A mix of letters, telegrams, and newspaper and magazine clippings sent to and from the White House offering various analyses for and solutions to the problem of the farmer's declining standard of living. Issues and concepts include farmers' marketing cooperatives, consumer buying cooperatives, and McNary-Haugen legislation. Documents include copies of typed letters from President Coolidge; a November 19, 1923, letter to the American Cotton Growers Exchange in Dallas, Texas; a January 3, 1924, letter to Congressman Louis T. McFadden soliciting suggestions about assisting farmers through the cooperative marketing system; a December 26, 1924, letter concerning agricultural overproduction; an article by B. F. Yoakum, a New York businessman, "It Costs Too Much to Sell Our Food," published in the November 1923 issue of The Nation's Business, a publication of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; a list of recommendations from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to improve agricultural conditions; a December 8, 1924, report on farm cooperatives from Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace; and material from farmers opposing McNary-Haugen price stabilization.
Selections reproduced as facsimile page images: 135 of 450 pages.
Selected Document List | Page Images
| January 3, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Louis T. McFadden |
| September 9, 1924 | Letter from Harry Rappaport to Calvin Coolidge |
| April 10, 1924 | Telegram from C Bascom Slemp |
| April 3, 1924 | Letter from Henry C. Wallace to C. Bascom Slemp |
| no date | Notes |
| March 29, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Henry C. Wallace |
| January 1924 | Article from Paul B. Talbot |
| January 1924 | Article from Paul B. Talbot |
| March 27, 1924 | Letter from Paul B. Talbot to Calvin Coolidge |
| March 27, 1924 | Typescript |
| August 14, 1923 | Letter from J.Q. Adams to Calvin Coolidge |
| February 1, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Walter Peteet |
| no date | Letter to Calvin Coolidge |
| August 15, 1923 | Newspaper |
| no date | Article |
| November 23, 1923 | Letter from W.W. Baldwin to Bascom Slemp |
| November 1923 | Article from Warren Bishop |
| November 1923 | Article |
| November 1923 | Article from Julius H. Barnes |
| November 22, 1923 | Letter from J.W. Bishop to C.B. Slemp |
| November 19, 1923 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge |
| March 25, 1924 | Letter from Julius H. Barnes to Calvin Coolidge |
| January 5, 1925 | Speech |
| no date | Circular from B.F. Yoakum |
| October 16, 1928 | Letter from B.F. Yoakum to Calvin Coolidge |
| June 9, 1928 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Gray Silver |
| May 27, 1928 | Telegram from Gutzon Borglum to Calvin Coolidge |
| May 10, 1928 | Letter from Gray Silver to Calvin Coolidge |
| February 13, 1928 | Federal Publication |
| no date | Article |
| July 29, 1927 | Letter from A.C. Bishop to Calvin Coolidge |
| no date | Speech from John L. Burney |
| no date | Report |
| January 23, 9126 | Letter from A. Bender to Calvin Coolidge |
| April 11, 1924 | Letter from Walter Peteet to C. Bascom Slemp |
| January 3, 1925 | Letter from James M. Witherow to C. Bascom Slemp |
| December 26, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Sydney Anderson |
| December 24, 1924 | Letter from Walton Peteet to C. Bascom Slemp |
| December 8, 1924 | Press Release |
| December 8, 1924 | Letter from Herbert Hoover to C. Bascom Slemp |
| November 5, 1924 | Letter from F.W.Read to Calvin Coolidge |
| September 16, 1924 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to B.F. Yoakum |
| September 11, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Harry Rappaport |
| September 22, 1923 | Letter from Herbert Hoover to Bascom C. Slemp |
| January 23, 1926 | Article |
| November 20, 1923 | Letter from R.D. Bowen to C.B. Slemp |