United West End - Citizens' Organizations Acting Together records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains agendas and minutes, an audit covering the years 1975 and 1976, a National Commission on Neighborhoods case study of UWE-COACT, correspondence and reports pertaining to a funding controversy between UWE-COACT and United Way of Greater Duluth in 1977, news clippings, circulars, and newsletters.
Dates
- 1975-1979
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The United West End - Citizens' Organizations Acting Together began with the establishment of several small block clubs in Duluth, Minnesota in the fall of 1974. These clubs were formed after a neighborhood needs survey was conducted by students from University of Minnesota Duluth's School of Social Development. Meetings to inform residents of the survey's results provided a forum for the earliest block club organizing. By January, 1975, the block clubs had formed a coalition and incorporated under the name, United West End.
The United West End was a coalition of West End neighborhood block clubs which addressed various community issues such as drug abuse, physical deterioration of the neighborhood, and housing problems. In 1977, the United West End changed its name to United West End - Citizens' Organizations Acting Together and expanded the scope of its operations to cover the entire city of Duluth. Vi Griffiths was a co-founder and president of the organization.
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains agendas and minutes, an audit covering the years 1975 and 1976, a National Commission on Neighborhoods case study of UWE-COACT, correspondence and reports pertaining to a funding controversy between UWE-COACT and United Way of Greater Duluth in 1977, news clippings, circulars, and newsletters.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Agendas Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Civic improvement Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community life--Minnesota--Duluth Subject Source: Local sources
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Flyers Subject Source: Local sources
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Neighborhoods Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Local sources
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Organizations Subject Source: Local sources
- Political activists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Local sources
- West End (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the United West End - Citizens' Organizations Acting Together records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
