| Title: |
Reminiscences of H. L. Mitchell
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A124
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
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.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 191 leaves, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1957 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Mitchell, Harry Leland, 1906-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1906
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| Speaker occupation: |
Union official
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
1957
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| Interviewer: |
Shaughnessy, Donald F.
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Federation of Labor, 1886-; Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1936-1955
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agricultural laborers--Labor unions; American Federation of Labor, 1886-; Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1936-1955; Labor unions--Officials and employees; North America; Southern States--Economic conditions; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-; National Agricultural Workers Union; Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019062-14505
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