Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth records, 1887-1963, 1914-1946 (bulk).

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Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth records, 1887-1963, 1914-1946 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18183059

Official administrative records, chiefly 1914-1946, of pioneer vocational guidance organization established by Virginia educator Orie Latham Hatcher, which targeted America's rural youth population. Includes records of predecessor organizations, the Virginia Bureau of Vocations for Women and the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance. Materials document Hatcher's strong leadership within the Alliance as well as her work with other vocational and educational groups. Contains information on standardizing educational requirements for women's colleges in the South; increasing employment opportunities for Southern women; occupations for blacks; socio-economic factors affecting rural youth employment; model guidance courses and programs; and the effects of World War II on vocational trends. Records document the Alliance's relationship with other organizations such as the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Virginia Association of Colleges and Schools for Girls, American Association of University Women, National Vocational Guidance Association, American Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations, and the National Education Association. Photographic materials include forty prints of rural people by New York photographer, Doris Ulman, which include portaits of folksinger John Jacob Niles.

ca. 15, 900 items (21.2 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940995

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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American Association of University Women

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Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980

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Composer, Performer, and Author. Niles was born in Louisville in 1892. Coming from a musical family, Niles began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. Aft...

Virginia Bureau of Vocations for Women

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Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth (U.S.)

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Vocational guidance service organization originally created as the Virginia Bureau of Vocations for Women (1914-1921) and later known as the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance (1921-1937). Disbanded in 1963. From the description of Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth records, 1887-1963, 1914-1946 (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 18183059 ...

Virginia Association of Colleges and Schools for Girls.

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National Vocational Guidance Association

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Southern Woman's Educational Alliance

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Business and Professional Women's Clubs.

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Hatcher, O. Latham (Orie Latham), 1868-1946

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Ulmann, Doris, 1882-1934

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