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Box 6

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Correspondence, clippings, copies of disbursement checks, September-October 1986

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: September-October 1986

Correspondence, documents relating to the League of Rural Voters’ request to re-broadcast the Farm Aid concert, clippings, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, and tax documents, October-November 1986

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: October-November 1986

Grant disbursement information, correspondence, proposal for the development of computer-based electronic center for the benefit and use of the farm advocate community throughout the country presented by the Farm Resource Foundation, copies of disbursement checks, and the Farmers’ Guide to FDIC, November-December 1986

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: November-December 1986

Correspondence, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, report entitled “FmHA Farmer Borrowers, New and Complex Problems,” and copies of disbursement checks., December 1986

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: December 1986

January-February 1987: Correspondence, press releases, Clearinghouse Review of Poverty Law, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, report on the distribution of Farm Aid funds, and clippings, January-February 1987

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: January-February 1987

Correspondence, AG-Link Corporation report of activities, financial documents, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, March 1987

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: March 1987

Farm Aid overview of funded organizations, descriptions of Farm Aid funding categories, donation information (Del Monte Corporation) including copy of $1,000,000 check, correspondence, copies of disbursement checks, Illinois South Project financial report, and sponsorship information, April 1987

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: April 1987