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Size | 11.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9,200 items) |
Abstract | Delta Cooperative Farm, started in 1936 in the community of Hillhouse (later called Rochdale) in Bolivar County, Miss., and Providence Cooperative Farm, started in 1939 near Cruger in Holmes County, Miss., were attempts by Cooperative Farms, Inc., a philanthropically supported corporation, to help southern agricultural laborers out of their economic plight. The cooperatives were organized around four principles: efficiency in production and economy in finance through the cooperative principle, participation in building a socialized economy of abundance, inter-racial justice, and realistic religion as a social dynamic. To these ends, the Delta and Providence cooperatives were to pay African Americans and whites equal wages for work and provided social and other services, most of which were open to neighboring communities. These services included a cooperative store; a medical clinic, eventually run by physician David R. Minter; a credit union; a library; a community building; religious services; educational programs; summer work camps; and community institutes. In addition to growing cotton, agricultural operations eventually included a dairy farm, a beef farm, a pasteurizing plant, and a saw mill. Papers include correspondence of Sherwood Eddy, secretary-treasurer; Sam H. Franklin, director 1936-1943; and A. Eugene Cox, director after 1943. Major topics include agricultural issues and farm operations; fundraising and donations; interracial issues; member morale; poor conditions of southern sharecroppers; cooperative methods; staffing; medical issues; relations and tensions with surrounding communities; criticisms of the farms; and the establishment and impact of the various educational, social, and religious programs on the farms. Other topics include eviction and dire conditions of Arkansas sharecroppers following a strike, many of whom became members at Delta; the Rust cotton picker and plans to fund cooperatives with revenue from its sales; and criticisms of the farms' management techniques and member morale from trustees William R. Amberson and Blaine Treadway, among others, which ultimately led to an investigation conducted by the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union in May 1940. Also included are scattered financial material and other records; plans; issues of the farm publication, "The Co-op Call"; membership agreements; and letters from prospective members seeking placement on the farms. Prominent correspondents include Arthur Raper of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation; H. L. Mitchell and Howard Kester of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union; Delta trustees Reinhold Niebuhr, John Rust, and William R. Amberson; David R. Minter; and various representatives of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Socialist Party, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Cooperative League, the American Friends Service Committee, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the Young Women's Christian Association, among others. There is also some correspondence with Margaret Sanger regarding the Delta farm's interest in contraception. Other papers include incorporation materials, financial materials, organizational papers, meeting minutes, subject files, histories, ledgers, writings, medical reports, and clippings. Clippings include newspaper articles about a meeting held in Tchula, Miss., during which David Minter and A. Eugene Cox were asked by the community to leave Holmes County because they had been accused of teaching social equality between races on the farm. |
Creator | Delta Cooperative Farm (Hillhouse, Miss.)
Providence Plantation (Miss.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Encoded by: Jessica Sedgwick, September 2008
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, March 2021, and by Jackie Dean, December 2021 for ArchivesSpace migration.
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Delta Cooperative Farm, started in 1936 in the community of Hillhouse (later called Rochdale) in Bolivar County, Miss., and Providence Cooperative Farm, started in 1939 near Cruger in Holmes County, Miss., were attempts by a philanthropically supported corporation, Cooperative Farms, Inc., to help southern agricultural laborers out of their economic plight. The cooperatives were organized around four principles: efficiency in production and economy in finance through the cooperative principle, participation in building a socialized economy of abundance, inter-racial justice, and realistic religion as a social dynamic. To these ends, the Delta and Providence cooperatives were to pay African Americans and whites equal wages for work, and provided social and other services, most of which were open to neighboring communities. These services included a cooperative store; a medical clinic, eventually run by physician David R. Minter; a credit union; a library; a community building; religious services; educational programs, including a school for African American children; summer work camps for visiting students; and community institutes. In addition to growing cotton, agricultural operations eventually included a dairy farm, a beef farm, a pasteurizing plant, and a saw mill.
