Summary Information
Industrial Cooperative Association Records
1970-1992
- Industrial Cooperative Association
Mss 828; Tape 1267A
9.0 c.f. (23 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records, mainly 1980-1992, of the Industrial Cooperative Association, a national nonprofit cooperative founded in 1978 to provide educational, legal, financial and technical assistance to worker-owned businesses. Included are by-laws, board of directors and staff meeting minutes; financial statements, and other administrative records; correspondence and internal memoranda; and information (including one tape recording) on cooperatives with which ICA worked. The client files variously consist of agreements, contracts, correspondence, research files, business plans, loans, financial statements, and articles. Well documented are the Colonial Cooperative Press, International Poultry, Moose Creek Restoration, 0&0 Market, Our Market, Seymour Specialty Wire Company, and Workers Owned Sewing Company.
There is a restriction on access to and use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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Biography/History
The Industrial Cooperative Association, Inc., was founded in 1978 in Somerville, Massachusetts as a nonprofit cooperative, in part as a response to an epidemic of plant shutdowns in New England. ICA's purpose, as outlined by its by-laws, was to 1) create, maintain and improve jobs for the unemployed, underemployed and economically disadvantaged through the development of workers' cooperatives and to promote the understanding of job creation as a solution to poverty and underemployment; 2) relieve the poor, eliminate prejudice, lessen neighborhood tensions; and combat community deterioration in certain economically depressed areas; 3) conduct public discussions, forums, lectures and other similar programs relating to the principles of cooperatives and democratic worker ownership; 4) conduct research to aid communities or geographic areas in attracting new industry and encouraging the development or retention of an industry; and 5) make grants or otherwise distribute funds to organizations with purposes consistent with the charitable purposes of the ICA. At the time of its establishment ICA was the only such association of the kind in the country. In 1991 ICA became the ICA Group.
Since its beginning, ICA has provided assistance of various kinds to worker-owned companies, eventually becoming the leading source of technical assistance to worker cooperatives in the United States. These services have included feasibility studies, advice on incorporation and the drafting of by-laws; computerized business planning; legal, tax, and accounting advice; management consultation; worker education; and advice on democratic decision-making systems. ICA offered most services on an ability-to-pay fee structure, as work with low-income groups, minorities, and blue-collar workers was a high priority. Funding from outside sources (especially the Ford Foundation) allowed the ICA to make its services available to organizations that were unable to pay.
Over the years ICA's own internal structure evolved in order to carry out its purpose more efficiently and more democratically. ICA began as an organization of volunteers drawn from academic, business and community organizations, all of whom also acted as the organization's board of directors. Later this self-perpetuating governance was altered so that the staff selected a board that also included public members.
ICA's first executive director was Steven L. Dawson, who had an extensive background in community organizing including work as field director of the National Association for the Southern Poor. Dawson continued as ICA executive director for ten years and was followed by James D. Megson, a business consultant who had assisted worker-owned companies throughout the world.
Other early staff included David Ellerman, a member of the Economics Department faculty of the University of Massachusetts, who served as staff economist, and Christopher Mackin, of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, who served as education specialist and director of policy. He was replaced as education coordinator by Chuck Turner and, from 1985 to 1993, by Frank Adams. By 1986 the staff had grown to seventeen employees and an operating budget of $660,000.
In 1981 ICA formed a Legal Department which was headed by Peter Pitegoff, who had began working with ICA on a part time basis in 1979. In 1986 this structure was revised after which ICA worked through the affiliated law firm Arrington and Pitegoff. Pitegoff and Ellerman were active in the enactment of the Massachusetts law which governed democratic corporate structure. This legislation was subsequently adopted by several other states.
In 1983 the ICA Revolving Loan Fund, Inc., was formed as a supporting organization in order to provide temporary financing to cooperating members. Founding support of the RLF included the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, the Ford Foundation, a number of Catholic religious orders and Protestant denominations, and other individuals. Together, they provided a $1 million capitalization to launch the RLF, which was headed by Laura Henze. Subsequently the fund was headed by Vickie Scott Grove and Karen Jacobson, and, after 1993, by T. David Reese. During its first decade the RLF loaned a total of $1.2 million, which leveraged an additional $10 million in financing.
