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Collection Overview
Title:United South End Settlements records
Dates:1892-2006 (bulk 1980-1999)
Location: 59/1-4, 60/4, 64/3, FF6/D9
Call Number:M126
Volume:87.85 cubic ft. (85 boxes, 1 flat file drawer, and 1 roll tube)
Scope and Content Abstract:This collection documents the history of United South End Settlements prior to 1960, specifically the formation of the Federation of South End Settlements and the creation of the Children's Art Centre. Documentation includes the reasons for and actions taken by the head workers of the settlement houses and the Children's Art Centre to form the Federation of South End Settlements, as well as the purpose of establishing a children's museum in the South End. Records date from 1892-1963 and include minutes of the South End Planning Group, the minutes of the Federation's directors meetings, and correspondence to and from the South End Area Planning Group regarding the implications of the Community Fund survey and possible action plans. Records also include meeting minutes of the Museum Settlement Association, annual reports of the Children's Art Centre from 1922-1963; and the Children's Art Centre's annual report precises from 1915-1959; by-laws of Andover, Hale, and Lincoln houses; scrapbooks; and annual reports of the South End House. Records from 1960-2006 document United South End Settlement's efforts to provide safe, accessible spaces where residents of the South End and Lower Roxbury gathered for recreational, cultural, and educational activities. United South End Settlement's role in urban renewal and in developing housing and economic opportunities during the 1960s and 1970s is also documented. Topics covered are the history of settlement houses in Boston's South End, urban renewal, and non-profit social service delivery. In addition, oral histories of several residents provide the history and culture of the South End from the 1920-1990s, and the role of settlement houses, in particular the South End House, and United South End Settlements. Other topics documented include adult education and employment training, children's art education, community development, services to the elderly, residential and summer day camp programming, and minority artists. The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, proposals, grants and contracts, financial statements, budgets, audits, newspaper clippings, program descriptions, property descriptions, artwork, photographs and slides, scrapbooks, and VHS cassettes.
Historical Abstract:United South End Settlements is a non-profit social service agency located in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts, whose mission is to foster well-being, nurture personal growth and development, build a sense of community, and maintain an environment where all can thrive. In 1950, five settlement houses (South End, Lincoln, Hale, Harriet Tubman, and Ellis Memorial) and the Children's Art Centre, agreed to share their resources and formed the Federation of South End Settlements. In 1960, Ellis Memorial left the group which was renamed the United South End Settlements.
Arrangement:Organized into seven series: 1. Pre-merger; 2. Governance; 3. Executive Staff; 4. Programs; 5. Development Office; 6. Business Office and Public Grants and Contracts; and 7. Audio-Visual and Memorabilia.
Subjects and Contributors:
  • Woods, Robert Archey, 1865-1925
  • Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
  • Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-
  • Garcia, Frieda
  • Guadulesa
  • Brown, Kenneth
  • Morton, Helen
  • Cochrane, F. Douglas
  • Knight, Lucy
  • Ammarell, Natalie
  • Sears, John
  • Woods, Robert

  • United South End Settlements
  • South End House
  • Hale House
  • Lincoln House
  • Harriet Tubman House
  • Camp Hale
  • Federation of United South End Settlements

  • South End House (Boston, Mass.)
  • Social Settlements – Massachusetts
  • Neighborhood – Massachusetts –Boston – History
  • Social Services – Massachusetts – Elderly
  • Outdoor recreation – Management
  • Lodging-houses -- South End Settlements -- Massachusetts-- South End (Boston)
  • Social Services -- Massachusetts – South End (Boston)
  • Urban Renewal -- Massachusetts --Boston -- History
  • Community development, Urban -- Massachusetts -- South End (Boston)
  • Community development -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury
  • Tenant's associations -- Massachusetts -- History
  • Neighborhood -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Relocation of Families and Individuals
  • Development projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Roxbury / South End
  • Development projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay -- Issues
  • Children's art -- United States -- Exhibitions
  • Adult education -- United States
  • Literacy
  • Vocational education -- Programs -- Massachusetts -- Boston
  • Employment training -- Massachusetts -- Boston
  • Older people – Recreation
  • Recreation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Children and Youth
  • Summer Jobs Programs -- Massachusetts -- Boston
  • Community centers -- Massachusetts -- Children and Youth
  • Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
  • Minority artists -- United States
  • Older people – Education
  • Community centers
  • Non-profit organizations -- Massachusetts -- South End (Boston)
  • African American women artists
Restrictions:Files containing client information are restricted for 75 years from the date of their creation. Please contact the University Archivist for more information.
Related Materials:

Helen Morton papers, 1920-1984, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.United South End Settlements records, 1892-1973, University of Minnesota Social Welfare History Archives.South End House, 1890-1950, Houghton Library, Harvard University.South End House Association records, 1909-1944. Simmons College Archives.
Processor:Finding aid prepared by Kimberly Reynolds and Archive Staff, February 16, 2007

Scope and Content Note

This collection documents the history of United South End Settlements prior to 1960, specifically the formation of the Federation of South End Settlements and the creation of the Children's Art Centre. Documentation includes the reasons for and actions taken by the head workers of the settlement houses and the Children's Art Centre to form the Federation of South End Settlements, as well as the purpose of establishing a children's museum in the South End. (Box 1). Records date from 1892-1963 and include the minutes of the South End Planning Group, the Federation's directors meetings, and correspondence to and from the South End Area Planning Group regarding the implications of the Community Fund survey and possible action plans (Boxes 1-2). Records also include meeting minutes of the Museum Settlement Association; annual reports of the Children's Art Centre from 1922-1963, and annual report precises from 1915-1959 (Box 1); by-laws of Andover, Hale, and Lincoln House; scrapbooks; and annual reports of the South End House (Boxes 1-2).

Records from 1960-2006 document United South End Settlement's efforts to provide safe, accessible spaces where residents of the South End and Lower Roxbury gathered for recreational, cultural, and educational activities. United South End settlements' role in urban renewal, particularly in the Castle Square area, and in developing economic opportunities during the 1960s and 1970s is also documented (Boxes 5-6, 58-59, 47, 64, and 76). Topics include the history of settlement houses in Boston's South End, urban renewal, housing and neighborhood development (Boxes 69-71, and 75) non-profit social service delivery. In addition, oral histories of several residents describing the history and culture of the South End from the 1920s-1990s, and the role of the settlement houses, in particular the South End House and United South End Settlements are also included (Box 79) and community organizing (Boxes 35, 39, 58, and 71). Other topics documented include adult education and employment training, children's art education, services to the elderly, the creation of a children's fine arts museum, residential and day camp programming, and minority artists and art exhibits. An extensive collection of images documents the South End neighborhood from 1900-1990s, including 20 Union Street and South Bay Union. Also included are photographs of programs, such as the Poland Springs Caddy Camp, flower delivery by children to neighborhood shut-ins (Boxes 78 and 82-83), and the summer camps at Wellesley, Massachusetts, Brenton Woods, New Hampshire, and Camp Hale, in Squam, New Hampshire (Boxes 82-83). The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, proposals, grants and contracts, financial statements, budgets, audits, newspaper clippings, program descriptions, property descriptions, artwork, photographs and slides, scrapbooks, and VHS cassettes. Materials not found in the collection include the book, "The Zone of Emergence," by Robert Woods and Albert Kennedy. This is, however, located in Snell's general stacks (LC HN80B7K4 1969). Also missing are annual reports for the years 1984-1987 and 1991-1992, and Board of Directors meeting minutes for February 1961-November 1965, April 1966-December 1967, April 1971-November 1971, January and March – December 1972, 1973, January – September 1974, and December 1979.

