Box 7
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Correspondence, research report prepared by Prairiefire Rural Action, Inc. entitled “The Continuing Crisis in Rural America, Fact vs. Fiction,” income statement of Farm Counseling Services, Inc., newsletters, rejection letters, plans, and contracts concerning Farm Aid II concert, Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, memo concerning Coleman v. Lyng national class-action suit, and copies of disbursement checks, May-July 1987
File — Box: 7, 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:
May-July 1987
Clippings, correspondence, transcript of the testimony of Mona Lee Brock on behalf of the Oklahoma AG-Link hotline and Oklahoma Conference of Churches before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, July 29, 1987 along with other documents relating to those organizations, press releases, information about fall 1987 concert in Lincoln, Nebraska, newsletters, copies of disbursement checks, July-August 1987
File — Box: 7, 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:
July-August 1987
Rejection letters, newsletters, copies of disbursement checks, correspondence, clippings, minutes from AG-Link Hotline Board of Directors meeting, transcript of the testimony of Dr. Max E. Glenn representing the Oklahoma AG-Link Coalition and the Oklahoma Conference of Churches before the National Action Commission on the Mental Health of Rural Americans, Des Moines, Iowa, December 2, 1987, and a sampling of work funded by Farm Aid, November-December 1987
File — Box: 7, 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 1987
Farm Aid, Inc., Annual Report, 1987
File — Box: 7, 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:
1987
Correspondence, clippings, newsletters, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, rejection letters, January-March 1988
File — Box: 7, 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-March 1988
Rejection letters, directory of organizations funded by Farm Aid, clippings, records of grants approved, and newsletters, April-August 1988
File — Box: 7, 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:
April-August 1988
Records of approved grants, newsletters, rejection letters, press releases, “Shadows on the Land: A Special Report on America’s Hazardous Harvest,” by Texans United and National Toxics Campaign and other documents related to the organizations, statements by Willie Nelson about allegations against Farm Aid’s use of funds, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, clippings, and copies of disbursement checks, September-December 1988
File — Box: 7, 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:
September-December 1988
Correspondence, clippings, and proposal abstract related to the National Campaign Against Toxic Hazards, undated
File — Box: 7, Folder: 8
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:
undated
University Archives
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The Wittliff Collections
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7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu