Jane Lockwood Barney Papers 1937-2009 Bulk 1980-2005

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Jane Lockwood Barney Papers 1937-2009 Bulk 1980-2005

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, Social Worker, Jane Lockwood Barney, worked for decades in organizations related to aiding the elderly, minorities, homeless, and hungry. Her primary organizations were: Avalon Housing, Inc., Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Washtenaw Housing Alliance, Turner African American Services Council, and the New Hope / University of Michigan Geriatric Clinic (now called the New Hope Outreach Clinic). The collection encompasses material related to Jane Barney's activities after the passing of her husband, Roger Warren Barney, in 1978. The series in the collection are organized by Professional Files and Personal Files. Papers include primarily meeting minutes, professional and personal correspondence, reports, and administrative notes, awards and recognitions, photographs, and family materials.

12 linear feet (in 12 boxes), 1 outsized folder

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Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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Institute of Gerontology (University of Michigan-Wayne State University)

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Washtenaw Housing Alliance.

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Avalon Housing (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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Barney, Jane Lockwood.

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Jane Lockwood Barney was a social and political activist who worked to establish, build, and run a number of organizations aimed to improve the lives of the people of the Ann Arbor area. Her causes included access to high quality health care for minorities and the elderly, homelessness, hunger, job skills training, and Democratic political activism. She attended Wellesley College, Union Theological Seminary, and the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Jane Lock...

Shelter Association of Washtenaw County.

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Turner African American Services Council.

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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St. Andrew's was established somewhere between late 1827 and early 1828. Among Episcopal parishes in Michigan, St. Andrew's is second only to St. Paul's Cathedral in age. The first church building was consecrated in 1838, but by 1855, the congregation had outgrown these facilities and plans were begun for a new "early English," stone church. Consecrated in 1867, St. Andrew's is the oldest church building in continual use in Ann Arbor. A tower, a chapel wing, and an apse were added i...