MINNEAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minneapolis Urban League.
	Title:	Minneapolis Urban League records.
	Dates:	1932-2004 (bulk 1967-2001).
	Abstract:	Correspondence and subject files, directors minutes (1967-1987), clippings, press releases, studies and reports, position papers, financial information, speeches, some oversize posters, and other records of a nonprofit human service and advocacy organization for low-and moderate-income African Americans and other minorities.
	Quantity:	18.9 cubic feet (19 boxes and 1 oversize folder, unboxed).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The Minneapolis Urban League is a private, nonprofit human service and advocacy organization established in 1925 to serve the interests and concerns of low- and moderate-income African Americans in Minneapolis. It is an affiliate (chapter) of the National Urban League, a New York City-based group organized in 1911 with affiliates in cities throughout the United States.

The organization's mission is to enable African Americans and other minorities to cultivate and exercise their full human potential on a par with all other Americans. It has long been active in North, Central, and South Minneapolis neighborhoods, operating programs focused on education, health, employment, juvenile delinquency, housing and urban affairs, economic development, community organization, law and consumer affairs, social welfare, and citizenship education. It also acts as a clearinghouse for ideas and information.

The Minneapolis Urban League is funded by government grants and contracts, the United Way, foundation and corporate grants, and private contributions. The League offers a variety of services to enable individuals and families to become self-sustaining. It operates fourteen major programs geared to children, youth, adults, and senior citizens. These programs operate in four divisions: academic education, economic development, client services, and health education. Responsibility for governance, policy development, and financial oversight of the League is vested in a board of directors composed of individuals from the Minneapolis community. A president/chief executive officer (formerly "executive director") manages the organization and reports to the board. Executive directors of the Minneapolis Urban League have been: Abraham L. Harris (1925-1926); C. W. Washington (1937-1942); James Wardlaw (1943-1951); Shelton Granger (1951-1958); Robert Williams (1958-1967); Gleason Glover (1967-1991); Gary Sudduth (1992-1997); Laura Scott-Williams (interim; 1997-1998); and Clarence Hightower ("President and Chief Executive Officer," 1998- ). From 1926 to 1937 the Minneapolis and St. Paul urban leagues merged to form the Twin Cities Urban League.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection documents the internal operations of the Minneapolis Urban League, its programs, and the activities of Gleason Glover (b.1934) as executive director and member of the organization's board of directors. It consists of alphabetically ordered subject files divided into four series: Board of Directors Files, Central Office Files, Executive Director's Files, and Program Files. There is also one folder of oversize poster and clippings.

The records include minutes of directors meetings (1969-1987); clippings and press releases; studies and reports; position papers; a few of Glover's speeches; some financial and accounting records, including audit reports and financial statements; job applications and resumes; reports to the National Urban League; and monthly staff and departmental reports to the executive director.

Most of the records relate to League work among African Americans in the distressed Near-North, Central, and Powderhorn communities of inner-city Minneapolis. There is information about a host of racial, economic, and other problems facing the League's constituency and the League's efforts to meet these challenges through its Community Organization, Education, and Health departments; Emergency School Aid Act Project (ESAA), Juvenile Aid Program (JAP), and Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP); and its Street Academy (alternative high school).

The collection also contains information about the establishment of the Minneapolis Urban League (under its first executive director, Abram L. Harris) and its subsequent history; biographical information about Gleason Glover; personnel issues; the National Urban League; the University of Minnesota Afro-American Studies Department; the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority (a national Black business and professional women's sorority); and Zion Baptist Church (Minneapolis), where Glover was Sunday School Superintendent in the mid-1970s.

Correspondents include Gleason Glover, Dexter Clarke, Anne Darby, Ronald Edwards, Gary Sudduth, and other League officers and staff members; board members; the National Urban League, and local affiliates around the United States; city, county, and state officials; Minneapolis Public School officials; the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and other local news media; the United Way of Minneapolis; and other African American organizations in Minnesota.

Included with other historical information at the beginning of the collection is a folder entitled "Minneapolis Urban League Papers, 1932-1934." This material (accession 9126) was formerly a separately cataloged manuscript collection.

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ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:


		Historical Information
		Board of Directors Files
		Central Office Files
		Executive Director's Files
		Minneapolis Urban League Guild Files
		Program Files

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Urban League Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 9126; 15,143; 15,802

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, December 1996; additions December 2004

Catalog ID number: 09-00042295

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Location

Box

149.D.1.6F

Agency overview, undated and 1981.

Describes the MUL and its mission, programs, services, client characteristics, etc.

Historical sketches and background information, [circa 1987]-2004.

MUL 50th anniversary, 1975.

Minneapolis Urban League papers, 1932-1934.

