PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.):

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator.
Title:Organizational records.
Dates:1924-1977.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Correspondence, clippings, minutes, reports, financial records, and other materials relating to a social service organization established in 1923 to serve the African American population of Minneapolis.
Quantity:21.5 cubic feet (17 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The records contain information on the history, purposes, management, funding, and facilities of the settlement house, its programs, including camping, interracial vacation visits, boxing, and other activities; its social services and those of other Minneapolis settlement houses; human rights, including the Governor's Human Rights Commission and the Governor's Interracial Commission; Black, migrant, and Indian workers; public housing; state legislation, particularly relating to welfare; community needs, planning, and redevelopment; juvenile delinquency; rationing during World War II; and cancellation (1950) of a speech by Eslanda Goode Robeson (Mrs. Paul) on conditions in communist China.

Included also are data on the National Federation of Settlements, the Minneapolis Federation of Settlements, the Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies, the National Urban League and its branches in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Council of Negro Organizations, and several social workers' organizations.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (Minneapolis, Minn.). Organizational Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 9618; 12,253

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017350990104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
149.C.15.6F1History, undated, 1932-1970. 4 folders.
Minutes of the Phyllis Wheatley Committee, 1924-1931. 2 volumes.
Minutes and reports, undated, 1924-1962. 14 folders.
Board meetings, February 20, 1964 and February 21, 1964. 2 folders.
Board minutes and information, January-August 1972, November 1972. 2 folders.
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149.C.15.7B2Board of Directors, undated, 1928-1949. 3 folders.
Board of Directors, 1965-1966.
Includes Treasurer's Report, 1965.
Board of Directors, 1970-1973. 2 folders.
Board correspondence, 1948-1962.
Budget, 1938-1968. 8 folders.
Audit reports, 1959-1971. 2 folders.
P.W.H. tax exemptions, 1953-1954.
Taxes, 1961-1964.
Income and expenses undated, 1928-1959. 2 folders.
Payroll, 1926-1959. 3 folders.
Miscellaneous financial, 1934-1959; 1968.
Donations, 1933-1945.
Bell Fund, 1928-1964. 2 folders.
Insurance, 1928-1964. 2 folders.
Building repairs, undated, 1932-1948; 1951-1961. 2 folders.
Building and relocation, 1962.
Phyllis Wheatley groundbreaking, 1969.
Requisitions, 1940-1959.
Inventories, undated, 1943-1962. 2 folders.
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144.C.9.5B3Financial statements, 1962-1969.
Reports of receipts and disbursements to Community Chest and Hennepin County, 1953-1959.
Disbursements, 1956-1969.
Special gifts account book, 1945-1969. 1 volume.
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149.C.15.8F4Personnel records, undated, 1935-1963. 12 folders.
Staff, 1945.
Retirement, 1931, 1945.
Miscellaneous papers, undated, 1943-1961. 7 folders.
Correspondence, 1962-1965.
Phyllis Wheatley correspondence, 1970.
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149.C.15.9B5Phyllis Wheatley correspondence, 1971-1974. 4 folders.
Thank You Book Fund and other equipment, 1968.
Acknowledgments, 1968-1974. 6 folders.
Memos, 1968-1974. 7 folders.
Accident reports, 1956-1969.
Accommodations, undated, 1941-1945.
Advertising, 1971-1973.
Afro-American Studies, University of Minnesota, 1969.
Afro-American Organization, Sandstone Prison, 1969-1971.
Sandstone, 1969.
Agendas, 1947.
American Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1966.
Annual committee meetings, 1963-1965. 2 folders.
Annual dinner meetings, 1965.
Annual meeting, 1966-1967.
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149.C.15.10F6Annual meeting, 1972.
Anti-poverty, 1964-1966.
Augustana Academy, 1967-1969.
Black activities and history:
Black Business Directory, 1968-1971.
Black History Week, 1970-1975.
Black Voices, 1968-1969.
NAACP Legal Defense, 1963.
National Council of Negro Women, 1966-1967.
Negro Fund, 1967.
Negro history, 1967-1969.
History of the Forgotten People, 1969.
Blueprints, 1929.
Boxing, 1944-1974. 3 folders.
“C” miscellaneous, 1947.
Camp records, undated, 1929-1962. 5 folders.
Day camp records, undated, 1951-1963. 6 folders.
Stay at Home Camp records, undated, 1940-1947. 3 folders.
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149.C.16.1B7Inter-racial vacation visits, undated, 1947-1961. 2 folders.
Camp Parsons, 1965, 1967-1973. 8 folders.
Camp report, 1966.
Camp, Sam Bellman, 1973.
Camp, 1974. 2 folders.
Summer programs, 1963-1969. 5 folders.
Summer youth, 1969.
Summer Youth Conference, 1967-1968.
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149.C.16.2F8Camp, statistical report, 1964-1973. 7 folders.
Camp Parsons securities, 1969-1971.
Camp financial reports, 1961-1971.
Camp receipts and disbursements, 1959-1969.
Camper evaluations, 1969-1974. 5 folders.
