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A Guide to the Papers of the Twin Oaks Community, Twin Oaks Community, Papers of the 9840 -s, -t, -u, -v, -w

A Guide to the Papers of the Twin Oaks Community,

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Accession Number 9840 -s, -t, -u, -v, -w


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Accession Number
9840 -s, -t, -u, -v, -w
Title
Papers of the Twin Oaks Community
Physical Characteristics
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Permission of the Twin Oaks Communities Board is required for access.

Use Restrictions

Permission of the Twin Oaks Communities Board is required for use.

Preferred Citation

Papers of the Twin Oaks Community, Accession #9840 -s, -t, -u, -v, -w, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was received in five groups as a deposit from the Twin Oaks Community, Route 4, Box 169 Louisa, Virginia 23093. The first part, 9840-s, was received on August 11, 2000. The second part, 9840-t, was received on May 18, 2001. The third part, 9840-u, was received on August 16, 2001. The fourth part of the collection, 9840-v, was received on December 3, 2001. The fifth part, 9840-w, was received on December 17, 2004.

Biographical/Historical Information

Twin Oaks is a collective settlement established in 1967 in Louisa County, Virginia and inspired by B.F. Skinner's "Walden Two. " The leadership of the Twin Oaks Community is a group of two or three members who serve on a board called Community Planners, the terms of which rotate after a designated period of time. Members write opinion and idea papers and post ideas on a community bulletin board in order to contribute their input regarding all of the decisions made by the community planners.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of 11,073 items, 48 Hollinger boxes, and 240 linear feet and includes information about the councils, controversial issues, correspondence, and culture of the Twin Oaks Community in Louisa, Virginia from 1970-1989 and 1997.

Most of the papers are organized by councils composed of Twin Oaks members, including the Agriculture Council, Child Council, Construction and Utilities Council, Culinary Council, Domestic Council, Health Council, HEW Council, Income Council, Office Council, Outreach Council, Planning Council, Support Council, and Transportation and Maintenance Council. These papers consist of meeting minutes, reports, planning notes, surveys, trade-off games, and budget priorities.

Areas of special interest include photographs of cows that live at Twin Oaks (under the Agriculture Council), opinion and idea papers that are written by members, planner's meeting minutes that reveal the inner workings of Twin Oaks and individual personalities and relationships of the members and planners. (Opinion and idea papers and planner's meeting minutes can be found under each council depending on the subject.)

There is also information under the Income Council that describes the products and work that is marketed at Twin Oaks such as hammocks, tofu, indexing for the government and designs for numeric keyboards.

The community has discussions regarding ratios of men to women in the community and a desire to create a more sincerely balanced society of men and women. The discussion is included under the Outreach Council.

Another interesting item in the collection is the adoption of a South American refugee family into the Twin Oaks Community. More information about this can be found under the Support Council.

Under the Planning Council and Legal Issues there is information about a member of Twin Oaks who is accused of armed robbery, grand larceny, felonious assault and use of a fire arm against a Charlottesville Jeweler, George Moody in 1980. Moody was later murdered in 1996 during an unrelated robbery. The papers include discussions encouraging members to give information to the police, debates about how to handle the remaining possessions of the member since he was expelled and legal advice regarding compensation for the items stolen.

Also under the Planning Council and Legal Issues is a plan of prevention against the possible return of an ex-member who is feared to be violent.

Other areas of interest are the controversial issues that arise in the community such as the issue of nudity around visitors and its impact on teenagers; noise; smoking; vandalism and other infractions. One notable incident is when the planners allow a senior citizen the special privilege of watching television when it is not allowed for other members and members are found in her room watching a program together and refuse to stop. Another issue for members is that they have to earn quotas in hammock making while their other skills are being ignored. While members and planners struggle to work out these controversies, the papers show their strong desire to be a community that loves and respects its members.

Arrangement

This collection is divided into four series, the first of which is Councils and is arranged alphabetically by each council name. The second series consists of correspondence, including letters between members and visitors or members who are away, and is arranged alphabetically by topic. The third series concerns controversial issues that have developed at Twin Oaks and is also arranged alphabetically by topic. The fourth series is Culture, arranged alphabetically by topic, and includes artwork, books, children's activities, education, and food menus, as well as publications about Twin Oaks, spirituality, feminism, and values. There are opinion and idea papers for almost every topic that is pertinent to Twin Oaks, and they are included throughout this collection under the various subcategories organized by council.

Contents List

Series 1: Councils
  • A. Agriculture Council
    • Box-folder 1:1
      Agriculture Council, Dairy Farm, 1981-1987
      17 items.

      Budget proposal and dairy farm planning worksheet; updates on the health of the cows; 2 photographs of the cows; opinion and idea papers about cows.

    • Box-folder 1:2
      Agriculture Council, Farming, 1978; n.d.
      8 items.

      Farm reports and proposals; opinion and idea papers about the need for long term planning for farming and the benefits and costs of farming.

    • Box-folder 1:3
      Agriculture Council, Farming, 1980; 1988-1989
      14 items.

      Planners report on establishing a budget and priorities for farming; plan-writing worksheet; survey plat; letters to planners requesting funds and/or equipment; request for a three day permaculture gathering; request to rent or hire hay balers; request to use the central field for grazing; Twin Oaks farm newsletters titled Deep Furrows .

    • Box-folder 1:4
      Agriculture Council, Farming Costs and Opinion and Idea Papers, 1978-1983
      32 items.

      Yearly cash flow analyses; list of non-income farm fixed assets; figures on possible selling of machinery and expenses; opinion and idea papers on farming.

    • Box-folder 1:5
      Agriculture Council, Food & Land Survey, n.d.
      2 items.

      Survey about self-sufficiency in food and the effects of population on agricultural land needs.

    • Box-folder 1:6
      Agriculture Council, Garden and Orchard [Vegetables and fruits], 1982-1989
      20 items.

      Reports; requests for piping and irrigation in the fall; opinion and idea papers about organic farming and other issues; garden and orchard plan-writing worksheets.

    • Box-folder 1:7
      Agriculture Council, Garden Compost, 1981-1987
      6 items.

      Notes on controlling houseflies; proposals for compost pit; research paper on compost; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 1:8
      Agriculture Council, Herb Garden, 1988
      2 items.

      Progress report; list of herbs and sketched layout.

    • Box-folder 1:9
      Agriculture Council, Labor and Other Projects, 1984; 1988-1989
      3 items.

      Letter to planners requesting a new gate for the field; information about bees; plan-writing worksheet; proposal to grow mushrooms.

    • Box-folder 1:10
      Agriculture Council, Pigs, 1982-1985
      7 items.

      Reports on the health and progress of pigs; warning notes about feeding pigs; a schedule for the pig program.

    • Box-folder 1:11
      Agriculture Council, Poultry and Geese, 1979-1980; 1989
      7 items.

      Proposal and notes about raising gosling at Twin Oaks; recommendation about moving the location of the chickens or discontinue raising them.

    • Box-folder 1:12
      Agriculture Council, Yard, 1983-1989
      17 items.

      Yard plan-writing worksheet; reports and proposals on flower, tree, shrub plantings and sheds; opinion and idea paper about the purchase and placement of a Japanese Peace Pole; opinion and idea paper and policies regarding keeping the yard clean.

  • B. Child Council
    • Box-folder 1:13
      Child Council. Child Board, 1976-1979

      Meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 1:14
      Child Council. Child Board, 1980-1983
      105 items.

      Board meeting notes; meeting agendas; letter from Twin Oaks to people interested in their child program.

    • Box-folder 1:15
      Child Council. Child Board, 1986-1988
      39 items.

      Meeting notes; budget sheet; report on 6 month audit for child council; notes on child transportation budget; 1988-1989 budget worksheet; opinion and idea paper on child program by ex-member Paul Zohav.

    • Box-folder 1:16
      Child Council. Child Board, 1989-1993, n.d.
      15 items.

      Results of the primary poll; child behavior norms and rules; reorganization policy; adult/child sexual activity policy .

    • Box-folder 1:17
      Child Council. Child Budget, 1983-1992; n.d.
      48 items.

      Plan-writing worksheet for child council; OTRA request form; budget sheet.

    • Box-folder 1:18
      Child Council. Complaints About Children, 1984
      1 item.

      One letter of complaint involving children.

    • Box-folder 2:1
      Child Council. Child Housing, 1983-1985
      2 items.

      Results and notes from planning child housing poll.

    • Box-folder 2:2
      Child Council. Meta Child Process, 1988
      15 items.

      Process in hiring facilitators; progress reports; questions regarding the child program; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 2:3
      Child Council. Meta Meeting Notes, 1978-1981
      27 items.

      Meta meeting notes and reports from various Twin Oaks members; OS meeting notes 1981, Feb 4.

    • Box-folder 2:4
      Child Council. Population and Statistics, 1988
      4 items.

      Packet on child labor and budgets; statistic on child population in 1988.

    • Box-folder 2:5
      Child Council. Programs, 1984-1988
      11 items.
  • C. Construction and Utilities Council
    • Box-folder 2:6
      Construction and Utilities Council. Building Maintenance, 1982-1989
      30 items.

      Committee report; necessary building maintenance; plan-writing worksheet; meeting notes; opinion and idea papers on various maintenance projects; plans for the chimney brush room.

    • Box-folder 2:7
      Construction & Utilities Council. Construction, 1971; 1975; 1978-1989
      27 items.

      List of construction workers and their schedules; list of projects; goods and services inventory; expense sheets; meeting notes; updates on maintenance projects such as the greenhouse or sink and shower replacement; requests for drink machine; draft of Energy Self-Sufficiency Loan Proposal; update on construction of Modern Times.

    • Box-folder 2:8
      Construction and Utilities Council. Equipment Maintenance, 1986-1989
      8 items.

      Letters to planner requesting equipment maintenance; plan-writing worksheet; technical manual for organ.

    • Box-folder 2:9
      Construction and Utilities Council. Forestry, 1982; 1987-1988
      11 items.

      Area worksheet/plan-writing worksheet and economic plans.

    • Box-folder 2:10
      Construction and Utilities Council. Heating and Air-Conditioning, 1980-1989
      27 items.

      Heat loss worksheet; proposed layout of boiler room; wood heating; tips for using air-conditioners; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 2:11
      Construction and Utilities Council. Paths and Landscaping, 1977; 1986-1989
      5 items.

      Reports and proposals.

    • Box-folder 2:12
      Construction & Utilities Council. Project Aurora, 1986-1987
      22 items.

      Opinion and idea papers on the construction and naming of Aurora, the new visitor center; labor chart for construction; list of materials; invoices and blueprints (some oversize).

    • Box-folder 2:13
      Construction & Utilities Council. Project Llano Remodel, 1986-1988
      4 items.

      Notes on remodeling including labor costs.

    • Box-folder 2:14
      Construction & Utilities Council. Project Morningstar, 1976
      2 items.

      Updates on its construction.

    • Box-folder 2:15
      Construction & Utilities Council. Project Zhankoye, 1984-1986
      31 items.

      Notes and discussion about naming Zhankoye, the new Kitchen Dining Complex; budget reports; meeting notes about going over the budget; list of equipment needed for opening; landscaping around Zhankoye.

    • Box-folder 2:16
      Construction & Utilities Council. Sewer Treatment Plan, 1974; 1987-1988
      10 items.

      Revised waterworks regulations; letter from the department of health concerning the waterworks regulations and the operations permit compliance; STP planning worksheet; opinion and idea papers about the river and warnings about what goes into the drains and toilets; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University certificate of wastewater treatment operator for a Twin Oaks member.

    • Box-folder 2:17
      Construction & Utilities Council. Publication about Soil. "Can You Afford Not to Look at Soils? "1971 August
      1 item.

      Publication by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

    • Box-folder 2:18
      Construction & Utilities Council. Publication about Soil. "Soils for Homesites, "1971 May
      1 item.

      Packet on various issues regarding soil by the extension division at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

    • Box-folder 3:1
      Construction & Utilities Council. Utilities Maintenance, 1974-1991
      17 items.

      Reports from the Department of Health show bacteriological contamination in the samples of water that they tested; plan-writing worksheet; purchase approved for a generator; information about the new ventilation system; information regarding the need for new water pipes; opinion and idea papers about the Zhankoye heating system.

    • Box-folder 3:2
      Construction & Utilities Council. Woodshop, 1983-1989
      11 items.

      Opinion and idea papers on cleaning and organizing the woodshop; lumber storage shed needs repair; planning worksheet.

  • D. Culinary Council
    • Box-folder 3:3
      Culinary Council. Cook, 1982-1989
      20 items.

      Notes about needing more chefs and surveys about food; opinion and idea papers on serving lines and second helpings.

    • Box-folder 3:4
      Culinary Council. Food, 1974-1986
      55 items.

