National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records

Summary Information

Title: National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records
Dates: 1891-1984
Creator: National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers
Extent: 166 linear feet
Language: English
Collection Number: SW0056
Abstract:

National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, photographs, and other documents from the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, now United Neighborhood Centers of America. The Federation, which was founded in 1911, included local settlement houses and neighborhood centers from across the United States and Canada. The records document the programs, methodology, member agencies, and administration of the Federation, which was known as the National Federation of Settlements from 1911 to 1949; National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers from 1949 to 1979; and United Neighborhood Center of America beginning in 1980. Information about issues and individuals makes this a key resource for the study of social welfare in twentieth century America.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers board of directors gave 25 linear feet of records to the Social Welfare History Archives in August, 1964.

Subsequent shipments of NFSNC records, received between 1965 and 1980, were combined to form the supplement, "National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, Supplement, 1897-1978." Margaret Berry, then executive director of the Federation, expedited transfer of the bulk of these records in the years between 1965 and 1971. In 1979, Margaret Berry also sent duplicate copies of documents from the International Federation of Settlements to be included with the NFSNC records.

An additional 95 linear feet of material was given to the Social Welfare History Archives in January of 1985. Though the National Federation had anticipated giving these documents to the Archives, two events expedited the shipment. First, the Federation had been planning to move its headquarters from New York City to a new office in Washington, D.C. and a decision had been made to send all items of historic relevance during the move. Second, Executive Director, Walter L. Smart, died suddenly in January of 1985. Thus, the organization was without a leader and, to preserve the documents, they were promptly shipped to the Social Welfare History Archives.

In some cases, gaps in sets of publications and board and committee minutes in the NFSNC records were filled with duplicate copies found in the Henry Street Settlement records and United Neighborhood Houses of New York records.

Access Restrictions:

Open for use in the Social Welfare History Archives reading room.

Copyright:

Please contact the Archives for copyright information.

Processing Information:

Formerly, the three groupings of National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records (NFSNC) were described in three separate finding aids, making it necessary for patrons to consult multiple documents in order to obtain complete information on the records. As part of a project to mount finding aids online, the Archives has merged the information about the NFSNC records into one comprehensive finding aid. Unpublished appendices containing further information on publications included in the records are available in the Archives.

The National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records were processed from December, 1964, to June, 1965. Subsequent shipments of records received between 1965 and 1979 were processed in 1982 with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Alternate Format:

Microfilm EditionThere is also a microfilm edition (SW Film 3) of National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records dating from 1897 to 1965 on six rolls of microfilm. The records were filmed for the Social Welfare History Archives in the summer of 1965 from originals provided by the NFSNC. Most of the records that were then microfilmed have since been given to the Social Welfare History Archives.

Arrangement

The National Federation of Settlements records are arranged into 14 series:

• Series 1. Administrative and Historical Records
• Series 2. Board and Committees
• Series 3. NFS Divisions
• Series 4. Settlement Personalities
• Series 5 Organizations
• Series 6. Subjects and Early Programs
• Series 7. City Federations of Settlements
• Series 8. Member Settlement Houses
• Series 9. Meetings and Conferences
• Series 10. Special Programs and Projects
• Series 11. Training Center
• Series 12. Community Studies
• Series 13. Publications and Reference Sources
• Series 14. Audio Visual Materials

Historical Note

The National Federation of Settlements (NFS) was founded in 1911 by leaders in the settlement house movement, including Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Robert A. Woods. The NFS was a social welfare organization devoted to the promotion and improvement of the settlement movement throughout the United States. The social settlement was based on the idea that those who wanted to help the poor would live (“settle”) in the neighborhoods that they hoped to improve, often in a building purchased or donated by a benefactor. Often, settlement workers were young, female graduates of education and nursing programs or women’s colleges. They endeavored to improve the lives of their working class, often immigrant, neighbors though social reform, educational programs, health services, and "friendly example" or “uplift.” The Federation worked with member settlements to strengthen and develop their programs and the well-being of their surrounding neighborhoods, to represent settlement concerns in public affairs, and to educate the public about social issues affecting neighborhoods. The NFS renamed itself the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers in 1949. In 1979, the Federation's name was changed again to United Neighborhood Centers of America (UNCA). UNCA continues to advocate nationally for social legislation and work with local member agencies to address social problems at the neighborhood level.

The NFS developed out of nearly 20 years of growing inter-agency cooperation and informal conferences. As early as 1892, pioneers in the U.S. settlement movement met to share their experiences, hopes, and enthusiasm, and collaborated on national issues of concern to them and their neighborhoods. Seventeen settlement leaders who met in New York City in 1908 took initial steps toward forming the NFS. Instrumental at this meeting, and in later years, were Jane Addams, Gaylord S. White, Robert A. Woods, Albert J. Kennedy, Graham Taylor, and Lillian D. Wald. After two years of planning and fund raising, the NFS was launched in June, 1911, at a meeting attended by roughly 200 delegates from settlement houses around the U.S. Jane Addams of Hull House in Chicago became the first president of the new organization. Its first executive secretary, Robert Archey Woods, was associated with Boston's South End House. New York settlement leaders John L. Elliott, Lillian Wald, and Mary K. Simkhovitch also played prominent roles in the new organization. Despite its small and largely voluntary staff, the emerging Federation quickly became involved in a host of progressive social issues that concerned its members. The Federation's general policy, as stated in its 1920 articles of incorporation, was: to federate the social settlements, neighborhood houses and similar institutions for the purpose of promoting the welfare of the settlements and the neighborhoods in which they were located; to encourage the development and maintenance of settlements in cooperation with neighborhood residents; to organize conferences, groups and studies; to cooperate with private and governmental agencies; to consider and act upon public matters of interest to settlements and their neighbors and to act in an advisory capacity to settlements and neighborhood houses.

Many early NFS initiatives anticipated continuing activities in the decades that followed. Influential in the 1912 founding of the United States Children's Bureau, the Federation would later express a repeated interest in day care services (1942, 1965-67, 1971-72). Its early report, Young Working Girls (1913), foreshadowed such subsequent NFSNC initiatives as the 1962-1965 series of Training Center courses on youth employment. Its 1917 resolution in favor of national health insurance was reiterated by comparative studies of the British health system in 1938 and, again, in 1954. Its 1920 conference focus on housing anticipated the formation of an NFS Housing Division in 1933 and its major report on public housing in1955.

Early social meliorism was dampened by concerns regarding the potentially explosive immigrant areas that settlements served and by efforts to provide special wartime services during World War I. During the 1920s, a more individual and cultural focus in settlement work joined the social and political emphasis of the preceding decade. A Music Division was founded in 1922; a Dramatics Division appeared in 1926; and in 1930 the trend culminated in the creation of a Division of Visual Arts. But the cultural emphasis did not completely preclude continuing social involvement. In fact, the 1926 report, Settlement Goals for the Next Third of a Century , placed primary emphasis less on arts projects than on the need to transform charity into social education and action. In keeping with this insight, the Federation produced major studies of prohibition (1927) and unemployment (1930-1931).

In the 1930s, the NFS pressured New Deal officials to pursue progressive measures in employment, social security, and labor policies. Internally, the organization struggled with the consequences of the Great Depression. It recognized the financial hardships affecting its members, who were often on the "front lines" in dealing with the results of the Depression. Consequently, it waived delinquent membership dues. In spite of this measure, and though it was attempting to broaden its membership base, the Federation retained only 160 of the 230 houses that were members in 1930. NFS also lost its constituency of music school settlements during the 1930s and failed to include a significant number of African American settlements, which were represented by the National Urban League.

