Series 8. Minority Business and Industry/Minority Business Chambers of Commerce (MBIA/MBCC) Project Records, 1984-1988.

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Series 8. Minority Business and Industry/Minority Business Chambers of Commerce (MBIA/MBCC) Project Records, 1984-1988.

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Subseries 1, General Files contains reports, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to the management of a program to aid minority businesses in Spanish-speaking North Philadelphia, 1984-88. Subseries 2, Programs, 1986-88, documents seminars, membership promotions; fundraising activities; newsletters; educational programs done in connection with other organizations such as the Fifth Street Merchants Association and the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations; and efforts to gather information about procureent opportunities for neighborhood businesses. Subseries 3, Financial Records, 1986-88, details the Association's financial difficulties. Subseries 4, Client Files, 1986-87, consists of information on individuals assisted under the project.

5 ln. ft.

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