      Food budget worksheet; food policies; notes on purchasing coffee and soy products; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 3:5
      Culinary Council. Food, 1987-1989; n.d.
      38 items.

      Food news updates; food budget; introduction to food at Twin Oaks for visitors; news clipping on bread; recipes; information and notes about purchasing food processing equipment from the Ball Jar Corporation; milk processing and production; food processing budget worksheet

    • Box-folder 3:6
      Culinary Council. Food Management [Food Papers by Rico], 1980-1982
      15 items.

      Food updates.

    • Box-folder 3:7
      Culinary Council. Kitchen and Cleaning, 1986-1987
      15 items.

      Zhankoye Gazhette [sic] (newsletters); suggestion notebook 1986.

    • Box-folder 3:8
      Culinary Council. Kitchen and Cleaning, 1983-1989; n.d.
      38 items.

      Budget worksheet and policies; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 3:9
      Culinary Council. Kitchen and Microwave, 1986-1987
      15 items.

      Opinion and idea papers; meeting notes; survey about having microwave at Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 3:10
      Culinary Council. Kitchen Dining Complex Questionnaire, 1976 December
      41 items.
  • E. Domestic Council
    • Box-folder 4:1
      Domestic Council. Activism, n.d.
      1 item.

      Flyer about nuclear radiation.

    • Box-folder 4:2
      Domestic Council. Artwork, n.d.
      4 items.

      Miscellaneous artwork from Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 4:3
      Domestic Council. Community Clothes, 1982-1990
      17 items.

      Updates about location and policies on community clothes; budget plan-writing worksheets.

    • Box-folder 4:4
      Domestic Council. General, 1985; 1987
      2 items.

      Member/Planner apology; opinion and idea paper about different needs and views on the meaning of "home."

    • Box-folder 4:5
      Domestic Council. House [Cleaning], 1982-1989; n.d.
      36 items.

      Information on new homemade soap; opinion and idea paper on art gallery; notice-free walls; budget plan-writing worksheet; notes on house cleaning.

    • Box-folder 4:6
      Domestic Council. Juniper Business Notes, 1975-1976; 1979
      7 items.

      Meeting notes and ideas from the Jupiter Business.

    • Box-folder 4:7
      Domestic Council. Pets, 1981-1985
      29 items.

      Policies; opinion and idea papers on various pets; budget planning worksheet.

    • Box-folder 4:8
      Domestic Council. Pets, 1986-1987
      26 items.

      Notes, debates, and discussions pertaining to pets.

    • Box-folder 4:9
      Domestic Council. Room Assignment, 1977-1990
      30 items.

      Room assignments and floor plans.

    • Box-folder 4:10
      Domestic Council. Small Living Group Survey, n.d.
      36 items.

      Juniper Branch Planner's poll on small living groups; completed surveys by members and poll results; 1982 small living group handbook suggestions for reorganization of domestic areas; meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 4:11
      Domestic Council. Trustery [sic], 1978-1988
      13 items.

      Information on flip, a program that gives out random items to members by chance; job description of trusterty [sic] managers; notes on flips as loan (trusterty) and flips policy change; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 4:12
      Domestic Council. Tupelo Meeting Notes, 1974-1977
      131 items.

      Notes composed by various members present at the meetings.

    • Box-folder 4:13
      Domestic Council. Tupelo Meeting Notes, 1978-1979; n.d.
      62 items.

      Notes composed by various members present at the meetings.

  • F. Health Council
    • Box-folder 5:1
      Health Council. Ageing, 1982-1983; 1996-1997
      4 items.

      Final report from the Ageing in Utopia Task Force; notes on labor quota changes for members over fifty years old.

    • Box-folder 5:2
      Health Council. Budget, 1983-1989
      11 items.

      Various economic plans concerning health.

    • Box-folder 5:3
      Health Council. Chiropractic Needs, 1981-1988
      7 items.

      Various announcements pertaining to chiropractic health.

    • Box-folder 5:4
      Health Council. Dental, 1983; 1988-1989
      5 items.

      Dental budget worksheet and other notes on dental issues.

    • Box-folder 5:5
      Health Council. Health Issues of Members, 1985-1989
      21 items.

      Papers documenting the health of particular members.

    • Box-folder 5:6
      Health Council. Health Team, 1982-1989
      32 items.

      Health team policies; new member health information form; new member requirements; first-aid classes; meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 5:7
      Health Council. HIV and AIDS, 1986-1987
      20 items.

      Policies concerning HIV testing; introduction/drawing from a HIV positive guest speaker; opinion and idea papers on sexuality and AIDS; notes on HIV/AIDS issue; e-mail from the AIDS/HIV Service Group about volunteering

    • Box-folder 5:8
      Health Council. Infestations of Lice, Flies, and Roaches, 1982-1988
      15 items.

      Complaints and information relating to insect infestations.

    • Box-folder 5:9
      Health Council. Insurance from PEACH, 1984-1987
      41 items.

      Information and correspondence on PEACH, a new insurance program adopted by Twin Oaks and the FEC.

    • Box-folder 5:10
      Health Council. Insurance from PEACH, 1988-1989
      11 of items.

      Information and correspondence on PEACH, a new insurance program adopted by Twin Oaks and the FEC.

    • Box-folder 5:11
      Health Council. Mental Health, 1980-1988
      25 items.

      Policies and updates on several members at mental hospitals; information on leave for family emergency; requests for leaves of absence; information on Lifespring, a group that creates educational-experiential self-transformation workshops; information on counseling services.

    • Box-folder 5:12
      Health Council. Safety and Wellness, 1982-1989
      32 items.

      Petition against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; notes on fire safety; handout on wood smoke; information on radon; warnings about toys distributed by Johnson and Johnson; information on preventive health care.

  • G. HEW Council
    • Box-folder 5:13
      HEW Council. Adult Education, 1981-1988
      19 items.

      Notes and proposals on adult members getting education; budget planning worksheet.

  • H. Income Council
    • Box-folder 6:1
      Income Council. General, 1978-1983
      4 items.

      Sewing business; massage table carrying cases; opinion and idea paper; proposals; notes about businesses at Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 6:2
      Income Council. Hammocks, 1975-1989; n.d.
      58 items.

      Letters to Twin Oaks from East Wind community; proposal to bring in Short Mountain members to help out with production and other proposals; outline of job description; opinion and idea papers; evaluation and value of hammock production; meeting notes; information notes about Pier 1; letters to Pier 1; policies about attending fairs to sell hammocks; budget sheet; magazine clippings.

    • Box-folder 6:3
      Income Council. Hammocks. Agreement with East Wind Community , 1977-1988
      12 items.

      Questions and answers on agreement; agreement form; opinion and idea papers; 1983 Joint Hammocks Agreement.

    • Box-folder 6:4
      Income Council. Hammocks. Backpackers, 1976-1986; n.d.
      15 items.

      Opinion and idea paper about the quality of backpacker hammocks; correspondence of Hudson Bay Outfitters; report.

    • Box-folder 6:5
      Income Council. Hammocks. Business Management, 1978-1989
      11 items.

      Outline of general manager job; resignation letter; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 6:6
      Income Council. Hammocks. Business Meeting Notes, 1977-1989
      6 items.

      Meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 6:7
      Income Council. Hammocks. Business Production, 1980-1989
      17 items.

      Opinion and idea paper about winter production; maximum and minimum assignable hours.

    • Box-folder 6:8
      Income Council. Hammocks. Hammocks, Chairs, and Oakweaves, 1979-1990
      15 items.

      Instruction to install hammock chairs and oakweaves; opinion and idea paper; license agreement.

    • Box-folder 6:9
      Income Council. Hammocks. Incentive Program, 1977-1989
      53 items.

      Notes on Hammock Incentive Program, or HIP; auction information in the hammock shop; hammock shop events; children's pictures.

    • Box-folder 6:10
      Income Council. Hammocks. Jig Designs, 1975; n.d.
      9 items.

      Sketch of hammock jig; notes on measurement for the jig.

    • Box-folder 6:11
      Income Council. Hammocks. Overquota Projects Program, 1977-1988
      34 items.

      Information on OPP, a program that allows members to work in hammock production to benefit certain projects instead of labor credits; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 6:12
      Income Council. Hammocks. Overquota Projects Program, 1989-1999
      27 of items.

      Information on OPP, a program that allows members to work in hammock production to benefit certain projects instead of labor credits; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 7:1
      Income Council. Hammocks. Product Office, 1981-1990
      6 items.

      Proposal to allow beepers; protocol on answering the phone; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 7:2
      Income Council. Hammocks. Production, 1986-1989
      15 items.

      Documents pertaining to the production of hammocks.

    • Box-folder 7:3
      Income Council. Hammocks. Reports, 1977-1989
      21 items.

      Update from hammock manager; 1978 evaluation of hammock and hammock-related production; opinion and idea paper on hammock business and members involved; quarterly sales report; reports known as "products informant;" income and labor analysis; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 7:4
      Income Council. Hammocks. Ropemaking, 1978-1989
      17 items.

      Proposals; summary about time at "Warner Swazey;" sketches; survey and meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 7:5
      Income Council. Hammocks. Sawmill, 1988-1989
      6 items.

      Updates on purchasing sawmill; letter from a member.

    • Box-folder 7:6
      Income Council. Hammocks. Shop, 1981-1989
      21 items.

      Proposal for hammock production and other issues like storage and braidmaking; floor plan of new hammocks office.

    • Box-folder 7:7
      Income Council. Hammocks. Stretchers, 1978-1989
      6 items.

      Notes on processing stretchers for hammocks; opinion and idea papers; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 7:8
      Income Council. Income Statements, 1983-1987; 1991
      15 items.

      Income statements.

    • Box-folder 7:9
      Income Council. Macramé, n.d.
      15 items.

      Photographs and negatives; information on macramé kit.

    • Box-folder 7:10
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Chimney Brushes, 1984-1987
      18 items.

      Catalog of chimney brushes; updates on status of chimney brushes; evaluation for producing chimney brushes; application for change in space use; meeting reports proposal; letter from business.

    • Box-folder 7:11
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Computer Software, 1986-1990
      7 items.

      Proposals and progress reports.

    • Box-folder 7:12
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Herb Gardening, 1981
      3 items.

      Proposal for starting an herb plant selling business; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 7:13
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Indexing, 1982-1988
      17 items.

      Progress report; opinion and idea papers; instructions; application for space use; letter to clients such as the State Department; publication of an article in Choice on indexing titled "Chelsea House: Modern Critical Views," May 1987; planning budget worksheet.

    • Box-folder 7:14
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Kibbutz Industry, 1976-1977
      12 items.

      Correspondence with the University of Haifa.

    • Box-folder 7:15
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Video Reproduction, 1987-1988
      4 items.

      Proposals and information on copying VHS tapes for a non-profit consortium.

    • Box-folder 7:16
      Income Council. New Industry Crew. Widgets, 1983-1984
      22 items.

      Widget template; correspondence with businesses on custom ordered cabinets; sketches of a custom cabinet; new industry proposal; information and updates on widgets; photographs of a numeric keyboard.

    • Box-folder 7:17
      Income Council. New Industry Ideas, n.d.
      7 items.

      Magazine clippings on small businesses, solar hardware, and canneries; notes on money-making projects with small capital.

    • Box-folder 7:18
      Income Council. New Industry Proposal Forms, 1977
      7 items.

      Proposals on sewing baby carriers, truck gardening, and typesetting; list of criteria compiled by the New Industry Crew.

    • Box-folder 8:1
      Income Council. Outside Work/Odd Jobs, 1974-1987
      16 items.

      List of services available by the Twin Oaks Community; update on members working outside of Twin Oaks; policy on outside work and odd jobs; request for odd jobs; information on "The School of Living;" financial report; letter to planners.

    • Box-folder 8:2
      Income Council. Pig Manure, 1979-1980
      14 items.

      Drafts and final agreement of manure contract with Carlsons for transporting and disposing of pig manure; termination of contract.

    • Box-folder 8:3
      Income Council. Product for Friends, 1979-1988
      8 items.

      Policies; notes on products to give as trade or gift; PFF member list.

    • Box-folder 8:4
      Income Council. Reports, 1981-1987
      6 items.

      Various financial reports; packets on product information.

    • Box-folder 8:5
      Income Council. Taxes, 1977-1989
      20 items.

      Tax policy; opinion and idea papers on taxes; agreement for the Louisa alternative fund and escrow account; 1998 budget request worksheet; letter to IRS; updates and notes on the court case Twin Oaks vs. IRS; reading on taxes and religious and apostolic associations.

  • I. Office Council
    • Box-folder 8:6
      Office Council. Accounting. Budget, 1986-1988
      8 items.

      Information on petty cash voucher; financial advisor and control reports; planwriting budget worksheet; cash variance paper; money budget report.

