This folder contains materials created/collected by the United Neighborhood Houses of New York, a federation of New York City settlement houses. The United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc. (UNH) was founded by Mary K. Simkhovitch and John L. Elliott in 1900 as the Association of Neighborhood Workers, a federation of York City settlement hou...
Creator:
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
Created:
1973
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
This folder contains materials created by the Metropolitan Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was first established in 1866; including branch-specific administration, correspondence, reports, financial records, programs and Y’s Builder, a monthly newsletter that showcased upcoming YMCA events, member stories, membership news and program highlights.
Creator:
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Minneapolis
Created:
1992 - 1996
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The United Service Organizations (USO) was formed in the months before the United States entered World War II by a coalition of six civilian agencies to coordinate their civilian war efforts, including the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). The YMCA and other welfare agencies had already been seeking ways to serve the morale needs of th...
Created:
1944 - 1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This folder contains materials created/collected by Helen Hall. Helen Hall, born January 5, 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri, was a social reformer and leader of the settlement house movement from the 1920s to the 1960s. Based in New York City, Hall directed the Henry Street Settlement and was very active in social reform, serving as a member of th...
Created:
1970 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
This folder contains administrative materials regarding the founding and activities of the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Materials include faculty files, meeting minutes and agendas, newsletters, handbooks, correspondence, and memos. On January 14, 1969, members of the Afro-American Action Com...
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Dept. of Afro-American and African Studies.
Created:
1994
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder contains materials created/collected by the National Conference on Christians and Jews related to discrimination and race. The National Conference of Christians and Jews, was formed in 1928 to facilitate cooperation between religions on civic and social justice issues and to promote understanding and mutual respect through education ...
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
This folder contains materials created by the Metropolitan Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was first established in 1866; including branch-specific administration, correspondence, reports, financial records, programs and Y’s Builder, a monthly newsletter that showcased upcoming YMCA events, member stories, membership news and program highlights.
Creator:
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Minneapolis
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This folder contains materials created/collected by the Child Study Association of America, an association providing education and resources on child development and child rearing for parents and professionals. The core of the Association's work was with parents enrolled in study groups under the leadership of a professionally trained staff memb...
Creator:
Child Study Association of America
Created:
1954 - 1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
This folder contains materials created/collected by the organization known as the National Human Services Assembly, as of 2005. Originially titled "The National Social Work Council," the organization was first organized in 1923 by executives of national welfare associations who met to discuss common problems and exchange information. Subsequent ...
Creator:
National Social Welfare Assembly
Created:
1961 - 1962
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
This folder contains materials created/collected by the National Conference on Christians and Jews related to discrimination and race. The National Conference of Christians and Jews, was formed in 1928 to facilitate cooperation between religions on civic and social justice issues and to promote understanding and mutual respect through education ...
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Organized in 1901 by Reverend C.T. Walker of the Mount Olivet Baptist Church as the Colored Men’s Branch, this branch first started in mid-Manhattan. It was later moved to the Harlem area and its name changed in 1919 to the One Hundred-Thirty Fifth Street Branch. In 1933 it opened a new building, and two years later took the name Harlem Branch...
Creator:
Harlem Branch YMCA
Created:
1971 - 1983; 1985 - 1989
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The Penumbra Theatre Company Records' Production Records Collection contains materials related to Penumbra's productions records from various plays, set designs, costume designs, oversized production scripts, and programs.
Creator:
Penumbra Theatre Company
Created:
1987 - 1993
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.