Rural Housing, 1945 - 1962

File — Box: 178, Folder: 3404-3406

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Letters, papers, newsclippings, speeches, newsletters, advertisements, memos.

Dates

Creation: 1945 - 1962

Creator

From the Collection: Jones, Robert E. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 288 Linear feet (281 boxes, 2 oversize, and 31 binders.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Correspondence: Housing (loans, FHA, surveys, improvements, pro, anti, foreclosures, home demonstration clubs, discrimination, rural telephone service, Federal assistance), veterans, Farm Bill, banking and currency cmte, thank you's. REP: Rural Telephone Service, Rural Housing for AL, HR1376 Compared to S138, Cattle-Hogs-Chickens and Feed (States), Autos- Tractors, Trucks, Water and Electrified Farms (South), Rural Family Housing Needs in AL and the U.S. SPEECH: BJ (Home Loan Support). STATE: BJ (Housing, 1949 Housing Act, Housing Legislation, Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act), Senator Lister Hill (Farm Housing and Farm Building), Julian Brown (AL Rural Housing), Congressman Jim Allen (rural housing and general welfare), F.A. Kummer (rural housing situation). PAM: Housing Act 1949, Facts About Housing in AL, Housing Dictatorship and Soft Socialism. LIST: AL farm statistics 1945, 1934 AL housing surveys. ALSO: Clip, NR, note, telegram, memo on above subjects.