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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Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, 1908
1908
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope as a young woman. She organized Neighborhood Union in Atlanta in 1908.
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. Written on verso: Mrs. John Hope as a young woman. She organized Neighborhood Union in Atlanta in 1908.
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.
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