ICA's first client was the Colonial Press of Clinton, one of the largest book manufacturing companies in New England. With ICA assistance it was reorganized as the Colonial Cooperative Press. Other companies to which ICA provided ongoing consultation were the Workers' Owned Sewing Company of Windsor, North Carolina, a racially-mixed sewing company, and Moose Creek Restoration Company, a construction company. By 1982 ICA could claim that it had helped set up more than 50 worker-owned and controlled businesses, over 18 of which were still in existence. Among the casualties, however, was the Colonial Cooperative. Such experiences suggested that ICA was over-extending its resources and some subsequent feasibility studies such as those undertaken for Paragon Gears, Taunton, Massachusetts, recommended against worker buy-outs.
During the mid-1980's ICA also began a more active involvement with conventional, non-democratically managed ESOPs and their relation to labor unions. The ICA also developed a publishing program that included technical books and reports and, beginning in 1987, a newsletter, ICA Bulletin edited by Frank Adams, that included information about worker-owned companies.
Scope and Content Note
The ICA Records are arranged as ADMINISTRATIVE AND INTERNAL RECORDS, PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE, and CLIENT FILES.
The records of the Industrial Cooperative Association Inc. document its activities from 1972 through 1992. The provenance of the ICA files at the Historical Society is uncertain, and it is likely that the files represent, at least in part, Frank Adams' responsibilities and tenure with ICA. It is also known that some of the files eventually received by the Historical Society were personally selected by him for deposit in 1988 when ICA was discarding some old records. This history may explain why the majority of the records held by SHSW date from after 1985, the year in which Adams became a member of ICA, and why there is such incomplete information in the collection about the formation and early period of ICA's history. Even after 1985, however, the records do not appear complete.
When using the collection, the researcher should also consult the Frank Adams Papers, which are also housed at the State Historical Society. (The Adams Papers are restricted until May 19, 2034, except with the donor's written permission.) These papers contain additional information on Adams' personal involvement with worker cooperatives.
The ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS are subdivided into governance and administration files. The governance files consist of the by-laws, staff and board member lists, and minutes of board and staff meetings. Although the minutes of the board of directors date only from the years 1983 and after, they are of remarkably high quality, containing useful information on the matters brought before the board. These discussions appear, however, to have focused more on internal administrative matters and funding rather than on the companies with which ICA was involved. Memoranda, financial statements, and reports are sometimes attached to the board minutes. The staff meeting minutes are similarly incomplete and even less useful, as the documentation often consists of fragmentary, handwritten notes. Again, financial statements and other material distributed to the staff as a whole are sometimes attached. Also included with the governance files are minutes of what was known as staff informational meetings.
The Administration files are an alphabetical subject file containing memoranda, correspondence, financial statements and reports, information on various ICA committees, internal planning documents, and some records about the Revolving Loan Fund. Of special interest is one file entitled NEWCoop which contains minutes of the New England Workers Cooperative Association, an organization which is thought to have been involved in the formation of ICA, as both Dawson and Ellerson are noted as board members. Also of interest are the records of the Revolving Loan Fund (mainly 1981-1983) which document the process of establishing and administering the RLF during its early years.
The PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS series probably derives from Adams' responsibilities as director of education. Included are several files of correspondence concerning the development of publishing projects as well as a chronologically-arranged file of reports issued by ICA and by individuals associated with ICA. The 1982 files contain several ICA publications (and background research) on the cooperative network in Mondragon, Spain, which served as a model for much of ICA's work. Also of special interest is ICA's Model By-laws for Worker-Owned Businesses, its 1991 national directory of worker-owned businesses, and an undated recording produced by Pacifica-New York about worker cooperatives in Milwaukee, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, some of which worked with ICA. The ICA Bulletin, which was edited by Adams, is available in the Historical Society Library.
CORRESPONDENCE contains files that are both internal and general in nature. The internal files consist largely of chronologically-arranged staff memoranda which begin in 1983. The general correspondence is subdivided into routine requests for information and more useful, alphabetically-arranged correspondence with several organizations and individuals (such as Helen Snow) that shared goals and purposes similar to ICA.
CLIENT FILES, which comprise the largest part of the collection, are arranged alphabetically by company name. These companies represent a wide-range of firms that were assisted by ICA, some of which were successful and some of which were not. Because the degree of ICA involvement with each company varied the documentation present is similarly varied and may include research material and articles about the company, agreements, background information, correspondence, market surveys, financial statements, and business plans. Especially well documented are the Colonial Cooperative Press, International Poultry, Moose Creek Restoration, O&O Market, Our Market, Seymour Specialty Wire Company, and Workers Owned Sewing Company. The Seymour Specialty Wire Company files include documentation on the development of its unique Workers Solving Problems program.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Access to the CLIENT FILES requires the written permission of ICA for twenty (20) years from the date of accession. This means that the client files in the processed portion of the collection are closed until March 3, 2013. For permissions, please contact: James Megson, Industrial Cooperative Assoc., Inc. 20 Park Plaza, #1127, Boston, MA 02116.
The Industrial Cooperative Association retains copyright for twenty (20) years from the date of accession. This means that copyright in the processed portion of the collection is retained by ICA until March 3, 2013. For permissions, please contact: James Megson, Industrial Cooperative Assoc., Inc. 20 Park Plaza, #1127, Boston, MA 02116.
Presented by ICA via Frank Adams, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1988-1993. Accession Number: M88-284; M89-327 (missing); M91-068; M93-044
Processed by Brenda L. Burk (Intern), 1993.
Contents List
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Mss 828
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Series: Administrative and Internal Records
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Governance
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Box
1
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1
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By-laws, 1983-1986
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Board of Directors and staff lists, 1986-1992, undated
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Membership meetings, 1984-1988
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Box
1
Folder
4-7
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Board of Directors meetings minutes, 1983-1992
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Box
1
Folder
8-11
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Staff meeting minutes, 1983-1992
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Staff informational meetings, 1984-1986
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Administration
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Education Committee, 1986
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Education program concept, 1980, undated
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Box
2
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3
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Education program notes, 1979-1980
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Box
2
Folder
4
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ESOP Association presentation, 1987
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Box
2
Folder
5-6
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Field Services Committee, 1985-1986
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Finance Committee, 1985-1987
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Box
2
Folder
8-10
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Financial statements, 1985-1991
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education grant proposal, 1981
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Box
2
Folder
12
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German Marshall Foundation grant proposal, 1982-1983
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Box
2
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13
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Governance Committee, 1985-1986
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Government contracts and contacts, 1981-1984
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Legal Departments
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Box
2
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15
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Articles, 1982-1984
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Box
2
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16
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Funding and development, 1980-1981
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Legislation, 1981-1986
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Box
2
Folder
18
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Taxation, 1983-1986
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Box
2
Folder
19
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Legislation, Testimony and tracking project, 1979, 1983
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Marketing data, 1988-1990
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Moving Committee, 1985
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Nat Weinberg Award, 1987
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Box
3
Folder
4
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NEWCOOP minutes, 1977-1978
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Personnel
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Executive director vacancy, 1987
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Box
3
Folder
10
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General, 1985-1988
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Policies, 1985-1991
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Planning
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Annual plan, 1986
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Financial plan, 1986
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Strategic plan, 1987
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Box
3
Folder
8
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3 1/2 Year plan, 1984
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Policy work, 1985
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Restructuring, 1986-1990
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Revolving Loan Fund
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Articles of Incorporation and by-laws, 1981-1991, undated
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Box
3
Folder
15
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Activity reports, 1985
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Box
3
Folder
16
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Agreement drafts (including Ford Foundation), 1983
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Box
4
Folder
1-3
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Minutes, 1981-1983
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Plan, 1984
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Box
4
Folder
5-6
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Source Book, undated
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Staff activity reports, 1984-1986
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Turner, Chuck, 1986
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Series: Publications and Reports
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Benello (George) publishing project, undated
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Case studies booklets, drafts and research, 1989-1990
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Directory of Workers Enterprises, 1991
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Egerton (John) research for article on ICA, 1982-1983
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Ellerman (David) articles, undated
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Box
5
Folder
6
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ESOP brochure, Use by Spartan Printing, undated
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Box
5
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7
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Mackin, Christopher, 1981
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Report file
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Box
5
Folder
8-10
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1978-1980
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Box
5
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11-13
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, 1982 Mondragon articles and reference material
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Box
6
Folder
1-8
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1982-1992
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Tape 1267A
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Undated Pacifica report on worker cooperatives, including Worker-owned Sewing Co., 0&0, and WARM Workers
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Mss 828
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
6
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9-15
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Internal correspondence and memoranda, 1983-1992
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General correspondence
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Box
6
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16
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A-D
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Box
7
Folder
1-3
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E-Z
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Box
7
Folder
4
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American Committee for Industrial Cooperatives (Helen Snow article), 1989
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Association for Self-Management, 1978-1980
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Co-op America, 1982
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Cooperative Fund of New England, 1981
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Cooperative League of the United States, 1981
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Box
8
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4
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Federation for Economic Democracy, 1977
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Federation of Southern Cooperatives, 1985
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Box
8
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6
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International Council for Adult Education, 1984-1986
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Massachusetts Employee Ownership Committee, 1987
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Box
8
Folder
8
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National Center for Employee Ownership, 1983-1987
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Box
8
Folder
9
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North American Students for Coops, 1981-1985
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Society for Educational Reconstruction, 1970-1987
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Series: Client Files
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Almance Workers Owned Knitting Co.
