St. Helena Island-Agricultural Interests-Correspondence, 1928-1938

Letter from R.W. Hamilton, soil fertility specialist with Clemson Agricultural College, to WK re. his request for a farming program for African American farmers in Beaufort County; WK writes (as head of Beaufort county delegation) to protest abolition of African American demonstration agents for Sea Island area; letter to Chairman of the Federal Trades Commission (from WK?) outlining facts re. contract growing of potatoes in South Carolina and the Eastern Seaboard; mentions issues affecting the truck farming industry; re. new procedures for Rural Rehabilitation (RR) (1935); problems with Beaufort's RR program; WK does not understand why farmers on rehabilitation rolls are not allowed to work on WPA projects; letter to WK from Palmetto State Teachers Assoc. re. statistics on African American schools in SC; re. meeting with Penn School administrators to discuss the plight of Sea Island African American farmers; appeals to regional director of Resettlement to pay more attention to the plight of the coastal blacks; explains the history of the Sea Island African Americans and their attachment to the lands (mentions St. Helena blacks in particular and their virtual isolation)-much detail on the state of St. Helena African Americans in 1936; WK's views on how to help the black farmers; correspondence from Rossa Cooley of Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School thanking WK for his efforts on the school's behalf?; correspondence from principal of Voorhees Normal and Industrial School (Denmark, SC) re. possibility of a cooperative project on Hunting Island that would provide housing for blacks.