Delta Cooperative Farm was founded by missionary evangelist and author Sherwood Eddy, who served as secretary-treasurer, and Reverend Sam H. Franklin, director, 1936-1943. In addition to Franklin and Eddy, the original board of trustees included theologian Reinhold Niebuhr; John Rust, inventor of the cotton picking machine; and Professor William R. Amberson. Later trustees included Blaine Treadway, Charles S. Johnson, Arthur Raper, and Frederick Patterson. Most of the first member families on the farm were sharecroppers who lost work following the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933; many were also refugees from East Arkansas who were evicted during a strike in the mid-1930s. Interracial efforts on the farm primarily focused on establishing economic equality, as whites and African Americans worked together and were to be paid equally depending upon the amount and quality of work done. Living arrangements, schooling, and social affairs were segregated, while it appears that some religious services and the medical clinic were integrated. The farm was managed by a democratically elected council made up of five members, no more than three of whom could be of the same race, and was organized into a Producer's Cooperative and a Consumer's Cooperative. Delta was funded primarily through capital investments. Over time, members were to amortize the capital funds supplied by the board of trustees and would gradually gain control and ownership of the farm. The capital funds would then be used by the trustees as a revolving fund for the establishment of more cooperative farms.
Providence Cooperative Farm was established in 1938 in hopes that its better quality soil would bring in higher revenues for the project, as there were deficits at Delta for 1936 and 1937. The Delta farm was sold in December 1942 and operations were consolidated at Providence due to better farming prospects and the number of familes at Delta who had left for service in World War II. The consolidation brought the first African American members to Providence, which had been started with six white families from Delta. Providence was organized into a Producer's Cooperative and the Providence Extension Farm. The Producer's Cooperative handled the bulk of the farming, while the Providence Extension Farm, whose earnings funded social work and other services offered at Providence, handled dairy and beef herds and the farming of land that was not part of the Producer's Cooperative. Additionally, there was the Providence Cooperative Association, an organization of African Americans living in and near Providence aimed at community improvement along religious, educational, economic, and public health lines. Educational institutes were held under the auspices of the Providence Cooperative Association, which brought in leaders from institutions such as the Tuskeegee Institute and the Farm Security Administration to teach on topics such as farming methods, community health, and civic problems. In May 1943, Franklin left Providence to serve as a naval chaplain to Asia, and A. Eugene Cox, the farm's accountant, took over as director.
In 1946, Delta Foundation Inc., was organized as a non-profit organization primarily for educational work. In 1950, Sam Franklin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Charles S. Johnson resigned from the Providence Cooperative Farm board of trustees and a new board of directors was formed. On this new board were A. Eugene Cox; Lindsey Cox, registered nurse at the medical clinic; David Minter; and Mary Sue Minter. By 1950, cotton had become unprofitable at Providence, and from 1950 to 1956, operations were almost entirely centered on education and medical work. Efforts to provide educational opportunities on a broad geographic scale, which were primarily funded through cash rent and the sale of timber, included summer camps, farmer's institutes, the consumer's cooperative, the credit union, and the medical program. The political climate of the early and mid-1950s, especially with regard to McCarthyism, increased tensions between the Providence Cooperative Farm and the surrounding communities, as Providence was accused of being a communist operation that taught social equality between races. Probably due in part to these tensions, cooperative efforts at the farm ceased around 1956 and portions of the land were sold to the individual member families.
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Papers include correspondence of Sherwood Eddy, secretary-treasurer; Reverend Sam H. Franklin, director 1936-1943; and A. Eugene Cox, director after 1943. Correspondence is chiefly with and about patrons, trustees, founders, social organizations, educators, religious groups, and other interested parties. Major topics include agricultural issues; fundraising (see especially 1936-1937 materials); donations of money, books, clothing, and other items; interracial issues; member morale; farm operations and conditions; cooperative methods; staffing; poor conditions of southern sharecroppers; medical issues, especially in handling childbirth, malaria, and other illnesses; relations and tensions with surrounding communities, and the establishment and impact of educational, social, and religious programs, cooperative stores, a medical clinic, a credit union, a library, summer work camps for students, and educational institutes for African Americans. Other topics include the eviction and dire conditions of Arkansas sharecroppers following a strike, many of whom became members at Delta; the Rust cotton picker and plans to fund cooperatives with revenue from its sales; and criticisms of the farms' management techniques and member morale from trustees William R. Amberson and Blaine Treadway, among others, which ultimately led to an investigation conducted by the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union in May 1940. Also included are scattered financial material (see especially annual December and January materials); plans; periodic updates on the state of the farm to the Board of Trustees; issues of the farm publication, "The Co-op Call"; membership agreements; letters expressing general interest in the organization and requesting information; and letters from prospective members seeking placement on the farms (see especially 1936-1937). Frequent and prominent correspondents include Arthur Raper of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation; H. L. Mitchell and Howard Kester of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union; Delta trustees Reinhold Niebuhr, John Rust, and William R. Amberson; David R. Minter; and various representatives of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Socialist Party, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Cooperative League, the American Friends Service Committee, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the Young Women's Christian Association, among others. There is also some correspondence with Margaret Sanger regarding the Delta farm's interest in contraception. Note that the bulk of the papers are from 1936 to 1943.
