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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Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Miss Amy A. Chadwick, 1913
Date Created
1913
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
Mrs. L.B. Hope Chairman address.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. L. B. Hope Address In Behalf of the Women's Civic and Social Improvement Committee, August 19, 1913
Date Created
1913-08-19
Description
Mrs. L.B. Hope Chairman address.
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
Newspaper clippings with articles from October 24, 1913 on purchase of lots and April 16, 1925 articles on the Klan's decline and Neighborhood Union [issues] monthly report. 3 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Newspaper Clipping, October 24, 1913 and April 16, 1925
Date Created
1913-10-24
Description
Newspaper clippings with articles from October 24, 1913 on purchase of lots and April 16, 1925 articles on the Klan's decline and Neighborhood Union [issues] monthly report. 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
Letter from Luke Episcopal Church and Negro Women Social Improvement Committee.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Cary B. Wilmer and Negro Women Social Improvement Committee, December 1913
Date Created
1913-12
Description
Letter from Luke Episcopal Church and Negro Women Social Improvement Committee.
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 American churches
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Open Letter to Atlanta Constitution from Women's Social Improvement Committee.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Open Letter to Editor Constitution, December 3, 1913
Date Created
1913-12-03
Description
Open Letter to Atlanta Constitution from Women's Social Improvement Committee.
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
Notes detailing Mrs. Hope's address on homes.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Notes on Mrs. Hope's Address, circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
Notes detailing Mrs. Hope's address on homes.
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
Correspondence between Susie Dyson Morse Superintendent of School Teacher's Leagues and Principal and Teachers about National Association of Colored Women program. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Susie Dyson Morse and Principal and Teachers, circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
Correspondence between Susie Dyson Morse Superintendent of School Teacher's Leagues and Principal and Teachers about National Association of Colored Women program. 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, African Americans--Education, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence from Mrs. Charlotte Dette, Superintendent of Sunday School Leagues presenting Christmas presents. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence From Charlotte Dette, circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
Correspondence from Mrs. Charlotte Dette, Superintendent of Sunday School Leagues presenting Christmas presents. 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, African Americans--Education, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence between Clara Gable Sale and Mrs. Hope about finances. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Clara Gable Sale and Mrs. Hope, circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
Correspondence between Clara Gable Sale and Mrs. Hope about finances. 1 page.
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--Civil rights
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
List of Officers of the Gate City Free Kindergarten Association. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Officers of Gate City Free Kindergarten Association", circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
List of Officers of the Gate City Free Kindergarten Association. 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 Americans--Education
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
School Teachers Association at Hampton Institute, circa 1915. Written on verso: 1st and 2nd from left - Dr. and Mrs. John Hope; 5th from left - Mrs. Mary M. Bethune. Identified by Dr. Edward Hope, 1986.
Neighborhood Union Collection
School Teachers Association at Hampton, circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
School Teachers Association at Hampton Institute, circa 1915. Written on verso: 1st and 2nd from left - Dr. and Mrs. John Hope; 5th from left - Mrs. Mary M. Bethune. Identified by Dr. Edward Hope, 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
Early Women's Class with African American students sitting and surrounding a bench circa 1915.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Early Women's Class, circa 1915
Date Created
1913/1919
Description
Early Women's Class with African American students sitting and surrounding a bench circa 1915.
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
Excerpt from Spelman Messenger and annual report.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Spelman Messenger and Annual Report of Neighborhood Union, 1913-1914
Date Created
1914
Description
Excerpt from Spelman Messenger and annual report.
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 American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union minutes from Oct. 19, 1914 to Feb. 11, 1915. 30 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Minutes of the Neighborhood Union from Mrs. Hope, 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
Neighborhood Union minutes from Oct. 19, 1914 to Feb. 11, 1915. 30 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
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Plan for erection of rural schoolhouses. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Plan For Erection of Rural Schoolhouses, 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
Plan for erection of rural schoolhouses. 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
Report on media coverage of the protest of the Women's Social Committee. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Report on Media Coverage of a Protest, 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
Report on media coverage of the protest of the Women's Social Committee. 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
Survey results of neighbors listing address, tax payers, children, and occupation.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Survey, 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
Survey results of neighbors listing address, tax payers, children, and occupation.
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 list of Black churches in Atlanta which includes the Pastors' residence.
Neighborhood Union Collection
List of Churches, 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
A list of Black churches in Atlanta which includes the Pastors' residence.
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 churches
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Notes from National Clean-Up Campaigns which include timeline of activities, and first clinic for Negro children in Atlanta in 1908. 3 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Notes From National Clean-Up Campaigns, 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
Notes from National Clean-Up Campaigns which include timeline of activities, and first clinic for Negro children in Atlanta in 1908. 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, African Americans--Health and hygiene, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
"School Agreement Cancelled By Boards" article detailing the agreement to accommodate forty white children to teach 200 Negro children. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"School Agreement Cancelled By Boards", 1914
Date Created
1914
Description
"School Agreement Cancelled By Boards" article detailing the agreement to accommodate forty white children to teach 200 Negro 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, African Americans--Education, African American children
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection