White Rose Mission and Industrial Association collection, 1899-1981.

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White Rose Mission and Industrial Association collection, 1899-1981.

The White Rose Mission and Industrial Association collection contains copies of the certificate of incorporation (1899); the constitution of the Association; and a partial history signed by Hudsy Smith, president of the board of directors (1899); annual reports (1906, 1907, 1912); and miscellaneous brochures, programs and invitations to the association's social events. There is also documentation concerning the property located at 217 East 86th Street, and for the property at 262 West 136th Street. In addition the collection contains a letter from Reverend Adam Clayton Powell of the Abyssinian Baptist Church to Mary L. Stone, president of the Association (1910), acknowledging receipt of a letter electing him to the Board of Managers, and a letter from Kathleen I. Bartholomew, of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association expressing interest in the Association.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6805996

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Matthews, Victoria Earle

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White Rose Mission and Industrial Association

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White Rose Mission and Industrial Association was incorporated in 1899 in New York City. It was founded by Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907), former slave, journalist, author and social worker. The White Rose Mission was a Christian, non-sectarian social center for African-American women who migrated from the South to New York City in search of employment. It offered traveler's aid to African-American girls and women who were stranded at railway stations and the docks, and offered training for...