American Country Life Association Records, 1908-1983

Summary Information

Title: American Country Life Association Records
Inclusive Dates: 1908-1983

Creator:
  • American Country Life Association
Call Number: U.S. Mss AG; M64-154; PH U.S. Mss AG; M2004-117

Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (15 archives boxes and 6 volumes); plus additions of 3.8 c.f. and 42 photographs

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of the American Country Life Association (ACLA), an organization that was an outgrowth of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1908 Commission on Country Life. Composed of sociologists, educators, churchmen, economists, farm newspaper editors, and others interested in rural life, the association sought to aid rural improvement by publicity, discussion, and support of persons and agencies active in the field. The papers of Benson Y. Landis, executive secretary from 1929 to 1942, comprise the bulk of the collection. Other materials, such as audit reports, treasurer’s files, minutes, and publicity releases, are incomplete. There is a small group of papers from the files of Carl Taylor, a North Carolina professor of sociology.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0000ag
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