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Part 1 (M95-103): Original Collection, 1979-1999

Part 2 (M2002-084): Additions, 1982-1999

Part 3 (M2010-061): Additions, 1975-2009

Container	Title
M95-103	Part 1 (M95-103): Original Collection, 1979-1999 Physical Description: 8.0 c.f. (8 record center cartons)
	General Administration Files
Box 1 Folder 1	Gangs, 1989-1990
Box 1 Folder 2	Northside dues list and sign-in sheet
Box 1 Folder 3	Sign-in sheets, agenda flyers, and other materials, 1991
Box 1 Folder 4	Meeting notes, 1992
Box 1 Folder 5	Door knocking
Box 1 Folder 6	Regulars list, 1989-1990
Box 1 Folder 7	U.S. Department of Commerce/census, 1990
Box 1 Folder 8	Metropolitan Council, 1990
Box 1 Folder 9	Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sign-in sheets, October 1991
Box 1 Folder 10	Press, 1990
Box 1 Folder 11	Bus for convention, February 1992
Box 1 Folder 12	West Side renewals
Box 1 Folder 13	Petitions
Box 1 Folder 14	Summit University door knocking sheets
Box 1 Folder 15	Newspaper clippings
Box 1 Folder 16	Democratic Farm Labor Party precinct caucuses, 1990
Box 1 Folder 17	Canvass
Box 1 Folder 18	Summit University fundraising and ads, 1984
Box 1 Folder 19	Summit University list
Box 1 Folder 20	Yes lists, December 31, 1991
Box 1 Folder 21	Door knocking
Box 1 Folder 22	Westside ads, 1988
Box 1 Folder 23	Office of the City Council of St. Paul, 1988-1990
Box 1 Folder 24	Minneapolis park information, 1988
Box 1 Folder 25	Door knocking
Box 1 Folder 26	Media
Box 1 Folder 27	Association Board - Earl Krahn, April 1989
Box 1 Folder 28	California Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) newsletter, January and March 1988
Box 1 Folder 29	Minnesota ACORN newsletters, 1982-1988
Box 1 Folder 30	Research and general information on Twin Cities, 1982-1985
Box 1 Folder 31	Old ASI (ACORN Services) materials, 1988-1989
Box 1 Folder 32	ACORN statistics, 1988-1991
Box 1 Folder 33	Loan Rangers
Box 1 Folder 34	Memberships lists, 1991
Box 1 Folder 35	Activity and dues lists, 1988
Box 1 Folder 36	Staff training and charts/forms, 1985
Box 1 Folder 37	Monthly reports - recruitment
Box 1 Folder 38	Financial actions taken by the board, 1988
Box 1 Folder 39	Master forms
Box 1 Folder 40	Leadership, school
Box 1 Folder 41	Regional staff, August 11, 1985
Box 1 Folder 42	Twin Cities Executive Board, 1982-1984
Box 1 Folder 43	Citizens Organizations Acting Together (COACT), 1981
Box 1 Folder 44	Leadership school
Box 1 Folder 45	Internal evaluation, January 1984-January 1985
Box 1 Folder 46	Former employees
Box 1 Folder 47	Individual Dallas list
Box 1 Folder 48	Door knocking notes
Box 1 Folder 49	Midwest region - Jim's memos, staff meetings, 1980
Box 1 Folder 50	Minnesota Charitable Organization forms, 1981-1983
Box 1 Folder 51	Meeting notes
Box 1 Folder 52	Press clips to use with proposals
Box 1 Folder 53	Miscellaneous issues to research
Box 1 Folder 54	Leadership training, 1981-1982
Box 1 Folder 55	Workshop on Social Action Evaluation, 1982-1984
Box 1 Folder 56	, 1982 ad book
Box 1 Folder 57	Flyers from past meetings
Box 2 Folder 1	Office of the City of St. Paul, 1988
