Collection of Letters and Documents – Associations of Farmers and Land-Owners in Palestine – "The Young Farmer" ...

Collection of Letters and Documents – Associations of Farmers and Land-Owners in Palestine – "The Young Farmer", "Federation of Jewish Colonies, Judea", "HaEzrach", and More – 1910s and 1920s
Approx. 95 letters, circulars and documents, recording the activity of farmer associations and land-owners in Palestine during the second and third Aliyah. Petach-Tikvah, Hadera, Jaffa, Rishon LeZion and elsewhere (some from the USA and Europe), 1910s and 1920s, Hebrew, some English and some French.
These letters and documents, corresponding to the period of the Socialist Aliyah, the establishment of the Histadrut labor federation and the rise of workers' parties, document the attempts of land-owners, farmers and the "bourgeois" to maintain their status and power in Palestine. While delineating the tension between farmers and the laborers, the documents also deal with agricultural activity, crops and the relationships between the various Jewish settlements in the early 20th century.
The collection includes: · Approx. 25 letters and documents by the "Federation of Jewish Colonies, Judea" and the farmers organization established by it – "The Jewish farmers' Federation in Palestine" ("Hitahadut HaIkarim"; most of the letters and documents are signed by "the last of the Bilu'im", Menashe Meirowitz). They record violent confrontations between workers and farmers, emergency meetings held by settlement representatives regarding the workers' movements and the "poisonous" Socialist ideology, early attempts to establish farmers' parties, and more. · Approx. 20 letters and documents exchanged between "The Young Farmer" organization and other organizations in Palestine, with interesting information about pest control, agricultural tools, the economic organization, and more. · Approx. 30 letters, bank statements and prospects sent by agricultural tools manufacturers and American and European fertilization companies to "The Young Farmer". · Six letters sent by the "HaEzrach Union" party, representing various farmer associations. · And more.
Many of the letters and documents are stamped with the stamps of the various organizations.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.