Records, 1946-1954.

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Records, 1946-1954.

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The collection contains mainly the papers of Fred Reeve, Flanner House's director of self-help services during the 1940s and 1950s, and includes reports, booklets, clippings, and photographs. The materials are divided into five series: Flanner House history, Flanner House programs, Division of Self-Help Services, Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission, and Flanner House Homes, Inc. Many of the materials deal with housing, housing relocation, and slum clearance. Other topics include a credit union, a cannery, the work done on Flanner House projects by Quaker students, and race relations in a rapidly growing and changing city.

Manuscript Materials: 2 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder.Visual Materials: 4 boxes of photographs, 2 oversize photograph boxes, 2 bins of 35 mm negatives.Artifacts: 1 artifact.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indianapolis Redevelopment Commission.

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Brokenburr, Robert Lee, 1886-1974

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Flanner House (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Flanner House, a social service center for the Indianapolis, Indiana African-American community, promotes the social, moral, and physical welfare of African-Americans, particularly youth. It was established in 1903 by Frank Flanner, a local mortician, under the name of Flanner Guild and was the first settlement house for African-Americans in the city. Programs and activities have included a day nursery, training for men and women, self-help projects such as housing construction, and public healt...

Ransom, Freeman B. (Freeman Bailey), 1882-1974

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Reeve, Fred, 1907-

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Blackburn, Cleo W. (Cleo Walter), 1909-1978

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