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Reports and Recommendations - Statement of Principles and Chapters 1 - 14, 1967-09

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6-10
Identifier: 01-046

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains materials relating to Davis’ service on President Lyndon B. Johnson’s National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty from 1966 to 1968. Materials include a notebook from the commission’s third meeting in May 1967. Arranged according to its sections (A, B, C etc.), the notebook contains reports dealing with such subjects as the demographic characteristics of poverty, housing and health conditions, and employment. There is also the commission’s Report and Recommendations from July 1967. Arranged according to its chapters (1-15), this report covers such subjects as the reasons for rural poverty, housing, health, education, natural resource development and community organization. There is also a very small collection of memorandums, notes, and other materials and a published report entitled The People Left Behind (1967).

Dates

  • 1967-09

Conditions Governing Access

This accession is open for research.

Extent

From the Accession: 8.25 Cubic Feet (Five record center boxes, two flat oversized boxes, and two half document boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

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Auburn Alabama 36849
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