The 1930s also saw a significant change in leadership. Early NFS executives, Robert A. Woods (1911-1922) and Albert J. Kennedy (1923-1933), were replaced by Lillie M. Peck (1934-1945), whose career was heavily identified with international initiatives on the part of the Federation. NFS had been involved in the formation of a parallel International Federation of Settlements (IFS) in 1921. A string of international conferences in the 1920s and 1930s was interrupted by World War II, but contacts were resumed almost immediately after peace was declared. Lillie Peck became the first postwar president of the IFS (1949-1951) and the organization once again had American leadership from 1963 to 1971, when NFS executive Margaret Berry presided. NFSNC arranged for reciprocal visits of social workers; for cooperation with the United Nations, especially UNESCO; and maintained contacts with a growing number of international settlements.

At home, the Federation continued with social action on employment and economic planning (1944-1946), a committee on housing (1955-1958), and concerted lobbying on juvenile delinquency (1956-1957). During World War II and the Korean War, services to temporary residents near military facilities or to military personnel was an area of vital concern. Under the directorship of John McDowell (1946-1958), the Federation strengthened its ties with religious-based settlement work. It also developed its educational outreach and professional recruiting functions. In 1949, NFS changed its name to the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (NFSNC).

By the late 1950s, NFSNC was pursuing a host of new issues, best articulated in the report of the 1958 Arden House Conference, Neighborhood Goals in a Rapidly Changing World . Education for settlement workers was also important. Federation staff conducted workshops for settlement executives, program directors, and departmental supervisors. It also held institutes conducted by schools of social work with the cooperation of national agencies. In addition, the NFSNC conducted miscellaneous seminars on topics of interest to settlement workers. The late 1950s also saw the institutionalization of the NFSNC educational function in the formation of the NFSNC training center, located initially at Hull House in Chicago. Between 1960 and 1971, the center trained nearly 2000 settlement workers on a wide variety of social problems and administrative skills.

NFSNC's small staff of about seven full-time professional workers provided a variety of field services to a membership of some 255 member houses and city federations. Experienced professional personnel visited communities that had, or wanted to establish, settlements. On these visits, the NFSNC personnel met with the local settlement workers to exchange information about current programs, appraise the local programs, and to suggest plans of action. They also met with other local figures, such as the heads of community chests and city planning councils, regarding settlement work. In addition, the field representatives screened centers that were prospective members in the NFSNC. Staff also prepared special studies of individual houses or cities, usually a few each year on request of the local agencies. These studies were used to determine locations for new facilities, to appraise services, or to resolve administrative or programmatic issues.

Social education and action were a major function of the NFSNC. This involved providing information on social issues and legislation of special concern to settlements, coordinating local settlement studies of social conditions, and publishing the study findings. The NFSNC employed a research consultant who prepared maps, population data, city planning reports, housing data, and reports on existing social welfare studies for many of the Federation's members. These were used in self studies and field reports. The Federation also worked with other national groups, such as the advisory committees of Community Chests, the National Conference of Social Work, and the Consumers National Federation.

In 1959, The appointment of a new director, Margaret Berry, coincided with a shift in Federation priorities to racial and economic justice. Settlements participated in many of the major struggles of the Civil Rights movement. NFSNC's Race Relations Project produced a major report in 1967, just as the tenor of the times changed to a note of interracial confrontation. The 1969, the NFSNC "Techniculture" conference brought to a head the demands of settlements' constituencies of color for greater community control of Federation affairs. The "techniculture" movement reflected trends in the wider society, responding to complex War on Poverty bureaucracies and the professional remoteness of a non-resident settlement staff. Ultimately, the movement accomplished most of its major goals in the years from 1969 to 1971, culminating in the 1972 appointment of the Federation's first non-white executive director, Walter Smart. Meanwhile, in a more traditional mold, NFSNC channeled settlement aid to a number settlements with minority constituencies in the South during its Mississippi Project.

The social frictions of the late 1960s and the economic problems of the early 1970s cut into NFSNC's base of financial support, leading to serious administrative problems. However, the Federation continued to press for social and economic justice. Its Poverty Program Committee produced a federally funded study of the War on Poverty and community organization strategies in 34 communities in 1968. Beginning in 1972, Walter Smart advocated, with some success, for economic development programs in the minority business community. Once again, the perennial issue of housing returned as a priority item. The Federation also devoted considerable energy to advising its members on strategies for obtaining federal funding. Throughout the 1970s, there was a proliferation of programs involving federal agencies and supported by federal funding. These projects involved such issues as teenage parents, training programs for the elderly and teenagers, and juvenile justice.

A more complete account of the Federation is available from Peter Romanofsky, ed., "National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers" in Social Service Organizations ( Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Institutions , 1978) vol. 2, pages 533-540.

Collection Scope and Content Note

National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, photographs, and other documents received from the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, now United Neighborhood Centers of America. The Federation, an association of local settlement houses and neighborhood centers from across the United States and Canada, was founded in 1911.

The records document the work, methodology, membership, and administration of the NFSNC, which was known at the National Federation of Settlements until 1949 and became United Neighborhood Center of America in 1980. The records form an integral part of the Archives' holdings on the history of social reform and social welfare. In addition to advising and supporting the work of member agencies, the Federation determined the needs and goals of settlements and interpreted them to a national audience. Some of the significant issues documented in the NFSNC records are: the ''Americanization" of immigrants in the settlements; the peace movement, especially between 1914 and 1941; the establishment and direction of youth work programs; the role of settlements during wartime; the establishment of such federal welfare programs as unemployment relief and social security; music in the settlements; the relationship of the settlements to New Deal welfare programs; the settlements' responses to the Great Depression; prohibition; the trade union movement; various White House conferences; and unemployment. The records also reflect a substantial amount of theoretical speculation on the settlement movement in general: its functions and programs, methods, goals. The detailed information about these issues and individuals makes this a key collection for the study of social reform, social welfare, and urban life in twentieth century America.

A portion of the NFSNC records (Series 7) contains the papers of the city federations that were members of the national organization. Approximately one half of the entire collection is composed of records documenting the Federation's member houses (Series 8). These two sections are perhaps the richest part of the records. They contain detailed information about the activities of the NFS in relation to local agencies, conditions and issues and document the activities of the settlement movement throughout the first three quarters of the twentieth century. Of special interest are the member houses' annual reports which, while far from complete, are nevertheless informative.

Particularly well documented are the Federation's concerns with social action and ensuing legislative activity on issues such as housing, juvenile delinquency, and urban renewal. The records are also a good source of information on international activities and the Federation's role in sustaining the International Federation of Settlements, dating back to 1921. Federation interest in race relations is documented as early as 1926. Fund-raising and budget records reflect the financial difficulties that the organization faced, particular during and after the 1960s.

More recent materials from the 1960s and 1970s consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, photographs, and other records documenting programs and activities of NFSNC, which was subsequently named the United Neighborhood Centers of America. In particular, the records relate to programs for youth, single parents, and minorities sponsored by the federal government and carried out by NFSNC and a number of other social welfare agencies. Such detailed documentation represents the increased role of the federal government in social programs in the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the concerns for minority groups and the civil rights movement. These materials provide major insights into American urban life and the settlement movement from the 1950s to the 1980s.

There is also a rich collection of the Federation's reference materials, a very detailed set of master archives, a complete collection of mailings, and a few historical artifacts. A portion of the older NFS and NFSNC records is on also available on microfilm. This is what the National Federation referred to as its "Bible," which contains all the important financial and year by year operating data of the Federation from 1911 to 1968. The records are quite complete for the years 1911 to 1955, and in some instances are complete to 1962. Also included in the collection are numerous miscellaneous pamphlets (see unpublished Appendix no. 2 available in the Archives ), 4 volumes of Neighborhood , and 2 volumes of NFS annual reports and papers, 1911 to 1930 (see unpublished Appendix no. 3 available in the Archives).

Significant personalities are documented throughout the records. Individuals of interest include: Jane Addams, Paul Kellogg, Robert A. Woods, Albert J. Kennedy, Canon Barnett, Ellen W. Coolidge, Charles Cooper, John L. Elliot, Helen Hall, Frances Ingram, Frances McFarland, Clyde Murray, Lillie M. Peck, Dr. Jane Robbins, Graham Taylor, Lea D. Taylor, Julia Lathrop, and many others. Among the most prominently represented individuals in the collection are NFSNC staff members Margaret Berry, Fern Colborn, John McDowell, Lillie Peck, Albert Kennedy, and Arthur Hillman.

