United Way of Minneapolis records 1915-1983 (bulk 1930-1967)
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United Way of Minneapolis.
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A United Way typically serves two main functions for private-sector social agencies in a community: planning and fund raising. The need for coordinated efforts in these areas became evident in Minneapolis with the proliferation of social agencies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which resulted in duplication of some types of services while other areas of need were neglected. In 1915 a number of social agency executives took the initiative in forming a Central Co...
United Way of Minneapolis Area
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The collection contains extensive documentation of the planning and budget-allocation and, to a lesser extent, fund-raising, activities of the United Way of Minneapolis -- previously known as the United Fund, the Community Chest, and the Council of Social Agencies -- for the period 1920-67. A War Chest series deals with the special arrangements for war-relief and war-related fund raising during the World War II era. Topics include the full range of social services provided under United Way auspi...
