- Title:
- Neighborhood union collection
- Date of Original:
- 1903/1936
- Subject:
- African American women social reformers
African American women--Societies and clubs
Women in community organization
Women's rights
Orphanages
African American children
Buildings and grounds - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- archival materials
black-and-white photographs
scrapbooks - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- The records of the Neighborhood Union Collection include correspondence, speeches, financial reports, minutes, committee reports, news clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and additional memorabilia preserving a rich legacy and history of one of the earliest private social welfare organizations founded by African American in Atlanta. The Union received its charter in 1911. The Neighborhood Union's plan of organization was based on a division of neighborhoods into districts with members conducting surveys in their districts and reporting conditions which needed aid and improvement. Some aid focused on improving domestic skills, handicrafts and home nursing arts of African American women. They were also taught facts about tuberculosis and other prevalent diseases and provided supervised recreation for children.
- Metadata URL:
- https://radar.auctr.edu/islandora/object/auc.050%3A9999
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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