World Hunger Year records

Dates

1975 - 1984

Scope and Contents

The records of World Hunger Year date from the organization's founding in 1975 to 1981. Included in the collection are the records of: WHY's New York office (1975-83); Food Monitor magazine, published by WHY in New York (1976-83); the Food Policy Center, WHY's Washington office (1977-82). Also included are documents generated by the Presidential Commission on World Hunger (1978-81), with whose work WHY was substantially involved.

Documents which comprise the records of WHY include incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, agenda, minutes, proposals, reports, financial records, newspaper. clippings and research, photographs, publicity materials, conference papers, transcripts, and magazine manuscripts. The records also include pamphlets and brochures, journal articles, newsletters, video and audio cassettes, books, and copies of Food Policy Center publications. Published copies of the WHY Newslettera,nd of Food Monitor are not included in the collection.

The records of World Hunger Year are valuable in part because they provide insight into the workings and growth of a non-profit organization, as well as into the concerns and philosophies of various groups and individuals active in the hunger movement. More significantly, the research undertaken and compiled by WHY documents the extent of the hunger problem, noting the limitations of past or existing philosophies and political solutions, particularly in the area of U.S. foreign policy. The collection also contains material on regional efforts to alleviate the hunger problem, as well as documenting WHY's central work of educating the public about the causes of and possible solutions to hunger.

Records of the activities and projects of WHY relate primarily to public education, but also to political activity. WHY's public education activities are varied, including: conferences and forums sponsored or attended; work of regional chapters and local organizations; work on "radiothons," which broadcast information about hunger issues to a wide listening audience; administration of the World Hunger Media Awards; and, in the years 1977-83, publication of Food Monitor magazine.

The most significant information on WHY's political activities can be found in the records of the Food Policy Center. These document the research compiled (1978-80) on hunger-related issues, with particular emphasis on the role of U.S. foreign policy and aid programs, stressing the failures of existing solutions and urging the recognition of the political causes of poverty and hunger. These records also document WHY's and Chapin's work with and recommendations to the Presidential Commission on World Hunger (1978-80), as well as drafts of proposed legislation based on the Commission's findings. Included also are files kept by Commission member Senator Patrick Leahy, who worked closely with Chapin and the FPC, documenting various drafts of the Commission's report; these drafts and related materials highlight the significant disagreements among Commission members over the final wording of the report. Of similar interest are transcripts and working papers of the Commission itself, illustrating the philosophical differences of its members.

Although documents in the collection cover WHY's most significant activities, many of these records do not exist in their entirety. Copies of the minutes and agenda for the meetings of the Board of Trustees (later the Board of Directors) are, after 1975, incomplete.

The Executive Director's correspondence and memoranda provide a useful overview of WHY's activities and philosophy, but are limited to the work of Directors Stephen Spinola (1975-76) and Martin Rogol (1980-83). The records of Co-Directors Wray McK~y and Jerilyn Barr (1976-80) are not included in the collection. Some memoranda issued by Jack Clark during his tenure as Acting Executive Director (1983) are filed with the papers of James B. Chapin; others are included in the correspondence and memoranda of the editor of Food Monitor.

Information on WHY's finances is also incomplete. The collection includes financial reports only for the years 1975 and 1978 through 1981. Budgets for 1979 and 1981 are unavailable.

Additional information on WHY can be found in the papers of James B. Chapin. These include memos and correspondence of Board and Administration members (1983); correspondence of James Chapin as related to WHY (1977-83); memos and correspondence concerning Food Monitor and the Food Policy Center (1980-83); minutes of weekly staff meetings (1983). This collection of material gives a detailed picture of strategies and planning to overcome the organization's financial problems in 1983.

The records for Food Monitor magazine give a substantial overview of work on pertinent hunger issues as well as the magazine's internal operations. Records for the Editorial Board in its first two years show its influence in determining the magazine's philosophy and content. Editor's correspondence is divided into two categories: 1) general correspcndence, dealing with general planning, readers' comments, inquiries, and requests; 2) editorial correspondence, involving correspondence with authors, editorial issues, requests for articles, etc. Agenda and minutes of weekly staff meetings (1976-83) are incomplete after 1978. Records on budget are missing for 1980-82.

In the records of the Food Policy Center, minutes of the Board of Trustees are included for 1977 to May, 1978, but incomplete thereafter; financial records exist for 1978-79 but are then incomplete.