Related Material

Researchers studying the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers should also consult the personal papers of Helen Hall and Albert Kennedy. In addition, the Archives' Pamphlet Collection contains many NFSNC publications.

Also of interest are two papers written by students which provide a very detailed and documented history of different aspects of the settlement movement. Both have been placed with the Archives' seminar paper collection, filed under the last name of the respective authors: Philip L. Holstein, Hampshire College, "The Social Settlement Movement and Neighborhood Social Services: Past, Present, and Future" and Phyllis M. Endreney, Smith College, "The Settlement Movement: Its Pragmatism, Idealism, and Political Influences. 1944-1980."

Unpublished appendices for the finding aid are available. Please contact the Archives for more information.

Included in the National Federation of Settlements records are the 4.5 linear feet of records previously described as "National Federation of Settlements, Supplement One" in an inventory published in Descriptive Inventories of Collections in the Social Welfare History Archives Center (Greenwood, 1970) pp. 465-480. An annotated copy of that inventory is available in the Archives and indicates the final disposition of these records.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers
• National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers--Archives
• International Federation of Settlements.
• Social service--International cooperation.
• Social settlements--United States.
• Social group work--United States

Detailed Description of the Records

Location		Title
		Series 1. Administrative and Historical Records, 1897-1984  Note Series 1, Administrative Records, documents the history and activities on NFS from the early 1900s to the early 1970s. It also contains documents that reflect the early history and theory of the U.S. settlement movement. Series 1 includes Master Archives and Mailings files. These are chronological sets of files maintained by the NFS central office. They contain virtually all of the committee output and correspondence. The arrangement of these files that was established by the national office has been maintained. The Master Archives and Mailings files duplicate other portions of the NFS records, but offer a chronological and sometimes more complete, set of records. Series 1 also contains the routine administrative and operational files of the NFS and UNCA national office from the 1960s through 1980.
		Series 1.1 Anniversaries and Historical Documents 1897-1984  Note NFSNC and UNCA have a very rich collective history. The material in Series 1.1, Anniversaries and Historical Documents, chronicles this history in a very brief and general way. Much of the material relates to anniversaries of the NFS or consists of general histories written by either long-time NFS members or outside historians. Series 1.1 also contains photographs and print materials that staff considered to be of particular historic interest and that did not fit elsewhere in the records. These include annual reports, early publications of the NFS, and miscellaneous items of personal correspondence from former settlement leaders. A few early annual reports from NFS member houses are also filed here. Finally, this series includes a compilation of major NFS personalities and events dating from 1911 to 1968 that the Federation referred to as the "NFS Bible." The "Bible" contains rosters of board and staff members, financial and fund-raising summaries, publications and mailings, conference topics, and records of decisions made at conferences.
Box 193		NFS 50th Anniversary 1961 Box 193, Folder 10 Note Correspondence about the plans for the celebration. Information packet on the anniversary.
		50th Anniversary of the Settlement Movement in England 1934 Box 193, Folder 11 Note Correspondence and other materials relating to the establishment of an exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1933-1934. Correspondence, scripts and reactions to the international radio broadcast of December 24,1934.
Box 194		50th Anniversary of the Settlement Movement in the United States 1936 Box 194, Folder 12 Note Correspondence and surveys relating to the composition of a report on the spread of the settlement movement in U. S. A. Copy of an address given at the celebration.
		50th Anniversary of the Settlement Movement in the United States 1946 Box 194, Folder 13 Note Correspondence between the NFS and interested persons, including Eleanor Roosevelt, about the planning of the celebration. Speeches, press accounts, letters and telegrams.
		50th Anniversary of the Settlement Movement in the United States 1947 Box 194, Folder 14 Note Programs, press clippings, historical statement.
		50th Anniversary of the Settlement Movement in the United States 1946 Box 194, Folder 15 Note Research reports and studies on local community planning and organization.
		Annual Reports of NFS, 1946-1957 Box 194, Folder 16 Note For the years 1946-1947,1950,1952-1953,1953-1954, 1956-1957. See also the bound volume for the years 1911-1930.
Box 4		Annual Reports 1953-1954, 1956-1974 Box 4, Folder 1
		"NFS Bible," 1911-1968 Box 4, Folder 2 to 5
Box 116		General Historical Material  Box 116, Folder 1
Box 191		Robert Archey Woods, Democracy: A New Unfolding of Human Power , 1906 Box 191, Folder 1
		Robert A. Woods, University Settlements: Their Point and Drift , 1899  Box 191, Folder 2
		Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1922-1935 Box 191, Folder 3
		Dame Henrietta Barnette, 1928-1936 Box 191, Folder 4 Note Correspondence, obituaries, etc.
		Robert A. Woods and Albert Kennedy, Handbook of Settlements, 1911 Box 191, Folder 5
		"Hot Weather Holidays: the Summer Work of the Union Settlement in 1903" 1903 Box 191, Folder 6
		Clyde E. Murray, New Horizons for the Settlement Movement , 1944 Box 191, Folder 7
		Neighborhood: A Settlement Quarterly , January, 1928 Box 191, Folder 8
		"University Settlement Society of New York: Twenty-Second Annual Report," 1908 Box 191, Folder 9
		Lennox Hill Settlement: Annual Report, 1915 Box 191, Folder 10
		"Report of the Vocational Work of Lennox Hill Settlement," 1914-1916 Box 191, Folder 11
		Fifteenth Anniversary, Hartley House, 1912 Box 191, Folder 12
		"First Annual Report of Hartley House: A Social and Industrial Settlement," 1897 Box 191, Folder 13
		"Second Annual Report of Hartley House: A Social and Industrial Settlement," 1898 Box 191, Folder 14
		"Third Annual Report of Hartley House: A Social Settlement," 1900 Box 191, Folder 15
		"Fourth Annual Report of Hartley House: A Social Settlement," 1901 Box 191, Folder 16
		"Report of Hartley House: A Social Settlement,’ 1902 Box 191, Folder 17
		"University Settlement Society: Report of the Year’s Work," 1894 Box 191, Folder 18
		"Fifteenth Annual Report of the University Settlement Society of New York," 1901 Box 191, Folder 19
		Toynbee Hall Centenary, 1984 Box 191, Folder 20
		Joyce Rimmer, Troubles Shared: the Story of a Settlement ,  Box 191, Folder 21
		Photograph of Beatrice Webb taken by George Bernard Shaw undated Box 191, Folder 22 Note Includes a reproduction.
		Janet Schenck, "Music Schools and Settlement Music Departments,"  Box 191, Folder 23
		Pamphlet: Social Action: Graham Taylor, Prophet of Democracy , 1939  Box 191, Folder 24
		Bulletin of the National Federation of Settlements , 1920 Box 191, Folder 25 Note Thirteenth Annual Conference
		NFS Membership List, 1941 Box 191, Folder 26
		NFS Membership List, 1939 Box 191, Folder 27
		NFS Membership List, 1936 Box 191, Folder 28
		Directory of Settlements, 1924 Box 191, Folder 29
		Miscellaneous pamphlets and letters, 1919-1925 Box 191, Folder 30
		Notes taken at the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1920 Box 191, Folder 31
		Photographs depicting various activities of Chicago settlement houses, 1921-1922  Box 191, Folder 32
		Photo album of Ellen Coolidge  Box 191, Folder 33
		Photographs from a reception for Helen Hall, October 7, 1971 Box 191, Folder 34
		Photographs of leaders of the settlement movement  Box 191, Folder 35
		Photographs from an NFS conference at which Senator Edward Kennedy spoke.  Box 191, Folder 36
		Photographs of groups at conferences circa 1920s Box 191, Folder 37 Note Fragile: may have access restrictions
Box 250		John Palmer Gavit Scrapbook on College Settlements 1897 Box 250 Note Gavit conducted a survey for the College Settlement Association to update their bibliography of international settlements. His work is reflected in this scrapbook, comprised of survey questionnaires, excerpts from earlier versions of the bibliography, and related clippings from the settlement journal The Commons . The survey includes American and British settlements and may have included limited references to Turkish and Japanese settlements. The scrapbook is very fragile. Researchers are requested to use the microfilm copy (SW film 3, reel 1).
		Series 1.3 Master Archives 1945-1972  Note The "Master Archives" is a chronological file that was maintained by the NFS national office. It contains virtually all of the outgoing correspondence and documents produced by NFS committees; its Training Center; and various Federation conferences. Selected material from member and non-member settlement houses in also included. Contained here are minutes, memos, correspondence, publications, and other similar documents. There is considerable overlap between the Master Archives and other sections of the NFS records. The Master Archives date from 1950 to 1972, becoming larger and more elaborately organized as the years progress. Starting in 1962, a new numbering and filing system was instituted that assigned a code number for each document. The code numbers and related categories are as follows: 100, NFS Corporate Business 200, Board of Directors 210, Financial Development Committee 220, International Committee 230, Membership Standards and Admissions Committee 240, Nominating Committee 250, Committee on Personnel Standards and Practices 260, Public Relations Committee 270, Social Education and Action Committee 280, Training Center 290, Board-Staff Personnel 300, Executive Committee 400, City and Regional Federations 500, Member Houses 600, Non-Member Houses 700, Regional Conferences 750, Biennial Conferences 800, Information Bulletins 900, Publications Code numbers that appeared in later years include: 001, Administrative Office 205, Leadership Seminars 232, Proposed Revisions of Criteria for Membership in NFSNC 350, Housing and Economic Development 910, Printed Publications 950, Mimeo Publications
Box 134		Master Archives 1945-1951 Box 134, Folder 5
		Master Archives 1952 Box 134, Folder 6 to 7
		Master Archives 1953 Box 134, Folder 8 to 10
		Master Archives 1954 Box 134, Folder 11 to 13
		Master Archives 1955 Box 134, Folder 14 to 16
		Master Archives 1956 Box 134, Folder 17 to 18
		Master Archives 1957 Box 134, Folder 19
Box 135		Master Archives 1958 Box 135, Folder 1 to 4
		Master Archives 1959 Box 135, Folder 5 to 8
		Master Archives 1960 Box 135, Folder 9 to 12
		Master Archives 1961 Box 135, Folder 13 to 17
		Master Archives, 100-260 January 1962-May 1963 Box 135, Folder 13 to 17
Box 136		Master Archives, 270-900 June 1962-May 1963 Box 136, Folder 1 to 3
		Master Archives, 100-260 June 1963-May 1964 Box 136, Folder 4 to 6
		Master Archives, 270-900 June 1963-May 1964 Box 136, Folder 7 to 10
		Master Archives, 100-260 June 1964-May 1965 Box 136, Folder 11 to 13
		Master Archives, 270-900 June 1964-May 1965 Box 136, Folder 14 to 16
		Master Archives, 100-260 June 1965-May 1966 Box 136, Folder 17 to 20
Box 137		Master Archives, 270-900 June 1965-May 1966 Box 137, Folder 1 to 3
		Master Archives, 100-260 June 1966-May 1967 Box 137, Folder 4 to 6
		Master Archives, 270-900 June 1966-May 1967 Box 137, Folder 7 to 9
		Master Archives, 100-260 June 1967-May 1968 Box 137, Folder 10 to 13
		Master Archives, 100-270 June 1968-May 1969 Box 137, Folder 14 to 16
		Master Archives, 280-950 June 1968-May 1969 Box 137, Folder 17 to 18
Box 138		Master Archives, 001-950 June 1969-May 1970 Box 138, Folder 1 to 4
		Master Archives, 001-400 June 1970-May 1971 Box 138, Folder 5 to 6
		Master Archives, 500-950 June 1970-May 1971 Box 138, Folder 7
		Master Archives, 001-950 January.-December 1971 Box 138, Folder 8 to 10
		Master Archives January. 1972-June 1972 Box 138, Folder 11 to 14 Note NOTE: the numbered code was no longer used in 1972, but the document categories remained largely the same.
		Series 1.4 Mailings 1955-1962  Note The Mailings series is a chronological set of correspondence sent by various sections of the NFS, often with accompanying documents such as minutes and memos. The order established by the NFS national office has been maintained. There is some duplication of reports, directories, and minutes with both the Master Archives in Series 1.3 and committee records in series 2.2 and 2.3 . This is due to the fact that much of the correspondence filed in this series deals with committee activities and was sent by leaders of various Federation committees.
Box 139		General Bulletins, January-December, 1955 Box 139, Folder 1 to 6
		Mailings, 1956 Box 139, Folder 7 to 9
		Mailings, January-December, 1957 Box 139, Folder 10 to 12
Box 140		Mailings, Jan.-August., 1958 Box 140, Folder 1 to 6
		Mailings, September.-December., 1958 Box 140, Folder 7 to 9
		Mailings, Jan.-June., 1959 Box 140, Folder 10 to 14
		Mailings, July-December., 1959 Box 140, Folder 15 to 17
Box 141		Mailings, Jan.-April,1960 Box 141, Folder 1 to 4
		Mailings, May-December., 1960 Box 141, Folder 5 to 7
		Mailings, Jan.-June, 1961 Box 141, Folder 8 to 11
		Mailings, June-December., 1961 Box 141, Folder 12
		Mailings, Jan.-June,1962 Box 141, Folder 13 to 14
		Series 1.5 Administrative and Office Files 1960-1980  Note The Administrative and Office Files series reflects the everyday operations of the central NFSNC office in New York City. It also includes a very small amount of material from the NFS Midwestern regional office. Series 1.5 includes a very detailed administrator's manual that documents a wide range of NFS policies and procedures. The manual also contains an historical statement on the U.S. settlement movement. The series also includes records relating to personnel administration and minutes from staff meetings; a small chronological set of more substantive material on NFS activities, dating from 1945 to1961; and resource materials on settlement administration. Finally, the records include material dating from 1980 that reflects the administration of the newly-renamed United Community Centers of America (UNCA). The documents were not organized when they were received at the Social Welfare History Archives. As a result, Archives staff imposed an arrangement on virtually all the records in this series.
Box 211		NFS Midwestern Regional Office 1922-1924 Box 211, Folder 171 Note Minutes of meetings and annual reports.
Box 138		Administrator’s Manual, 1958-1973 Box 138, Folder 15 to 16 Note The manual documents: corporate business, board of directors, non-discrimination policy, tax exemptions, committees of NFS, the Membership Directory, office directory, fees for service, personnel referral service, resolutions procedure, social action, international work, direct service in local communities, expense accounts, conferences, affiliations and relations with other groups, NFS official positions on race and civil rights, editorials and NFS publications, reports to the public, Jane Addams and Training Center History, death notices, government contracts, personnel practices manual, and job descriptions. Also included are memos and general correspondence, office forms, office facilities, archives and copyright information, finances, papers on administration and manpower issues, committee structure and organizational charts and other documents related to procedural and operational issues
		Personnel Administration   Note The Personnel Administration records include minutes from staff meetings that document such issues as: the status of projects NFSNC was involved with, Training Center plans, conference plans, personnel matters, the everyday functioning of the New York office, and internal NFSNC leadership dynamics. Staff policy between 1962 and 1968 is reflected in a limited number of staff work plans, as well as in minutes and policy statements emanating from the Staff Personnel Committee.
Box 38		Annual Staff Meeting Summaries, 1953-1961 Box 38, Folder 1
		Minutes, 1946-1959 Box 38, Folder 2 to 8
