Guide to the Farmer's Union-Evergreen Local Records 1961-1973
Cage 506

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Farmer's Union-Evergreen Local Records
Title
Farmer's Union-Evergreen Local Records
ID
Cage 506
Date [inclusive]
1961-1973
Extent
1 container., .25 linear feet of shelf space., 33 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Oregon-Washington Farmers Union Newspapers, correspondence, and a union handbook.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 506, Farmer's Union-Evergreen Local Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Evergreen Local chapter is part of the Oregon-Washington Farmer's Union which, in turn, is a division and an integral administrative subdivision of the Farmer's Educational and Cooperative Union of America, a Texas corporation known as the National Farmer's Union. This union was founded in 1902 in Texas and became a national organization in 1905. It is the smallest and second oldest of all American farm organizations. As of 1985, farm families from 44 states make up its 300,000 members. The union was created by farmers who wished to be unionized, enabling them to be on an equal footing with unionized labor and capital in their commercial and political relations. The union favors initiative, referendum, recall, war referendum, full employment principle, higher minimum wages, broader social security coverage, expanded economic aid abroad, and a stronger United Nations. Also, the union represents the interests of the farming family, and aids the family in developing self-help institutions such as cooperatives.

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Scope and Content

The records of the Farmer's Union-Evergreen Local, 1961-1973, consist of Oregon-Washington Farmer's Union Newspapers, several letters, and a union handbook.

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Arrangement

The newspapers are arranged chronologically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Evergreen Chapter of the Oregon-Washington Farmer's Union were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Allen Ham in November of 1980 (MS80-45).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Oregon-Washington Farmers Union. Evergreen Chapter--Archives
Subject(s) :
  • National Farmers' Union (U.S.)

Personal Name(s)

Donor(s) :
  • Ham, Allen. WaPS

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture--Washington (State)--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Oregon-Washington Farmer's Union Newspapers  
folder

 1961  7 items.

 1

 1962  7 items.

 2

 1964  4 items.

 3

 1966  4 items.

 4

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Office Files 1964-1973  11 items.

 5