Removed from the collection were research materials to which there is general access--i.e., government reports and publications. These include the following reports: a series of reports, Studies of the Organization and Control of the U.S. Food System: Working Paper Series (1979-81); N.C. Project 117; reports issued by A.I.D. on work and distribution of wealth (1973-77); the Global 2000 Report to the President: Council of Environmental Quality and the Department of State (1980), Also removed were the following papers and addresses:

- Wharton, Clifton R. "U.S. Bilateral Assistance: Three Observations for the Future," 1982.

- Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, U.S. Senate. National Nutrition Policy Study: Report and Recommendations, 1974.

- Day, Peter, "Beneath Charity: the Brandt Report". Policy Review (Summer, 1980), pp. 83-94.

- Laidlaw, Christopher. "The Brandt Commission: Interdependence Comes of Age," 1980.

- Report of the World Food Security Conference, 1981.

Also included in the collection are various entries submitted as part of the World Hunger Media Awards. Materials include news articles, periodicals, books, audio and video cassettes. These entries have all been retained pending a final decision about their inclusion.

Some of WHY's more prominent correspondents are: Robert Bergland, Peter Bourne, Alan Cranston, John Denver, Thomas Downey, Robert Drinian, Millicent Fenwick, Patrick Leahy, Sol Linowitz, Paul McCloskey, Walter Mondale, and Pete Seeger.

Extent

40 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Program Summary (1982)

"World Hunger Year (WHY) is a non-profit organization devoted to the reality that every year is 'world hunger year.' As used by WHY, 'hunger' is the short-hand term for the field of political, economic and social relations, decisions and policies that determine food production, financing and distribution which result in or affect malnutrition in the United States and throughout the world.

WHY explores, publicizes and seeks to affect policy formation and action on all sectors of the 'hunger' field. Its work is guided by the following propositions:

Hunger is morally offensive because it is unnecessary.

Hunger is a function of political and economic decisions rather than a chronic natural disaster.

Hunger is a real and present danger to domestic tranquility and international peace.

Each of us, individually and together, can make a real difference in affecting these decisions, and thus bear personal and collective responsibility to act on them as best we may."

Biographical / Historical

Administrative History (written in 1985)

World Hunger Year was founded in March, 1975 by the late singer, songwriter and recording artist Harry Chapin and communications consultant William Ayres to help educate the public about the causes of hunger and to influence and develop policies relevant to food and hunger issues.

From its inception in 1975 until March, 1976, Steven Spinola served as Administrative Director of WHY. Wray McKay and Jerilyn Barr, Educational Director, served as Co-Directors of WHY until March, 1980. In these early years WHY's administrative structure included a Board of Trustees, an Executive Committee consisting of Board members, and an Advisory Board composed of legislators and other public figures. In late 1979 and early 1980, WHY underwent a large-scale administrative restructuring. A Board of Directors was established and Martin Rogol became Executive Director of WHY from 1980 until February, 1983. Jack Clark, at that time Editor of Food Monitor, assumed the duties of Acting Executive Director from February until December, 1983. As of 1985, William Ayres is Executive Director.

WHY's offices were first located on Jericho Turnpike in Mineloa, New York. The organization relocated to its present offices at 350 Broadway, New York, N.Y. in May, 1980.

Public Education (1975-78)

WHY's activities in public education were initially centered in the New York area. WHY's staff investigated and documented hunger problems and relief efforts in the area, helped organize community projects, acted as a source for educational information, and conducted or participated in forums and conferences on hunger and nutrition. In 1976 WHY also co-sponsored Dick Gregory's "Bicentennial Run" to help publicize the problem of hunger.

Radiothons

Beginning in 1975 and until 1978, WHY publicized the problem of hunger by conducting all-day radio programs on major stations across the country. Programsincluded presentations by and discussions with international and national hunger experts, local hunger activists and media celebrities.

Local Organizations and Regional Chapters

In the late 1970's, WHY established several local organizations to focus on immediate hunger problems in the community, providing information and support. The Center for Food Action in New Jersey, the Food and Hunger Hotline, and Long Island Cares, established by WHY, are now financially independent.

WHY New Jersey: In 1976, WHY established WHY New Jersey, now called the Center for Food Action in New Jersey, a community-based group which works to provide food for those in need. The statewide Emergency Food Network is one important activity of WHY New Jersey, designed to coordinate relief efforts.

