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This collection contains financial correspondence between Cullowhee, North Carolina resident John Phillips and federal agencies that provided loans to farmers, mainly the Farm Security Administration (also referred to as the Farmers Home Administration) and the Farm Credit Administration. Each of these federal organizations were established under the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration's New Deal and sought to combat the financial strain of the Great Depression.
John G. Phillips and his wife Bertie Phillips lived in Cullowhee, North Carolina. John took out a variety of loans from the United States federal government to aid their farming operation in the 1930s through the 1950s.
Many of the loans Phillips received came from the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Second New Deal, the federal government established the Resettlement Administration (RA) in 1935 with the original purpose of relocating farm communities to more prosperous land. The RA reorganized and abandoned the relocation program under a new name, the Farm Security Administration in 1937. The FSA provided financial assistance to farmers struggling from the economic strain of the Great Depression. It also encouraged farmers to join cooperative organizations and provided medical care. In 1946, the FSA and the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Division of the Farm Credit Administration joined to form the Farmers Home Administration. The program continues to operate in the United States Department of Agriculture today under the name Farm Service Agency.
Phillips also received loans through the Farm Credit Administration (FCA). The FCA extended from the 1916 Federal Loan Act, which established federal land banks across the United States, and the 1923 Agricultural Credits Act, which created credit banks. The United States Congress and the Roosevelt administration extended these services through the 1933 Farm Credit Act and Emergency Farm Mortgage Act, both under Roosevelt's First New Deal. The Farm Credit Act formed a national Farm Credit System, which provided long and short term loans, banks for famers' cooperatives, and a central cooperative bank, all under the new Farm Credit Administration. The FCA was incorporated into the United States Department of Agriculture in 1939 but became its own entity again in 1953.
This collection includes approximately 20 items of correspondence between John Phillips and the United States federal government farmer relief programs, mainly the Farm Security Administration. Records include home visit records, receipts, promissory notes, crop liens, loan agreements, account statements, requests for payment, and clover seed samples. The materials range in date from 1937-1955. Many of the receipts and promissory records are stamped to note whether or not the loans were paid off.
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.
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[Identification of item], John G. Phillips Correspondence Regarding New Deal Rural Relief Programs, MC 00819, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Purchase, 2026 October (Accession 2026.0117).
Processed by: Ella Mayfield, 2026 October; Collection guide written by: Ella Mayfield, 2026 October.
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[Identification of item], John G. Phillips Correspondence Regarding New Deal Rural Relief Programs, MC 00819, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries’ “Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain” and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.