CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION (ST. PAUL, MINN.):
An Inventory of its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Citizens for Community Action (St. Paul, Minn.), creator. | |
| Title: | Citizens for Community Action records. | |
| Dates: | 1969-2003. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of a grassroots, St. Paul-based pro-life group established to protest the Planned Parenthood Highland Park neighborhood location, which offered abortions in addition to its other family planning services. | |
| Quantity: | 5.5 cubic feet (6 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
Citizens for Community Action had its beginnings in 1976 to oppose a Planned Parenthood clinic that was to open in the former Jimmy's Restaurant building at 1965 Ford Parkway in St. Paul. The group for many years continued a program of daily picketing of the clinic, sidewalk counseling of women visiting the facility, and prayer vigils. They also conducted an annual memorial service for the unborn. The group campaigned for parents' rights and abortion restrictions, testified in favor of a state parental notification bill, and led efforts to institute a fetal disposal ordinance in St. Paul.
The organization announced in March 2003 that it would disband in response to what it called a flourishing pro-life movement, and that it would merge with Pro-Life Action Ministries and the Highland Life Care Center. At that time it claimed some 1700 members, living mostly in the Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, and Summit Hill neighborhoods of St. Paul. Attorney John D. Healy, Jr. of St. Paul was the first president of the organization. The clinic in St. Paul remained the first and only Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota to perform abortions.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Materials include annual meeting and board meeting files, audiocassettes, videocassettes, photographs, news clippings, pamphlets and brochures, mailings, correspondence, and other materials. There is information about picketing activities at the Planned Parenthood clinic, prayer vigils, fund raising, the involvement of local Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish religious figures in the organization, and an annual memorial service held by the group.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Citizens for Community Action (St. Paul, Minn.). Citizens for Community Action Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,206
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 990073536690104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 129.I.12.6F | Administrative: | ||||||||||
| Agendas, 1996-2000. | |||||||||||
| Annual meetings, 1985-2001. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
| Board meetings, 1983-1999. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Board members, 1996-1998. | |||||||||||
| City council meetings, 1976. 1 folder and 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Past presidents, circa 1992. | |||||||||||
| Memorial services and events: | |||||||||||
| Annual brunch, 2000. | |||||||||||
| Annual memorial services: | |||||||||||
| 1983-1989. 13 folders. | |||||||||||
| 129.I.12.7B | 1990-2003. 18 folders. | ||||||||||
| Prayer vigil, 1988-1996. | |||||||||||
| Special events, 1997-2002. | |||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||
| Actions, rallies, press releases, undated and 1976-1986. | |||||||||||
| Advertising, undated and 1972-1985. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Announcements and workshops, 1984-1989. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Arson news clippings, 1976-1986. | |||||||||||
| Audit of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota: Annette Levine, 1979-1983. | |||||||||||
| Booths and workshops name lists, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Boycotts, 1984-1985. | |||||||||||
| Brochures, 1984 and 1995-1998. | |||||||||||
| Butler, Larry, 1993-1994. | |||||||||||
| Calendars, 1987-1997. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Churches, undated and 1996-1997. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Citizens for Community Action Network, 1985. | |||||||||||
| Complaints, 1984. | |||||||||||
| Constitutional amendment, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Contributors, 1989-1990. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1980-2002. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| 129.I.12.8F | Fund raising, 1980-1988, 1990-1995. 2 folders. | ||||||||||
| Handouts, undated and 1984-1985. | |||||||||||
| History, 1976-1986. | |||||||||||
| In memory, circa 2001. | |||||||||||
| Legal, 1983. | |||||||||||
| Letters and notes, 1997-2000. | |||||||||||
| Liberty and Highland bank signs, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Mailings, circa 1997. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Media, undated. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Citizen, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous articles and newsletters, 1998-2002. | |||||||||||
| News clippings, undated and 1977-1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Newsletters, undated and 1977, 1980-1989. | |||||||||||
| Order forms, undated and 1986. | |||||||||||
| Originals, undated and 1984-1988. | |||||||||||