Food and Hunger Hotline: In 1977, efforts to set up a Food and Hunger Hotline were underway, to provide current information on food needs, services available to those in need, and general information on food and hunger issues. The Hotline was officially certified in 1979, with Rosalind Everdell as Executive Director and William Ayres as Chairman of the Board. WHY ceased funding of this Project in 1980.

Long Island Cares: In 1979 WHY proposed the establishment of a regional office on Long Island. A non-profit, community-based organization, Long Island Cares was incorporated in September, 1979, LIC aimed to develop "new community-based programs by encouraging mutual aid efforts and channels of communication among established, newly formed and forming groups working to end hunger on Long Island." The group arranged food donations and distribution, as well as establishing Farmers' Markets, the Consumers-Farmer Alliance, job-training programs and on-site feeding programs.

Regional Chapters: WHY has also helped develop regional chapters in other states, which work in the community to create awareness of hunger issues and to coordinate community efforts. This collection documents the work of the Arizona chapter lbf WHY, founded in 1979 by Debbie Rubenstrunk, Arizona Volunteer Coordinator. This chapter has held congressional forums on hunger problems, organized a speaker's bureau which provides information on hunger, and formed the Arizona Hunger Education Committee.

Food Monitor

In 1977, WHY began publication of a bi-monthly magazine, Food Monitor, devoted to research on food, land, agricultural production, and marketing, with some emphasis on the politics of food and hunger.

Presidential Commission on World Hunger

During late 1977, Chapin and WHY successfully lobbied Congress and President Carter to establish a Presidential Commission to define the causes of hunger and to suggest action to counteract the problem. The creation of the 20 member Commission on Domestic.and International Hunger and Malnutrition (later officially designated the Presidential Commission on World Hunger) was announced in February, 1978, and Harry Chapin was appointed a Commission member. The Food Policy Center's work in researching issues and making recommendations was important in putting before the Commission views critical of existing U.S. food policy, Chapin and other members of the Commission also urged that a cross-section of ideas and opinions from those working in the hunger field be presented to the Commission; Chapin chaired the Public Participation and Communication Subcommittee, which heard that testimony in 1979.

Food Policy Center

WHY's plan to open a Washington, D.C. office came to fruition in February, 1978. Originally called the Center for Action on Food and Hunger Policy, the FPC was formed to study, influence and develop food policy and legislation. The FPC became involved in Chapin's work on the Presidential Commission, providing research and recommendations, and eventually drafting proposed legislation based on the recommendations of the Commission's final report.

WHY Forums

In 1981, WHY held a series of forums with other food activists to discuss a systematic means of formulating effective food policy. Issues discussed included: child feeding; alternatives; Reagan budget cuts; farm labor; food processing; and global negotiations. WHY also sponsored a seminar at the World Food Day Forwn, October 16, 1982, to discuss recommendations on agrarian reform and rural development made by the WCCARD Conference, 1979.

World Hunger Media Awards

In 1981, WHY began plans for a series of awards to the media to "encourage, honor and reward those journalists, film makers, photographers, and writers who have made significant contributions in bringing public attention to the critical issues of world hunger." The awards, sponsored by Kenny and Marianne Rogers, were administered, judged and selected by WHY from entries in the categories of newspapers, periodicals, college publications, film, TV, radio, photojournalism and books.

Administrative History of Food Monitor

In 1976, WHY began plans to publish Food Monitor, a bi-monthly magazine presenting primary research materiaLon food, land, and agricultural production and marketing, as well as the politics and economics of food and hunger. Food Monitor was incorporated in April, 1977, and began publication in September, 1977. Although originally planned as a joint publication of WHY and the Institute for Food and Development Policy, WHY assumed control of the magazine while IFDP members served on its Editorial Board.

Editorial Board

The magazine's Editorial Board from 1977-80 consisted of then Co-Directors of WHY, Wray McKay and Jerilyn Barr, WHY Board of Trustees member James Chapin, and IFDP co-founders and Co-Directors Frances Moore Lappe and Joseph Collins. In 1980, as one part of an overall administrative restructuring of WHY, the Editorial Board was reconstituted and expanded to include a diverse representation of those working on food and hunger issues. This Board apparently never formally met.

Editors

Lyn Dobrin acted as editor of Food Monitor from its planning stages and inception in 1976 until September, 1980. Rusty Davenport was co-editor from 1976 until December, 1977. Sally Baker-Carr was co-editor from January, 1978 to March, 1979. Jack Clark served as editor from October, 1980 until FM suspended publication in July, 1983.

In its years of publication, articles in FM covered a number of issues, including the infant formula controversy, conditions in developing countries, hunger problems in the U.S., and alternatives to current food and agricultural philosophy and policy. In 1980, FM began a successful direct mail campaign to attract a larger number of readers. In 1983, however, the magazine was forced to suspend publication because of WHY's financial circumstances.

Administrative History of the Food Policy Center

The Food Policy Center, the Washington D,C. "lobbying arm" of World Hunger Year, opened its office at 539 7th Street S.E. on February 2, 1978. The FPC was called, in its first few months, the Center for Action on Hunger and Food Policy.

The Food Policy Center described itself as a "non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating world hunger and malnutrition. The FPC monitors food policy and development legislation and, through research and public education, seeks the formulation of a coherent food policy designed to end hunger."

Nick Mottern served as Executive Director of the FPC until May, 1978. Martin Rogol assumed the position of Executive Director in June 1978: he also became Executive Director of WHY in March, 1980. The Board of Directors of the FPC included the then Co-Directors of WHY, Wray McKay and Jerilyn Barr, until February, 1980, as well as Steven Spinola, former Executive Director of WHY.

The FPC sought to make hunger a foous of concern in U.S. aid and develonment policy. Research conducted by the FPC covered many areas: limitations and problems of current U.S. aid and foreign policy; the role played by multinational corporations and International financial institutions in development; programs for independent food production in developing nations; U.S. agriculture; and the problems of hunger and poverty in the U.S.

From the time when the Presidential Commission on World Hunger was created in 1978, much of the FPC's effort was devoted to researching and making recommendations to the Commission. The FPC's studies urged the recognition of problems inherent in existing U.S. foreign policy and aid programs. Once the Commission's final report was written, the FPC drafted legislation based on its findings and recommendations, lobbying for its adoption. The proposed Hunger Elimination Act, an omnibus bill covering both domestic and international policies, was drafted and discussed but not formally introduced into Congress. The FPC contributed its proposal of a Basic Human Needs Agreement to legislation drafted by the organization Bread for the World. The BHNA sought to channel aid only to those governments which demonstrate a conunittment to their poorer citizens. This bill, the Hunger and Global Security Act (H.R. 2793) was introduced into Congress in March, 1981. The FPC also gave testimony before Congress urging reform of existing aid legislation (PL-480). Because of WHY's financial limitations in 1983, the offices of the FPC were closed in that year.

Arrangement

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FILE FOR A DETAILED BOX LISTING

Series Descriptions

I. NEW YORK OFFICES

A. Board of Director

Agenda Items and Minutes, 1975-83 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically by dates of board meetings. Includes agenda for board meetings and meetings of the Executive Committee, some agenda items for discussion, occasional minutes for meetings. Material documents discussion of policy, plans for proj8cts, and contains some information on budget. Records of agenda items and minutes are incomplete after 1975. Additional information on budgets can be found in Financial Records and in the records of Food Monitor and the Food Policy Center.

Memoranda and Correspondence 1975-83 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Includes memoranda sent by Executive Director of WHY to the Board for discussion purposes; memos from one member of the Board to another; letters of acceptance to position on the Board; occasional letters concerning decisions reached by the Board or implementation of Board decisions. Contains significant discussion of vffiY philosophy and policy planning, primarily for the early years of the organization (1975-76). Also includes copies of articles on hunger issuessent to the Board by the Executive Director for general information. For the years 1980-83, see other memoranda to the Board interfiled with memoranda of the Executive Director.

B. Administration and Staff

Administrative File 1975-83 (.1 cu. ft.)

Grouped chronologically. Records of staff and employee concerns, services and benefits. Documents in this series include: staff description and description of WHY's organizational structure (1975-76); job applications; employee agreement with UAW (1982); applications for internships (1982-83).

