Sunshine Co-op letter

Collection — Box: SFC2 [F09.090.02.02], Folder: 227

Identifier: MS0227

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letter by an unidentified woman named Sydney [no last name given] to her "family" in which she informs them that she, her husband Walter, and their daughter Heather, have joined a commune of people who travel around the country in transformed school buses. Of note is her reference to the Sunshine Co-op in Charlotte, which received discarded food items from supermarkets and used it as their primary food source. The "Uncle Julius" mentioned in the letter is possibly Julius Levitch of Asheville, N.C.

Dates

circa 1970

Creator

J. Murrey Atkins Library (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) (Collector, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

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Extent

0.01 Linear Feet

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

Handwritten letter by an unidentified woman named Sydney [no last name given] to her "family" in which she informs them that she, her husband Walter, and their daughter Heather, have joined a commune of people who travel around the country in transformed school buses. Of note is her reference to the Sunshine Co-op in Charlotte, which received discarded food items from supermarkets and used it as their primary food source. The "Uncle Julius" mentioned in the letter is possibly Julius Levitch of Asheville, N.C.