National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. Records 1944-2001

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National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. Records 1944-2001

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Founded in 1911 by Jane Addams, the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers later came to be called the United Neighborhood Centers of America, Inc. (UNCA). This collection consists of documents generated by the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers. The documents in this collection pertain to both policies pursued by the Federation and the internal workings of its organization.

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The National Federation of Settlements (NFS) was founded in 1911 by leaders in the settlement house movement, including Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Robert A. Woods. The NFS was a social welfare organization devoted to the promotion and improvement of the settlement movement throughout the United States. The social settlement was based on the idea that those who wanted to help the poor would live ("settle") in the neighborhoods that they hoped to improve, often in a building purchased or dona...