Memoranda and Correspondence of the Executive Director, 1975-76, 1980-83 (. 48 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Early memos (1975-76) from Steven Spinola concern plans for WHY projects and occasional itineraries of WHY programs and activities. These documents tend to focus on activities occuring in the New York area and include WHY programs to alert and educate the public on hunger issues. Memos of the Co-Directors from 1976 to 1980 are not included in the collection. Later memos and correspondence from Martin Rogol (1980-83) include information from other individuals and organizations on hunger issues and political action; planning for WHY activities, such as the World Hunger Media Awards; discussions of the role of Food Monitor magazine; lobbying for legislation. The correspondence of Jack Clark, Acting Executive Director from February to December, 1983, is filed in the series for General and Editorial Correspondence, Food Monitor magazine. This series includes letters received from John Denver, Robert Drinian, Patrick Leahy and Sol Linowitz.

Staff Meetings 1982-83 (.02 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically by meeting. Minutes of WHY staff meetings held weekly from December, 1982 to May, 1983. Documents include agenda, agenda items and minutes.

Financial Records 1975-82 (.3 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically by year. Series documents finances and expenses of WHY. Included are financial reports (1975, 1978-81), budgets (1975-78, 1980, 1982), tax returns (1978), auditors' reports (1978), and travel expenses (1980, 1982). Also included in this series is information about leasing the New York office (1975-76) and sale of the Washington House (1983); information on fundraising. projects and proposals, including correspondence and memoranda on planning stages, sample fundraising pieces, lists of donations. Further information on donations is documented in the papers of Harry Chapin.

Projects 1975-83 (.95 cu. ft.)

Grouped by kind of project (see box listing); within these general groups, arranged chronologically. Series documents projects undertaken or supported of WHY to educate the public on the hunger issue. These include conferences or forums held on hunger and nutrition (1975-82); involvement with the Committee on the Extent of Hunger and Malnutrition in Suffolk County (1975-78); annual Food Day activities (1975-78); the Food and Hunger Hotline; guides or manuals for hunger activities. Files include: discussion of policy development; correspondence and memoranda; conference agenda and copies of some conference papers. Also included in this series are records of WHY's joint project with the Institute for Policy Studies to prepare a food and hunger policy for the U.S. (1983).

Regional Chapters 1977-82 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged by chapter. Documents the work done by regional chapters to educate the public on hunger issues and to address specific problems of the local community. Includes: memos, correspondence from regional chapters to WHY; planning for regional work; some budget information; occasional news clippings or publicity items.

Legislative Files 1975-81 (.55 cu. ft.)

Grouped chronologically by year; files on individual congressmen arranged alphabetically. Series documents WHY 1s lobbying and legislative activities. Includes correspondence, memoranda and proposals related to: the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger; legislation on hunger-related issues; activities at the Democratic Conventions in 1976 and 1980 designed to bring attention to the problem of world hunger. Files on individual Congressmen contain correspondence to and from political leaders, including letters from Peter Bourne, Alan Cranston, Thomas Downey, Millicent Fenwick, Patrick Leahy, Paul McCloskey and Walter Mondale. The series also includes photographs of Harry Chapin taken at the Capitol and with various political leaders (e.g., Walter Mondale, Alan Cranston).

Publicity 1975-82 (.25 cu. ft.)

Filed alphabetically according to subject. Documents WHY's efforts to promote its activities and give the public access to information on hunger issues. Activities include advertising and benefit concerts. Files contain: correspondence, memoranda, copies of publicity items, press releases, published advertisements, and audio tapes. Further information on benefit concerts, used to raise money and publicize WHY's work, is documented in the papers of Harry Chapin.

Radiothons 1975-77 (.75 cu. ft.)

Arranged according to radio station call letters; correspondence arranged alphabetically by name. Material concerns efforts to publicize hunger issues by radio discussion programs. Documents include: proposals for setting up radiothons; planning and expenses; sample radio announcements; some research and information on regional issues; correspondence with radio stations and individuals involved in the event. Includes letters received from Adrienne Barbeau and John Denver.

World Hunger Media Awards 1981-84 (.9 cu. ft.)

Grouped by year and arranged by category of entry. Material concerns annual awards to honor the efforts of journalists and creative artists to publicize hunger issues. Awards judged and distributed by WHY. Includes information on planning, publicity and presentation of awards (1981-82); entries from various categories: periodical and newspaper articles, books, photojournalism, special achievement, radio, TV and film. Documents include news and magazine clippings, photos, books, video and audio cassettes, and correspondence from entrants.

II. Food Monitor Magazine

Agenda and Minutes of the Editorial Board 1977-79 (.01 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Contains agenda, agenda items and minutes for Editorial Board meetings, primarily in 1977 when the Board was more active. Concerns early efforts of the magazine to create an organization as well as to develop a philosophy and style for the publication.

Memoranda and Correspondence of the Editorial Board 1977-82 (.1 cu.ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Consists of memoranda and correspondence, primarily between the Food Monitor staff and the Editorial Board, or between individual members of the Board. After late 1978, most of the memoranda from the FM staff are addressed to both the Editorial Board and the WHY Board. (Memos addressed solely to the WHY Board, WHY staff or its members are arranged separately in the series describing memos of the FM staff). Includes memos on the policy of the magazine and memos sent to the Editorial Board by FM editors reporting on articles and general work policy. Also included are evaluations of early issues of FM (1977) written by Board members and general readers.

Weekly Reports Submitted to the Editorial Board 1977 (.02 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Reports filed by FM editors to the Editorial Board, reporting weekly activities and progress on magazine articles. Practice discontinued in November, 1977.

Agenda and Minutes of Staff Meetings 1976-83 (.04 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Consists of occasional agenda items and minutes of weekly staff meetings. After 1978, incomplete.

Staff Memoranda 1977-82 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Series contains internal memos sent between FM staff members concerning daily activities and planning of the magazine, as well as memos from FM editors to WHY Board or staff members .

Budget 1977-79, 1983 (.1 cu. ft.)

Grouped chronologically by year. Series contains preliminary and final budgets; some lists of expenses and income; occasional memoranda on budget information and reports. Missing material for 1980-82.

General Correspondence 1977-83 (.5 cu. ft.)

Grouped chronologically. Some correspondence is filed according to the name of the staff member writing or according to the type of correspondence, (See box listing for individual folder headings). Individual files each arranged chronologically. Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning general matters of the magazine: reader's comments, inquiries and requests for materials; correspondence with other hunger-related organizations; general plans for future issues. Included are letters received from Bob Bergland and Pete Seeger.

Editorial Correspondence 1977-83 (.25 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically according to editor. (Lyn Dobrin, 1977-80; Jack Clark, 1980-83). Documents correspondence with magazine authors and concerning editorial issues: requests for articles, editor's comments, author acknowledgements and refusals.

Administrative File 1976-78 (.75 cu. ft.)

Unarranged. Files generally grouped according to staff organization and planning, followed by files on office supplies and services. This series contains information on: FM's incorporation (1977); the original proposal for the magazine; its by-laws; job descriptions and office policies; deadlines and staff itineraries; supplies and services, including bills for services, occasional receipts for payment and occasional correspondence with individuals or companies supplying service.

Subscription Services and Promotion 1978-83 (1.75 cu. ft.)

Unarranged. Series documents information on subscription, distribution and circulation of the magazine; efforts to boost circulation through direct mail campaigns; efforts to publicize the magazine's work through press releases, reprints, complimentary copies and exchanges with other publications. Documents include correspondence, copies of promotional material, press releases and reports on direct mail.

Subject Files, General 1976-82 (2.25 cu. ft.)

Arranged alphabetically according to subject. Documents reserch done for. FM columns and articles. Materials include correspondence and reports or pamphlets written or published by other individuals or groups. Of note in this series are: research materials and correspondence on the infant formula controversy; correspondence with Kerry Flaherty of the New York Correctional Institute (1976-80), basis of an article in Issue 4.

Subject Files, Other Organizations 1975-82 (1 cu. ft.)

Arranged alphabetically by name of organization. Contains information and mailings from or about other agencies or organizations concerned with hunger and related issues. Materials include newsletters, press releases, reports and brochures.

Manuscripts 1977-82 (4.6 cu. ft.)

Arranged by magazine issue. Series contains authors' manuscripts, occasionally interfiled with research materials, editor's comments and correspondence; manuscripts of regular FM columns and features; general notes and information for each issue; occasional inter-office memos; ocaasional rejected manuscripts.

Photographs 1977-80 (4 cu. ft.)

Arranged by issue. Series contains photos used to illustrate the magazine. Materials include prints of the photographs and occasional correspondence with photo agencies and photographers. Incomplete.

