Mark Ritchie Papers, 1964-1992, bulk 1975-1980

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Summary

Creators:
Ritchie, Mark
Abstract:
The collection includes activist and politician Mark Ritchie's minutes and notes of the meetings of the People’s Food System (San Francisco) and materials related to the cooperative food movement in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1970s.
Extent:
3 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark Ritchie Papers, D-642, Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes minutes and notes of the meetings of the People’s Food System (San Francisco) and materials on the cooperative food movement in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1970s. Many organizations and co-ops are represented, including Earthwork and the Center for Rural Studies and Red Star Cheese. Some materials focus on the development of structures to support the entire food system, such as a loan fund, warehousing, and trucking.

Biographical / historical:

Mark Ritchie was a key leader in the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 1970s. The system was composed of food co-ops, worker collectives and a series of wholesale collectives that supported the retail stores, including a bakery, produce, trucking, cheese, grains, and so on. The mission was food for people not for profit, healthy food and land, and a new way of making decisions.

In particular, Mark Ritchie worked with Red Star Cheese Collective and Earthworks, an urban food and agricultural library. He went on to many other accomplishments, including serving as Secretary of State of Minnesota.

Biography by Ann M. Evans

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mark Ritchie and Ann Evans, 2016.
Processing information:

Liz Phillips processed this collection with help from student assistant Husnain Jafrani.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark Ritchie Papers, D-642, Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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