Record #:

21252

Author(s):

McMath, Robert C., Jr.

Abstract:

The Farmers' Alliance of the late 1880s was attractive to farmers and rural professionals based on its program of economic relief, cooperative enterprise and fraternal organization. The decline of the Alliance in 1891 has been blamed upon increased political activity.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Jan 1974, p41-63 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Farmers' Alliance

Record #:

14516

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

The rise of the Farmers Alliance was due primarily to the desperate financial plight of the farmer. The Alliance sought relief not only for the political ills from which agriculture suffered but from economic ills as well.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 10, Aug 1945, p9, 21-22

Subject(s):

North Carolina Farmers' Alliance

Record #:

21279

Author(s):

Hunt, James L.

Abstract:

Part one of a three part article examining the early life and political career of Populist leader Marion Butler up to his election to the US Senate in 1895. Particular attention is given to Butler's differences from Georgia Populist Tom Watson in Butler's service to the Farmer's Alliance, his persistence as a Democrat, and as a fusionist. Butler's life has been seen as influential not only because he was president of the Alliance and a Senator, but because his life demonstrates the path to political reform taken by thousands of farmers during the 1980s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p53-77, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance; Populism

Record #:

21284

Author(s):

Hunt, James L.

Abstract:

Part two of a three part article examining the early life and political career of Populist leader Marion Butler up to his election to the US Senate in 1895. Particular attention is given to differences between Butler and Georgia Populist, Tom Watson, who was in Butler's service to the Farmer's Alliance, his persistence as a Democrat, and his beliefs in fusionism. Butler's life has been seen influential not only because he was president of the Alliance and a senator, but because his life demonstrates the path to political reform taken by thousands of farmers during the 1880s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 3, July 1985, p179-202, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance; Populism

Record #:

21304

Author(s):

Hunt, James L.

Abstract:

Part three of a three-part article examining the early life and political career of Populist leader Marion Butler up to his election to the US Senate in 1895. Particular attention is given to Butler's differences from Georgia Populist Tom Watson in Butler's service to the Farmer's Alliance, his persistence as a Democrat, and a fusionist. Butler's life has been seen influential not only because he was president of the Alliance and a Senator, but because his life demonstrates the path to political reform taken by thousands of farmers during the 1980s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 3, July 1985, p317-343, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance; Populism

Record #:

14704

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

The Populist Party came into existence as the result of widespread agricultural depression a half a century ago. This presents an interesting chapter in the political history of North Carolina which is closely tied with the rise of the Farmers Alliance.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 15, Sept 1944, p5, 28

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government; North Carolina Populist Party; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance