Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records

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Call Number:: URB 40, PC-36
Repository:: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:: 9.42 linear feet (23 boxes)
Language:: English
Preferred Citation:: [Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, URB 40, PC-36, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:: 1904-1970 (inclusive)
Form:: 8mm (photographic film size), Administrative records, Clippings, Correspondence, Ephemera, Financial records, Histories (literary works), Manuscripts, Membership lists, Minutes (administrative records), Photographs, Publications (documents), Reports, School records, Scrapbooks, and Slides
Abstract:

The Houston Community Center was founded as St. Martha's House in 1901 with two purposes: "to furnish a center of health, physical and spiritual improvement and to be a Field Work Center for young women who were in training for Church parish work." F. Houston originally proposed the idea of a settlement house in South Philadelphia to Bishop Whitaker of the Episcopal Church. Deaconess Jean Colesbury established the settlement on South Eighth Street and was Deaconess-in-charge until her resignation in 1930. Ties to the Church were strong at first but gradually lessened until the final legal tie was in 1961. In 1966, the settlement changed its name to "Houston Community Center" to honor Samuel Houston. The Greenwich Branch of the settlement opened in 1968 on South Sixth Street.

The settlement's early activities were typical of neighborhood houses throughout the United States. Houston was especially interested in improving the skills of homemakers in the cooking, area, and the settlement sponsored a Domestic Circle in addition to classes in cooking, sewing, and kitchen-gardening. Activities for boys were limited at first, but a kindergarten, Guild, and library attracted many children. By 1914, the settlement programs included boys' gym classes and boys' clubs. A medical dispensary opened in 1910 and a dental clinic in 1923. A milk station and savings bank were also part of the early program.

Jewish and Polish people, and Lithuanians lived around the settlement in its early years. A Jewish Scout troop was organized by 1914. The Daughters of America started in 1933 as a place where Italian mothers could learn American homemaking and child care skills as well have programs oriented around their interests. African-Americans gradually moved into the area and the Dunbar Club was organized in the 1930s for African-American women. An Auxiliary Board of Directors advised the staff on programs and helped raise funds.

After World War II, St. Martha's House moved away from traditional in-house programs and concerned itself more and more with community problems such as urban renewal and the Delaware Expressway. St. Martha's director was one of the founders of Southwark Community Council during World War II. The settlement staff worked closely with the Community Council and various neighborhood groups, such as Greenwich Neighbors, to a Youth Council and various job programs for youth. St. Martha's program of Opportunity Clubs began about 1960 in local schools and expanded several years later into the extensive School-Settlement Program co - sponsored by the Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance settlements throughout the city.

Collection contains administrative records including Board of Directors meeting minutes, annual reports, building maintenance records, financial records including budget material, and membership material, as well as scrapbooks and records of clubs and allied organizations. The collection also contains undated and unidentified photographs depicting children engaged in various organized activities; luncheons; senior citizens; vacant lots and buildings; slides, two rolls of 8mm color film, and one halftone block of the organization's building.

The collection is arranged into 5 series as follows:

Series 1: Board of Directors/Office Files, 1931-1969, undated
Series 2: Financial/Membership Records, 1937-1960
Series 3: Program Files, 1932-1960s
Series 4: Outside Agencies, 1960s, undated
Series 5: Photographs (PC-36), circa 1904-1969, undated

Deposited through the organization by Henry Meigs, October 1971, Accession 103.

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Finding Aid Date: February 2024
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Use Restrictions: The Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records are in custody of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1 includes Board of Director's minutes (1953-1969), chronicles annual reports (1931-1933, 1954-1958), personnel records and building maintenance records from 1950s and 1960s.

History, Background on Program, undated.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 1

History report, 1948.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 2

Background on Area Around St. Martha's House, 1941.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 3

Annual Reports, 1931-1933, 1954-1958.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 4-5

Houston Community Center. Reports to the Community, 1965-1966, 1968.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 6

St. Martha's House. Book for Missionary Incidents, Jean W. Colesbury, circa 1913.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 7

St. Martha's House. Chronicle, 1904-1907.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 8

St. Martha's House. Chronicle, January 1908-January 1914.