Historical Note

In 1960, four settlement houses and a children's museum located in the South End of Boston merged to form the United South End Settlements. The history of these settlement houses dates back to 1891 when William J. Tucker, a professor at Andover Theological Seminary, established a men's residence called Andover House. The Headworker of Andover House was Robert Archey Woods, who changed its name to the South End House in 1895. The South End House was the first settlement house in Boston and the fourth one in the United States. Other settlement houses soon followed in the South End, among them were the Lincoln House in 1892, Hale House in 1895, and the Harriet Tubman House in 1904. The Children's Art Centre, which opened in 1918, evolved from meetings of the Museum Settlement Association.

These early settlement houses focused on improving housing, public health, and sanitation, developing day care programs that included medical care for children, and creating mental health programs. Settlement house residents established milk stations, public baths, dispensaries, and services, such as emergency loan and stamp savings programs. Recreational, educational, and cultural efforts included providing summer camp opportunities for South End children and building playgrounds. Nurseries were started as were specialized schools for industrial, vocational, and employment training for both women and men. Free concerts, art exhibitions, reading rooms, and a variety of social, drama, and literary clubs were also introduced into the neighborhood for people of all ages. In addition, these settlement houses worked to extend and develop cooperative programs with local organizations, including the Children's Aid Society, the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, the Massachusetts Civic League, and various trade unions.

In 1950, five settlement houses (South End, Lincoln, Hale, Harriet Tubman, Ellis Memorial and Eldridge) and the Children's Art Centre became the Federation of South End Settlements. The decision to federate was made as a result of the findings of United Community Services-Greater Boston Survey, which concluded that funding and other resources would go further if they were shared. The South End House acted as federation headquarters, and it continued as a residence for both staff and students. By the mid 1950s, programs and services included summer camps, an older adult program, and counseling and referrals for new immigrants. English and Spanish classes were also offered. The mid 1950s, however, was a turning point for the South End. The City of Boston had begun its massive urban renewal project in the neighborhood, which included the destruction of Hale House. Subsequently, urban renewal became the foundation of all long range planning, while existing programs were integrated throughout the remaining houses.

In January of 1960, four of the six settlement houses, with Ellis Memorial and Eldridge opting out, incorporated into the United South End Settlements under the provisions of a Massachusetts legislative act. At the end of 1959, the Boston Redevelopment Authority had announced its plans to raze the Castle Square area, where Lincoln House was located, and to relocate the 644 resident families and individuals out of the area, presenting United South End Settlements with its first challenge. Between 1962 and 1963, United South End Settlements organized meetings with community members and successfully relocated 90 percent of Castle Square residents to safe, standard housing, assisting some in purchasing of their first homes.

In 1964, the South End community successfully challenged the Boston Redevelopment Authority's plan for the Castle Square area. Boston Redevelopment Authority's initial proposal allotted only one-third of the area for residential use. With the help of United South End Settlements, residents pressured the Boston Redevelopment Authority to double that amount. The second redevelopment plan created 540 units of low-cost housing, including 90 for the elderly. The defeat of the Boston Redevelopment Authority's urban renewal plan was only one example of the increased community activism of South End residents during that time. Between 1959 and 1964, United South End Settlements played an integral role in developing a wide variety of neighborhood associations, including the South End Rehabilitation and Conservation Committee.

Since its inception, United South End Settlements has been an active participant in the redevelopment and rehabilitation of the South End, taking part in all phases of the process from planning to execution. In the early 1960s, United South End Settlements crafted a long-range plan for developing the area that articulated short-and long-range goals for the neighborhood. This led to the formation of a new organization, Action for Boston Community Development, which was created specifically to address the social aspects of urban renewal. In 1964, United South End Settlements was awarded a federal grant to develop more effective ways to provide low-income housing. That same year United South End Settlements helped form South End Community Development, Inc., a non-profit corporation created specifically to acquire and develop low-cost housing. By 1966, United South End Settlements was handling all relocation for South End urban renewal.

Prior to 1975, programs and services were administered from several different locations throughout the South End: the Cathedral Housing Project, 48 Rutland Street (South End House), 20 Union Park, and Hale House, but once United South End Settlements incorporated, plans to create a central facility began to evolve. In 1975, the New Harriet Tubman House opened as the headquarters of United South End Settlements and the Older Adult Program. The building, however, was also designed to function as a community center and an art gallery, and it houses the Harriet Tubman Resource Center, which contained books, correspondence, articles, and audio visual material about the life of Harriet Tubman. The Gallery displays artwork by minorities and features multi-media presentations. Artists such as, Allan Crite, Paul Goodnight, Lou Jones, and Anne McQueen have exhibited at the Harriet Tubman Gallery. Artwork produced by students in the Children's Art Centre and students in the Teen Portfolio class have also been exhibited.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, United South End Settlements also developed new programs and services including the Furniture Store, where South End residents could buy used furniture and house hold items; the Community Services Center, which offered a wide variety of services to families, such as home management and budget counseling; and the Chinese Youth Services Program, which focused on the needs of newly arrived immigrants, such as family and individual counseling, and educational and cultural workshops. Programs and services offered to adults were career counseling, vocational workshops, and employment training. Children, youth, and young adult programming included the Cooperative Economic Development Youth Program featuring training; education and career orientation; residential and day camps for both boys and girls; day care and after school programs; classes at Children's Art Centre; and a food service training program. The Local Development of the South End, Inc. was established to assist minorities with small business startup, and the Neighborhood Revitalization / Economic Development Program instituted a revolving loan equity fund for businesses in the South End and Lower Roxbury. The Older Adult Program, with its component Mobile Services Unit, assured that seniors and shut-ins had access to transportation, hot lunches, and recreational and social activities.

In addition to these programs, United South End Settlements also created the Manpower Advocacy Program, which sponsored legislation to improve the status of the under-employed and worked with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Association to increase transportation and to improve working conditions by signing Boston's first affirmative action program. United South End Settlements also provided services to the Cathedral Housing Development, including the Family Life Education and Counseling Program where staff assisted in organizing tenants, offered counseling to families and individuals, made home visits, and worked with high school students on desegregation issues. In addition, the Cathedral Security Program was initiated to improve the resident's quality of life by reducing crime through police-community cooperation, improved safety measures, and education.

Programs developed in the 1980s and 1990s focused on employment training and education, vocational education, adult literacy, computer literacy, and cultural enrichment. In 1983, United South End Settlements created the Employment, Training, and Education Department to help adults acquire the skills to enable them to compete in the work force. Programs included GED preparation, adult basic education, and employment training. Along with math, reading, and writing, cultural offerings and prevocational workshops were part of the curriculum. The Computer Clubhouse, organized in 1995, offered classes in computer design, programming, technological invention. Cultural programming consisted of art exhibits and performing artists shows at the Harriet Tubman Gallery and classes in the Children's Art Centre. Teen programs included summer internships in Boston's museums and theaters, providing teens with opportunities to explore the arts. The Teen Portfolio program helped students to develop art portfolios and to apply to art schools.

Through the Housing and Neighborhood Development Program, United South End Settlements continued to provide affordable housing and hold classes in tenant rights education. Senior Home Repair helped homeowners keep their property well maintained, and the Housing Counseling Program matched tenants with affordable housing and encouraged homeownership. United South End Settlements continued to provide child care through its Family Support Program, which offered preschool classes, such as recreational, art and cultural, and music. After school activities included arts, occupational therapy, and tutoring. The Family Support Program also featured a summer day camp program for both boys and girls.

In 1988, a consultant's report on the Youth Resource Center indicated that United South End Settlements needed a more family-oriented service delivery approach. The report was the impetus behind the plans for a Family and Children's Center. Severe cutbacks in public contracts and staff reductions, however, made it impossible for United South End Settlements to build the Center. In 1990, the Family and Children's Center Committee was organized instead to examine the ways in which United South End Settlements could improve its service delivery. In 1992, the report "Toward A New Definition of United South End Settlements" was released, suggesting that United South End Settlements should involve clients, staff, and board in the decision-making process thereby redefining its role as a service provider. Another recommendation was for United South End Settlements to reconnect with the South End and Lower Roxbury neighborhoods by reaching out to the community and being more open to community involvement. Beginning in 1993, United South End Settlements began the work of reshaping and redefining itself into a more family-oriented rather than a service oriented organization – one that would meet the challenges of the 21st century.