Includes: Annual Report of the Minneapolis Urban League (1932); Summary of Activities (1934); Historical Sketch of the Minneapolis Urban League (1934).

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS FILES

Location

Box

149.D.1.6F

Bylaws, 1980-1982.

Development Committee, 1984-1986.

Executive Committee, 1976-1986.

Finance Committee, 1979-1988.

Media Concerns Committee, 1977-1987.

Minutes, 1969-1976, 1978-1987. 14 folders.

Newspaper columns (drafts), 1987.

Personnel policies and procedures, 1985-1987.

Personnel policies revision, 1989.

President and executive director memoranda, 1987.

President's letters and memoranda, 1980-1985. 6 folders.

Communications from MUL president Ronald A. Edwards.

Location

Box

149.D.1.7B

President's letters and memoranda, 1986-1987. 4 folders.

Staff Development Committee, 1976-1979.

Staff meetings, 1980-1985.

Location

Box

147.G.10.2F

Audit reports and letter from Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., 1969-1970, 1975.

Board meetings, 1980.

Board notices, agendas, and other information, 1973-1974.

Committee minutes, 1974.

Correspondence (incoming), 1969.

Executive committee minutes, 1974.

Executive director's quarterly reports, 1974-1975.

Minneapolis Urban League quarterly reports, 1974-1975. 2 folders.

Miscellany, undated and 1985-1989.

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CENTRAL OFFICE FILES

Location

Box

149.D.1.7B

Affiliate data collection reports (annual), 1979-1980.

Affiliate monthly reports, December 1972-1974, 1976-1978. 10 folders.

Affiliate quarterly reports, 1968-1975. 3 folders.

Affirmative Action Program, June 26, 1973.

Audits:

Reports, 1967, 1971, 1973-1975, 1986-1987. 2 folders.

Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. letters, 1975, 1980.

Location

+242

Clippings: The Black Worker, July 1941.

An entire issue of the official house organ of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

Location

Box

149.D.1.7B

Community organization efforts, undated and 1975.

Correspondence, 1975-1977. 5 folders.

Location

Box

149.D.1.8F

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1972-1976.

Economic development and employment: Monthly report, 1976.

Education and youth incentives, 1972-1977.

Enrichment of community health program, 1969-1974.

Executive director's reports, 1975-1976.

Financial, 1976-1988.

Housing Department, undated and 1970-1977.

Inter-office memoranda, 1976-1977.

Local Information (miscellaneous), 1976. 2 folders.

Meetings, 1976.

Screening Committee, Nominating Committee, Executive Committee, etc.

Membership rosters, 1974-1977.

Midwestern Regional Conference of Urban League Guilds, April 26-28, 1974.

Minneapolis Urban League Community Resources Guide, undated.

Location

+242

Minnesota Negro Defense Committee: Mass meeting posters, 1941:

The posters concern employment opportunities for African Americans in the defense industries.

"Discrimination Must Cease in the Defense Program," June 1, 1941.

"Opportunity for the Negro in the State and National Defense Program," August 26, 1941.

Governor Harold E. Stassen, speaker.

"The Job Situation for Negroes in the Defense Industries in the Twin Cities," October 5, 1941.

Speakers include Lieutenant Lawrence A. Oxley and C. W. Washington.

Location

Box

149.D.1.8F

Monthly reports, 1976-1977, 1979. 4 folders.

Reports of departments, projects, etc.

News releases, 1976.

Notes newsletter, 1974.

On-the-Job Training Project:

Program overview, undated.

Reports, 1975-1976.

Personnel policies and job descriptions, undated.

Program goals and objectives, 1976.

Prospectuses, 1974-1981.

Education and Youth Incentive, Street Academy, Education Dept., Labor Education and Advancement Program.

Research, Planning, and Evaluation (Files of Director Dexter A. Clarke):

Economic programs, 1982.

Media Committee, 1984.

Metropolitan Fuel Fund, 1982-1983.

Monthly reports, October-November 1983. 2 folders.

Organizational chart, 1983.

Planning process information (1982), 1981-1983.

Program planning, 1981-1984.

Seniors in Community Service Program, 1983-1984.

Staff and committee make-up, undated.

Study of the participation of Black people on boards, staff, and committees of selected public and private health, education and welfare, and employment agencies in Minnesota, 1969.

United Way, 1975-1987.

Miscellany, undated and 1941-1977.

Location

Box

147.G.10.2F

Annual dinner, 1989, 1992. 2 folders.

Articles of incorporation and bylaws, undated and 1987.

Brochures from Minneapolis Urban League and from other programs, undated.

Class list (November/December 1989), 1988-1989.

