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Size | 154.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 98,000 items) |
Abstract | The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, organized at Poinsett County, Ark., in 1934, was especially active in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. The Union spread into the southeastern states and to California, affiliating off and on with larger national labor federations, and maintaining headquarters at Memphis, Tenn., or, from 1948 to 1960, at Washington, D.C. It has become successively the National Agricultural Workers Union and the Agricultural and Allied Workers Union. The collection includes correspondence files of H. L. Mitchell and others at union headquarters at Memphis, Tenn., Washington, D.C., and in Louisiana; executive committee minutes, legal papers, surveys, annual reports, special reports, membership records, applications for local charters, financial records, and contracts; data on conventions, strikes, litigation, and legislation; histories and articles; clippings; relevant mimeographed and printed matter; and miscellaneous forms, lists, and routine local organization papers. The papers concern union organizing, financing, relationships with various federal agencies, strikes, legal defense, and other activities, mainly among cotton field workers in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas, sugar cane workers in Louisiana, and migrant laborers in Florida and California, but also among agricultural workers in other states. Additions after February 1990 include information pertaining to H. L. Mitchell's writings, production of labor feature films, microfilming of labor related materials, and other materials documenting subjects mentioned above. |
Creator | Southern Tenant Farmers' Union. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Southern Historical Collection Staff, 1962-2006
Encoded by: Lynn Holdzkom, December 2004 and Devon Lee, November 2006
Updated by: Gergana Dimitrova, February 2014 and Laura Hart, February 2019; Dawne Howard Lucas, December 2021 and January 2022
Note that folder numbering is not always sequential; where possible this has been noted within the finding aid. Additionally, volumes 5 and 6 (newspaper clippings scapbooks) were dismantled and integrated with the clippings material.
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The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (STFU), an organization of tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and farm laborers, was an outgrowth of the plight of agricultural workers during the Great Depression. Its immediate impetus was the Federal Agricultural Adjustment Act (Triple A) program that required landowners to plow up every third row of cotton. As a result, mass evictions of sharecroppers took place.
From its beginning, the STFU was an integrated organization. Seven African Americans and eleven Caucasian men held the first meeting in 1934 near Tyronza Township, Poinsett County, Ark. H. L. Mitchell, one of the founders, served the STFU in many capacities, including as executive secretary and president. From Arkansas, STFU activities spread to other southern and southwestern states. Headquarters were established in Memphis, Tenn., although the STFU's greatest strength was in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas.
The long-range aims of the STFU included the general betterment of conditions for agricultural workers and affiliation with the mainstream labor movement, but at first its activities were chiefly directed at gaining for its members their share of the Triple A money paid for reducing the cotton crop. The law actually required landowners to maintain the same number of tenant farmers, but many landlords ignored their tenants' rights. The STFU secured legal aid for exploited sharecroppers and focused national attention on their suffering. It often faced active and, in many cases, violent opposition during the early years.
STFU history may be divided into the following periods:
July 1934 - September 1937 | Organization as an independent union. |
September 1937 - 2 April 1939 | STFU joined the United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA), a CIO affiliate, on the condition that the STFU maintain its independent status. When the UCAPAWA refused to respect this condition, members of the STFU voted overwhelmingly to withdraw. On 2 April 1939, H. L. Mitchell led the STFU delegation out of the UCAPAWA convention. |
3 April 1939 - 24 August 1946 | Operated as an independent union. |
25 August 1946 | Charter issued 25 August 1946 affiliating the STFU with the AFL-CIO. By 1959, the STFU's official name had changed to the National Agricultural Workers' Union. The National Agricultural Workers' Union later merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. |
The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (STFU) collection includes correspondence files of H. L. Mitchell and others at union headquarters at Memphis, Tenn., Washington, D.C., and in Louisiana; executive committee minutes, legal papers, surveys, annual reports, special reports, membership records, applications for local charters, financial records, and contracts; data on conventions, strikes, litigation, and legislation; histories and articles; clippings; relevant mimeographed and printed matter; and miscellaneous forms, lists, and routine local organization papers. The papers concern union organizing, financing, relationships with various federal agencies, strikes, legal defense, and other activities, mainly among cotton field workers in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas, sugar cane workers in Louisiana, and migrant laborers in Florida and California, but also among agricultural workers in other states. Additions after February 1990 include information pertaining to H. L. Mitchell's writings, production of labor feature films, and microfilming of labor related papers in addition to those topics mentioned above.
Back to TopArrangement: chiefly chronological.
Note that the folder listings below give the approximate date span of materials in each box. Undated items for a given year are filed at the end of that year. In addition, there are frequently folders marked "Miscellaneous Union Business" included after the undated materials for a given year.