In 2007, United South End Settlements offers a broad spectrum of programs and services to South End / Lower Roxbury residents of all ages. At the South End Center for Adult Education, classes from business to sewing and events, such as book discussions, author talks, and workshops are offered. Technology education and free computer access are available at the Timothy Smith Computer Learning Center. Art and Culture programming includes the Arts Incentives Program, which provides at-risk youth the opportunity to work with mentors and professional artists, to exhibit their artwork, and to participate in Summer Internships. Art instruction at the Children's Art Centre reflects the Boston Public Schools' curriculum standards in the visual and performing arts through a wide variety of programs, including pre and after-school arts programs, classes for children and families, and the Teen Portfolio program. United South End Settlements' Senior Services Program (formerly the Older Adults Program) offers senior home repair, benefits advocacy, and hot lunch programs together with social and recreational activities including jazzercise, computer classes, and special field trip. Camp Hale continues to offer boys the experience of living outdoors for two weeks during the summer and other summer camp programs are as varied as computer camp and day camp for both boys and girls.

Chronology
1891Men's residence on 6 Rollins Street in the South End is founded by Prof. William J. Tucker.
1892Andover House opens on 6 Rollins Street with Robert Woods as Head Resident.Lincoln House begins as the "Lincoln Club", a club for boys located in various South End buildings.
1895Andover House changes its name to South End House.Hale House opens in the South End.
1897 South End House incorporates.
1899 South End Social Union is formed to coordinate services in the South End.
1900Camp Hale property is donated.South End Social Union opens and brings together 10 other community agencies for cooperative action. This is the first such organization in the United States.
1901 South End House moves to 20 Union Park.Camp Hale for boys opens.
1904Harriet Tubman House opens at 25 Holyoke Street.Model rooming house opens at 34 Rutland Street.
1905First inter-racial gatherings in Boston began in the South End as a result of studies done by residents of South End House.
1906Harriet Tubman house is incorporated.
1908 South Bay Union opens on 611 Harrison Avenue.Boston Social Union, a federation of 16 settlements and neighborhood centers in the South End, the North End, and the West End, is organized.
1910South End House helps to create the South End Music School.
1913Well Baby Clinic is established at South Bay Union.Women's residence opens on 47 East Canton Street.
1915 South End House co-sponsors the first Montessori School in Boston.First meeting of the Settlements Museum Association is held.
1917 Settlements Museum Association leases building from the South End.Music School opens on 36 Rutland Street.
1918Children's Art Centre opens.48 Rutland Street becomes home to programs for the elderly and a nursery school.
1920East Canton Street Women's Residence closes. Residents move to 40 West Newton Street.Harriet Tubman House opens new residence at 27 Holyoke Street.
1925 40 West Newton Street residence closes. 20 Union Park opens to both men and women. 24 Union Park is purchased.
1927Hale and Lincoln houses form partial merger.
193048 Rutland Street is purchased.South End Joint Planning Council is formed.
1934Housing exhibition is held on 48 Rutland Street.Housing Consultation Bureau is established to give advice on rehabilitation efforts.
1941Harriet Tubman House opens a nursery school, so mothers can join the labor force.
1949 Greater Boston Community Survey publishes its two-year survey of settlement houses in the South End.The Children's Art Center, Ellis Memorial, and the Hale, Lincoln, South End, and Harriet Tubman houses form the South End Area Planning Group to study the survey.Construction on first public housing development begins in South End.
1951The Children's Art Center, Ellis Memorial, and the Hale Lincoln, South End, and Harriet Tubman houses merge to become the Federation of South End Settlements.
1954 City of Boston launches citywide Neighborhood Rehabilitation and Conservation Program, which introduces the concept of urban renewal.Ellis Memorial withdraws from federation.Hale House is demolished.South End Planning Council and the South End Rehabilitation and Conservation Committee are formed.
1958 The South End Rehabilitation and Conservation Committee begins developing long range urban renewal master plan for South End.
1959 Boston Redevelopment Authority announces plan to demolish Castle Square area where Lincoln House is located.Federation of South End Settlements facilitates community meetings to learn about the Boston Redevelopment Authority's proposal.
1960 Federation of South End Settlements incorporates and becomes United South EndSettlements United South End Settlements.United South End Settlements and the Boston Housing Authority establish the Community Services Center.Lincoln House closes due to urban renewal.South End Renewal Committee is established.
1961 United South End Settlements begins its Community Organizing Department with the Boston Housing Authority and the University of Massachusetts / Boston.South End Urban Renewal Committee is organized. Stone Library opens at 20 Union Park.
1962 United South End Settlements contracts with the Boston Redevelopment Authority to relocate 644 families in the Castle Square area.
1963Lincoln House is acquired by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to become Castle Square relocation office. United South End Settlements oversees operation. The Youth Opportunity Center opens at 48 Rutland Street.
1964 United South End Settlements Executive Director Charles Liddell and other community leaders begin Action for Boston Community Development to address social dimensions of urban renewal.South End Community Development is formed for the purpose of acquiring, rehabilitating, and making available affordable housing.O'Day Playground opens.South End Urban Renewal Committee is formed and staffed by United South End Settlements.Shawmut Neighborhood Center, the first multi-service center in Boston, is formed.
1965 City of Boston approves the Boston Redevelopment Authority's South End Urban Renewal Plan.
1966 United South End Settlements establishes five urban renewal service programs.United South End Settlements named by Boston Redevelopment Authority to facilitate South End relocation services.
1967South End House resident program ends.United South End Settlements promotes construction of new affordable housing in South End. Tenant Development Council is created.
1968Boston Housing Authority announces it will stop tearing down homes in the South End.Sit down strike lead by the Community Assembly for a United South End is held at 20 Union Park. Protesters demand United South End Settlements cease relocating residents for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. United South End Settlements does not renew contract.Emergency Tenant's Council of Parcel 19, Inc. is named sponsor-developer of Parcel 19 in the South End by the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
1969 United South End Settlements begins building program in which five of its six centers will be torn down and replaced with three new centers.
1971 Construction begins for new Harriet Tubman House.United South End Settlements establishes the Furniture Store.Local Development of the South End, Inc. is organized.Southwest Corridor Highway is opposed by South End residents.
1973Local Development of South End, Inc. is formalized.
1974 United South End Settlements Board of Directors votes to support Judge Garrity's decision to desegregate Boston schools.
1975The new Harriet Tubman House is completed and becomes United South End Settlements' headquarters.Chinese Youth Essential Services program begins.
1976 United South End Settlements' Manpower Advocacy Staff is first to sign affirmative action program in Boston.
1977 The old Harriet Tubman house is sold.
1979 The Harriet Tubman Gallery opens.
1983United South End Settlements' staff develops 80 units of subsidized housing on East Canton Street.
1985United South End Settlements and the South End Neighborhood Action Program ensure that two-thirds of new housing in the South End is allocated to low and moderate income families.
1990United South End Settlements begins plans to develop the Family and Children's Center.
1992 United South End Settlements celebrates centennial anniversary.
1993Children's Art Centre closes.United South End Settlements begins strategic plan to become a 21st century settlement house.
1998 Children's Art Centre reopens.
2001Camp Hale celebrates 100th anniversary.
Chronology of Executive Staff
1950-1960Charles Ernst, Executive Director, Federation of South End Settlements
1960-1967Charles Liddell, Executive Director, United South End Settlements
1981-2001 Frieda Garcia, Executive Director; Samia Hakim, Executive Assistant
1982-1986Robert Thornell, Deputy Director
1989-1992Kenneth Wade, Deputy Director of Programs
1989-1992Kevin Hepner, Deputy Director of Administration
Jun 2001Kevin Hepner, Vice President for Administration and Finance
2001- Jul 2003 Sandra Furey Gaither, Executive Director
Jul 2003-Feb 2004 Ashley McCumber, Interim President
Mar 2004-Ashley McCumber, President / CEO
Bibliography

Albert Boer, The Development of USES: a Chronology of the South End Settlements, 1891-1966. (Box 64).

