Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters, brochures, timetables, newsletters, news clippings, planning and meeting notes, and collected research material documenting the DES Action Group's planning, purpose, and publicity efforts; its public hearing on DES; and its preliminary application to the American Cancer Society for a grant. It also includes some materials of the local ‘Action Faction’ of the New American Movement, including notes and newsletters documenting its relations with the DES...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the King Harvest Food Co-op, a consumer cooperative operating in Springfield in the 1970s and 1980s. It contains meeting notes, correspondence, newsletters, operating procedures, financial records, member communications, flyers, and photographs documenting the administration, operations, and priorities of the King Harvest Food Co-op, as well as its relationships with other cooperative organizations in the Springfield area. The collection is divided...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Michael Townsend relating to his time as an Associate Professor of Human Services and Social Work at Sangamon State University. Materials relate to courses he taught, community activist organizations and student groups, guest speakers at the university, and the sociologist Sidney Willhelm, with whom Townsend maintained correspondence. Formats include student newspapers, course syllabi, student papers relating to Springfield and Sangamon...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Ralph Stone relating to his time as a professor of history at Sangamon State University. It includes newsletters, brochures, correspondence, notes, and other publications relating to activist and cooperative organizations, and notes, scholarly articles, correspondence, and reproductions of original sources relating to Stone’s research in labor history. It is divided into three series: Activist Groups and Publications, Cooperative...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Ron Sakolsky relating to his time as a professor of Public Administration at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield) and his community activism. It includes correspondence, newsletters, notes, meeting minutes, and guides relating to healthcare, legal services, government, and housing in Springfield, IL, artwork, and syllabi, readings, and correspondence relating to his time in academia, notably printouts of emails...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the Spoon River Cooperative Association relating to the business’s operations and community engagement. It is divided into four series: Administrative Records, Financial Records, Merchandise, and Community and Cooperative Organizations. Series I: Administrative Records, 1972-1979, contains material related to the administration of the Spoon River Co-op, its legal standing, and the day-to-day operations of the bookstore. Materials include...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the records of the Springfield Coalition for Fair Electric Rates, and documents the organization’s effort to reform electric rates in the city. Materials include correspondence, press releases, reports from CWLP and consultants, pamphlets, position papers, personal notes, rate schedules, meeting minutes, and related documents. The collection also includes a small amount of material relating to other community concerns, including the proposed decontamination of a...