigrant women in industry, 1925; reports and related records concerning women in administrative positions in State labor law enforcement agencies, 1931-33; reports, bulletins, and copies of Newsletter and The Woman Worker issued by the Bureau, 1919-56; and charts, graphs, posters, and special subject maps prepared by the Bureau. AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. Photographs, 1845-1945 (2,125 items), of women at work in defense and peacetime industries, in agriculture, and in the professions, 1892-1945; and photographs and photographic copies of artworks illustrating improvement in working conditions and of equipment used by women in the home and in industry from colonial to modern times, documenting the struggle for women's rights, and showing women's fashions. Motion picures, 1928-38 (6 reels), consisting of dramas on the role of women in industry and the impact of labor laws and union activity on working conditions for women. RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS The Division of Labor Standards was established in November 1934 in the Department of Labor; its name was changed in 1948 to the Bureau of Labor Standards. The Bureau promotes industrial safety and health and gives technical advice in this field to State labor departments, labor unions, and trade associations. It develops national standards for labor legislation and labor law administration and assists the Bureau of International Labor Affairs in implementing international labor standards. Through agreements negotiated between Federal and State agencies, it coordinates the enforcement of laws concerning wage rates, work hours, industrial homework, child labor, and safety and health. The Bureau serves as a center of information and as an advisory service on conditions and programs in the area of child labor and youth employment standards, and prepares publications and exhibits for public information. There are 597 cubic feet of records (in WNRC except for nontextual records) dated between 1934 and 1957 in this record group. RECORDS. 1934-57. 877 lin. ft. and 6 rolls of microfilm. These consist of general classified files, with a card index, including minutes, reports, correspondence, memorandums, surveys, and publicity material, 1934-49; case files for registrations of labor organizations as required by the SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS Restrictions: The use of these records is restricted to personnel assigned to the Labor-Management Services Administration of the Department of Labor, and such other persons as have obtained the written permission of the Secretary of Labor, the Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Relations or his deputy, the Director of the Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports or his deputy, the Assistant Director for Reports and Analysis or his deputy, or the Records Officer of the Labor-Management Services Admin istration. Specified by: Labor-Management Services Administration, Department of Labor. RECORDS OF THE WAGE AND HOUR AND The Wage and Hour Division was The Public Contracts Division was created in the Labor Department to administer the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of June 30, 1936, which required Government supply contracts exceeding $10,000 to stipulate minimum wage, overtime pay, nonemployment of child and convict labor, and safety and health standards. The two Divisions were consolidated by order of the Secretary of Labor on August 21, 1942. The Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions also administer and enforce the minimum wage and fringe benefit provisions of the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act of 1965, the wage provisions of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act applicable to grants-inaid for the arts, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. There are 518 cubic feet of records dated between 1938 and 1952 in this record group. RECORDS OF THE WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION. 1938-42. 88 lin. ft. These consist of records relating chiefly to personnel, but including copies of administrative orders and issuances, 1938-42; regulations, 1938-42; materials relating to cooperative agreements with several State governments that had wage and hour legislation, 1940-41; orders of investigations of individual violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1939-42; files of 41 industry committees, including transcripts of hearings, briefs, exhibits, recommendations on minimum wages and maximum hours, and the official orders of the Division's administrator, 1938-42; Puerto Rico Industry Committee records, 1940-42; records relating to establishment of minimum wage rates for apprentices in 17 industries, including transcripts of hearings, briefs, exhibits, final decisions, and materials relating to certificates permitting employment of apprentices at less than the statutory minimum wage, 193842; records relating to exemptions from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act for operators of seasonal industries, 1938-42; "special industry" investigation files on industries partially exempted from provisions of the act, 1938-42; records of hearings on claims for exemptions for facilities furnished by employers to employees, 1940-41; records relating to hearings on amendments to recordkeeping regulations for employers, 1940-41, and to regulations regard ing employees in areas of production exempt from provisions of the act, 193942; and press releases, 1938-40. RECORDS OF THE WAGE AND HOUR AND PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIVISIONS. 1938-52. 592 lin. ft. and 9 rolls of microfilm. Included are are records relating to organization, budget, and congressional and interagency relations, 1938-47; samples of significant inspection case files, including 9 rolls of microfilm, 1939-45 (textual records in WNRC); correspondence with unions, trade associations, national organizations, and Members of Congress, 1938-52; and records relating to the Special Industry Committee for Puerto Rico, 1938-46. Records of the Public Contracts Division consist of inspection case files and are included with the corresponding series of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions. None are dated before 1939. SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS Records: Inspection case files of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions. Restrictions: These records shall not be available to researchers until 30 years after the closing year of the cases except as authorized by the Secretary of Labor, the Administrative Assistant Secretary, or a representative of either. Specified by: Secretary of Labor. Discontinued Agencies RECORDS OF THE WAGE ADJUSTMENT BOARD (RECORD GROUP 236) The Wage Adjustment Board (WAB) was established by the Secretary of Labor on May 29, 1942, as the Government's principal wage stabilization agen |