Other papers include incorporation materials, by-laws, policies, a member's manual, and other organizational papers; minutes of the Cooperative Council meetings; subject files; histories; clippings, including collected newspaper articles about a meeting held in Tchula, Miss., during which David Minter and A. Eugene Cox were asked by the community to leave Holmes County because they had been accused of teaching social equality between races on the farm; ledgers; articles and other writings, chiefly by Sam Franklin and Sherwood Eddy; audits; tax returns; medical reports; financial reports; and other records of farm operations. Note that, like correspondence, these files are most complete for 1936-1943.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Papers include correspondence of Sherwood Eddy, secretary-treasurer; Reverend Sam H. Franklin, director 1936-1943; and A. Eugene Cox, director after 1943. Correspondence is chiefly with and about patrons, trustees, founders, social organizations, educators, religious groups, and other interested parties. Major topics discussed throughout include agricultural issues; fundraising (see especially 1936-1937 materials); donations of money, books, clothing, and other items; interracial issues; member morale; farm operations and conditions; cooperative methods; staffing; poor conditions of southern sharecroppers; medical issues, especially in handling childbirth, malaria, and other illnesses; relations and tensions with surrounding communities; and the establishment and impact of educational, social, and religious programs, cooperative stores, a medical clinic, a credit union, a library, summer work camps for students, and educational institutes for African Americans. Also included are scattered financial material (see especially annual December and January materials); plans; periodic updates on the state of the farm to the Board of Trustees; issues of the farm publication, "The Co-op Call"; membership agreements; and incoming letters expressing general interest in the organization and requesting information. Frequent and prominent correspondents include Arthur Raper of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation; H. L. Mitchell and Howard Kester of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union; Delta trustees Reinhold Niebuhr, John Rust, and William R. Amberson; David R. Minter; and various representatives of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Socialist Party, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Cooperative League, the American Friends Service Committee, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the Young Women's Christian Association, among others. Note that the bulk of the papers represent the time period from 1936 to 1943.
Correspondence and related materials documenting the establishment of Delta Cooperative Farm and the first two operating years prior to the purchase of the Providence Cooperative Farm. In addition to topics included throughout, these materials discuss the eviction and dire conditions of Arkansas sharecroppers following a strike, many of whom became members at Delta (see especially 1936 material); the Rust cotton picker and plans to fund cooperatives with revenue from its sales; educational program planning; and dissatisfaction and general morale among farm members. Also included are letters from prospective members seeking placement on the farms, some correspondence with Margaret Sanger regarding the Delta farm's interest in contraception, a tentative plan of organization, deeds, membership agreements, and other organizational documents. Pre-1936 material contains items regarding cooperative communities generally, among other items.