Darby, Ann:

Darby was the Minneapolis Urban League's Deputy Director for Community Organization and Outreach.

Administration: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1977-1978.

Administration: Education Department, 1977-1978.

Health Department: Senior Citizens Service & Advocacy Program, 1978.

Incoming mail, 1978.

Office communication, 1976-1977.

Outgoing mail, 1978.

Senior citizens programs, 1975-1978.

Education: Handbook/manual [ECFE?], undated. 2 folders.

Education director's monthly reports (Margaret Moore), 1990-1995.

Federation, undated.

Integration in the schools: Minneapolis Urban League-NAACP, undated.

Job descriptions, 1980.

Leadership Development Group, undated.

Minneapolis Public Schools: African-American plan for action, 1989.

Minneapolis Urban League documents: Papers on administration of nonprofit organizations, undated.

Mission of the Urban League, undated and 1990.

National Urban League, 1991-1992.

Organizational assessment of the Minneapolis Urban League, undated.

Performance evaluation of the Minneapolis Urban League conducted by the National Urban League, 1976.

Personnel, 1987-1988.

Police/community relations: Alleged police brutality-Eric Benford, undated and 1974-1978.

Position of Minneapolis Urban League in support of a truly diverse faculty, undated.

Position statement on Minnesota Economic Summit, 1987.

Rental housing in Minneapolis, 1976-1981.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S FILES

Location

Box

149.D.1.8F

Accounting:

Audits, 1981.

Budget information, 1980-1981.

Accounting concern, 1975-1976.

Including audit reports.

Administration report, 1988-1989.

Admissions committee, 1973-1975.

Advocacy program, undated and 1977.

Location

Box

149.D.1.9B

Affirmative Action programs, 1973, 1977.

Agency Goals and Six Month Program Evaluation, 1976.

Annual meetings and dinners, 1973-1975, 1994-1995. 5 folders.

BEAM Project, undated and 1972.

Business Enterprises for American Minorities.

Behagen and Taylor incident, 1972.

Relates to an incident involving University of Minnesota and Ohio State University basketball players. The file includes an unsigned letter and racist literature.

Bethune Redevelopment Group, 1970.

Biographical information: Gleason Glover, undated and 1970-1975.

See Also: Executive director: Application for employment, below.

Black colleges and effort, undated and 1974.

Black issues, 1977-1978.

Black medical students, 1974-1975.

Black political meeting, 1977.

Black study group, 1977.

Board of Directors:

Administrative structure: Role of Board, undated and 1972.

Includes the publication: A Brief History of the National Urban League.

Correspondence, 1978.

Miscellany, undated and 1975-1976.

Budget information, 1973-1976.

Building for Equality: Buy a Brick Campaign, undated.

Bylaws of Minneapolis Urban League, 1963, 1976.

Cases for discrimination and summaries (Joyce Doty), 1973-1974.

Client Advocate Program proposal, 1981-1982.

Clippings, 1974-1992. 5 folders.

Commendations, awards, etc., 1985-1990.

Committee information, 1965.

Community development (1974), 1970-1977. 3 folders.

Community organization, 1976.

Community Organization Director:

Monthly reports, 1980-1981.

Miscellany, 1981.

Compensatory time, undated.

Correspondence, 1973. 3 folders.

Location

Box

149.D.1.10F

Correspondence, 1973-1978, 1987-1991. 10 folders.

Council of Executive Directors, 1975.

Darby, Joseph, undated.

Proposal: Joseph Darby's Music Studio for Near North Residents.

Door-to-door survey ("What the Urban League is Not"), [1969?].

Drug education treatment plan, undated.

Economic development and employment, 1976.

Economic development education, 1974-1975.

Economic status of women of color, 1978.

Education: Miscellany, undated and 1972.

Edwards, Ron: Campaign Committee, 1977.

Emergency School Aid Act Project (ESAA):

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1975-1981. 3 folders.

"History of ESAA Project," undated.

Program prospectus, 1977-1978.

Proposal (1975-1976), 1975.

Reports, 1975-1978.

Executive Committee:

Memoranda, 1977.

Minutes, 1971, 1973, 1976-1978.

Executive Director:

General, 1976-1982.

Application for employment, undated and 1973-1976.

Includes biographical information about Glover.

Reports, 1974-1975, 1977, 1982.

Family Affair, Inc., undated.

Federal and State Budget Cuts' Impact, 1981.

Location

Box

149.D.3.1B

Financial statements, 1988-1990.

Financial statements (general fund), 1989-1990.

Financial statements (total agency), 1990.

Fire Chief report, 1970.

Concerns memo written by Minneapolis Fire Chief K. W. Hall opposing the lowering of entrance requirements for Minneapolis fire fighters.

