Research Catalog

Title

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records 1942-1988 (bulk 1948-1970)

Author

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers (New York, N.Y.)

Supplementary Content

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Details

Description

11 lin. ft.

Summary

The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, program files, newsclippings, brochures, administrative records, reports, funding proposals, executive director files, and photographs. They document the agency from its founding and provide evidence of economic and social conditions, political activity, philanthropy and social work in East Harlem over a forty year period, with a strong emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s.

Subjects

• Community organization > New York (State) > New York
• Social group work > New York (State) > New York
• James Weldon Johnson Community Centers (New York, N.Y.)
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
• Social settlements > New York (State) > New York
• Community Service Society of New York
• Community centers > New York (State) > New York
• Psychiatric social work > New York (State) > New York
• Zucker, Mildred
• New York (N.Y.) > History
• Human services > New York (State) > New York
• Public housing > New York (State) > New York
• Social service > New York (State) > New York
• Union Settlement Association (New York, N.Y.)
• United Neighborhood Houses
• New York City Housing Authority

Note

• Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division

Source (note)

• James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc.

Biography (note)

• James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. was established in 1948 by a coalition of community service organizations and settlement houses, including Community Service Society and Union Settlement Association, to provide social services to residents of James Weldon Johnson Houses, a New York City Housing Authority project in the East Harlem area of Manhattan. In 1952 the agency became a member of United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc., an umbrella organization of settlement houses. By the late 1950s the agency offered programs for all East Harlem residents, including day care, english classes, athletics, theater arts, and a mental health clinic. The expansion of cultural programs was a major focus of the agency's work during the 1960s. Mildred Zucker worked as Executive Director of the settlement from its founding until 1970. During the 1970s and '80s several programs were discontinued or were taken over by other agencies. In the mid-1990s the agency offered day care, Head Start, referral services and a small library.

Provenance (note)

• Donated by James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc., 2/1/95.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed
• Cataloged

Call Number

Sc MG 589

OCLC

NYPW96-A116

Author

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers (New York, N.Y.)

Title

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records 1942-1988 (bulk 1948-1970)

Biography

James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. was established in 1948 by a coalition of community service organizations and settlement houses, including Community Service Society and Union Settlement Association, to provide social services to residents of James Weldon Johnson Houses, a New York City Housing Authority project in the East Harlem area of Manhattan. In 1952 the agency became a member of United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc., an umbrella organization of settlement houses. By the late 1950s the agency offered programs for all East Harlem residents, including day care, english classes, athletics, theater arts, and a mental health clinic. The expansion of cultural programs was a major focus of the agency's work during the 1960s. Mildred Zucker worked as Executive Director of the settlement from its founding until 1970. During the 1970s and '80s several programs were discontinued or were taken over by other agencies. In the mid-1990s the agency offered day care, Head Start, referral services and a small library.

Provenance

Donated by James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc., 2/1/95.

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Finding aid

Research Call Number

Sc MG 589