Board of Directors Minutes (Boxes 2-6).

South End Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 30, no. 1, 1997 (Box 25).

United South End Settlements, website, http://www.uses.org. Accessed February, 2007.
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Series:
1. Pre-Merger, 1891-1961
Volume:2 cubic ft.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical
Summary:

This series documents the history of the settlements before they merged to become United South End Settlements. Documentation includes the actions taken by the South End Area Planning Group, which consisted of the South End, Hale, Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman Houses, and Ellis and Morgan Memorial, in response to the Community to the Community Fund survey; the subsequent formation of the Federation of South End Settlements in 1950; and the incorporation of South End, Hale, Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman Houses, and the Children's Art Centre in 1960. Also documented are the creation of the Children's Art Centre, its programs, activities, and exhibitions from 1915-1963; and the purpose and creation of the Andover House Association in 1891, its residents, and its four years of activity before being renamed the South End House. In addition this series contains a history of the South End House, its programs, committees, activities, and role in the community from 1895-1959; and histories of Hale, Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman houses; and early references to urban renewal in the South End.

Records include annual reports of the Children's Art Centre from 1922-1963; annual reports of the Andover House Association from 1891-1894; South End House annual reports from 1892-1907 (reports for 1943-1950 are missing); the 25th anniversary report for years 1891-1917, the 30th anniversary report for years 1892-1922, and the 50th anniversary report for years 1891-1942. Minutes of the Federation's directors, South End Planning Group, and Boston Social Union meetings are also included. In addition, the series contains reports from the South End Area Planning Committee regarding the programs and services of the individual settlement houses and their consolidation; the Community Fund survey; by-laws of Andover, Hale, Lincoln, and South End houses; and budgets and treasurer's reports. Also included is correspondence to and from the settlement house directors and members of the Board of Directors regarding the consolidation, and Federation of South End Settlement newsletters. Articles and reports contain information on the settlement house movement, urban renewal, the South End, and the Children's Art Center.

Of special interest are the minutes of the South End Planning Group, which describe the programs and activities of all the houses and contain discussions regarding consolidation (Box 1); responses and correspondence by the settlement houses to the Community Fund survey (Box 1); and the manuscript and research notes for The Zone of Emergence, Robert Woods' and Albert Kennedy's only book about Boston's neighborhoods (Box 2). Also of special interest are the South End House reports from 1982-1907 written by Robert Woods, which provide a thorough but concise history of the South End House. Included with these reports are the Andover House reports from 1891-1894 written by William J. Tucker (Box 2).

Also of note are the correspondence regarding the international exhibition of the art work from Children's Art Centre (Box 1); correspondence between Robert Woods and Ester Barrow

(Box 2), in which they discuss Miss Barrows returning to the South End House as Head Worker; correspondence from Maria Chapman Weston regarding Harriet Tubman (Box 1); and the correspondence between Eleanor Woods and Charles Ernst in which they discuss the history and the future of the South End House (Box 2). The material documenting the dedication of the Stone Family Library (Box 2), explaining the relationship between the Woods and the Stones and giving a history of the South End House (Box 2), as well as the speech given by William Cole in memory of Robert Woods are also of interest (Box 2).

In addition, there are three scrapbooks in this series. The first is a scrapbook of the Chester Park Neighborhood Association (Box 1), which was established by the South End Planning Council and active in the South End during the 1950s. The second scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from 1910-1931 and provides information about the South End House's programs and activities; some of this information nor found in other parts of the collection. The third scrapbook is of photographs of early South End House programs that were administered out of the South Bay Union and the 48 Rutland Street centers, including kindergarten classes, May Day celebrations, the roof garden, and flower delivery. Also included are photographs from the summer camp in Wellesley and Bristol Farms (Box 1). The original scrapbook was photocopied to preserve the arrangement; actual photographs are located in Series 7, Audio-visual and Memorabilia.
BoxTitleDate
Andover House Association
1Articles1891-1919
1By-Lawsn.d.
Articles
1"City Face-Lifting for Industry"1953
1"The City and its Local Community Life"1917
1Boston Children's Friend Society 1878, 1917, 1927
1Boston Settlement Houses Chronologyn.d.
1Boston Social Union (5 folders)1909, 1925-1927, 1951-1952
Children's Art Centre
125th Anniversary RSVPs (2 folders)1943
1Annual Report Precises1915-1959
1Annual Reports (4 folders)1922-1963
Articles
1"The Children's Art Centre"1918
1"The Children's Art Centre of the Settlement Museum Association"n.d.
1"Their Own Art Mission"1930
1"Why I Illustrate the Spirituals"1938
"The Young Child in the Museum"1936
1Brochures and Flyern.d., 1920, 1953
1Brookline Civic Society Address1919
1By-Laws1941
1Chronology n.d.
1Committee Meeting Minutes1922
Correspondence1920-1961
1General1920-1961
1Exhibits (9 folders)1934-1961
1Gifts1935-1958
1Development (2 folders)n.d., [1923?]
1Exhibit Locations1955
Financial
1Auditor's Reports1922-1930, 1950-1956
1Statements1921, 1951-1953
1, 85Treasurer's Reports (2 folders)1941-1958
1History (2 folders)n.d., 1918, 1959
1Music School Real Estate Transaction Memo1946
1Newspaper Clippings (3 folders)n.d., 1918-1953
1Publicity (3 folders)n.d., 1919-1920, 1940
1Community Fund Survey Responses1948-1949
Community Organization in Citizen Participation for Urban Renewal
1Correspondence1958
1Report1957
1Springfield, Massachusetts Project Proposaln.d.
Correspondence
1Jane Addams1910
1Ellen Blood1945
1Maria Weston Chapman1859
1Charles Ernst1949-1952
1Eugene Foss: concerning Robert Woodsn.d.
1Sam Bass Warner, Jr.1959
1Eleanor Woods (2 folders)n.d., 1901, 1951-1957
Federation of South End Settlements
1Administrative Practices1958
1Agreement1950
1Centralization of Accounting: Proposed Plann.d.
1Conference: Purposes and Function1958
85Consolidation Meeting: Minutes1959
1Director's Meeting: Minutes1958-1959
1First Annual Meeting (3 folders)n.d., 1954-1956
85Illustration1959
1Newsletters1958-1963
1Newspaper Clippings1951
1Personnel Practices: Proposal1959
Planning Committee Reports
1Children's Art Centre1949
1Community Organization Plann.d.
1Ellis Memorialn.d., 1949
1Hale Housen.d.
1Harriet Tubman House, Inc.n.d.
1Lincoln House1949-1950
1Membership Count1945-1946
1Morgan Memorialn.d.
1Neighborhood Rehabilitation and Conservation1955
1Wells Memorial Institute1945
1Planning and Development1951
1Retirement Plan Proposal1958-1959
1South End Area Planning Group (5 folders)n.d., 1949-1960
1Staff Meeting: Minutes1953-1959
1Student Residents' Orientation: Meeting Minutes1959
1, 85Greater Boston Community Fund: Budgets (2 folders)1946-1950
Hale House
1Annual Report1905
1Board of Director's Vote1950
1Bulletin1912
1By-Laws1924
1Historyn.d.,1929-1930
Harriet Tubman House
136th Annual Report1940
150th Anniversary Founders Program1954
1A.C. Braxton: Correspondence1936
1Founders' Week Invitation1956
1Profilen.d.
Lincoln House
1"A Brother's Memory of a Brother" by Charles H. Brent1903
1Archbishop Williams' Visit: Notes1900
1By-Laws1896
Correspondence
1Frederick B. Taylor1949
1Louis Harding Williams1900
1Descriptionn.d.
1Policy in Politics: Memo1909
1"Remarks to Lincoln House Workers" by William A. Clark1905
1Treasurer's Report1919
1Metropolitan Boston Housing Services Needs n.d.
Newsletters
1Hi-Neighbor 1944
1South Bay Leader 1940-1942
Reports
1Housing Association of Metropolitan Boston: A Community Housing Program1954
1Humanitarianism in Search of a Method: The Settlement House as a Solution to the Problems of the City Slum1959
1Neighborhood Associations in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville1955
1The Problems of Older People Living in a Crowded and Blighted Area of the City of Boston1959
1Urban Renewal and What Settlements Can Don.d.
1Warren Area Exterior Survey, Question #111956
Scrapbooks
1Chester Park Neighborhood Association, vols. 1 & 2 (2 folders)1951-1952
1Newspaper clippingsn.d., 1928-1945
1Photographs1910-1931
1Settlement Conference: St. Louis, Missouri 1956
1Settlement Museum Association: Minutes1915
1South Bay Union Open House Invitation1945
1The South End Almanac1924
1South End Century Newspaper 1950
South End House
125th Anniversary Fund1916-1917
130 Year Report1922
250th Anniversaryn.d., 1896
2Annual Reports1892-1907, 1930, 1938
Articles
2"Boston's Skid Row" Responsen.d., 1949
2"Twenty-Five Years of the South End House"1917
2"Twenty-Five Years 'In Residence'"1917
2Book Collectionn.d.
2Brochuresn.d.
2By-Laws1950
2Chronology1891-1958
2Descriptionn.d.
2History (2 folders)1891-1959
2Newsletter1936
2Newspaper Clippings1953
2Program Informationn.d.
Reports
2Activities1946-1947
2The Utilization of South End House in the Coordination of Social Work Research1952
2South End House and its Neighborhood: Booklet 1930
2Stone Library Dedication1958-1961
2Summer Camp Descriptionn.d.
2Sunday Assemblies1951
2South End Statistics n.d., 1950
2United Settlements of Greater Boston: 60 Year Anniversary1947
2Urban Renewal: Brochuren.d.
2Eleanor Woods: Obituary1957
Robert A. Woods
2Activities and Publicationsn.d.
2Address by William Cole1925
Articles
2"Ethical Construction as Preparation for Ethical Instruction"1907
2"The Neighborhood in Social Reconstruction"1914
2Obituaryn.d., 1955
2Remembrance by Eleanor Woodsn.d.
2"University Settlements as Laboratories in Social Science"n.d.
2Zone of Emergence: Research Materials and Manuscriptn.d.
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Series:
2. Governance, 1961-2001
Volume:5 cubic ft.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical
Summary:

