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White Rose Mission and Industrial Association documents
- Title
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association documents, 1899-1943.
- Author
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 837 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Scott, Ildica E. H., 1874-1963.
- Description
- .2 linear ft. (1/2 archival box)
- Summary
- The collection contains institutional and financial documents including: Presidents' annual reports, 1928-1932, 1940 prepared by Ildica E. H. Scott, President, ca. 1929-1940; expense reports, 1928-1930, 1932, 1937; bank statements, 1937-1941; gift receipts, 1930, 1932, 1940-1942; Mission event invitations, programs and guest lists, 1923-1942; membership forms and donor acknowledgments, 1923-1943; employment letters for Elizabeth Mayfield and Annie E. Johnson; reports of the residents of the White Rose Home, June 1932-January 1933; and other miscellaneous documents.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Services for > New York (State) > New York
- African American women > Housing > New York (State) > New York
- African American women > New York (State) > New York > Societies and clubs
- Women in charitable work > New York (State) > New York
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association
- African American women > Employment > New York (State) > New York
- Source (note)
- Kenneth Ambrose
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Biography (note)
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association was incorporated in 1899 in New York City. It was founded by Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907), formerly enslaved person, journalist, author, and social worker. The White Rose Mission was a Christian, non-sectarian social center for African American women who migrated from the South to New York City in search of employment. It offered traveler's aid to African American girls and women who were stranded at railway stations and the docks, and offered training for domestic service through cooking and sewing classes.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 837
- OCLC
- 706498774
- Author
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association.
- Title
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association documents, 1899-1943.
- Biography
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association was incorporated in 1899 in New York City. It was founded by Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907), formerly enslaved person, journalist, author, and social worker. The White Rose Mission was a Christian, non-sectarian social center for African American women who migrated from the South to New York City in search of employment. It offered traveler's aid to African American girls and women who were stranded at railway stations and the docks, and offered training for domestic service through cooking and sewing classes.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association collection; Sc MG 565; Also located at; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Source
- Kenneth Ambrose Gift Aug. 2010 SCM 10-29
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Scott, Ildica E. H., 1874-1963.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 837