Harlem Neighborhoods Association records, 1941-1978.

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Harlem Neighborhoods Association records, 1941-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122532700

The Harlem Neighborhoods Association records chronicle the deteriorating quality of life in Harlem from the 1940s to the late 1970s.

2.7 lin. ft. (8 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6751803

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

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Central Harlem Council for Community Planning.

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Harlem Neighborhoods Association.

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Launched in 1937 as the West Harlem Council of Social Agencies, the Harlem Neighborhoods Association served as a clearinghouse for various social agencies and community organizations operating in Harlem until 1978. The West Harlem Council of Social Agencies began with an informal group of social service professionals which met in 1934 to deal with relief problems caused by the Depression. It gained affiliation with the Welfare and Health Council of New York City in the e...

Tanneyhill, Gertrude.

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Robinson, James H.

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Mount Morris Hospital.

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Houston, Eugene.

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Welsch, Exie.

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Fisher, Mildred L.

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West Harlem Council of Social Agencies.

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Pickens, Harriet, 1909-1969

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Born in 1909 in Talladega, Alabama, Harriet Pickens joined the WAVES in 1944 as a member of the Women's Reserves in the U.S. Naval Reserve. She was one of two African-American women to be sworn in as an officer, and was commissioned as a lieutenant following her training, the first to receive this high rank. She served as an assistant in advanced training for WAVES recruits with an emphasis in indoctrination and was responsible for teaching the recruits the history, organization, re...