Poor People's Corporation Records, 1960-1967 (bulk 1964-1967)

Container Title
Series: Cooperatives
Box   2
Folder   7
Aberdeen Sewing Group, 1966
Box   2
Folder   8
Athens Cooperative Sewing Center, 1967, undated
Box   2
Folder   9
Baertown Sewing Cooperative, 1966, undated
Box   2
Folder   10
Canton Cooperative, undated
Box   2
Folder   11
Delta Leather Workshop, undated
Box   2
Folder   12
Liberty House Cooperative, 1967, undated
Box   2
Folder   13
McComb Leather Cooperative, 1966
Box   2
Folder   14
Madison County Sewing Firm, 1965-1966, undated
Box   2
Folder   15
Mileston Cooperative, 1964, 1966
Box   2
Folder   16
Mt. Nebo Sewing Cooperative, 1966, undated
Box   2
Folder   17
Mt. Olive Quilt Cooperative, undated
Box   2
Folder   18
Pike County Cooperative, undated
Box   2
Folder   19
Pleasant Grove Cooperative, undated
Box   2
Folder   20
Prairie Sewing Cooperative, 1966-1967, undated
Box   2
Folder   21
Shelby Sewing Group, 1966, undated
Box   2
Folder   22
Sunflower and Bolivar Counties - Rural Cooperatives, 1964, undated
Box   2
Folder   23
White Station Cooperative, undated
Audio 549A
Tape Recordings
549A/1
Side   1
First meeting of all co-op management committee, 1967 July 15
Scope and Content Note: All groups except Delta Leather were present, and problems of quality and quantity, such as the difficulties in placing orders to New York were discussed.
549A/2
Side   1
Meeting of sales representative with co-op workers
Scope and Content Note: Discussion of working conditions, complaints, training, and methods of increasing production. Ideas such as inventory control, designing imaginative new products, and increasing co-op membership were suggested.
Side   2
Continuation of meeting
Scope and Content Note: Deals mostly with financial problems encountered by group members, including opening savings accounts and cashing checks. Quality control and the need for inspection were also discussed.
549A/3
Side   1
Freedom Now Brick Corporation meeting in New York
Scope and Content Note: Discussion with Paul Goodwin, brother of architect Percy Goodwin about designing and building houses for “the people.” Other phone calls and contacts re finding investors and potential customers in new buildings and businesses in Mississippi were mentioned.
Side   2
Continuation of meeting
Scope and Content Note: Discussion of the necessity of developing perspectives and contacting others involved in similar operations. Financial issues such as the procedures for the selling of stocks and bonds and the possibility of buying government land were also brought up.