Jean-Joseph Maurice Dartigue papers, 1941-1945.
- 2,000 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, minutes, agreements, studies, and financial reports pertaining to the founding and mission of the Société Haitiano-Américaine de Développement Agricole. Pertains chiefly to the organization's efforts during World War II in cooperation with the United States to produce Cryptostegia, a fast growing rubber plant. Documents the clearing of lands and displacement of peasant families in implementing a contract with the Rubber Reserve Company, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Haitian government official. Known also as Maurice Dartigue.
Collection material in French and English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011197
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Rubber Reserve Company. Société Haitiano-Américaine de Développement Agricole.
Cryptostegia. Rubber industry and trade--Haiti. Rubber plants. World war, 1939-1945--Haiti. World war, 1939-1945--United States.