Brooks Hays Letter and Memorandum

Collection

Identifier: MS H334

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Scope and Content Note

Typewritten transcript of original one page letter, dated April 15, 1935, and attached eight page typewritten memorandum from Hays to Paul Porter, executive assistant to the administrator of the U.S. Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Memorandum reports Hays' findings on the social conditions and economic plight of share-croppers and tenant farmers in eastern Arkansas, especially as these reflect the impact of AAA policies implemented there.

Original documents in U.S. National Archives (Record Group 145, Records of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; AAA Cotton Code series, Correspondence; Landlord-Tenant section; Tenancy box.)

Dates

Creation: 1935

Creator

Hays, Brooks (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

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Use Information

"No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17)."

Biographical Note

Employee of U.S. Department of Agriculture and later U.S. representative from Arkansas, presidential advisor, educator, and president of the Southern Baptist Convention.