Michigan Alliance of Cooperatives videocassettes, 1986-1989, undated

Summary

Creator:

Michigan Alliance of Cooperatives.

Extent:

7 linear feet

Language:

English

Call Number:

2011177 Bj 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Michigan Historical Collections staff, 2011

Background

Scope and Content:

The Michigan Alliance of Cooperatives videotapes include recordings of programs, oral history interviews, and panel discussions on topics of concern to cooperatives. Most of the tapes are professional broadcast U-matic videocassettes and master broadcast U-matic videocassettes with a few VHS cassettes. Cooperative leaders represented on the tapes include Fred Thornthwaite, Cecil Robert Crews, Luther Buchele, Jack McClanahan, and Joseph L. Hansknecht among others.

Biographical / Historical:

The Michigan Alliance of Cooperatives, which was established in 1980, is an association of Michigan food co-ops, farm co-ops, electric co-ops, housing co-ops, credit unions, buying clubs, and other types of co-ops. The function of the Alliance is to support new co-op groups starting up and to meet and consult with these and other co-ops to discuss their common problems.

Acquisition Information:

The videotapes came to the library from the Inter-Cooperative Council (donor no. 3815 ) in May 2011.

Accruals:

No further additions to the records are expected.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Cooperatives -- Michigan.

Formats:

Oral histories.
Videotapes.

Names:

Michigan Alliance of Cooperatives.
Buchele, Luther H., 1920-
Crews, Cecil Robert.
Hansknecht, Joseph L., 1923-
McClanahan, Jack.
Thornthwaite, Fred.