Title: Mifflin Street Community Cooperative Records
Inclusive Dates: 1968-2006

Creator:

• Mifflin Street Community Cooperative

Call Number: M2007-067

Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet (5 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes), 3.0 cubic feet of photographs, drawings, and ephemera (4 flat boxes and 1 archives box), and 4 rolled drawings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Mifflin Street Community Cooperative, a cooperative grocery store which was organized in 1969 and ceased operation in 2006. The records include a detailed history of the early years of the co-op and documentation from other area food cooperatives. Also included are photographs, drawings, and ephemera documenting individuals involved with the store, advertising, the building, its mural, remodel (1993), historical displays, and neighborhood events such as the Mifflin Street Block Party, which the co-op sponsored from 1968-1991, as well as a framed National Liberation Front (NLF) flag presented to the co-op from the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris.

Note:

Forms part of the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2007067

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The records include a detailed history of the early years of the co-op, minutes and supporting documents of the Board of Directors meetings, general membership meetings, staff meetings, customer and staff logs, financial records including records of the Volume Discount Grant which the Mifflin Co-op awarded to other cooperatives, and documentation from other area cooperatives such as Eagle Heights, Whole Earth Foods, Willy Street, and North Country.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mifflin Street Cooperative, 2007. Accession Number: M2007-067

