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.

For:
  • Decade = 1930-1939
Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Portrait of Miss Amy A. Chadwick.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A list of people in charge of different zone boundaries.
Men offload doors and windows of a work truck. Written on recto: Windows and doors donated by Mrs. A. F. Schauffer of New York City.
Neighborhood Union Collection
The school of Social Service observation classes notes of Boys' Reformatory observations trips.
An elementary class in child care of African American children.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children play around a tree ouside the home.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of girls form a pyramid.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A large group of children wave flags. Written on recto: Three cheers for the red white and blue.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Chadwick Home exterior. Written on recto: Porches donated by the First Baptist Church of Patterson, New Jersey.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of children stand on an outside staircase. Written on recto: Group of children who went from the old home into the new home. We called it "The Passover".
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of girls holding diplomas and flowers. Written on recto: Graduates of Chadwick School.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A group of girls stand outside of the home. Written on recto: Same Group.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A large group of students and teachers fill the yard of the Chadwick School, waving American flags.
Neighborhood Union Collection
View of housetops outside a window. Written on recto: Photo taken from window of first grade room in Chadwick School showing roofs of old dwellings on Humphrey Street.
Neighborhood Union Collection
View of housetops outside a window. Written on recto: Back of Same.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Exterior of Chadwick Hall. Written on recto: Chadwick Hall - Spelman College.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Two children play on monkey bars.
Neighborhood Union Collection
A young girl wearing a white dress leans on a stool and smiles.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Three young girls smell flowers on a vine outside the home.
Neighborhood Union Collection