The Green rising, 1901-1977 : a supplement to the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1910-1977. [microform]

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The Green rising, 1901-1977 : a supplement to the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1910-1977. [microform]

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Consists of the papers of four men active in the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union: Harry Leland Mitchell, a founding member and first executive secretary of the union; Thomas H. Gibbins; Clyde L. Johnson, an organizer for the Southern Organizing Committee of the Farmers' Union and various other trade unions; and David S. Burgess, a minister active in organizing migrant workers. The collections contain correspondence, subject files, printed matter, manuscripts, autobiographies, oral histories, newspapers and newsletters, sermons, and reports which document each individual's career.

17 microfilm reels.

Cornell University Library

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