Box 7
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Rejection letters, newsletters, copies of disbursement checks, correspondence, clippings, minutes from AG-Link Hotline Board of Directors meeting, transcript of the testimony of Dr. Max E. Glenn representing the Oklahoma AG-Link Coalition and the Oklahoma Conference of Churches before the National Action Commission on the Mental Health of Rural Americans, Des Moines, Iowa, December 2, 1987, and a sampling of work funded by Farm Aid, November-December 1987
File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
November-December 1987
