Federal Farm Board Series 1924-1931 1930-1931.

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Federal Farm Board Series 1924-1931 1930-1931.

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In this series, Lever's affiliation with the Federal Farm Board is documented. Lever served as a Field Representative from 1930-1933. This Federal Agency attempted to halt the slump in prices for agriculture products by lending funds to cooperatives and other organizations to purchase commodities and hold them off the market. Correspondence with members of the Farm Board and educators--such as Edgar Markham and Carl Williams of the Board; D.W. Watkins, William Williams Long, and President E.W. Sikes of Clemson College; and J. Phil Campbell of the University of Georgia--is included in this series.

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Lever, Frank.

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South Carolina Congressman 1901-1919; member of the Federal Farm Board, 1919-1922; organizer of the First Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank, 1922-1929; Director of Public Relations, Farm Credit Administration, Southeastern Region, 1933-1940. From the description of Frank Lever papers 1895-1964 1900-1940. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19365105 This series documents Lever's unsuccessful bid for the former seat he held in Congress. Lever lost to the incumbent...

Watkins, D. W.

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Long, W. W.

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Sikes, Enoch Walter, 1868-1941

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Enoch Walter Sikes was born in Union County, N.C. on May 1, 1868. His education culminated with a Ph.D. in history, government and economics from Johns Hopkins University. Sikes began his faculty career at Wake Forest where he met his future wife, Ruth Wingate. By 1916, Sikes had become president of Coker College, a women's college in Hartsville, S.C. Knowing Sikes' reputation for administrative ability and public speaking, Clemson College's Board of Trustees asked Sikes to serve as the school's...

Williams, Carl

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Campbell, J. Phil.

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Markham, Edgar.

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