Camp scholarship forms, 1963-1967.
Camp job applications, 1972-1973. 2 folders.
Camp staff, 1974.
Counselor evaluations, 1972.
Camp permit, 1963.
Camp conservation, 1965.
Reading Camp Program, 1965.
Camp II Session, 1966.
Camp job descriptions, undated.
Recreation Camp, 1956-1958.
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149.C.16.3B9Camp, 1972-1974.
Campers, 1972.
Camp correspondence, scholarship donations, 1973-1974.
Camp Committee, 1973.
Camp referrals, 1941, 1945.
Capital Long Range Improvement Committee, 1967-1969.
Christmas store, 1971.
Civil Rights Act, 1969.
Clubs and activities:
Baseball, girls, 1972.
Beneficiary study, 1970-1971. 6 folders.
Boys’ Department, 1947.
Boys drop in cooking, 1971.
Charm groups, undated.
Clubs and activities, 1970-1973. 4 folders.
Club registration, 1971-1972.
Falcons, 1931.
Flag football, 1972.
Old groups, 1968-1970.
Outward Bound, 1965, 1969. 2 folders.
People’s Playhouse correspondence, 1970.
People’s Playhouse, 1970-1971.
Skiing, 1972.
Table Tennis Tournament, 1972.
Citizens Community Center, 1968.
Citizens League, 1968.
Committee on Inter-City Ministry, 1970.
Community organization, 1966.
Congress and Senate, 1947.
Congressional correspondence, 1969.
Conference on Church’s Ministry with Children, 1965.
Conscientious objectors, 1968.
Consumer services, 1973.
Council of Councils, 1965.
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149.C.16.4F10Council of Negro Organizations, undated.
Cultural Arts Committee minutes, 1973.
Demonstration Program, undated.
Draft memos and miscellaneous, 1970-1971.
Education:
Citizens Committee on Public Education, 1966-1969.
Community Leadership Training Program, 1967.
Council on Community Education, 1970-1972.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964.
Higher incentive project, 1965.
Project - Head Start, 1965.
Intergroup education, 1969.
Minneapolis Public School Teachers Strike, 1970.
Nursery school, 1970.
Scholarships, 1956.
School for Social Development, 1962.
School of Social Work, 1967-1970.
School drop out pilot project, 1964.
School Excuse Advisory Committee, 1970.
School multi-purpose room, 1971.
School referrals, 1964.
School Survey Task Force, 1966.
Storefront University, 1968.
Tutoring project, 1966.
Underachiever project, 1963.
Families in Olson Homes, 1965.
Ferguson correspondence, undated.
Frazer, Alice B., 1959-1965.
Friendly House, 1970.
Garden project, 1964.
Special gifts, 1948.
Grant Center Complex, Nursery school, 1970.
Group work and creative drama, undated.
Health and related services:
Community Health and Welfare Council, 1963-1967.
Drug Commission, 1970-1971.
Drug counseling seminars, 1971.
Drug Education Committee, 1971.
Drug program, 1971.
Health and Welfare Council, 1967-1971.
Health careers, 1970.
Health Department, 1963.
Hennepin County TB Association, 1961.
Mental and medical referrals, undated.
Mentally retarded, 1962.
Minnesota Committee for University Health Sciences, 1969.
National Health and Retirement Association, 1969-1971.
Public health program, 1966.
Services to the elderly, 1963-1964.
Hennepin County Affirmative Action, 1972.
Holiday Bureau, 1963, 1968-1971. 2 folders.
House Committee, 1955.
Household inventory, 1963.
Mr. Howells, 1963-1964.
Human relations, 1959-1969.
Human Relations Center, 1967.
Human rights records, undated, 1941-1961.
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149.C.16.5B11Indian Center, 1966.
Indian Employment Center report, 1966.
Inner city program survey, 1969.
Invitations and programs, undated, 1924-1959. 3 folders.
Job Corps, 1966-1967.
Job descriptions, undated.
Junior Achievement, 1969.
KTCA, 1968.
Leases, 1968-1971.
Legislators and legislation, undated, 1944-1963.
Legal Advice Clinics, Ltd., 1966.
Legal Aid Ad Hoc Committee, 1961, 1970.
Library, 1963-1965. 2 folders.
Library fund, 1968, 1972.
Lutheran Education Association year book, 1968.
Manpower Services, 1971.
Mayor’s Commission on Human Relations, 1961-1967. 4 folders.
Merger, 1963-1966.
Metropolitan Council, 1970-1971. 2 folders.
Minneapolis:
Boards and commissions, 1969-1972.
Community aide, undated.
Minority employment, 1970.
Park Board (history), undated.
Park Board, 1967-1970. 2 folders.
Urban affairs, 1969.
Minneapolis Foundation, 1965.
Miscellaneous, approximately 1917-1973. 2 folders.
M.O.E.R. (Mobilization of Economic Resources), 1968-1969. 3 folders.
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149.C.16.6F12M.O.E.R., 1967-1971. 6 folders.
