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Container
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Title
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Mss 172
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Series: Correspondence
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Council of Federated Organizations
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Poor People's Corporation
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1966 January 5-1967 July 19
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Box
1
Folder
5
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undated
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Series: Organizational Data
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Certificate of incorporation, minutes, 1966 state tax return, 1965-1966
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Organizational file and operational data, 1964-1967
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Application for Community Action Program, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1966
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Application for Technical Assistance, Economic Development Administration, 1966?
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Series: Reports
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Box
2
Folder
4
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SNCC reports and data, 1964-1965, undated
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Publications received
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1960-1966
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Box
2
Folder
6
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undated
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Series: Cooperatives
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Aberdeen Sewing Group, 1966
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Athens Cooperative Sewing Center, 1967, undated
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Baertown Sewing Cooperative, 1966, undated
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Canton Cooperative, undated
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Delta Leather Workshop, undated
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Liberty House Cooperative, 1967, undated
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Box
2
Folder
13
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McComb Leather Cooperative, 1966
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Madison County Sewing Firm, 1965-1966, undated
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Mileston Cooperative, 1964, 1966
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Mt. Nebo Sewing Cooperative, 1966, undated
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Mt. Olive Quilt Cooperative, undated
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Pike County Cooperative, undated
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Pleasant Grove Cooperative, undated
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Box
2
Folder
20
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Prairie Sewing Cooperative, 1966-1967, undated
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Box
2
Folder
21
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Shelby Sewing Group, 1966, undated
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Box
2
Folder
22
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Sunflower and Bolivar Counties - Rural Cooperatives, 1964, undated
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Box
2
Folder
23
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White Station Cooperative, undated
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Audio 549A
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Tape Recordings
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549A/1
Side
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First meeting of all co-op management committee, 1967 July 15
: 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.
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549A/2
Side
1
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Meeting of sales representative with co-op workers
: 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.
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Side
2
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Continuation of meeting
: 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.
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549A/3
Side
1
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Freedom Now Brick Corporation meeting in New York
: 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.
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Side
2
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Continuation of meeting
: 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.
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