Marie Runyon Papers, 1955-2008

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Series V: Personal Material and Correspondence, 1960-2008

Series V includes Runyon's personal correspondence as well as files she maintained on subjects not related to her work or tenant activism. In many of the letters, Runyon described her work and activism in the community in addition to more personal topics. Correspondence with Runyon's daughter Louise is filed under her nickname, Weezie. Besides correspondence with family and friends, the miscellaneous correspondence folders also contain Runyon's letters to local and national politicians in which she expressed her opinions about policies and current events. Series V further documents Runyon's attention to current events through newspaper and magazine clippings. Letters and event records cover Runyon's association with Berea College, churches, and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. Also included are maps, travel records from a trip to Berlin, and a book of recipe clippings.



Box 6 Folder 15 Jonathan Sinagub, 1960-1983



Box 1 Folder 33 Receipts, Contracts, etc., 1963-1983



Box 7 Folder 37 Miscellaneous, 1963-1984



Box 3 Folder 35 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1964



Box 1 Folder 28 Quotations, 1964-1987


Box 1 Folder 38 North American Congress on Latin America, 1965-1968


Box 1 Folder 29 Marie Runyon, Special Stuff, 1966-1989


Box 1 Folder 26 Correspondence, 1967-1990


Box 1 Folder 37 Mississippi, 1967-1990



Box 5 Folder 14-16 Personal Correspondence, 1968-1988



Box 7 Folder 34 Masters for Cestefax, 1969-1971


Box 7 Folder 31 Personnel, 1969-1989


Box 7 Folder 39 Runyon, Marie, Miscellaneous Materials, 1969-1991



Box 1 Folder 39 Film Forum Flyers, 1970s


Box 1 Folder 34 Berea, 1970



Box 6 Folder 23 Don Elliot, 1970



Box 3 Folder 34 Weezie, 1971



Box 1 Folder 40 Statement from Assemblyman Franz S. Leichter Regarding Penal Institutions,, 1973



Box 5 Folder 6 Blumenthal, Albert, 1975


Box 5 Folder 17 Death, 1975


Box 5 Folder 29 Commencement Speech - Ames Business School, 1975



Box 2 Folder 2 Clips, 1975-2003

Clippings regarding Marie Runyon



Box 10 Folder 14 Articles about Runyon, 1975-2007


Box 10 Folder 10 News Clippings, 1975-2008



Box 1 Folder 35 Universal Life Church, 1976



Box 6 Folder 20 Bill Worthy, 1976-1978



Box 1 Folder 31 Weezie, 1977



Box 5 Folder 9 Christmas Letters, 1977-1986


Box 5 Folder 5 Bats - Personal, 1979



Box 6 Folder 16 Elaine Solow, 1979-1983



Box 5 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1979-1988



Box 6 Folder 14 Dottie Shields, 1983


Box 6 Folder 17 Suzanne + Jonathan Phillips, 1983



Box 5 Folder 23 Form Letters, 1983-1987



Box 6 Folder 27 Koch, Edward, 1984


Box 6 Folder 19 Ann White, 1985


Box 6 Folder 22 Kim Bobo, 1985


Box 6 Folder 24 Steve Gallagher, 1985


Box 6 Folder 25 Herb Grace, 1985


Box 6 Folder 26 Dennis King, 1986



Box 5 Folder 7 Bobo, Kim, 1987-1988


Box 5 Folder 10 Clippings, Theater, 1988


Box 5 Folder 13 Cook, Ginnie, 1988


Box 5 Folder 27 Messinger, Ruth, 1988


Box 5 Folder 28 Modern Times, 1988



Box 1 Folder 30 Friends, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1988-1989


Box 1 Folder 27 Christmas Letters, 1989


Box 1 Folder 36 Omega Institute, 1989-1990



Box 10 Folder 3 eBay, circa 1990s

Pamphlets Runyon purchased on eBay dating from 1935-1978


Box 10 Folder 4 Berlin, circa 1990s


Box 10 Folder 11-13 Miscellaneous, 1991-2007


Box 10 Folder 2 New Yorker, 1994-1999


Box 10 Folder 6 Berlin Visitors to Harlem, 1995-2005


Box 10 Folder 1 Freedom of Information Law, 1998


Box 10 Folder 8 Governor George Pataki, 1999-2002


Box 10 Folder 5 Berlin Correspondence, 1999-2003


Box 10 Folder 18 Superbowl 2002 Necklace, 2002


Box 10 Folder 7 Good and Bad Political Stuff, 2004-2005



Box 1 Folder 32 Freedom of Information, undated



Box 2 Folder 3 Filing System, undated



Box 4 Folder 20 Article on Crafts, North Carolina, undated



Box 5 Folder 19 Pet Care, undated


Box 5 Folder 20 Ellen Lederman Weavere, undated


Box 5 Folder 24 Fourth of July, Picnic flyer, undated



Box 6 Folder 18 Phil and Dana Weldon, undated


Box 6 Folder 21 Berrigans, undated



Box 10 Folder 9 The Problem of Chemical and Biological Warfare, 1970


Box 10 Folder 15-16 Recipe Books, undated


Box 10 Folder 17 City Maps, undated