GEORGE CERNY:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Cerny, George, 1912-1999, creator. | |
| Title: | George Cerny papers. | |
| Dates: | 1937-1998. | |
| Abstract: | An oral history interview transcript, university term papers, printed articles and booklets, and other materials documenting George Cerny's lengthy career (1930s-1960s) in cooperatives in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and the southern United States and his long-standing interest in cooperative activities. | |
| Quantity: | 0.3 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | P1673: See Detailed Description for shelf location. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The principal item in the papers is the interview transcript, which reflects the entire scope and duration of Cerny's long involvement in cooperative enterprises. The interview transcript is amplified by term papers (1937-1938, 1959) and articles (1960s) by Cerny, booklets (1960s) produced under his direction and published by the Cooperative League of the USA and by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), and other items (1960s, 1988, 1998) compiled or written by him.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. George Cerny Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 10,626; 11,077; 15,509
Processing Information:
Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, March 1989; Deborah M. Kahn, May 2004
Catalog ID number: 990017115640104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| P1673 | Transcript of oral history interview of George Cerny by Helen M. White, Chicago, Illinois, November 25, 1967. Typescript, 55 pp. | ||||||||||
| The transcript contains information on Cerny's education at the universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin; his establishment of a Catholic cooperative eating club in Madison near the University of Wisconsin (1936); his association with Cooperative Services, Inc. (late 1930s) and Midland Cooperatives, Inc. (1940s-1960s) in Minnesota and Wisconsin as field organizer and educator, youth camp director, and department manager; his educational endeavors at the Cooperative League of the USA (1960s); and his work implementing an OEO anti-poverty program--the introduction of self-help cooperatives in rural and urban areas of Illinois and the southern United States (1960s). The transcript also provides much detail on cooperative organization and education programs and their relationships with private business enterprises. | |||||||||||
| The folder also includes biographical information on Cerny found in a January 1998 Cerny letter and in two February 1999 obituaries supplied by the cataloger (all photocopies). | |||||||||||
| University term papers on cooperation and cooperatives, 1937-1938, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Cerny, George, "Cooperation in the Midwest in the Granger Era, 1869-1875," Agricultural History, 37:4 (reprint): (October 1963). | |||||||||||
| Cooperative League of the USA, Moving Ahead with Group Action, 1966. Booklet. | |||||||||||
| Cooperative League of the USA and U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Moving Ahead with Co-ops, 1966. Booklet. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous print and near-print items relating to cooperatives, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Report: "Evaluation of [OEO] Contract No. 2433 by Cooperative League of the USA, 1/29/68," 1968. | |||||||||||
| Cerny, George, "Buying Clubs: Adult Education in Action," Adult Leadership," 17:6 (December 1968). Photocopy. | |||||||||||
| Cooperative League of the USA and U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, How to Organize a Co-op, October 1969. Booklet. | |||||||||||
| Promotional item for Family Pastimes (typescript): Cerny, George, and Ann Cerny, "Cooperative Games," October 29, 1988. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- Consumer cooperatives -- Minnesota.
- Consumer cooperatives -- Wisconsin.
- Cooperation -- Study and teaching.
- Cooperative societies -- Middle West.
- Cooperative societies -- Southern States.
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
- Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions.
- Poverty -- United States.
- Youth -- Societies and clubs.
- Persons:
- White, Helen M. (Helen McCann), 1916-.
- Organizations:
- Cooperative Services (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Midland Cooperatives, Inc.
- United States. Office of Economic Opportunity.
- Document Types:
- Oral histories (document genres)
Collapse
All