Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc. records, 1938-1991.

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Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc. records, 1938-1991.

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The collection contains meeting minutes; annual convention programs and ephemera; account books; correspondence of the president and financial secretary; and materials concerning the ESFWC's constituent organizations, the Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs (NFWC) and the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC). Highlights of the meeting minutes include discussion of letters sent to presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman concerning racial discrimination in the armed forces, defense industries and federal housing programs and to the mayor of Albany, Georgia concerning the treatment of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph AbernathyRecords span from 1938-1991, but the bulk of them were generated in 1939-44, 1946-64, and 1968-1991.

3.46 cu. ft.

University at Albany, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6783419

University at Albany, University Libraries

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Keyser, Frances Reynolds.

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Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs.

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Founded in Brooklyn in 1908 by Alice Wiley Seay, the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs (ESFWC) is the umbrella organization of New York State African-American women's groups. The women who started the ESFWC had two main goals: to do "uplift work among girls and young women" and to care for the aged Harriet Tubman and her Auburn, Cayuga County, New York home. Although the organization failed to acquire Tubman's home after her death, it has devoted itself to preserving historic...

National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.)

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Organized in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 1896 by the merger of National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Women's Era Club of Boston and Colored Women's League of Washington, D.C. The NACWC is the oldest African Amerian secular organization in existence. The club works to promote the education and protect the rights of women and children and to promote interracial understanding. From the description of Records, 2003. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 61111160 ...

Lawton, Maria C.

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Seay, Alice Wiley.

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Northeastern Association of Women's Clubs.

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Talbert, Mary B.

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