This series documents the activities of the Board of Directors and its committees working together with Executive Director's office to set goals, objectives, and policies. Also documented is United South End Settlement's role in urban renewal in the South End; community organization; the planning, and building of the new Harriet Tubman House; and the histories of such organizations as the South End Development Corporation and Action for Boston Community Development. The activities of the Board's committees, particularly the Executive, Budget Review, Strategic Planning, and Nominating committees, are also documented. This series consists of annual reports, and Board of Directors, Board committees, and special board meeting minutes. The annual reports document the agency's programs, funding, fundraising, special events, and future plans. Annual reports are missing for the years 1984-1987 and 1991-1992 and 2001-2006.

Board records include by-laws; agendas and minutes of monthly, special, and annual meetings; and agendas and minutes of the standing committees. Also included is correspondence to and from board members, executive directors, funders, outside organizations, and local government officials. Reports by the executive director concerning the status of all programs, development activities, staff changes, and facilities; and reports from the Castle Square Demonstration project, program descriptions, and personnel manuals are also included. Board of Directors minutes date from 1961-1999. Missing from the collection are Board of Directors meeting minutes for Feb 1961-Nov 1965, Apr 1966-Dec 1967, Apr 1971-Nov 1971, Jan and Mar-December 1972, 1973, Jan-Sept 1974, and Dec 1979.

Of special interest is the lawsuit by the Community Assembly for a United South End filed by Mel King, which sought to prohibit United South End Settlements' collaboration with the Boston Redevelopment Authority during urban renewal (Box 6); and F. Douglas Cochrane's correspondence for its background information on United South End Settlements from 1963-1970. Correspondents include Charles Liddell, Henry Newell, Frederick Taylor, and Kenneth Brown

(Box 6). Also of interest are reports submitted to United Community Services (United Way) from 1961-1969. These reports contain information on programs, activities, services, and statistics provided by the individual facilities that comprised the United South End Settlements prior to the new Harriet Tubman House (the Children's Art Center, South Bay Union, Harriet Tubman and Lincoln houses, 48 Rutland, 20 Union Park, the Shawmut Neighborhood Center, and the Community Services Center) (Box 6). These are the only records in the collection that document the activities of the individual centers. Also of special interest is the Castle Square Demonstration project final report, which describes the efforts on behalf of United South End Settlements during urban renewal to relocate families living in that area (Box 6).
BoxTitleDate
2 Annual Reports (3 folders)n.d., 1971-2001
Board of Directors
2Annual Meetings Minutes (2 folders)1965-2006
2Development and Planning (3 folders)1991
2Meeting Attendance 1961-1999
2-5Minutes (64 folders)n.d., 1961-1999
5Retreats (2 folders)n.d., 1989, 1996
5Budget Request1975-1976
5By-lawsn.d., 1981, 1992
5Capital Budget1984-1988
Committees 1969-1999
5General (3 folders)1969-1999
5Membership Lists1977-2005
5Minutes (32 folders)1967-2000
6Nominating and Board Development Assessments and Evaluations1999
6Strategic Planning1992
6Corporate Membership Data1987
Correspondence
6Kenneth L. Brownn.d., 1969, 1976
6F. Douglas Cochrane (4 folders)1962-1970
6Legal (2 folders)1983-1989
6Charles Liddell: Resignation Announcement1967
6John Sears (2 folders)1969-1993
6Development2000
6Direction Statements1968-1979
6Draft Mission Statementc. 1993
6Elders at Risk Appeal1990
6Executive Director's Year End Reports1981-1999
6, 85Facilities (10 folders)1960-1988
6Feasibility Study1999
Financial
6General1968, 1987, 1991-1993
6, 85Statements (3 folders)1975-1983, 1994-2001
6Goals: Long and Short Term 1976
6Organization of Program Centers and Administration1968-1969
6Organizational and Board Renewal Retreat 1991
6Personnel Manuals and Policies (3 folders)n.d., 1989-1990
6President's Reports (2 folders)1992-2001
6Public Charities Information1977-1978
Reports 1961-2006
6Adult Basic Education2006
6Analysis of Selected Program Factors in Boston's South End1972
6Castle Square Demonstration Project1969
6Consultant1997
6Program Committee1998
6Progress1970
6Transition Planning2000
6United Community Services1961-1969
6United South End Lower Roxbury Development Corporation1988
6United South End Settlements vs. Community Assembly for a Unified South End1968
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Series:
3. Executive Staff, 1961-2006 (1980-2006)
Volume:35 cubic ft.
Arrangement:

Chronological by staff member tenure; alphabetical within subseries: A. Charles Liddell; B. Kenneth Brown; C. Frieda Garcia; D. Samia Hakim; E. Robert Thornell; F. Kenneth Wade; G. Kevin Hepner; and H. Sandra Furey Gaither
Summary:

This series documents the activities of United South End Settlement's executive staff, including project and program development, implementation and oversight of internal management systems, fundraising and resource development, external relations, strategic planning, community development, organizational restructuring, facilities management, and arts and cultural programming. Also documented are tenant organization, urban renewal, and United South End Settlements' relationship with the South End / Lower Roxbury neighborhood.