III. Food Policy Center

Minutes of the Board of Directors 1977-80 (.1 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Includes minutes of meetings from 1977 through May, 1978; incomplete thereafter. Drafts of the by-laws of the Food Policy Center appear as part of the minutes for the meeting on August 8, 1977. Also includes a few agenda and agenda items, as well as occasional notes taken during meetings.

Financial Records 1978-79 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged by year. Includes the original funding proposal for the FPC; information on budget for 1978 and finances and expenses for 1977-79; lobbying reports, filed quarterly with the House of Representatives, containing information on expenditures (1978-79, 1981).

General File 1978-80 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged alphabetically by subject. Files contain material on services and benefits to employees, office supplies and services.

Correspondence 1978-82 (.3 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Incoming correspondence consists mainly of job applications and requests for information. Outgoing correspondence, written by a variety of administrators and staff people, includes: requests for information; answers to requests and job applications; information on plans for the organization; occasional letters on office supplies and services. File contains only incoming correspondence for 1982.

Publications 1979-81 (.2 cu. ft.)

Arranged by date of publication. Contains copies of News Views, an FPC newsletter, 1980-81 (Vol. I, no. 1 to Vol. II, no. 8) and copies of the newsletter FPC Update on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger (October, 1978-November, 1979).

Legislative File 1978-81 (1 cu. ft.)

Grouped chronologically. Material documenting the FPC's role in developing food policy and influencing U.S. legislation. Includes memos on various hunger issues; policies for organizing and fundraising; correspondence on hunger issues and legislation; drafts of proposed legislation drawn up by the FPC; transcripts of testimony before Congress; press releases; mailings and mailing addresses (e.g., for members of Congress). Of particular note is the FPC's work on the Hunger Elimination Act (1981).

Presidential Commission Q!l World Hunger File 1978-81 (1 cu. ft.)

Unarranged. Series documents the work of the FPC as it directly relates to the Presidential Commission. The file contains information compiled by the FPC about the goals, activities and operation of the Commission. Included are such materials as: lists of people to be nominated to the Commission; brief biographies or resumes of some members; occasional articles written by members; correspondence; research and recommendations made to the Commission by the FPC; specific comments and critiques prepared by members of the FPC staff on the Commission's work. Documents in this series are particularly useful for understanding the structure, goals and problems of the Commission. This series also contains a report by Commission member and Associate General Secretary for the National Council of the Churches of Christ, Eugene Stockwell, outlining the Commission's work as of January, 1979.

Commission Files of Patrick Leahy 1978-80 (1 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically by month. Series documents various drafts of the Commission report chapters kept by Commission member Patrick Leahy. These files contain various comments on and critiques of the report made by his own staff, individuals connected with the Food Policy center, and others. Documents in this series include drafts of the report, memoranda and correspondence.

Subject files 1978-82 (3.4 cu. ft.)

Arranged alphabetically according to subject heading. Consists primarily of reports compiled by other organizations or individuals on food aid and foreign policy. Also contains occasional clippings, correspondence and notations made by FPC members. Reports and correspondence particularly document problems with current U.S. foreign policy and food aid programs. Documents in this series also include bibliographies of publications on hunger issues; incoming correspondence from Tony Jackson of OXFAM on food aid (1980-81).

Martin Rogol's Subject Files 1975-78 (1.6 cu. ft.)

Arranged numerically according to file system. Files on conswner issues, primarily utilities and communications. Originally the files of New York P.I.R.G. and relevant to Martin Rogol's work there before his tenure as Director of the Food Policy Center. These files include some correspondence and material sent to and from Rogol at the FPC in 1978. Other documents include newsletters, press releases, reports, clippings and correspondence.

Newspaper Clippings: Subjects 1978-80 (1.7 cu. ft.)

Arranged alphabetically according to subject; subsequently, arranged alphabetically according to country. Series contains newspaper and periodical clippings on hunger and politically related issues: foreign aid, corporate investment, military budget, etc. Clippings about other countries date almost entirely from 1978, concerning events in these countries and reports on U.S. aid. Although almost wholly restricted to news clippings, the series also contains occasional press releases and reports. Among these docwnents are reports by and about the Nestle Corporation, concerning the infant formula controversy; report by the International Development Coalition on the Trilateral Commission (1977); copy of a letter documenting the failure of foreign aid efforts in Haiti (cf. "Haiti").

Other Organizations 1978-81 (1.3 cu. ft.)

