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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Leonard Street Orphan Home and Chadwick Home and School, Scrapbook One, circa 1926
Leonard Street Orphan Home and Chadwick Home and School, Scrapbook One.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home and Chadwick Home and School, Scrapbook One.
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890
1890/1896
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890. Written on verso: Office during building of new home.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890. Written on verso: Office during building of new home.
Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890.
1890/1896
The construction of the Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
The construction of the Holman House - Leonard Street Orphanage, circa 1890.
Sewing Class, circa 1890
1890/1896
Sewing Class of African American women circa 1890.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Sewing Class of African American women circa 1890.
Horse Drawn Buggy on a Muddy Street, circa 1890
1890/1896
Horse drawn buggy on a muddy street with an American American driver circa 1890.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Horse drawn buggy on a muddy street with an American American driver circa 1890.
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope and Group circa 1890
1890/1896
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope and Group, circa 1890. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope, second row, fourth from left.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Civil rights
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope and Group, circa 1890. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope, second row, fourth from left.
Dilapidated Slum Houses, circa 1895
1893/1899
Visual of dilapidated slum houses and yard, circa 1895.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Visual of dilapidated slum houses and yard, circa 1895.
Fair Street in Atlanta, circa 1900
1900/1906
African Americans citizens on porch and buggy on Fair Street in Atlanta, circa 1900.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
African Americans citizens on porch and buggy on Fair Street in Atlanta, circa 1900.
Women on the Porch of Hope's Home, circa 1900
1900/1906
African American women on the Porch of Mrs. Hope's Home, circa 1900
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
African American women on the Porch of Mrs. Hope's Home, circa 1900
First family, 1903
1903
A group of children sit on steps outside of a home. Written on recto: First family.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children sit on steps outside of a home. Written on recto: First family.
First family, 1903
1903
A group of children sit on steps with books. Written on recto: First family, 1903.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children sit on steps with books. Written on recto: First family, 1903.
First dining room, 1903
1903
A group of children sit at dining tables. Written on recto: First dining room.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children sit at dining tables. Written on recto: First dining room.
Miss Amy A. Chadwick, 1903
1903
Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Portraits and people, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations Notes, circa 1906
1903/1909
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations notes with lists of names and assignments.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations notes with lists of names and assignments.
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, Son, and Housekeeper, circa 1906
1903/1909
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.
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
Neighborhood Union 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.
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope Reading a Book, circa 1905
1903/1909
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope reading a book indoors.
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
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope reading a book indoors.
Neighborhood Union, circa 1910
1906/1914
Women and children attend a Neighborhood Union gathering.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Women and children attend a Neighborhood Union gathering.
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
1906/1914
Written on recto: Back of Old Home.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: Back of Old Home.
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
1906/1914
Written on recto: Facing Spelman College.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: Facing Spelman College.
Old Home Exterior, circa 1910
1906/1914
Written on recto: Front of the old home.
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Written on recto: Front of the old home.