MSS 364 Friends of the Land Records Papers

              OHIO MSS 364
Friends of the Land Records
H I S T O R Y 114 cubic feet
Preliminary inventory
Collection Synopsis
_--,,,,,, LLe: The Ohio Historical Society acquired the Friends of the
Land Records as a gift of Mrs. Ollie E. Fink, Zanesville, Ohio, in
July 1971. Marjorie J. Haberman prepared the inventory in February
1985.
Property rights: The Ohio Historical Society owns the property
rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Mrs. Fink has dedicated such copyrights as she possesses
in this collection to the public. Consideration of all other copy-rights
is the responsibility of the author and publisher.
Access: This collection is BSTRICTED for conservation reasons. Use
of this collection must be conducted under Manuscripts Departcent super-vision.
Protective garments may be required for handling the aaterial.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite collection name, collec-tion
number, and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnote and bib-liographic
references.
Organizational sketch: The Friends of the Land ( FOL), a conservation
society formed in March 1940, was a non- profit, non- partisan, indepen-dent
organization supported entirely by its members. It worked with
all government and private agencies to support, increase, and unify all
efforts for the control and wise use of rain, soil, and all living
products. Officers included a president, four vice presidents,
treasurer, editor, business manager, secretary and program director,
and a board of directors headed by a chairman. The FOL offices were
located on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, where it published
a quarterly magazine, The Land; issued quarterly field reports called
The Land Letter which after 1950 became The Land News; and distributed
pamphlets and reprints on topics of interest to members. FOL held an
" Annual Conference on Conservation, Nutrition, Human Health and Hap-piness,"
as well as regional meetings of local chapters.
In September 1949, FOL merged with the Kationai Garden Institcte. The
Institute was founded in February 1943 by the Extension Service of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture as the National Victory Garden Institute.
Its " Gardengram" report of activities was continued in the FOL's - Land
News. Friends of the Land dissolved in circa 1959.
Source: Friends of the Land Records, NSS 364, Ohio Historical Society.
Scope and content: The Friends of the Land Records date from 1940 to
1959 and occupy 114 cubic feet. The collection, maintained b:- secre-tary
Ollie E. Fink, consists of correspondence, financial records, and
printed material produced at the FOL headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.
The records document daily office activities, FOL'S financial dealings,
various programs and conventions FOL sponsored, and the publications it
issued. No attempt was made to organize the records; the following box
list provides a brief content description. Researchers are advised that
much of the collection is damaged by water, dirt. and vermin, and, there-fore.
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