American Friends Service Committee. Coal Relief Program
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles M. Tatum. American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-262
Abstract
The collection documents the work of the American Friends Service Committee child relief team in the bituminous coal fields of West Virginia and Kentucky, 1931-1933. Of particular interest are (carbon) letters sent regularly to the American Friends Service Committee Coal Committee headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., recounting almost daily the activities of the team from February-May 1932 as well as the hardships and political unrest. The first year of the program concentrated on feeding and...
Dates:
1931-1941 (bulk 1931-1933)
Charles M. Tatum photographs of American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief
Collection — Othertype PA-140
Identifier: SFHL-PA-140
Abstract
The President’s Committee on Unemployment Relief and the Federal Children’s Bureau requested that the American Friends Service Committee provide relief for the children of unemployed mine workers in the poverty stricken bituminous coal fields in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and West Virginia during the winter of 1931-1932. Charles Maris Tatum worked in West Virginia and Kentucky for the AFSC Coal Relief mission from 1931-1933.
Dates:
1931 - 1941