Box 2 Folder 2	Fundraising and event flyers, tickets, 1982
Box 2 Folder 3	Meeting flyer originals and lettering
Box 2 Folder 4	Legislative reports, 1986
Box 2 Folder 5	ASI (ACORN Services) financial reports, 1986-1987
Box 2 Folder 6	Arkansas Institute for Social Justice, Inc. (AISJ) financial reports, 1984-1987
Box 2 Folder 7	Monthly budgets, 1986
Box 2 Folder 8	Budget information and 1986 forms
Box 2 Folder 9	Budget, October-December 1987
Box 2 Folder 10	Research on issues; national staff memos
Box 2 Folder 11	Prairie Region - monthly budgets, North Dakota, fundraising plans, 1982-1983
Box 2 Folder 12	People Involved in North Dakota (PIND), 1980-1982
Box 2 Folder 13	Master copies/forms
Box 2 Folder 14	Recruiting materials
Box 2 Folder 15	Services information
Box 2 Folder 16	Recruitment; completed 1983 applications
Box 2 Folder 17	Master copies
Box 2 Folder 18	Press copies, 1988-1989
Box 2 Folder 19	Old interview schedule
Box 2 Folder 20	Mail out information
Box 2 Folder 21	Newspapers information, 1990
Box 2 Folder 22	Current staff, 1990-1991
Box 2 Folder 23	College ads, flyers and placement
Box 2 Folder 24-25	Nola - WPOs and allocations, 1990-1991
Box 2 Folder 26	Chicago allocations, 1990
Box 2 Folder 27	Door knocking membership
Box 2 Folder 28	Press originals, 1987-1991
Box 2 Folder 29	Newspaper ads run , 1990-1991
Box 2 Folder 30	Issues research
Box 2 Folder 31	Petitioning
Box 2 Folder 32	School sign photos
Box 2 Folder 33	Metro Council, 1975-1981
Box 2 Folder 34-35	Miscellaneous
Box 2 Folder 36	Weatherization materials, 1984-1985
Box 2 Folder 37	Voluntary Action Center (VAC) and volunteers
Box 3 Folder 1	Urban Corps, 1984-1987
Box 3 Folder 2	State of the City, 1983-1986
Box 3 Folder 3	Raps (ACORN Services Paper Co-op)
Box 3 Folder 4	Service performance
Box 3 Folder 5	Statistics
Box 3 Folder 6	Forms
Box 3 Folder 7	Employee information sheets, 1986
Box 3 Folder 8	Legislature - Congress, 1986
Box 3 Folder 9	Ramsey Action Programs, Inc. (RAP), 1985-1987
Box 3 Folder 10	Grants
Box 3 Folder 11	Newsletters, 1986-1987
Box 3 Folder 12	Issue reports, 1988
Box 3 Folder 13	Local legislative materials, 1985
Box 3 Folder 14	Financial reports, 1990
Box 3 Folder 15	Radio, cable information for others
Box 3 Folder 16	Minneapolis public access, Bloomington public access
Box 3 Folder 17	Radio memos
Box 3 Folder 18	ACORN's twentieth anniversary, 1970-1990
Box 3 Folder 19	Financial Democracy campaign, 1990
Box 3 Folder 20	Articles - Minneapolis/St. Paul
Box 3 Folder 21	Regional staff meeting, Chicago, November 1990
Box 3 Folder 22	Phone calling booklet
Box 3 Folder 23	St. Paul Precinct Caucus Ward 5
Box 3 Folder 24	Completed member surveys
Box 3 Folder 25	Year end/year begin, 1990-1991
Box 3 Folder 26	Training, tactics for targets
Box 3 Folder 27	Old ACORN materials
Box 3 Folder 28	Volunteer
Box 3 Folder 29	District 6 Planning Council
Box 3 Folder 30	Budget and financial reports, 1988
Box 3 Folder 31	Lead press
Box 3 Folder 32	Wade Rathke's memo, February 1985; Coning Labor model
Box 3 Folder 33	National memos, 1986
Box 3 Folder 34	Flyers, newsletters, etc.
