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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  • Decade = 1910-1919
  • Subjects = Buildings and grounds
Leonard Street Orphan Home with children playing in the yard. Written on recto: Leonard Street Orphan Home, 39 Leonard Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home with children playing in the yard. Written on recto: Leonard Street Orphan Home, 39 Leonard Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home with children playing in the yard and trolley car tracks on the street. Written on recto: Old home - sleeping porch added - Holeman home in distance.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home with children playing in the yard and trolley car tracks on the street. Written on recto: Old home - sleeping porch added - Holeman home in distance.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Exterior of a home. Written on recto: House across the way.
Neighborhood Union Collection
House Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Exterior of a home. Written on recto: House across the way.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home yard with staked flowers and a view of a house across the street.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Yard with Flowers, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home yard with staked flowers and a view of a house across the street.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home exterior. Written on recto: Facing Ella Street.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home exterior. Written on recto: Facing Ella Street.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home exterior with child climbing a slide. Written on recto: Facing Leonard Street.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home exterior with child climbing a slide. Written on recto: Facing Leonard Street.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home exterior. Written on recto: Facing Spelman.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home exterior. Written on recto: Facing Spelman.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home with children in the yard. Written on recto: Leonard Street Orphan Home, view facing Spelman College.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Leonard Street Orphan Home Exterior, circa 1915
Date Created
1911/1919
Description
Leonard Street Orphan Home with children in the yard. Written on recto: Leonard Street Orphan Home, view facing Spelman College.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, Orphanages, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
An underdeveloped neighborhood with single and multiple family housing and an unpaved street in Atlanta.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Neighborhood Housing, circa 1915
Date Created
1910/1920
Description
An underdeveloped neighborhood with single and multiple family housing and an unpaved street in Atlanta.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Buildings and grounds
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection