Descriptive summary
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creator:
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Socialist
Workers Party |
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title:
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Farm Protests
Collection |
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dates:
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1954-1990, n.d. |
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extent:
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2.1 linear ft.
(5 document boxes) |
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collection number:
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MS 249 |
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repository:
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Special
Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Socialist
Workers Party Farm Protests Collection, MS 249, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Historical
note
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Members and
supporters of the Socialist Workers Party have worked with the farm
movement and have covered farm protests for the Party's newspaper
The Militant since the 1970s. The items in this collection were
collected by various members who were active with the farm movement. |
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Collection description
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This collection (1954-1990, n.d.) contains newspaper clippings and
magazine articles dealing with events surrounding farming, both
internationally and in the United States. The main focus of the
collection is the farm crisis of the 1980s, but other social issues
relating to agriculture are included as well. |
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Organization
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The collection is arranged by subject and then chronologically. |
Container list
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Box
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Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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1 |
1 |
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1982-1987 |
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1 |
2 |
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1975-1989 |
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1 |
3 |
Conferences and Protests |
1978-1984 |
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1 |
4 |
Conferences and Protests |
1985-1986 |
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1 |
5 |
Corporate farming |
1980, 1982 |
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1 |
6 |
Demographic changes |
1975-1980 |
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1 |
7 |
Economic and trade
conflicts |
1980-1984 |
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1 |
8 |
Economic and trade
conflicts |
1985-1990 |
|
1 |
9 |
Farm women |
1984-1987 |
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2 |
1 |
Farm workers |
1976-1983 |
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2 |
2 |
Farmers' organizations |
1976-1983 |
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2 |
3 |
Farmers' organizations |
1984-1986 |
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2 |
4 |
Food |
1981 |
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3 |
1 |
General information on the
farm crisis |
1980-1984 |
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3 |
2 |
General information on the
farm crisis |
1985 |
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3 |
3 |
General information on the
farm crisis |
1985 |
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3 |
4 |
General information on the
farm crisis |
1985 |
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4 |
1 |
Government and official
response to the farm crisis |
1974-1985 |
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4 |
2 |
International events |
1973-1985 |
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4 |
3 |
International events |
1985 |
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4 |
4 |
International events |
1986-1989 |
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4 |
5 |
Pamphlets regarding the
farm crisis |
1978-1984 |
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5 |
1 |
Politicians' response to
farm crisis |
1983-1987 |
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5 |
2 |
Populism |
1954-1988 |
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5 |
3 |
States (A-N) |
1982-1985 |
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5 |
4 |
States (O-Z) |
1982-1985 |
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5 |
5 |
Unions and farmers |
1983-1985 |
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5 |
6 |
Slides--foreclosures and
rallies (131 color slides) |
1983-1985, n.d. |
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