Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records
Collection ID
URB 40, PC-36
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Description
Collection Summary
Title
Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records
Dates
1904-1970
Collection ID
URB 40, PC-36
Creator
Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Quantity
9.42 linear feet (23 boxes)
Repository
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Language
Materials in English.
Detailed Collection Information
Historical Note
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.
Description of Collection
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.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 5 series as follows:
Series 1: Board of Directors/Office Files, 1931-1969
Series 2: Financial/Membership Records, 1937-1960s
Series 3: Program Files, 1932-1960s
Series 4: Outside Agencies, 1960s
Series 5: Photographs (PC-36), circa 1904-1969
Series 1. Board of Directors/Office Files. Board of Director's minutes (1953-1969), chronicles annual reports (1931-1933, 1954-1958), personnel records and building maintenance records from 1950s and 1960s.
Series 2. Financial/Membership Records. Financial records from 1937-1960 and 1958-1960, budget material from 1960s, and membership cards from 1945-1961.
Series 3. Program Files. Activity ledger (1932-1939), and records of house clubs and neighborhood organizations (Southwark Community Council and Greenwich Neighbors), primarily for 1950s and 1960s.
Series 4. Outside Agencies. 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.
Series 5. Photographs (PC-36). Photographs consist 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.
Patron Information
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Temple University’s online library catalog: http://diamond.temple.edu/record=b1719767~S30
Research Access
Collection is open for research.
Collections Stored Off-Site
This collection may be housed off-site at the Library Depository, and require up to two business days to retrieve. Please review the finding aid and be prepared to identify specific materials to be retrieved. Contact the Special Collections Research Center in advance of your visit, so that materials may be relocated to the reading room for research.
Technical Access
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Publication and Copyright Information
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.
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.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Deposited through the organization by Henry Meigs, October 1971, Accession 103.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in May 2016.
Index Terms
The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in Temple University’s electronic catalog:
Corporate Names:
Houston Community Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
St. Martha's House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subjects:
Children -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Social settlements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Urban renewal—Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Places:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Material Types:
8mm (size: photographic film)
Administrative records
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Financial records
Histories
Manuscripts
Membership lists
Minutes
Photographs
Publications
Reports
School records
Scrapbooks
Slides
Inventory
Series 1. Board of Directors/Office Files, 1931-1969
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.
1 1 History, Background on Program undated
1 2 History report 1948
1 3 Background on Area Around St. Martha’s House 1941
1 4-5 Annual Reports 1931-1933, 1954-1958
1 6 Houston Community Center. Reports to the Community 1965-1966, 1968
1 7 St. Martha’s House. Book for Missionary Incidents, Jean W. Colesbury circa 1913
1 8 St. Martha’s House. Chronicle 1904-1907
1 9 St. Martha’s House. Chronicle January 1908-January 1914
2 10 St. Martha’s House. Board of Directors, Minutes 1953-1955
2 11 St. Martha’s House. Board of Directors, Minutes and Correspondence 1956-1960
2 12 Houston Community Center. Board of Directors and Committees, Minutes and Correspondence, etc. 1960-1965
2 13 Houston Community Center. Board of Directors, Correspondence and Minutes 1965-1969
2 14 St. Martha’s House. Auxiliary Board of Directors, Area Committee, Correspondence 1951
2 15 St. Martha’s House. Auxiliary Board of Directors, Area Committee, John Sennott, Work Sheets 1949-1951
2 16 St. Martha’s House. Auxiliary Board of Directors, Area Committee, Correspondence 1951
2 17 St. Martha’s House. Staff Meetings, Minutes, etc. 1956-1959
3 18 Houston Community Center. Staff Meetings, Minutes 1966
3 19 St. Martha’s House. Personnel Handbooks 1948, 1950, 1957-1959
3 20 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Personnel, Job Descriptions 1966, 1968
3 21 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Personnel, Personnel practices circa 1967
3 22 St. Martha’s House. Headworker's Reports 1940-1941
3 23 Houston Community Center. Executive Director's Reports 1968
3 24 St. Martha’s House. Community Worker's Reports, John Craine Sennott and Charles Cacace circa 1951-1952
3 25 St. Martha’s House. Community Worker's Reports, Miscellaneous, Charles Berman 1960
3 26 St. Martha’s House. Temple University, Field Experience Program 1957-1959
3 27 St. Martha’s House. Atlanta university School of Social Work, Field Work Manual, Correspondence, Conference 1960
3 28 St. Martha’s House. Personnel, Correspondence 1960
3 29 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. City of Philadelphia, Department of Licenses and Inspections, Correspondence 1964-1969
3 30 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Personnel, Miscellaneous 1958, 1963
3 31 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Building Maintenance Correspondence, etc. 1962-1969
3 32 Houston Community Center. Policies on Use of Buildings and Facilities 1966
Series 2. Financial/Membership Records, 1937-1960s
Series 2 includes financial records from 1937-1960 and 1958-1960, budget material from 1960s, and membership cards from 1945-1961.
