Reminiscences of H.L. Mitchell : oral history, 1957.

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Reminiscences of H.L. Mitchell : oral history, 1957.

Formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union; its eventual affiliation with the Congress of Industrial Organizations; resistance to the Communist Party; reorganization with the American Federation of Labor as the National Agricultural Workers Union; conditions among tenants and sharecroppers in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-1989

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of H.L. Mitchell : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734831 ...

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Southern tenant farmers' union

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Shaughnessy, Donald F.,

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