    • Box-folder 8:7
      Office Council. Accounting. Financial Equity and Privacy, 1987-1988
      4 items.

      Opinion and idea papers on equity and privacy; proposal for the use of taxonomy.

    • Box-folder 8:8
      Office Council. Accounting. Financial Needs. Personal, 1974-1988
      17 items.

      Policies about money for individuals; opinion and idea papers about personal money policy; personal money survey; proposal from planners; allowance for members; allowance input summary.

    • Box-folder 8:9
      Office Council. Accounting. Leaving Fund, 1987-1989
      10 items.

      Proposals and meetings on the Earned Leaving Fund (ELF); accounts of various leaving fund costs and members.

    • Box-folder 8:10
      Office Council. Accounting. Loans and Insurance. Community, 1981-1983
      10 items.

      Questions about long term borrowing; kitchen dining costs; information about Twin Oaks debts; opinion and idea paper about fire insurance and updates on medical insurance.

    • Box-folder 8:11
      Office Council. Accounting. Loans. Personal, 1982-1986
      33 items.

      Information on loans for departing and existing members; loan contract forms; loan requests; policies; opinion and idea papers

    • Box-folder 8:12
      Office Council. Accounting. Loans. Personal, 1987-1996
      22 items.

      Information on loans for departing and existing members; loan contract forms;loan requests; policies; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 8:13
      Office Council. Accounting. Personal Money, 1984
      51 items.

      Personal money surveys of Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 9:1
      Office Council. Accounting. Money Hole. Personal, 1985-1995
      10 items.

      Policies; proposals; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 9:2
      Office Council. Accounting. Vacation Earnings Policy, 1983-1984
      64 items.

      Policies, proposals, and opinion and idea papers on vacation earnings; vacation earnings questionnaire and survey; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 9:3
      Office Council. Accounting. Vacation Earnings Policies, 1987-1998; n.d.
      38 items.

      Policies, proposals and opinion and idea papers on vacation earnings; vacation earnings questionnaire and survey; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 9:4
      Office Council. Accounting. Seniority Vacation Fund, 1986-1989
      8 items.

      Proposal for vacation fund policy; roster of member seniority.

    • Box-folder 9:5
      Office Council. Office. Computer Services, 1986-1989
      12 items.

      Phone bill report; plan-writing budget worksheet; priority requests; meeting notes and opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 9:6
      Office Council. Office, 1983-1988
      9 items.

      Opinion and idea papers on mailbox and mail system; postage planning budget worksheet; office supply policy.

  • J. Outreach Council
    • Box-folder 9:7
      Outreach Council. Articles and Brochures about Twin Oaks, n.d.
      25 items.

      Articles about Twin Oaks, including "A Special Community " by Ed Gottlieb from the publication Sun Dial , Summer 1993; "Community Living " by Margaret Oaks; "Eight Years After " by Susan Oaks; "It's The Community's Business " by Larry Lenske and Mikki Wenig; "Demystifying 'Man Made' Technology " by Heidi and Joyce; "Twin Oaks " by Vince Zager; brochure with guidelines for visitors at Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 9:8
      Outreach Council. Community Market, 1967-1972; n.d.
      34 items.

      Information about catalogs and products from the Community Market, a group of participating communes; invoices for paid accounts from Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 9:9
      Outreach Council. Conferences, 1973-1988
      19 items.

      Documents pertaining to conferences held and attended by Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 9:10
      Outreach Council. Conferences. Political, 1982-1983
      4 items.

      Information on rural activists' conferences.

    • Box-folder 10:1
      Outreach Council. Council Meeting Notes and Decisions, 1975-1988; n.d.
      43 items.

      Decision not to publish two publications; discussion of policies and procedures for visitors and members ranging from greetings to how to teach new skills.

    • Box-folder 10:2
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities, 1978-1985
      27 items.

      Information about the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, a group of intentional communities spread out across North America; proposals; survey of responses from various communes' advertisements.

    • Box-folder 10:3
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities, 1985-1989; n.d.
      43 items.

      Constitution and by-laws; membership forms; discussion of nudity in brochures; correspondence; federation committee planning budget worksheet; job descriptions for secretary and facilitators.

    • Box-folder 10:4
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Anniversary 10th, 1986
      9 items.

      Preparations for the tenth anniversary including requests for artwork and articles.

    • Box-folder 10:5
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Assembly, 1978-1991
      16 items.

      Agendas, reports, and minutes from the Federation of Egalitarian Communities meetings.

    • Box-folder 10:6
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Brochures. Layouts and Bids, 1980-1985
      25 of items.
    • Box-folder 10:7
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Businesses, 1983
      4 items.

      Spreadsheet on hammock sales; advertisement for futons. OS Production Costs Variance Report.

    • Box-folder 10:8
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Photographs, n.d.
      12 items.

      Photographs and greeting cards.

    • Box-folder 10:9
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Publications, 1976-1987
      9 items.

      Federation of Egalitarian Communities Newsletter ; Inter communities Newsletter ; Communion , Winter 1986; Communion , Spring 1986; Community Soundings , A Journal of Community , volume II, number 2; A Journal of Community, volume II, number III, December 21, 1987; A Journal of Community , First Anniversary Issue, March 21, 1986.

    • Box-folder 10:10
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Travel and Conference Papers, 1982-1988
      17 items.

      Members travel all over the world to FEC Conferences and present papers that they have written.

    • Box-folder 11:1
      Outreach Council. Federation of Egalitarian Communities. Urban Community, 1988
      4 items.

      Proposal to develop an urban community.

    • Box-folder 11:2
      Outreach Council. Federation of Intentional Communities, 1982-1990; n.d.
      42 items.

      Conferences and picnics; report of FIC meetings; by-laws of the FIC; list of other alternative societies. OS Medical expenditures chart.

    • Box-folder 11:3
      Outreach Council. Federation of Intentional Communities. Intercommunities Network of Virginia, 1986-1990
      29 items.

      Information on the Inter-communities Network, an informal association of intentional communities that share some common values; plans for gatherings and opportunities for recruitment with Shannon Farm, Springtree, Yogaville, North Mountain, Common Ground, Sojourners Orchard and Farm, Gesundheit Institute, Seven Oaks, and Innisfree Village; brochures and directories on the network and the participating communities.

    • Box-folder 11:4
      Outreach Council. Growth, 1992
      6 items.

      Survey of population and availability at Twin Oaks; reports indicating concerns about growth.

    • Box-folder 11:5
      Outreach Council. Loan Solicitation, 1978-1979
      17 items.

      Twin Oaks sends out a letter to publications asking friends to lend them money.

    • Box-folder 11:6
      Outreach Council. Local Relations, 1977; 1982-1985
      29 items.

      Information about volunteering local services; policies about neighbors; incidents with neighbors; political opinions; public library service and Twin Oaks; compromises among Twin Oaks residents. OS letter to members regarding Louisa Supervisor.

    • Box-folder 11:7
      Outreach Council. Local Relations, 1986-1989; n.d.
      21 items.

      Program for a local talent show; community service opportunities; note about housing a homeless teenager; notes against purchasing guns; local relations planning budget sheet; letter from a local church thanking Twin Oaks for a received donation; certificate for citizen service from Louisa Against Litter Council.

    • Box-folder 11:8
      Outreach Council. Newsletter and Community Publications Cooperative, 1984-1988; n.d.
      9 items.

      Requests for articles and artwork; budget planning worksheet.

    • Box-folder 11:9
      Outreach Council. Recruitment, 1980-1989
      54 items.

      Meeting notes; proposals and ideas; procedures for becoming a member; member issues; recruiting women.

    • Box-folder 11:10
      Outreach Council. Recruitment. Correspondence and Advertisements, 1968-1969
      46 items.

      Letters to newspapers and periodicals advertising Twin Oaks; correspondence with other communes for recruiting purposes; discussion about being included in "Arthur Frommer's Travel Almanac 1988; " planning budget worksheet.

    • Box-folder 11:11
      Outreach Council. School of Living, 1987-1988
      6 items.

      Meeting reports and informational packets regarding The School of Living, a tax-exempt, philanthropic, and educational network

    • Box-folder 11:12
      Outreach Council. Unitarian Universalist Association, 1976-1989
      16 items.

      Brochures and information about the Unitarian Universalist Twin Oaks fellowship that provides educational opportunities to community children; proposal to recruit a Unitarian Universalist minister.

    • Box-folder 11:13
      Outreach Council. Urban Community, 1987-1989
      7 items.

      Several proposals for a new community inside the city of Charlottesville.

    • Box-folder 12:1
      Outreach Council. Visitor. Controversial Reporter, 1987-1988
      11 items.

      Information pertaining to a controversial reporter's stay at Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 12:2
      Outreach Council. Visitor Program, 1980-1987
      32 items.

      Policies; meeting notes; glossary of terms; guidelines for visitors.

    • Box-folder 12:3
      Outreach Council. Visitor Program, 1988-1989
      22 items.

      Policies; meeting notes; glossary of terms; guidelines for visitors.

    • Box-folder 12:4
      Outreach Council. Visitor Questionnaires, 1984-1986
      88 items.

      Questionnaires about how the visitors heard about Twin Oaks with questions about their health and length of visit.

    • Box-folder 12:5
      Outreach Council. Visitor Questionnaire Analysis, 1982-1985; n.d.
      27 items.

      Summary and analysis of responses.

    • Box-folder 12:6
      Outreach Council. Visitor Schedule, 1985-1986
      Charts and schedules involving visitors to Twin Oaks.
    • Box-folder 12:7
      Outreach Council. Visitor Tours, 1981-1982; 1984; 1987
      7 items.

      Correspondence from visitors thanking members for the tour; information about the difficulties of giving tours; Rainbow Family wants to borrow space to have a gathering at Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 12:8
      Outreach Council. Women and Twin Oaks, [1982]
      23 items.

      Proposal for a slideshow to recruit more women; an article about Twin Oaks titled "Indigenous Socialism in the United States, A Feminist Perspective on Intentional Creation of Alternative Community " by Batya Winbaums; articles with interviews of women at Twin Oaks and at East Wind.

    • Box-folder 12:9
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Abode of the Message [Retreats], 1978; 1982; n.d.
      5 items.

      Sufi Retreat Center brochure; correspondence between communities; list of retreats.

    • Box-folder 12:10
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Abrahamic Community, 1981-1982
      3 items.

      Newsletters.

    • Box-folder 12:11
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Aloe Community, 1976-1979; n.d.
      5 items and 14 photographs.

      Photographs; description of Aloe Community; Federation of Egalitarian Communities Newsletter; correspondence about a disagreement between Another Way Community and Aloe.

    • Box-folder 12:12
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Alpha Farm, 1978-1988
      7 items.

      Brochures about Alpha Farm; correspondence between Twin Oaks and the Alpha Farm, the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, and East Wind.

    • Box-folder 12:13
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Ananda Cooperative Village, 1977; 1981-1982; 1988
      8 items and 1 photograph.

      Brochures; a photograph.

    • Box-folder 12:14
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Appletree, 1981-1988
      8 items and 35 photographs.

      Brochures; notes on fertility; correspondence between Appletree and Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 13:1
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Aprovecho Rural Center, 1988 September
      2 items.

      Brochures.

    • Box-folder 13:2
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Aquarian Research Foundation, 1982-1989; n.d.
      11 items.

      Letter from a former member about the possibility of starting a new cooperative living group; information about journalist Art Rosenblum and The Peace Factory; Aquarian Alternatives Newsletters including an article by Art Rosenblum.

    • Box-folder 13:3
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Baker Branch, 1988-1989
      1 item.

      Happy Winter Holidays letter to Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 13:4
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Bear Tribe, 1981; 1986; n.d.
      6 items.

      Bear Tribe catalog; Bear Tribe activities; letter from the editor of the Bear Tribe; press releases about publications by the Bear Tribe; list of products from the Bear Tribe.

    • Box-folder 13:5
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Breitenbush Community, 1986; 1988
      12 items.

      Correspondence with Twin Oaks; The Breitenbush Newsletter ; advertisement for cooks; literature and applications; map.

    • Box-folder 13:6
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Bruderhof Communities, 1986-1989
      14 items.

      Correspondence with Twin Oaks; an article titled The 400-Year-Old Commune by Jon Swan; an article titled A New Hutterian Community Was Founded in the publication Kibbutz Studies , February 1987; Bruderhof communities publications, The Plough , numbers 15 and 17-20; The Plough Catalog 1988-1989.

    • Box-folder 13:7
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Builders Community, 1987-1988
      9 items.

      Information about the Builders Community; publications of the Builders Quarterly 1987-1988.

    • Box-folder 13:8
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Camphill Village, 1982; 1985-1986
      11 items.

      Brochures; newsletters and other literature on Camphill Village; annual reports.

    • Box-folder 13:9
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Cerro Gordo, 1978-1980; 1982
      16 items.

