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Grace Townes Hamilton talks with three members of the US Department of Labor Women's Bureau. Written on accompanying paper: The Women's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor recently established a Southern regional office in Atlanta, Georgia to serve the states of: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Mrs. Ester Peterson, Assistant Secretary of Labor was on hand to greet visitors to the office and open house held by the Regional Director, Miss Diane McKaig. Left to right: Ann McMillan - Congressman Weltner's Officer; Mrs. Ester Peterson, Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director of the Women's Bureau, Washington D. C.;  Miss Diane McKaig, Regional Director, Women's Bureau; Grace Hamilton, Past Executive Director, Atlanta Urban League.
Bylaws template for local league board of directors. 7 pages.
Newsletter including league briefings, calendar of events, report on Home Rule constitutional amendment, and league radio show broadcast. 5 pages.
Information on Georgia Penal System. 13 pages.
Correspondence between E. K. Jones and Mrs. John Hope, including a list of organizations affiliated with the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. 2 pages.
Correspondence between Chairman of the Program Committee and yje Tuskegee Institute to meet with Dr. R. R. Moton. 1 page.
Program for the National Urban League Conference in 1918. 2 pages.
Correspondence between Eugene Kinckle Jones and Mrs. John Hope with an enclosed tentative program for Urban League Conference. 1 page.
Enclosed application for National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes.
Conference Committee Report on the creation of a sub-committee. 1 page.
Neighborhood Union Collection
Booklet outlining continuing responsibilities of positions on issues to which the League of Women Voters of Georgia has given sustained attention and on which it may continue to act. 12 pages.
Handbook of the League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County discussing history, principles, policy, and participation within the group. 10 pages.
Newsletter discussing, general assembly issues, committee reports, and legislative aims of the group. 5 pages.
Telegram invitation from John F. Kennedy to join a leaders of women's organizations meeting to discuss civil rights. 1 page.
Grace Towns Hamilton Papers
Correspondence and assorted collected newspaper clippings sent to Grace Hamilton on her retirement from the Atlanta Urban League. 8 pages.
Article about Grace Hamilton leaving the Urban League, highlighting her career success and love of her hometown, Atlanta. 1 page.
Article about Grace Hamilton resigning from the Atlanta Urban League. 1 page.
Article about Grace Hamilton resigning to take a position at the National Women's Christian Association. 1 page.
Article about Grace Hamilton resigning to take a position at the National Women's Christian Association. 1 page.
Article about Grace Hamilton, highlighting her as the first non-white [female] lawmaker. 1 page.