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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Petitions sent to council city hall for street improvement. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Petitions Sent to Council City Hall, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Petitions sent to council city hall for street improvement. 1 page.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Art Department course and faculty listing.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"II Art Department", circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Art Department course and faculty listing.
Subject
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, African American--Education
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
"12,000,000 School Children Physically Defective" article for Daily Journal written by Ada C. Sweet on the health of children. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"12,000,000 School Children Physically Defective", circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
"12,000,000 School Children Physically Defective" article for Daily Journal written by Ada C. Sweet on the health of children. 1 page.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
School Survey results from Hapeville school compiled by Mrs. S. J. Evans detailing enrollment, staff, and curriculum. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Newspaper Clipping, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
School Survey results from Hapeville school compiled by Mrs. S. J. Evans detailing enrollment, staff, and curriculum. 1 page.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Newspaper clipping with articles on student officers from training camp and injuries in a building collapse. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Newspaper Clipping, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Newspaper clipping with articles on student officers from training camp and injuries in a building collapse. 1 page.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Morehouse College census of a neighborhood in west Atlanta form intended to capture demographic information of families. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Morehouse College Census Form, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Morehouse College census of a neighborhood in west Atlanta form intended to capture demographic information of families. 1 page.
Subject
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, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Blank questionnaire for Survey of Standards of Living in Colored Districts in Atlanta which details electronics, descriptions of property, sanitation, and expenditures per year. 3 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Questionnaire for Survey of Standards of Living in Colored Districts in Atlanta", circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Blank questionnaire for Survey of Standards of Living in Colored Districts in Atlanta which details electronics, descriptions of property, sanitation, and expenditures per year. 3 pages.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Blank Neighborhood Union form capturing demographics of families, relatives in household, and property details. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Form, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Blank Neighborhood Union form capturing demographics of families, relatives in household, and property details. 1 page.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
First Graduating Class of Nursing Assistants, circa 1910. Written on verso: First Graduating Class of Nursing Assistants, circa 1910.
Neighborhood Union Collection
First Graduating Class of Nursing Assistants, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
First Graduating Class of Nursing Assistants, circa 1910. Written on verso: First Graduating Class of Nursing Assistants, circa 1910.
Subject
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, African Americans--Education
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Portrait of two African American women circa 1910.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Two Women, circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Portrait of two African American women circa 1910.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Two African American neighborhood boys enjoying candy in front of a house, circa 1912. Written on recto: For your personal delectation! Suckers were exchanged just previous to taking the picture the bigger boy apparently getting the better bargain.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Two Neighborhood Boys, circa 1912
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
Two African American neighborhood boys enjoying candy in front of a house, circa 1912. Written on recto: For your personal delectation! Suckers were exchanged just previous to taking the picture the bigger boy apparently getting the better bargain.
Subject
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, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
May Ann Brook's Class, circa 1910. Written on envelope: Mary Ann Brooks (student in Spelman's primary department) taught these neighborhood children, circa 1910.
Neighborhood Union Collection
May Ann Brook's Class circa 1910
Date Created
1910/1916
Description
May Ann Brook's Class, circa 1910. Written on envelope: Mary Ann Brooks (student in Spelman's primary department) taught these neighborhood children, circa 1910.
Subject
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, African Americans--Education, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Negroes Inaugurate Educational Movement" article in The Atlanta Journal as an editorial on Negro conditions. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Negroes Inaugurate Educational Movement", December 12, 1909
Date Created
1909-12-12
Description
"Negroes Inaugurate Educational Movement" article in The Atlanta Journal as an editorial on Negro conditions. 1 page.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
1908-1918 Minute Book of the Neighborhood Union. 149 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Minute Book, 1908-1918
Date Created
1908-1918
Description
1908-1918 Minute Book of the Neighborhood Union. 149 pages.