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Box
8
Folder
11
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By-laws, 1983
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Business plan, 1983
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Box
8
Folder
13
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Financial information, 1983-1984
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Box
8
Folder
14
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Loans, 1983
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Project notes, 1983-1984
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Amherst News
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Correspondence and notes, 1980-1981
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Financial statements, 1980-1981
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Structural report, 1981
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Archdiocese of Boston, 1982-1984
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Battleworks Furniture Company, Inc. undated.
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Boston Building Materials Co-op, undated
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Boston Home Care Project, 1990
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Burlington Jobs and People study, 1984
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Busy Needle, undated
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Box
9
Folder
10
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Cambridge Yellow Cab, 1987
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Center for Community Self Help, 1980-1983
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Changing Work, 1983-1985
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Christmas Secrets, By-laws, 1978
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Classroom Curriculum Workshop, 1987
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Box
9
Folder
15
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Clinton-Lancaster Development Corp., 1978-1979
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Coastal Enterprises, Inc., 1981
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Agreements
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Box
9
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17
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Campaign for Human Development Agreement, 1978
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Box
9
Folder
18
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Clinton Development Corporation Agreement, 1979
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Box
9
Folder
19
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Investment Agreement, 1979
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Box
9
Folder
20
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Loan Agreement CIF, 1978
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Massachusetts Agreement, 1979
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Box
10
Folder
2
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By-laws and agreements, 1979
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Colonial Cooperative Press
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Business Plan, 1978
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Box
10
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4
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Correspondence, 1978-1981
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Box
10
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5
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Feasibility study, 1979-1980
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Box
10
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6
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Financial statements, 1978-1980
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Handbook and education, 1980
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Box
10
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8
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History, 1979
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Kennedy hearings, 1978
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Market surveys, 1979-1980
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Newspaper clippings, 1977-1979
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Box
10
Folder
12
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Preliminary Market Study, 1979
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Box
10
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13
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Common Ground, 1977-1983
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Box
10
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14
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Community Circle Cooperative, Business Plan, 1981
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Congress for a Working America
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Box
10
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15
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By-laws and goals, 1986
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Correspondence and notes, 1984-1986
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Proposals, undated
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Common Wealth Printing Co., Loan agreements, 1985
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Convenience Container, 1983-1984
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Box
11
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5
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Cooperative Home Care Associates (New York), 1991
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Box
11
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6
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Crane Co., 1986
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Darwood Manufacturing
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Box
11
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7
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By-laws and history, 1986
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Box
11
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8-9
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Correspondence, 1985-1987
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Box
11
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10
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Financial statements, 1986
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Desarollos Metalarte, 1985-1986
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Detroit WARM
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Box
11
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12
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By-laws and proposals, 1984
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Box
11
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13
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Correspondence and notes, 1984-1986
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Box
12
Folder
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Earth's Best, Financial Proposal, 1985
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Franklin Forge, 1983-1985
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Garment Cooperative, Business Plan, 1979
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Greater Roxbury Improvement Program, 1978
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Heritage Co-op, 1985
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Box
12
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6
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Howards Clock Products, Inc., 1984
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International Poultry
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Activity summaries, 1980
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Agreements
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Box
12
Folder
8
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American Friends Service Committee loan agreement, 1979-1980
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Box
12
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9
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BFH & Associates loan agreement, 1979-1980
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Campaign for Human Development loan agreement, 1980
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Loan agreements, 1979
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Board of directors' meetings, 1979-1980
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Bond offers, 1980
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Box
12
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14-15
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Business plan, 1978-79
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Box
12
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16
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By-laws and history, 1978
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Correspondence, 1978-1979
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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Financial statements, 1978-1980
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Herbert's (ICA) file, 1978-198
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Box
13
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4
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NCCB application, 1980
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Box
13
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5
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Operating policies, 1979
