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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, membership lists, forms, descriptions and by-laws of self help co-operatives organized and instituted in the
vicinity of Scotts Run during the latter part of the Great Depression. Trubee was a newly ordained pastor sent upon request
from local volunteers by the Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church. His task was to conduct religious services and to develop
programs to alleviate poverty for those unemployed miners and their families who had not been resettled at Arthurdale. With
the technical advice of Hjalmer Rutzebek of Merom, Indiana, the manager of an institute to aid in the development of self
help organizations, Trubee and the community formed a co-operative that operated a bakery, gardens and food processing (canning)
center. Trubee was also instrumental in obtaining better drinking water, medical and dental services and recreational facilities
for the inhabitants. Nonetheless, these papers reflect not only the success of the co-operatives' efforts but also the severity
of the Great Depression persisting even as late as the eve of America's entry into World War II.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Reverend Franklin Trubee Records, A&M 2831, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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