Folder 1-28
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Microfilm guides |
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
1934-7 April 1936 |
Folder 29-62
Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62 |
8 April 1936-6 October 1936 |
Folder 63-120
Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
7 October 1936-15 February 1937Note: Folders 84-86 and 91-108 missing as of March 1991. |
Folder 121-171
Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171 |
16 Feburary 1937-5 October 1937 |
Folder 172-215
Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215 |
6 October 1937-December 1937 |
Folder 216-237
Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237 |
End of 1937; January 1938-7 February 1938 |
Folder 238-279
Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279 |
8 February 1938-15 August 1938 |
Folder 280-320
Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310Folder 311Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319Folder 320 |
16 August 1938-December 1938 |
Folder 321-351
Folder 321Folder 322Folder 323Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326Folder 327Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349Folder 350Folder 351 |
End of 1938; January 1939-February 1939 |
Folder 352-396
Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396 |
March 1939-July 1939 |
Folder 397-436
Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409Folder 410Folder 411Folder 412Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424Folder 425Folder 426Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436 |
August 1939-December 1939 |
Folder 437-475
Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452Folder 453Folder 454Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475 |
End of 1939; January 1940-February 1940 |
Folder 476-520
Folder 476Folder 477Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483Folder 484Folder 485Folder 486Folder 487Folder 488Folder 489Folder 490Folder 491Folder 492Folder 493Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504Folder 505Folder 506Folder 507Folder 508Folder 509Folder 510Folder 511Folder 512Folder 513Folder 514Folder 515Folder 516Folder 517Folder 518Folder 519Folder 520 |
March 1940-10 October 1940 |
Folder 521-563
Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536Folder 537Folder 538Folder 539Folder 540Folder 541Folder 542Folder 543Folder 544Folder 545Folder 546Folder 547Folder 548Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551Folder 552Folder 553Folder 554Folder 555Folder 556Folder 557Folder 558Folder 559Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563 |
11 October 1940-December 1940 |
Folder 564-602
Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581Folder 582Folder 583Folder 584Folder 585Folder 586Folder 587Folder 588Folder 589Folder 590Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595Folder 596Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602 |
January 1941-May 1941 |
Folder 603-643
Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605Folder 606Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631Folder 632Folder 633Folder 634Folder 635Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638Folder 639Folder 640Folder 641Folder 642Folder 643 |
June 1941-4 November 1941 |
Folder 644-702
Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647Folder 648Folder 649Folder 650Folder 651Folder 652Folder 653Folder 654Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657Folder 658Folder 659Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676Folder 677Folder 678Folder 679Folder 680Folder 681Folder 682Folder 683Folder 684Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688Folder 689Folder 690Folder 691Folder 692Folder 693Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702 |
5 November 1941-23 February 1942 |
Folder 703-749
Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730Folder 731Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748Folder 749 |
24 February 1942-24 October 1942 |
Folder 750-806
Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753Folder 754Folder 755Folder 756Folder 757Folder 758Folder 759Folder 760Folder 761Folder 762Folder 763Folder 764Folder 765Folder 766Folder 767Folder 768Folder 769Folder 770Folder 771Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774Folder 775Folder 776Folder 777Folder 778Folder 779Folder 780Folder 781Folder 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786Folder 787Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793Folder 794Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797Folder 798Folder 799Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802Folder 803Folder 804Folder 805Folder 806 |
25 October 1942-January 1943 |
Folder 807-852
Folder 807Folder 808Folder 809Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812Folder 813Folder 814Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817Folder 818Folder 819Folder 820Folder 821Folder 822Folder 823Folder 824Folder 825Folder 826Folder 827Folder 828Folder 829Folder 830Folder 831Folder 832Folder 833Folder 834Folder 835Folder 836Folder 837Folder 838Folder 839Folder 840Folder 841Folder 842Folder 843Folder 844Folder 845Folder 846Folder 847Folder 848Folder 849Folder 850Folder 851Folder 852 |
February 1943-September 1943 |
Folder 853-908
Folder 853Folder 854Folder 855Folder 856Folder 857Folder 858Folder 859Folder 860Folder 861Folder 862Folder 863Folder 864Folder 865Folder 866Folder 867Folder 868Folder 869Folder 870Folder 871Folder 872Folder 873Folder 874Folder 875Folder 876Folder 877Folder 878Folder 879Folder 880Folder 881Folder 882Folder 883Folder 884Folder 885Folder 886Folder 887Folder 888Folder 889Folder 890Folder 891Folder 892Folder 893Folder 894Folder 895Folder 896Folder 897Folder 898Folder 899Folder 900Folder 901Folder 902Folder 903Folder 904Folder 905Folder 906Folder 907Folder 908 |
October 1943-21 February 1944 |
Folder 909-940
Folder 909Folder 910Folder 911Folder 912Folder 913Folder 914Folder 915Folder 916Folder 917Folder 918Folder 919Folder 920Folder 921Folder 922Folder 923Folder 924Folder 925Folder 926Folder 927Folder 928Folder 929Folder 930Folder 931Folder 932Folder 933Folder 934Folder 935Folder 936Folder 937Folder 938Folder 939Folder 940 |