      Brochures and newsletters; The Town Forum Community Report ; The Cerro Gordo News, 1979-1980 and 1982.

    • Box-folder 13:10
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Chinook Learning Community, 1980
      3 items.

      Brochures.

    • Box-folder 13:11
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Chrysalis Community, 1981-1985
      14 items and 2 photographs.

      Correspondence about the Chrysalis Community joining the Federation of Egalitarian Communities; legal contracts; brochures and articles.

    • Box-folder 13:12
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Circle Pines Center, 1979
      2 items.

      Brief description of the center; a publication, Pine Needles , Summer Camp edition volume 40, number 1, 1979.

    • Box-folder 13:13
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. City of the Sun Foundation, 1988
      3 items.

      Brochures; newsletter The Golden Dawn.

    • Box-folder 13:14
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Coldfoot Creek Community, 1987
      4 items.

      Correspondence giving introduction; brochures.

    • Box-folder 13:15
      Other Communities. The Collective Networker Newsletter, 1986-1988
      5 items.

      Five editions of The Collective Networker Newsletter .

    • Box-folder 13:16
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Communities in General, n.d.
      5 items.

      Article titled Making Communities Work featuring an interview with David Thatcher in Simply Living; resources for information on intentional communities; publication titled Communes Network Directory .

    • Box-folder 13:17
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Communities of the Ark, 1985 January
      1 item.

      Newsletter.

    • Box-folder 13:18
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Community of Hospitality, 1986 May
      1 item.

      Newsletter.

    • Box-folder 13:19
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Community Service, Inc., 1978-1981; 1984-1988
      25 items.

      Brochures; questionnaire; list of resource books; Community Service Newsletters .

    • Box-folder 13:20
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Currents Community, 1986 January
      2 items.

      Literature and policies.

    • Box-folder 14:1
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Dandelion Community, 1982; 1985; 1987-1988
      18 items, 24 photographs and transparencies.

      Brochures; correspondence with Twin Oaks; articles and reports.

    • Box-folder 14:2
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Dragonfly Farm, 1988
      3 items.

      Photographs; map and introduction paper.

    • Box-folder 14:3
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Dunmire Hollow, 1986
      2 items.

      Information on the Dunmire Hollow Spring Fling and map.

    • Box-folder 14:4
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Earth Community Network, 1983-1984
      3 items.

      Newsletters.

    • Box-folder 14:5
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. East Wind, 1976-1989
      48 items.

      Articles; planners meeting notes; trade-off game reports; newsletters; correspondence; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 14:6
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. East Wind, 1976-1989
      71 items and photographs.

      Newspaper articles; planners meeting notes; new member information and charts; newsletters; opinion and idea papers about labor and employment; photographs.

    • Box-folder 14:7
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Eden Community, n.d.
      1 item.

      An article titled The Community of Eden published by the Eden Community.

    • Box-folder 14:8
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Emissary Communities, 1981-1987
      5 items.

      Brochure; press release; newsletters titled Integrity International .

    • Box-folder 14:9
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. End of the Road Farm Community, n.d.
      1 item.

      Brochure.

    • Box-folder 14:10
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Farm, 1976-1983; 1984
      12 items.

      Newspaper articles; copies of the publications Plenty and New Age .

    • Box-folder 14:11
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Fellowship of the Inner Light, 1960; 1979
      8 items.

      Various publications relating to The Fellowship of the Inner Light and their beliefs.

    • Box-folder 14:12
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Fruitlands (Transcendentalist Communal Experience), 1973
      1 item.

      An article in The New York Times about the transcendentalist commune.

    • Box-folder 14:13
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Ganas, 1985-1986
      2 items.

      One community service newsletter; excerpts of a letter from [Allen] to Twin Oaks member [Laird] within the commune.

    • Box-folder 14:14
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Gesundheit, 1982-1985
      15 items.

      Various newsletters; informational leaflets; flyers for the Gesundheit Institute.

    • Box-folder 14:15
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Grey Gables, 1973-1974
      1 item.

      One bound Journal of Grey Gables Community .

    • Box-folder 15:1
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Hailos Community, n.d.
      2 items.

      One brochure for the community; one scrapbook page with two pictures.

    • Box-folder 15:2
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Harbin Hot Springs, 1984
      2 items.

      One informational leaflet; one article about the commune.

    • Box-folder 15:3
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Heathcote Center, 1979
      1 item.

      Directory listing for the commune in the Guide to Cooperative Alternatives .

    • Box-folder 15:4
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Highlander Research and Education Center, 1984
      1 item.

      One edition of Highlander Reports , the commune newsletter.

    • Box-folder 15:5
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Home in America, 1987
      1 item.

      The first newsletter from the community.

    • Box-folder 15:6
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Institute for Social Ecology, 1986
      1 item.

      The Institute for Social Ecology's pamphlet of 1986 program offerings.

    • Box-folder 15:7
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Jubilee, 1986-1988
      8 items.

      Various publications for the community with multiple editions of the Jubilee Partners Report .

    • Box-folder 15:8
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Julian Woods, 1978
      1 item.

      One document describing the beliefs and goals of the Julian Woods Community.

    • Box-folder 15:9
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Kerista, 1979-1987
      16 items.

      Various newsletters about the non-monogamous community; flyers; informational publications.

    • Box-folder 15:10
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Koinonia Partners, 1978-1988
      33 items.

      Newsletters; pamphlets; various other publications relating to the Christian commune.

    • Box-folder 15:11
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Kripalu Neighborood Technology, 1981; 1987-1988
      5 items.

      Publications; program guides for the Yoga and rehabilitation center.

    • Box-folder 15:12
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Krutsio, 1984-1989
      11 items.

      Newsletters; letters; photographs.

    • Box-folder 15:13
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Lama Foundation, 1979; 1984
      3 items.

      Directory listing; newsletter; informational pamphlet for the commune.

    • Box-folder 15:14
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Los Horcones, 1979-1988
      9 items.

      Letters to new members; flyers describing the commune.

    • Box-folder 15:15
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Love Family, n.d.
      1 item.

      One newsletter publication by The Love Family.

    • Box-folder 15:16
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Mariposa School, 1986 March
      1 item.

      One volume of the Mariposa School Newsletter .

    • Box-folder 15:17
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Matagiri (Sr. Aurobindo Center), 1978
      1 item.

      One newsletter titled the Matagiri Collaboration for the Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center.

    • Box-folder 15:18
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Mettanokit, 1985-1988
      4 items.

      Letters; informational documents for The Mettanokit Community.

    • Box-folder 15:19
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Miccosukee Land, 1981;1985
      2 items.

      One letter and one journal sent from the Miccosukee Land Co-op to Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 15:20
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Miscellaneous Community Photographs, n.d.
      15 items.

      Photographs from other communes and organizations.

    • Box-folder 15:21
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Moniteau Farm, 1981
      1 item.

      Newsletter titled Spiral News from Moniteau Farm.

    • Box-folder 15:22
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Mt. Shasta, 1987
      1 item.

      The Mount Shasta community newsletter sent to Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 15:23
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. National Historic Communal Societies, 1976; 1983-1989
      26 items.

      Newsletters; brochures from conferences; a bibliography of communes from Indiana State University's Special Collections.

    • Box-folder 15:24
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Neighborhood Caretaker, 1988
      4 items.

      Four copies of the Neighborhood Caretaker , a Journal of Neighborhood Health Sciences.

    • Box-folder 15:25
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. New Hope, 1979-1987
      9 items.

      Newsletters and pamphlets about the emerging New Hope Community.

    • Box-folder 15:26
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. New Land, 1987-1988
      5 items.

      Community Newsletters and letters.

    • Box-folder 16:1
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. New Vrindaban, 1980-1988; n.d.
      7 items.

      Letters and informational publications regarding the New Vrindaban Community.

    • Box-folder 16:2
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Our Land, 1984
      2 items.

      Two letters pertaining to the Our Land Community.

    • Box-folder 16:3
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Padanaram, 1977-1986
      10 items.

      Informational packets and flyers for the Padanaram community; newspaper article about Padanaram in ids from 3/22/79.

    • Box-folder 16:4
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Pendle Hill, 1988
      1 item.

      Packet for the Resident Study Program at Pendle Hill.

    • Box-folder 16:5
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Philoxia, n.d.
      2 items.

      Two pamphlets advertising for the food and service available at Philoxia's Bed and Breakfast.

    • Box-folder 16:6
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Ponderosa Village, 1986; n.d.
      7 items.

      Informational flyers and leaflets for Ponderosa Village.

    • Box-folder 16:7
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Posehn's Community, 1985-1986
      5 items.

      Letters and meeting minutes for Posehn's Community.

    • Box-folder 16:8
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Rainbow Network, 1977-1988
      21 items.

      Photos and publications regarding festivals, program information, and newsletters.

    • Box-folder 16:9
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Renaissance Community, 1978; 1985
      3 items.

      Newsletter and information about visits with the guest program of The Renaissance Community.

    • Box-folder 16:10
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Round Mountain, n.d.
      1 item.

      Information packet for the Round Mountain Cooperative Community.

    • Box-folder 16:11
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Sandhill, 1984-1987; 1995
      59 items.

      One newsletter and many photographs of Sandhill.

    • Box-folder 16:12
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. School of Living, 1974-1980; 1987
      4 items.

      Documents about The School of Living and the Green Revolution.

    • Box-folder 16:13
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Seven Oaks, 1981-1985
      8 items.

      Informational packets and flyers for Seven Oaks.

    • Box-folder 16:14
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Shannon Farm, 1978-1988
      7 items.

      Newsletters, letters, and miscellaneous documents from the Shannon Community.

    • Box-folder 16:15
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Short Mountain, 1981-1988
      18 items.

      Newsletters, informational packets, and miscellaneous documents for the commune.

    • Box-folder 16:16
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Sirius, 1982-1988
      5 items.

      Newsletters and program packets for the Sirius Community.

    • Box-folder 16:17
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Springtree, 1976-1988
      11 items.

      Five Springtree newsletters and six photographs of the community.

    • Box-folder 16:18
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Stelle, 1983-1988
      26 items.

      Numerous publications of The Stelle Group Letter as well as other documents pertaining to the community. OS Map of Stelle.

    • Box-folder 16:19
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Trails End Community, 1986
      1 item.

      One letter about starting a commune.

    • Box-folder 16:20
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Ultimate Vehicle Family (The U.V. Family), 1980-1981
      2 items.

      Newsletters for the Ultimate Vehicle Family.

    • Box-folder 16:21
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. The Village of Oz, 1981
      1 item.

      Village Oz pamphlet titled General Information and Calendar .

    • Box-folder 16:22
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Walden Farm, 1983; n.d.
      3 items.

      Documents concerning Walden Farm and the Circle of Angels.

    • Box-folder 17:1
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Yogaville, 1984-1989
      5 items.

      Documents pertaining to various Yoga organizations and institutes.

    • Box-folder 17:2
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. White Spruce Farm, n.d.
      1 item.

      Description of the Still Mountain Society Summer Program.

    • Box-folder 17:3
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Windstar, 1988
      2 items.

      Two newsletters for Windstar.

    • Box-folder 17:4
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Womyn's Lands, 1983-1984
      2 items.

      A letter and directory of land groups pertaining to lesbian communes.

    • Box-folder 17:5
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Yasodhara Ashram, 1988
      1 item.

      A program list for the Yasodhara Ashram Yoga Retreat and Study Center.

    • Box-folder 17:6
      Outreach Council. Other Communities. Zanies, 1977-1978
      2 items.

      Two issues of the social newsletter.

  • Other International Communities
    • Box-folder 17:8
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. England (Centre for Alternative Technology), 1977
      1 item.

      Large packet of information sheets about miscellaneous topics.

    • Box-folder 17:9
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. England (Laurieston Hall), 1987
      2 items.

      Brochure and postcard.

    • Box-folder 17:10
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. England (Lifespan Community), 1984-1987
      11 items.

      Information leaflets, weekly newsletter, etc.

    • Box-folder 17:11
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. England (Lightmoor), 1987-1988
      4 items.

      Employment and educated related pamphlets.

    • Box-folder 17:12
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. England (Old Hall Community), 1974; 1989
      2 items.

      A historical leaflet and a community guide.

    • Box-folder 17:13
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. England (The Teachers Community), 1981
      2 items.

      Information pack and handbook.

    • Box-folder 17:14
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. European Community (Miscellaneous), 1979 - 1989
      4 items.

      Documents related to communal living; The Collective Experience , which contains articles and poems about communal living.

    • Box-folder 17:15
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Guatemala (Finca Jardin de Luz), 1985
      1 item.

      Letter from Eddy Stylen to Egalitarian Communities about starting up a commune.

    • Box-folder 17:16
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. India (Auroville), 1958 - 1981; 1989
      20 items.

