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James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records, 1942-1988 (bulk, 1948-1970

Title: James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records 1942-1988 (bulk 1948-1970

The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, program files, newsclippings, brochures, administrative records, reports, funding proposals, executive director files, and photographs. They document the agency from its founding and provide evidence of economic and social conditions, political activity, philanthropy and social work in East Harlem over a forty year period, with a strong emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20814 View

Reynolds, Rosemary Ross, 1906-1980. Papers 1901-1986.

Title: Papers 1901-1986.

Correspondence, published articles, photographs, certificates and awards, diary, notes, writings and speeches.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36862883 View

Tousley, Clare M., 1889-. Papers, 1895-1977 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1895-1977 (inclusive).

Contains correspondence, much of it about her memoirs; articles, poems and speeches; material pertaining to the Community Service Society, the Family Service Association and Plays for Living, the Junior League, Junior Month, and courses she taught; biographical and genealogical materials; citations; photos; clippings; and transcripts of oral history interviews with Tousley conducted by the Columbia Oral History Research Office.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232006878 View

Papers, 1969-1986.

Title: Papers, 1969-1986.

Garcia's papers consist of correspondence regarding his ordination to the priesthood and texts of the ceremony of his ordination and and marriage, 1970. Material pertaining to Garcia's community work in the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the community school board; and publicity, printed matter, and other material relating to the case of imprisoned Puerto Rican militant Carlos Feliciano who was accused of several bombing attempts in New York City, 1970-1971. Garcia's letters on his behalf are included. Papers on Garcia's role in establishing a law library and library on black and Puerto Rican culture at the Bronx House of Detention, 1971-1972. Administrative records of St. Mark's Church consist of flow charts, staff reports, administrative reports, and report of St. Mark's Church Hispanic Ministry. Also, a newsletter of the Community Service Society of New York, a group dedicated to eliminating poverty in New York City, of which Garcia was the chairperson. In addition, printed material from the Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization, on which he served, early 1970s. Also, correspondence, minutes, articles, reports, news clippings, and text of a speech he gave about racism and political repression in America.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155529071 View

Randall, Ollie,. Transcript of oral history interview, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1981.

Title: Transcript of oral history interview, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1981.

Copy of oral history transcript done at Columbia University, covering Miss Randall's work at the Community Service Society of New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63291494 View

Clare Tousley oral history interview transcript, 1981

Title: Clare Tousley oral history interview transcript 1981

Copy of oral history transcript done at Columbia University, covering Miss Tousley's work at the Community Service Society of New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear inch

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/sw0069.2.xml View

Community Service Society of New York. [A collection of printed material issued by or pertaining to the Community Service Society of New York].

Title: [A collection of printed material issued by or pertaining to the Community Service Society of New York]. [1953]

ArchivalResource: 2 pieces : ill. ; 9-22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58778919 View

Records, 1919-1951

Title: Records, 1919-1951

Records of the Vocational Adjustment Bureau, an organization that investigated vocational opportunities for young women who had psychological and emotional challenges in finding employment.

ArchivalResource: 3 file boxes

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00409/catalog View

William Henry Matthews papers, 1907-1944

Title: William Henry Matthews papers 1907-1944

William Henry Matthews (1873-1946) was a social worker in New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous papers of Matthews. Correspondence concerns his work as director of the New York Dept. of Family Welfare, the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, Special Services for the Community Service Society of New York, the Emergency Work Bureau in New York City, and member and president of the Board of Child Welfare in New York. His speeches and writings primarily concern welfare. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Eleanor R. Belmont, Heywood Broun, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Joseph F. Guffey, Helen Hall, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Herbert H. Lehman, John Purroy Mitchel, Alfred E. Smith, Robert F. Wagner, Sr., Lillian D. Wald, and James J. Walker.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1914 View

Community Service Society of New York Records, 1897-1938

Title: Community Service Society of New York Records 1897-1938

The collection consists of photocopies of records held by the Community Service Society dealing with the Survey magazine and its predecessors,Charities Review, Charities, Charities and the Commons, and Jewish Charity. Copied from originals at the Community Service Society

ArchivalResource: 4 linear inches

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/sw0010.xml View

Davison Fund, inc. Archives, 1930-1942.

Title: Archives, 1930-1942.

The collection includes correspondence, minutes, dockets, reports, bulletins, policy and procedure files, and vouchers.

ArchivalResource: 16 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122433794 View

William Henry Matthews papers, 1907-1944.

Title: William Henry Matthews papers, 1907-1944.

Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous papers of Matthews.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122414791 View

Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960

Title: Charles Culp Burlingham papers, 1876-1960

Papers of Charles Culp Burlingham (1858-1959), attorney, civic leader, and reformer. Chiefly correspondence, together with writings, speeches, reports, government documents, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, genealogies, photos, and other papers, relating to personal and professional affairs, cultural affairs in New York City, efforts on behalf of civic and judicial reform, alumni activities with Harvard College and Columbia University Law School, espousal of civil liberties causes, and work on behalf of the Episcopal Church.