22 February 1944-14 August 1944 |
Folder 941-1012
Folder 941Folder 942Folder 943Folder 944Folder 945Folder 946Folder 947Folder 948Folder 949Folder 950Folder 951Folder 952Folder 953Folder 954Folder 955Folder 956Folder 957Folder 958Folder 959Folder 960Folder 961Folder 962Folder 963Folder 964Folder 965Folder 966Folder 967Folder 968Folder 969Folder 970Folder 971Folder 972Folder 973Folder 974Folder 975Folder 976Folder 977Folder 978Folder 979Folder 980Folder 981Folder 982Folder 983Folder 984Folder 985Folder 986Folder 987Folder 988Folder 989Folder 990Folder 991Folder 992Folder 993Folder 994Folder 995Folder 996Folder 997Folder 998Folder 999Folder 1000Folder 1001Folder 1002Folder 1003Folder 1004Folder 1005Folder 1006Folder 1007Folder 1008Folder 1009Folder 1010Folder 1011Folder 1012 |
15 August 1944-19 January 1945 |
Folder 1013-1053
Folder 1013Folder 1014Folder 1015Folder 1016Folder 1017Folder 1018Folder 1019Folder 1020Folder 1021Folder 1022Folder 1023Folder 1024Folder 1025Folder 1026Folder 1027Folder 1028Folder 1029Folder 1030Folder 1031Folder 1032Folder 1033Folder 1034Folder 1035Folder 1036Folder 1037Folder 1038Folder 1039Folder 1040Folder 1041Folder 1042Folder 1043Folder 1044Folder 1045Folder 1046Folder 1047Folder 1048Folder 1049Folder 1050Folder 1051Folder 1052Folder 1053 |
20 January 1945-8 August 1945 |
Folder 1054-1111
Folder 1054Folder 1055Folder 1056Folder 1057Folder 1058Folder 1059Folder 1060Folder 1061Folder 1062Folder 1063Folder 1064Folder 1065Folder 1066Folder 1067Folder 1068Folder 1069Folder 1070Folder 1071Folder 1072Folder 1073Folder 1074Folder 1075Folder 1076Folder 1077Folder 1078Folder 1079Folder 1080Folder 1081Folder 1082Folder 1083Folder 1084Folder 1085Folder 1086Folder 1087Folder 1088Folder 1089Folder 1090Folder 1091Folder 1092Folder 1093Folder 1094Folder 1095Folder 1096Folder 1097Folder 1098Folder 1099Folder 1100Folder 1101Folder 1102Folder 1103Folder 1104Folder 1105Folder 1106Folder 1107Folder 1108Folder 1109Folder 1110Folder 1111 |
9 August 1945-December 1945 |
Folder 1112-1158
Folder 1112Folder 1113Folder 1114Folder 1115Folder 1116Folder 1117Folder 1118Folder 1119Folder 1120Folder 1121Folder 1122Folder 1123Folder 1124Folder 1125Folder 1126Folder 1127Folder 1128Folder 1129Folder 1130Folder 1131Folder 1132Folder 1133Folder 1134Folder 1135Folder 1136Folder 1137Folder 1138Folder 1139Folder 1140Folder 1141Folder 1142Folder 1143Folder 1144Folder 1145Folder 1146Folder 1147Folder 1148Folder 1149Folder 1150Folder 1151Folder 1152Folder 1153Folder 1154Folder 1155Folder 1156Folder 1157Folder 1158 |
End of 1945; January 1946-4 August 1948 |
Folder 1159-1201
Folder 1159Folder 1160Folder 1161Folder 1162Folder 1163Folder 1164Folder 1165Folder 1166Folder 1167Folder 1168Folder 1169Folder 1170Folder 1171Folder 1172Folder 1173Folder 1174Folder 1175Folder 1176Folder 1177Folder 1178Folder 1179Folder 1180Folder 1181Folder 1182Folder 1183Folder 1184Folder 1185Folder 1186Folder 1187Folder 1188Folder 1189Folder 1190Folder 1191Folder 1192Folder 1193Folder 1194Folder 1195Folder 1196Folder 1197Folder 1198Folder 1199Folder 1200Folder 1201 |
5 August 1948-13 June 1950 |
Folder 1202-1260
Folder 1202Folder 1203Folder 1204Folder 1205Folder 1206Folder 1207Folder 1208Folder 1209Folder 1210Folder 1211Folder 1212Folder 1213Folder 1214Folder 1215Folder 1216Folder 1217Folder 1218Folder 1219Folder 1220Folder 1221Folder 1222Folder 1223Folder 1224Folder 1225Folder 1226Folder 1227Folder 1228Folder 1229Folder 1230Folder 1231Folder 1232Folder 1233Folder 1234Folder 1235Folder 1236Folder 1237Folder 1238Folder 1239Folder 1240Folder 1241Folder 1242Folder 1243Folder 1244Folder 1245Folder 1246Folder 1247Folder 1248Folder 1249Folder 1250Folder 1251Folder 1252Folder 1253Folder 1254Folder 1255Folder 1256Folder 1257Folder 1258Folder 1259Folder 1260 |
14 June 1950-December 1950 |
Folder 1262-1310
Folder 1262Folder 1263Folder 1264Folder 1265Folder 1266Folder 1267Folder 1268Folder 1269Folder 1270Folder 1271Folder 1272Folder 1273Folder 1274Folder 1275Folder 1276Folder 1277Folder 1278Folder 1279Folder 1280Folder 1281Folder 1282Folder 1283Folder 1284Folder 1285Folder 1286Folder 1287Folder 1288Folder 1289Folder 1290Folder 1291Folder 1292Folder 1293Folder 1294Folder 1295Folder 1296Folder 1297Folder 1298Folder 1299Folder 1300Folder 1301Folder 1302Folder 1303Folder 1304Folder 1305Folder 1306Folder 1307Folder 1308Folder 1309Folder 1310 |
1951-September 1952Note that folder number 1261 was not used. |
Folder 1311-1360
Folder 1311Folder 1312Folder 1313Folder 1314Folder 1315Folder 1316Folder 1317Folder 1318Folder 1319Folder 1320Folder 1321Folder 1322Folder 1323Folder 1324Folder 1325Folder 1326Folder 1327Folder 1328Folder 1329Folder 1330Folder 1331Folder 1332Folder 1333Folder 1334Folder 1335Folder 1336Folder 1337Folder 1338Folder 1339Folder 1340Folder 1341Folder 1342Folder 1343Folder 1344Folder 1345Folder 1346Folder 1347Folder 1348Folder 1349Folder 1350Folder 1351Folder 1352Folder 1353Folder 1354Folder 1355Folder 1356Folder 1357Folder 1358Folder 1359Folder 1360 |
October 1952-April 1954 |
Folder 1361-1398
Folder 1361Folder 1362Folder 1363Folder 1364Folder 1365Folder 1366Folder 1367Folder 1368Folder 1369Folder 1370Folder 1371Folder 1372Folder 1373Folder 1374Folder 1375Folder 1376Folder 1377Folder 1378Folder 1379Folder 1380Folder 1381Folder 1382Folder 1383Folder 1384Folder 1385Folder 1386Folder 1387Folder 1388Folder 1389Folder 1390Folder 1391Folder 1392Folder 1393Folder 1394Folder 1395Folder 1396Folder 1397Folder 1398 |
May 1954-December 1955 |
Folder 1407-1440
Folder 1407Folder 1408Folder 1409Folder 1410Folder 1411Folder 1412Folder 1413Folder 1414Folder 1415Folder 1416Folder 1417Folder 1418Folder 1419Folder 1420Folder 1421Folder 1422Folder 1423Folder 1424Folder 1425Folder 1426Folder 1427Folder 1428Folder 1429Folder 1430Folder 1431Folder 1432Folder 1433Folder 1434Folder 1435Folder 1436Folder 1437Folder 1438Folder 1439Folder 1440 |
January 1956-November 1957Note that folder numbers 1399-1406 were not used. |
Folder 1441a |
1-16 December 1957 |
Folder 1441b |
17-31 December 1957 |
Folder 1442 |
Undated 1957 |
Folder 1443-1507