M2007-067	Administration
Box   1 Folder   1	By-laws
Box   1 Folder   2	Statement of purpose
	Board of Directors
Box   1 Folder   3	Case for Mifflin Street Co-op, 1996
Box   1 Folder   4	List, 1987-1992
Box   1 Folder   5	Liability, 1997
Box   1 Folder   6	Statement of transfer, 1969
Box   1 Folder   7	Training, 1997
Box   1 Folder   8-19	Meeting notes, 1984-2006
Box   1 Folder   20	Miscellaneous notes
	General and staff meetings
Box   1 Folder   21	Committee meeting notes, 1993-2006
Box   1 Folder   22-23	General membership meeting notes, 1969-2006
Box   1 Folder   24-26	Long range planning meeting notes, 1988-2004
Box   1 Folder   27-30	Staff meeting notes, 1988-2006
Box   1 Folder   31-33	Staff agendas, 1999-2006
Box   1 Folder   34	Personnel Committee notebook, 1998-2003
Box   2 Folder   1-10	Proposals, 1998-2006
Box   2 Folder   11	West Madison Natural Foods Market, 1989
	Logs
Box   2 Folder   12-16	Customer logs and surveys, 1994-2005, undated
Box   2 Folder   17-24	Staff logs, 1992-2005
Box   3 Folder   1-7	Staff logs, 2005-2006, undated
	Building
Box   3 Folder   8	Apartment information, 2000-2001
Box   3 Folder   9	Appraisal of Mifflin Street Co-op
Box   3 Folder   10	Building history
Box   3 Folder   11	Contracts and bids, 2002
Box   3 Folder   12	Floor plan
Box   3 Folder   13	Landmark nomination, 1994-1996
Box   3 Folder   14	Zoning, 1976-1983
Box   3 Folder   15-17	Correspondence, 1960s-2006, undated
	Financial information
Box   3 Folder   18-19	Finance Committee
Box   3 Folder   20	Bills and receipts
Box   3 Folder   21	Cost assessments
Box   3 Folder   22	Donations
Box   3 Folder   23-29	Financial information
Box   3 Folder   30	Ledgers, 1989-1990
Box   3 Folder   31	Loan information
Box   3 Folder   32	Promissory notes
Box   3 Folder   33	Purchase requests
Box   3 Folder   34-39	Volume discount grant program, 1987-1994
	Food
Box   4 Folder   1	Cookbook
Box   4 Folder   2	Harvest feast and camping recipes, 1991-1994
Box   4 Folder   3	International cookbook, 1984
Box   4 Folder   4	Madison, local food
Box   4 Folder   5	Recipes
	General co-op information
Box   4 Folder   6-7	Miscellaneous
Box   4 Folder   8-9	History
Box   8 Folder   4	Proposal from community meeting, 1970
	Membership
Box   4 Folder   10	Accountability
Box   4 Folder   11	Business memberships, 2003
Box   4 Folder   12	Collective health
Box   4 Folder   13	Consensus training
Box   4 Folder   14	Database
Box   4 Folder   15	Equity
Box   4 Folder   16	Facilitation
Box   4 Folder   17	Involvement materials
Box   4 Folder   18	Member services training outline
Box   4 Folder   19	Member structure of other co-ops
Box   4 Folder   20	Orientation
Box   4 Folder   21	Owner's manual
Box   4 Folder   22-23	News articles
	Newsletter
Box   8 Folder   3	Mifflin Community News, 1970-1981 [incomplete series]
Box   4 Folder   24-25	Mifflin Co-op Times, 1982-2003
Box   4 Folder   26	Newsletter articles to process, 2003-2004
	Personnel
Box   4 Folder   27	Personnel Committee, 1999
Box   4 Folder   28	Check lists
Box   4 Folder   29	Inventory
	Manuals
Box   4 Folder   30	Policy
Box   4 Folder   31	Store
Box   4 Folder   32	Training
Box   4 Folder   33	Mark-ups
Box   4 Folder   34	Phone numbers of suppliers
Box   4 Folder   35-36	Policy
Box   4 Folder   37-38	Produce meetings and workshop, 1986
Box   4 Folder   39	Staff evaluations, 1996-1998
	Staff positions
Box   4 Folder   40	Job announcement masters, 2001
Box   4 Folder   41	Job applications and lists
Box   4 Folder   42-45	Job descriptions
Box   4 Folder   46-47	Staff proposals
Box   4 Folder   48	Stocking
Box   4 Folder   49-51	Training
	Volunteers
Box   4 Folder   52	Volunteer Committee
Box   4 Folder   53	Bulking guide
Box   4 Folder   54	General
Box   4 Folder   55-57	Lists of volunteers
Box   4 Folder   58	Newsletter
	Politics
Box   4 Folder   59	Activism
Box   4 Folder   60-62	Political involvement, 1980s-1992
	Publicity
Box   4 Folder   63	Marketing Committee
Box   4 Folder   64	Advertisement contracts
Box   4 Folder   65	Advertisements brainstorming
Box   4 Folder   66	Clip art
Box   4 Folder   67	Community letter, 2001
Box   4 Folder   68	December promotions
Box   8 Folder   1	Deed to Miffland
Box   8 Folder   2	Flyers
Box   4 Folder   69-70	General
Box   5 Folder   1-3	General (continued)
Box   5 Folder   4	Media contacts, 2002
Box   5 Folder   5	Market study, 1985
Box   5 Folder   6	Newsletter advertisements
Box   5 Folder   7-9	Press release
Box   5 Folder   10	Public statements of the Co-op
Box   5 Folder   11	Promotions, 1996-2000
	Research
Box   5 Folder   12	Bassett neighborhood master plan, 1996
Box   5 Folder   13	Grocery stores in city neighborhoods, May 2004
Box   5 Folder   14	Metro Place, 1999
Box   5 Folder   15	Sustainability organizations, 2002
	Activities and programs
Box   5 Folder   16	Anniversary/birthday, 1989, 1998, 1999
Box   5 Folder   17	Arcatao-Madison Sister City Project, 1991
Box   5 Folder   18-19	Auction, October 1, 2006
Box   5 Folder   20	Bike to Work Week, 2002
Box   5 Folder   21-23	Block party
Box   5 Folder   24	Buy Nothing Day
Box   5 Folder   25	Farmers' market
Box   5 Folder   26	Flower planting and clean-up
Box   5 Folder   27	Food drive
Box   5 Folder   28	Lectures
Box   5 Folder   29	Organic standards events, 1997-1998
Box   5 Folder   30	Taste of Mifflin
Box   5 Folder   31	Ten Percent Days
Box   5 Folder   32	WORT block party
	Other cooperatives
	Eagle Heights
Box   5 Folder   33	By-laws
Box   5 Folder   34	Clerking
Box   5 Folder   35	Correspondence, 1976-1989
Box   5 Folder   36	Cotterill, Ron, writings
Box   5 Folder   37	Data about Eagle Heights Community, 1995
Box   5 Folder   38	Delivery service
Box   5 Folder   39-40	Financial information
Box   5 Folder   41-42	General, 1978-1996
Box   5 Folder   43	Historical files, 1976
Box   5 Folder   44-47	Job descriptions/policies
Box   5 Folder   48	Laws and regulations
Box   5 Folder   49	Log
Box   5 Folder   50	Meetings
Box   5 Folder   51-53	Members
Box   5 Folder   54	Membership survey, 1980
Box   5 Folder   55	Newsletters
Box   5 Folder   56	Phone numbers
Box   5 Folder   57	Planning
Box   5 Folder   58	Policy
Box   5 Folder   59	Public health issues
Box   5 Folder   60	Publicity
Box   5 Folder   61	Recipes
Box   5 Folder   62	Suppliers, 1979
	Special events
Box   5 Folder   63	Back-to-school
Box   5 Folder   64	Membership packets for events
Box   5 Folder   65	Pancake breakfast
Box   5 Folder   66	Potluck
Box   5 Folder   67	A Taste of Eagle Heights
Box   5 Folder   68	Week of the Young Child
Box   5 Folder   69	Magic Mill
Box   5 Folder   70-71	North Country Cooperative, 1998
Box   5 Folder   72-73	North Farm Cooperative, 1991
	Whole Earth Foods
Box   5 Folder   74	Correspondence, 1994-1995
Box   5 Folder   75	Financial information, 1994
Box   5 Folder   76	General
Box   5 Folder   77	Insurance, 1995
Box   5 Folder   78	Log, staff
Box   6 Folder   1-3	Log, staff (continued)
Box   6 Folder   4	Mailing list
Box   6 Folder   5	News articles
Box   6 Folder   6	Phone list
Box   6 Folder   7-8	Publicity
	Willy Street Cooperative
Box   6 Folder   9-10	Marketing research project, 1997
Box   7 Folder   1	Newsletters, 1986-1987
Box   7 Folder   2	Re-organization, 1987
Box   7 Folder   3	Cooperative “Alliance”
Box   7 Folder   4	Cooperative Communicators Association, annual business meeting, 2003 June 24
Box   7 Folder   5-7	General
Box   7 Folder   8	Madison area co-ops
Box   7 Folder   9	Newsletters, Madison area co-ops
Box   7 Folder   10	Traveling Cooperative Institute, 2000 August 11
	Writings
Box   7 Folder   11	Democratic Deliberation / by John Gastil
Box   7 Folder   12	“Identifying Obstacles to Small Group Democracy” / by John Gastil
Box   7 Folder   13	Small Group Democracy / by John Gastil
Box   7 Folder   14	“What's to Eat?” / by Intra Community Co-op
	Ephemera/drawings/posters
Box   9 Folder   1	Advertising and pricing labels
Box   11 Folder   1	Block party
Box   11 Folder   2	Eagle Heights Food Cooperative
Box   11 Folder   3	Floor plans
Box   9 Folder   2	Framed NLP flag (scanned image)
Box   9 Folder   3	History, display panel captions
Box   12 Folder   1	History, display panels
Box   12 Folder   2	Miscellaneous (posters, membership, advertising, events)
Box   9 Folder   4	Miscellaneous
Box   13	Framed National Liberation Front (NLF) flag
Rolled Oversize	Drawings
	Photographs
Box   9 Folder   5	Block party
Box   9 Folder   6	People
Box   12 Folder   3	People (continued)
Box   9 Folder   7	Pine River Food Cooperative
Box   9 Folder   8	Store
Box   9 Folder   9	Store remodel, 1993
Box   9 Folder   10	Scrapbook, 1987-1997
Box   10	Scrapbook, photo album