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No Date, 1940, 1940

 File — Reel: 16
Identifier: 2

Scope and Contents

Childhood Days, a 15-page typewritten account of his childhood and early career by H.L. Mitchell; a press release on the STFU memorandum to the FSA on the Poplar Bluff encampment; a memorandum to the Finance Committee of the ILGWU from J.R. Butler; legal papers relating to the Dyess Colony, including the articles of incorporation for both Dyess and the Missco Homestead Association; memorandum from J.L. Cummins to Brooks Hays on the mismanagement of Missco Homestead; STFU statement, probably to a Congressional committee, on increased appropriations for the NYA; letter of instructions to new organizers; "The Southern Tenant Farmers Union -- 1940", a booklet by J.R. Butler and Howard Kester; "Suggestions for Organizing Junior Locals of the STFU"; STFU Song Book

Dates

  • 1940

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Spanish

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Extent

6.67 cubic feet

Repository Details

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

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