Box 142		Staff Minutes, 1960-1965 Box 142, Folder 1
		Staff Minutes, 1966-1971 Box 142, Folder 2
		Staff Minutes, 1972-1977 Box 142, Folder 3
Box 38		Personnel Policy and Minutes, 1963-1966 Box 38, Folder 9
		Work Plans, 1962-1968 Box 38, Folder 10
Box 142		Memos and Correspondence January-June, 1980 Box 142, Folder 4
		Memos and Correspondence July, 1980 Box 142, Folder 5
		Memos and Correspondence August-80 Box 142, Folder 6
		Memos and Correspondence September, 1980 Box 142, Folder 7
		Memos and Correspondence October, 1980 Box 142, Folder 8
		Memos and Correspondence November, 1980 Box 142, Folder 9
		Executive Director’s Letters, 1980 Box 142, Folder 10
		Memos to/from Business Manager, 1980 Box 142, Folder 11
		Corporation Letters, 1980 Box 142, Folder 13
		Inter-office Correspondence, 1980 Box 142, Folder 14
		UNCA Board and Committee Meetings; Minutes and Reports, 1980 Box 142, Folder 15
		UNCA Staff Meeting Minutes, 1980 Box 142, Folder 16
		UNCA Committee Members, 1979-1980 Box 142, Folder 17
		General information on UNCA, circa 1980 Box 142, Folder 18
		Central Lakes Regional Council Meeting, 1980 Box 142, Folder 19
		News on Hispanic Affairs, 1980 Box 142, Folder 20
		UNCA Day Care News, 1980 Box 142, Folder 21
		Blank forms and copies of office documents,  Box 142, Folder 22
		Miscellaneous, circa 1980 Box 142, Folder 23
		Walter Smart’s publication: "Getting Smart" 1980 Box 142, Folder 24
		Stationary for "Getting Smart"  Box 142, Folder 25
		Information and forms regarding sales of UNCA tee-shirts and jewelry, 1980 Box 142, Folder 26
		Abramson Brothers Office Rental, 1964-1977. Box 142, Folder 27
		Archives: Library of Congress, 1960-1969 Box 142, Folder 28
		Archives: New York Public Library, 1955-1967 Box 142, Folder 29
		Insurance  Box 142, Folder 30
Box 143		Library of Congress Information regarding copyrights, 1967-1968. Box 143, Folder 1
		Office Rentals, 1951-1964 Box 143, Folder 2
		Publications: permission to publish, promotion, excerpt permission, etc.  Box 143, Folder 3
		Service Mark for a Nation of Neighbors  Box 143, Folder 4
		Budget Book, 1958-1976 Box 143, Folder 5 Note Financial statements, income accounts, condensed expense and income reports, proposed budgets, schedule of securities owned, budget committee correspondence.
		Accounting and budgeting - general  Box 143, Folder 6
		"Preparing a Budget," by Russel Hogrefe, 1970 Box 143, Folder 7
		Uniform Accounting, 1967 Box 143, Folder 8
		Tax exemption  Box 143, Folder 9
		The Tax Reform Act of 1969  Box 143, Folder 10
		Project Examples and Grant Proposals  Box 143, Folder 11
		Grant Applications Outline  Box 143, Folder 12
		Agency Management/Personnel self-study  Box 143, Folder 13
		"Better Ways for Better Record Keeping in the Neighborhood Center" (kit)  Box 143, Folder 14
		"Committees and the Board of Directors," by Elizabeth Day  Box 143, Folder 15
		Manpower Administration - General, 1962 Box 143, Folder 16
		"Manpower in Settlements and Neighborhood Centers," 1966 Box 143, Folder 17
		Office Procedures: Purchasing, Equipment, Files, 1964-68 Box 143, Folder 18
		"Office Procedures, Records, and Related Problems," by Doris Rickleff, 1969 Box 143, Folder 19
		Organizational Charts  Box 143, Folder 20
		Planning and Evaluation, 1970 Box 143, Folder 21
		"Record Keeping as a Part of Service," by Elizabeth Lewis  Box 143, Folder 22
		"Record-keeping Systems: an Overview"  Box 143, Folder 23
		"The Role of the Volunteer in Contemporary Society," 1964 Box 143, Folder 24
		Structures, circa 1967 Box 143, Folder 25
		Supervision, circa 1978 Box 143, Folder 26
		"Supervision of Staff as an Administrative Function," Pernell  Box 143, Folder 27
		"Supervision-Bibliography," I. Torres.  Box 143, Folder 28
		Staff Development - general, 1966 Box 143, Folder 29
		Neighborhood House Association: personnel procedures manual  Box 143, Folder 30
		Annuities, 1966-1967 Box 143, Folder 31
		Personnel Standards and Practices: job descriptions, circa 1969 Box 143, Folder 32
		Personnel Standards and Practices: evaluation procedures, 1958 Box 143, Folder 33
		Personnel Standards and Practices: union contract, 1968 Box 143, Folder 34
		Personnel Standards and Practices: salary, 1968 Box 143, Folder 35
		Personnel Standards and Practices: personnel practices, 1968 Box 143, Folder 36
		Personnel Standards and Practices: personnel bulletins, 1968 Box 143, Folder 37
Box 198		Chronological File 1929 Box 198, Folder 42 Note Correspondence and reports about group work, unemployment, the NFS music division, organization plan for the NFS, girls work, work accounting, the poetry division, and miscellaneous matters.
		Chronological Mimeographed Material 1945-1961 Box 198, Folder 43 to 48 Note Miscellaneous publicity releases, memoranda, and address lists. Reports on housing, field visits, legislative issues and seminars, neighborhood goals, membership procedures, miscellaneous committees; and 1960 self study. Statements before Congressional hearings, and miscellaneous pamphlets, resolutions, and historical statements.
Box 199		Chronological Mimeographed Material 1945-1961 Box 199, Folder 49 to 56 Note Miscellaneous publicity releases, memoranda, and address lists. Reports on housing, field visits, legislative issues and seminars, neighborhood goals, membership procedures, miscellaneous committees; and 1960 self study. Statements before Congressional hearings, and miscellaneous pamphlets, resolutions, and historical statements.
Box 200		Chronological Mimeographed Material 1945-1961 Box 200, Folder 57 to 61 Note Miscellaneous publicity releases, memoranda, and address lists. Reports on housing, field visits, legislative issues and seminars, neighborhood goals, membership procedures, miscellaneous committees; and 1960 self study. Statements before Congressional hearings, and miscellaneous pamphlets, resolutions, and historical statements.
Box 207		Directories and Addresses 1953-1959 Box 207, Folder 127
Box 192		"Code For Personnel Policies for National Staff" 1980 Box 192, Folder 1
		Board of Directors Manual 1980-1981 Box 192, Folder 2
		Public Relations Guidelines undated Box 192, Folder 3
		Series 2. Board and Committees, 1910-1980  Note The administration of Federation activities occurred largely under the supervision of the board, executive committee and standing committees. As a result, Series 2 is integral to understanding the many priorities and programs of the Federation and all of its major functions. The records of the board of directors and executive committee are described first. These are followed by groups of files from various standing committees of the Federation: financial, international, leadership development and training, membership, nominating, personnel, public relations, and social education and action.
		Series 2.1 Board and Executive Committee   Note Series 2.1 reflects all the major functions of the Federation that occurred under the direction of the board of directors and the executive committee. The board and committees were largely responsible for the administration of Federation activities. The material in Series 2.1 documents not only of the activities and functions of NFS, but also provides a good historical perspective of how the administration and focus of the entire organization changed through the years. Series 2.1 consists primarily of bound and unbound minutes of board and executive committee meetings that are essentially complete from 1910 to 1978. The minutes are usually filed with agendas, correspondence, reports, financial statements and other materials documenting the work of the board of directors, the executive committee, and the annual business meeting. The bound volumes of minutes also include committee reports, resolutions, budgets, summaries of action taken, lists of board officers, by-laws, and general statements of the purposes of the Federation. These materials offer an excellent overview of virtually all its activities. There are also yearly folders which contain agency prospectuses, budgets, descriptions of Federation structure, brief historical accounts, planning goals, reports and correspondence regarding board activity, membership, fund-raisers, various projects, and conferences. Reports of various standing and ad hoc committee are filed with board and executive committee