ArchivalResource: 22 boxes and 1 Paige box

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/law00016/catalog View

Schorr, Alvin Louis, 1921-. Alvin Schorr papers, 1948-1983.

Title: Alvin Schorr papers, 1948-1983.

The Alvin Schorr papers reflect his influential career in the field of social work, in both the government and academic sectors, from the 1940's through the 1980s. The collection includes Schorr's books, (some in manuscript form), articles, and speeches, his professional correspondence files,and working files from his government and private-sector positions and activities. The collection documents his interest in public social policy issues, particularly those related to income maintenance. Files from his work in the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare reflect the growth of AFDC, the War on Poverty, and the Poor People's March on Washington in 1968. Also represented are Schorr's association with the New York Community Service Society and the Center for Studies of Income Maintenance Policy and his involvement with the 1972 George McGovern presidential campaign.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63313664 View

Dinkins, David N. David Dinkins papers, 1941-2001 [Bulk Dates: 1985-1993].

Title: David Dinkins papers, 1941-2001 [Bulk Dates: 1985-1993].

These records originate from the office David N. Dinkins. The documents that comprise this collection primarily encompass the years in which David Dinkins served as mayor of New York City and Manhattan Borough President. The campaign for Manhattan borough president in 1985 and the mayoral campaigns of 1989 and 1993 figure prominently. The corpus consists primarily of correspondence, press releases, news clippings, memoranda, photographs, trophies, awards, diskettes, certificates, pamphlets, pins, drawings, paintings and caricatures. Photographs, drawings, and other ephemera that chronicled Dinkins term as mayor were later added to the collection, but were not separately accessioned.

ArchivalResource: 91 linear ft. ( 160 document boxes, 12 flat boxes, 5 index card boxes, 4 poster boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606946600 View

Marian Heiskell papers

Title: Marian Heiskell papers

The Marian Heiskell Papers contain correspondence, reports, minutes, and printed material relating to Heiskell's work on environmental committees and advisory boards. In particular there is a large amount of information on the activities of the National Parks System (formerly the National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings & Monuments) Advisory Board. There are also reports and printed material relating to environmental and social concerns in New York City, including the Community Service Society of New York and the Gateway Recreation Area.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 cubic feet (8 boxes)

https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv944562 View

Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Archives, 1941-1989.

Title: Archives, 1941-1989.

ArchivalResource: 520 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154270091 View

David Dinkins Papers, 1941-2001, [Bulk Dates: 1985-1993].

Title: David Dinkins Papers, 1941-2001 [Bulk Dates: 1985-1993].

These papers comprise correspondence, organizational records and documents, speeches, public schedules, photographs and memorabilia relating to the public life of David N. Dinkins, civil servant to the City of New York for over thirty years and professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

ArchivalResource: 91 linear ft. (160 document boxes, 12 flat boxes, 5 index card boxes, 4 poster boxes)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_6058659 View

Alvin Schorr papers, 1948-1983

Title: Alvin Schorr papers 1948-1983

The Alvin Schorr papers reflect his influential career in the field of social work, in both the government and academic sectors, from the 1940's through the 1980s. The collection includes Schorr's books, (some in manuscript form), articles, and speeches, his professional correspondence files, and working files from his government and private-sector positions and activities.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear feet

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/sw0103.xml View

Tousley, Clare M. (Clare May), b. 1889. Clare Tousley oral history interview transcript, 1981.

Title: Clare Tousley oral history interview transcript, 1981.

Copy of oral history transcript done at Columbia University, covering Miss Tousley's work at the Community Service Society of New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63291504 View

Berta Bornstein Papers, 1933-1971, (bulk 1945-1970)

Title: Berta Bornstein Papers 1933-1971 (bulk 1945-1970)

Psychoanalyst, author, and educator. Correspondence, patient case files, writings, teaching and training files, bulletins, memoranda, minutes, and reports pertaining to Bornstein's career as one of the first Freudian child psychoanalysts practicing in the United States.

ArchivalResource: 21,000 items; 64 containers plus 4 oversize; 34 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012091 View

Ollie Randall: Transcript of oral history interview, 1981

Title: Ollie Randall: Transcript of oral history interview 1981

Copy of oral history transcript done at Columbia University, covering Miss Randall's work at the Community Service Society of New York.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear inch

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/sw0069.1.xml View

Florence Hollis and Rosemary Ross Reynolds Papers MS 210., 1863-1987, 1930-1986

Title: Florence Hollis and Rosemary Ross Reynolds Papers 1863-1987 1930-1986

Social worker and professor. The bulk of the papers were created by Hollis, but include the papers of her longtime companion, Rosemary Reynolds. The papers provide information about broad changes in the social work profession and document some of the new trends in the field, particularly from the 1970s onward. Material includes correspondence, student papers, case records, writings and speeches, published articles, audio tapes, recordings, video tapes, agency records and photographs. Correspondents include Charlotte Towle, Lucille Austin, Florence Day, Eileen Younghusband, Anni Hofer, Ruth Zobrist, Inga Gottfarb, Frank March, and Gordon Hamilton. Oral histories of both Hollis and Reynolds are included.

ArchivalResource: 63 boxes; (25.4 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss33.html View

Community Service Society of New York. Community Service Society of New York records, 1897-1938.

Title: Community Service Society of New York records, 1897-1938.

The collection consists of photocopies of records held by the Community Service Society dealing with the Survey magazine and its predecessors,Charities Review, Charities, Charities and the Commons, and Jewish Charity. Copied from originals at the Community Service Society.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63313515 View

[Collection of material relating to charities, social welfare, and social work in New York City].

Title: [Collection of material relating to charities, social welfare, and social work in New York City]. 1933-1962.

ArchivalResource: 19 pieces : some ill. ; 19-27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58783023 View

Learned Hand papers

Title: Learned Hand papers

Materials relating to Hand's private and public life, his activities as an alumnus of Harvard University, his friendship with Felix Frankfurter, and to the Hand family. Includes material on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York City; information on the Progressive movement (1909-1914) and the beginnings of the New Republic and its early staff; and transcripts of oral-history interviews conducted by Gerald Gunther of Stanford Law School and others, of Judge Hand, his family and associates.

ArchivalResource: 116 linear feet linear feet (in 235 boxes and 18 paige boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/law00059/catalog View

Vocational Adjustment Bureau. Records, 1919-1953 (inclusive).

Title: Records, 1919-1953 (inclusive).

Collection contains administrative records; correspondence; studies, reports, and printed material about VAB's work by staff and graduate students; studies and reprints on related mental hygiene and vocational education issues; and miscellaneous reprints, clippings, and photographs. The bulk of the records is in Series II and consists of correspondence, studies, and printed material documenting VAB's activities, from descriptions of girls' circumstances, to reports on the development and operation of the sheltered workrooms and on mental hygiene work in public schools. Administrative and financial records, and correspondence, are incomplete.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007641 View

Guide to the William A. Price Papers, 1930-2009

Title: Guide to the William A. Price Papers, 1930-2009

William Addison Price (1915-2009) was a journalist and community organizer. He worked for the New York Daily News as a United Nations correspondent and later wrote about social issues in New York City and the civil rights movement in the South for the National Guardian. In 1956, Price invoked his First Amendment rights when called before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, which was investigating allegations of Communist infiltration in the media. Price began working with the United Tenants Association (UTA) and other housing rights organizations in the 1970s, fighting the New York City government's plans to develop the Upper West Side. The collection is mostly comprised of materials generated by the UTA and other housing rights groups, as well as the New York City government, regarding urban renewal plans in the designated West Side Urban Renewal Area (WSURA). There are also materials related to the civil rights movement, the opposition to the House Un-American Activities Committee and other Congressional inquisitorial groups, and the state of journalism and journalists' unions. The collection also contains biographical information on Price, particularly his World War II service.

ArchivalResource: 21.25 Linear Feet in 20 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, and 1 small flat box

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_398/tam_398.html View

Randall, Ollie A., 1890-1984. Reminiscences of Ollie A. Randall : oral history, 1981.

Title: Reminiscences of Ollie A. Randall : oral history, 1981.

Family background; youth in Providence, Rhode Island; extended family and development of interest in social work and the elderly; Brown University, A.B. 1912; travels to Greece; Association to Improve the Condition of the Poor: secretary to William Matthews, 1914; Director of Ward Manor, 1925-1945; formation of Community Service Society; organizer of National Committee on Aging; resident of Tompkins Square House; special problems of the elderly.

ArchivalResource: Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122376589 View

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. The Records of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 1935-2003 1973-1999.

Title: The Records of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 1935-2003 1973-1999.

The Records of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños document the founding, administration, programs and intellectual production of this pioneering and innovative research center. In addition they attest to its role within the Puerto Rican/Latino community, its influence in academic circles and its ongoing commitment to chronicling and interpreting the Puerto Rican experience. An extraordinarily rich collection, highlights of the records include materials on the origins of Centro, its alternative modes of internal governance, the numerous projects and initiatives undertaken by its research task forces and units and the multiple organizations staff helped establish and/or actively participated in. The materials in the collection span the years from 1935 to 2003 with the bulk concentrating on the years 1973-1999. They consist of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, photographs, flyers, clippings, proposals, reports, speeches, videos, slides, financial statements and artifacts. The folders are arranged alphabetically and the documents are arranged chronologically. The documents are in both Spanish and English.

ArchivalResource: 135 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154317496 View

Tousley, Clare M. (Clare May), b. 1889. Reminiscences of Clare M. Tousley : oral history, 1981.

Title: Reminiscences of Clare M. Tousley : oral history, 1981.

Family background and relations; Oberlin College; Charity Organization Society, 1912-1939: promotional and fundraising activities, relations with Board members, case work staff, effect of the Depression, rivalries; formation of Community Service Society: director, Department of Public Interest, 1939-1955; instructor in social work and communications for Barnard, Junior League, and University of California, 1926-1955; philosophy of social work; psychoanalysis in case work.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 256 leaves.Tape: 8 cassettes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122513251 View