Folder 1443Folder 1444Folder 1445Folder 1446Folder 1447Folder 1448Folder 1449Folder 1450Folder 1451Folder 1452Folder 1453Folder 1454Folder 1455Folder 1456Folder 1457Folder 1458Folder 1459Folder 1460Folder 1461Folder 1462Folder 1463Folder 1464Folder 1465Folder 1466Folder 1467Folder 1468Folder 1469Folder 1470Folder 1471Folder 1472Folder 1473Folder 1474Folder 1475Folder 1476Folder 1477Folder 1478Folder 1479Folder 1480Folder 1481Folder 1482Folder 1483Folder 1484Folder 1485Folder 1486Folder 1487Folder 1488Folder 1489Folder 1490Folder 1491Folder 1492Folder 1493Folder 1494Folder 1495Folder 1496Folder 1497Folder 1498Folder 1499Folder 1500Folder 1501Folder 1502Folder 1503Folder 1504Folder 1505Folder 1506Folder 1507 |
Folders not used |
Folder 1508-1539
Folder 1508Folder 1509Folder 1510Folder 1511Folder 1512Folder 1513Folder 1514Folder 1515Folder 1516Folder 1517Folder 1518Folder 1519Folder 1520Folder 1521Folder 1522Folder 1523Folder 1524Folder 1525Folder 1526Folder 1527Folder 1528Folder 1529Folder 1530Folder 1531Folder 1532Folder 1533Folder 1534Folder 1535Folder 1536Folder 1537Folder 1538Folder 1539 |
January 1958-December 1958 |
Folder 1540a |
Undated 1958 |
Folder 1540b |
Correspondence 1958 |
Folder 1540c |
1958 |
Folder 1540d |
Financial 1958 |
Folder 1540e |
Bills, checks, receipts 1958 |
Folder 1540f |
Bills, checks, receipts 1958 |
Folder 1541a |
1-15 January 1959 |
Folder 1541b |
16-30 January 1959 |
Folder 1542-1547
Folder 1542Folder 1543Folder 1544Folder 1545Folder 1546Folder 1547 |
February 1959-March 1959 |
Folder 1548a |
1-15 April 1959 |
Folder 1548b |
16-30 April 1959 |
Folder 1549a |
1-7 May 1959 |
Folder 1549b |
8-13 May 1959 |
Folder 1550a |
14-21 May 1959 |
Folder 1550b |
22-30 May 1959 |
Folder 1551-1556
Folder 1551Folder 1552Folder 1553Folder 1554Folder 1555Folder 1556 |
June 1959-21 July 1959 |
Folder 1557a |
22-27 July 1959 |
Folder 1557b |
28-30 July 1959 |
Folder 1558a |
1-7 August 1959 |
Folder 1558b |
8-12 August 1959 |
Folder 1559 |
13-18 August 1959 |
Folder 1560a |
19-26 August 1959 |
Folder 1560b |
27-31 August 1959 |
Folder 1561 |
1-10 September 1959 |
Folder 1562-1577
Folder 1562Folder 1563Folder 1564Folder 1565Folder 1566Folder 1567Folder 1568Folder 1569Folder 1570Folder 1571Folder 1572Folder 1573Folder 1574Folder 1575Folder 1576Folder 1577 |
11 September 1959-Febuary 1960 |
Folder 1578-1594
Folder 1578Folder 1579Folder 1580Folder 1581Folder 1582Folder 1583Folder 1584Folder 1585Folder 1586Folder 1587Folder 1588Folder 1589Folder 1590Folder 1591Folder 1592Folder 1593Folder 1594 |
March 1960-18 January 1961 |
Folder 1595-1628
Folder 1595Folder 1596Folder 1597Folder 1598Folder 1599Folder 1600Folder 1601Folder 1602Folder 1603Folder 1604Folder 1605Folder 1606Folder 1607Folder 1608Folder 1609Folder 1610Folder 1611Folder 1612Folder 1613Folder 1614Folder 1615Folder 1616Folder 1617Folder 1618Folder 1619Folder 1620Folder 1621Folder 1622Folder 1623Folder 1624Folder 1625Folder 1626Folder 1627Folder 1628 |
19 January 1961-December 1961 |
Folder 1629-1658
Folder 1629Folder 1630Folder 1631Folder 1632Folder 1633Folder 1634Folder 1635Folder 1636Folder 1637Folder 1638Folder 1639Folder 1640Folder 1641Folder 1642Folder 1643Folder 1644Folder 1645Folder 1646Folder 1647Folder 1648Folder 1649Folder 1650Folder 1651Folder 1652Folder 1653Folder 1654Folder 1655Folder 1656Folder 1657Folder 1658 |
End of 1961; January 1962-20 October 1962 |
Folder 1659-1677
Folder 1659Folder 1660Folder 1661Folder 1662Folder 1663Folder 1664Folder 1665Folder 1666Folder 1667Folder 1668Folder 1669Folder 1670Folder 1671Folder 1672Folder 1673Folder 1674Folder 1675Folder 1676Folder 1677 |
32 October 1962-10 April 1963 |
Folder 1678-1685
Folder 1678Folder 1679Folder 1680Folder 1681Folder 1682Folder 1683Folder 1684Folder 1685 |
11 April 1963-June 1963 |
Folder 1686a |
1-9 July 1963 |
Folder 1686b |
10 July 1963 |
Folder 1687 |
11-20 July 1963 |
Folder 1688a |
21-26 July 1963 |
Folder 1688b |
27-31 July 1963 |
Folder 1689-1692
Folder 1689Folder 1690Folder 1691Folder 1692 |
August 1963-10 September 1963 |
Folder 1693a |
11-15 September 1963 |
Folder 1693b |
16-20 September 1963 |
Folder 1694 |
21-30 September 1963 |
Folder 1695a |
1-4 October 1963 |
Folder 1695b |
5-10 October 1963 |
Folder 1696 |
11-20 October 1963 |
Folder 1697a |
21-25 October 1963 |
Folder 1697b |
26-31 October 1963 |
Folder 1698-1703
Folder 1698Folder 1699Folder 1700Folder 1701Folder 1702Folder 1703 |
November 1963-December 1963 |
Folder 1704a |
Undated 1963: Correspondence, Resolutions, Reports, Expense Sheets |
Folder 1704b |
Undated 1963: Contracts, NLRB Cases |
Folder 1704c |
Undated 1963: The Fight to Unionize Menaden Fishing |
Folder 1704d |
Undated 1963: Lists of Rice Workers, Miscelleneous Union Fliers |
Folder 1704e |
Miscallenous Financial Papers 1963 |
Folder 1704f |
Miscallenous Financial Papers 1963 |
Folder 1704g |
Miscallenous Financial Papers 1963 |
Folder 1704h |
Miscallenous Financial Papers 1963 |
Folder 1704i |
Miscallenous Financial Papers 1963 |
Folder 1704j |
Miscallenous Financial Papers 1963 |
Folder 1705-1708
Folder 1705Folder 1706Folder 1707Folder 1708 |
January 1964-10 February 1964 |
Folder 1709a |
11-19 February 1964 |
Folder 1709b |
20-29 February 1964 |
Folder 1710-1711
Folder 1710Folder 1711 |
1-20 March 1964 |
Folder 1712a |
21-24 March 1964 |
Folder 1712b |
25-31 March 1964 |
Folder 1713-1714
Folder 1713Folder 1714 |
1-20 April 1964 |
Folder 1715a |
21-25 April 1964 |
Folder 1715b |
26-30 April 1964 |
Folder 1716-1718
Folder 1716Folder 1717Folder 1718 |
May 1964 |
Folder 1719a |
1-4 June 1964 |
Folder 1719b |
5-10 June 1964 |
Folder 1720a |
11-16 June 1964 |
Folder 1720b |
17-20 June 1964 |
Folder 1721-1724
Folder 1721Folder 1722Folder 1723Folder 1724 |
21 June-July 1964 |
Folder 1725a |
1-8 August 1964 |
Folder 1725b |
9-13 August 1964 |
Folder 1725c |
14-17 August 1964 |
Folder 1725d |
18-21 August 1964 |
Folder 1726a |
22-27 August 1964 |
Folder 1726b |
28-31 August 1964 |
Folder 1727-1751
Folder 1727Folder 1728Folder 1729Folder 1730Folder 1731Folder 1732Folder 1733Folder 1734Folder 1735Folder 1736Folder 1737Folder 1738Folder 1739Folder 1740Folder 1741Folder 1742Folder 1743Folder 1744Folder 1745Folder 1746Folder 1747Folder 1748Folder 1749Folder 1750Folder 1751 |
September 1964-8 March 1965 |
Folder 1752-1772