First Plymouth National Bank, 1973-1975.

Flint, Dr. Robert T.: Evaluation of the Community Service Officers Program of the City of Minneapolis, 1971.

General Mills issue, 1971-1974.

General Mills selective buying campaign, 1972-1973.

Glover, Gleason: Goals and objectives, 1974-1975.

Grant proposals, 1976-1977.

Health Department (MUL):

Enrichment of community health program, 1973.

Minneapolis Urban League health program, 1980-1981.

Monthly staff reports, undated and 1976-1977, 1980-1981. 2 folders.

Prospectuses, 1977-1981.

HOME Information, undated and 1970.

Project H.O.M.E.: Housing Opportunities Made Equal.

Housing, Department of, 1970.

Housing Information and Service Center, undated.

Housing Proposal and Community Service Committee, undated and 1974-1975.

Interoffice memoranda, 1977. 2 folders.

Job descriptions, undated and 1969-1978.

Johnson, Matthew: Outgoing letters and memoranda, 1980.

MUL Deputy Director.

Juvenile Advocate Crime Prevention Program Proposal, 1978.

Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP):

General, undated and 1976-1981.

Budgets, 1973.

Contract ending October 1978, 1978.

Contracts, 1973.

Correspondence, 1973, 1980-1981. 2 folders.

Five-year projected plan, 1973.

Meeting, December 8, 1971.

Monthly staff reports, 1977-1981. 3 folders.

Program status, 1977.

Sub-contract modification increase, June 12, 1973.

Miscellany, 1975-1980.

Legislative audit, 1977.

Location

Box

149.D.3.2F

Major memoranda, 1977.

Managed growth seminar, 1974. 3 folders.

"Massive Intervention Plan," by Judge Lindsey Arthur, 1974.

McCannel, Louise W., 1964.

MUL board member?

Media Concerns Committee/Ellis F. Bullock, 1979.

Media Task Force, 1977-1978.

Membership drive, 1979.

Memoranda (outgoing), 1973.

Ministry on the Avenue, 1969.

Minneapolis, City of:

Civil Service Commission, 1974.

Employment, 1977-1978.

Incoming correspondence, 1974-1975. 2 folders.

Minneapolis League of Women Voters report, undated.

Minneapolis Model City Program: Incoming correspondence, 1974.

Minneapolis Negro Statistics, 1960.

Statistical report.

Minneapolis taxi cab issues, 1974-1977.

Minneapolis Urban League Guild:

Constitution and bylaws, undated.

Roster of members, undated and 1974-1975.

Minneapolis Urban Comprehensive Employment and Training Consortium, 1974.

Minneapolis Work: Education Council, undated and 1977-1978.

Includes information about minority contractors and the 10% State Set Aside Program.

Minnesota Economic Summit, 1987.

Minnesota Urban Comprehensive Employment and Training Consortium, 1975. 2 folders.

NAACP meeting, February 11, 1974.

National Urban League, 1974-1991.

National Urban League Conference (Washington, D.C.), July 19-24, 1985.

Needs assessment survey, undated and 1981. 2 folders.

News releases, 1970-1977.

Nominating Committee: Minutes, 1977-1978.

Northwestern National Bank presentation, 1981.

On-the-Job Training Program (OJT):

Correspondence and memoranda, 1978-1981.

Monthly staff reports, 1977-1981. 3 folders.

Prospectus, 1977-1978.

Organizational and social calendars, 1975-1976.

Organizational update, December 16, 1992.

Personnel Committee, 1968-1969.

Personnel policies and practice, undated and 1970-1972.

Personnel salary information, 1973-1977.

Location

Box

149.D.3.3B

Planning and evaluation, 1978-1982. 6 folders.

Dexter A. Clarke, Director of Research, Planning and Evaluation.

Police check report: first draft, undated.

Program Evaluation Unit, 1978.

Program goals and objectives, 1976-1980.

Program monthly reports, 1977.

Program planning, 1978-1979.

Program planning perspectives, 1981-1989.

Program presentations, 1977-1978. 2 folders.

Program updates, 1989-1991.

Progress report, October 1974.

Projects and proposals, 1976.

Proposals, 1976-1977.

Proposed Black lobbyist, undated.

Quie, Al (Governor of Minnesota): MUL statement of concern, etc., 1978-1979.

Research Department, 1981.

Research material: State of Minnesota, 1978-1979.

Research proposal: Business group (Black), undated.

Residents Committee for Bethune Redevelopment, undated and 1970.

Saturday meetings with Black community leaders, 1968-1969.

Senate and congressional information (incoming), 1973.

Seniors in Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP):

Correspondence and memoranda, 1980-1981.

