Reel 6

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consist of correspondence, reports, ledgers, legal documents, leaflets, printed material, photographs, and newspapers published by the union. These document the activities of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union from its origins through its transformations into the National Farm Labor Union in 1946 and the National Agriculture Workers Union in 1952, and through its merger with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1960. The records also contain selected materials from the Socialist Party...

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...

Scope and Contents Folder 206-b -- Applications for UCAPAWA local charters, selected from Folder 207. Generally, those selected for filming contain a greater amount of information than those not filmed. Folder 207 -- not filmed. Folder 208 -- Applications for STFU membership. One sample application filmed. Folder 209 -- Certificates of Affiliation with UCAPAWA and STFU Charters. One sample of each filmed. Folder 211 -- Not Filmed. Folder 212 -- Local organizers' credentials. One sample filmed. Folders 213 to...