Drought Conditions. While not a direct cause of the Great Depression, the drought that occurred in the Mississippi Valley in 1930 was of such proportions that many could not even pay their taxes or other debts and had to sell their farms for no profit to themselves. The area was nicknamed The Dust Bowl..
Receptionist Job Responsibilities. 1  Receive, screen all incoming phone calls and connect them to appropriate personnel. 2  Give a warm greeting to all people entering the office premises. 3  Help out each person who approaches the front desk with a query. 4  Maintain the in and out time muster kept for the visitors.
Sorting, and searching, for logging the mail and maintaining the phone directory. Beginning in the early 1900s, an office typically had a receptionist that was underutilized and needed several limited functions that could be fit into the job as time permitted, and since they typically received mail deliveries, sorting the mail was a common task.