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Brooks Hays Letter and Memorandum

 Collection
Identifier: MS H334
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....
Dates: 1935
Found in: Special Collections Department / Brooks Hays Letter and Memorandum

Henry Clay East Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 189
Scope and Content Note

Most of the papers in this collection comprise correspondence from H.L. Mitchell to East regarding Mitchell's union work after the STFU merged with other labor unions. Some correspondence concerns East's personal and political activities. Other materials include clippings, pamphlets, brochures, and newsletters that East either obtained himself or received from Mitchell.

Dates: 1934-1973
Found in: Special Collections Department / Henry Clay East Papers

Louise Heflin Stuart Delta Cooperative Farm Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2193
Content Description The collection consists of materials related to the Delta Cooperative Farm (DCF) in Rochdale, Mississippi, a 1938-1939 agricultural cooperative made up primarily of former tenant farmers, many of them from Arkansas. The materials were primarily compiled by Louise Heflin Stuart for her master's thesis, and also include materials regarding other agricultural labor groups such as the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (STFU). Collection materials include manuscripts, interview notes,...
Dates: circa 1934-2016
Found in: Special Collections Department / Louise Heflin Stuart Delta Cooperative Farm Materials

William A. Gilbert Papers

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Identifier: MC 190
Scope and Content Note

The William Gilbert papers consist of correspondence, business records, newspapers, pamphlets, tracts, brochures, amd microfilm reflecting his wide range of interests including socialism, mysticism, pacifism, and the American Legion. The bulk of the papers are printed materials, and those which form an integral part of the collection have been retained.

Dates: 1923-1969
Found in: Special Collections Department / William A. Gilbert Papers

Richard W. St. John Commonwealth College Collection

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Identifier: MS Sa235 196
Scope and Content Note Correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, minutes of proceedings, bulletins, pamphlets, newspapers, clippings, and other material pertaining to the history of the radical labor school at Mena, Arkansas. Correspondents include Cedric Belfrage, Wilbur Clarke Benton, Douglass Carr, Winifred L. Chappell, J. Vance Clayton, Kenneth C. Coffelt, William Fadjo Cravens, Samuel W. Eiges, Henry Pratt Fairchild, Mabel Fulks, Nathan Green Gordon, Laura Ley Gray, Claris G. "Crip" Hall, Arthur...
Dates: 1924-1949
Found in: Special Collections Department / Richard W. St. John Commonwealth College Collection

U.S. Federal Emergency Relief Administration Records

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Identifier: MS Un3r
Scope and Content Note Contains 22 items pertaining to a 1935 Federal Emergency Administration Relief Workers' Strike in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Xerox copy of selected material, Jan. 9 - Mar .1, 1935, from state files of National Archives and Records Service's Records Group 69, Records of Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Records relate, in part, to: Arkansas Emergency Relief Administration, Horace Bryan, Commonwealth College, Students League for Industrial Democracy, Ward H. Rodgers, Southern Tenant...
Dates: 1935
Found in: Special Collections Department / U.S. Federal Emergency Relief Administration Records

William Henry Cobb Papers

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Identifier: MC 2222
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists primarily of William Henry Cobb's research and writings on the history of Commonwealth College, including essays, correspondence, newspapers, and photographs. Also included are materials regarding his related research on the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union and regarding his efforts to encourage the University of Arkansas to honor the memory of former professor Dr. Walter Lee Brown.

Dates: ca 1927-2009
Found in: Special Collections Department / William Henry Cobb Papers

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