Malcolm Willison papers,
- Author:
- Willison, Malcolm.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-055 local
- Abstract:
- This collection details the social activism of Malcolm Willison in New York State's Capital Region. As an active board member of several local groups, his papers contain minutes, financial statements and budgets, programming ideas, brochures, planning notes, articles and reports, and clippings that detail the evolution of the various organizations contained in the collection. Organizational newsletters and event flyers, course and conference information planned by Willison in his capacity on executive boards, and vast amounts of correspondence about any number of events and issues are also part of the scope of the collection.
- Historical Note:
- Malcolm Willison was involved in the organization of study circles and the founding of the Study Circle Consortium in 1975. He was also one of the founders and board members of the Capital District chapter of Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC), a national interfaith organization formed in 1965. At the same time that Willison was active in the community, he taught as an assistant and visiting professor at Union College, Vassar College, Princeton University, the College of William and Mary, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and as an adjunct in Siena College's Peace Studies Program. Within Siena College, Willison taught environmental policy, peace studies and regional and local environmental issues. He also organized conferences and invited noted speakers to address the issues he was passionate about. From 1958 to 1997, Willison was involved either as a committee member, organizer or board member of several area groups, including the Neighborhood Action Coalition of Troy (N-ACT), the Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC), the Clean Air/Transportation Committee (CA/T), Schenectady 2000, and the Saratoga Peace Alliance (SPA) to name a few. From 1982 to 1996, he poured much of his energy into the Employee Ownership Project (EOP), an economic development program that promoted employee-owned enterprises, economic conversion, and networking. Though not a part of the collection, Willison was also involved in reproductive rights through his work as a board member of Planned Parenthood of Schenectady and Associated Counties.
- Physical Description:
- 14.9 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Economic conversion, Economic development Environmental aspects United States, Environmental policy New York (State), Peace Study and teaching United States, Economic conversion, Economic development Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, and Peace Study and teaching
- Genres/Forms:
- Bylaws. aat, Correspondence. aat, Minutes. aat, and Publications. aat
- Names:
- Willison, Malcolm and Willison, Malcolm
- Corporate Names:
- Study Circle Consortium, Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.), Employee Ownership Project, Schenectady Peace and Justice Center, Neighborhood Action Coalition of Troy (Troy, N.Y.), Capital District Transportation Committee (Albany, N.Y.), Clean Air/Transportation Committee (Albany, N.Y.), Schenectady 2000 (Schenectady, N.Y.), Saratoga Peace Alliance, (Saratoga, N.Y.), Capital District Transportation Committee (Albany, N.Y.), and Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.)
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State) and United States
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