minutes throughout this series, in addition to being filed with the committee records in Series 2.2. The board and executive committee met twice a year. The board, at first a largely professional body, opened increasingly to lay members by the mid-1950s. Typically, a board member chaired each committee and a staff member served as secretary. The board of directors selected the executive director; adopted the budget; established program and administrative policies not established by the by-laws or designated as the responsibility of the annual meeting delegates; received and approved or modified recommendations of committees; referred matters requiring study to appropriate committees; and fixed times and places of national conferences and annual business meetings. The function of the executive committee was to act on policy matters requiring action between meetings of the board and to study any matter referred by the board and then to make recommendations to the board. The responsibilities of the executive director included employing, assigning, and coordinating the work of the staff and carrying out decisions of the board of directors, the executive committee, and the annual business meeting. The executive director also reported to the board on the work of the staff, advised the president of the board regarding meeting agendas, and consulted with the president on the work of NFS committees. The minutes and other records of the board and executive committee document changes in focus and methodology of the National Federation over the years. In the earliest volumes, the material chronicles the formative meetings; theories espoused by participants; and expansion of the organization both nationally and internationally. They also document programs pertaining to young girls, home and family life, prohibition, housing, recreation, and immigrants and detail the more mundane aspects of organization administration. Later volumes capture the incorporation of the Federation. During the late 1930s, there are resolutions and projects regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority, slum clearance, wages and hours legislation; the role of the government;: unemployment and related relief and rehabilitation projects; support of the National Youth Administration; the Federal Workers' Education Program; the Federal Child Labor Amendment; family planning efforts; and opposition to the arms build-up prior to World War II. Into the 1940s, the detail regarding administrative tasks increases and there is also information on the Federation's response to World War II. The records include resolutions and actions indicating concern for a racist and undemocratic selective service, intolerance, price controls, and the emerging post-war order as seen through a response to the United Nations and government planning. From 1945 to 1950, concerns reflected include employment, women workers, day care, older men, pay scales, labor-management relations, unions, youth, housing, population shifts, returning veterans, atomic energy, food for war-ravaged countries, planning for full employment, housing legislation, the push for cabinet rank for the United States Welfare Agency, federal support for recreation, federal aid to the arts, workers education extension service in the Department of Labor, salary standards within the settlement houses, cooperatives, social security, sympathy for establishment of the Jewish state, and Chinese-American relations. By the 1950s the executive committee was taking on a more prominent role in the running of the Federation. The NFS had come out against the "Red Scare" and the tactics of McCarthyism. Major concerns included schools, drug addition, population shifts, housing racial discrimination, racism, and immigrant policies, as well as NFS involvement in United Community Defense Services. In the 1960s, emphasis was on legislative and committee action, responses to the "urban crisis," racial separatism, violence, the Mississippi Project, federal appropriations, consumers, civil rights, crime and delinquency, economic opportunity programs, housing national political conventions, school lunch programs, senior citizens, summer jobs. In the early 1970s the most striking trend in these records was the internal dissension within the National Federation, the emergence of the "Techniculture movement," and tension over the role of the social work profession in social issues involving people of color.
		Corporate Documents
Box 1		Incorporation and By-laws 1929, 1962, 1966, 1969 Box 1, Folder 1 to 1
Box 116		NFSNC By-laws, 1962 Box 116, Folder 2
		Minutes
		Minutes in Bound Volumes
Box 118		Committee of Ten, Executive Committee, Annual Meetings, Conference Reports, 1910-1920. Box 118, Folder 1
		Executive Committee Minutes, 1911-1927 Box 118, Folder 2
		Committee of Ten, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, Conference Reports, 1922-1928. Box 118, Folder 3
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, December 1929-May 1935.  Box 118, Folder 4
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1935-May 1940. Box 118, Folder 5
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1940-May 1945. Box 118, Folder 6
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1945-May 1950.  Box 118, Folder 7
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1950-May 1955.  Box 118, Folder 8
Box 119		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1955-May 1961.  Box 119, Folder 1
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1957-May 1961 [original copy] Box 119, Folder 2
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1960-May 1965. Box 119, Folder 3
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1961-May 1965 Box 119, Folder 4
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, 1966-1969. Box 119, Folder 5
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, 1970 Box 119, Folder 6
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, 1971-1973.  Box 119, Folder 7
Box 120		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, 1974-1976.  Box 120, Folder 1
		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, 1977-1978. Box 120, Folder 2
		Duplicate Copies
Box 120		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual business Meeting, December. 1929-May 1938 [duplicate copy] Box 120, Folder 3
Box 195		Incomplete Set 1932-1961  Box 195, Folder 27 to 29 Note The minutes are very incomplete, with many gaps, especially from 1932-1946. In most cases, the minutes are digests of action, and are mimeographed. They are quite complete for 1952-1961.
Box 120		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1938-May 1950  Box 120, Folder 4 Note [duplicate copy]
Box 196		Incomplete Set 1932-1961 Box 196, Folder 30 to 33
Box 120		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1950-May 1957  Box 120, Folder 5 Note [duplicate copy]
Box 1		Executive Committee Minutes 1958-1961 Box 1, Folder 2
Box 120		Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Annual Business Meeting, June 1957-May 1966 Box 120, Folder 6 Note [duplicate copy]
Box 1		Minutes and Documents 1962-1966 Box 1, Folder 3 to 8
Box 2		Minutes and Documents 1967-1972 Box 2, Folder 1 to 6
		Special Committees
Box 116		NFS Board, Special Committee on Community Control, 1973 Box 116, Folder 5
		NFS Board Special Committee on Dues Proposal, 1968 Box 116, Folder 6
		Yearly Folders
Box 117		NFS Board, 1968-1971. Box 117, Folder 1
		NFS Board, 1972 Box 117, Folder 2
		NFS Board 1973-1974 Box 117, Folder 3
		NFS Board 1973-1974. Box 117, Folder 4
		NFS Board, 1975 Box 117, Folder 5
		NFS Board, 1976 Box 117, Folder 6
		NFS Board 1977 Box 117, Folder 7
		NFS Board 1977 Box 117, Folder 8
		NFS Board, 1978-1979 Box 117, Folder 9 to 10
		Board Members
Box 2		Rosters 1951-1974 Box 2, Folder 7 Note See also: Annual Board of Directors and Executive Committee Minutes and Documents for additional rosters.
		NFS Board of Directors Who’s Who 1960, 1963, 1964 Box 2, Folder 8
Box 3		NFS Board of Directors Who’s Who 1965-1967 Box 3, Folder 1
		NFS Board of Directors Who’s Who, 1960-1967 Box 116, Folder 3
		Board Member Orientation Kit, 1968 Box 116, Folder 4
		Board Correspondence
Box 195		Correspondence with NFS Office 1931-1943 Box 195, Folder 26 Note Deals with routine matters and with procedural matters, such as the time and place of meetings and contacts with local settlements.