Box Series 1: Box 1 Folder 9

St. Martha's House. Board of Directors, Minutes, 1953-1955.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 10

St. Martha's House. Board of Directors, Minutes and Correspondence, 1956-1960.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 11

Houston Community Center. Board of Directors and Committees, Minutes and Correspondence, etc., 1960-1965.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 12

Houston Community Center. Board of Directors, Correspondence and Minutes, 1965-1969.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 13

St. Martha's House. Auxiliary Board of Directors, Area Committee, Correspondence, 1951.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 14

St. Martha's House. Auxiliary Board of Directors, Area Committee, John Sennott, Work Sheets, 1949-1951.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 15

St. Martha's House. Auxiliary Board of Directors, Area Committee, Correspondence, 1951.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 16

St. Martha's House. Staff Meetings, Minutes, etc., 1956-1959.

Box Series 1: Box 2 Folder 17

Houston Community Center. Staff Meetings, Minutes, 1966.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 18

St. Martha's House. Personnel Handbooks, 1948, 1950, 1957-1959.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 19

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Personnel, Job Descriptions, 1966, 1968.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 20

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Personnel, Personnel practices, circa 1967.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 21

St. Martha's House. Headworker's Reports, 1940-1941.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 22

Houston Community Center. Executive Director's Reports, 1968.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 23

St. Martha's House. Community Worker's Reports, John Craine Sennott and Charles Cacace, circa 1951-1952.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 24

St. Martha's House. Community Worker's Reports, Miscellaneous, Charles Berman, 1960.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 25

St. Martha's House. Temple University, Field Experience Program, 1957-1959.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 26

St. Martha's House. Atlanta university School of Social Work, Field Work Manual, Correspondence, Conference, 1960.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 27

St. Martha's House. Personnel, Correspondence, 1960.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 28

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. City of Philadelphia, Department of Licenses and Inspections, Correspondence, 1964-1969.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 29

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Personnel, Miscellaneous, 1958, 1963.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 30

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Building Maintenance Correspondence, etc., 1962-1969.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 31

Houston Community Center. Policies on Use of Buildings and Facilities, 1966.

Box Series 1: Box 3 Folder 32

Scope and Contents

Series 2 includes financial records from 1937-1960 and 1958-1960, budget material from 1960s, and membership cards from 1945-1961.

Financial Records, 1906-1921.

Box Series 2: Box 4 Folder 1-2

Financial Records, 1921-1959.

Box Series 2: Box 4 Folder 3-10

St. Martha's House. United Fund Budget Submission, 1964-1965.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 12

Houston Community Center. Budget, 1968-1970.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 13

St. Martha's House. Membership Analysis, 1939.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 14

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Membership, Miscellaneous, undated.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 15

St. Martha's House. Budget, 1963-1964.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 16

St. Martha's House. Membership Cards, Drop-outs, 1945-1949.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 17

St. Martha's House. Membership Cards, Membership Index Cards, 1947-1948.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 18

St. Martha's House. Membership Cards, 1947-1961.

Box Series 2: Box 5 Folder 19

Scope and Contents

Series 3 includes an activity ledger (1932-1939), and records of house clubs and neighborhood organizations (Southwark Community Council and Greenwich Neighbors), primarily for 1950s and 1960s.

St. Martha's House. Program Evaluation, 1957-1958.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 1

St. Martha's House. Department Evaluations, 1957-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 2

St. Martha's House. Event Book, March 28 1932-May 17 1939.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 3

St. Martha's House. Scrapbook, 1934.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 4

St. Martha's House. Flyers on Activities, Clippings, etc., 1940-1941.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 5

St. Martha's House. Adult Forum, Flyers, Correspondence, 1960.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 6

St. Martha's House. Annual Dinner, 1957-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 7

St. Martha's House. Block Groups, Fifth and Cantrell Community Program Records, Tot Lot, etc., 1959-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 8

St. Martha's House. Block Groups, 600 Cantrell Community Program Records, etc., 1959.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 9

St. Martha's House. Block Groups, Darien Street Community Program Records, etc., 1959-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 10

St. Martha's House. Block Groups, Friendly Neighbors Community Program Records, etc., 1959-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 11

St. Martha's House. Block Groups, Training Course, Minutes, Correspondence, 1960-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 6 Folder 12

St. Martha's House. Camp Records, 1936-1950.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 13

St. Martha's House. Corinthian Club, Minute Book, 1906.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 14

St. Martha's House. Daughters of America, Treasurer's Book, 1948-1949.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 15