      Articles and publications pertaining to communal living in India.

    • Box-folder 17:17
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. International Communes Network, 1980 - 1987
      5 items.

      Documents related to the organization of the International Communes Network.

    • Box-folder 17:18
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. International Community Addresses, 1992-1993; n.d.
      29 items.

      Documents relating to communes across the world.

    • Box-folder 17:19
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Ireland (Neve Shalom Community), 1986
      2 items.

      Article on Northern Ireland and a copy of a support letter.

    • Box-folder 17:20
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Diaspora Yeshiva Community), n.d.
      1 item.

      Letter from Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Goldstein to Twin Oaks regarding projects relating to Israel.

    • Box-folder 17:21
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Kibbutz Aliya Desk and The Kibbutz Journal ), 1980-1986
      11 items.

      Publications of The Kibbutz Journal and related documents.

    • Box-folder 17:22
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Kibbutz-related Bibliographies), 1980
      4 items.

      Lists of publications relating to the Project for Kibbutz Studies.

    • Box-folder 17:23
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Kibbutz Literary Digest Shdemot ), 1976-1981
      5 items.

      Four publications of the Literary Digest of the Kibbutz Movement and one subscription letter.

    • Box-folder 17:24
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Kibbutzim Miscellaneous), 1954; 1971-1988; n.d.
      57 items.

      Letters, proposals, and miscellaneous documents pertaining to Kibbutzim and University study of Kibbutzim.

    • Box-folder 18:1
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities.Israel (Kibbutz Scholarship), 1976-1980; n.d.
      13 items.

      Letters and documents pertaining to Israel and Kibbutz scholarships for Israelis.

    • Box-folder 18:2
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities .Israel (Kibbutz Seminar Center of the Kibbutz Hameuchad Focus'son Publication), n.d.
      10 items.

      Articles on the Kibbutz lifestyle.

    • Box-folder 18:3
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Kibbutz Studies Harvard University), 1976-1983
      10 items.

      Documents related to the Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies.

    • Box-folder 18:4
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Socialist Zionist Youth Movement), 1981
      2 items.

      Two Youth and Nation publications titled Women in Israel and Jews Right and Left .

    • Box-folder 18:5
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Israel (Yad-Tabenkin-EFAL Institute), 1979 - 1987
      21 items.

      Bulletins of Yad-Tabenkin and pamplets with fact sheets.

    • Box-folder 18:6
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Japan (Miscellaneous), n.d.
      3 items.

      A large publication titled The Modern Utopian about communes in Japan with two related leaflets.

    • Box-folder 18:7
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. New Zealand/Australia (Miscellaneous), 1974-1976; 1985
      4 items.

      Publications about the Riverside commune, the Ohu commune, the Wyuna Community, and the Tui Land Trust.

    • Box-folder 18:8
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. New Zealand (Nambassa Fest), 1980 -1981
      12 items.

      Several copies of Waves , a publication by the commune, as well as documents pertaining to their festivals.

    • Box-folder 18:9
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Norway (Holmen Organic Farm), n.d.
      14 items.

      Photographs of the farm.

    • Box-folder 18:10
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. Scotland (Findhorn), 1981-1982; 1985-1988
      14 items.

      Miscellaneous brochures for the Findhorn Foundation.

    • Box-folder 18:11
      Outreach Council. Other International Communities. South American Community/Mexico (Miscellaneous), 1979; 1990
      2 items.

      A small and large packet about cellular communication in Nicaragua and South America respectively.

  • K. Planning Council
    • Box-folder 18:12
      Planning Council. Appendix Charts, 1979 October-1980 January
      134 items.

      Charts on budget; notes on other councils.

    • Box-folder 18:13
      Planning Council. Appendix Charts, 1979 October-1980 January
      100 items.

      Charts on budget; notes on other councils; meeting notes/agendas.

    • Box-folder 19:1
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1967-1971; 1975
      50 items.

      Meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 19:2
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1976-1978 May
      101 items.

      Weekly notes.

    • Box-folder 19:3
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1978 June-1980
      79 items.

      Meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 19:4
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1982
      32 items.

      Meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 19:5
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1982
      26 items.

      Meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 19:6
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1982-1984
      29 items.

      Planner informant notes; public meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 19:7
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1986-1991
      28 items.

      Meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 19:8
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1992-1997
      27 items.

      Meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 20:1
      Planning Council. Community Planning. Annual Report by Thomas Jefferson, 1973-1974
      1 item.

      Publication regarding public services and health for the Charlottesville, Albermarle, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson Counties.

    • Box-folder 20:2
      Planning Council. Community Planning. East Wind, 1976-1979
      93 items.

      Resource planning notes; financial planning notes; project requests.

    • Box-folder 20:3
      Planning Council. Community Planning. East Wind, 1978-1980
      29 items.

      Three-year planning; financial statement.

    • Box-folder 20:4
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1974-1975; n.d.
      18 items.

      Opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 20:5
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1980
      65 items.

      Opinion and idea papers; planners notes; OS (opinion and idea paper by a member on the donation of a sailboat).

    • Box-folder 20:6
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1980
      51 items.

      Opinion and idea papers; planner's notes; social planning materials packet; letter to former member.

    • Box-folder 20:7
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1981
      52 items.

      Opinion and idea papers; planners notes.

    • Box-folder 20:8
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1981
      28 items.

      Opinion and idea papers; planners notes, meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 21:1
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1981-1982
      30 items.

      Opinion and idea papers with a guide.

    • Box-folder 21:2
      Planning Council. Community Planning, 1982
      36 items.

      Opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 21:3
      Planning Council. Community Planning. Policies, 1980-1981
      1 item.

      By-laws; Twin Oaks community policy.

    • Box-folder 21:4
      Planning Council. Community Planning. Survey. "Home Is? "n.d.
      27 items.

      Surveys with member responses to the question "What is a home?"

    • Box-folder 21:5
      Planning Council. Comprehensive Plan and History, 1982-1983; 1990
      28 items.

      Timeline of planners; building plan of Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 21:6
      Planning Council. Construction & Utilities Planning. Forestry, 1978
      21:6

      27 items.

      Plans discussing land use and Twin Oaks unit development; sketches illustrating land use; related newspaper article.

    • Box-folder 21:7
      Planning Council. Construction & Utilities Planning. Glorious Mud, 1976; 1980; 1987
      21:7

      22 items.

      Plans for Glorious Mud, or the Twin Oaks Construction Company, relating to the construction of new housing.

    • Box-folder 21:8
      Planning Council. Construction & Utilities Planning. Notes, 1978
      117 items.

      Notebook; meeting notes; proposals; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 21:9
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1976
      9 items.

      Planners Reports; 1975 income tax return; planning proposals; priorities and trade-off game results wherein all members have an opportunity to prioritize funding and plan the Twin Oaks budget for each year.

    • Box-folder 22:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978
      145 items.

      Planners meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 22:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978-1979
      43 items.

      Planners Reports; summaries & comments of Economic Plan; balance sheet; securities statement; quota calculations; vacation days and labor exchanges; cuts; planner decisions.

    • Box-folder 22:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978-1983
      42 items.

      Money budget reports; budgets by Councils.

    • Box-folder 22:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1980-1981
      11 items.

      Area worksheets; six month industry review.

    • Box-folder 22:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1980-1981
      84 items.

      Economic plan for 1981.

    • Box-folder 22:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1982
      41 items.

      Monthly reviews; proposals; opinion and idea papers; economic plan 1982; farm report.

    • Box-folder 22:7
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1983
      32 items.

      Opinion and idea papers; economic plan 1983; reports.

    • Box-folder 23:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      48 items.

      Three updates of the 1984 Economic Plan Labor and Money Flows with spending projections and totals organized by council.

    • Box-folder 23:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      16 items.

      Background Information for 1984 Managerial Budgeting organized by Council; planwriting worksheets; six-month review decisions; nine-month review decisions; miscellaneous documents.

    • Box-folder 23:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      86 items.

      Monthly money budget report with itemized expenditures and remaining funds; letters; opinion and idea papers; balance sheets.

    • Box-folder 23:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      60 items.

      Monthly money budget report with itemized expenditures and remaining funds; letters; opinion and idea papers; trade-off games; three and six month reviews.

    • Box-folder 23:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      28 items.

      Balance sheets and other financial data; letters; opinion and idea papers; trade-off games; three and six month reviews.

    • Box-folder 23:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      66 items.

      Priority requests; opinion and idea papers; council reports.

    • Box-folder 23:7
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      21 items.

      Balance sheets; priority plans; three month reviews; financial projections; various economic reports.

    • Box-folder 23:8
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      19 items.

      Planwriting worksheets; meeting notes; large economic charts for meetings.

    • Box-folder 23:9
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      6 items.

      Information packets for trade-off games; six month reviews; planwriting worksheets.

    • Box-folder 24:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1986
      1 item.

      Resource proposals; opinion and idea papers; drafted plans; balance sheets; letters; six month reviews.

    • Box-folder 24:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1986
      4 items.

      1986 Econ Plan/Background Information for 1986 Budget Requests.

    • Box-folder 24:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1986
      150 items.

      Priority requests for each council and economic area.

    • Box-folder 24:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1986
      10 items.

      Economic Plan Council Summary Sheets for each council.

    • Box-folder 24:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1986
      46 items.

      Documents pertaining to the 1986 Trade-off Games where all members have an opportunity to prioritize funding and plan the Twin Oaks budget for each year.

    • Box-folder 24:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1986
      100 items.

      Planwriting worksheets; six month priority tabulations; labor plans and answer sheets; meeting notes; opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 24:7
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1987
      22 items.

      Background information for budget requests; meeting notes; balance sheets; priority presentations; labor reports; letters to, from, and within the planning council.

    • Box-folder 24:8
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1987
      134 items.

      Mid-year priority requests; trade-off game.

    • Box-folder 25:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1987
      66 items.

      Money requests for each council.

    • Box-folder 25:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1987
      19 items.

      Quarterly economic breakdowns; labor data and requests; labor summary reports; summary sheets.

    • Box-folder 25:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1988
      23 items.

      Plans for conserving spending in the upcoming year; economic projections; opinion and idea papers; planner meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 25:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1988
      60 items.

      Planner forums; meeting notes; planning reports; income analyses.

    • Box-folder 25:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1988
      68 items.

      Economic planning timelines; budget projections and rationales; planwriting sheets; labor data and summaries.

    • Box-folder 25:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1988
      30 items.

      Ongoing budget sheets and answer sheets.

    • Box-folder 26:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1988
      24 items.

      Documents pertaining to the 1988 Trade-off Games where all members have an opportunity to prioritize funding and plan the Twin Oaks budget for each year.

    • Box-folder 26:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      47 items.

      Planwriting worksheets for Agriculture to Domestic Councils.

    • Box-folder 26:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      64 items.

      Planwriting worksheets HEW to Transportation and Maintenance Councils.

    • Box-folder 26:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      25 items.

      Trade-off games.

    • Box-folder 26:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      120 items.

      Priority requests.

    • Box-folder 26:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      22 items.

      Trade-off games.

    • Box-folder 27:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      19 items.

      Priorities; planner meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 27:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1989
      48 items.

      Priorities.

    • Box-folder 27:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1990; 1993-1994
      5 items.

      Trade-off Game for 1990; Ongoing 1990; OTRA Index for 1993 Midyear Trade-off Game; 1994 Mid-year Trade-off Game.

    • Box-folder 27:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1995
      26 items.

      Documents pertaining to the Trade-off Game for 1995.

    • Box-folder 27:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1995
      19 items.

      Packets titled The 1995 Ongoing Trade-off Game filled out by Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 27:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1996
      42 items.

      Packets titled The 1996 Ongoing Trade-off Game filled out by Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 27:7
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1996
      60 items.

      Packets titled OTRA Game 1996 filled out by Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 27:8
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1996
      23 items.

      Packets titled The 1996 Ongoing Trade-off Game and Playing the Game filled out by Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 27:9
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1997
      32 items.

      Packets titled OTRA Game 1997 filled out by Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 28:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1975-1976
      1 item.

      Notebook containing "Money " and "Labor " sections.

    • Box-folder 28:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1976 April-September
      1 item.

      Notebook containing "Summary, ""Labor, " and "Money " sections.

    • Box-folder 28:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1976 December-1977 December
      1 item.

      Notebook containing a "Labor " section.

    • Box-folder 28:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978
      1 item.

      Notebook with "Farm and Food " and "Income and Non-Income Council " sections.

    • Box-folder 28:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1979
      1 item.

      Notebook labeled "Economic Plan Process ".

    • Box-folder 29:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1977-1980
      126 item.

      General economic plans; balance sheets; monthly breakdowns by council; priorities and allocations.

    • Box-folder 29:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      1 item.

      Notebook with background data and planwriting questionnaires.

    • Box-folder 29:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978-1980
      1 item.