Box 3		Correspondence 1958-1970 Box 3, Folder 2 to 7
Box 116		Miscellaneous correspondence and materials sent by NFS executive directors and board members, 1967-1972. Box 116, Folder 21
		Letters to NFS board from president and executive director, 1961-1972 Box 116, Folder 22
		NFS Executive Director’s Letters, 1964-1972. Box 116, Folder 23
		NFS President’s Letters, 1961-1971. Box 116, Folder 24
		Miscellaneous proposals for Board’s consideration, 1972 Box 116, Folder 25
		Training Sessions for Board Members
Box 116		Board Operations, 1962 Box 116, Folder 7
		Falck, "On Administration of the Voluntary Social Agency: Board And Staff," 1961 Box 116, Folder 8
		McClary, "Papers on the Role of a Board of Directors in a Settlement," 1969 Box 116, Folder 9
		Theory -- Miscellaneous, 1966 Box 116, Folder 10
		Goldstein, "Theory: Summary and Recommendations," 1960 Box 116, Folder 11
		"Theory: What Successful Executives Do," 1955 Box 116, Folder 12
		"Matching Manager to Job," 1958 Box 116, Folder 13
		Syllabus for training course and general data and reports  Box 116, Folder 14
		Heydebrand, "Administration as a Process," 1967 Box 116, Folder 15
		"Managing by and with Objectives," 1968 Box 116, Folder 16
		Program Planning, 1967 Box 116, Folder 17
		Function of the Board of Directors  Box 116, Folder 18
		Training Center Course: Administration of Neighborhood Centers, 1969 Box 116, Folder 19
		Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn 1974-1976 Box 116, Folder 20 Note NFS Board hired this organization to advise NFS on fund-raising; but the agreement was cancelled, which led to a protracted legal dispute
		Series 2.2 Standing Committees   Note Series 2.2 contains the records of NFS standing committees. The committees oversaw such areas as finances, international work, leadership development, membership, nominations to the board, personnel, social action, and public relations.
		Financial 1956-1981  Note The financial development committee oversaw NFS fund raising and development efforts, financial accounting, and budgeting. This standing committee was established in the fall of 1960 and was considered a key to the planned expansion of NFS. It was set up to assist in obtaining the funding that would permit the maintenance and expansion of all departments of the Federation. From 1970 to 1972, there were two committees: a Financial Development Committee responsible for raising funds for the operations of the Federation and the Finance Committee, which was concerned principally with financial reports and audits, budget review and analysis, control of investment portfolios, dues compliance by members, and charges for publications and other NFS services. The Financial Committee records include committee membership lists, memos regarding fund-raising plans, minutes, correspondence, budgets, lists of contributors, membership forms, fund-raising correspondence, committee membership requests, discussions of committee duties and functions, foundation contacts, individual membership correspondence and renewal, and thank you letters. Urgent requests for funds, increased numbers of fund-raising letters, and elaborate fund-raising projects reflect NFS financial troubles beginning in the mid 1970s. Early financial records include a 1931 presentation of NFSNC programs that was prepared for foundations and the NFSNC Expansion Plan, dating from 1943-1944. Annual presentations to the national Budget and Consultation Committee dating from 1958 to1972 provide an overview of NFS programs and finances and supplement the incomplete set of NFS financial statements and budgets dating from 1962-1971. Records of the Dues Compliance Committee dating from1953-1972 are also included. The committee monitored income from dues paid by member houses. This committee was charged with collecting member dues and aiding in the establishment and enforcement of dues compliance policy. The dues compliance material includes budget reports, dues statements, financial comparisons, policy statements regarding late payments, agencies requesting special consideration, proposals on dues rates, correspondence, form letters, minutes from committee meetings, the dues manual, reports containing dues compliance status of various member houses and federations, and reports on new dues proposals.
Box 121		Membership lists, memos, minutes, correspondence, budgets, reports, 1956-1981 Box 121, Folder 3 to 22
Box 4		Financial Development Committee, Minutes and Memoranda 1962-1965, 1971 Box 4, Folder 6
		National Budget and Consultation Committee, Presentations 1953, 1958-1971 Box 4, Folder 7 to 8
		Statements and Budgets 1962-1971 Box 4, Folder 9 to 10
Box 5		Fund Raising (Buhl Foundation Proposal) 1931 Box 5, Folder 1
		NFS Expansion Plan 1943-1945 Box 5, Folder 2
		United Community Defense Services, Correspondence 1951-1960 Box 5, Folder 3 to 4
		Foundations 1960-1966 Box 5, Folder 5
		Strategies 1965-1972, 1976 Box 5, Folder 6
		Dues Compliance Committee 1961-1972 Box 5, Folder 7 to 8
Box 121		Dues Compliance Committee  Box 121, Folder 1 to 2
		International Committee 1938-1980  Note The international materials in the NFSNC records include files on the International Committee, international settlements, and the International Federation of Settlements. The International Committee was formed through the efforts of Lillie Peck and Ellen Coolidge. It met three times a year and had responsibility for: international visitors, visits by U.S. settlement personnel to international settlements, work with the United Nations, administering the American interests of the Barnett Fellowship and the Lillie Peck Fund, promoting international exchange among settlement workers, serving as a liaison with private and government agencies working in international issues, and relations with the International Federation of Settlements and the International Conference of Social Work. The records include minutes, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to a wide variety of topics including: international social work, international visitors, fund raising for international projects, and contacts with international social work organizations. This is a very broad and complete collection of materials. In addition to very extensive volumes of committee minutes and other such records, various projects of the committee and the International Federation of Settlements are covered in great detail. Such projects included the Venezuela Project, the Lillie Peck Fund, the Cleveland Project, the Barnette Fellowship, the Education for Peace Project, and miscellaneous United Nations projects. The records also document affiliated organizations and foundations and numerous international settlement conferences held over the years. Much of the material consists of correspondence and reports of leading Federation personnel involved in international work, such as Margaret Berry, Gladys Duppstadt, and Fern Colborn. International Committee records for the 1956 to 1971 period include minutes, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to a wide variety of topics, such as: international social work conditions; international visitors; fund raising for international projects and contacts with international social welfare organizations. In the mid-1950s the committee sponsored a series of seminars on the role of the United Nations and took part in several conferences of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) interested in migration. Particularly well represented is the administration of the Barnett Fellowship, a British memorial fund founded in 1914 with a matching American contribution in 1925. The fellowship allowed for extended study exchanges by social work personnel from the two countries. Folders in the collection reflect the activities and writings of major American Barnett fellows. The International files also contain two sets of folders on settlements in other countries, arranged by alphabetically by country name and dating from 1945 to 1960 and 1959 to 1980, respectively. The earlier records form a lengthy reference file on settlement conditions in specific foreign countries contains summary correspondence and brochures relating both to conditions in international