Subject
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--Education, African American universities and colleges, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American, African American civil rights workers, African Americans--Employment
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Constitution of Neighborhood Union 1908.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Constitution of the Neighborhood Union, 1908
Date Created
1908
Description
Constitution of Neighborhood Union 1908.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Community development, African American neighborhoods
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Blank questionnaire for Negro Families that captures demographics, social activities, birthplace, occupation, and date of arrival to Atlanta. 3 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Questionnaire for Negro Families", 1908
Date Created
1908
Description
Blank questionnaire for Negro Families that captures demographics, social activities, birthplace, occupation, and date of arrival to Atlanta. 3 pages.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope as a young woman. She organized Neighborhood Union in Atlanta in 1908.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, 1908
Date Created
1908
Description
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope as a young woman. She organized Neighborhood Union in Atlanta in 1908.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Women and children attend a Neighborhood Union gathering.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Women and children attend a Neighborhood Union gathering.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: Back of Old Home.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Written on recto: Back of Old Home.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: Facing Spelman College.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Written on recto: Facing Spelman College.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: Front of the old home.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Written on recto: Front of the old home.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: West side of the old home,
Neighborhood Union Collection
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Written on recto: West side of the old home,
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Old civil war era army barracks. Written on recto: Old Army barrack opposite the home.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Old Army Barracks, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Old civil war era army barracks. Written on recto: Old Army barrack opposite the home.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Two nurses wearing white uniforms. Written on recto: Three of our trained nurses.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Two Nurses, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
Two nurses wearing white uniforms. Written on recto: Three of our trained nurses.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, African American women, Nursing
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A nurse wearing a white uniform and cape stands on a porch. Written on recto: Three of our trained nurses.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Nurse Standing on a Porch, circa 1910
Date Created
1906/1914
Description
A nurse wearing a white uniform and cape stands on a porch. Written on recto: Three of our trained nurses.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, African American women, Nursing
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations notes with lists of names and assignments.
Neighborhood Union Collection
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations Notes, circa 1906
Date Created
1903/1909
Description
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations notes with lists of names and assignments.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, son, and housekeeper, circa 1906. Written on verso: Mrs. Hope, Edward S. Hope, Lynette (hope's housekeeper), President's home, Morehouse College. Verified by Dr. Edward Hope, March 1986.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, Son, and Housekeeper, circa 1906
Date Created
1903/1909
Description
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, son, and housekeeper, circa 1906. Written on verso: Mrs. Hope, Edward S. Hope, Lynette (hope's housekeeper), President's home, Morehouse College. Verified by Dr. Edward Hope, March 1986.
Subject
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, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope reading a book indoors.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope Reading a Book, circa 1905
Date Created
1903/1909
Description
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope reading a book indoors.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children sit on steps outside of a home. Written on recto: First family.
Neighborhood Union Collection
First family, 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
A group of children sit on steps outside of a home. Written on recto: First family.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children sit on steps with books. Written on recto: First family, 1903.
Neighborhood Union Collection
First family, 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
A group of children sit on steps with books. Written on recto: First family, 1903.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children sit at dining tables. Written on recto: First dining room.
Neighborhood Union Collection
First dining room, 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
A group of children sit at dining tables. Written on recto: First dining room.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Miss Amy A. Chadwick, 1903
Date Created
1903
Description
Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Portraits and people, Orphanages
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
African Americans citizens on porch and buggy on Fair Street in Atlanta, circa 1900.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Fair Street in Atlanta, circa 1900
Date Created
1900/1906
Description
African Americans citizens on porch and buggy on Fair Street in Atlanta, circa 1900.
Subject
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, African Americans--Housing
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
African American women on the Porch of Mrs. Hope's Home, circa 1900
Neighborhood Union Collection
Women on the Porch of Hope's Home, circa 1900
Date Created
1900/1906
Description
African American women on the Porch of Mrs. Hope's Home, circa 1900
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Visual of dilapidated slum houses and yard, circa 1895.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Dilapidated Slum Houses, circa 1895
Date Created
1893/1899
Description
Visual of dilapidated slum houses and yard, circa 1895.
Subject
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, African Americans--Housing
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890. Written on verso: Office during building of new home.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890
Date Created
1890/1896
Description
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890. Written on verso: Office during building of new home.
Subject
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, Orphanages, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
The construction of the Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890.
Date Created
1890/1896
Description
The construction of the Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890.
Subject
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, Orphanages, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Sewing Class of African American women circa 1890.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Sewing Class, circa 1890
Date Created
1890/1896
Description
Sewing Class of African American women circa 1890.
Subject
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, African Americans--Education
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Horse drawn buggy on a muddy street with an American American driver circa 1890.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Horse Drawn Buggy on a Muddy Street, circa 1890
Date Created
1890/1896
Description
Horse drawn buggy on a muddy street with an American American driver circa 1890.
Subject
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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope and Group, circa 1890. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope, second row, fourth from left.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope and Group circa 1890
Date Created
1890/1896
Description
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope and Group, circa 1890. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope, second row, fourth from left.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home and Chadwick Home and School, Scrapbook One.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home and Chadwick Home and School, Scrapbook One, circa 1926
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home and Chadwick Home and School, Scrapbook One.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection