The Agency at Work
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content: This is a facsimile of an undated eleven-page booklet describing the work of the Southern Teachers' Agency, a placement bureau for teachers that used the Findex system. It describes the division of the southern United States into four territories (with offices in Louisville, Kentucky; Columbia, South Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; and Chattanooga, Tennesee), as well as a specialist bureau for college teachers in Memphis. It also notes the labor saving devices used, including the multigraph (a form of typewriter), file folders, and the Findex system for locating teachers with specific skills and finding quickly a genral rating and details about qualifications. For more on the Findex system, see the other objects in accession 2024.0014.
label: Description
content: The illustrations in the booklet include a candlestick telephone on an employer's desk, a woman operating a Findex system, and a biplane. These suggest a date of the 1920s or 1930s for the original document.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carey Goodman, Southern Teachers Agency
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0014.03
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content: 2024.0014.03
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content: 2024.0014
objectType: label: Object Name
content: booklet
label: Object Type
content: Pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 1/8 in; 17.145 cm x 13.335 cm x .3175 cm