Jefferson Center records, 1982-2003.

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Jefferson Center records, 1982-2003.

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Administrative records and Citizens Jury recordings of the Jefferson Center, a non-partisan, non-profit political reform organization. Administrative records include board of directors and executive committee meeting minutes, financial files, marketing materials, and miscellaneous files. Citizens Jury series include transcripts and administrative materials but are primarily video recordings from several projects, especially America's Tough Choices: The U.S. Federal Budget Citizens Jury (1993), the Minnesota Gubernatorial Election Citizens Jury (1990), and the Tim Penny Congressional Citizens Jury (1994). Correspondence and related papers from an Internal Revenue Service case regarding the Jefferson Center's status as a 501(c)(3) organization are also included.

14.5 cubic feet (15 boxes)

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Stinson, Thomas F., 1942-

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Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Penny, Timothy J.

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Crosby, Ned

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Jefferson Center (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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The Jefferson Center started in 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Ned Crosby, political scientist and community activist, played a prominent role in founding the Jefferson Center. When it began the Jefferson Center was called the Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes and governed by a board of directors and a citizen's oversight panel. The Center's purpose was to get the average citizen more involved in state and national pol...

Sweeny, Virgina.

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Kuttner, Robert E.

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League of Women Voters of Minnesota

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The League of Women Voters of Minnesota (LWVM) was organized in October 1919 in meetings called by the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association. Clara Ueland served as its first president, and after a few months she was succeeded by Marguerite Wells. The Minnesota League worked closely with the National League of Women Voters (LWV), which was organized at the same time, and with local Minnesota Leagues functioning in the congressional districts. The records reflect the inter...

Schier, Steven E.

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