Arranged alphabetically according to title of the organization. Series documents material received from and research compiled on other organizations concerned with hunger-related issues. Included in the records are, primarily, newsletters, brochures and general correspondence received from the organization. For additional information, cf. Food Monitor magazine, Subject Files, Other Organizations.

IV. Presidential Commission on World Hunger

Transcripts 1978-80 (1 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically by meeting: Transcripts document discussions of Commission to define the causes of hunger, suggest solutions, and agree on the wording of the Final Report. Discussions show evidence of the philosophical and political differences among Commission members. Includes occasional handwritten comments on transcript, highlighting points of concern to FPC.

Staff Discussion Papers 1979-81 (.4 cu. ft.)

Arranged numerically. Series documents research and discussion papers commissioned and used by the Presidential Commission. Research materials include, for example, Gallup Polls measuring U.S. attitudes to. world hunger. Staff discussion papers, often used by a particular subcommittee, are each concerned with some aspect of the hunger issue.

Publications 1979-81 (.25 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically by date of publication. Contains the following materials compiled or published by the Commission: a legislative history of the Commission (1978); the Preliminary Report of the Commission (December, 1979); the Commission's final report, "Overcoming World Hunger: The Challenge Ahead" (March, 1980). Series also includes brochures and pamphlets announcing, summarizing or discussing the Commission's findings.

Testimony Before the Public Participation Subcommittee 1979 (.25 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Series contains transcripts of testimony given before the Commission Subcommittee by individuals and organizations concerned with issues of hunger, food and foreign policy.

Public Education Planning 1980 (.1 cu. ft.)

Arranged chronologically. Series doctunents'the efforts of some Commission members to plan for and establish a mechanism to act on the recommendations of the Commission's final report. Documents include correspondence, drafts of legislation and by-laws for a proposed corporation to follow up on the public education activities of the Commission.

General

Collection Description

Records, 1975-84; 40 cu. Records of a non-profit, New York-based organization committed to public education on the issues affecting world hunger.

World Hunger Year was founded in 1975 by Harry Chapin and William Ayres to educate the public on the problem of world hunger, researching its causes and developing strategies to deal with it. The records of World Hunger Year date from its inception in 1975 until 1984. Included in the collection are records not only of WHY's New York offices, but also of the Food Policy Center, its Washington-based office (1978-82) and Food Monitor magazine, published by WHY (1977-83).

Records of the New York office of WHY include agenda, minutes and memoranda of the Board of Directors, 1975-83; correspondence and memoranda of the Executive Director, 1975-76, 1980-83; materials relevant to Harry Chapin's work with WHY, 1977-81; minutes of staff meetings, 1982-83; administrative records, 1975-83; financial records, 1975-82. Records of WHY's educational and promotional activities document various projects, including conferences and forums, radiothons, the work of regional chapters, and the World Hunger Media Awards, 1975-84. The organization's legislative activities are documented by correspondence, memoranda, proposals and drafts of hunger-related legislation, 1975-81.

In September 1977, WHY began to publish a bi-monthly magazine devoted to the discussion of food and hunger related issues. Records for Food Monitor magazine include: incorporation and by-laws, 1977; agenda, minutes, and memoranda of the Editorial Board, 1977-82; minutes, reports, correspondence and memoranda of editors and staff, 1976-83; financial records, 1977-1979, 1983; records on subscription services and promotion, 1978-83; research files, manuscripts and photographs for Food Monitor articles, 1977-82. Due to the organization's financial constraints, Food Monitor ceased publication in the summer of 1983.

In 1978 WHY opened the Food Policy Center in Washington, D.C. to help formulate food policy and to monitor legislative work on hunger issues. Its records include staff minutes, 1977-80; financial records, 1978-79; correspondence, 1978-82; copies of the Food Policy Center's newsletters, New Views and Update on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger, 1978-81. The Food Policy Center was particularly involved in the work of the Presidential Commission, to which Harry Chapin was appointed Commission member; records of this involvement include transcripts and working papers of the Commission; various drafts and critiques of the Commission's final report, 1979-80; plans by some Commission members for public education programs to follow up the Commission Is recommendations. Documents of the Food Policy Center also include its research files and drafts of legislation on hunger issues, 1978-81. Due to finances, the offices of the Food Policy Center were officially closed in 1983.