The Negro at Work in New York City: A Study in Economic ProgressHaynes, George Edmund
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The Negro at Work in New York City: A Study in Economic Progress
Haynes, George Edmund
African American businesspeople; African Americans -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York; African Americans -- History
(c) More, equally, or less reliable than white workmen?
(_underline proper word_).
6. If not now, have you ever employed Negroes?
(See the other side.)
FIRM EMPLOYEES SCHEDULE (REVERSE SIDE)
7. If competent Negro workmen could be furnished, would you employ them?
8. If you would not employ them, please give reasons.
9. Remarks on attitude of your white workmen toward Negro workmen, _etc._
APPENDIX C
BUSINESS SCHEDULE.
BUSINESS SCHEDULE--CONFIDENTIAL
DATE: FIRM NAME:
ADDRESS:
INFORMANT: WHEN ESTABLISHED: HOW LONG AT THIS ADDRESS?
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1. Organization (underline): individual, partnership,
number of partners______, agent.
2. (underline): Manufacture, jobbing, wholesale, retail,______________
3. Kind of service or goods offered (e.g., hotel, barber,
groceries, real estate, etc.)______________________________________
4. Number of employees: ______ Estimated total business
done past 1907: $____________
1908: $____________
5. Previous occupations of owners or promoters: ______________________
6. Birthplace of owners or promoters: ________________________________
Years in N.Y. City: ______
7. Valuation of plant, tools, Fixtures, etc.: $_________
Of merchandise on hand: $_________
8. Other assets: $__________ Liabilities: $__________
9. Insurance: $__________ Rent per month: $_________ Floor space:_____
10. Nationality of customers: ________________________________________
11. Account books used (underline): Ledger, journal, cash-book,
day-book
12. How often are books balanced? ____________________________________
13. Inventory taken?__________________________________________________
14. For what special reasons did you enter business: _________________
(How was capital secured?):_______________________________________
15. Remarks on history, etc., of firm: (Credit given occasionally?
Habitually? Received?): __________________________________________
(For further remarks use back).
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W.E.B. DuBois, editor, Atlanta, Ga., 1905.
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American Woman's Journal, July, 1895. The Story of an Old Wrong
Atlanta University Publications, W.E.B. DuBois, editor.
No. 1. Mortality among Negroes in cities, pp. 51. Atlanta, Ga.,
1896.
No. 3. Some efforts of American Negroes for their own social
betterment, Atlanta Univ. Press, Atlanta, Ga., 1898, pp. 72.
No. 4. The Negro in Business, pp. 77, Atlanta, Ga., 1899.
Brackett, J.R. Status of the Slave, 1775-89. Johns Hopkins Univ.
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