There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
The National Youth Administration files have been organized into one series, Office files.
The National Youth Administration files contain the agency's office files, dated from 1935 to 1943. The files include correspondence, information about government grants for jobs, minutes of meetings, and payrolls.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), an agency of the federal government whose main goal was to alleviate unemployment, operated from May 1933 until December 1935, when it was taken over by the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Board. The National Youth Administration operated from 1935 to 1943 under the Works Progress Administration. Students were paid between six and forty dollars a month for work study projects. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), an agency whose main goal was to alleviate unemployment, operated from May 1933 until December 1935, when it was taken over by the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Board.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
National Youth Administration files, OF-1D-6, Brown University Archives.