Folder 1 |
Correspondence and other items, 1925-1936Contains materials regarding cooperative colonies and community canneries, a copy of the original finding aid for this collection, and other items. |
Folder 2 |
Correspondence, January-March 1936Includes "A Tentative Plan of Organization" and deeds. |
Folder 3 |
Correspondence, April 1936Includes material regarding the John Rust cotton picker and plans to fund cooperatives with revenue from its sales. |
Folder 4-5
Folder 4Folder 5 |
Correspondence, May 1936Includes "Foundation Principles of the Delta Cooperative Farm." |
Folder 6-8
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8 |
Correspondence, June 1936Includes signed membership agreements; correspondence with the Y.W.C.A. regarding summer student volunteers, especially the Y.W.C.A.'s objection to the racial segregation of students while on the farm, and a document entitled "Brief digest of trip to Arkansas by James Myers June 2-10 in connection with cotton choppers strike." |
Folder 9-10
Folder 9Folder 10 |
Correspondence, July, 1936Includes the first issue of the Delta Cooperative Farm's publication "The Co-op Call." Subsequent issues are filed chronologically hereafter. |
Folder 11-12
Folder 11Folder 12 |
Correspondence, August 1936Includes correspondence with Margaret Sanger regarding the Delta Farm's interest in obtaining information about, and access to, contraception. Note that related material may be included elsewhere among correspondence. |
Folder 13-14
Folder 13Folder 14 |
Correspondence, September 1936 |
Folder 15-16
Folder 15Folder 16 |
Correspondence, October 1936 |
Folder 17-18
Folder 17Folder 18 |
Correspondence, November 1936 |
Folder 19-20
Folder 19Folder 20 |
Correspondence, December 1936Includes material about dissatisfaction among farm members. |
Folder 21-23
Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23 |
Correspondence, January 1937Includes material about the efforts of local planters to lure farm members to work for them by offering cash incentives. |
Folder 24-26
Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26 |
Correspondence, February 1937 |
Folder 27-29
Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29 |
Correspondence, March 1937 |
Folder 30-32
Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
Correspondence, Aril 1937 |
Folder 33-34
Folder 33Folder 34 |
Correspondence, May 1937 |
Folder 35-36
Folder 35Folder 36 |
Correspondence, June 1937 |
Folder 37-39
Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39 |
Correspondence, July 1937Includes material about several farm members' refusal to chop cotton. |
Folder 40-42
Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42 |
Correspondence, August 1937 |
Folder 43-45
Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
Correspondence, September 1937 |
Folder 46-49
Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49 |
Correspondence, October 1937Includes material about prospective properties for a new farm. |
Folder 50-52
Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52 |
Correspondence, November 1937 |
Folder 53-55
Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55 |
Correspondence, December 1937 |
Folder 56 |
Correspondence, 1937: Undated |
This material represents the Delta and Providence Cooperative farms from the purchase of the Providence farm in January 1938 to the sale of the Delta farm and Sam H. Franklin's stepping down as director in 1942. In addition to topics included throughout, these materials discuss fundraising for a new church and the hiring of a pastor for the African American community at Providence; arrangements to receive medical and dental services and clinics from the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority; tensions between farm members and with the local community; criticisms of the farms' management techniques and member morale from William R. Amberson and Blaine Treadway, among others, which ultimately led to an investigation conducted by the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union in May 1940; the formation of the Providence Cooperative Association; and educational institutes for African Americans held at the farm.
Folder 57-59
Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59 |
Correspondence, January 1938 |
Folder 60-62
Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62 |
Correspondence, February 1938 |
Folder 63-65
Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
Correspondence, March 1938 |
Folder 66-68
Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68 |
Correspondence, April 1938 |
Folder 69-70
Folder 69Folder 70 |
Correspondence, May 1938 |
Folder 71-73
Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73 |
Correspondence, June 1938 |
Folder 74-75
Folder 74Folder 75 |
Correspondence, July 1938 |
Folder 76-77
Folder 76Folder 77 |
Correspondence, August 1938 |
Folder 78-79
Folder 78Folder 79 |
Correspondence, September 1938 |
Folder 80-83
Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83 |
Correspondence, October 1938 |
Folder 84-85
Folder 84Folder 85 |
Correspondence, November 1938 |
Folder 86-88
Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88 |
Correspondence, December and undated 1938 |
Folder 89-92
Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92 |
