MINNESOTANS UNITED FOR ALL FAMILIES
(ORGANIZATION):
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesotans United for All Families (Organization), creator. | |
| Title: | Minnesotans United for All Families records. | |
| Dates: | 2010-2013. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Administrative files, advertising, publicity and outreach materials, awards, correspondence, polls, reports, research files, photographs, files of campaign manager Richard Carlbom, and information about related organizations in Minnesota created by an organization leading a campaign that successfully defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would have denied the right to marry to same-sex Minnesota couples. | |
| Quantity: | 2.3 cubic feet (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder in 1 partial box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
Minnesotans United for All Families was a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation formed jointly by Project 515 and OutFront Minnesota to defeat legislation, constitutional amendments, and propositions that would exclude some families from the institution of marriage, and in particular to defeat a ballot question put before the voters in November 2012 that would have amended the Minnesota constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The ballot question was defeated, and subsequent legislation legalized same-sex marriage in Minnesota in 2013.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesotans United for All Families records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,876
Processing Information:
Processed by: David B. Peterson, July 2016
Catalog ID number: 990086471840104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 142.K.19.8F | 1 | Administrative records: | |||||||||
| Board of Directors meeting minutes, October 11, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Bylaws, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Campaign summary and partners, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Donations, 2011-2012. | |||||||||||
| Employee manual, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Financials and related miscellany, 2011-2012. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Letterhead, circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| Organizational forms, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Personnel, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Steering Committee, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Strategic plans: | |||||||||||
| Campaign priorities and draft plans, 2011-2012. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Communications plan, 2011. | |||||||||||
| End operations plan and related materials, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Field plan, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Grassroots Solutions (GRS) targeted strategic guidance plan, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Advertising, publicity, and outreach: | |||||||||||
| 76 Words project: Transcriptions of interviews with Catholic couples, undated, circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| Advertisements and mailings, 2012. | |||||||||||
| America Votes targeted outreach, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Business outreach and strategy, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Civil marriage collaboration, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Clear Channel Minnesotans United 2012 issue support campaign, undated, circa 2011. | |||||||||||
| Coalition memberships and partners, undated, circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| Communications Department meeting, August 2012. | |||||||||||
| Communications strategy, March 2012. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Communications toolkit: My mind was changed: conflicted Christians and LGBT rights, undated. | |||||||||||
| Data exchange agreement between Minnesotans United and Mark Dayton, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Grand Old Party (GOP) outreach plan, 2012. | |||||||||||
| In-person focus group guide, August 2012. | |||||||||||
| Jewish community anti-amendment activities, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Media Bridge advertising plan for Minnesotans United, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Minnesotans United scripts in Braille, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Smith, Denny: Consulting and teaching materials, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Statements of support, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Stickers and ephemera, undated, circa 2011-2012. | |||||||||||
| Talking points and informational imperatives for legislators, 2012. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Talking points and message imperatives, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Targeted outreach plans, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Targeting Work Group meetings, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Volunteer outreach examples, undated, circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| Volunteer recruitment scripts and related materials, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Vote No on the marriage amendment: Signed campus get-out-the-vote release forms, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Web design by Wide Eye Creative, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Awards: Lavender 100 issue: Support of Minnesotans United, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Richard Carlbom: | |||||||||||
| Business cards and ephemera, circa 2011-2012. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, memos, and notes, circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| Schedules, 2012-2013. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes Carlbom's schedule for election day 2012. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||
| Outgoing, 2012. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Incoming, circa 2012. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes letters from those in support of the campaign and those against. Many of the negative letters are in response to the Michelle Marie LaFrance letter, a mass mailing sent by Minnesotans United for All Families asking recipients to vote against the proposed amendment. | |||||||||||
| LGBT polls, reports, and research: | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous reports and research, 2011. | |||||||||||
| America Votes survey and legal background, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Baseline poll, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Benenson Strategy Group Minnesota ballot initiative research proposal, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board advisory opinion, undated, circa 2011. | |||||||||||
| Feldman, Diane: Polling proposal, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Fleischer, David: Proposition 8 report, 2010. | |||||||||||
| Greenberg, Anna: Research proposal, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Grove Insight strategic survey findings, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Impact Minnesota analysis, undated, circa 2010. | |||||||||||
| Laser, Rachel, et al.: Moving the Middle on Marriage, February 2010. | |||||||||||
| No on 1 Campaign report, circa 2010. | |||||||||||
| This was a campaign to retain same-sex marriage in Maine. | |||||||||||
| Opposition research book, undated, circa 2012-2013. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 142.K.20.1B | 2 | Opposition research book, undated, circa 2012-2013. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Pew text research, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Poll: Minnesota statewide survey, 2011-2012. | |||||||||||
| Proposition 8 of 2008 study and report, circa 2010. | |||||||||||
| Review of marriage research 2004-2009, 2010. | |||||||||||
| Simon, Amy: Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Why Marriage Matters campaign research, circa 2010. | |||||||||||
| Victoria, Diane: Research proposal, 2011. | |||||||||||
| Photographs: Minnesotans United Pride booth, 2012. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Related organizations: | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 2012. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota for Marriage: Vote Yes campaign, circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| [0.55 cubic feet empty, letter size] | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 144.C.15.8F-1 | 3 | Hearts from volunteers, undated, circa 2011-2012. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Cutout paper hearts that include handwritten messages from volunteers and supporters stating why they support the campaign to vote down the anti-marriage amendment. The hearts were hung in the Minnesotans United campaign headquarters in Saint Paul. | |||||||||||
| Signage from an early brainstorming session, 2011. 16 foamboards; 11 x 17 in. | |||||||||||
| 142.C.5.5 | Vote No yard sign, circa 2012. | ||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Constitutional amendments -- Minnesota.
- Gay rights -- Minnesota.
- Marriage -- Minnesota.
- Marriage law -- Minnesota.
- Same-sex marriage -- Minnesota.
- Sexual minorities -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Carlbom, Richard, author.
- Organizations:
- Equality Minnesota, author.
- Project 515 (Minneapolis, Minn.), author.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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