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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University Housing Project Under Construction with Atlanta University in the background, August 15, 1935.
Neighborhood Union Collection
University Housing Project Under Construction, August 15, 1935
Date Created
1935-08-15
Description
University Housing Project Under Construction with Atlanta University in the background, August 15, 1935.
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, African Americans--Housing
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Resignation letter from Lugenia B. Hope, Chairman of the Board of Directors to the Neighborhood Union. 2 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Lugenia B. Hope and Neighborhood Union, July 8, 1935
Date Created
1935-07-08
Description
Resignation letter from Lugenia B. Hope, Chairman of the Board of Directors to the Neighborhood Union. 2 pages.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between A. T. Walden and Mrs. Hope regarding an enclosed payment for damaged silverware from A.U. Alumni Association. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between A. T. Walden and Mrs. Hope, March 2, 1935
Date Created
1935-03-02
Description
Correspondence Between A. T. Walden and Mrs. Hope regarding an enclosed payment for damaged silverware from A.U. Alumni 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, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Roosevelt interview details. 2 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Roosevelt, 1935
Date Created
1935
Description
Correspondence Between Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Roosevelt interview details. 2 pages.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Request for interview with Mrs. John Hope and First Lady Roosevelt. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Oscar De Priest and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, April 5, 1934
Date Created
1934-04-05
Description
Request for interview with Mrs. John Hope and First Lady Roosevelt. 1 page.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Response to meeting request between First Lady Roosevelt and Miss Marion Grace Conover. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt to Miss Marion Grace Conover, March 29, 1934
Date Created
1934-03-29
Description
Response to meeting request between First Lady Roosevelt and Miss Marion Grace Conover. 1 page.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Request from Mr. Hope for up-to-date list of Neighborhood Union members. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Harold B. Allen and Mrs. John Hope, January 19, 1934
Date Created
1934-01-19
Description
Request from Mr. Hope for up-to-date list of Neighborhood Union members. 1 page.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, John Hope, and Class, circa 1935. Written on verso: Neighborhood Union Activity (2nd class), Atlanta University; presently Morris Brown College Campus. First from left - Professor, AU; Fifth from left, Mrs. John Hope; Sixth from left - Dr. John Hope.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, John Hope, and Class, circa 1935
Date Created
1933/1939
Description
Mrs. Lugenia Burns Hope, John Hope, and Class, circa 1935. Written on verso: Neighborhood Union Activity (2nd class), Atlanta University; presently Morris Brown College Campus. First from left - Professor, AU; Fifth from left, Mrs. John Hope; Sixth from left - Dr. John Hope.
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
Telegram Between Florence M. Read and Mrs. Ludie Andrews about Mrs. Hope and the Neighborhood Union. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Telegram Between Florence M. Read and Mrs. Ludie Andrews, July 11, 1933
Date Created
1933-07-11
Description
Telegram Between Florence M. Read and Mrs. Ludie Andrews about Mrs. Hope and the Neighborhood Union. 1 page.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American neighborhoods, Community development
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Exhibit 1 with "Program Building for Municipal Recreation at Spelman College" which includes the partner organization and survey results.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Program Building for Municipal Recreation", July 11, 1933
Date Created
1933-07-11
Description
Exhibit 1 with "Program Building for Municipal Recreation at Spelman College" which includes the partner organization and survey results.
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
Appendix list and draft of guests at the Testimonial Banquet at Morgan Hall, Spelman College, which includes the honoree table guests and other guests.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Appendix Testimonial Banquet at Morgan Hall Spelman College Guests, July 11, 1933
Date Created
1933-07-11
Description
Appendix list and draft of guests at the Testimonial Banquet at Morgan Hall, Spelman College, which includes the honoree table guests and other guests.
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
Invitation for Testimonial Banquet Honoring Mrs. Lugenia Hope for twenty-five years of social service thru the Neighborhood Union at Spelman College. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Testimonial Banquet Honoring Mrs. Lugenia Hope Invitation, July 11, 1933
Date Created
1933-07-11
Description
Invitation for Testimonial Banquet Honoring Mrs. Lugenia Hope for twenty-five years of social service thru the Neighborhood Union at Spelman College. 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 American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
The Testimonial Banquet Honoring Mrs. Lugenia Hope program with order of service, menu, and poem. 3 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Testimonial Banquet Honoring Mrs. Lugenia Hope Program, July 11, 1933
Date Created
1933-07-11
Description
The Testimonial Banquet Honoring Mrs. Lugenia Hope program with order of service, menu, and poem. 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 American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence from Neighborhood Union's Mrs. Hope, and her request to see Dr. DuBois. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence from Neighborhood Union, June 26, 1933
Date Created
1933-06-26
Description
Correspondence from Neighborhood Union's Mrs. Hope, and her request to see Dr. DuBois. 1 page.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Atlanta School of Social Work and Mrs. John Hope, including a thank you and financial report from May Field Day. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Atlanta School of Social Work and Mrs. John Hope, May 23, 1933
Date Created
1933-05-23
Description
Correspondence Between Atlanta School of Social Work and Mrs. John Hope, including a thank you and financial report from May Field Day. 1 page.
Subject
African American women--Societies and clubs, Women in community organization, Women's rights, African American women social reformers, African Americans--Education, African American universities and colleges, African American neighborhoods, Community development
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A report entitled, "Negro Families in Need" prepared for the Neighborhood Union by the students of the Atlanta School of Social Work directed by Sarah Ginsberg on the economic conditions, health, and structure of Negro families in Atlanta. 86 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Negro Families in Need" Prepared for the Neighborhood Union, 1933
Date Created
1933
Description
A report entitled, "Negro Families in Need" prepared for the Neighborhood Union by the students of the Atlanta School of Social Work directed by Sarah Ginsberg on the economic conditions, health, and structure of Negro families in Atlanta. 86 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 American universities and colleges, African American families, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence between Howard University Art Department's James V. Herring and Mrs. John Hope, thanking Mrs. Hope for her support on behalf of the N.A.A.C.P. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Correspondence Between Howard University Art Department and Mrs. John Hope, May 24, 1932
Date Created
1932-05-24
Description
Correspondence between Howard University Art Department's James V. Herring and Mrs. John Hope, thanking Mrs. Hope for her support on behalf of the N.A.A.C.P. 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 American educators, African American education, African American universities and colleges, African American arts
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
"A Brief Summary of the High Points of Achievement of the Unemployment Committee 1932" compiled by Mrs. L.D. Shivery, Secretary.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"A Brief Summary of the High Points of Achievement of the Unemployment Committee," 1932
Date Created
1932
Description
"A Brief Summary of the High Points of Achievement of the Unemployment Committee 1932" compiled by Mrs. L.D. Shivery, Secretary.
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--Employment, African Americans--Economic conditions, African American--Healthy and hygiene, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Relief Committee Meets" article in Atlanta Daily World on West Side Relief Committee's plans for citizens. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
"Relief Committee Meets", February 13, 1931
Date Created
1931-02-13
Description
"Relief Committee Meets" article in Atlanta Daily World on West Side Relief Committee's plans for citizens. 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 American universities and colleges, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment, African American newspapers
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection
A Composite Picture of Lynching and Lyncher's report which include the organization's leadership, map, history or organization, and records of lynching with alleged crimes. 9 pages.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching "Composite Picture of Lynching and Lynchers" Repo
Date Created
1931-01-07
Description
A Composite Picture of Lynching and Lyncher's report which include the organization's leadership, map, history or organization, and records of lynching with alleged crimes. 9 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, Lynching, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Neighborhood Union Collection