Records, 1941-1965.

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Urban League of Gary. Records, 1941-1965.

Records, 1941-1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54713140

The Gary Urban League (GUL) records consist of correspondence, 1940-1960; published material, 1953-1955; clippings, 1948-1962; press releases, 1952-1962; course outlines and class schedules of special institutes held in Gary, 1957-1960; agenda, minutes, memoranda, greeting cards, handwritten notes, lists, and announcements of the GUL 1945-1965; charts and questionnaires of the National Urban League (NUL) on employment trends; petitions and minutes of Midtown Citizens Committee, 1954-1962; constitutions and bylaws; terms of affiliation for NUL affiliates; agreements; studies and surveys; congressional testimony of Edwin C. Berry, Executive Director of the Chicago Urban League; Gary's city ordinances; bibliographies pertaining to the race question; job order forms and descriptions, 1953-1964; GUL manuals on community organization; conference proceedings; application forms for a GUL placement pilot project; biographical sketches and photographs of GUL and NUL personnel and of officers of Gary's Fair Employment Practice Commission; annual statistical, narrative, financial, monthly, and quarterly reports of the GUL 1950-1964; and annual reports of NUL affiliates, 1941-1963. These records pertain to the activities of the NUL, its annual conferences, studies, and projects, and its industrial and vocational training policies; vocational guidance and back-to-school campaigns of the GUL, and its career conferences; fair employment practice commissions; Gary's community organization plans and Block Clubs; efforts of GUL to end discriminatory employment; cooperation between the Urban League and other Gary civic groups; housing conditions in Gary's black areas and new housing projects such as Tri-City Village Housing Project; and the integration of Gary's Marquette Park Beach in 1953.

19 linear ft.

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