Folder 1752Folder 1753Folder 1754Folder 1755Folder 1756Folder 1757Folder 1758Folder 1759Folder 1760Folder 1761Folder 1762Folder 1763Folder 1764Folder 1765Folder 1766Folder 1767Folder 1768Folder 1769Folder 1770Folder 1771Folder 1772 |
9 March 1965-7 December 1965 |
Folder 1773-1788
Folder 1773Folder 1774Folder 1775Folder 1776Folder 1777Folder 1778Folder 1779Folder 1780Folder 1781Folder 1782Folder 1783Folder 1784Folder 1785Folder 1786Folder 1787Folder 1788 |
8 December 1965-June 1966 |
Folder 1789-1809
Folder 1789Folder 1790Folder 1791Folder 1792Folder 1793Folder 1794Folder 1795Folder 1796Folder 1797Folder 1798Folder 1799Folder 1800Folder 1801Folder 1802Folder 1803Folder 1804Folder 1805Folder 1806Folder 1807Folder 1808Folder 1809 |
July 1966-December 1966 |
Folder 1810-1843
Folder 1810Folder 1811Folder 1812Folder 1813Folder 1814Folder 1815Folder 1816Folder 1817Folder 1818Folder 1819Folder 1820Folder 1821Folder 1822Folder 1823Folder 1824Folder 1825Folder 1826Folder 1827Folder 1828Folder 1829Folder 1830Folder 1831Folder 1832Folder 1833Folder 1834Folder 1835Folder 1836Folder 1837Folder 1838Folder 1839Folder 1840Folder 1841Folder 1842Folder 1843 |
January 1967-October 1967 |
Folder 1844-1883
Folder 1844Folder 1845Folder 1846Folder 1847Folder 1848Folder 1849Folder 1850Folder 1851Folder 1852Folder 1853Folder 1854Folder 1855Folder 1856Folder 1857Folder 1858Folder 1859Folder 1860Folder 1861Folder 1862Folder 1863Folder 1864Folder 1865Folder 1866Folder 1867Folder 1868Folder 1869Folder 1870Folder 1871Folder 1872Folder 1873Folder 1874Folder 1875Folder 1876Folder 1877Folder 1878Folder 1879Folder 1880Folder 1881Folder 1882Folder 1883 |
November 1967-September 1968 |
Folder 1884-1924
Folder 1884Folder 1885Folder 1886Folder 1887Folder 1888Folder 1889Folder 1890Folder 1891Folder 1892Folder 1893Folder 1894Folder 1895Folder 1896Folder 1897Folder 1898Folder 1899Folder 1900Folder 1901Folder 1902Folder 1903Folder 1904Folder 1905Folder 1906Folder 1907Folder 1908Folder 1909Folder 1910Folder 1911Folder 1912Folder 1913Folder 1914Folder 1915Folder 1916Folder 1917Folder 1918Folder 1919Folder 1920Folder 1921Folder 1922Folder 1923Folder 1924 |
October 1968-20 August 1969 |
Folder 1925-1962
Folder 1925Folder 1926Folder 1927Folder 1928Folder 1929Folder 1930Folder 1931Folder 1932Folder 1933Folder 1934Folder 1935Folder 1936Folder 1937Folder 1938Folder 1939Folder 1940Folder 1941Folder 1942Folder 1943Folder 1944Folder 1945Folder 1946Folder 1947Folder 1948Folder 1949Folder 1950Folder 1951Folder 1952Folder 1953Folder 1954Folder 1955Folder 1956Folder 1957Folder 1958Folder 1959Folder 1960Folder 1961Folder 1962 |
21 August 1969-June 1970 |
Oversize Volume SV-3472/1 |
Volume 1, 1936-1944Account book: Journal sheets showing receipts and expenditures in various categories. Included are mimeographed financial statements, 1936-1939. There are also some records of names, dates, and officers of the local unions. |
Folder 1963-2000
Folder 1963Folder 1964Folder 1965Folder 1966Folder 1967Folder 1968Folder 1969Folder 1970Folder 1971Folder 1972Folder 1973Folder 1974Folder 1975Folder 1976Folder 1977Folder 1978Folder 1979Folder 1980Folder 1981Folder 1982Folder 1983Folder 1984Folder 1985Folder 1986Folder 1987Folder 1988Folder 1989Folder 1990Folder 1991Folder 1992Folder 1993Folder 1994Folder 1995Folder 1996Folder 1997Folder 1998Folder 1999Folder 2000 |
July 1970-December 1970 |
Folder 1-28
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Volume 2, 24 April-4 October 1939Record of permanent charters, No. 1-90, for local unions and officers, showing date and location. |
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Volume 3, 1947-1954Miscellaneous records on 19 pages, including minutes of a group in southeast Missouri, December 1947-January 1948; attendance register at mid-south meetings in Memphis, May 1949, December 1949, February 1950, and December 1951; special accounts, 1954. |
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28 |
Union newspapers |
Oversize Volume SV-3472/4 |
Volume 4, 1934-1939Scrapbook: Clippings about farm labor and union activities chronologically arranged on 87 pages with a typed list of clippings by title. |
Folder 2001-2035
Folder 2001Folder 2002Folder 2003Folder 2004Folder 2005Folder 2006Folder 2007Folder 2008Folder 2009Folder 2010Folder 2011Folder 2012Folder 2013Folder 2014Folder 2015Folder 2016Folder 2017Folder 2018Folder 2019Folder 2020Folder 2021Folder 2022Folder 2023Folder 2024Folder 2025Folder 2026Folder 2027Folder 2028Folder 2029Folder 2030Folder 2031Folder 2032Folder 2033Folder 2034Folder 2035 |
Howard Kester materials: Chiefly clippings, 1934-1942 |
Folder 2001Folder 2002Folder 2003Folder 2004Folder 2005Folder 2006Folder 2007Folder 2008Folder 2009Folder 2010Folder 2011Folder 2012Folder 2013Folder 2014Folder 2015Folder 2016Folder 2017Folder 2018Folder 2019Folder 2020Folder 2021Folder 2022Folder 2023Folder 2024Folder 2025Folder 2026Folder 2027Folder 2028Folder 2029Folder 2030Folder 2031Folder 2032Folder 2033Folder 2034Folder 2035 |
"The STFU and the New Deal," D. H. Grubbs |
Folder 2001Folder 2002Folder 2003Folder 2004Folder 2005Folder 2006Folder 2007Folder 2008Folder 2009Folder 2010Folder 2011Folder 2012Folder 2013Folder 2014Folder 2015Folder 2016Folder 2017Folder 2018Folder 2019Folder 2020Folder 2021Folder 2022Folder 2023Folder 2024Folder 2025Folder 2026Folder 2027Folder 2028Folder 2029Folder 2030Folder 2031Folder 2032Folder 2033Folder 2034Folder 2035 |
Miscellaneous unpublished articles |
Folder 2036-2060
Folder 2036Folder 2037Folder 2038Folder 2039Folder 2040Folder 2041Folder 2042Folder 2043Folder 2044Folder 2045Folder 2046Folder 2047Folder 2048Folder 2049Folder 2050Folder 2051Folder 2052Folder 2053Folder 2054Folder 2055Folder 2056Folder 2057Folder 2058Folder 2059Folder 2060 |
D. H. Grubb dissertation |
Folder 2036Folder 2037Folder 2038Folder 2039Folder 2040Folder 2041Folder 2042Folder 2043Folder 2044Folder 2045Folder 2046Folder 2047Folder 2048Folder 2049Folder 2050Folder 2051Folder 2052Folder 2053Folder 2054Folder 2055Folder 2056Folder 2057Folder 2058Folder 2059Folder 2060 |
Oral histories |
Folder 2036Folder 2037Folder 2038Folder 2039Folder 2040Folder 2041Folder 2042Folder 2043Folder 2044Folder 2045Folder 2046Folder 2047Folder 2048Folder 2049Folder 2050Folder 2051Folder 2052Folder 2053Folder 2054Folder 2055Folder 2056Folder 2057Folder 2058Folder 2059Folder 2060 |
Miscellaneous articles |
