AGENCY: Tooele County (Utah). County Council

SERIES: 26399
TITLE: Relief Committee time books
DATES: 1933-1934.
ARRANGEMENT: None.

DESCRIPTION: These Tooele County Relief Committee time books document hours worked by the specific laborers and teams the county employed. The time books contain separate pages for each week that include columns listing names of workers, hours worked for each day, total time, daily wage, and amount due each worker. It is unclear exactly what work the county was commissioning through the relief committee, however during the depression and before Utah county commissions were responsible to provide for the care, relief and maintenance of all indigent sick and dependent poor who lived within the county (Revised Statutes of Utah annotated, 1933 19-5-55).

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These time books help document the work projects in Tooele County during the Great Depression.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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