St. Martha's House. Daughters of America, Roll Books, 1940-1943, 1945-1952.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 16

St. Martha's House. Day Camp, Evaluations, etc., 1953-1959.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 17

St. Martha's House. East Project, 1950-1952.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 18

St. Martha's House. Emily-Mercy Civic Association and Fifth and Cantrell Community Tot Lot Association, Co-op Summer Tot Lot Program, 1952.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 19

St. Martha's House. Garden Clubs, 1953-1957.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 20

St. Martha's House. Greenwich Center Coordinated Program, Fall 1949.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 21

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Flyers of Activities, 1968.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 22

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Food Club, Minutes, etc., 1968-1969.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 23

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Get Acquainted Party, 1968-1969.

Box Series 3: Box 7 Folder 24

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Greenwich Gazette, 1966-1968.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 25

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, May Festival, 1968.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 26

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Membership, 1967.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 27

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Recreation Committee, June Graduation Dance, 1966.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 28

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, June Graduation Dance, 1968.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 29

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Scholarship Committee, Applications, Correspondence, 1968.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 30

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Greenwich Neighbors Branch Office Advisory Committee, Minutes, Agenda, 1968-1969.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 31

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Branch, Branch Budgets, 1968-1969.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 32

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Branch, Branch Office Documents, Permits, etc., 1968-1969.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 33

Houston Community Center. Greenwich Branch and Greenwich Neighbors, Miscellaneous, 1966-1969.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 34

St. Martha's House. House Program, Miscellaneous, 1942-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 35

Housing/Relocation, 1965-1968.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 36

St. Martha's House. Martha-ettes, Meeting Summary, undated.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 37

St. Martha's House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Minutes, Agendae, 1951.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 38

St. Martha's House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Neighborhood Survey on Use of Mifflin Square, 1951.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 39

St. Martha's House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Community Worker's Correspondence, John C. Sennott, 1950-1952.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 40

St. Martha's House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Community Worker's Reports, Work Sheets, John C. Sennott, 1951.

Box Series 3: Box 8 Folder 41

St. Martha's House. Mighty Midgets, Progress Report, Minutes, etc., 1951-1956.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 41A

St. Martha's House. Neighborhood Projects, Miscellaneous, 1950-1951.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 42

St. Martha's House. Opportunity Club, Key-St. Martha's Project, Student Evaluations, 1965-1966.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 43

St. Martha's House. Opportunity Club, A Report of Progress, 1959-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 44

St. Martha's House. Playfields, Programs, 1951.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 45

Houston Community Center. Playstreets, 1966-1968.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 46

Houston Community Center. Policies and Procedures during Civil Disorder, 1968.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 47

St. Martha's House. St. Martha's house Role in the Community, Seminar, 1964.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 48

St. Martha's House. Sharwood-Mt. Carmel-St. Martha's Softball League, Spring 1950.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 49

St. Martha's House. South East Citizen Improvement Association, 1952.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 50

St. Martha's House. South End Civic Association, 1951-1953.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 51

St. Martha's House. South Marshall Civic Tot Lot Association, 2300 S. Marshall Avenue, 1950-1952.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 52

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Conferences, Charles Cacace, 1957-1959.

Box Series 3: Box 9 Folder 53

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Executive Board and General Meetings, 1957-1959.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 54

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Minutes, Correspondence, Flyers on Activities, 1957-1958.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 55

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Minutes, Correspondence, Flyers on Activities, and Community Worker's Reports, 1959-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 56

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Correspondence, Minutes, Activities, 1960-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 57

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Human Relations Council, Minutes, Correspondence, 1957-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 58

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Human Relations Committee, "Singing City", 1958.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 59

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Human Relations Committee, Minutes, etc., re: Meeting, May 9, 1960.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 60

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Traffic and Light Committee, 1959-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 61

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Urban Renewal Committee, 1957-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 10 Folder 62

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Membership Correspondence, 1959-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 63

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Correspondence on Housing Problems in Area, 1960-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 64

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Correspondence on Recreational Programs, 1959-1961.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 65

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Baseball Banquet, September 26, 1960.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 66

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council-St. Martha's House Summer Baseball Program, 1961.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 67

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Youth Council, Minutes, Organization, 1958-1959.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 68

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Youth Council, Minutes, etc., 1958-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 69

St. Martha's House. Southwark Community Council, Youth Council, Minutes, 1959-1960.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 70

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Scrapbooks on Activities, 1952-1970.

