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Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
SC.170
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper, 1936-1941, SC/170.
Date:
1936-1941 (inclusive)
Creator:
Clepper, W. Wendell, 1910- and Young, Mildred Binns
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.

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.

Transferred from Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 1995.

Source of acquisition--Jeanne Clipper. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1995.

Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers, 1918-2014, RG5/289

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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