Myron Falk oral history interview, 1995.

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Myron Falk oral history interview, 1995.

The interview describes transients in Baton Rouge during the Depression, the Old Penitentiary Receiving Station, Community Chest, his role as director of the United Givers Fund and the United Way, cooperation between the Salvation Army and Volunteers of America (VOA), funding for VOA, and the role of women in VOA.

1 sound cassette (.5 hours);Transcript (9 p.)

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Salvation Army

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Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army</a>. From the guide to the Salvation Army Combined Corps Roll and Ledger, 1926-1980, 1928-1969, (Special Collections Research Center) ...

Volunteers of America

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Volunteers of America, a service organization founded in 1896. Colonel Walter Duncan served with the Volunteers of America in the Pacific Coast and Boston Regiments for 47 years until his death in 1943. From the description of Volunteers of America fundraising letter and booklet : San Francisco, Calif. : TLS, [between 1896 and 1940]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 51480861 ...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...

Falk, Myron S. (Myron Samuel)

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Falk, former director of the United Way in Baton Rouge, was a writer and advocate of social welfare and endowed a scholarship in the School of Journalism, Louisiana State University. From the description of Myron Falk oral history interview, 1995. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 247010337 Falk, a writer and advocate of social welfare, endowed a scholarship in the School of Journalism, Louisiana State University. From the description of Myron Fal...