Folder 2036Folder 2037Folder 2038Folder 2039Folder 2040Folder 2041Folder 2042Folder 2043Folder 2044Folder 2045Folder 2046Folder 2047Folder 2048Folder 2049Folder 2050Folder 2051Folder 2052Folder 2053Folder 2054Folder 2055Folder 2056Folder 2057Folder 2058Folder 2059Folder 2060 |
Unsorted papers |
Folder 2061-2087
Folder 2061Folder 2062Folder 2063Folder 2064Folder 2065Folder 2066Folder 2067Folder 2068Folder 2069Folder 2070Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073Folder 2074Folder 2075Folder 2076Folder 2077Folder 2078Folder 2079Folder 2080Folder 2081Folder 2082Folder 2083Folder 2084Folder 2085Folder 2086Folder 2087 |
Unsorted papers |
Folder 2061Folder 2062Folder 2063Folder 2064Folder 2065Folder 2066Folder 2067Folder 2068Folder 2069Folder 2070Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073Folder 2074Folder 2075Folder 2076Folder 2077Folder 2078Folder 2079Folder 2080Folder 2081Folder 2082Folder 2083Folder 2084Folder 2085Folder 2086Folder 2087 |
Printed items |
Folder 2061Folder 2062Folder 2063Folder 2064Folder 2065Folder 2066Folder 2067Folder 2068Folder 2069Folder 2070Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073Folder 2074Folder 2075Folder 2076Folder 2077Folder 2078Folder 2079Folder 2080Folder 2081Folder 2082Folder 2083Folder 2084Folder 2085Folder 2086Folder 2087 |
Volume 7, 1942-1960Ledger: Shows contributions to the union, taxes, insurance, and other expenditures. |
Oversize Volume SV-3472/8 |
Volume 8, 1945-1948Ledger: Daily accounts of receipts and expenditures. |
Oversize Volume SV-3472/9 |
Volume 9, 1954-1960Ledger: Daily accounts of receipts and expenditures. |
Folder 2061-2087
Folder 2061Folder 2062Folder 2063Folder 2064Folder 2065Folder 2066Folder 2067Folder 2068Folder 2069Folder 2070Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073Folder 2074Folder 2075Folder 2076Folder 2077Folder 2078Folder 2079Folder 2080Folder 2081Folder 2082Folder 2083Folder 2084Folder 2085Folder 2086Folder 2087 |
Printed materials, 1935-1958 |
Folder 2088-2116
Folder 2088Folder 2089Folder 2090Folder 2091Folder 2092Folder 2093Folder 2094Folder 2095Folder 2096Folder 2097Folder 2098Folder 2099Folder 2100Folder 2101Folder 2102Folder 2103Folder 2104Folder 2105Folder 2106Folder 2107Folder 2108Folder 2109Folder 2110Folder 2111Folder 2112Folder 2113Folder 2114Folder 2115Folder 2116 |
Printed materials, 1959-1976 |
Folder 2088Folder 2089Folder 2090Folder 2091Folder 2092Folder 2093Folder 2094Folder 2095Folder 2096Folder 2097Folder 2098Folder 2099Folder 2100Folder 2101Folder 2102Folder 2103Folder 2104Folder 2105Folder 2106Folder 2107Folder 2108Folder 2109Folder 2110Folder 2111Folder 2112Folder 2113Folder 2114Folder 2115Folder 2116 |
Clippings, 1935-February 1948 |
Folder 2117-2154
Folder 2117Folder 2118Folder 2119Folder 2120Folder 2121Folder 2122Folder 2123Folder 2124Folder 2125Folder 2126Folder 2127Folder 2128Folder 2129Folder 2130Folder 2131Folder 2132Folder 2133Folder 2134Folder 2135Folder 2136Folder 2137Folder 2138Folder 2139Folder 2140Folder 2141Folder 2142Folder 2143Folder 2144Folder 2145Folder 2146Folder 2147Folder 2148Folder 2149Folder 2150Folder 2151Folder 2152Folder 2153Folder 2154 |
Clippings, March 1948-December 1954 |
Folder 2155-2206
Folder 2155Folder 2156Folder 2157Folder 2158Folder 2159Folder 2160Folder 2161Folder 2162Folder 2163Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166Folder 2167Folder 2168Folder 2169Folder 2170Folder 2171Folder 2172Folder 2173Folder 2174Folder 2175Folder 2176Folder 2177Folder 2178Folder 2179Folder 2180Folder 2181Folder 2182Folder 2183Folder 2184Folder 2185Folder 2186Folder 2187Folder 2188Folder 2189Folder 2190Folder 2191Folder 2192Folder 2193Folder 2194Folder 2195Folder 2196Folder 2197Folder 2198Folder 2199Folder 2200Folder 2201Folder 2202Folder 2203Folder 2204Folder 2205Folder 2206 |
Clippings, 1955-1973 |
Folder 2155Folder 2156Folder 2157Folder 2158Folder 2159Folder 2160Folder 2161Folder 2162Folder 2163Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166Folder 2167Folder 2168Folder 2169Folder 2170Folder 2171Folder 2172Folder 2173Folder 2174Folder 2175Folder 2176Folder 2177Folder 2178Folder 2179Folder 2180Folder 2181Folder 2182Folder 2183Folder 2184Folder 2185Folder 2186Folder 2187Folder 2188Folder 2189Folder 2190Folder 2191Folder 2192Folder 2193Folder 2194Folder 2195Folder 2196Folder 2197Folder 2198Folder 2199Folder 2200Folder 2201Folder 2202Folder 2203Folder 2204Folder 2205Folder 2206 |
Clippings, 1934-1938Addition of December 1976 |
Folder 2155Folder 2156Folder 2157Folder 2158Folder 2159Folder 2160Folder 2161Folder 2162Folder 2163Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166Folder 2167Folder 2168Folder 2169Folder 2170Folder 2171Folder 2172Folder 2173Folder 2174Folder 2175Folder 2176Folder 2177Folder 2178Folder 2179Folder 2180Folder 2181Folder 2182Folder 2183Folder 2184Folder 2185Folder 2186Folder 2187Folder 2188Folder 2189Folder 2190Folder 2191Folder 2192Folder 2193Folder 2194Folder 2195Folder 2196Folder 2197Folder 2198Folder 2199Folder 2200Folder 2201Folder 2202Folder 2203Folder 2204Folder 2205Folder 2206 |
Scholarly materials |
Folder 2155Folder 2156Folder 2157Folder 2158Folder 2159Folder 2160Folder 2161Folder 2162Folder 2163Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166Folder 2167Folder 2168Folder 2169Folder 2170Folder 2171Folder 2172Folder 2173Folder 2174Folder 2175Folder 2176Folder 2177Folder 2178Folder 2179Folder 2180Folder 2181Folder 2182Folder 2183Folder 2184Folder 2185Folder 2186Folder 2187Folder 2188Folder 2189Folder 2190Folder 2191Folder 2192Folder 2193Folder 2194Folder 2195Folder 2196Folder 2197Folder 2198Folder 2199Folder 2200Folder 2201Folder 2202Folder 2203Folder 2204Folder 2205Folder 2206 |
H. L. Mitchell oral history/memoir |
Folder 2207-2249
Folder 2207Folder 2208Folder 2209Folder 2210Folder 2211Folder 2212Folder 2213Folder 2214Folder 2215Folder 2216Folder 2217Folder 2218Folder 2219Folder 2220Folder 2221Folder 2222Folder 2223Folder 2224Folder 2225Folder 2226Folder 2227Folder 2228Folder 2229Folder 2230Folder 2231Folder 2232Folder 2233Folder 2234Folder 2235Folder 2236Folder 2237Folder 2238Folder 2239Folder 2240Folder 2241Folder 2242Folder 2243Folder 2244Folder 2245Folder 2246Folder 2247Folder 2248Folder 2249 |
Clippings, 1934-1973 |
