New York Urban League correspondence, 1922-1979 (bulk 1922-1933)

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New York Urban League correspondence, 1922-1979 (bulk 1922-1933)

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Consists of correspondence of the New York Urban League. There is a small amount of correspondence from 1954 to 1979; a copy of the pamphlet THE STORY OF THE NEW YORK URBAN LEAGUE 1919-1979, SIXTY YEARS OF SERVICE; other related printed material (1915-1979); a typescript of an article, "Do'ers Not Talkers - Progressives and the New York York Urban League in the 1920's" by Christine A. Lunardini; and charts (1930s) of family income analysis, sources of income and percentage of rent to income by city block in the Harlem area of New York City.

3 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Princeton University Library

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New York Urban League

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In 1910 the National Urban League was founded as a response to the migration of blacks from the Caribbean and the southern states to cities in the north, subsequently in 1919 the New York Committee of this organization was officially incorporated as the New York Urban League. Its objectives, as an interracial, nonprofit organization are to improve the health, housing, and employment problems of New York City's black community. From the description of New York Urban League corresponde...