Box 3 Folder 35	Atlanta Convention, 1988
Box 3 Folder 36	Jamaica notes, agendas
Box 3 Folder 37	Activities, calendars
	Banking/Loans
Box 3 Folder 38	Banking, July 1985
Box 3 Folder 39	Housing/banking/work
Box 3 Folder 40	Savings and loans articles, 1990
Box 3 Folder 41	Banking emergency meeting list
Box 3 Folder 42	Banking
Box 3 Folder 43	Banking official/federal information
Box 3 Folder 44	Banks, 1991
Box 3 Folder 46	Minneapolis census data, 1980
Box 3 Folder 47	ACORN/Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) information
Box 3 Folder 48	Home mortgage lender survey
Box 3 Folder 49	Correspondence with U.S. representatives, regarding savings and loans, 1989-1990
Box 3 Folder 50	Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), 1991
Box 3 Folder 51	Forums - savings and loans and banks
Box 3 Folder 52	Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) threat, 1991
Box 3 Folder 53	Norwest
Box 3 Folder 54	Federal Reserve of Minneapolis Applications Bulletin, December 22, 1989
Box 3 Folder 55	CRA action, 1991
Box 3 Folder 56	Savings and Loans information sheets; Financial Democracy Campaign
Box 3 Folder 57	Banking
Box 4 Folder 1	Financial Democracy Campaign, 1989
Box 4 Folder 2	Financial Democracy Campaign - Midwest Federal
Box 4 Folder 3	Banking prosecution, 1989-1990
Box 4 Folder 4	National HUD campaign, 1989
Box 4 Folder 5	Savings and loan campaign, 1989
Box 4 Folder 6	Federal Homeloan Bank of Des Moines
Box 4 Folder 7	St. Paul Urban Development Action Grants
Box 4 Folder 8	Task Force on Neighborhood/Community Action
Box 4 Folder 9	Loan Rangers A-L
Box 4 Folder 10	Central Phillips information
Box 4 Folder 11	Savings and loan information sheets/Financial Democracy Campaign
Box 4 Folder 12	Banking clips, 1990
	Colleges
Box 4 Folder 13	Recruitment - notes and correspondence, 1987
Box 4 Folder 14	Recruitment notes
Box 4 Folder 15	Recruitment Association memos, 1983
Box 4 Folder 16	Recruiting
Box 4 Folder 17	Internships
Box 4 Folder 18	Internship proposals
Box 4 Folder 19	Internship forms
Box 4 Folder 20	Hamline University
Box 4 Folder 21	University of Minnesota
Box 4 Folder 22	St. Catherine
Box 4 Folder 23	Carleton
Box 4 Folder 24	St. Olaf College
Box 4 Folder 25	Macalester College
Box 4 Folder 26	St. Thomas
Box 8 Folder 15	St. Louis
Box 8 Folder 16	Professor list
Box 8 Folder 17	Lists
	Crime/Police
Box 4 Folder 27	Pornography clippings, 1988
Box 4 Folder 28	Crime and police, 1981-1982
Box 4 Folder 29	Police (St. Paul)
Box 4 Folder 30	Crime statistics, 1982
Box 4 Folder 31	Community crime prevention, 1985-1989
Box 4 Folder 32	Drug/gang/crime campaign, July 1990
Box 4 Folder 33	Street lights campaign, Spring 1991
Box 4 Folder 34	Police review
Box 4 Folder 35	St. Paul crime statistics, 1988
Box 4 Folder 36	Police research - St. Paul
Box 4 Folder 37	Safety briefings
	Dayton's Bluff
Box 4 Folder 38-39	Dayton's Bluff - information, agendas, fliers, phone sheets
Box 4 Folder 40	Membership lists
Box 4 Folder 41	Campaigns
Box 4 Folder 42	Fundraising
Box 4 Folder 43	Pesticide facts
	Environment
Box 4 Folder 44	Lead campaign, 1985
Box 4 Folder 45	Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) burning
Box 4 Folder 46	Minneapolis air pollution regulations
Box 4 Folder 47	Lead, 1984
Box 4 Folder 48	Flyers, fact sheets on lead
Box 4 Folder 49	Board of health, 1985
Box 4 Folder 50	Right to Know, July 1984
Box 4 Folder 51	Lead research, 1985
Box 4 Folder 52	Calls on lead
Box 4 Folder 53	Lead research; soil sample campaign
Box 4 Folder 54	Boston lead program, spring 1985
Box 5 Folder 1	Multiple copies of fact sheets, flyers, press, etc.
