Haymarket People's Fund

University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2009

Collection Overview

Title:	Haymarket People's Fund
Date range:	1973-1990
Creator:	Haymarket People's Fund (Boston, Mass.)
Extent:	1.3 linear feet 1.5 box(es)
Abstract:	This collection contains records of the grants made by the Haymarket People's Fund to activist organizations in Rhode Island between 1973 and 1990.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number:	Mss. Gr. 83

Scope & content

The records concern grants made by the Haymarket People's Fund to activist organizations in Rhode Island only. Though the Fund awards grants to organizations throughout New England, the records relating to those non-Rhode Island grants are not included in this donation of materials. Nor are any of the Haymarket People's Fund's administrative records represented here.

The records are organized into two series: Series I, Grant Case Files and Series II, Publications.

Series one, Grant Case Files, 1973-1986, consists of records relating to grants awarded by the Haymarket People's Fund to activist organizations in Rhode Island. Included are correspondence, grant applications, grant agreement forms, grant history forms, progress reports, final reports, newsletters, and brochures.

Series two, Publications, 1989-1990, contains a sample of the Haymarket People's Fund's publications. Included are brochures, newsletters, annual reports, and promotional literature.

Arrangement

The records are organized into two series:

• 1. Grant Case Files
• 2. Publications

Historical note

The Haymarket People's Fund is a non-profit foundation created in 1974 to raise funds and to "give grants to grassroots groups organizing throughout New England fighting violence, poverty, and injustice [and] aiming to empower oppressed communities." (See Annual Report, 1988-89, p. 2 in Series II, Publications). Named after the famous Haymarket Square Affair of 1886 in Chicago, the Haymarket People's Fund is a self-described "activist-controlled foundation committed to radical social change. " It maintains that through its process of fundraising and grantmaking, it is "building a unique partnership between activists and donors, all working for progressive, economic, social, and political change." (Annual Report, 1988-89, p. 2)

The Haymarket People's Fund raises its funds by soliciting donations throughout New England and the Northeast. Since 1977, it has also had an endowment which now totals about $700,000. In its first fifteen years of existence, the Fund has distributed more than $3,000,000 in grants through its nine regional boards to activist-groups throughout New England. Individual grants are small, usually ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. In 1988-89 for example, the largest single grant was for $4,000 and the smallest $200.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Open for research.
Use of the materials:	Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.
Preferred citation:	Records of the Haymarket People's Fund, 1973-1990, Mss. Gr. 83, University of Rhode Island Library, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information:	University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	The records of the Haymarket People's Fund were donated to the Special Collections Department of the University Library in July, 1990.
Accruals:	No further materials are expected for this collection.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Kevin J. Logan.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Hailie D. Posey 2009 June 09, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 13
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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