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Box
13
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6
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Refinancing, 1980
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Small Business Administration loan, 1980
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Taxes, 1979
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Workers education, 1978-1979
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Box
13
Folder
10
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J.L. Simmons, 1980
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Box
13
Folder
11
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Jefferson Masonry, 1986-1987
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Limitless Design Corp., Business plan, 1972
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Los Angeles Trucking Cooperative
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Box
13
Folder
12
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Background information, 1983-1984
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Loans
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Box
13
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13
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ICA First Loan, 1984
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Box
14
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1-3
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ICA First Loan, continued
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Box
14
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4
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ICA Second Loan, 1985
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Box
14
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5
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Industry market, 1983
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Loan finances, 1984-1986
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Loan franchise, undated
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Box
14
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8
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Other structures, 1984
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Box
14
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9
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Loan partnership, 1984
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Rosenblum, 1984
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Sunray, 1983-1984
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Box
14
Folder
12
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Pending issues, 1983
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Lorrie's Transportation, 1984
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Box
15
Folder
3
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Massachusetts Industrial Service Program, 1986
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Midwest Center for Labor Research
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Correspondence and notes, 1986
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Reports, 1986-1987
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Box
15
Folder
6-7
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Milwaukee Association for Workers Co-ops, Correspondence, 1984-1986
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Milwaukee WARM Workers Co-op, 1982-1984
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Milwaukee Yellow Cab Company, 1986
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Moose Creek Restoration
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Box
15
Folder
10
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Article, 1981
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Box
15
Folder
11
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Background information, 1980
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Box
15
Folder
12
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Contract and correspondence, 1980-1982
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Box
15
Folder
13
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Education and methodology, 1981
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Box
15
Folder
14
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Financial statements and business plan, 1980-1981
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Box
15
Folder
15
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Governance Committee, 1980-1982
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Box
15
Folder
16
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Research report, 1981
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Box
15
Folder
17
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Team reports, 1982
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Trip reports, 1981-1982
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National Consumer Cooperative Bank
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Accomplishments, 1980
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1979-1984
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Box
16
Folder
4
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Economic information, 1979-1981
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Box
16
Folder
5
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Forms and policies, 1979
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Box
16
Folder
6
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New England Food Co-Op Organization, 1983
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Box
16
Folder
7
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New Haven Cab Cooperative, 1979
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Box
16
Folder
8
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New York Home Health Care, 1984-1987
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Northeast Cooperative
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Box
16
Folder
9
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Committee minutes, 1990-1991
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Box
16
Folder
10
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Correspondence and notes, 1990-1991
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Box
16
Folder
11
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Newsletter, 1990-1991
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Box
16
Folder
12
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Numedloc, Inc., 1992
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O&O Markets
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Box
17
Folder
1
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Agreements, 1983-1984
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Articles, 1982-1984
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1982
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Box
17
Folder
4
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Financial information, 1984
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Financial sources, 1984
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Box
17
Folder
6
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Guben correspondence, 1984
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Market/Industry research, 1983-1984
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Operational plans, 1984
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Box
17
Folder
9
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Oxridge Market Deal, 1984
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Box
17
Folder
10
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Workers Education Project, 1983
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On Time Carpentry
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Box
17
Folder
11
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Business plan, 1983
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Box
17
Folder
12
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Correspondence, 1984
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Box
17
Folder
13
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Financial information, 1983-1984
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Box
17
Folder
14
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Loan Fund correspondence, 1983-1984
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Box
17
Folder
15
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Loan Closing, 1984
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Oregon Tool & Die, Business plan, 1986
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Our Market
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Agreements
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Box
18
Folder
2
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1979-1980
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Box
18
Folder
3
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Community for Economic Development Assistance Corporation agreement, 1979-1980
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Board of directors meetings, 1979-1980
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Business plan research, 1979
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Correspondence and notes, 1979-1980
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Refinancing proposal, 1980
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Box
18
Folder
8
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Small Business Administration loan, 1979
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Box
18
Folder
9
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Paragon Gears, 1982
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Box
