Coolidge Papers. Co-operative Marketing - Agriculture, 1923-28.

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, 1924Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Louis T. McFadden
September 9, 1924Letter from Harry Rappaport to Calvin Coolidge
April 10, 1924Telegram from C Bascom Slemp
April 3, 1924Letter from Henry C. Wallace to C. Bascom Slemp
no dateNotes
March 29, 1924Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Henry C. Wallace
January 1924Article from Paul B. Talbot
January 1924Article from Paul B. Talbot
March 27, 1924Letter from Paul B. Talbot to Calvin Coolidge
March 27, 1924Typescript
August 14, 1923Letter from J.Q. Adams to Calvin Coolidge
February 1, 1924Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Walter Peteet
no dateLetter to Calvin Coolidge
August 15, 1923Newspaper
no dateArticle
November 23, 1923Letter from W.W. Baldwin to Bascom Slemp
November 1923Article from Warren Bishop
November 1923Article
November 1923Article from Julius H. Barnes
November 22, 1923Letter from J.W. Bishop to C.B. Slemp
November 19, 1923Letter from Calvin Coolidge
March 25, 1924Letter from Julius H. Barnes to Calvin Coolidge
January 5, 1925Speech
no dateCircular from B.F. Yoakum
October 16, 1928Letter from B.F. Yoakum to Calvin Coolidge
June 9, 1928Letter from Everett Sanders to Gray Silver
May 27, 1928Telegram from Gutzon Borglum to Calvin Coolidge
May 10, 1928Letter from Gray Silver to Calvin Coolidge
February 13, 1928Federal Publication
no dateArticle
July 29, 1927Letter from A.C. Bishop to Calvin Coolidge
no dateSpeech from John L. Burney
no dateReport
January 23, 9126Letter from A. Bender to Calvin Coolidge
April 11, 1924Letter from Walter Peteet to C. Bascom Slemp
January 3, 1925Letter from James M. Witherow to C. Bascom Slemp
December 26, 1924Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Sydney Anderson
December 24, 1924Letter from Walton Peteet to C. Bascom Slemp
December 8, 1924Press Release
December 8, 1924Letter from Herbert Hoover to C. Bascom Slemp
November 5, 1924Letter from F.W.Read to Calvin Coolidge
September 16, 1924Letter from Calvin Coolidge to B.F. Yoakum
September 11, 1924Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to Harry Rappaport
September 22, 1923Letter from Herbert Hoover to Bascom C. Slemp
January 23, 1926Article
November 20, 1923Letter from R.D. Bowen to C.B. Slemp