Monthly staff reports, 1980-1981. 2 folders.

Southside Community Clinic, undated.

Speeches (by Gleason Glover):

General file, undated and 1988-1990.

Major speeches, undated and 1979-1991. 2 folders.

Staff meeting summary, January 7, 1976.

Staff salaries and classifications, undated and 1972-1973.

Street Academy:

General file, 1975-1978.

Accountant's report, 1976.

Committees, 1973.

Correspondence, 1973-1974. 2 folders.

Location

Box

149.D.3.4F

Correspondence, 1975.

Grant application, 1972.

Submitted to State of Minnesota Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control.

Management study (William English), undated and 1973.

Monthly reports, 1977-1981.

Incomplete, especially for 1977-1980 period.

Program prospectus, 1977-1978.

Program studies and evaluation, undated and 1973.

Project description, 1974.

Rehabilitation of Street Academy building, 1977.

Studies done by Minneapolis Urban League, undated and 1978.

Included are: "A Survey of Selected Twin Cities Minority Contractors and Their Participation in the State of Minnesota Set Aside Program," "An Assessment of 'A Commitment to Focus' from a Black Perspective," "Impact and Implications of the Changing Technology on Blacks and Minorities in the Work Place," "Report on Race and Incarceration of Juveniles," and "The Case for Black Employment in Minnesota State Government."

Sudduth, Gary (MUL Deputy Director):

Correspondence and memoranda, 1980-1981. 2 folders.

Monthly reports to Gleason Glover, 1982-1987. 5 folders.

Supplementary financial aid program (proposal), [circa 1975] - [circa 1976].

Team development, 1975-1979.

United Black Front (Minneapolis, Minn.), undated and 1976-1977.

Relates to a Black picket/boycott of a North Minneapolis 7-11 convenience store following the assault of a black man there by three white men.

United Fund materials, 1976-1978.

United Way of Minneapolis:

General file, 1974-1978.

Addendum report, 1984.

Allocations, 1975-1977.

Budget presentation, 1989-1991.

MUL Program presentations and reports, undated and 1981-1982.

Priority request for 1977, [circa 1976-1977].

University of Minnesota:

Social Welfare History Archives Center request for Urban League records, 1977.

Urban crisis classes, 1977.

Urban Program projections: Economic development (1967-1968), 1967.

Volunteer Program:

Correspondence and memoranda, 1980-1982.

Monthly staff reports, 1980-1981.

Williams, Beverly: Personnel file, 1975.

Relates to a dispute between Johnson and Gleason Glover.

Zion Baptist Church (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1974-1975.

Glover was Sunday School Superintendent. Includes constitution and bylaws of Zion Baptist Church.

Miscellany, 1974-1977.

Location

Box

147.G.10.2F

C-1. General correspondence, 1970-1972.

C-3. Inter-office memos received, 1970-1972.

C-4. Inter-office memos, 1971-1972.

School to Industry Job Development Program (SIJDP):

F-1. Advisory board, 1970-1971.

F-2. Advisory board meetings (and miscellaneous meetings), 1971-1972.

Monthly reports, 1972. 2 folders.

I-2. Quarterly reports, 1970-1972.

I-3. Miscellaneous reports, 1971-1972.

Plans for 1972, 1971.

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MINNEAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE GUILD FILES

See also Guild files in Executive Director's Files, above.

Location

Box

147.G.10.3B

Correspondence, 1973-1978.

General file, 1972-1978. 2 folders.

Membership roster, undated and 1977-1979.

Memos, minutes, rosters, and correspondence, 1973-1979.

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PROGRAM FILES

Location

Box

149.D.3.4F

Community Organization Department:

Established in 1973, this department focused on political education and awareness, police/community relations, and general advocacy.

General file, 1973-1975. 2 folders.

Administration, 1976-1978.

Chronological file, 1976-1977. 2 folders.

Corporation mailing list, undated and 1976.

Darby, Anne E.: Correspondence, 1975-1978. 4 folders.

Darby was the Director of Community Organization.

Location

Box

149.D.3.5B

Financial aid recommendations, 1974-1975.

Five-year education program projection, 1971-1973.

Housing Information Specialist (Wintize Blanks), 1977.

Juvenile advocacy proposal, 1976-1977.

Juvenile advocate communications/crime prevention, 1976-1978.

Includes juvenile advocate program perspective, 1978.

Meeting reports, 1976-1977. 2 folders.

Memoranda, 1977-1978.

Metropolitan Community Action Agency, 1977-1978.

Minneapolis Urban League Guild Conference, 1974.

Minutes, 1974.

Monthly reports, 1975-1978.

Northside community meetings, 1972-1976.

Northside umbrella organization, 1974-1975.

