Title: Project Self-Help and Awareness Records
Inclusive Dates: 1968-2009

Creator:

• Project Self-Help and Awareness (Dane County, Wis.)

Call Number: M2010-049

Quantity: 3.0 cubic feet and 42 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of Project Self-Help and Awareness (PSA), an organization which matched seven Wisconsin counties with sister counties in Mississippi to promote improved race relations through visits and assistance projects consisting of documentation related to the summer exchange program and student trips to Mississippi, records related to PSA's work with black farmers in Mississippi, the campaign to free Eddie J. Carthan, and discrimination within the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA).

Language: English

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Included in PSA's administrative file are records related to the organization's regular operations including meeting minutes and agendas, memorandum, financial materials, newsletters, and correspondence. The program files contain records related to PSA workshops as well as records related to the summer exchange program, including applications, evaluations, personal essays, correspondence, agendas, financial materials, and contact information. The subject files contain correspondence, articles, and clippings related to the campaign to free Eddie J. Carthan. Much of the correspondence related to Carthan is incoming and outgoing correspondence with former U.S. Governors and legislators. The records related to black farmers in Mississippi and the FmHA contain articles, correspondence, clippings, and records related to the Rural Organizing and Cultural Center. The Collection also contains records related to the Voting Rights Act, political flyers, and newsletters from grassroots organizations in Mississippi and Wisconsin as well as images of PSA affiliates from Mississippi and Wisconsin.

Family Farm Defenders Records (Mss 1198)

Acquisition Information

Original Collection presented by Malcolm Gissen; Additions presented by Carol Feyen, Madison, Wisconsin; and John Kinsman, La Valle, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M81-326, M91-129, M2010-049

M2010-049	Series: Administrative Files
	Administrative
Box   1 Folder   1	Advertisements and appeals
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Budget materials
Box   1 Folder   4-5	Clippings, articles, and forms
Box   1 Folder   6	Contacts and coordinators, 1993-2009
Box   1 Folder   7	History and by-laws
Box   1 Folder   8	John Kinsman notebook
Box   1 Folder   9	Meeting agendas
Box   1 Folder   10	Memorandum
Box   1 Folder   11	Newsletters, 1971-2006
Box   1 Folder   12	Reports and correspondence
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   13	With politicians, 1984-1987
Box   1 Folder   14	Department of Public Instruction, 1984
Box   1 Folder   15-17	General, 1969-2007
Box   1 Folder   18	John Kinsman's correspondence
Box   1 Folder   19	PSA loan program correspondence, 1985-1986
Box   1 Folder   20	Thank you letters from Mississippi children
	Funding
Box   1 Folder   21	Decade of Discontent grant proposal and application
Box   1 Folder   22	Farm Aid proposal
Box   1 Folder   23	Grant proposals and correspondence
Box   1 Folder   24	Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church Endowment application
Box   1 Folder   25	Sara Lee Award application
Box   1 Folder   26	Wisconsin Community Fund grant proposal
	Series: Program Files	⇧
	PSA Workshops
Box   1 Folder   27	Trip to Mississippi, 1984 October 25-28
Box   1 Folder   28	Advent program, 1984 December 5
Box   1 Folder   29	Ecumenical Rural Crisis training
Box   1 Folder   30	Manitowoc workshop, 1984
Box   1 Folder   31	PSA meeting, 1986 September 21
Box   1 Folder   32	Multiculturalizing Your Family Life, 1985 January 9
Box   1 Folder   33-35	PSA organizing workshops
	Mississippi Children Summer Programs
Box   1 Folder   36	Attala County, Mississippi / Outagamie, Columbia, and Marquette County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   37	Carroll and Holmes County, Mississippi / Jefferson and Walworth County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   38	Lexington, Mississippi / Pierce and St. Croix, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   39	Quitman, Tunica, and Cohoma County, Mississippi / Lafayette, Iowa, and Crawford County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   40	Leflore County, Mississippi / La Crosse, Vernon, and Grant County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   41	Leflore County, Mississippi / Grant County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   42	Lafayette County, Mississippi / Sauk County Mississippi
Box   1 Folder   43	Kemper County, Mississippi / Green County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   44	Marshal County, Mississippi / Richland County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   45	Grenada County, Mississippi / Dane County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   46	Greenwood, Mississippi / Milwaukee and Washington County, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   47	Spotter's and driver's rules
Box   1 Folder   48	Correspondence, 1975, 1977
Box   1 Folder   49	Applications, 1981
Box   1 Folder   50	Evaluations, 1981
Box   1 Folder   51	Summer program, 1982
Box   2 Folder   1-14	Summer programs, 1977-1997
	Wisconsin student trips
Box   2 Folder   15	Student orientation
Box   2 Folder   16	Student trip documents
Box   2 Folder   17	December trip, 1981
Box   2 Folder   18	Summer trip, 1982
Box   2 Folder   19	December trip, 1982
Box   2 Folder   20	Drivers and chaperones, 1982
Box   2 Folder   21	Spring trip, 1983
Box   2 Folder   22	Summer trip, 1983
Box   2 Folder   23	December trip, 1983
Box   2 Folder   24	Spring trip, 1985
Box   2 Folder   25	December trip, 1985
Box   2 Folder   26	Spring trip, 1986
	December trip
Box   2 Folder   27	1986
Box   2 Folder   28	1987
	Spring trip
Box   2 Folder   29-30	1987
Box   2 Folder   31	1988
Box   2 Folder   32	Spring and summer trips, 1989
Box   2 Folder   33	Receipts from spring and summer trips, 1989
	Summer trips
Box   2 Folder   34	1992
Box   2 Folder   35	1993
Box   2 Folder   36	2004
Box   2 Folder   37	Student responses to trips
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
	Eddie J. Carthan file
Box   2 Folder   38	Coffeeweed article and Carthan support letters
Box   2 Folder   39-42	Carthan file
Box   2 Folder   43	Appeal letters
Box   3 Folder   1	Clippings and articles
Box   3 Folder   2	Clippings
Box   3 Folder   3	Carthan homecoming
Box   3 Folder   4	Carthan and Tchula 7 letters
Box   3 Folder   5-6	Wisconsin tour
Box   3 Folder   7	John Kinsman's letters to U.S. Governors
Box   3 Folder   8	Responses to Kinsman's letters
Box   3 Folder   9-11	Madison Support Committee for Mayor E.J. Carthan
Box   3 Folder   12	Madison Support Committee: minutes and correspondence
Box   3 Folder   13	Tchula 7 subject file
	Black farmers
Box   3 Folder   14	Articles on Mississippi farmers
Box   3 Folder   15-16	Black Farmers Bulletin and clippings file
Box   3 Folder   17	Black land loss
Box   3 Folder   18	Bolivar rice marketing plan
Box   3 Folder   19	Farm Unity - Groundswell
Box   3 Folder   20	Wisconsin Rural Development Center
Box   3 Folder   21	Hunger and Farming talk (John Kinsman), 1986
Box   3 Folder   22-23	Organizing black farmers in Mississippi
Box   3 Folder   24	Paul Gilk and Farm Labor Party
	Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)
Box   3 Folder   25A	Letters from Congress regarding discrimination
Box   3 Folder   25B	Congressional hearing
Box   3 Folder   26	Clippings
Box   3 Folder   27	Quotes regarding FmHA discrimination
	Rural Organizing and Cultural Center
Box   3 Folder   28	Bulletins
Box   3 Folder   29	2nd annual member meeting
Box   3 Folder   30	Holmes County homecoming, 1987
Box   3 Folder   31	Jubilee Celebration
Box   3 Folder   32	“Slippin' Away”: The Loss of Black Owned Farms
	Testimonials
Box   3 Folder   33	Dulvaney, David and Martha
Box   3 Folder   34	Watkins, William
Box   3 Folder   35	Williams, Eva
	Black farmers and PSA subject file
Box   3 Folder   36	2nd Annual Wisconsin State Human Relations Conference
Box   3 Folder   37	Articles
Box   3 Folder   38-39	Clippings file
Box   3 Folder   40	Quotes
Box   3 Folder   41	Rally flyers
Box   3 Folder   42	Tunica County Board of Directors resolution
Box   3 Folder   43	Various newsletters
Box   3 Folder   44	Voting Rights Act
	Series: Photographs	⇧
PH Box   26	Volunteers building house in Mississippi, circa 1984-1986
PH Box   26	Delivering Christmas gifts, circa 1984-1986