4 1-2 Financial Records 1906-1921
4 3-10 Financial Records 1921-1959
5 12 St. Martha’s House. United Fund Budget Submission 1964-1965
5 13 Houston Community Center. Budget 1968-1970
5 14 St. Martha’s House. Membership Analysis 1939
5 15 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Membership, Miscellaneous undated
5 16 St. Martha’s House. Budget 1963-1964
5 17 St. Martha’s House. Membership Cards, Drop-outs 1945-1949
5 18 St. Martha’s House. Membership Cards, Membership Index Cards 1947-1948
5 19 St. Martha’s House. Membership Cards 1947-1961
Series 3. Program Files, 1932-1960s
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.
6 1 St. Martha’s House. Program Evaluation 1957-1958
6 2 St. Martha’s House. Department Evaluations 1957-1960
6 3 St. Martha’s House. Event Book, March 28 1932-May 17 1939
6 4 St. Martha’s House. Scrapbook 1934
6 5 St. Martha’s House. Flyers on Activities, Clippings, etc. 1940-1941
6 6 St. Martha’s House. Adult Forum, Flyers, Correspondence 1960
6 7 St. Martha’s House. Annual Dinner 1957-1961
6 8 St. Martha’s House. Block Groups, Fifth and Cantrell Community Program Records, Tot Lot, etc. 1959-1960
6 9 St. Martha’s House. Block Groups, 600 Cantrell Community Program Records, etc. 1959
6 10 St. Martha’s House. Block Groups, Darien Street Community Program Records, etc. 1959-1960
6 11 St. Martha’s House. Block Groups, Friendly Neighbors Community Program Records, etc. 1959-1960
6 12 St. Martha’s House. Block Groups, Training Course, Minutes, Correspondence 1960-1961
7 13 St. Martha’s House. Camp Records 1936-1950
7 14 St. Martha’s House. Corinthian Club, Minute Book 1906
7 15 St. Martha’s House. Daughters of America, Treasurer's Book 1948-1949
7 16 St. Martha’s House. Daughters of America, Roll Books 1940-1943, 1945-1952
7 17 St. Martha’s House. Day Camp, Evaluations, etc. 1953-1959
7 18 St. Martha’s House. East Project 1950-1952
7 19 St. Martha’s House. Emily-Mercy Civic Association and Fifth and Cantrell Community Tot Lot Association, Co-op Summer Tot Lot Program 1952
7 20 St. Martha’s House. Garden Clubs 1953-1957
7 21 St. Martha’s House. Greenwich Center Coordinated Program Fall 1949
7 22 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Flyers of Activities 1968
7 23 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Food Club, Minutes, etc. 1968-1969
7 24 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Get Acquainted Party 1968-1969
8 25 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Greenwich Gazette 1966-1968
8 26 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, May Festival 1968
8 27 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Membership 1967
8 28 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Recreation Committee, June Graduation Dance 1966
8 29 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, June Graduation Dance 1968
8 30 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Scholarship Committee, Applications, Correspondence 1968
8 31 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Neighbors, Greenwich Neighbors Branch Office Advisory Committee, Minutes, Agenda 1968-1969
8 32 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Branch, Branch Budgets 1968-1969
8 33 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Branch, Branch Office Documents, Permits, etc. 1968-1969
8 34 Houston Community Center. Greenwich Branch and Greenwich Neighbors, Miscellaneous 1966-1969
8 35 St. Martha’s House. House Program, Miscellaneous 1942-1960
8 36 Housing/Relocation 1965-1968
8 37 St. Martha’s House. Martha-ettes, Meeting Summary undated
8 38 St. Martha’s House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Minutes, Agendae 1951
8 39 St. Martha’s House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Neighborhood Survey on Use of Mifflin Square 1951
8 40 St. Martha’s House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Community Worker's Correspondence, John C. Sennott 1950-1952
8 41 St. Martha’s House. Mifflin Square Improvement Association, Community Worker's Reports, Work Sheets, John C. Sennott 1951
9 41A St. Martha’s House. Mighty Midgets, Progress Report, Minutes, etc. 1951-1956
9 42 St. Martha’s House. Neighborhood Projects, Miscellaneous 1950-1951
9 43 St. Martha’s House. Opportunity Club, Key-St. Martha's Project, Student Evaluations 1965-1966
9 44 St. Martha’s House. Opportunity Club, A Report of Progress 1959-1961
9 45 St. Martha’s House. Playfields, Programs 1951
9 46 Houston Community Center. Playstreets 1966-1968
9 47 Houston Community Center. Policies and Procedures during Civil Disorder 1968
9 48 St. Martha’s House. St. Martha's house Role in the Community, Seminar 1964
9 49 St. Martha’s House. Sharwood-Mt. Carmel-St. Martha's Softball League, Spring 1950
9 50 St. Martha’s House. South East Citizen Improvement Association 1952
9 51 St. Martha’s House. South End Civic Association 1951-1953
9 52 St. Martha’s House. South Marshall Civic Tot Lot Association, 2300 S. Marshall Avenue 1950-1952
9 53 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Conferences, Charles Cacace 1957-1959
10 54 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Executive Board and General Meetings 1957-1959
10 55 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Minutes, Correspondence, Flyers on Activities 1957-1958
10 56 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Minutes, Correspondence, Flyers on Activities, and Community Worker's Reports 1959-1960
10 57 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Correspondence, Minutes, Activities 1960-1961
10 58 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Human Relations Council, Minutes, Correspondence 1957-1961
10 59 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Human Relations Committee, "Singing City," 1958
10 60 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Human Relations Committee, Minutes, etc., re: Meeting, May 9 1960
10 61 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Traffic and Light Committee 1959-1960
10 62 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Urban Renewal Committee 1957-1960
11 63 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Membership Correspondence 1959-1961
11 64 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Correspondence on Housing Problems in Area 1960-1961
11 65 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Correspondence on Recreational Programs 1959-1961
11 66 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Baseball Banquet, September 26 1960
11 67 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council-St. Martha's House Summer Baseball Program 1961
11 68 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Youth Council, Minutes, Organization 1958-1959
11 69 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Youth Council, Minutes, etc. 1958-1960
11 70 St. Martha’s House. Southwark Community Council, Youth Council, Minutes 1959-1960
11 71 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Scrapbooks on Activities 1952-1970
12 72 St. Martha’s House. Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Victorial 1942-1943
12 73 St. Martha’s House. Publicity, Neighborhood Notes 1957-1958
12 74 St. Martha’s House. Publicity, News Releases, Clippings, etc. 1960-1966
12 75 Houston Community Center. Publicity, South Philadelphia Review 1968, 1970
Series 4. Outside Agencies, 1960s
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.
