Parkway Community House records, 1937-1957.

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Parkway Community House records, 1937-1957.

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Consists chiefly of financial records (1937-1949, 1955-1957) and board of directors meeting minutes (1937-1949, 1955-1957) of the Parkway Community House, a neighborhood center. Also included are lists of contributors; reports of fund raising campaigns; general correspondence of the executive director; financial records (1946-1947) of the Skyloft Players, an amateur theater company; and reports (1944-1948) concerning the operation of a nursery school program.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Good Shepherd Community Center (Chicago, Ill.)

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Parkway Community House

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Parkway Community House (formerly the Good Shepherd Community Center) was organized in 1937(?) by the Church of the Good Shepherd (Congregational). For many years, Parkway Community House (PCH) was located at 51st and South Parkway (later King Drive). Parkway Community House sought to meet needs of the surrounding community, which was chiefly African American. Horace Cayton served as Executive Director from December 1939 to 1948 (?). Later PCH moved to 500 E. 67th Street and became part of the H...

Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970

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African American author and sociologist. From the description of Horace Cayton collection, 1965. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70965364 Afro-American author. From the description of Horace Roscoe Cayton correspondence, 1963-1969. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 86118280 Horace R. Cayton, Jr. was born in Seattle, WA. on April 12, 1903 to Horace Roscoe Cayton Sr. (newspaper owner, editor, publisher), and Susie Cayton (j...