Records include agendas; budgets; grants and contracts; correspondence to and from the executive staff, funders, outside organizations, program directors, and board members; and reports concerning United South End Settlements program planning, fundraising efforts, facilities development, and long range planning. Also included are job descriptions, staff lists, staff meeting minutes, organizational charts, personnel policies, and program progress reports. Located throughout this series are program descriptions, progress reports, and grant proposals and contracts. See Series 4, Development Office and Series 6, Public Grants and Contracts and Business Office, for complete grant and contract information. See Series 5, Programs, for program descriptions.

A. Charles Liddell (0.1 cubic ft.), 1960-1969.

B. Kenneth Brown (1.3 cubic ft.), 1969-1980, includes correspondence to and from the Board of Directors, staff, funders, and outside organizations; budgets; meeting minutes of Local Development of the South End, Inc.; and Boston Settlement Executives meeting minutes.

C. Frieda Garcia (30 cubic ft.), 1981-2001, includes strategic planning reports; meeting minutes, notes, correspondence; and reports from consultants Natalie Ammarell and Lucy Knight. Minutes of United South End Settlements staff and committees, including Program Directors and Coordinators, Core and Management teams, and Strategic Planning; and minutes of the Board of Directors and its committees, including Executive, Strategic Planning, Development, and Program are also included. The Board of Directors and committee minutes were annotated by Frieda Garcia. Board of Directors meeting minutes date from 1980-2000, although not complete. Committee meeting minutes date from 1980-2000. Records also include correspondence to and from Helen Morton and Henry Newell; government officials, including Senators Edward Brooke, Edward Kennedy and John Kerry; funders; the Board of Directors; and program directors. Histories of United South End Settlements and the settlement house movement in Boston; program development and progress reports; and grant awards are also included. Newsletters and program information from local outside organizations, such as Casa Myrna Vasquez, the Helen Morton Family Care Center, Inc., Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc., the Lower Roxbury Tenant's Association, and the Tenant's Development Corporation provide local context. Reports concerning educational, employment, and health concerns of the South End also provide local context. Reports from national organizations such as the United Neighborhood Centers of America and the Neighborhood Youth Forum were providing historical context. Records from the Massachusetts Association of Settlement Houses, which include meeting minutes, brochures, correspondence to and from settlement house directors, and special events, are also included. Newspaper clippings cover the unveiling of the "Emancipation" sculpture, the dedication of Harriet Tubman Park, programs, events, and the history of United South End Settlements and people involved with it, such as Helen Morton and Allan Crite.

This subseries also documents the organizations and activities Frieda Garcia was involved with outside of United South End Settlements, such as the Boston Foundation, Boston Panel of Agency Executives, the South End / Lower Roxbury Development Corporation, and the Private Industry Council. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, speeches, and awards presented to her by various organizations, such as the Boston Foundation.

D. Samia Hakim (2 cubic ft.), 1981- , includes Board of Directors and Audit, Executive, and Finance committee minutes that were annotations made by Samia Hakim.

E. Robert Thornell (1 cubic ft.), 1982-1986, includes licenses, agreements, program reports, some of which relate to Camp Ponkapoag, and grants and contracts.

F. Kenneth Wade (1 cubic ft.), 1982-1992, includes the documentation of Boston City Landwide Trust which was started by United South End Settlements in 1986 to develop affordable housing throughout the city and included organizations such as, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, Boston Aging Concerns, Nuestra Communidad, Allston / Brighton and Fenway Community Development Centers, and Jamaica Plane Neighborhood Development Center.

G. Kevin Hepner (4.5 cubic ft.), 1989-2002, Core Team meeting minutes from 1993-2000. These minutes contain information on planning the Family and Children Center, and planning for United South End Settlements in the 21st century.

H. Sandra Furey Gautier (0.1 cubic ft.), 2002-2003.

Of interest are records regarding Boston City Landwide Trust (Box 40), and Natalie Ammarell's consultant records, which provide detailed explanations about program planning, fundraising strategies, and department reorganization (Box 15). Also of interest are the histories of United South End Settlements and the settlement house movement in Boston (Box 36) and Charles Liddell's remarks, "The Fifties-A Decade of Change and Consolidations" for its background information on the Federation of South End Settlements and urban renewal in the South End (Box 6). In addition, the records documenting the planning of the Harriet Tubman Park is of special interest (Box 9). Also of interest are the 1982 minutes of the Long Range Planning Committee, which provide a good background of the conditions of both United South End Settlements and the South End during a pivotal time (Box 18); newspaper clippings relating to United South End Settlement's programs, services, and cultural events (Box 25); and the Massachusetts Association of Settlement Houses files, which provide information on settlement houses throughout the state (Box 35 ).
BoxTitleDate
A. Charles Liddell
6Boston Housing Authority Agreement1964-1969
6"The Fifties-A Decade of Change and Consolidations" Remarks[1982?]
B. Kenneth Brown
Administration
6Budget (2 folders)n.d., 1971, 1976-1977
6Correspondence1972-1980
6Facilities (3 folders)1975-1979
6-7Meeting Minutes (2 folders)1978-1980
7Press Releases1979-1980
7Reports (5 folders)1978
7Staff (5 folders)n.d., 1971-1982
7Camp Hale 1970
Development Office
7Correspondence (2 folders)1978-1981
7Fundraisingn.d., 1975-1979
7Grant Awards1974-1980
7Facts about United South End Settlements1975
7Harriet Tubman House: Dedication1976
7Newsletters1970
7Newspaper Clippings (2 folders)1967
Public Grants and Contracts
7City of Boston: Youth Activities Commission1974
7Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education: Adult Basic Education1978
7National Coalition for Youth: Proposal1980
7United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Proposal 1976
7"South End Sophistication" [1977?]
C. Frieda Garcia
721st Century Settlement House n.d., 1999-2000
Administration
7General1996-2000
7Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity: Policies1975-1983
7Agreements (11 folders)n.d., 1981-1995
7Audit (2 folders)1980-1982
7Boston Landmarks Commission1984
7-8Budget (14 folders)1983-2002
8Business Office (5 folders)1982-1985
8Capital Improvementn.d., 1981-1984
Committees
8Administrative / Management1992-1995
8Audit1998-1999
8Change1992-1993
8Coordinators (2 folders)1984-1988
8Core Team (8 folders)1998-2000
8Diversity (2 folders)1993-1994
9Executive Team (4 folders)1983-1990
9Family and Children's Center Planning Group (4 folders)1990-1992
9Harriet Tubman Park 2000
9Long Range Planning (6 folders)1983
9Management Team (5 folders)1988-1989
9-10Planning (19 folders)1984-1990
10Special 1992-1993
10Strategic Assessment Working Group1995
10Strategic Management Team (4 folders)1990-1994
10-11Strategic Planning (11 folders)1990-1995
11Contacts (2 folders)1982-1988
11-12Correspondence (42 folders) (1 restricted)n.d., 1981-2001
12Demand Assessment1997
12Diversity Initiative (2 folders)1990-1995
12Fact Sheets1988
12Field Placements (2 folders)n.d., 1985
12Incident Reports (Restricted)1981-1999
12Kitchen Procedures and Menus1981
12Legal (2 folders)1981
12Licenses (2 folders)1990-1998
12Manager's Meeting and Retreat1991
12Photography Release Forms1993
12Public Relations1983
Staff
12General (2 folders)1982-1991
12Administration, Planning, and Fundraising Goals1983
12Advocate Training1981
12Assessment Formn.d.
12Bulletins1989
12Coordinators' Transition Plans1999
12Counciln.d.
12Dixwell Community House Visit1990
12Gladys Guson Committee1989
12Incident Reports1983
12Job Descriptionsn.d., 1985-2000
12Searches (2 folders)1989, 1999
12Leadership Workshops1983
12Listsn.d., 1981-1995
13-14Meeting Minutes (30 folders)1981-2001
14Meeting Notesn.d., 2000
14Memos (4 folders)1981-2001
14Organizational Charts1986
Personnel
14Evaluation Formsn.d.
14Director Position1988
14Manuals (6 folders)n.d., 1961, 1981-1996
14Policies and Procedures1986-1998
14Problem Solving Sessions1989
14Professional Development1985-1998
14Receptionist Memorandum 1994-1999
14Recruitment Resources (2 folders)1994-1995
14Resumes1981, 2001
Retreat
14General (2 folders)1985-1986, 1991
14Planning Committee1973
14Secretarial Training Material
14Statistics1985-1986
14Summer Student Employees1981
Surveys
14Generaln.d.
14Secretarial Survey / Assessment1986-1987
15Training (2 folders)1989, 1993
15Natalie Ammarell (15 folders)n.d., 1981-2000
Board of Directors
15Annual Meetings (12 folders)1982-2005
15Annual Report1985
15Attendance Analysis1994-1995
15Capital Planning Research Project: South End / Lower Roxbury Report (2 folders)1997
15Clerks Certificates 1981
Committee Meeting Minutes
15Audit 1980-1984
15Budget Review (7 folders)1983-1993
15-16Camp Hale (3 folders)1981-1994
16Capital Campaign (2 folders)1997-2001
16Children's Art Centre Advisory1981-1982
16Charlotte Dempsey Scholarship1985-1994
16Development (4 folders)1991-1999
17Facilities (19 folders)1985-2001
17Finance (8 folders) (1 restricted)1981-2001
17Insurance Search Committee1991
18Long Range Planning (2 folders)1983-1984
18Nominating (12 folders)1981-2003
18Personnel (6 folders)1981-1986
18Program (3 folders)1993-2000
18Retirement Plan Summary1976
18Search Committee Executive Director2001
18Strategic Planning (4 folders)n.d., 1990-1998
18Committee Rosters1978-1986
19Consultant Reports (8 folders)n.d., 1987-1990
19Corporation Members1988
19Correspondence (5 folders)1983-2001
19Curtis Davis Meeting Notes1997
19Financial Statements (3 folders)1983-1987
19Home Care Cooperative Program1993
19-20Meeting Minutes (16 folders)1980-2000
20William Meserve Meeting Notes1988-1989
20Organizational Renewal and Board Development1991
20Orientation Packet1987-2000
20Permanent Charities Fund1981-1983
20Questionnaire n.d.
20Recommendation for Salary Increase Policy 1986
20Retreat Materials1996-1997
20South African Divestment 1982-1983
20Surveys (2 folders)1985-1986
20Vision Statement 1997
20Year End Reports (2 folders)1982-1983
20Boston Chinese Youth Essential Service1980-1981
20-21Consultants (19 folders)1984-1998
21Allan Crite Tribute1985
Development Office
21General (3 folders) (1 restricted)n.d., 1988-2002
21Camp Hale (9 folders) 1993-2001
21Children's Art Centre (2 folders)1974-2000
21Correspondence (3 folders)1985-2001
21-22Fundraising (34 folders)1983-2001
22-24Grant Awards (115 folders)1982-2001
24Meeting Minutes (6 folders)1992-1996
24Special Project Summary1981
24Dixwell Community House Site Visit (2 folders)1990
16 Executive Committee (14 folders) 1981-2000
24Executive Director Reports1981-1988
24Facilities (27 folders)1975-2001
24History n.d., 1984-1996
24Newsletters (2 folders)1971-2002
24Newspaper Clippings (3 folders)1980-1999
24Obituaries (2 folders)1985-1986
Outside Organizations
24Adolescent Consultation Services, Inc.1998
24Bancroft School Development Corporation1981
24Blackstone Community School / St. Stephen's Youth Centern.d.
24Boston Foundation1999
24Boston Observer1985
24Boston Youth Theater1981
24Cantata Singers2001
24Casa Myrna Vasquez1986
25The Center for Art Therapies1991-1993
25Codman Square Health Center
25College of Staten Island1986
25Common Ground Project2000
25Commonwealth Literacy Campaign1991
25Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation1993
25Cooperative Homecare of Boston1994-1995
25Karilyn Crockett1995
25Dixwell Community House1989
25Education Matters2000
25Epiphany Star School2000-2001
25Forest Hills Flame2000-2001
25Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc.1988
25Friends of Copley Square1994-1996
25Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce1996
25Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation1981-1987
25Greater Roxbury Incorporation Project1985-1986
25Hampshire House Invitation1982
25Helen Morton Family Center, Inc.1988
25Henry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund1985
25Lena Park Family Resources Center1989
25Lower Roxbury Tenants' Association1989
25Massachusetts Bay Transit Association1982
25Massachusetts Prevention Center2000
25Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission1982
25Middle Passage Educational and Cultural Resources1984
25Minority Human Services Providers1988
25Mission Hill Freedom Cantata 1999
25National Black Media Coalition1974
25Neighborhood Youth Forum1984
25Northeast Hispanic Needs1987
25Project Place1995
25, FF6/ D9Roxbury Neighborhood District Zoning Amendment1990
25South End Historical Society1997
25South End Neighborhood Action Program2000
25Tenants' Development Corporationn.d.
25Tent City1981
25Titus Sparrow Park Preservation1995
25Tri-State Campus Newsletter1988
25United Neighborhood Centers of America1994-2000
25Washington Gateway Main Street Project1997-1998
25Washington Street Corridor Coalition2000
25Women's Industrial and Educational Union2000
25Women's Theological Center1985
25Yes-We Can Concerned Citizens of Roxbury1984
Programs
25-26Adult Education and Training (31 folders)n.d., 1980-2001
26Boston Chinese Youth Essential Service Report1981
26Brochuresn.d., 1997-2003
26Budgets1992-1997
26Bunker Hill Community College / Cooperative Home Care of Boston: Health Center Ladder Collaborative1998
26Cable Television Projects1983
