Mon-Valley Unemployed Committee collection, 1973-1998.

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Mon-Valley Unemployed Committee collection, 1973-1998.

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The records of the MVUC cover the period from 1973 to 1998 with the majority of the documents pertaining to their activities from 1982 to 1996. While the collection contains standard meeting minutes, budgets, bylaws, constitutions, newsletters, and correspondences, it also contains job descriptions and service evaluations. The administrative files exist as a "how-to" guide for forming, operating and maintaining an unemployment agency. Mixed within the legislative files are photographs illustrating the MVUC's trip to Washington, D.C., and lobbying efforts in Downtown Pittsburgh. Many documents in the collection pertain to correspondence between the MVUC and state legislators which showcase the organization's commitment to long term unemployment aid. Barney Oursler and Paul Lodico's notes on conferences hosted by MVUC and meetings attended also re-enforce that commitment. Also present in the collection are media correspondence as well as newspaper clippings by and about the MVUC. Clippings from the Committee's newsletter, Mon News, further detail the organization's activities.

19.25 linear ft. (20 boxes + 1 microfilm reel)

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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