Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper
Abstract
This collection includes letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendall Clepper. These letters relate to personal and family news, as well as news of the progress and concerns of the Delta Cooperative Farm, on which she was working at the time.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1941
Creator
- Clepper, W. Wendell, 1910- (Person)
- Young, Mildred Binns (Contributor, Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Mildred Binns Young was a birthright Quaker born in 1901 and raised in Ohio. She and her husband Wilmer J. Young established the Delta Cooperative Farm in 1936 in Rockdale, Mississippi, under the care of American Friends Service Committee. Throughout this time Mildred Young corresponded with Wendell Clepper, a convinced Quaker social worker and close friend.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 1995.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Jeanne Clipper. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1995.
Subject
- Delta Cooperative Farm (Rochdale, Miss.) (Organization)
- American Friends Service Committee (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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