Timothy J. Sampson papers concerning the National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest, 1964-1965.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English

In English.

Purchased from Bolerium Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.

Arranged chronologically.

This material is open for research.

Timothy J. Sampson (1935-2001) was a political organizer and activist in California, circa 1960-2001. He was a neighborhood organizer for the Avalon-Carver Community Center in Los Angeles, California and served on the California steering committee of the National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest, a 1965 conference in Tucson, Arizona that was part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty and Great Society initiatives. Sampson was a professor of social work at San Francisco State University, circa 1971-2001.

Papers documenting the National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest, a 1965 conference that aimed to raise awareness of poverty in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Colorado, and Texas through a series of citizen panels featuring Americans from a variety of economic backgrounds. The papers include correspondence concerning the planning of the conference, the regional steering committees, and the process of selecting panelists for the citizen panels and speakers such as baseball player Jackie Robinson and United States Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Includes invitations to the conference, press releases, programs, and notes from talks about migrant workers, automation, Native Americans and African Americans living in poverty, education, and welfare. Includes Timothy J. Sampson's notes and conference packet containing printed materials for conference attendees.

November 16, 2017

Timothy J. Sampson Papers Concerning the National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Timothy J. Sampson Papers Concerning the National Conference on Poverty in the Southwest. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.