Minnesota food cooperatives records. 1970-1998.

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Minnesota food cooperatives records. 1970-1998.

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Newsletters, membership rosters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, flyers, and some administrative records from various food cooperatives in Minnesota, particularly in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, from 1970 through the 1990s. There are also a few files on area worker cooperatives, housing cooperatives, and credit unions.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6646886

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

People's Coop Movement (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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West Bank Co-op (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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People's Warehouse of the North Country (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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All Co-op Assembly (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Wedge Co-op (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Distributing Alliance of the Northcountry Cooperatives (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Co-op Organization (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Co-op Directory Services (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Olsen, Kris (Kristoffer Edward), 1946-1998,

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In the summer of 1970 Susie Shroyer returned to the West Bank (Minneapolis, Minn.) from San Francisco, California. After her return Shroyer had the idea of opening a bulk foods cooperative like the one she experienced in San Francisco. What she needed was space at little or no cost. Diane Lynn Szostek, who had met Shroyer while visiting mutual friend David Krall in San Francisco during February of 1970, and Alvin Odermann volunteered their back porch and basement as a storage and di...