Sunshine Co-op letter
Collection — Box: SFC2 [F09.090.02.02], Folder: 227
Identifier: MS0227
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.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet
Language
English
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Letter found in book donated to J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte Library by Helen Goldman, 1995.
Processing Information
Processed by Randy Penninger, November, 1995.
Creator
- J. Murrey Atkins Library (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) (Collector, Organization)
- Title
- Sunshine Co-op letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Randy Penninger
- Date
- 1995
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Contact:
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte 28223 United Stated
spec-coll@uncc.edu
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte 28223 United Stated
spec-coll@uncc.edu