Box Series 3: Box 11 Folder 71

St. Martha's House. Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Victorial, 1942-1943.

Box Series 3: Box 12 Folder 72

St. Martha's House. Publicity, Neighborhood Notes, 1957-1958.

Box Series 3: Box 12 Folder 73

St. Martha's House. Publicity, News Releases, Clippings, etc., 1960-1966.

Box Series 3: Box 12 Folder 74

Houston Community Center. Publicity, South Philadelphia Review, 1968, 1970.

Box Series 3: Box 12 Folder 75

Scope and Contents

Series 4 includes various local and national agencies of interest to the settlement extensive records on the Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance School-Settlement Program in the late 1960s.

All Day Neighborhood Schools, 1959.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 1

Citizens Council on City Planning, Correspondence, Newsletters, etc., 1953-1960.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 2

Citizen's Council on City Planning, Reports, Bulletins, Memos, 1953-1960.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 3

Citizen's Council on City Planning, Zoning Alert Service, 1952-1959.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 4-10

Community Chest, Social Audit, 1955-1957.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 11

Community Organization and Neighborhood Development, Miscellaneous, 1956-1957.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 12

Council on Social Agencies, Settlement Study Committee, 1941-1949.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 13

Delaware Expressway, Clippings, Correspondence, 1960.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 14

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, Miscellaneous, 1967-1969.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 15

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School Settlement Program (Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program), Background Materials, Procedures, Forms, etc., 1967.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 16

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Professional and Student Staff Meeting Minutes, 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 17

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Selection of Students for Opportunity Clubs, 1967.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 18

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston Advisory Committee, 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 19

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston Boys Junior Group, Don Hamilton, Leader, Group Records, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 20

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston, Group Record Forms, Don Hamilton, Group Leader, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 21

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston Opportunity Club, Graduation, June 1967.

Box Series 4: Box 13 Folder 22

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Home Visits, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 23

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Individual Conferences, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 24

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Psychological Profiles, 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 25

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Houston Community Center, Group Record, James Dudley, Group Leader, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 26

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Group Records, James Dudley, Group Leader, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 27

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key Junior Opportunity Club, Group Records, Don Hamilton, Group Leader, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 28

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key Seniors, Group Record Form and Individual Conferences, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 29

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Parents Group Opportunity Club, Group Records, Don Hamilton, Group Leader, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 30

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Reed School, James Dudley, Group Leader, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 31

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington-Reed Advisory Committee, Minutes, 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 32

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Home Visits, 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 33

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Individual Conferences, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 34

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Student Profiles, circa 1967.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 35

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Parents Group Meetings, Minutes, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 36

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Group Records, James Dudley, Group Leader, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 37

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington Junior Group, Group Record Forms and Individual Conferences, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 38

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington Seniors Group, Group Record Forms and Individual Conferences, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 14 Folder 39

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Parent Permission Slips, Student Information Forms, etc., 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 40

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, YMCA, Group Records, James Dudley, Group Leader, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 41

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Group Records, etc., James Dudley, Group Leader, 1966-1967.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 42

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Summaries, James Dudley, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 43

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Opportunity Clubs, Attendance Sheets, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 44

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Day Camps, 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 45

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Follow-up on Enrollees, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 46

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Program Ideas, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 47

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Referral Resources, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 48

Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Trips around Philadelphia, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 49

Federation of Community Councils of Philadelphia, Miscellaneous, 1957-1959.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 50

Health and Welfare Council, Correspondence, etc., 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 51

Health and Welfare Council, Education-Recreation Division, 1951-1956.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 52

Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G, Monthly, January 1954-June 1958.

Box Series 4: Box 15 Folder 53-57

Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G, 1956-1957.

Box Series 4: Box 16 Folder 58-78

Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G, 1957-1959.

Box Series 4: Box 17 Folder 79-94

Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G, 1959.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 95-106

Human Relations Agencies and Human Relations Commission, Fellowship Committee, Miscellaneous, 1965-1966.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 107

Mantua Development Association, Miscellaneous, 1965-1966.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 108

National Association of Settlements, Group Work Section, Philadelphia Chapter, Minutes, 1959-1961.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 109

National Association of Social Workers, Group Work Section, Philadelphia Chapter, Correspondence, Papers for Conference, 1961.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 110

NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, International Social Work Committee, Minutes, Correspondence, 1959-1961.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 111

NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, Committee on Social Work Education, Minutes, etc., 1960.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 112

NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, Memos to Members, Newsletters, 1956-1957.

