Collections

Records of Chelsea, Michigan chapter of Church Women United, an interdenominational church women's organization. Minutes of meetings, reports, memoranda, scrapbooks, and collected printed materials relating to activities and interests.

Materials include reports outlining chapter's annual activities and finances, Chelsea chapter constitution, Board and chapter meetings minutes, memoranda, scrapbooks, guest books and directories, and collected printed items produced by the National and Michigan Church Women Unites.

The Church of Women United in Grand Rapids is a local chapter of the national women's ecumenical Christian organization. Scrapbooks and materials collected from the state and Battle Creek chapters detail the events and customs of the group.

The Church of Women United (CWU) in Grand Rapids is arranged in two series: Grand Rapids Chapter materials and Other Chapters. The Grand Rapids series contains scrapbooks dated from 1925 to 2003. The earlier materials are from church groups that would later become the Church of Women United in Grand Rapids. This series includes a 1951 letter signed by Gerald R. Ford, demonstrating his support of sending federal food aid to India.

The Other Chapters series includes collected materials from the Battle Creek and Michigan's state chapters.

Interdenominational church women's organization. Histories, programs, office files, scrapbooks, and photographs of activities.

The records of Church Women United in Michigan (CWUMI) reflect only a part of the organization's history. No primary materials exist prior to 1948, and the existing material created between 1948 and 1954 is very sketchy. Documentation is richest starting the 1960s. Material from this era includes minutes of CWUMI executive and annual meetings, material relating to committees and committee reports, bylaws, correspondence of CWUMI presidents, periodical publications, files relating to projects and activities, material related to CWUMI local groups, and lists of member organizations.

Finding aid for the Cigar Makers' International Union Collection which includes corrrespondence, internal records, and publicity materials relating to the Cadillac Michigan Local 393 chapter of the Cigar Makers' Internation Union dating from 1896 to 1910.

The Cigar Makers' International Union Collection (1896-1910) contains 0.5 linear feet of the organizations internal documents, correspondence, a ledger of membership dues, union application forms in German, and a variety of printed items relating to public promotion of the union. Among the correspondence are numerous appeals requesting support for ongoing strikes to various affiliates, including but not limited to: the Lithographers' Union, the Stove Mounters' and Steel Ranger Workers' Union, the United Garment Workers of America, the Pie Bakers' Union and more. A notable letter includes a union statement signed by P.J. McArdle, activist and president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers.

The membership and dues ledger from the Local 393 Cigar Makers' International Union (Cadillac, MI) has entries beginning in 1896 through early 1901. Additionally, among the publicity materials are two posters on linen fabric promoting union made cigars to the general public.

University of Michigan campus group established to show movies to students. Minutes, rosters, scattered correspondence, and miscellanea.

Program notes, film schedules, minutes, correspondence, some about the Ann Arbor Film Festival - of which the club cosponsored; and rosters.

The Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties was established to work for the repeal of the McCarran Act and other legislation authorizing surveillance of political activities. Records include files of executive secretary Miriam Friedlander, including correspondence with Committee members, other civil liberties organizations, and members of Congress, and drafts of publications, press releases, and speeches. Correspondents include Lee H. Ball, Carl Braden, Gus Hall, Linus Pauling, Norman Thomas, and Willis Uphaus.

The Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties collection documents the activities of the organization. The records have been divided into four series: Office Business, Governmental, Photographs, and Printed Material.

Files from CCCL's office have been placed into the Office Business series dating from 1962-1963. These include office correspondence, financial information, as well as speeches given at CCCL rallies by members of the organization or its supporters: Dr. Willard Uphaus, Moe Fishman, Paul Ross, Benjamin Davis, and others.

The Governmental series, 1960-1973, contains materials pertaining to CCCL's involvement with government agencies charged in some way with the enforcement of the McCarran Act. Included are letters exchanged with congressman and senators, including letters from former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. This series also contains testimony given by the organization before the Subversive Activities Control Board, information on the McCarran Act, the Smith Act, and the Emergency Detention Act, and acts, bills, and propositions related to the CCCL's causes.

The Photograph series includes photographs of supposed detention camps for foreign-born citizens.

The Printed Material series has magazines and newspaper clippings relevant to the organization and its causes. Also included in this series are Congressional Records excerpts, pamphlets published by the CCCL, scrapbooks, and political cartoons.

Environmental group formed in 1978 by landowners in Clare County, Michigan in resistance to government plan to use pesticide to control gypsy moth population. The organization has since broadened its focus to include other environmental issues such as solid waste management, wetlands protection, the use of herbicides, concerns about toxic waste, and problems of pollution in Michigan. Series in this record group include organizational files, Eco Conferences, subject files, and related organizations. Organizational files includes minutes, newsletters, reports, correspondence, grant proposals, and other materials relating to the work of the organization. The Eco Conferences series documents annual conference bringing together speakers to lead talks and workshops. This series includes annual planning files and audiocassettes and videocassettes of the conferences. Subject files contains correspondence, reports, background information, and other information on environmental issues. Related organizations consists of files on other Michigan and local environmental groups.

The Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination record group provides an in-depth look at the life of a very active and influential Michigan environmental organization, for a period of nearly two decades -- from 1978 to 1997. While describing in particular the activities of one individual organization, the collection also lends itself to research about environmental issues and Michigan environmental organizations in general. The collection is arranged into four record series: Organizational Files, Eco Conferences, Subject Files, and Related Organizations.

Grosse Pointe, Michigan, citizens group concerned with problems and goals of their public school system; organizational records.

The record group consists of constitution and by-laws, minutes of the board of directors, financial material, and correspondence and other papers concerning organizational programs and school board elections.

The Citizens for Traditional Values record group documents four separate but interrelated organizations having many of the same members and sharing a strategy aimed at uniting conservative Christians on behalf of similarly-minded candidates for office. These organizations were The Freedom Council (1985-1987), the Michigan Committee for Freedom (1986-1992), the MCFF offshoot organization Celebrate Life (1989-1992), and the Citizens for Traditional Values (1991-present). The record group contains a variety of documentary materials such as office files, correspondence, budgets, reports, fundraising information, draft materials, and news clippings.

The record group contains materials from The Michigan Freedom Council (MFC -1985-1987), the Michigan Committee for Freedom (MCFF -- 1986-1992), the MCFF offshoot organization Celebrate Life (1989-1992), and the Council for Traditional Values (1991-present), conservative Christian political activist groups working in Michigan. The records contains a variety of documentary materials such as office files, correspondence, budgets, reports, fundraising information, draft materials, and news clippings to give a well-rounded view of the conservative Christian political scene in Michigan.

Organization formed to oppose construction of a sewer interceptor for Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Wayne counties, Michigan. Office records, clippings, and topical files.

The records created by COSS consists of office records of the organization, primarily generated in 1973 and 1974. The files include correspondence, statements, memoranda, and collected information.