OVERVIEWMinnesota Historical Society
Minneapolis Community Union Project
Minneapolis Community Union Project records.
1964-1975.
Materials in English.
Subject files, including organizational documents, minutes, and newsletters; and background files of a community organizing agency active on the near south side of Minneapolis.
1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf locations.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Minneapolis Community Union Project (M-CUP) was incorporated in 1966 to promote and improve the welfare of the people living in the poorer neighborhoods of Minneapolis, specifically the near south side. Its organizing activities promoted community activism to fight poverty, reduce crime, and increase access to welfare benefits. It coordinated nationally with the Students for a Democratic Society and was especially concerned with services for the Native American community in the Phillips Neighborhood. The organization dissolved in late 1968.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Administrative and other subject files document the activities of the organization. Major correspondents include Patricia Larson, Doug Elliott, and Jack Caan. Background files contain flyers, brochures, and reports featuring information on similar organizations in other areas of the nation and on general topics of interest.
CATALOG HEADINGSThis collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics
should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Community leadership -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Community organization -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Crime -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.Indians of North America -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Poverty -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Places:Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Economic conditions.
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Social conditions.
Phillips Neighborhood (Minneapolis, Minn.).South Minneapolis (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Document Types:
Photographs.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATIONPreferred Citation:[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Community Union Project Minneapolis Community Union Project records.
Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:Accession number: 16,529; 16,567; 16,667
Processing Information:
Additions by: David B. Peterson, July 2012
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 007437815
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
129.E.4.3B1Subject files:
General file, 1964-1969.2 folders.
Address book, undated.
Annual report, 1967.
Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and legal documents, 1966-1967.
Civil rights, 1967-1968.
Contact lists, undated.
Correspondence, 1966-1969. 3 folders.
Financial, 1966-1967.
Flyers, undated.
Fund raising correspondence, 1968.
Housing, 1971-1972.
Law enforcement, 1966-1967.
Legal, 1966.
Legal rights project papers, 1970-1971.
Minnesota welfare rights organization, 1969-1970.
Minutes of organizing committee, 1966-1968. 2 folders.
Model Cities, 1967-1968.
News clippings, 1964-1975. 3 folders.
Newsletters:2 folders.
Cedar-Riverside newsletters, 1967, 1970.
M-CUP Bread and Justice, 1968.
M-CUP News, 1966-1968.
Office closing letter, 1968.
Old papers, 1965-1972.File includes newspaper clippings, background data, flyers, and papers and reports dealing with civil rights issues in Minneapolis.
Photograph of MCUP storefront, 1967.
Photographs, circa 1968.
Playground activities/Waite House, 1966.
PNIA, undated.
Project ideas, 1966-1968.
Poor People's Campaign, 1968.
Prospectus, 1966.
Residents Unite (Model Cities), 1971.
South Target Area Screening Committee, 1966.
Southside People's Health Center, 1969.
Staff recruitment, 1967-1968.
Tenant rights, undated.
War on Poverty: Mobilization of Economic Resources (MORE), 1967.
Welfare organizing manual, circa 1966-1968.
Welfare resource material, circa 1967-1969.
147.C.18.3B2Welfare rights: Direct action, 1968-1969.
Welfare work, 1966-1968.
Background files:
California, 1966.
Chester, Pennsylvania, 1964.
Chicago, Illinois, JOIN, 1967-1968.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1965-1966.
General organizing, 1968.
Hazard, Kentucky, undated.
Literature, 1966-1968. 2 folders.
Literature lists, 1967-1968.
Newark, New Jersey, undated.
Origins of M-CUP, 1963-1972.
Peace groups, literature, 1968.
Poverty/Rights Action Center; National Welfare Rights Organization, 1967.
Trenton, New Jersey, 1964.
[0.5 cubic feet empty, letter size.]