Box 5 Folder 2	Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Box 5 Folder 3	Lead agendas and memos
Box 5 Folder 4	Lead - oil companies
Box 5 Folder 5	Citizen's clearing house for hazardous waste
Box 5 Folder 6	Lead, 1985-1986
Box 5 Folder 7	Mostly lead articles, 1984-1985
Box 5 Folder 8-9	Lead and city budget information, 1984-1985
Box 5 Folder 10	Subsidies, 1984-1985
Box 5 Folder 11	Sewer/water/waste
	Housing
Box 5 Folder 12	Pre-pay housing, 1987-1988
Box 5 Folder 13	Minneapolis housing, 1984-1986
Box 5 Folder 14	Housing/loans
Box 5 Folder 15	Housing Now! 1989 Washington campaign
Box 5 Folder 16	Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, 1991
Box 5 Folder 17	FHLB stuff, 1990
Box 5 Folder 18	ACORN recommendations for Affordable Housing Program
Box 5 Folder 19	Absentee landlord information
Box 5 Folder 20	Washington D.C. Housing legislation, 1989
Box 5 Folder 21	Housing Corps and campaign, 1985
Box 5 Folder 22	National housing campaign, 1979-1983
Box 5 Folder 23	Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) - RTC/real estate-owned (REO) clearinghouse
Box 5 Folder 24	Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Box 5 Folder 25	Minneapolis housing research
Box 5 Folder 26	St. Paul home rehab loans
Box 5 Folder 27	Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) ordinance - St. Paul, 1982
Box 5 Folder 28	Rent and housing issues - clippings, 1982
Box 5 Folder 29	Community development ordinance
Box 5 Folder 30	Minnesota housing partnership
	Jobs
Box 5 Folder 31	Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
Box 5 Folder 32	Current association jobs memos, 1982-1985
Box 5 Folder 33	Pitts job agreement, 1985
Box 5 Folder 34	First source
Box 5 Folder 35	Jobs
Box 5 Folder 36	Memo, planning, notes
Box 5 Folder 37-39	Jobs - miscellaneous and listings
Box 5 Folder 40	Jobs campaign, 1983-1986
Box 5 Folder 41	Jobs
Box 5 Folder 42	Negotiations, meetings
Box 5 Folder 43	Agendas, sign ins, jobs
Box 5 Folder 44	Originals
Box 6 Folder 1	St. Paul jobs list - prime, October 1988
Box 6 Folder 2	Applications completed jobs council, 1985
Box 6 Folder 3	CDBG jobs - information and campaign, 1983
Box 6 Folder 4	Lists for AHW Corporation planning meeting
Box 6 Folder 5	AHW Corporation and Bandana Square
Box 6 Folder 6	First source
Box 6 Folder 7	Minimum wage, 1981
Box 6 Folder 8	Job shutdown and wage cuts
	Neighborhoods
Box 6 Folder 9	Community resource information
Box 6 Folder 10	Neighborhood safety campaign, 1990
Box 6 Folder 11	Coordinated Neighborhood Action Plan (CNAP)
Box 6 Folder 12	Neighborhood issues
Box 6 Folder 13	Neighborhood Network, 1987-1989
Box 6 Folder 14	Press releases and other neighborhood issues
Box 6 Folder 15	Copies of Minnesota neighborhood stuff; others press clips, 1982
Box 6 Folder 16-18	Daycare, 1986-1987
Box 6 Folder 19	Legislation, 1988
	Phillips
Box 6 Folder 20	Door knocking
Box 6 Folder 21	Phillips
Box 6 Folder 22	Phillips big meeting
Box 6 Folder 23	Door knocking sheets
Box 6 Folder 24	Alley, 1988-1989
Box 6 Folder 25	Phillips
Box 6 Folder 26	Transition notes
Box 6 Folder 27	Directory and phone lists
Box 6 Folder 28	Philips
	Frogtown
Box 6 Folder 29	Door knocking sheets
Box 6 Folder 30	Frogtown campaign, February 1992
Box 6 Folder 31	Frogtown
	Eastside
Box 6 Folder 32	Neighborhood meeting, November 20, 1986
Box 6 Folder 33	TURF cycle; door knocking sheets, 1990
Box 6 Folder 35	Eastside notes
Box 6 Folder 36	First meeting, 1982
Box 6 Folder 37	Eastside information
Box 6 Folder 38	Eastsider, 1988
Box 6 Folder 39	Eastside
Box 6 Folder 40	Eastside members
Box 6 Folder 41	Eastside and DB ad originals
Box 6 Folder 42	Minneapolis - CDBG - overall information
	Northside
Box 7 Folder 1	Meetings
