Illinois Economic Crisis Project, 1985-1986

The records for the Rockford Urban Ministries date from 1962 to 2017 and consist of organization records and subject files.  The organization records include constitutions, meeting minutes, director reports, newsletters, correspondence and financial information.  Included within the meeting minutes files are agendas, reports, newsletters, correspondence, and financial information.  Following the organization records are alphabetically arranged files that include organizations within and involved with Rockford Urban Ministries.  These files also include subjects relevant to RUM’s mission such as race relations, housing discrimination, school segregation, hunger, and other problems faced by people living in an urban area.