Folder 2207Folder 2208Folder 2209Folder 2210Folder 2211Folder 2212Folder 2213Folder 2214Folder 2215Folder 2216Folder 2217Folder 2218Folder 2219Folder 2220Folder 2221Folder 2222Folder 2223Folder 2224Folder 2225Folder 2226Folder 2227Folder 2228Folder 2229Folder 2230Folder 2231Folder 2232Folder 2233Folder 2234Folder 2235Folder 2236Folder 2237Folder 2238Folder 2239Folder 2240Folder 2241Folder 2242Folder 2243Folder 2244Folder 2245Folder 2246Folder 2247Folder 2248Folder 2249 |
Howard Kester materials, 1904-1960 |
Folder 2250-2254
Folder 2250Folder 2251Folder 2252Folder 2253Folder 2254 |
Addition of November 1977Materials filmed by the Microfilm Corporation of American in October 1977 under the title The Green Rising. Materials primarily consist of correspondence, 1933-1977, of H. L. Mitchell relating to his union work among agricultural laborers and to his lecturing and teaching engagements at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Most of the correspondence dates from after 1960 and is related to Mitchell's work with the United Farm Workers. Included are letters between Mitchell and Rexford Tugwell, Howard Kester, Norman Thomas, and others involved in tenant strikes, union organization, and New Deal relief efforts. Also included are union charters for the National Agricultural Workers Union, 4 June 1952, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, 27 September 1960; undated hand-lettered posters with union slogans; subject files; a essay by Mitchell entitled "Mean Things Happening in This Land"; and union broadsides. |
Folder 2255a |
The Green Rising, 1951-1956 |
Folder 2255b |
The Green Rising, 1951-1956 |
Folder 2256a |
The Green Rising, 1961-1966 |
Folder 2256b |
The Green Rising, 1961-1966 |
Folder 2257-2261
Folder 2257Folder 2258Folder 2259Folder 2260Folder 2261 |
The Green Rising, 1967-May 1969 |
Folder 2262a |
The Green Rising, June-September 1969 |
Folder 2262b |
The Green Rising, June-September 1969 |
Folder 2263a |
The Green Rising, October-December 1969 |
Folder 2263b |
The Green Rising, October-December 1969 |
Folder 2264a |
The Green Rising, January-June 1970 |
Folder 2264b |
The Green Rising, January-June 1970 |
Folder 2265a |
The Green Rising, January-June 1970 |
Folder 2265b |
The Green Rising, January-June 1970 |
Folder 2265c |
The Green Rising, January-June 1970 |
Folder 2266a |
The Green Rising, July-September 1970 |
Folder 2266b |
The Green Rising, July-September 1970 |
Folder 2267a |
The Green Rising, October-December 1970 |
Folder 2267b |
The Green Rising, October-December 1970 |
Folder 2268-2272
Folder 2268Folder 2269Folder 2270Folder 2271Folder 2272 |
The Green Rising, January-October 1971 |
Folder 2273a |
The Green Rising, November-December 1971 |
Folder 2273b |
The Green Rising, November-December 1971 |
Folder 2274-2276
Folder 2274Folder 2275Folder 2276 |
The Green Rising, January-March 1972 |
Folder 2277-2290
Folder 2277Folder 2278Folder 2279Folder 2280Folder 2281Folder 2282Folder 2283Folder 2284Folder 2285Folder 2286Folder 2287Folder 2288Folder 2289Folder 2290 |
The Green Rising, April 1972-September 1973 |
Folder 2291-2303
Folder 2291Folder 2292Folder 2293Folder 2294Folder 2295Folder 2296Folder 2297Folder 2298Folder 2299Folder 2300Folder 2301Folder 2302Folder 2303 |
The Green Rising, October 1973-October 1974 |
Folder 2304-2316
Folder 2304Folder 2305Folder 2306Folder 2307Folder 2308Folder 2309Folder 2310Folder 2311Folder 2312Folder 2313Folder 2314Folder 2315Folder 2316 |
The Green Rising, November 1974-October 1975 |
Folder 2317-2328
Folder 2317Folder 2318Folder 2319Folder 2320Folder 2321Folder 2322Folder 2323Folder 2324Folder 2325Folder 2326Folder 2327Folder 2328 |
The Green Rising, November 1975-September 1976 |
Folder 2329-2345
Folder 2329Folder 2330Folder 2331Folder 2332Folder 2333Folder 2334Folder 2335Folder 2336Folder 2337Folder 2338Folder 2339Folder 2340Folder 2341Folder 2342Folder 2343Folder 2344Folder 2345 |
The Green Rising, October 1976-April 1977 |
Folder 2329Folder 2330Folder 2331Folder 2332Folder 2333Folder 2334Folder 2335Folder 2336Folder 2337Folder 2338Folder 2339Folder 2340Folder 2341Folder 2342Folder 2343Folder 2344Folder 2345 |
The Green Rising: Subject files |
Folder 2346-2350
Folder 2346Folder 2347Folder 2348Folder 2349Folder 2350 |
The Green Rising: Subject files |
Folder 2346Folder 2347Folder 2348Folder 2349Folder 2350 |
The Green Rising: Miscellaneous volumes |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3472/1 |
The Green Rising: oversize materials |
Folder 2351-2353
Folder 2351Folder 2352Folder 2353 |
Addition of March 1988Printed pamphlet about H. L. Mitchell, circa 1982; transcript of the documentary film entitled "Where My Possessions Lie: A Documentary Film on the Southeast Missouri Roadside Demonstrations of 1939" by Parker Rushing, 1985 Note that folder 2352 was not used. |
More photographs can be found in additions to the collection.
Restrictions to Use: Photographs with identified photographers may require express permission of the photographers prior to publication.
Processing note: Original descriptions for images 1-163, which were written by H. L. Mitchell, have been retained. Descriptions for the remaining images are based on information provided on the versos of the pictures.
Materials, bulk 1970s-1980s, chiefly concern H. L. Mitchell's Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (STFU) activities. Correspondence documents STFU activities, H. L. Mitchell's lectures and presentations, production and distribution materials for various microfilm projects and labor feature films, politics, and H. L. Mitchell's published writings. Financial materials include cashed checks, bills, receipts, bank statements, and cashbooks relating to STFU activities, film production, and microfilming. Grant materials contain correspondence, background material on labor films, and some financial material relating to applications to various committees and foundations for support of STFU activities. Film materials include scripts, abstracts, treatments, background materials such as photocopied images or reference lists, correspondence, and some financial information. Also included are drafts for Mean Things Happening in This Land, interviews, speeches, broadsides, microfilm and research guides, and miscellaneous published materials.