Box Series 4: Box 18 Folder 113

NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, Miscellaneous, 1956-1960.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 114

National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, Miscellaneous, 1957-1965.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 115

North City Congress, Policy Statement, Speech, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 116

Parent-Teacher Associations and Home and School Associations, 1953, 1958.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 117

Philadelphia Association of Settlements, Minutes and Executive Committee Minutes, 1957-1959.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 118

PAS, Community Worker's Committee, Minutes, etc., 1959-1961.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 119

PAS, Mental Health Committee and Program, 1957-1958.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 120

PAS, Correspondence with United Neighborhood House of New York and with Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, 1958.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 121

PAS, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1956-1959.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 122

Philadelphia, Commission on Human Relations, South Philadelphia Committee on Intergroup Affairs, Minutes, etc., 1959-1960.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 123

City of Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, 1960-1961.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 124

Philadelphia, Department of Licenses and Inspections, Housing and Fire Prosecutions for Violations of the Philadelphia Code, August 1959.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 125

Philadelphia, Department of Public Welfare, Youth Conservation Services, Reports, etc., 1966, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 126

Philadelphia, Housing Authority, Used House Program, 1965.

Box Series 4: Box 19 Folder 127

Philadelphia Housing Association, "Housing Facts", 1966-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 128

Philadelphia Housing Association, Miscellaneous, 1957-1958.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 129

Philadelphia Public Schools, Miscellaneous, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 130

Philadelphia Referral Program, "Monthly Review, " etc., 1949-1956.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 131

Philadelphia Youth Services Board, "Youth Service, " etc., 1956-1959.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 132

Race Relations and Community Leaders Planning Meetings, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 133

South Philadelphia Citizens Conference, Advisory Committee on City Planning, 1951-1952.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 134

South Philadelphia Community Development Corporation, Correspondence, Interim Directors' Reports, etc., 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 135

South Philadelphia Realty Board, 1956.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 136

Southern Boulevard Civic Association.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 137

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Poor People's Campaign, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 138

Southward District Council, Miscellaneous, 1944.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 139

United Fund, Correspondence, Reports, etc., 1960-1961.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 140

United Fund, Fund-Agency Review for Houston Community Center, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 141

United States, Commission on Civil Rights, Press Releases, 1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 142

War on Poverty, Newspaper Clippings, etc., 1965-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 143

Welfare Rights Organization (Philadelphia and Pennsylvania), Correspondence, Newsletters, etc., 1967-1968.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 144

Wharton Community Center-Reed Street House, Flyers on Meetings, Activities, etc., 1955-1958.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 145

St. Martha's House/Houston Community Center. Youth Problems, Programs, Miscellaneous, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 146

Miscellaneous, undated.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 147

Masters Thesis--Groups in St. Martha's House and Ethnic Relations, 1961.

Box Series 4: Box 20 Folder 148

Scope and Contents

Series 5 consists of approximately 250 photographs, 100 color slides, 2 rolls of 8mm color film, and one half tone plate of the organization's building. Most photos are undated and unidentified. Images in the collection mostly portray children at various activities including sports and camps. 14 slides depict streets and buildings under the topic "Whitman Urban Renewal." Also includes luncheons, senior citizens, Southwark Community Council Athletic Field, and vacant buildings and lots. Photographers include Robert Bauers, Casella Studio, Herm Gellar, Thomas Hanks, Milton R. Holmes, Laskey Studio, Sol Levitt, A.D. Porter, and Slutsky Studio.

Arts and Crafts, 1948-1949, 1957.

Box Series 5: Box 1

Awards, 1962.

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Christmas, 1948.

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Color Photographs, undated.

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Dances, undated.

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Day Care, undated.

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Early Photos, Unidentified, undated.

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Halloween, undated.

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Hiking with Mr. Kennedy, Fairmount Park, August 22, 1941.

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Luncheons/Banquets, undated.

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Miscellaneous Contact Sheets, No Negatives, undated.

Box Series 5: Box 1