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TitleWorld Hunger Year records
Date Created1975-1984
DescriptionRecords, 1975-84; 40 cu. Records of a non-profit, New York-based organization committed to public education on the issues affecting world hunger.
World Hunger Year was founded in 1975 by Harry Chapin and William Ayres to educate the public on the problem of world hunger, researching its causes and developing strategies to deal with it. The records of World Hunger Year date from its inception in 1975 until 1984. Included in the collection are records not only of WHY's New York offices, but also of the Food Policy Center, its Washington-based office (1978-82) and Food Monitor magazine, published by WHY (1977-83).
Records of the New York office of WHY include agenda, minutes and memoranda of the Board of Directors, 1975-83; correspondence and memoranda of the Executive Director, 1975-76, 1980-83; materials relevant to Harry Chapin's work with WHY, 1977-81; minutes of staff meetings, 1982-83; administrative records, 1975-83; financial records, 1975-82. Records of WHY's educational and promotional activities document various projects, including conferences and forums, radiothons, the work of regional chapters, and the World Hunger Media Awards, 1975-84. The organization's legislative activities are documented by correspondence, memoranda, proposals and drafts of hunger-related legislation, 1975-81.
In September 1977, WHY began to publish a bi-monthly magazine devoted to the discussion of food and hunger related issues. Records for Food Monitor magazine include: incorporation and by-laws, 1977; agenda, minutes, and memoranda of the Editorial Board, 1977-82; minutes, reports, correspondence and memoranda of editors and staff, 1976-83; financial records, 1977-1979, 1983; records on subscription services and promotion, 1978-83; research files, manuscripts and photographs for Food Monitor articles, 1977-82. Due to the organization's financial constraints, Food Monitor ceased publication in the summer of 1983.
In 1978 WHY opened the Food Policy Center in Washington, D.C. to help formulate food policy and to monitor legislative work on hunger issues. Its records include staff minutes, 1977-80; financial records, 1978-79; correspondence, 1978-82; copies of the Food Policy Center's newsletters, New Views and Update on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger, 1978-81. The Food Policy Center was particularly involved in the work of the Presidential Commission, to which Harry Chapin was appointed Commission member; records of this involvement include transcripts and working papers of the Commission; various drafts and critiques of the Commission's final report, 1979-80; plans by some Commission members for public education programs to follow up the Commission Is recommendations. Documents of the Food Policy Center also include its research files and drafts of legislation on hunger issues, 1978-81. Due to finances, the offices of the Food Policy Center were officially closed in 1983.
World Hunger Year was founded in 1975 by Harry Chapin and William Ayres to educate the public on the problem of world hunger, researching its causes and developing strategies to deal with it. The records of World Hunger Year date from its inception in 1975 until 1984. Included in the collection are records not only of WHY's New York offices, but also of the Food Policy Center, its Washington-based office (1978-82) and Food Monitor magazine, published by WHY (1977-83).
Records of the New York office of WHY include agenda, minutes and memoranda of the Board of Directors, 1975-83; correspondence and memoranda of the Executive Director, 1975-76, 1980-83; materials relevant to Harry Chapin's work with WHY, 1977-81; minutes of staff meetings, 1982-83; administrative records, 1975-83; financial records, 1975-82. Records of WHY's educational and promotional activities document various projects, including conferences and forums, radiothons, the work of regional chapters, and the World Hunger Media Awards, 1975-84. The organization's legislative activities are documented by correspondence, memoranda, proposals and drafts of hunger-related legislation, 1975-81.
In September 1977, WHY began to publish a bi-monthly magazine devoted to the discussion of food and hunger related issues. Records for Food Monitor magazine include: incorporation and by-laws, 1977; agenda, minutes, and memoranda of the Editorial Board, 1977-82; minutes, reports, correspondence and memoranda of editors and staff, 1976-83; financial records, 1977-1979, 1983; records on subscription services and promotion, 1978-83; research files, manuscripts and photographs for Food Monitor articles, 1977-82. Due to the organization's financial constraints, Food Monitor ceased publication in the summer of 1983.
In 1978 WHY opened the Food Policy Center in Washington, D.C. to help formulate food policy and to monitor legislative work on hunger issues. Its records include staff minutes, 1977-80; financial records, 1978-79; correspondence, 1978-82; copies of the Food Policy Center's newsletters, New Views and Update on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger, 1978-81. The Food Policy Center was particularly involved in the work of the Presidential Commission, to which Harry Chapin was appointed Commission member; records of this involvement include transcripts and working papers of the Commission; various drafts and critiques of the Commission's final report, 1979-80; plans by some Commission members for public education programs to follow up the Commission Is recommendations. Documents of the Food Policy Center also include its research files and drafts of legislation on hunger issues, 1978-81. Due to finances, the offices of the Food Policy Center were officially closed in 1983.
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-ygxj-zp60
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSpecial Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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