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Undated, 1937, 1937

 File — Reel: 6
Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents

Prospectus for the "New Era Schools of Social Action and Prophetic Religion", Claude Williams, Director; "Henrietta and Myrtle", a four-page mimeographed account of the 1937 National Sharecroppers Week in New York; tabulation of results of the WPA employment program in selected Southern counties; "Legal Financial Statement" of the STFU for 1937; various survey forms (mostly blank); petitions supporting the Bankhead-Jones Bill; correspondence related to the incidents at Blytheville and Forrest City, Ark.; STFU press release on violence in Missouri; statements and affidavits from union members; complete (?) list of STFU locals in 1937; survey of 25 Arkansas farm families; list of contributors to the union, 1936-1937; mimeographed article, "The Cotton Picker and Unemployment", by John and Mack Rust; "The Southern Tenant Farmers Union Forever", a play in three acts by Mrs. Flotine Hodge. Also, a letter from Lee Phillips to Butler on his troubles at the Delta Cooperative Farm, and a resolution promoted by the DCF local.

Dates

  • 1937

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Spanish

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

6.67 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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