      Notebook labeled, "Econ Plan- Council Background Data '78, '79, '80, " for Outreach, Planning, Support, and Transportation and Maintenance Councils.

    • Box-folder 30:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1979-1980
      1 item.

      Notebook with priority requests.

    • Box-folder 30:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978-1980
      1 item.

      Notebook with council background data.

    • Box-folder 30:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1978-1980
      1 item.

      Notebook containing support data.

    • Box-folder 31:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1980
      1 item.

      Notebook with 1980 planwriting worksheets for non-income areas by council.

    • Box-folder 31:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1980
      1 item.

      Notebook labeled Farm Decision.

    • Box-folder 31:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1981
      1 item.

      Notebook labeled "Econ Plan. "

    • Box-folder 31:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1974-1977
      1 item.

      Notebook containing financial and labor reports, community development plans, financial and labor predictions, priorities activity, summaries, three-month reviews, and six-month reviews.

    • Box-folder 31:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      1 item.

      Notebook with the papers, meeting notes, and five-year projections as a part of the 1984 Economic Plan.

    • Box-folder 32:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      1 item.

      Notebook labeled, "1984 Planwriting ".

    • Box-folder 32:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1984
      1 item.

      Notebook with money and labor reports.

    • Box-folder 32:3
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      Notebook for the Income Council.

    • Box-folder 32:4
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      Notebook with the papers and meeting notes for the 1985 Economic Plan.

    • Box-folder 32:5
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      First of three notebooks with the budget priorities for various councils.

    • Box-folder 32:6
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      Second of three notebooks with the budget priorities for various councils.

    • Box-folder 32:7
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      Third of three notebooks with the budget priorities for various councils.

    • Box-folder 33:1
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      Notebook with the three-month review for 1985.

    • Box-folder 33:2
      Planning Council. Economic Planning, 1985
      1 item.

      Notebook related for the midyear trade-off game.

    • Box-folder 33:3
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Labor Credits, 1967-1988
      57 items.

      Notes, instructions, and policies on personal service credits, or PSCs.

    • Box-folder 33:4
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Labor Directory, 1985-1989
      8 items.

      List of workers in various councils.

    • Box-folder 33:5
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Labor Exchange, 1976-1988; n.d.
      22 items.

      Trips to other communities such as Geseundheit, Mettanokit, Dandelion, Springtree, and East Wind; information about the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

    • Box-folder 33:6
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Hiring, 1987
      2 items.

      Opinion and idea papers and notes on outside hired labor.

    • Box-folder 33:7
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Hole Policy, 1981-1989
      12 items.

      Proposals, policies, and notes on labor hole, which concerns meeting labor requirements; planners' meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 33:8
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Job Opportunities, 1973-1987
      5 items.

      Data and letters about job opportunities.

    • Box-folder 33:9
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. K-Shift, 1986-1989
      4 items.

      Labor policies and proposals.

    • Box-folder 33:10
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Meeting Notes, 1976-1987
      35 items.

      Proposed federation policy on labor exchanges; letters from the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

    • Box-folder 33:11
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Opinion Papers, 1975-1988
      19 items.

      Opinion and idea papers about labor.

    • Box-folder 34:1
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Policy, 1990 June
      1 item.

      Twin Oaks labor system principles, policies, and instructions.

    • Box-folder 34:2
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Quotas, 1975; 1982-1983; 1987-1989
      19 items.
    • Box-folder 34:3
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Sabbatical, 1982; 1984-1989; n.d.
      23 items.

      Meeting notes on labor sabbatical; surveys; leave of absence option; member opinion, idea paper, and request for various types of leave of absence; discussion notes. OS Leave of absence options included.

    • Box-folder 34:4
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Labor sheets, 1983; 1985-1986
      3 items.

      Charts and labor data.

    • Box-folder 34:5
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Skills Inventory, [1984; n.d.]
      2 items.

      Inventories for various aspects of Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 34:6
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Summary and Comparison, 1973-1976
      12 items.

      Data and charts with labor statistics. OS Graphs of the data.

    • Box-folder 34:7
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Surplus, 1988 January-February
      6 items.
    • Box-folder 34:8
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Surveys, 1984
      35 items.

      Survey; results.

    • Box-folder 34:9
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Surveys, 1974; n.d.
      93 of items.
    • Box-folder 34:10
      Planning Council. Labor Planning. Vacation Balance Statistics, 1983-1988
      12 items.
    • Box-folder 34:11
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Acquisitions of land, 1968-1975
      27 items.
    • Box-folder 34:12
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Forms for space use, n.d.
      2 items.

      Master copy.

    • Box-folder 34:13
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Functional Relationships for use of space, 1975; 1985; n.d.
      22 items.

      Charts; instruction; surveys/notes.

    • Box-folder 34:14
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1974-1976
      7 items.

      Juniper Adult/Child Residence; heating comparisons between wood and electric.

    • Box-folder 34:15
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1977
      12 items.

      Statement of opposition to construction of 640-industrial steel building; meeting notes about 640 building, industry, urban density, and zoning for agriculture, recreation, industry etc.; Merion, Tupelo site, and building plans.

    • Box-folder 35:1
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Planning Unit Development and Zoning, 1978-1979; 1982-1984
      14 items.

      Twin Oaks Community Planning Unit Development Master Plan Proposal to include Twin Oaks in the Louisa County master plan; correspondence from Louis Massaro about the Twin Oaks planning process report and his visit; report on Yossi Amir's visit and a summary of ideas about a comprehensive planning project.

    • Box-folder 35:2
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Proposals, 1978
      39 items.

      Proposal for Merion cabin to be used as hammock office; maps of Twin Oaks lay-out; notes on proposal to Louisa County to assist with zoning in Louisa; questionnaire of interests and skills in construction; opinion and idea paper on the Tupelo work space.

    • Box-folder 35:3
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Merion, 1977-1988
      18 items.

      Report on the financial aspects of selling Merion; news about the sale of Merion and subsequent foreclosure; Hammock Committee proposal to use Merion for hammock office. OS Notes on Merion included.

    • Box-folder 35:4
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1977-1979
      14 items.

      Meeting notes about canoes, a varnished shed and greenhouse. OS Meeting notes included.

    • Box-folder 35:5
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Applications for changes in land/space use, 1979-1989
      85 items.
    • Box-folder 35:6
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Architectural drawings. Residences, 1979-1980
      1 item.

      Architectural drawings of Ta Chai, Morningstar, Harmony, Oneida, Tupelo, Degania, Llano.

    • Box-folder 35:7
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1980
      19 items.

      Meeting notes about many issues including child cabin use; child education and Grande Shuffle; Kitchen Dining Complex, Tupelo work space and Merion cabins; Compost; music practice room; calf yard; woodshop. OS meeting notes included.

    • Box-folder 35:8
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Meeting Notes, 1981; n.d.
      18 items.

      Meeting notes about many issues including building plans; food storage; Grand Shuffle; Merion cabin; music room; members taking off time; Ridge Road Right of Way; New Farm Road; children's play area; community space; sewer line; varnish shed; future industrial plan; library needs; space for indexing; Oakynwymyn space proposal; job order form for land surveyor; James H. Bell, Jr.; opinion and idea paper on rezoning areas inside Twin Oaks called "Rezone in the ozone;" varnish facility vote.

    • Box-folder 35:9
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1982-1983
      11 items.

      Meeting notes on Ridge Road, space for indexing, solar kilns and grain bins; recommendation on cow loafing shed; CLW shelter, construction of cow loafing shed, building site study priority; two spiral notebooks of meeting notes (includes two notebooks)

    • Box-folder 35:10
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Kitchen Dining Complex, 1983-1984
      25 items.

      Opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 36:1
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Kitchen Dining Complex, 1983
      25 items.

      Opinion and idea papers about moving Llano road; meeting notes on land use and space use policy, move Fairs Trailer, placement of phone lines, moving the burn pile and bike shed, and recommendation for the doghouse; notebook of meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 36:2
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Kitchen Dining Complex, 1983-1985
      23 items.

      Opinion and idea papers about moving Llano road; meeting notes on land use and space use policy, move Fairs Trailer, placement of phone lines, moving the burn pile and bike shed, and recommendation for the doghouse; notebook of meeting notes. OS Area map.

    • Box-folder 36:3
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1984
      9 items.

      Meeting notes and opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 36:4
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1985
      6 items.

      Meeting notes. Meeting notes approving proposal for patio type deck and storage of chimney brushes in the Bozo Shed; PUD questionnaire; Manager proposal; opinion and idea paper on how land planning functions.

    • Box-folder 36:5
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Courtyard Shuffle, 1984-1986
      10 items.

      Opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 36:6
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Courtyard Shuffle. Meeting notes, 1985-1986
      24 items.
    • Box-folder 36:7
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1986
      17 items.

      Meeting notes and opinion and idea papers; committees will be appointed for the dairy barn site, Courtyard Shuffle, compost location, recreational playfields, relocate video; moving mailboxes to Zhankoye; opinion and idea papers on space use issues, future residences, layout of the buildings and other space and land use ideas, storage solutions, site of the pig pen, piano for Zhankoye basement, beer making and other activities in Zhankoye; planners recommendations.

    • Box-folder 36:8
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Llano Remodel, 1986
      20 items.

      Meeting notes and opinion and idea papers on Llano remodeling; meeting notes on design team and office plans; correspondence about planning process.

    • Box-folder 36:9
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Oneida Bath, 1985-1986
      4 items.

      Budget; plans; survey results; priority request.

    • Box-folder 36:10
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Playfield, 1986
      3 items.

      Meeting notes on basketball court and soccer field; proposals.

    • Box-folder 36:11
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Pool or Pond, 1986-1989
      18 items.
    • Box-folder 36:12
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Pool or Pond, 1990-1991
      16 items.
    • Box-folder 37:1
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Visitor Center, 1985- 1986
      14 items.

      Progress papers on the visitor center; meeting notes; Visitor Cottage Weekly Review.

    • Box-folder 37:2
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1987; 1989
      25 items.

      Meeting notes and opinion and idea papers; list of general recommendations for storage, and smokers space; meeting notes on storage space and usage for the former Dairy Barn, Zhankoye Playground Siting; 'Old' Dairy Barn Survey for possible uses; remodel outline for new products office; possible uses for the former Chimney Shop; planners recommendations for the former Chimney Shop; storage shed proposal; request to move playing records; request for more space for the Child-Adult residence; land planning policy and manager proposal; building project surveys; request for a new software office; new painting for tool wagon and chair trailer. OS Member comments/opinions.

    • Box-folder 37:3
      Planning Council. Land Planning. What to Build Next, 1987
      18 items.

      Opinion and idea papers on the process of planning a residence, Nashoba; meeting notes from the Planner's Forum on a new residence.

    • Box-folder 37:4
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1988
      4 items.

      Opinion and idea papers about removal of old green house and freezer shed, remodeling of the hammocks shop, making a hammock garden; meeting notes on the rope machine area upgrade.

    • Box-folder 37:5
      Planning Council. Land Planning, 1989
      6 items.

      Opinion and idea paper about long term building planning; opinion and idea paper requesting space for nudity behind Llano; opinion and idea paper about the space at Tupelo; opinion and idea paper in favor of a smaller residence building; opinion and idea paper supporting a lounge in Zhankoye; request to remove license plates from the Fairs Shed.

    • Box-folder 37:6
      Planning Council. Land Planning. Room Crunch Member Surveys, 1991
      64 items.

      Room Crunch Member Surveys; request for a tree house.

    • Box-folder 37:7
      Planning Council. Legal, 1978-1986
      21 items.

      Product Liability Insurance for hammocks; bylaws and Articles of Incorporation; proposal to change by-laws to allow longer terms for planners; separation agreement for a husband and wife who are members; child membership proposal as a means to reduce taxes; annual corporate registration with the State Corporation Commission.

    • Box-folder 37:8
      Planning Council. Legal, 1987-1989
      8 items.

      Revision of by-laws; meeting notes.

    • Box-folder 37:9
      Planning Council. Legal issues of members, 1980; 1986
      14 items.

      A member of Twin Oaks is accused of stealing jewelry from a Charlottesville Jeweler, George Moody; a member has stolen money from Twin Oaks and there is discussion about how to obtain repayment from the member and whether or not to press charges; a legal contract for a member of Twin Oaks who owes Twin Oaks for medical school loans.

    • Box-folder 37:10
      Planning Council. Legal. Tax bill, 1981-1987
      10 items.

      Twin Oaks tax policies.

    • Box-folder 37:11
      Planning Council. Membership. Acceptance process, 1981-1992
      26 items.

      Discussion and feedback regarding new or returning membership applicants.

    • Box-folder 37:12
      Planning Council. Membership. Gender Balance, 1979
      1 item.

      Meeting to consider ways of recruiting more women.

