harelb@cabot.dartmouth.edu (Harel Barzilai) (06/17/91)
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T h e D o n n e l l y / C o l t C a t a l o u e
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PROGRESSIVE RESOURCES FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND FUNDRAISING
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Includes 100's of:
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T-Shirts;
Buttons;
Bumperstickers;
Calendars;
Posters;
Post Cards;
some books, etc.
...including Custom Printing service.
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T h e i r a d d r e s s :
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Donnelly/Colt
Box 188, Hampton,
CT 06247
Tel (203)455-9621
(for COD orders, or for free catalog)
Fax number is (203)455-9597 for C.O.D. orders.
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Brief excerpts from "Who We Are", p. 17 in the 1991 catalog:
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"This is a strange business we have, guided in many ways by the
headlines of the day. For the past 16 years we've been producing
progressive fundraising items sold mostly to grassroots groups and
individuals. We carry products espousing a large assortment of
progressive issues, believing that they are all connected. [...]
"We are often asked, "What exactly is Donnelly/Colt?" Sounding too
much like a corporate entity, let us put the record straight. We began
16 years ago, two people making a living from waitressing and cleaning
films, who wanted to incorporate our progressive politics with our
love of graphics. We started small and have grown slowly to printing
65,000 of these catalogs this year. We still work out of our basement,
but hopefully by next year we will build a new building in the
beautiful but economically depressed countryside of northeastern
Connecticut.
"[...] People often tell us we should computerize and grow. But, we're
basically a couple of Luddites (with a Fax machine) who missed the
computer age and still believe small is beautiful. We're trying to
ease ourselves into computers, but there always seems something more
pressing to do.
"We do not take credit cards. We know this is hard for some of our
customers to understand. But, in order to take them we would have to
raise our prices to cover the money taken by the bank, as well as the
extra accounting time we'd need to deal with them. And, frankly, we
haven't had that much luck finding banks who really want our account,
neither have a lot of our customers who want to get credit cards.
Sorry for the inconvenience; it just doesn't seem to anyone's
advantage to make the banks richer. We can send your order C.O.D. if
you need to phone or fax it in to us.
"[...] Last year was the first catalogue printed on recycled paper.
[..] each ton of recycled paper prevents the creation of 60 pounds of
air pollutants and saves 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water and enough
energy to power the average home for six months. This catalogue used 5
tons of recycled paper.[..] Most of our products are union-made. We
feel it is extremely important [...]
Finally, we'd like to share with you the privileged position we feel
we're in. The progressive movement changes from year to year. We go
through periods of great public protest, followed by times of seeming
inactivity. We hear from many people a feeling of distress as to the
lack of action. But from where we are, things seem very different. We
receive hundreds of orders weekly from peace and social justice groups
around the country and the world who are organizing in their own
communities. [...]
-- Kate Donnelly, Autumn 1990
[Picture at bottom: Two cute boys holding a baby as they sit on the
couch: "Another generation of activists: Cal, Zoe and Andrew
Donnellycolt, a few days after Zoe's birth at home"]
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Ads from The Nation, etc
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O R G A N I Z I N G R E S O U R C E S
BUTTONS & BUMPER STICKERS: "Iraq Out of Kuwait, U.S. Out of the Middle
East"; "Are You Willing to Die for Exxon?"; "U.S. Troops Out of the
Middle East"; "Talks Not Troops"; $1.00 each; $18/fifty (35 cents
each); We also custom-print. Prepaid or C.O.D. only. Donnelly/Colt,
Box 188-ITT, Hampton, CT 06247. FAX (203)455-9597. 32pg. catalogue $1.
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T - S H I R T S
FREE BUTTON with FREE PROGRESSIVE T-SHIRT etc. CATALOG. Send SASE to
Alternative Graphics, P.O. Box 124-C, Buffalo, NY 14212
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See Also _The Guardian_ advertisements for other catalogs and sources.
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