Annual fund appeals and solicitations, ca. 1940-1994

Contains records related to the administration of Opportunity Farm, including its governance, development, fundraising, financial, and operational activities. Includes meeting minutes, historical documents, institutional archive records, correspondence, reports, logs, mailings, financial statements, manuals, tax returns, deeds, publications, handbooks, and architectural drawings. These documents reflect the Farm’s development and history, its management, fundraising, financial stewardship, property records, employment and staffing guidelines, admissions material, and resident population data. Material is grouped according to function and arranged chronologically.

Note: Willard Wallace’s 1979 memoir about his experience living on the Farm from 1920-1926 provides rich detail about its early years, and can be found in Box 2, Folders 9 and 10.