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The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) was formally organized in Birmingham, Alabama in the fall of 1938. It was inspired by the findings of the National Emergency Council's Report on Economic Conditions in the South and by the philosophies of the Southern Policy Conference, a group of Southern intellectuals. Its structure was based on representation from the thirteen Southern states (non-Southerners were welcomed as non-voting members) and the District of Columbia and New York (the latter existing for fund-raising purposes only). Motivated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous statement: "It is my conviction that the South presents right now the Nation's No. 1 economic problem-the Nation's problem, not merely the South's," the conference participants set about their task.

Its declared purpose was the perpetuation of Roosevelt's New Deal program and philosophy for the South. To this end it worked actively for removal of all obstacles to freedom of the ballot, for the abolition of discrimination against Southern industry, for protection of the rights of labor and of racial and religious minorities, and for the extension of Federal aid to farmers and to education. Hampered constantly by lack of funds, the Conference grew slowly. Its State Committees did not appear in viable form until 1944, and some of these were cut off in their formative stages by accusations of Communist domination of the Conference, and its investigation by the House Committee for Un-American Activities in 1947. Further weakened by internal disputes, the SCHW was transmuted in 1948 into the Southern Conference Educational Fund. The SCHW was the most significant attempt by Southerners, up to that time, to introduce a far-reaching agenda of improvement to their native land. It would long be remembered, not for what it achieved, but for what it aspired to and what it attempted.

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referencedIn Blossom, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), b. 1878. Papers, 1885-1974. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Salter, John R. Hunter Gray papers, 1889-1992, 1996-2000. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn United States National Student Association. Southern Student Human Relations Project. Administrative files, 1958-1969. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
creatorOf Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, 1960-1966. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
referencedIn Anne McCarty Braden papers University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library
referencedIn Guide to the Tamiment Library Newspapers, 1873-2014 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Executive Director John L. Tilley files, 1957-1959. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Headquarters Case Files, January 1, 1957–December 31, 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn American Legion. Jefferson Post No. 15 (Louisville, Ky.). Records of the American Legion Jefferson Post No. 15 (Louisville, Ky.) 1919-1988. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Harvey O'Connor Civil Liberties collection, O'Connor (Harvey) Civil Liberties Collection, between 1966 and 1972 John Hay Library, Special Collections
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Files of the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, 1963–1964 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Braden, Carl, 1914-1975. Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn O'Connor, Harvey, 1897-1987. Harvey O'Connor Civil Liberties Collection, 1966-1972. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Executive Director Wyatt T. Walker files, 1952, 1960-1964. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn McSurely, Alan, 1936-. Alan McSurely papers, 1928-1985 (bulk 1960s-1980s). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn National Committee Against Repressive Legislation. Records, 1948-2003. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Carl and Anne Braden Papers, 1928-2006 Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Clark Foreman files, 1934-1967. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Presidential Papers, American Unitarian Association, 1936-1958. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Alan McSurely Papers, 1928-1985 (bulk 1960s-1980s) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn General Files Relating to Hearings, 1957–1969 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Anne Romaine Papers, 1935-1995 (bulk 1960-1995) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn James A. Dombrowski papers, 1918-1983 Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Boyte Family Papers, 1941-1981 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Zellner, Dorothy M., 1938-. Dorothy M. and Robert Zellner papers, 1960-1979. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn National Committee against Repressive Legislation (U.S.). Records, 1952-1980. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Kailin, Laurel. Papers, 1965. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Myra Page Papers, 1910-1990 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Alabama. Legislature. Commission to Preserve the Peace. Records, 1962-1975. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Lawrence Graham Brooks papers, 1897-1981 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Aubrey Williams Papers, 1914 - 1965. Personal Files , 1945 - 1959. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Reed, Linda, 1955-. Oral history interviews of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare/Educational Fund Oral History Project, 1983. Indiana University
referencedIn Durr, Virginia Foster. Papers, 1919-1991 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn White House Subject Files (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. White House Subject Files Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Kirchwey, Freda, 1893-1976. Papers, 1871-1972 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Materials Collected for a Aubrey Williams Biography, 1910–1965 Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. President's Office correspondence, 1958-1968. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Executive Director Ella J. Baker files, 1958-1960. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Wells, Lynn. Papers, 1967-1975. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Southern Conference Educational Fund. Fund records, 1958-1985. Georgia State University
referencedIn Schomer, Howard, 1915-2001. Papers, 1928-2001. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
creatorOf Southern Conference for Human Welfare collection Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Classification 100 (Domestic Security) Headquarters Case Files, 1939–1984 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Papers, 1914-1959, 1930-1959 (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Southern Conference Educational Fund. Southern Conference Educational Fund : file of clippings and miscellanea. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Guide to the William A. Price Papers, 1930-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Virginia Council on Human Relations. Papers, 1960-1966. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Pre-Presidential Papers of Richard M. Nixon. 1946 - 1963. General Correspondence Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Papers of Virginia Foster Durr, 1919-2007 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
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associatedWith Alabama. Legislature. Commission to Preserve the Peace. corporateBody
associatedWith American Legion. Jefferson Post No. 15 (Louisville, Ky.) corporateBody
associatedWith Blossom, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), b. 1878. person
associatedWith Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 person
associatedWith Boyte Family family
associatedWith Braden, Anne, 1924-2006. person
associatedWith Braden, Carl, 1914-1975. person
associatedWith Brooks, Lawrence Graham, 1881-1981 person
associatedWith Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983. person
associatedWith Durr, Virginia Foster. person
associatedWith Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958 person
associatedWith Foreman, Clark Howell. person
associatedWith FREDA KIRCHWEY, 1893-1976 person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Kailin, Laurel. person
associatedWith Lutz, Christine. person
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith Maverick, Maury. person
associatedWith McSurely, Alan, 1936- person
associatedWith Michigan State University. Libraries. American Radicalism Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith National Committee Against Repressive Legislation. corporateBody
associatedWith O'Connor, Harvey, 1897-1987. person
associatedWith Page, Myra, 1897-1993 person
associatedWith Price, William Addison, 1915-2009 person
associatedWith Romaine, Anne. person
associatedWith Salter, John R. person
associatedWith Schomer, Howard, 1915-2001 person
associatedWith Southern Christian Leadership Conference. corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Conference for Human Welfare. corporateBody
associatedWith Tamiment Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Tamiment Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Tamiment Library. corporateBody
associatedWith United States National Student Association. Southern Student Human Relations Project. corporateBody
associatedWith United Tenants Association. Ad Hoc Committee for Low-Rent Housing. corporateBody
associatedWith United Tenants Association/Mutual Housing Association-Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc. (UTA/MHA-HDFC, Inc.). corporateBody
associatedWith Virginia Council on Human Relations. corporateBody
associatedWith Wallace, Henry Agard. person
associatedWith Wells, Lynn. person
associatedWith Williams, Aubrey Willis, 1890-1965. person
associatedWith Zellner, Dorothy M., 1938- person
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