18
Folder
10
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Pettet Corporation, undated
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Box
18
Folder
11
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PACE (Philadelphia Assistance for Cooperative Enterprise), 1983-86
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Box
18
Folder
12
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Puget Consumer Co-op, 1979
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Quality Manufacturing Company
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Box
18
Folder
13
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Agreements, 1982
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Box
18
Folder
14
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Correspondence, 1982-1983
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Box
18
Folder
15
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Financial records, 1982-1983
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Box
18
Folder
16
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Quetzal Cafe, 1981
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Rainbow Workers Co-op
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Box
18
Folder
17
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By-laws and agreement, 1985
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Correspondence and notes, 1985-1986
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Financial proposal, 1985
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Box
19
Folder
3
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San Diego Home Health Care Co-op, 1985
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Santa Fe Manufacturing Company, 1987
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Sequoia Woodworking
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Business plan, 1979-1981
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Box
19
Folder
6
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By-laws, undated
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Box
19
Folder
7
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Correspondence, 1979-1981
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Box
19
Folder
8
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Financial statements, 1979-1981
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Seymour Specialty Wire Company
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Box
19
Folder
9
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Agreements and studies, 1984
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Articles, 1983-1990
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Box
19
Folder
11
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By-laws and supporting documents, 1984
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Correspondence and memoranda
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Box
19
Folder
12-13
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1984-1985
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Box
20
Folder
1-2
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1986-1987
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Newsletter, 1985-1986
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Box
20
Folder
4
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Workers Solving Problems Program, 1986
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Box
20
Folder
5
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Share, 1981-1982
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Stevens Paper Mill
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Box
20
Folder
6
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Business plan and correspondence, 1980
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Box
20
Folder
7
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Financial statements, 1977-1980
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Box
20
Folder
8
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Trade adjustment assistance, 1980
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Tillery Casket Manufacturers, Inc.
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Correspondence and notes, 1983
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Box
20
Folder
10
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ICA Revolving Loan Fund, 1983
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Loans
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Box
20
Folder
11
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Center for Community Self-Help Loan, 1983
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Box
20
Folder
12
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Small Business Administration Loan, 1983
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Box
20
Folder
13
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Strategic plan, 1984
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UNIMAR
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Box
20
Folder
14
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Correspondence and notes, 1988-1989
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Box
21
Folder
1
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Newspaper clippings, 1986-1988
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Box
21
Folder
2
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Notes, 1988
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Box
21
Folder
3
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Reports, 1988
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United Transport
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Box
21
Folder
4
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Correspondence and notes, 1990-1992
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Box
21
Folder
5
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Financial statements, 1991
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Box
21
Folder
6
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Proposal, 1992
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Box
21
Folder
7
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United Woodcutters Association, 1982-1984
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Box
21
Folder
8
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Vermont Asbestos Group, 1978
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Box
21
Folder
9
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Wild Oats, 1986
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Box
21
Folder
10
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Wood for Fuel Project, 1979
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Workers Owned Sewing Company
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Box
21
Folder
11
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Adams' notes, 1981
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Box
21
Folder
12
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Articles, 1979-1982
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Box
21
Folder
13
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Business plan, 1979-1980
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Box
21
Folder
14
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By-laws and ICA contract, 1979
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Box
22
Folder
1-2
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Cash journals, 1979-1981
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Box
22
Folder
3-5
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Correspondence, 1978-1980
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Box
22
Folder
6
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Financial projections, 1982-1983
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Box
22
Folder
7-8
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Financial statements, 1977-1983
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Box
22
Folder
9-10
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Grant proposals, 1979, 1982
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Box
22
Folder
11
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History and policies, 1979-1992
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Box
22
Folder
12-13
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Internal correspondence, 1979-1984
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Loans
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Box
23
Folder
1
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Campaign for Human Development Loan, 1982
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Box
23
Folder
2
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ICA loans, 1979-82
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Box
23
Folder
3
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Loan agreement, 1980
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Box
23
Folder
4
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Workers Trust, 1985
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Youngstown Project
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Box
23
Folder
5
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Final report, 1978
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Box
23
Folder
6
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Project report, 1978
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Youth Entrepreneurial Development Project
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Box
23
Folder
7
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Project notes, 1979-1985
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Box
23
Folder
8
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Research materials, 1984-1985
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