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A Study Of Relief Activities In Seven Nebraska Counties, 1927-1934, Leland H. Stott

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the relief situation in Nebraska. The aim was (1) to determine how public relief funds were administered in the various counties of the state before the beginning of federal participation in relief, and what changes, if any, had come about after the federal relief agencies began to function, and also what volunteer relief agencies were available to supplement county relief in each case; (2) to determine, so far as possible, the actual amounts that were spent and for what purposes, and also the amounts of goods distributed by each county …