Papers of the American Country Life Association (ACLA), an organization that was an outgrowth of Theodore Roosevelt's 1908 Commission on Country Life. Composed of sociologists, educators, churchmen, economists, farm newspaper editors, and others interested in rural life, the association sought to aid rural improvement by publicity, discussion, and support of persons and agencies active in the field. The papers of Benson Y. Landis, executive secretary from 1929 to 1942, comprise the bulk of the collection. Other materials, such as audit reports, treasurer's files, minutes, and publicity releases, are incomplete. There is a small group of papers from the files of Carl Taylor, a North Carolina professor of sociology..