Police check: Law students, undated and 1977.

Predominantly Black congregations in the greater Minneapolis area, 1974-1975.

Program and activities, 1973-1974.

Prospectus (1977-1978), 1976-1978.

Southside community organization, 1977.

Street Academy, 1972-1975.

United Black Front:

List of officers, 1975.

Police/community relations, 1975-1977.

Education Department:

Organized to promote the interests of the Black Community in education. Works with the total community to enhance the educational attainment of Black and disadvantaged people.

General file, undated and 1971-1984.

Black writings, undated and 1976-1980.

Correspondence, 1980-1981.

Education director's monthly reports, 1977-1981. 2 folders.

Education Task Force, 1978-1980.

Memoranda, 1978-1983. 2 folders.

Position papers, 1979-1980.

Proposals, undated and 1982.

Prospectuses, 1979-1980.

Resumes, undated.

University of Minnesota: Afro-American Studies Department, 1970-1973.

Location

Box

149.D.3.6F

University of Minnesota: Afro-American Studies Department, 1970-1973. 3 folders.

Youth consortium, 1980.

Emergency School Aid Act Project (ESAA):

A U.S. Office of Education program that provides financial assistance to public and nonprofit agencies that work toward eliminating minority isolation in the schools. In Minneapolis ESAA primarily served the Glenwood-Harrison area of North Minneapolis.

Biannual reports, 1976.

Budget, 1976-1977.

Correspondence, 1973-1979. 4 folders.

District-wide advisory, 1974-1976.

Foster, Dollie D. (outreach worker and community school organizer):

Correspondence, reports, and other papers, undated and 1974-1975. 2 folders.

Reports, 1974-1976. 4 folders.

Human sexuality, 1979.

Job descriptions, undated.

Monthly staff reports, 1974-1976, 1978. 2 folders.

Notification of grant, 1976.

Office of Education review report, 1975-1977.

Program director's notebook, 1976-1979.

Brenda Knapper files.

Project director's monthly reports, 1975-1979.

Project director's notebook (Brenda Knapper), 1977-1979. 2 folders.

Project proposal, 1975-1976. 2 folders.

Location

Box

149.D.3.7B

Project proposals (1976-1981), 1976-1978. 5 folders.

Prospectus, 1975.

Quarterly reports, 1974-1977. 2 folders.

Resumes (project director), 1976.

Revised implementation plan, FY1978-1979.

School bus safety clinics: Harrison Open School, 1976.

Miscellany, undated and 1974-1980. 2 folders.

Health Department:

Non-clinical program, focusing on health education, planning, and advocacy.

Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, 1973.

Black Caucus local APHA group, 1973.

American Public Health Association.

Clippings, 1973.

Committees and organizations and member lists, undated and 1973.

Community Health Coalition, 1974.

Community Health Profile Report, undated.

Enrichment of Community Health Program.

Comprehensive neighborhood health center, 1973.

Consumer Health Education and Training Project (CHETP):

Hale, Lorraine A., 1970-1971. 2 notebooks.

Local training coordinator.

Johnson, Matthew U., 1970.

MUL deputy director.

Participants' evaluations, 1971.

Quarterly reports, 1970-1972. 2 folders.

Also includes reports of Education and Youth Incentives program.

Miscellany, 1970-1972.

Consumer Health Enrichment Program, 1972.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1974, 1980-1981. 3 folders.

Location

Box

149.D.3.8F

Early and Emergency Care Board, 1973.

Education and youth incentive: Prospectus, 1974.

Enrichment of Community Health Program/C.H.E.T.P., 1972-1973.

Health Board: Correspondence, 1970-1971.

Heart attack prevention program: Participant's guide, [1974?]. 2 folders.

Multiple risk factor intervention trial.

Hennepin County General Hospital proposal, 1972.

Hennepin County Health Coalition, 1973-1974. 4 folders.

Hennepin County issue, 1972-1973.

HMO seminar (Chicago, Ill.), 1973.

Iota Phi Lambda Sorority: Gamma Tau Chapter, 1972-1974.

Minneapolis chapter of a national Black business and professional women's sorority.

Long Term Health Care Advisory Committee, 1972-1973.

Metropolitan Community Mental Health Center, 1972-1973.

Minneapolis, City of: Division of Public Health, 1972.

Monthly Reports to National Urban League, 1972, 1974. 2 folders.

National Urban League:

Letters from, 1973.

National Consumer Health Education and Training Program annual report, 1971.

Neighborhood Counseling Center, 1973-1974.

Northside Health Fair, 1971.

Pilot City Health Center:

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1971-1974.

Evaluation: Fifth year report, 1973.

Planning Perspectives, undated and 1980-1985. 6 folders.