Box 66 |
Correspondence, 1930s, 1960s-1984Some materials beginning in the 1930s are duplicate photocopies of original letters. There are a few letters from the late 1960s, but the bulk of the material is from the 1970s and is sorted roughly by year. |
Box 67 |
Correspondence, 1985-November 1986 |
Box 68 |
Correspondence: December 1986-1987 |
Box 69 |
Correspondence, 1988-1989 |
Box 70 |
Miscellaneous correspondenceUndated correspondence and several folders of letters that are unsorted by year. Correspondence pertaining to the Columbia Oral Histories, microfilming of the Socialist Party Papers, Mean Things Happening in This Land corrections by Evelyn Munro, and various other subjects have been maintained in original file folders |
Box 71-74
Box 71Box 72Box 73Box 74 |
Financial materials |
Box 74-76
Box 74Box 75Box 76 |
Grant materialsIncludes materials relating to the Tennessee Committee for the Humanities, Missouri Committee for the Humanities, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, New Jersey Committee for the Humanities, Florida Endowment for the Humanties, California Council for the Humanities, Mississippi Humanities Council, Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, Oklahoma Humanities Council, Texas Committee for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, Ford Foundation, Committee for the Humanities in Alabama, and other contributing organizations |
Box 77 |
Meeting minutesIncludes other materials relating to anniversary celebrations, particularly the 48th anniversary |
Box 78-80
Box 78Box 79Box 80 |
Film materialsCorrespondence, notes, financial materials relating to Where My Possessions Lie, Our Land Too, Out of the Past Comes the Future, Mean Things Happening in This Land |
Box 81-82
Box 81Box 82 |
Mean Things Happening in This LandDrafts and other materials, including four copies of the published work |
Box 83 |
InterviewsWith or about H. L. Mitchell, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and other labor-related topics and organizations; interviewees include Clay East, Ruth Osternach, Mae K. White, Hank Hasiwar, and David S. Burgess |
Box 84 |
SpeechesBy H. L. Mitchell, chiefly delivered at colleges and universities throughout the United States, with some given at conventions and organization meetings. Topics include the founding of the STFU, race relations, women in the STFU, rural issues, and politics |
Box 85 |
BroadsidesChiefly announcements of H. L. Mitchell's speeches on university and college campuses. Also included are posters pertaining to dramatic productions, film showings, and conferences. |
Newsletters |
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Handwritten notes |
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Box 86 |
WritingsChiefly photocopies of writings by others |
Poems and songs |
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Box 87 |
Legal transcriptCopy of the Sugar Cane Laborers' Wage court hearing |
Resumes |
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Box 87, 88-89 |
Miscellaneous papers |
Box 88-89
Box 88Box 89 |
Biographical materials |
Box 88Box 89 |
Organization materials |
Box 88Box 89 |
PhotocopiesDuplicates of articles, newsletters, mailings, writings, and other materials within the collection |
Box 90 |
Newspaper clippings |
Box 91 |
Mailing lists and labels |
Box 91-94
Box 91Box 92Box 93Box 94 |
Address cards |
Box 95-96
Box 95Box 96 |
Microfilm materialIncludes correspondence and financial materials relating to various microfilming projects |
Box 95Box 96 |
Printed guides to microfilmSouthern Tenant Farmers in the News, Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Records, The Green Rising, the Howard Anderson Kester Papers, and other research collections |
Box 97-98
Box 97Box 98 |
Microfilm reelsPositive and negative microfilm reels for the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Records, the Howard Anderson Kester Papers, The Green Rising, and the Southern Tenant Farmers in the News |
Box 99-101
Box 99Box 100Box 101 |
Published materialsRelating to agriculture and labor issues |
Box 102 |
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Records: Processing and organization materialsMaterials generated in the initial processing of the STFU Records, including processor's notes, an index, photocopies of photograph lists for the collection and for the Howard Anderson Kester Papers |
Box 103 |
Card fileNames, addresses, birth/death dates, and other information about STFU members |
Engraving of STFU logo |
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Southern Tenant Farmers' Union ink stamps |
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Film F-3472/1 |
Mexican Americans: Quest for Equality (Anti-Defamation League, 1970) |
Videotape VT-3472/1 |
Our Land Too (KPI Film and Video Productions, 1988) |
Image Folder PF-3472/121 |
Photographs and contact sheetsImages of STFU members; events, including strikes, meetings, and the 48th anniversary; and H. L. Mitchell at speaking engagements and other STFU activities and in posed portraits. Many photographs have identifying information attached to or written on the image verso. |
Image Folder PF-3472/122 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/123 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/124 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/125 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/126 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/127 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/128 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/129 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/130 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/131 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/132 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-3472/133 |
Photographs and contact sheets |
Supplementary reels were produced at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the direction of H. L. Mitchell. These materials are collectively known as the Microfilm Edition of the Southern Tenant Farmers in the News: A Collection of News Stories, 1934-1973. Details of the contents are available in a guide written by Julius Ruff.
Reel 1A: Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, 1934-1949 (incomplete) (old reel A1)
Reel 1B: Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, 1934-1949, including some of Howard Kester's clippings, 1934-1944. Additional film added in 1973 includes H. L. Mitchell introduction; typed index to scrapbook; additional early (1933) correspondence; several items re-filmed because they were not legible on the 1971 film (old reel A2)
Reel 2: Clippings, 1950-1954 (old reel B)
Reel 3: Clippings, 1955-1970 (old reel C)
Reel 4: Clippings and supplementary materials, 1924-1973: Includes reports, typed and printed articles, pamphlets, 1924-1971 (old reel D)
Reel 5: Clippings and supplementary materials, 1924-1973: Includes transcript of oral history and more Howard Kester clippings, 1904-1972 (old reel E)
Reel 6: Supplement to the Microfilm Edition of the STFU Papers: Includes Donald H. Grubb's "STFU and the New Deal" (Dissertation, University of Florida, 1963); E. S. Wooster's, Communities of the Past and Present (Llano Colonist: New Llano, La., 1924); William H. Cobb's, "Commonwealth College: A History" (M.A. Thesis, University of Arkansas, 1960)
There is also a reel of microfilm that was produced in 1996 by University Publications of America in the Labor Union Periodicals Series: Part 3: Food and Agricultural Industries:
Reel 1: Sharecropper's Voice, 1935-1937; Southern Farmer Leader, 1936; STFU News, 1938-1939; Tenant Farmer, 1941-1942; Farm Worker, 1943-1944; Farm Labor News, 1946-1951; The Union Farmer, 1952-1953; Agricultural Unionist, 1952-1954
Reel M-3472/1-8
M-3472/1M-3472/2M-3472/3M-3472/4M-3472/5M-3472/6M-3472/7M-3472/8 |
Microfilm |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3472/1-2
OPF-3472/1OPF-3472/2 |
Oversize papers |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3472/1-2
XOPF-3472/1XOPF-3472/2 |
Oversize papers |
Separated items include oversize volumes (SV-3472/1, 4, 8, 9), oversized papers (OP-3476 and XOP-3472), photographs (P-3472), a videotape (VT-3472/1), and a feature film (F-3472/1).
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