National Federation of Settlements, 1944-1972. 13 folders.
Hennepin County Federation of Settlements, 1970-1971. 2 folders.
Minneapolis Federation of Settlements, undated, and 1939-1965. 3 folders.
National Reading Institute, 1968.
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149.C.16.7B13Navy, undated.
Neighborhood and Family Service, 1971.
Neighborhood workers, undated, 1937-1962.
Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC), 1965-1967.
New Careers, 1969.
New Careers Review Council, 1968.
New Comer Housing Project, 1964.
Nominating Committee, 1960-1961, 1971.
Northside Action Association, 1963-1965, 1972.
Northside Federation, 1966-1967.
Northside Indian Teen Center, 1970.
Northside Residents Redevelopment Council (minutes), 1968-1970. 2 folders.
Northside settlement proposal, 1957-1964.
Northside Youth Development Council, 1964-1965.
Office furniture, new center, 1970.
On the Job Training Contract, 1970.
Parent and Child Development Center, 1967-1969.
Parenthood development, 1971.
Miss Parsons, 1961-1963.
Personnel policy and practices, 1939, 1942, 1969.
Phyllis Wheatley, Board President Nemerov, 1962-1963.
Phyllis Wheatley follow up study, 1960.
Phyllis Wheatley self studies, 1941, 1959-1960.
Pilot City, 1969-1971. 5 folders.
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149.C.16.8F14Pilot City, 1967-1972. 11 folders.
Program, 1961-1970. 4 folders.
Program priorities, 1970.
Project: Girls, 1968-1970. 2 folders.
Project: Stairs, 1968-1969.
Pre-employment for youth, 1963-1964.
Priority, 1963.
Priority request, 1968.
Rationing Boards, undated, 1942-1945.
Recreation Association, 1947.
Rentals, 1948.
Reports, 1960.
Research, 1962.
Requisition, 1966.
Registrations, 1971.
Registrations, incomplete, 1971.
Robeson, Mrs. Paul, 1950.
Ross, David, 1972.
Salary comparison, 1961.
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149.C.16.9B15Scholarships, 1973. 2 folders.
Soapbox (newsletter), 1963-1977. 12 folders.
Social work and related areas:
Black social workers, 1968-1969.
Casework papers, 1956-1969.
Actual case studies, Community Organizational Experiment, 1955, 1960.
Day care, 1962.
Day care services, 1970-1972.
Nursery school-day care center, 1967.
Food service program for children, 1971.
Ministry in social change, 1969.
Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies, 1941-1947.
School of Social Work, field instruction, 1970-1971.
Social workers associations, 1945-1962.
E.O.C. Social Service Task Force, 1966-1967.
Social survey of 20,000 families, 1934.
Wells Study, 1947.
Source material, 1962-1963.
State charity law, 1961.
State Commission Against Discrimination, 1962-1967.
State license, 1963.
Statistical reports, 1948.
Statistics, membership, 1962-1963.
Student participation program, 1953, 1962.
Studies, 1957-1961; 1964-1965. 2 folders.
O.E.O. Summer Supplies Grant, 1970.
TACTIC (Technical Advisory Committee to Implement Community Services), 1971- 1972.
Thomas, Mr. Henry R., 1939-1963.
Twin Cities International Program for Youth, 1963-1967.
TCOIC (Twin Cities Opportunity Industrialization Center), 1968-1969.
Twin Cities Triple “T” Program, undated.
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149.C.16.10F16Unemployment compensation, 1971.
United Fund, 1960-1971.
United Fund Campaign, 1969-1971.
University of Minnesota Training Center, 1966-1968.
Urban Coalition, 1967-1971. 6 folders.
Urban League, undated, 1937-1964. 2 folders.
Urban League magic show, 1972.
Urban renewal and public housing records:
Public housing records, undated, 1934-1962. 4 folders.
Urban Renewal, Northside Neighborhood Services, 1957-1964. 2 folders.
Volunteer services, 1947.
Volunteers, reports, 1962-1972. 7 folders.
Voter registration, 1967.
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149.C.17.1B17War Chest, 1944.
Wheatley House auxiliary, undated, 1935-1955.
Wheatley House publications 1930-1947.
Welfare, 1947.
Work study program, 1972.
Youth:
Federal delinquency study, 1962-1963.
White House Conference on Youth, 1970.
Youth Activities Committee, 1970.
Youth development demonstration proposal, 1964.
Youth Opportunity Center, 1966.
Youth employment, 1960-1963.
Youth development project, 1963-1965. 3 folders.
Newspaper clippings, undated, 1924-1963. 9 folders.

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An undated map, "Minneapolis Near Northside Circa 1920's," showing the area serviced by the Phyllis Wheatley Center, is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society map collections.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
African American children -- Minnesota -- Societies and clubs.
African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Camps -- Minnesota.
Charities -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Community centers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Social settlements -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Urban poor -- Services for -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Urban renewal -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Organizations:
Mobilization of Economic Resources, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.)
National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers.
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Pilot City Program (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Places:
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Social conditions.
Near-North Community (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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