Sickle Cell Anemia, 1972.

Southside Community Health Coalition, Inc., 1973-1974.

Special Interest Groups, 1973-1974.

State Comprehensive Health Planning Advisory Council, 1974.

Street Academy, undated and 1973-1974.

Wingspread Conference (Racine, Wis.), 1973.

National Urban League health issues conference.

Miscellany, undated.

Location

Box

149.D.3.9B

Juvenile Advocate Program (JAP):

A crime prevention program established in 1977 to increase community participation with offenders and their families, and to develop a communication network among agencies serving youth in the community.

Budget, 1977.

Community organization perspectives, 1979.

Correspondence, 1977, 1980. 2 folders.

Franklin Junior High School, 1977.

Governor's Statewide CETA Youth Program, 1980.

Jordan Alternative Services, [1977?].

Meeting reports, 1977, 1979.

Memoranda:

General file, 1977-1981. 4 folders.

Project coordinator's memoranda, 1979-1980.

Peter James.

Minneapolis Urban League:

Instruction manual, undated and 1976.

Organizational advocacy and meeting report, 1977.

Monthly Staff Reports:

General file, 1977-1981. 2 folders.

Project coordinator (Clyston Holman), 1977-1978.

Northside JAP (Peter James, Rebecca Speed), 1979-1980.

Southside JAP (Helen Wilson), 1979-1980.

Neighborhood crime prevention, 1981.

Perspectives and Proposals:

General file, 1978-1981. 6 folders.

Northside JAP, 1979.

Southside JAP, 1980. 2 folders.

Program planning/goal attainment, undated.

Project analysis, undated.

Project description forms, undated and 1977-1978.

Proposal for youth, 1977-1981.

Statistics, 1979-1980.

Summary (JAP), undated.

Location

Box

149.D.3.10F

Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP):

A program designed to increase opportunities for employment of minorities in the building trades.

Minutes, 1969-1975. 2 folders.

C.E.T.A.:

Monthly reports, 1975-1976.

Financial reports, 1975-1976.

Funding close-out, 1976.

Communications, 1967-1970.

Interoffice memoranda (outgoing), 1976.

Letters (outgoing) and memoranda, 1977-1978. 2 folders.

Minneapolis Model City Program:

General file, 1974-1975.

Audit report, 1972.

Contract: Third year, 1971-1975.

Contract: Fourth year, 1973-1974.

Contract/budget, 1971-1975.

Letters (outgoing), 1971-1975.

Monthly reports, 1971-1974. 3 folders.

Monthly reports (some months missing), 1969-1970, 1972-1978. 14 folders.

Prospectus (1976), 1975-1976.

Quarterly reports (miscellaneous), 1973-1974.

Street Academy:

An alternative high school established in 1971 under a contract between the Minneapolis Urban League and the city of Minneapolis. Serves as an alternative educational program for youth who are unable or unwilling to function in the regular public schools.

Black History Month, 1983-1987.

Black People: Welfare System (3-076), 1972.

Course proposal/submittal: Mrs. Tucker's class.

Location

Box

149.G.6.1B

Board of Directors minutes and subcommittee reports, 1971-1972.

Budget information, 1972-1974, 1987-1990.

Correspondence, 1972, 1985-1990. 2 folders.

Course descriptions and outlines, [circa 1972].

CQE (Minnesota Council on Quality Education):

Advisory Committee, 1977-1978.

Proposals (FY1978-FY1979), 1977-1978.

Reports, 1977-1979.

Crime commission correspondence, 1972-1973.

Director:

Memoranda, 1985-1988.

Memoranda from staff, 1985-1989.

Memoranda to staff, 1984-1990.

Monthly reports, 1976, 1981-1990. 4 folders.

Early Childhood Family Education, 1986-1987.

Education director's presentations, 1985-1986.

Evaluation, 1972.

Foundations, 1985-1986.

Graduates/graduation, 1984-1987.

Grant application forms, 1972-1973. 3 folders.

State of Minnesota: Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control.

Grants, 1976.

Letters to parents, 1989.

Model City reports (monthly and quarterly), 1972-1973.

National Urban League: Education initiative, 1986.

News releases, 1988-1989.

Includes MUL in-house weekly official bulletin.

Perspectives, 1987-1988.

Presentation to Minneapolis City Council, 1974.

Minneapolis City Council Committee on Health and Social Services.

Program concept (first draft), undated and 1972.

Program description, 1988-1989.

Program outline, undated and 1976.

Programmatic review, undated and 1975.

Project abstract, undated.

Proposals, undated and 1982, 1988-1990.

Prospectus, 1978-1979.

Staff development, 1986-1990.

Summer school, 1989.