13 1 All Day Neighborhood Schools 1959
13 2 Citizens Council on City Planning, Correspondence, Newsletters, etc. 1953-1960
13 3 Citizen’s Council on City Planning, Reports, Bulletins, Memos 1953-1960
13 4-10 Citizen's Council on City Planning, Zoning Alert Service 1952-1959
13 11 Community Chest, Social Audit 1955-1957
13 12 Community Organization and Neighborhood Development, Miscellaneous 1956-1957
13 13 Council on Social Agencies, Settlement Study Committee 1941-1949
13 14 Delaware Expressway, Clippings, Correspondence 1960
13 15 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, Miscellaneous 1967-1969
13 16 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School Settlement Program (Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program), Background Materials, Procedures, Forms, etc. 1967
13 17 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Professional and Student Staff Meeting Minutes 1966-1968
13 18 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Selection of Students for Opportunity Clubs 1967
13 19 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston Advisory Committee 1966-1968
13 20 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston Boys Junior Group, Don Hamilton, Leader, Group Records 1967-1968
13 21 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston, Group Record Forms, Don Hamilton, Group Leader 1967-1968
13 22 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key-Houston Opportunity Club, Graduation June 1967
14 23 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Home Visits 1966-1967
14 24 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Individual Conferences 1967-1968
14 25 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Psychological Profiles 1966-1968
14 26 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Houston Community Center, Group Record, James Dudley, Group Leader 1966-1967
14 27 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key School, Group Records, James Dudley, Group Leader 1966-1967
14 28 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key Junior Opportunity Club, Group Records, Don Hamilton, Group Leader 1968
14 29 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Key Seniors, Group Record Form and Individual Conferences 1967-1968
14 30 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Parents Group Opportunity Club, Group Records, Don Hamilton, Group Leader 1967-1968
14 31 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Reed School, James Dudley, Group Leader 1966-1967
14 32 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington-Reed Advisory Committee, Minutes 1966-1968
14 33 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Home Visits 1966-1968
14 34 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Individual Conferences 1967-1968
14 35 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Student Profiles circa 1967
14 36 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Parents Group Meetings, Minutes 1968
14 37 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Group Records, James Dudley, Group Leader 1966-1967
14 38 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington Junior Group, Group Record Forms and Individual Conferences 1967-1968
14 39 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington Seniors Group, Group Record Forms and Individual Conferences 1967-1968
15 40 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Washington School, Parent Permission Slips, Student Information Forms, etc. 1966-1968
15 41 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, YMCA, Group Records, James Dudley, Group Leader 1966-1967
15 42 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Group Records, etc., James Dudley, Group Leader 1966-1967
15 43 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Summaries, James Dudley undated
15 44 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Opportunity Clubs, Attendance Sheets undated
15 45 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Day Camps 1967-1968
15 46 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Follow-up on Enrollees 1968
15 47 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Program Ideas undated
15 48 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Referral Resources undated
15 49 Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance, School-Settlement Program, Trips around Philadelphia undated
15 50 Federation of Community Councils of Philadelphia, Miscellaneous 1957-1959
15 51 Health and Welfare Council, Correspondence, etc. 1968
15 52 Health and Welfare Council, Education-Recreation Division 1951 1956
15 53-57 Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G, Monthly January 1954-June 1958
16 58-78 Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G 1956-1957
17 79-94 Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G 1957-1959
18 95-106 Health and Welfare Council, Form G and Supplementary Settlement Reports for Form G 1959
18 107 Human Relations Agencies and Human Relations Commission, Fellowship Committee, Miscellaneous 1965-1966
