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Moscow Recycling Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG 151

Content Description

The material in this record group includes minutes of meetings of the board of directors, financial reports, newspaper clippings and other publicity material. Financial reports and news paper articles were separated from the minutes and are in their own folders.

Dates

  • Creation: 1972-2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

The Moscow Recycling Center, located at 290 N. Jackson was founded in July 1971, but was not incorporated until October 1973. The original incorporators were Larry Kirkland, Ruth Campbell, John Talbott, Richard Rice, and Shirley Mix. These five plus Jeffrey Williamson and Robert Furgason formed the board of directors; Janet Fiske joined the board as a temporary replacement for Furgason who was apparently on sabbatical. Board members represented the City of Moscow, Latah County, the University of Idaho, and the general public.

The center is a nonprofit corporation which depends on volunteer workers. Its purpose is to promote and establish recycling by educating the public in regard to environmental and energy concerns and to provide the public with the opportunity to dispose of their recyclable material in an environmentally sound way.

In 1979 the Moscow Recycling Center took over the operation of the recycling center in Pullman, Washington. In spite of periodic grants from the county and other monetary assistance, low prices received from buyers of recyclable materials caused financial hardships. In October 1984 MRC leased its property to Latah Sanitation, hoping the rent money received would pay off its accumulated debts. The lease was renewed in 1985.

Extent

4 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Minutes of board meetings, financial reports, newspaper clippings and other publicity items.

Arrangement

All material is in chronological order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This record group was donated to the University of Idaho Library by the longtime secretary of the corporation Janet Fiske on June 15, 1988.

Processing Information

The processing of this collection made possible by Northwest Archivists, Inc. (NWA). Finding Aid prepared by KT Turner, 2023 NWA Archivist-in-Residence.

Title
Guide to Moscow Recycling Center records
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2022; updated by KT Turner in 2023.
Date
1988
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository