Detroit Urban League records, 1916-1992

Start Over Collection Detroit Urban League records, 1916-1992 Date range Unknown

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96 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 5 digital video files

Social Service organization serving the Detroit African American community, affiliate of the National Urban League; includes minutes of the Board of Directors, correspondence and topical files of Executive Directors and Presidents, budgets and financial records, and papers concerning National Urban League conferences and Green Pastures Camp; also departmental files relating to community services, housing, vocational services, health and welfare, job development and employment, and education and youth incentives; and photographs.

The records of the Detroit Urban League include minutes of the Board of Directors, correspondence and topical files of Executive Directors and Presidents, budgets and financial records, and papers concerning National Urban League conferences and Green Pastures Camp; also departmental files relating to community services, housing, vocational services, health and welfare, job development and employment, and education and youth incentives. The records also include photographs of chapter activities, meetings, and ceremonies; photos of buildings and staff (notably executive directors, John Dancy and Francis Kornegay); also films.

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Executive Director's Files

Executive Directors' Files, 1916-1969 (boxes 1-36) include the general correspondence and topical files of Forrester B. Washington and John Dancy; minutes of meetings of the League's Board of Directors; budget and financial records; files concerning National Urban League. conferences and the Green Pastures Camp program. The series also includes printed pamphlets, reports, newsletters and books produced by for the Detroit Urban League and other Urban League chapters.