| Pamphlets, circa 1995. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Phone forms, 1988-1989. | |||||||||||
| Picketing, undated and 1988-1998. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Planned Parenthood, 1984-1996. | |||||||||||
| Post Office, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Postal regulations, 1993. | |||||||||||
| Program and purpose, 1985-1989. | |||||||||||
| Public relations, 1988-1993. | |||||||||||
| Thank you, 1996-1997. | |||||||||||
| Volunteers, undated and 1991. | |||||||||||
| Workshop, 1985-1993. | |||||||||||
| Citizens for Community Action matters: | |||||||||||
| Abortion funding, pro-family legislators, 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| Anti-abortion zoning in other cities, undated and 1978. | |||||||||||
| Bills and cases, undated and 1979. | |||||||||||
| Candidate surveys, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Constitutional convention, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1979-1980. | |||||||||||
| Fraser Frenzel fund-raising, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Family Planning funds for abortion clinics, 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| Literature, 1975-1981. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Meeting notes, 1976-1978. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| 129.I.12.9B | News clippings and correspondence, 1976-1980. | ||||||||||
| Officers and committees, 1979. | |||||||||||
| People and Causes: WWTC radio, 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| Rebuild clinic, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Roedler fee dispute, 1969-1978. | |||||||||||
| Sittard and Associates public relations, 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| Demonstrations: | |||||||||||
| Akron ordinance, contacts with other organizations, 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| Media lists, undated. | |||||||||||
| Negotiations with Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| Newsletters, 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| Publicity information and literature, 1976-1978. | |||||||||||
| Stop donations and grants to Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul City Council hearings: | |||||||||||
| Case reports, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Charitable and organizational, undated and 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| City Council, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Fund raising materials, 1976-1978. | |||||||||||
| Planned Parenthood, 1976-1980. | |||||||||||
| Planned Parenthood v City of St. Paul, 1976. | |||||||||||
| [ 0.25 cubic feet empty, legal] | |||||||||||
| 129.G.10.8F-1 | Sound cassettes: | ||||||||||
| Small box 1: | |||||||||||
| Annual meetings, 1994-1995. 3 sound cassettes. | |||||||||||
| Memorial services, 1983-1995. 19 sound cassettes. | |||||||||||
| The Apostolate for God's Precious Infants. Minneapolis, MN: Human Life International Conference, October 1994. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||
| Corporate Funding of Planned Parenthood. Pomona, CA: Focus on the Family, 1990. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||
| Critical Look at Planned Parenthood. Mary Senander, 1981. 2 sound cassettes. | |||||||||||
| A Day on the Hill. Minneapolis, MN: Greater Minneapolis Association of Evangelicals [GMAE], March 1990. 2 sound cassettes. | |||||||||||
| Dr. George Grant, speaker. | |||||||||||
| Planned Parenthood. Orlando, FL: National Right to Life Conference [NRLC], 1983. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||
| Videocassettes: | |||||||||||
| Annual meetings, 1988-1991. 3 videocassettes (VHS). | |||||||||||
| Memorial services, 1983-1994. 8 videocassettes (VHS). | |||||||||||
| If You Care, You'll Be There. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Citizens Concerned For Life [MCCL], 1990. 1 videocassette (VHS) (17 minutes). | |||||||||||
| Precinct Caucus. | |||||||||||
| Let Them Live. St. Paul, MN: Citizens for Community Action, undated. 1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hour, 7 minutes). | |||||||||||
| Includes Pro-Life banquet: Dorothy Fleming and Cecil Todd. | |||||||||||
| Planned Parenthood, 1996. | |||||||||||
| Thirteen Babies Found in Dumpster at Robbinsdale Family Clinic. 1987. 1 videocassette (VHS). | |||||||||||
| Includes news conference and funeral. | |||||||||||
| Photographs: | |||||||||||
| Small box 2: | |||||||||||
| Memorial services, 1983-1987. | |||||||||||
| 129.I.12.10F | Small boxes 3 and 4: | ||||||||||
| Memorial services, 1988-1996. | |||||||||||
| Small box 5: | |||||||||||
| Annual meetings, undated and 1985-1993. | |||||||||||
| Demonstrations and picketing, undated and 1983-1996. | |||||||||||
| Small box 6: | |||||||||||
| Other Citizens for Community Action events, undated and 1983-1996. | |||||||||||
| Includes National Right to Life Convention (1983), prayer vigils and demonstrations. | |||||||||||
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:
- Abortion -- Minnesota.
- Picketing -- Minnesota.
- Pro-life movement -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Healy, John D., Jr.
- Organizations:
- Planned Parenthood of Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Audiocassettes.
- Photographs.
- Videocassettes.
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