Box 7 Folder 2	Northside information, 1986
Box 7 Folder 3	FXT follow-up stuff
Box 7 Folder 4	Northside
	Westside
Box 7 Folder 5	Door knocking sheets
Box 7 Folder 6	Westside
	Politics
Box 7 Folder 7	Voter registration
Box 7 Folder 8	Progressive Election Coalition
Box 7 Folder 9	Multi-movement
Box 7 Folder 10	Candidates Night, April 13, 1982/ Meeting with Mayor Latimer, , April 19, 1982
Box 7 Folder 11	St. Paul voting
Box 7 Folder 12	Convention/politics, 1988
Box 7 Folder 13	Jesse Jackson, 1988
Box 7 Folder 14	Precinct caucus training
Box 7 Folder 15	ACORN Political Action Committee (APAC) general information
Box 7 Folder 16	APAC, 1981-1988
Box 7 Folder 17	New party
	Rape
Box 7 Folder 18	General information on rape prevention campaign
Box 7 Folder 19	Rape information
Box 7 Folder 20	Police and rape information on St. Paul, 1986
Box 7 Folder 21	Rape research/fact sheets
Box 7 Folder 22	Rape (local and national)
Box 7 Folder 23	Rape proposal information, 1988-1989
Box 7 Folder 24	Rape
	Squatters
Box 7 Folder 25	“Squatters” and “This Mighty Dream,” 1984
Box 7 Folder 26	Civil defense
Box 7 Folder 27	Homesteading
Box 7 Folder 28	Squatting MA's material
Box 7 Folder 29	Squatters campaign, 1985-1987
	Summit University
Box 7 Folder 30	Summit University dinner
Box 7 Folder 31	New members and renewals, July 1987
Box 7 Folder 32	Transition notes
Box 7 Folder 33	Meetings, Spring 1985
Box 7 Folder 34	Streetlight, etcetera
Box 7 Folder 35-36	Summit University, 1983-1987
Box 7 Folder 37	Clippings
Box 7 Folder 38	Housing loan campaign, 1983-1987
Box 7 Folder 39	Organization drive and monthly meetings
Box 7 Folder 40	Jobs training
Box 7 Folder 41	Summit University
	Taxes and Government
Box 7 Folder 42	Excessive city spending, 1981-1992
Box 7 Folder 43	Taxes
Box 7 Folder 44	Jobs campaign - CDBG, 1983
Box 7 Folder 45	Taxes - federal, 1985-1986
Box 7 Folder 46	Bank donation letters
Box 7 Folder 47	Tax assessments
Box 7 Folder 48	Property taxes
Box 7 Folder 49	Property tax campaign; street/alley maintenance, 1991
Box 7 Folder 50	International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO), 1991
Box 7 Folder 51	Tax campaign, 1990-1991 - #2 fair tax budget - state-wide
Box 8 Folder 1	Clippings - taxes
Box 8 Folder 2	Tax campaign, 1990-1991 - #1 fair assessments, St. Paul
Box 8 Folder 3	Taxes
Box 8 Folder 4	St. Paul property tax assessment, 1989
Box 8 Folder 5	The Sorry State of Taxes, January 1987
Box 8 Folder 6	Minnesota Senior Federation
	Department Of Transportation
Box 8 Folder 7	St. Paul traffic signs
Box 8 Folder 8	Westside stop sign issue
Box 8 Folder 9	Runway
Box 8 Folder 10	Traffic
Box 8 Folder 11	Department of Transportation
Box 8 Folder 12	Snowplowing, 1982
Box 8 Folder 13	Lighting - St. Paul street shut-offs, 1982
Box 8 Folder 14	Permit Parking - St. Paul-Minneapolis
	Utilities
Box 8 Folder 18	TC social services - telephone lists
Box 8 Folder 19	Energy Cents Coalition
Box 8 Folder 20	Sewer rate fair share - St. Paul, 1982
Box 8 Folder 21	Ma Bell and Northern States Power Company (NSP) issues
Box 8 Folder 22	National Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) (ACORN and COACT, memos, research, etc.)
	Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 23	Poverty
Box 8 Folder 24	Farm issues, 1985
Box 8 Folder 25	School board campaign, New York ACORN, 1989
Box 8 Folder 26	RAP
Box 8 Folder 27	St. Paul Urban Revitalization Action Program
Box 8 Folder 28	Harriet Island
Box 8 Folder 29	Other groups allies
Box 8 Folder 30	Education
Box 8 Folder 31	Cuts in social programs/federal welfare programs, 1981-1982
Box 8 Folder 32	School issues
Box 8 Folder 33	Minneapolis Parks and Recreation
Box 8 Folder 34	Peace Coalition
Box 8 Folder 35	Hunger Coalition
Box 8 Folder 36	Miscellaneous