Scope and Contents File consists of Ralph Stone's correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, guides and working papers, concerning local co-ops like Spoon River Co-op Book Store, King Harvest Food Co-op, Cookie Monster Daycare, and the North American Student Cooperative Organization (NASCO). The file also contains information on social issues such as Springfield City government and the influence upon it from the financially and socially powerful citizens of Springfield and similar...

Scope and Contents The Ralph Stone papers, Series II contain research index cards, copies of primary & secondary materials, dealing with the Pana-Virden mine riot and Illinois labor and national labor movements including radical and communist groups, cooperatives, and John H. Walker and Dunca McDonald, who were both linked to the labor movements in Illinois. A minor portion of the file is devoted to subjects of personal interest to Mr. Stone. These subjects include various individuals, race relations in...