    • Box-folder 37:13
      Planning Council. Membership. Guests, 1975-1987; n.d.
      15 items.

      Opinion and idea papers informing other members about specific guests; letters from guests requesting to stay longer; reminders of policies for having guests.

    • Box-folder 38:1
      Planning Council. Membership. Member issues, 1987-1989
      10 items.
    • Box-folder 38:2
      Planning Council. Membership. New Members information, 1983-1985
      7 items.

      Behavioral guidelines; information on holidays; copy of membership agreement; map of Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 38:3
      Planning Council. Membership. Policies, 1981-1987
      16 items.

      Membership and guest policies; opinion and idea paper on waiting period for new members; membership application; legal appeal system after rejection; policy for re-accepting ex-members.

    • Box-folder 38:4
      Planning Council. Membership. Poll for Ideas, 1976-1984
      4 items.

      Membership survey; opinion and idea papers; notes about feedback from children on new members.

    • Box-folder 38:5
      Planning Council. Membership. Status. Associate, 1984-1986
      8 items.

      Opinion and idea paper on associate status; paper from a member requesting associate status; discussion of policies on associate status.

    • Box-folder 38:6
      Planning Council. Membership. Status. Dual Membership, 1976-1981
      4 items.

      Policies; dual membership agreement form; papers on dual membership.

    • Box-folder 38:7
      Planning Council. Membership. Status. Residency, 1978-1985
      8 items.

      Opinion and idea papers about members on residency status; policies on residency status.

    • Box-folder 38:8
      Planning Council. Membership. Transition, 1972-1987
      15 items.

      Opinion and idea papers about members leaving; proposals for facilitating the leaving process; information about loans for leaving; opinion and idea papers about car privileges and ownership.

    • Box-folder 38:9
      Planning Council. Membership. Turnover & Retention, 1975-1985
      6 items.

      Opinion and idea papers and proposals on turn over and rewarding long term members. OS Bulletin about Exodus, a meeting wherein members discuss the departure of many prominent Twin Oaks members.

    • Box-folder 38:10
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Analysis, 1979-1980; n.d.
      21 items.

      Proposal analysis; surveys forms used in the planning process.

    • Box-folder 38:11
      Planning Council. Social Planning: Appendix B, n.d.
      9 items.

      Goals and value evaluation sheets.

    • Box-folder 38:12
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Community Planners, 1981
      6 items.

      Resource guide to help members live by the goals that were articulated in the planning process.

    • Box-folder 39:1
      Planning Council. Social Planning. East Wind, 1979
      17 items.

      Three year plans for social interaction, new member orientation and integration, equality of the genders, sex ratio, cleanliness and house, skills, domestic agriculture, regionalism objectives and goals; Evaluation phase; Newsletter on Communication from the Federation of Egalitarian Communities; Comprehensive Planning Project; objectives survey; Values survey.

    • Box-folder 39:2
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Excerpts for Evaluation, 1979; n.d.
      29 items.
    • Box-folder 39:3
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Fantasy Day, 1979
      91 items.

      Members describe ways in which they would like to see Twin Oaks reflect their goals and values; notes on fantasies about dining, health and safety, population, housing and many aspects of their living at Twin Oaks; list of goals and values and negative relationships; ideas about the labor credit system; guidelines for accepting children.

    • Box-folder 39:4
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Goals and Values, 1971; 1975-1977; n.d.
      55 items.

      Minutes of the DAS group; information about a workshop; meetings about low morale; copy of a membership agreement; opinion and idea paper about the Tupelo living situation; meeting notes about concerns relating to personal spending, social behaviors that create anger, the hammock shop budget, and reevaluating Juniper's branch government; linkage groups. OS List of goals.

    • Box-folder 39:5
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Goals and Values, 1978-1979
      50 items.

      Proposal by a study committee for small groups living together; meeting notes from five individuals who develop a social planning proposal for small group living using a matrix system or survey from members about their goals and values; notes on goal grouping (oversize).

    • Box-folder 39:6
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Goals and Values, 1980-1981
      37 items.

      Social planning materials packet; opinion and idea papers about small group living; proposals for small living space; interviews on space use at New Tupelo. OS Matrices.

    • Box-folder 39:7
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Goals and Values. Activities, 1979
      64 items.

      List of general activities; proposals for small group spaces; priorities shopping list; notes on values list; interview on space use at new tupelo; small group surveys; opinion and idea papers on values; information on linkage groupings; diagrams; meeting minutes; goals; non-credit activities; goal groupings.

    • Box-folder 39:8
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Goal and Values survey proposals, 1979; 1982
      34 items.
    • Box-folder 40:1
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Goals and Values survey proposals, 1982; n.d.
      24 items.

      Notes on options that the planners didn't choose; notes on food and dining; notes on minority living space proposals; sample questionnaire to find out what members want in their residence; notes about the privileges for visitors; notes for survey questions; Report on Yossi Amir's Visit and a Summary of Ideas about a Comprehensive Planning Project.

    • Box-folder 40:2
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Planners notes, 1979-1980; n.d.
      64 items.

      Taylor's notes for decisions made on social planning.

    • Box-folder 40:3
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Process Beginning, 1979
      9 items.

      Summary of getting started; Publication "Social Planning, A Small Group Problem; " opinion and idea paper on the subject of design preference values survey; opinion and idea paper on small groups; book report on "The Oregon Experiment; " information on a comprehensive planning project.

    • Box-folder 40:4
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Process Creation, 1979
      50 items.

      Social planning proposal; social planning meeting notes; notes and designs from the small group study committee; summary of public process section; notes on definition process; history of the process. OS Step-by-step plans and notes.

    • Box-folder 40:5
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Process Evaluation, 1979
      3 items.

      List of tools and surveys used in the planning process.

    • Box-folder 40:6
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Process. Matrices, n.d.
      70 items.

      Reference sheet for methods; values and goal matrices. OS Matrices.

    • Box-folder 40:7
      Planning Council. Social Planning Process. Methods, n.d.
      16 items.

      Methods summary; miscellaneous method analyses; method analysis of child care; method analysis for decision making and labor; method analysis for membership and visitors; reference sheets for methods; methods for activities exercise. OS Papers on social methods.

    • Box-folder 40:8
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Residence, 1979
      14 items.

      Social Planning proposal; notes for survey questions.

    • Box-folder 40:9
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Small living groups meetings, 1980
      14 items.
    • Box-folder 40:10
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Small living groups surveys, 1979-1980; n.d.
      32 items.

      Surveys on small living group rights and responsibilities; living space questions; new tupelo questionnaire; Small group and child directions survey.

    • Box-folder 41:1
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Small living groups surveys, n.d.
      19 items.

      Small group and child directions survey.

    • Box-folder 41:2
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Small living groups surveys, n.d.
      15 items.

      Small group and child directions survey.

    • Box-folder 41:3
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Space and functional Relationships, n.d.
      47 items.
    • Box-folder 41:4
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Surveys. Growth Re-visioning, 1981
      16 items.

      Growth re-visioning surveys completed by members.

    • Box-folder 42:1
      Planning Council. Social Planning. Surveys. Growth Re-visioning, 1981
      17 items.

      Growth re-visioning surveys completed by members.

  • L. Support Council
    • Box-folder 42:2
      Support Council. Archives. Communication, 1982-1989
      16 items.

      Request to move communications center; request for more considerate responses on the opinion and idea space and 3 x 5 boards; discussion of norms for using the opinion and idea space; opinion and idea papers about norms and the bluster board.

    • Box-folder 42:3
      Support Council. Archives. Oaken Flooglehorn , 1988-1990
      25 items.

      Flooglehorn , the community newsletter which gives updates and schedules of events.

    • Box-folder 42:4
      Support Council. Archives. Office, 1975-1989
      20 items.

      List of councils; planner notes; priority request for an archivist position and office space; archives budget worksheet; plan-writing worksheet; list of planner decisions; proposal to eliminate the Support Council due to the lack of common interests between councils; laminated miscellaneous signs [for notebooks].

    • Box-folder 42:5
      Support Council. Archives. Opinion and idea paper Indexes, 1982-1993
      29 items.

      List of opinion and idea papers organized by year; report showing the number of opinion and idea papers written by members; summary of outstanding opinion and idea papers; idea of a ghost writer for members who don't like to write opinion and idea papers.

    • Box-folder 42:6
      Support Council. Archives. Process Team, 1986-1989
      19 items.

      A history of the 'process' of communicating and implementing policy; Opinion and idea papers on 'process' and the Process Team; guidelines for membership feedback; sign up sheet for facilitation training; dialog meeting notes; Planner's meeting notes; Conflicts with the Visitor Managers, members, and the Process Team; letters to the process team; Process Team reports and job descriptions.

    • Box-folder 42:7
      Support Council. Holidays, 1981-1989
      56 items.

      Holiday menus, invitations; schedule, notes, reunion weekend brochure; anniversaries; discussion about celebrating Thanksgiving; Summer, Fall and Winter Solstices; Budget Planwriting worksheet.

    • Box-folder 42:8
      Support Council. Library, 1987-1989
      5 items.

      Fine policy, budget worksheet; design for a newspaper magazine rack; survey; information about newspaper subscriptions.

    • Box-folder 42:9
      Support Council. Movement Support. Anti-War, 1985; 1989
      3 items.

      Membership proposal for escrow account; member letter on war registers league; flyer for meeting.

    • Box-folder 42:10
      Support Council. Movement Support. Freedom House, 1988-1989
      8 items.

      Information on members volunteering at the Freedom House, a homeless shelter in Richmond; list of volunteers; thank you notes from Freedom House.

    • Box-folder 42:11
      Support Council. Movement Support. Politics, 1981-1987
      37 items.

      "Prayers of the Fascists " by Roque Dalton Garcia; request for labor credits for activism; proposal for bumper stickers; information about Peace Walk, World Peace March, and Solidarity Rally; information about hurricane aid; letters to the editor; thank you letters; discussion about individual vs. community support for politics; periodical subscriptions; endorsement of political candidates; conference on feminism; opinion and idea papers and meeting notes on Uranium mining.

    • Box-folder 42:12
      Support Council. Movement Support. Politics, 1983-1985; 1987-1989
      36 items.

      Budget plan-writing worksheet; Opinion and idea papers on movement support and politics; Louisa County Senior Center; Habitat for Humanity Walk; news clipping about the Charlottesville Peace Center; news clipping about the Adopt a Highway program; an article titled, "Peace and the World Economy " by [Rosurthian;] list of donations to organizations and various causes.

    • Box-folder 43:1
      Support Council. Movement Support. Politics. Nuclear power and waste, 1978-1988
      26 items.

      History of nuclear wastes at North Anna; letters by members; letter from the NZ government about their anti-nuclear policies; clippings on North Anna; member proposal for a nuclear free zone; meeting notes of planner's forum; planner notes/discussion notes on proposal; printed letter from President Ronald Reagan to Twin Oaks.

    • Box-folder 43:2
      Support Council. Movement Support. Refugees, 1986-1987
      20 items.

      Refugee report; newsletters from Central American Refugee Center; correspondence with Overground Railroad, Reba Place Church, First Unitarian Church of Richmond, Charlottesville Refugee Assistance Friends Meeting House, and Proyecto Libertad about refugees; proposals to host legal refugees; meeting notes; information about loans from the Unitarian Universalist fellowship.

    • Box-folder 43:3
      Support Council. Movement Support. Refugee family, 1987-1989
      63 items.

      Information on provisional legal refugees (PLR); request forms for asylum in the US; Information on Jesus and Adela, refugees they hosted in the community temporarily; copy of immigration bond records; invoice for hospital check up; floppy disk.

    • Box-folder 43:4
      Support Council. Recreation, 1977-1987
      34 items.

      Identification of specific recreational uses of land; discussion about noise in the courtyard; proposal for Mardi Gras; invitations to dances, parties; dance policies; proposal for events; talent show program, spring play programs; communal use of raft; volleyball; basketball; hiking, camping, canoeing; choral group; drama circle; spiritual places; information on a tape recorder; film projector; information on computer sharing, and dark room for photography; Four point game; trips. OS Flyers for events.

    • Box-folder 43:5
      Support Council. Recreation. Music, 1985-1989
      8 items.

      List of recordings; information about a CD player in the Hammock shop; opinion and idea paper on donating records in Llano to the Goodwill; songs, concert announcements; information about music collections; programs, reviews on music performances; opinion and idea paper about theater; play programs; letter and notes on plays and performances.

    • Box-folder 43:6
      Support Council. Recreation. Parties, 1981-1991
      26 items.

      Flyers for birthday and special occasion parties.

    • Box-folder 43:7
      Support Council. Recreation. Video, 1982-1991
      41 items.

      Video reviews; request for videos; notes about movie discussion; Opinion and idea paper; meeting agenda on video violence; record of videos shown; video budget worksheet; notes on video games.

