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Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1934-1970.
BANC MSS 72/188 z FILM reel 1; BANC MSS 72/188 z FILM reel 2; BANC MSS 72/188 z FILM reel 3; BANC MSS 72/188 z FILM reel 4; ...
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Title:

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1934-1970

Creator/Contributor:

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Kester, Howard, 1904-1977

Abstract:

Correspondence, reports, press releases, legal documents, pamphlets, etc., documenting the formation of the union and its activities to improve the lot of sharecroppers, tenant farmers, small landowners and migratory farm workers; its relations with government agencies, other unions and other organizations; its affiliation and break with the CIO and affiliation with the AFL; the change of name to National Farm Labor Union and to National Agricultural Workers Union; efforts to organize farm workers in California; the formation of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO; the union's merger with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' Union, etc.
Also included on the film; series of newspapers published by the union during its existence; photographs from the union files; a selection of papers from the Socialist Party Archives at Duke University; a selection of Howard A. Kester papers re his work with the union. See also FILM 80/24 z.

Date:

1934 (issued)

Subject:

National Farm Labor Union (U.S.)
National Agricultural Workers Union.
Socialist Party (U.S.)
Labor unions -- United States
Working class
Agricultural laborers -- United States
African Americans
Strikes and lockouts -- United States
Agriculture -- United States
Labor movement

Note:

Originals in: the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, N.C.
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Finding aid available.

Physical Description:

microfilm
60 microfilm reels : positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 72/188 z FILM reel 1
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Origin:

United States

Copyright Note:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, N.C.