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Summary Information
North Bolivar County Farm Cooperative Records 1967-1969
- North Bolivar County Farm Cooperative (Mound Bayou, Miss.)
Mss 602; Tape 1027A
0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 8 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of an agricultural and food cooperative organized by black Mississippians in response to the mechanization of cotton farming and problems of unemployment and malnutrition in the Mississippi Delta. Among the records are articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of meetings, a progress report, plans, budgets, a membership list, and brochure of the Cooperative; minutes of meetings of “teams” concerned with health care; materials describing the programs of the Tufts-Delta Health Center; and data pertaining to the population and incomes in the Delta. Eight tapes record interviews made by Historical Society staff member Charles Bowden with Cooperative leaders and members. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00602
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