Correspondence, January 1939 |
Folder 93-94
Folder 93Folder 94 |
Correspondence, February 1939 |
Folder 95-96
Folder 95Folder 96 |
Correspondence, March 1939 |
Folder 97-98
Folder 97Folder 98 |
Correspondence, April 1939 |
Folder 99-100
Folder 99Folder 100 |
Correspondence, May 1939 |
Folder 101-102
Folder 101Folder 102 |
Correspondence, June 1939 |
Folder 103-104
Folder 103Folder 104 |
Correspondence, July 1939 |
Folder 105 |
Correspondence, August 1939 |
Folder 106 |
Correspondence, September 1939 |
Folder 107 |
Correspondence, October 1939 |
Folder 108 |
Correspondence, November 1939 |
Folder 109-110
Folder 109Folder 110 |
Correspondence, December and undated 1939 |
Folder 111 |
Correspondence, January 1940 |
Folder 112 |
Correspondence, February 1940 |
Folder 113 |
Correspondence, March 1940 |
Folder 114 |
Correspondence, April 1940 |
Folder 115 |
Correspondence, May 1940Includes material regarding an investigation conducted on the farm by the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union. |
Folder 116 |
Correspondence, June 1940 |
Folder 117 |
Correspondence, July 1940 |
Folder 118 |
Correspondence, August 1940 |
Folder 119 |
Correspondence, September 1940 |
Folder 120 |
Correspondence, October 1940 |
Folder 121 |
Correspondence, November 1940 |
Folder 122 |
Correspondence, December 1940 |
Folder 123 |
Correspondence, January 1941 |
Folder 124 |
Correspondence, February 1941 |
Folder 125 |
Correspondence, March 1941 |
Folder 126 |
Correspondence, April 1941 |
Folder 127-128
Folder 127Folder 128 |
Correspondence, May 1941 |
Folder 129-130
Folder 129Folder 130 |
Correspondence, June 1941 |
Folder 131 |
Correspondence, July 1941 |
Folder 132 |
Correspondence, August 1941Includes material regarding complaints from white members of Providence Farm about tension with other whites in the surrounding community, claiming that they (the white members) were looked down upon because of the cooperative's involvement with and outreach to the local African American community. |
Folder 133-134
Folder 133Folder 134 |
Correspondence, September 1941 |
Folder 135-136
Folder 135Folder 136 |
Correspondence, October 1941 |
Folder 137 |
Correspondence, November 1941Includes "A Brief Report of an Educational Institute for Negroes." |
Folder 138-139
Folder 138Folder 139 |
Correspondence, December and undated 1941 |
Folder 140 |
Correspondence, January 1942 |
Folder 141 |
Correspondence, February 1942 |
Folder 142 |
Correspondence, March 1942 |
Folder 143 |
Correspondence, April 1942 |
Folder 144 |
Correspondence, May 1942 |
Folder 145 |
Correspondence, June 1942 |
Folder 146-147
Folder 146Folder 147 |
Correspondence, July 1942 |
Folder 148 |
Correspondence, August 1942 |
Folder 149 |
Correspondence, September 1942 |
Folder 150 |
Correspondence, October 1942 |
Folder 151 |
Correspondence, November 1942 |
Folder 152 |
Correspondence, December 1942 |
This material documents the Providence Cooperative Farm after the sale of the Delta Cooperative Farm in January 1943 and after the change in directorship from Sam H. Franklin to A. Eugene Cox in May 1943. Note that the records for this time period are significantly less complete than for previous years. The majority of the correspondence is from or to Cox and Sherwood Eddy and discusses the consolidation at Providence Farm; operations on the farm; the incorporation of the Delta Foundation Inc. in 1949; Franklin's enlistment as a naval chaplain, including a few scattered letters from Franklin describing his experiences; the formation of a new board of directors in 1950; and financial troubles with the cooperative's credit union (see especially 1956 material). Also included is a 1963 letter from Cox describing the later years of the Providence Cooperative Farm (1950-1956) in response to a request made by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill master's student. The letter especially addresses gaps in the organizational history not explained in the sparse records available from that time period.
Folder 153 |
Correspondence, January 1943 |
Folder 154 |
Correspondence, February 1943 |
Folder 155 |
Correspondence, March 1943 |
Folder 156 |
Correspondence, April 1943 |
Folder 157 |
Correspondence, May-December 1943 |
Folder 158 |
Correspondence, 1944 |
Folder 159 |
Correspondence, 1945-1946 |
Folder 160 |
Correspondence, 1947 |
Folder 161 |
Correspondence, 1948 |
Folder 162 |
Correspondence, 1949 |
Folder 163 |
Correspondence, 1950-1952 |
Folder 164 |
Correspondence, 1953-1963 |
Folder 165 |
Correspondence and fragments, undated |
Folder 172 |
Letters, undated |
Includes incorporation materials, by-laws, policies, a member's manual, and other organizational papers; minutes of the Cooperative Council meetings; subject files; histories; clippings, including collected newspaper articles about a meeting held in Tchula, Miss., during which David Minter and A. Eugene Cox were asked by the community to leave Holmes County because they had been accused of teaching social equality between races on the farm; ledgers; articles and other writings, chiefly by Sam H. Franklin and Sherwood Eddy; audits; tax returns; medical reports; financial reports; and other records of farm operations. Note that, like correspondence, these files are most complete for 1936-1943.
