Records. 1974-1995.

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Records. 1974-1995.

Articles of incorporation, bylaws, board of directors, collective, and annual member meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, newspaper clippings, and financial records of a food cooperative in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Powderhorn Food Community Co-op (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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In early 1972, a group of 21 and 22 year olds formed a political commune with the intention of doing social change community organizing in the working class area of south Minneapolis. There were 5 women and 4 men. Half of the group had met in Catholic high schools in the East Metro, the remainder had met in college urban studies programs in Chicago and Minneapolis. They decided to begin by organizing a food store in the area south of Lake Street. Community meetings were ...

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...

Co-op Organization (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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