United Way, 1984-1990. 2 folders.

Youth Award nominations, 1987-1988.

Youth leadership, 1984-1985.

Miscellany, undated and 1972-1995.

Location

Box

147.G.10.3B

ALERT: An alternative to gangs, undated and 1984-1985.

Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE), undated.

Education, 1977-1978.

Education: College preparatory skills program proposal, 1989.

Education Department and public schools, undated and 1989.

Emergency School Aid Act Project (E.S.A.A.), 1975-1978.

Employment, 1975.

Health, 1977-1978.

Juvenile Advocate Program:

Community organization, 1976-1978.

Monthly reports, 1977-1980. 3 folders.

Miscellaneous memoranda and papers, 1977-1979.

On the Job Training Program, undated and 1977.

Program Evaluation Unit, 1978.

Public Service Employment Program:

Letters and memoranda, 1980.

Monthly report, 1980.

Street Academy: Files of Director Perry S. Price:

Budget, 1975.

Alternative Schools: Metropolitan Federation of Alternative Schools Sites, 1991-1999.

Annual dinners, 1988-1994. 3 folders.

Black History Month, 1987-2001. 5 folders.

Brochures, undated and 1990-2000.

Curriculum, 1991-2000.

Education Department, 1994-2001.

Education program, 1991-1994.

Executive Director's memos to staff, 1991-1992.

General file, 1988-2001. 3 folders.

Grant proposals, 1990-1994. 3 folders.

Handbooks and drafts of handbooks, undated and 1976-1989. 2 folders.

Location

Box

147.G.10.4F

Job descriptions, undated and 1994.

Letters from Street Academy, 1989-1998.

Letters to Street Academy, 1989-1995.

Memos from deputy director, 1988-1989.

Memos from director to staff, 1990-2001.

Memos from executive director, 1990-[1996?].

Memos from North (main) office, 1993-2000.

Memos from the president/CEO, 1993-1999.

Memos from Street Academy, 1988-2000. 2 folders.

Memos from vice president Stella Whitney West, 1994-1995.

Memos from vice president/deputy director Gary Sudduth, 1991.

Memos to director from staff, 1991-2000.

Memos to Street Academy, 1989-2000.

Minneapolis Federation of Alternative Schools, 1990-1996.

Minneapolis Urban League, 1991-1992.

Minneapolis Urban League: Education Department, 1986-1992.

Minneapolis Urban League: Program update, 1989.

Minutes/meetings outside of Minneapolis Urban League offices, 1992-1993.

Monthly reports from all professional staff, 1990-1995. 4 folders.

Monthly reports from Street Academy director Perry Price, 1990-1993.

Multicultural gender fair disability/Andersen School, 1994.

News releases, undated and 1993-1997.

Newsletters, 1994-1995.

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 1990-1994.

Program description, 1993-1994.

Public school information, 1981-2001. 2 folders.

Speakers, 1993.

Staff list, etc., undated and 1996.

Sudduth, Gary Neil: Funeral service, 1997.

United Way, 1990-1991.

United Way: Program performance reports, 1988-1994.

Urban Concerns Workshops, 1990-1991.

Vice president's memos to staff, 1991-1992.

World is Yours: Young Voices, 1993-1994.

Yearbook, 1994-1995.

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1990-1991.

Miscellany, 1990-1994.

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RELATED MATERIALS

A variety of print materials related to the Minneapolis Urban League are in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection.

Some annual reports are in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Community organization -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Health education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; High schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Human services -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Juvenile delinquency -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Prevention.; Minorities -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Nonprofit organizations -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Poor -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Social service -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Urban schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; African American leadership -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; African American neighborhoods -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; African Americans -- Employment -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Societies, etc.; African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Social conditions.; Social work with African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Persons:: Clarke, Dexter A.; Darby, Ann E.; Edwards, Ronald A. (Ronald Alfred), 1939-.; Glover, Gleason.; Harris, Abram Lincoln, 1899-1963.; Hightower, Clarence.; McCannel, Louise Walker, 1915-2012.; Price, Perry S.; Sudduth, Gary (Gary Neil).

Organizations:: Iota Phi Lambda Sorority. Gamma Tau Chapter (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Minneapolis Model City Program.; Minneapolis Public Schools.; Minneapolis Urban League. Street Academy (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Minneapolis Urban League Guild.; Minnesota Negro Defense Committee.; National Urban League.; United Black Front (Minneapolis, Minn.).; United Way of Minneapolis Area.; University of Minnesota. Department of Afro-American Studies.; Zion Baptist Church (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Places:: Central Community (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Race relations.; Near-North Community (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Powderhorn Community (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Document Types:: Broadsides.

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