26Camfield Gardens: Neighborhood Computer Network Project (3 folders)1996-1997
26-27Camp Hale (37 folders)1981-1997
27Central Artery Tunnel1992
27Collaborations (3 folders)1984-1998
27Commonwealth Service Corps: Volunteer Programn.d., 1982-1983
27Cooperative Care1993-1994
27Copley Place / Humphrey Center Skills Training Collaborativen.d.
Coordinators
27Guadulesa, Cultural Programs (5 folders)n.d., 1986-1996
27Patricia Wheeler, Family Support2000
27Patricia Wirtenberg, Children's Art Centre1980-1981
27Cultural Programs (28 folders)n.d., [1962], 1981-2000
27Descriptionsn.d., 2002-2003
Directors 1991-1998
27-28Amy Clark (2 folders)1988-1998
28Leslie Leath (3 folders)1995-2001
28Evaluations1983-1986
28Family Advocate Position Search1999
28Family Education (22 folders)n.d., 1976-2000
28-29Family Support (51 folders)n.d., 1980-1996
29Harriet Tubman House (3 folders)1992-1997
29-30Housing and Neighborhood Development (7 folders)1984-2000
30Lodging House (2 folders)n.d., 1982-1986
30Louise Knight: Invoices1992
30List1991
30 Mackey School (4 folders)1980-1982
30Monthly Reports (8 folders)1985-1992
30Neighborhood Centers for Youth (9 folders) (1 restricted)1981-1985
30Operating Budgets1989
30Planning1982
30Policies and Procedures: Harriet Tubman House1982-1983
30Program Goals and Objectives1983
30Self-Assessments1985-1986
30South End Honor Roll1994
30Staff Survey Responses1989
31Statistics1982
31Summaries1983-1985
31Technology (9 folders)1985-2001
31 Teen Empowerment Center n.d., 1996-1999
31Wheelock College Internship1993-1998
Public Grants and Contracts
31Action for Boston Community Development1988-1990
31Boston Computer Society1993
31Boston Housing Authority1986
City of Boston
31Boston Parks / Titus Sparrow Park Partnership Program1988
31Boston Public Schools (3 folders)1984, 1997
31Commission on Affairs of the Elderly (4 folders)1983-1986
Economic Development and Industrial Corporation
31Jobs and Community Services (2 folders)1986
31Minority Employment Initiative Program1991-1999
31Executive Office of Elder Affairs1989
31Family Support and Education Program1998
31Multicultural AIDS Coalition (5 folders)1990-1991
31-32Neighborhood Development and Employment Agency (11 folders)1983-1986
32Office of Communities and Development1983
32Older Adult Program (2 folders)1983
32Public Facilities Department (3 folders)1986-1996
32Timothy Smith Trust Fund (2 folders)1997-2000
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
32Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation1985
32Council on the Arts and Humanities (6 folders)1979-1988
32Department of Education (5 folders)1983-2001
32Department of Elder Affairs 1987
32Department of Health and Human Services1981-1982
32Department of Public Welfare (3 folders)1986-1987
32-33, 85Department of Social Services (18 folders)1979-1995
33Executive Office of Communities and Development (2 folders)1983-1986
33Executive Office of Economic Affairs1985-1986
33Office of Childcare Services2001
33Office for Children1990
33Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program1990
33Institute of Museum Services1981
33National Endowment for the Arts: Museum Program1982
33Reports1996-1998
33Urban Investment and Development Company (2 folders)1982-2000
33Youth and Jobs Careers Program1981
Reports
33312 Loans in the South End`1980
331980 Census Data1980
331980 Resident Population of the Fuller Mental Health Center1980
33Boston Employment and Training Programs Funding Report1981
33Boston Employment Trends and Projections in Industry1986
33Boston Foundationn.d., 1990
33Boston Neighborhood Health Status Report: Boston Health and Hospitals1994
33Boston Program on Local Self-Reliance: People and Neighborhoods Advocating and Empowering Themselvesn.d.
33Characteristics of Boston's Population and Housing1980
33Community Organization and Empowermentn.d.
33Condition of Hispanics in Boston1974
33A Critical Review of Youth Programs Supported by the Committee of the Permanent Charity Fund of Boston1981
33Emerging Black Community of Boston1974
33Evaluation of Family Life Education Program of United South End Settlementsn.d.
33Family and Children's Center of USES1989
33Hispanic Youth in Boston: In Search of Opportunities and Accountability 1984
33Housing Analysis and Proposed Strategy for Agency Action1983
33Housing and Urban Development Assisted Projects at Risk in the South End1983
33Latinos in Massachusetts and the 1990 U.S. Census1992
33Jobs and Economic Policy Reports1987
33The Need for Rent, Eviction, and Condominium Conversion Control in Revitalized Boston1982
33Neighborhood Business Survey1983
33Operating a Lodging House in the City of Boston1984
33Population Changes in Boston and Brookline 1970-19801981
33"Pulling Back from the Brink"1991
33Serving the Hispanic Community in Massachusetts1986
33South End Data Presentation: Boston Department of Health and Hospitals1995
33South End Open Space Needs Assessment, Boston Urban Gardeners1987
33Toward a New Definition of United South End Settlements1992
33Women in Philanthropy, Papers, and Reports1997
33World's Apart: Missed Opportunities to Help Women and Girls1994
33Stone-Tubman Library: Information n.d.
Subject Files
33General (2 folders)n.d., 1995-1998
33Adult Literacy Conference Report1983
33Niathan Allan: "A Strategy to Ensure Compliance…"1994
33ASPIRA of America Conference1986
Associated Grantmakers
33-34Philanthropy Project (2 folders)1988-1997
34Summer Day Camp Programs1980-1983
34Awards1999
34Black Parent Committee1982
34Boston Children's Institute of the Home for Little Wanderers Symposium2000
34Boston Community Access and Programming Foundation1982
34Boston Community Media Council1980-1982
34Boston Compact Steering Committee (3 folders)1982-1998
34Boston Globe Foundation1997
34Boston Foundation (5 folders)n.d., 1989-1996
34Boston Housing Authority Tenants' Briefingn.d.
34Boston Neighborhood Network1981
34Boston Panel of Agency Executives (16 folders)1981-2000
34Boston Public Housing Strategic Planning Committee1991-1997
34Boston Public School System: Staff Desegregation Orders Fact Sheetn.d.
34Carol R. Goldberg Seminar: The Future of Boston Area Nonprofits1998
34Center for Community Action1988
34Child Safety Conference1981
34Chinese American Civic Association Employer Appreciation Breakfast1991
34Colloquium on Advanced Information Technology, Low Income Communities, and the City: MIT1996
34-35Committee for Boston Public Housing (5 folders)1983-1991
35Community for Human Rights Meeting Agenda1985
35Correspondence1980-1981
35Cultural and Scientific Director's Group: Meeting Minutes1995-1998
35Development of a Black Agenda for the Black Community: Proposal1988
35East Canton Street Preservation Association, Inc. (2 folders)1980-1984
35Episcopal City Mission1981
35Federation of Black Directors (5 folders) (1 restricted)1981-1992
35Forum: Correspondence1983-1985
35Goals for Boston: Meeting Minutes1982-1987
35Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative1998
35Higher Education Nominating Council Listn.d.
35Latinos in Philanthropy: Meeting Minutes1993-1994
35Local Initiatives Support Corporation: Correspondence1988-1990
35Pam Masonn.d.
35Massachusetts Association of Settlement Houses (3 folders)1995-2000
35Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc.: "Confronting the Threats to Human Services" Workshop1981
35Massachusetts Department of Mental Health: "Which Children are Falling Through the Cracks?" Educational Panel1982
35Minority Council on Vocational Education: Meeting Minutes (3 folders)1976-1982
35National Center for Adult Literacy: Barbara Bush Remarks1990
35Newland Place Improvements: Meeting Minutes1997
35New England Funders' Conferencen.d.
35Chet Pierce: Lecture Notes1975
35Private Industry Council: German Marshall Fund Study Trip1985
35Professional Recognitions (2 folders) 1984-2002
35Public Statements1980-1983
35Rainbow TV Works1984-1986
35Resumes and Curriculum Vitae n.d., 1981-1995
35Roxbury Strategic Master Plan: Notes 2000
35Safe Schools Commission1983
35Settlement Houses (4 folders)n.d., 1993-1999
36South End (38 folders)n.d., 1980-2001
36St. Botolph Assisted Living Community Project Update: Fenway Community Development Corporation2001
36United Community Planning Corporation: Correspondence 1985-1986
36United South End / Lower Roxbury Development Corporation (2 folders)1979-1985
36United Way (4 folders)1982-1985
36Urban League Demandments1992
36West Rutland Square: Proposal1983-1985
36Youth Planning Initiative: Meeting Minutes2001
36Technology1995
36-37Harriet Tubman (3 folders)1983-1991
D. Samia Hakim
Board of Directors
Committee Meeting Minutes
37Audit1991-2005
37Executive (3 folders)2002
37Finance (2 folders)2002-2005
37Consultant1997
37Retreat Materials (2 folders)1996-1998
37Summer Work1997
37Boston Seniority Award2006
37Newsletters 2002, 2004, 2007
37South End / Lower Roxbury Healthy Boston Coalition (3 folders)2000-2004
Staff
37Events2004
37Meeting Minutes (8 folders)1998-2004
37Memos2003-2005
E. Robert Thornell
Administration
37Agreements (2 folders)1981-1985
37Computer Assisted Information and Referral Network (2 folders)1983
37Consultants1984
37Correspondence (2 folders)1983-1985
37-38Facilities (7 folders)1983-1984
38Meeting Notesn.d.
38Operation Big Vote1983
38Public Relations (2 folders)1983-1985
Reports
38Progress1983
38Year-End1982-1986
38Staff Training 1982-1984
38Volunteer Services Statistics1982-1984
38Development Office: Grant Awards (11 folders)1983-1985
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