Papers, 1937-2003.

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Papers, 1937-2003.

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The Charles Walters Papers contain correspondence and printed matter related to Walters' research, as well as copies of some of Walters' publications. Material related to the NFO includes correspondence, legal documents, printed matter, and includes both paper records and microfilm. Over half of the collection is devoted to photographs documenting the activities of the NFO throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The photographs include images of members of the NFO leadership, conventions, holding actions and other activities sponsored by the NFO. The majority of the photographs were taken by Walters.

8.1 linear ft. (11 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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National Farmers Organization (U.S.)

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The National Farmers Organization (NFO) was founded in 1955 to combat low prices farmers received from food processors. The NFO argued that farmers made up nine percent of the nation's population but only earned four percent of its income. The early history of the NFO was marked by radicalism; farmers organized withholding actions to increase prices, then staged boycotts and protests. The more aggressive aspects of the organization's activities receded by 1979, when its focus turned to collectiv...

Walters, Charles, 1926-

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Charles Walters, Jr., was born in Ness County, Kansas in 1926. He received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University and his graduate degree from Denver University. He is an economist and journalist with a number of books to his credit. His main professional focus is on raw materials economics. Walters was greatly influenced by the works of Carl H. Wilken, Charles B. Ray, and John Lee Coulter. During the 1960s, Walters became associated with the National Farmers Organizatio...