Organization records, 1982-1994.

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Organization records, 1982-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313867494

Correspondence and memoranda, audit reports, board minutes, and other records kept by Minneapolis businessman Judson Bemis as chairman of a national nonprofit organization he and other business executives founded in 1985 to assist for-profit entrepreneurs to privatize the delivery of human services in the hope of relieving the burden on government and philanthropy of providing these services and of making their delivery more efficient and effective. Includes some files of predecessor and related organizations.

2.5 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7317376

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Alpha Center for Public/Private Initiatives, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Price, Robert M., 1930-....

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Ades, C. Douglas.

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Control Data Corporation

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In January 1980, William C. Norris began planning for Control Data Corporation (CDC) executives to write histories of the major business segments of the company. After compiling a list of potential contributors, selected current and former CDC executives were requested to write narratives, with as much supporting documentation as possible, on specific business areas or topics in mid-1980. By late 1981, all the narratives had been completed. From the description of Control Data Corpor...