The records of the Neighborhood Union Collection include correspondence, speeches, financial reports, minutes, committee reports, news clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and additional memorabilia preserving a rich legacy and history of one of the earliest private social welfare organizations founded by African American women in Atlanta. The Union received its charter in 1911. The Neighborhood Union's plan of organization was based on a division of neighborhoods into districts with members conducting surveys in their districts and reporting conditions which needed aid and improvement. Some aid focused on improving domestic skills, handicrafts and home nursing arts of African American women. They were also taught facts about tuberculosis and other prevalent diseases and provided supervised recreation for children. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Sep 17, 2020

Neighborhood Union Collection

The records of the Neighborhood Union Collection include correspondence, speeches, financial reports, minutes, committee reports, news clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and additional memorabilia preserving a rich legacy and history of one of the earliest private social welfare organizations founded by African American women in Atlanta. The Union received its charter in 1911. The Neighborhood Union's plan of organization was based on a division of neighborhoods into districts with members conducting surveys in their districts and reporting conditions which needed aid and improvement. Some aid focused on improving domestic skills, handicrafts and home nursing arts of African American women. They were also taught facts about tuberculosis and other prevalent diseases and provided supervised recreation for children.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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  • Subjects = World War (1914-1918)
Correspondence Between May Belcher and Mrs. John Hope, September 19, 1919
1919-09-19
Correspondence between May Belcher and Mrs. John Hope about mob violence. 1 page.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Community Development, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Civil rights, World War (1914-1918)
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence between May Belcher and Mrs. John Hope about mob violence. 1 page.
War Work Among Colored Girls and Women Report, June 1918
1918-06
War Work Among Colored Girls and Women Report. 4 pages.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Civil rights, Community Development, African American neighborhoods, World War (1914-1918)
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
War Work Among Colored Girls and Women Report. 4 pages.
Correspondence Between Neighborhood Union to Atlanta Division of the War Department Commission, 1918
1918
Correspondence between the Neighborhood Union to the Atlanta Division of the War Department Commission on training camp activities. 2 pages.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Community Development, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Civil rights, World War (1914-1918)
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence between the Neighborhood Union to the Atlanta Division of the War Department Commission on training camp activities. 2 pages.
Plan of Work for Atlanta Colored Women's War Work Council Organization, 1918
1918
Plan of Work for Atlanta Colored Women's War Work Council Organization outline and report. 2 pages.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Civil rights, Community Development, African American neighborhoods, World War (1914-1918)
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Plan of Work for Atlanta Colored Women's War Work Council Organization outline and report. 2 pages.
Correspondence Between Morehouse College and National War Department Commission, July 31, 1917
1917-07-31
Correspondence between Morehouse College and National War Department Commission requesting street lights around Leonard Street property. 2 pages.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, Community Development, African American neighborhoods, World War (1914-1918)
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence between Morehouse College and National War Department Commission requesting street lights around Leonard Street property. 2 pages.
Atlanta Colored Women's War Work Council Organization, circa 1915
1912/1918
Atlanta Colored Women's War Work Council Organization outline. 1 page.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Civil rights, Community Development, African American neighborhoods, World War (1914-1918)
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Atlanta Colored Women's War Work Council Organization outline. 1 page.