Folder 166 |
Organization papers: Policies and proposals |
Folder 167 |
Organization papers: Member's Manual |
Folder 168 |
Organization papers: Incorporation papers, by-laws, and constitution |
Folder 169 |
Organization papers: Revisions of plans |
Folder 170-171
Folder 170Folder 171 |
Organization papers: Undated |
Folder 173 |
Programs, notices, and schedules |
Folder 174 |
Songs |
Folder 175 |
Mailing lists |
Folder 176 |
Health Department and State Agricultural Extension Service |
Folder 177 |
Printed items received |
Folder 178 |
Sherwood Eddy: Undated articles and undated correspondenceIncludes a copy of the pamphlet, "A Door of Opportunity." |
Folder 179 |
Medical Clinic |
Folder 180 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, April-June 1936 (fomerly Volume 1) |
Oversize Volume SV-3474/1 |
Cooperative Farms ledger, 1936-1938 |
Folder 181 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, April-December 1937 (fomerly Volume 2) |
Folder 182 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, May-December 1937 (fomerly Volumes 3a and 3b) |
Folder 184 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, December 1937-February 1939 (fomerly Volume 4b) |
Folder 183 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, 1938-1939 (fomerly Volume 4a) |
Folder 187 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, 1939 (scattered) |
Folder 185 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, February 1939-May 1940 (fomerly Volume 5) |
Folder 186 |
Cooperative Council meeting minutes, 1941-1942 (fomerly Volume 6) |
Folder 188 |
"Early years of the Delta Cooperative Farm and the Providence Cooperative Farm," by Sam H. Franklin |
Folder 189 |
ArticlesTopics include cooperatives, education, and agriculture, among others. |
Folder 190 |
Sherwood Eddy articles, 1947-1949 |
Folder 191 |
Articles about Delta and Providence FarmsPrimarily includes writings by Sam H. Franklin and others affiliated with the farms, both published and unpublished. |
Folder 192 |
Undated articlesIncludes a postcard, undated, depicting workers on the Delta Cooperative Farm. Also included are scattered writings and letters on education, agriculture, cooperatives, and other topics. |
Folder 193-194
Folder 193Folder 194 |
Weather Reports, 1927, 1938-1939 |
Folder 195 |
Tax returns, 1937-1942 |
Folder 196 |
Tax returns, 1943-1955 |
Folder 197-200
Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200 |
ClippingsTopics include the Delta and Providence Cooperative farms; agricultural, medical, economic, and medical issues in the South; and the Rust cotton picker, among others. Of note are collected newspaper articles, 1955, about a meeting held in Tchula, Miss., during which David Minter and A. Eugene Cox were asked by the community to leave Holmes County because they had been accused of teaching social equality between races on the farm (see folder 198). |
Folder 201-204
Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204 |
Audits, 1936-1953 |
Folder 205-217
Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217 |
Accounts: Financial and medical, 1936-1941 and undated |
Folder 218 |
Stock certificates (mostly blank), 1936 (fomerly Volume 7) |
Folder 219 |
Reports, 1937-1940 (fomerly Volume 8)Includes medical, agricultural, financial, and other reports on farm operations. |
Folder 220 |
Ledger, 1939 (formerly volume 9)Pages of unidentified ledger showing columns of stamped dates and figures listed underneath a row of letters (typically A, A+, B, B+, C, D, etc.) with a name, probably members, written on each page. Possibly used to record amounts and grades of cotton grown by members. |
Folder 221 |
Cashbook, 1940-1941 (fomerly Volume 10) |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-03474/1 |
Oversize papers |