    • Box-folder 43:8
      Support Council. Recycling, 1987-1989
      4 items.

      Proposal, discussion notes on dumpsters and dump runners; opinion and idea papers on metal resources.

    • Box-folder 43:9
      Support Council. Social Groupings, 1988
      6 items.

      Opinion and idea paper about groups of five; guidelines and notes about selection of groupings; list of groups.

    • Box-folder 43:10
      Support Council. Weeds & Knots, 1987
      16 items.

      Notes and opinion and idea paper on Twin Oak newsletter, Weeds & Knots ; meeting notes; records.

  • M. Transportation and Maintenance Council
    • Box-folder 44:1
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Auto Maintenance, 1982-1989
      20 items.

      Policy for borrowing tools; report to the Planners about a conflict between members of the auto team; The AutoMaint Inquirer; The Autohead Enquirer; Vehicle Maintenance Report; proposal for upgrade and repairs on vehicles; Planwriting worksheet; opinion and idea papers about hurtful comments, a new member, new van, investment of body work, new Toyota, and job openings; opinion and idea paper on manual or auto transmission; Planwriting worksheet; guidelines on vehicle use.

    • Box-folder 44:2
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Bicycles, 1981-1989
      5 items.

      Community bike policy and availability of bikes; planwriting worksheet; request for cart.

    • Box-folder 44:3
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Roads, 1984-1989
      4 items.

      Opinion and idea paper on moving Llano road, speed bumps and snow removal.

    • Box-folder 44:4
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Travel, 1980-1984
      7 items.

      Opinion and idea papers proposing reimbursement for mileage, hiring a ride service, and buying a small car; recommendations for long trips.

    • Box-folder 44:5
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Vehicle issues, 1985-1989
      8 items.

      Use of personal cars and community regulations; vehicle ownership meeting; opinion and idea papers on vehicle ownership.

    • Box-folder 44:6
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Vehicle Use, 1989-1995
      29 items.

      Mileage and cost charge and other vehicle usage policies; proposal to eliminate chargebacks; proposal to revise vehicle use rates; opinion and idea papers about increasing the number of vehicles; request to keep trailer at Modern Times temporarily; opinion and idea paper about car accidents and safety; discussion notes on changing the by-laws to include personal cars for members.

    • Box-folder 45:1
      Transportation and Maintenance Council. Vehicle Use, 1983-1988
      29 items.
Series II. Controversial Issues
  • Box-folder 45:2
    Controversial Issues. Air Conditioning, 1987-1989
    21 items.

    Opinion and idea papers, priority request; proposals to implement AC in the community; meeting notes.

  • Box-folder 45:3
    Controversial Issues. New Dairy Barn, 1983-1989 August
    26 items.

    Letters and papers involving a conflict between members concerning continued use of the current Dairy Barn or building a new barn; description of a new dairy barn; Dairy Plan Committee notes to the Planners; New Dairy Facilities Proposal; overview of the Dairy Barn decision process.

  • Box-folder 45:4
    Controversial Issues. New Dairy Barn, 1989 September-November
    16 items.

    Planner Forum meeting notes; analysis of the Dairy Barn decision process and an opinion and idea paper on an appeal process.

  • Box-folder 45:5
    Controversial Issues. Farm, 1979-1980
    10 items.

    Decision is made by Planners to discontinue farming due to high turnover in membership at Twin Oaks and difficult conditions for farming to be profitable; opinion and idea papers about the decision. OS Notes on controversial farming.

  • Box-folder 45:6
    Controversial Issues. Gender, 1979-1987
    12 items.

    Invitation for men's nurturance night; letter to planners requesting that they consider more women for managerial roles; debates about excluding men from a showing of a Lesbian erotica film, censorship of songs with offensive lyrics to women, gender only parties; Opinion and idea papers on gender and work assignments, on egalitarian consciousness and work; an article titled "Girl Talk, " by John Pfeiffer. OS Paper on male visitors.

  • Box-folder 45:7
    Controversial Issues. Gender, 1988
    10 items.

    Opinion and idea papers on Female Culture Dominance at Twin Oaks Community by Zena Goldenberg, Revolution, How Do Men Fit into Feminist Culture, and a paper on Values and Choices by the process team.

  • Box-folder 45:8
    Controversial Issues. Interpersonal, 1984-1985
    6 items.

    Letters between members who are in conflict with each other, opinion and idea paper that shows concern that the community is separating.

  • Box-folder 45:9
    Controversial Issues. Morale, 1978-1986
    24 items.

    Opinion and idea papers on many aspects of living at Twin Oaks, quotas for hammock production, values and idealism; responses to other members; notes on members spanking children; pet peeves about language and space issues. OS Paper about norms at Twin Oaks by Novagene.

  • Box-folder 46:1
    Controversial Issues. Morale, 1977-1978; 1987-1989
    13 items.

    Opinion and idea papers on earning quotas in one area while competence for another area is unused, leadership, understanding change in community, and a debate about boycotting business with certain companies for political reasons; Report of a meeting about members violating an agreement involving television viewing.

  • Box-folder 46:2
    Controversial Issues. Noise, 1981-1988
    9 items.

    Opinion and idea papers on noise at late-night parties at the Llano Building, hammock shop, and loud-music.

  • Box-folder 46:3
    Controversial Issues. Nudity and Shirtlessness, 1987-1988 March
    10 items.

    Request by a Twin Oaks teenager to invite a guest to the New Year's Eve party but it is refused due to a consensus of the members desiring to have nudity; opinion and idea papers about the request and the issue of nudity in the community; pledge sheet agreeing to protocol regarding nudity; discussion about the rights of children at Twin Oaks.

  • Box-folder 46:4
    Controversial Issues. Nudity and Shirtlessness, 1988 April-1989
    26 items.

    Discussion about sending children to public schools where they will be influenced by mainstream values or educating them in the community where conflicts about nudity will be less likely to occur; opinion and idea papers about nudity policy, and appeals to change the policy.

  • Box-folder 46:5
    Controversial Issues. Smoking, 1978-1979
    4 items.

    Meeting notes, procedures and opinion and idea papers on smoking in the community.

  • Box-folder 46:6
    Controversial Issues. Thefts & Vandalism, 1978-1987
    8 items.

    Vandalism on property at Twin Oaks; news clipping about a robbery by a Twin Oaks member; opinion and idea papers on building construction, and about a lost wallet; apology letter from a former member with a habit of stealing; vandalism of fuel system, and other acts of vandalism; letter by a member about pursuing life as an activist outside of Twin Oaks.

Series III: Correspondence
  • Box-folder 46:7
    Correspondence. Community, 1975-1976; n.d.
    23 items.

    Correspondence between members.

  • Box-folder 46:8
    Correspondence. Community, 1978-1989
    30 items.

    Opinion and idea papers; correspondence between members.

  • Box-folder 46:9
    Correspondence. Contacts with Academic Institutions, 1986-1989
    35 items.

    Academians request literature and visits to Twin Oaks; letter of request for information about Twin Oaks; academic contacts questionnaire; invoices; directory of Utopian scholars.

  • Box-folder 46:10
    Correspondence. Ingrid Komar about "Living the Dream, "1979-1987
    38 items.

    Ingrid (Ma-Bear) proposes writing a book about Twin Oaks; tentative outline, book agreement; correspondence of Twin Oaks concerning the content/progress of the book; correspondence of Twin Oaks over a dispute of the preface written for the paperback; information about Ingrid's son. OS Correspondence regarding "Living the Dream. "

  • Box-folder 46:11
    Correspondence. Members and former members, 1977-1984
    77 items.
  • Box-folder 47:1
    Correspondence. Members and former members, 1985-1987
    60 items.
  • Box-folder 47:2
    Correspondence. Members and former members, 1988-1991
    51 items.
  • Box-folder 47:3
    Correspondence. Members and former members, n.d.
    35 items.
  • Box-folder 47:4
    Correspondence. Other, n.d.
    27 items.
  • Box-folder 47:5
    Correspondence. Travel, 1981-1989
    19 items.
  • Box-folder 47:6
    Correspondence. Visitor, 1970-1987; n.d.
    56 items.
  • Box-folder 47:7
    Correspondence. Visitor, 1977-1989
    26 items.
  • Box-folder 47:8
    Correspondence. Visitor, 1976; 1978
    7 items.
  • Box-folder 47:9
    Correspondence. Writers request information about Twin Oaks, n.d.
    6 items.

    Correspondence of media/publisher concerning using Twin Oaks in books/articles; letter from Chuck Farrier thanking Twin Oaks for allowing him to write a book.

Series IV: Culture
  • Box-folder 47:10
    Culture. Achievements, 1975-1988
    11 items.
  • Box-folder 47:11
    Culture. Artwork, n.d.
    6 items.

    Pencil sketch; drawings.

  • Box-folder 47:11
    Culture. Books and resources, 1972; n.d.
    2 items.

    Bibliography for many subjects such as sociology, education, history, feminism, economics, children and management; suggestions for readings in leadership, power and equality.

  • Box-folder 47:12
    Culture. Children, 1982-1985; n.d.
    5 items.

    Dance sign up sheet; short stories and poems by children.

  • Box-folder 47:13
    Culture. Groups & Classes, 1981; 1985-1989
    16 items.

    Men's group meeting information; sign language classes; counseling classes.

  • Box-folder 47:14
    Culture. Humor, 1983-1987
    20 items.

    Invitations; agenda for international convention of knee injury survivors; request for hammock prices; opinion & idea paper on wanting to live at Twin Oaks; information about life outside the community.

  • Box-folder 47:15
    Culture. Marriages, 1983-1984
    4 items.

    Invitations and thank you notes for weddings.

  • Box-folder 48:1
    Culture. Menus, n.d.
    78 items.

    Menus for meals on special occasions. OS Menus.

  • Box-folder 48:2
    Culture. Names, 1983-1987; n.d.
    10 items.

    Ideas for names of buildings and cars.

  • Box-folder 48:3
    Culture. Nature, 1982-1988
    9 items.

    Listing of birds and wildlife seen at Twin Oaks; information on a total eclipse; hiking trip; flower viewing.

  • Box-folder 48:4
    Culture. Newsletter titled Acorn , 1987-1989
    12 items.

    Spring 87 issue of Acorn (a newsletter about arts at Twin Oaks) and notes.

  • Box-folder 48:5
    Culture. Papers appreciating Twin Oaks, 1978-1989
    93 items.

    Opinion and idea (I like it) papers where members make notes about their favorite things at Twin Oaks. OS Magazine articles including Town & Country .

  • Box-folder 48:6
    Culture. [Publications] Articles about Twin Oaks, 1967-2003
    31 items.

    OS News clippings.

  • Box-folder 48:7
    Culture. [Publications] Discussion about purchase of Kat Kinkade's "A Walden Two Experiment, "1983
    1 item.
  • Box-folder 48:8
    Culture. [Publications], n.d.
    12 items.
  • Box-folder 48:9
    Culture. Spirituality, 1976; 1987
    3 items.

    Proposal to purchase spiritual books and materials; information on new metaphysical books; information on meditation.

  • Box-folder 48:10
    Culture. Surveys, 1984; 1988; n.d.
    8 items.

    Surveys on bathroom; survey on 1 day plague; survey on how many members are left-handed; survey on how members like their eggs.

  • Box-folder 48:11
    Culture. Women, Feminism and Lesbianism, 1979-1988
    17 items.

    Correspondence from editors of women's newsletters; Twin Oaks correspondents requesting advertising for women interested in alternative lifestyles; application for change in space use for Oneida to become a women's space; notes from a meeting about sexism; updated memo about small living groups; opinion and idea papers on Wimmin Power, From the Womyn's Group to You, Men's space, 'Wolfing,' 'Word Awareness,' Egalitarian Consciousness and Work.

  • Box-folder 48:12
    Culture. Women, Feminism, and Lesbianism, n.d.
    11 items.

    Opinion and idea papers on Values and Choices; request for Oneida to become a women's space; a paper about "Living In Community; " women's meeting notes; news clipping; advertisement for Oakyn-wymny; planning on a community center relocation; articles about being Lesbian.

  • Box-folder 48:13
    Culture. Work and Rest, 1974; 1987-1990; n.d.
    10 items.

    Essay about thinking of work in terms of creativity; flyer requesting help for 70 hour work weeks; proposal for a day-off; request support for a member who struggles with reaching enough hours to meet quota; once a week event with various special events notes, menu, discussion notes on Community Day.

  • Box-folder 48:14
    Culture. Writings, 1980-1985; n.d.
    14 items.

    Poems and songs written by members; Political Science paper by A. Allen Butcher, titled "Democracy and Capitalism; " 'group story' where each reader adds more narrative to the story. OS Writing titled, "A story for the completing. "

  • Box 49-50
    Duplicates,