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Charles M. Tatum photographs of American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief, 1931-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:

.2 cubic ft. (1 box, stored with pa-139)

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.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]