18 108 Mantua Development Association, Miscellaneous 1965-1966
18 109 National Association of Settlements, Group Work Section, Philadelphia Chapter, Minutes 1959-1961
18 110 National Association of Social Workers, Group Work Section, Philadelphia Chapter, Correspondence, Papers for Conference 1961
18 111 NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, International Social Work Committee, Minutes, Correspondence 1959-1961
18 112 NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, Committee on Social Work Education, Minutes, etc. 1960
18 113 NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, Memos to Members, Newsletters 1956-1957
19 114 NASW, Philadelphia Chapter, Miscellaneous 1956-1960
19 115 National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, Miscellaneous 1957-1965
19 116 North City Congress, Policy Statement, Speech 1968
19 117 Parent-Teacher Associations and Home and School Associations 1953, 1958
19 118 Philadelphia Association of Settlements, Minutes and Executive Committee Minutes 1957-1959
19 119 PAS, Community Worker's Committee, Minutes, etc. 1959-1961
19 120 PAS, Mental Health Committee and Program 1957-1958
19 121 PAS, Correspondence with United Neighborhood House of New York and with Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1958
19 122 PAS, Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1956-1959
19 123 Philadelphia, Commission on Human Relations, South Philadelphia Committee on Intergroup Affairs, Minutes, etc. 1959-1960
19 124 City of Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations 1960-1961
19 125 Philadelphia, Department of Licenses and Inspections, Housing and Fire Prosecutions for Violations of the Philadelphia Code August 1959
19 126 Philadelphia, Department of Public Welfare, Youth Conservation Services, Reports, etc. 1966, undated
19 127 Philadelphia, Housing Authority, Used House Program 1965
20 128 Philadelphia Housing Association, "Housing Facts" 1966-1968
20 129 Philadelphia Housing Association, Miscellaneous 1957-1958
20 130 Philadelphia Public Schools, Miscellaneous 1968
20 131 Philadelphia Referral Program, "Monthly Review," etc. 1949-1956
20 132 Philadelphia Youth Services Board, "Youth Service," etc. 1956-1959
20 133 Race Relations and Community Leaders Planning Meetings 1968
20 134 South Philadelphia Citizens Conference, Advisory Committee on City Planning 1951-1952
20 135 South Philadelphia Community Development Corporation, Correspondence, Interim Directors' Reports, etc. 1968
20 136 South Philadelphia Realty Board 1956
20 137 Southern Boulevard Civic Association
20 138 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Poor People's Campaign 1968
20 139 Southward District Council, Miscellaneous 1944
20 140 United Fund, Correspondence, Reports, etc. 1960-1961
20 141 United Fund, Fund-Agency Review for Houston Community Center undated
20 142 United States, Commission on Civil Rights, Press Releases 1968
20 143 War on Poverty, Newspaper Clippings, etc. 1965-1968
20 144 Welfare Rights Organization (Philadelphia and Pennsylvania), Correspondence, Newsletters, etc. 1967-1968
20 145 Wharton Community Center-Reed Street House, Flyers on Meetings, Activities, etc. 1955-1958
20 146 St. Martha’s House/Houston Community Center. Youth Problems, Programs, Miscellaneous undated
20 147 Miscellaneous undated
20 148 Masters Thesis--Groups in St. Martha’s House and Ethnic Relations 1961
Series 5: Photographs (PC-36), circa 1904-1969
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.
1 Arts and Crafts 1948-1949, 1957
1 Awards 1962
1 Christmas 1948
1 Color Photographs Undated
1 Dances Undated
1 Day Care Undated
1 Early Photos, Unidentified Undated
1 Halloween Undated
1 Hiking with Mr. Kennedy, Fairmount Park August 22, 1941
1 Luncheons/Banquets Undated
1 Miscellaneous Contact Sheets, No Negatives Undated
1 Miscellaneous Photographs 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1967
1 Miscellaneous Photographs 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1967
1 Miscellaneous Photographs 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1967
1 Miscellaneous Photographs 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1967
1 Miscellaneous Photographs 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1967
1 Miscellaneous Photographs 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1967
1 Model Teen Fashion Show 1968
1 Mounted Miscellaneous Photos Undated
1 Movies Outdoors 1949
1 Music and Dancing 1950, 1964
1 Neighborhood Settlement Week Undated
2 Pet and Doll Shows Undated
2 Play Street 1968
2 Plays and Pageants, 1938
2 Police Brutality Demonstration Undated
2 Senior Citizens Undated
2 Southwark Community Council Athletic Field Undated
2 Sports 1949-1950
2 Summer Camp 1941
2 Vacant Lots and Buildings 1949-1950
2 Work Party for Pre-School Children June 12, 1965
2 Working on Vacant Lots 1950, 1958
2 Color Slides, Miscellaneous Undated
2 Color Slides, Whitman Urban Renewal December 1957
2 Half tone plate Undated
2 Day Camp and Carnival, Fairmount Park, 1961, 8mm film, 2 small reels Undated
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