Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
H. L. Mitchell Collection
Collection
Identifier: L1972-85
Abstract
H.L. Mitchell Collection, 1970-1981, consists of correspondence, book reviews, clippings, flyers, speeches, and other materials relating to H.L. Mitchell and the Southern Tenant Farmers Association. Harry Leland Mitchell was a lifelong union activist and co-founder of the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union (STFU) in eastern Arkansas, one of the first integrated labor unions in the United States. The STFU was unique among unions in “encouraging members to leave,” helping them find a life outside...
Dates:
1970-1981
Found in:
Special Collections
Ruth Hale collection
Collection
Identifier: L1986-10
Abstract:
The Ruth Hale collection, 1933-1938, 1971, documents farm conditions, particularly that of sharecroppers, and the activities of Southern Tenant Farmer's Union (an interracial organization founded in 1934 to seek relief from the federal government for sharecroppers and tenant farmers), in Arkansas during the 1930s. The collection includes printed material and correspondence.
Dates:
1933-1938, 1971
Found in:
Special Collections
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