settlements and to American aid, as well as to travel plans of international and American emissaries. The second, more recent, set of country files contains relevant correspondence and reports regarding any contacts NFSNC or IFS had with the particular country. Researchers interested in a particular country should review both sets of files. A prime focus of NFSNC international work was the International Federation of Settlements, founded in 1921 by a prominent circle of European and American settlement workers led by Henrietta Barnett of Great Britain. Almost immediately, in 1922, NFS appointed Ellen W. Coolidge as its foreign secretary, and it continued thereafter to place a high priority on international exchanges between social workers. The intensity of American interest in the project is reflected in the esteem felt by foreign workers for American leaders such as Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, John L. Elliott, and Mary Simkhovitch. The collection documents arrangements for a series of international conferences held in 1922, 1926, 1929, 1932, and 1936. Correspondence and speeches surrounding these events reveal a widening geographical focus for the International Federation and deteriorating political and socioeconomic conditions in member countries as the Great Depression progressed world-wide. Following World War II, the IFS was revived, thanks in large part to the strenuous efforts of Lillie Peck. Conferences resumed in 1952 and all are documented in the files by at least some form of final report. Many conference files contain lengthy correspondence and conference programs. The records also includes minutes and related items from the IFS Council and Executive Committee from 1972 to 1975.
Box 5		Minutes, Correspondence, and Memoranda 1938-1963 Box 5, Folder 9 to 11
Box 6		Minutes, Correspondence, and Memoranda 1964-1971 Box 6, Folder 1 to 4
Box 122		Committee Minutes, correspondence, reports, Volume 1, 1960-1966 Box 122, Folder 1 to 2
		Committee Minutes, correspondence, reports, Volume II, 1960-1966 Box 122, Folder 3
		Miscellaneous Committee Records June 1966-May 1969 Box 122, Folder 4 to 5
		Miscellaneous Committee Records June 1969- December 1977. Box 122, Folder 6 to 7
Box 124		General material and photographs regarding NFS involvement in International Conference of Social Workers foreign conferences and seminars, 1966-1977 Box 124, Folder 2
		General correspondence, reports, memos, 1971-1977. Box 124, Folder 3
Box 7		Fund Raising Correspondence 1962-1968 Box 7, Folder 3
		International Projects Photographs 1967 Box 7, Folder 6
		Friends of the International Project 1963-1964 Box 7, Folder 4
Box 123		Lillie Peck Fund, 1957-1974 Box 123, Folder 1
Box 7		Proposal for Expansion of the International Program 1965-1967 Box 7, Folder 5
Box 124		Margaret Berry Writings on International Settlement Work 1984-1985  Box 124, Folder 6 Note "Neighborhood Work in Zacapu, Mexico," and "An Innocent Abroad: My Education in the International Settlement Movement."
Box 6		Non-governmental Organizations Interested in Migration, Conference 1952-1965 Box 6, Folder 12
Box 124		Toynbee Hall Annual Report, 1983-1984 Box 124, Folder 4
Box 6		United Nations Seminars 1952-1955 Box 6, Folder 11
Box 7		International Visitors, Correspondence 1956-1960  Box 7, Folder 1 to 2 Note Related material in National Social Welfare Assembly Records (SW0004).
Box 124		International Visitors, listed by name, 1963-1980 Box 124, Folder 5
		Visits to Washington, D.C. Offices, 1963-1967. Box 124, Folder 1
Box 123		Madame R. Margot-Noblemaire, 1950-1955 Box 123, Folder 2
		Barnett Fellowship
Box 195		Correspondence 1923-1936 Box 195, Folder 19 to 25 Note Extensive correspondence about the formulation of the idea of the Fellowship, collection of finances, selection of the Fellows, and the actual operation of the program. Prominent correspondents include Jane Addams, J. J. Mallon (warden of London’s Toynbee Hall), Ellen Coolidge, Albert Kennedy, Lillie Peck, Lea Taylor, and Erlund Field. Brochures about the Fellowship; lists of subscribers to the fund; copies of Field’s study, Old Age Pensions in England.
Box 122		Correspondence, circa 1920s-1980s Box 122, Folder 8
		Toynbee Hall  Box 122, Folder 9
		Application for Fellowship  Box 122, Folder 10
		Barnette Correspondence of Fern Colborn, Secretary of International Work, 1960-1964. Box 122, Folder 11
Box 6		Erlund Field 1923-1929 Box 6, Folder 5
Box Legal 251		Erlund Field 1929 Box Legal 251, Folder 1
Box 6		George Goetschius 1953-1954 Box 6, Folder 8
Box Legal 251		George Goetschius 1954 Box Legal 251, Folder 2 Note See also: Staff Writing files
Box 122		George Goetschius, 1954 Box 122, Folder 13
		Jennifer Hurstfield, 1968 Box 122, Folder 17
		Robert Mair, 1965 Box 122, Folder 15
		Hugh P. Mitchell, 1966 Box 122, Folder 16
Box 6		Hugh P. Mitchell and Bernard Wohl 1966-1969 Box 6, Folder 10
		Douglas & Jean Walker Orr 1938 Box 6, Folder 6
Box 122		Douglas and Jean Walker Orr, 1936 Box 122, Folder 12
Box 6		Lillie Peck 1949 Box 6, Folder 7
Box 122		Anne Perkins, 1976 Box 122, Folder 19
		Bernard Wohl, 1969 Box 122, Folder 18
Box 6		Mildred Zucker 1964 Box 6, Folder 9
Box 122		Mildred Zucker, 1964 Box 122, Folder 14
		International Settlements
Box 7		Argentina 1938-1947 Box 7, Folder 7
		Australia 1947-1956 Box 7, Folder 8
		Austria 1923, 1946-1958 Box 7, Folder 9
		Barbados 1957 Box 7, Folder 11
		Brazil 1951-1958 Box 7, Folder 10
		Canada 1929-1960 Box 7, Folder 12 to 13
Box 8		China 1945-1960 Box 8, Folder 1
		Columbia 1952, 1965 Box 8, Folder 2
		Cuba 1945-1956 Box 8, Folder 3
		Egypt 1952-1956 Box 8, Folder 4
		Finland 1929, 1945-1957 Box 8, Folder 5
		France 1921-1968 Box 8, Folder 6 to 7
		Germany 1925-1965 Box 8, Folder 8 to 9
Box 9		Great Britain - Correspondence 1944-1957 Box 9, Folder 5
		Great Britain - Reports 1922-1947, 1949-1955, 1957-1961 Box 9, Folder 1 to 4
		Greece 1928-1958 Box 9, Folder 6
		Holland 1933-1961 Box 9, Folder 7
		Hungary 1937 Box 9, Folder 8
Box 10		India 1926, 1946-1949, 1956-1960 Box 10, Folder 1 to 5
Box Legal 251		India 1958-1961 Box Legal 251 , Folder 3
Box 10		Indonesia 1953-1957 Box 10, Folder 6
		Indonesia Photographs circa 1956 Box 10, Folder 7
		Israel 1950-1959 Box 10, Folder 8
		Italy 1951-1954 Box 10, Folder 9
		Italy Photographs circa 1954 Box 10, Folder 10
		Italy Goetschius Report 1955 Box 10, Folder 11
Box 11		Italy 1955-1956, 1958 Box 11, Folder 1 to 2
		Japan 1948-1957 Box 11, Folder 3
		Jordan 1953-1956 Box 11, Folder 4
		Korea 1959 Box 11, Folder 5
		Latin America 1939-1959 Box 11, Folder 6
		Lebanon 1954-1963 Box 11, Folder 7
		Libya 1956 Box 11, Folder 8
		Mexico 1928-1929, 1957-1960 Box 11, Folder 9
		Nigeria 1956, 1960 Box 11, Folder 10
		Norway 1940, 1949, 1957 Box 11, Folder 11
		Pakistan 1955-1961 Box 11, Folder 12
		Panama 1946 Box 11, Folder 13
		Peru 1946-1955 Box 11, Folder 14
Box 12		Philippines 1952-1960 Box 12, Folder 1 to 2
		Portugal 1947, 1953 Box 12, Folder 3
		Puerto Rico 1954-1957 Box 12, Folder 4
		South Africa 1946-1960 Box 12, Folder 5
		Sweden 1946-1958 Box 12, Folder 6
		Thailand 1956-1960 Box 12, Folder 7
		Uruguay 1945 Box 12, Folder 8
		Venezuela 1952 Box 12, Folder 9
		International Federation of Settlements
Box 12		History and General Description 1934-1977  Box 12, Folder 10
		Constitution and By-laws 1949-1977 Box 12, Folder 11
		Lillie M. Peck, Memo 1956 Box 12, Folder 12
		Correspondence circa 1931-1953 Box 12, Folder 13 to 14
Box 13		Correspondence 1954-1967, 1971-1978 Box 13, Folder 1 to 3 Note See also Margaret Berry Papers (SW106), box 1
		Council and Executive Committee, Documents 1947-1974 Box 13, Folder 4 to 9
Box 14		Documents July 1974-1978 Box 14, Folder 1 to 4
Box Legal 251		Conference Materials 1922-1934 Box Legal 251, Folder 4
Box 14		1st Conference - London 1921-1922 Box 14, Folder 5
		2nd Conference - Paris 1923-1926 Box 14, Folder 7 to 8
		3rd Conference - Amsterdam 1928-1929 Box 14, Folder 9
		4th Conference - Berlin 1932 Box 14, Folder 10
		5th Conference - Sussex 1932-1936 Box 14, Folder 11
Box 15		6th Conference - Amsterdam 1951-1952 Box 15, Folder 1
Box 125		Miscellaneous International Federation of Settlements conference material, 1952-1954 Box 125, Folder 1
Box 15		7th Conference - Berlin 1955-1956 Box 15, Folder 2
		7th Conference - Berlin 1956 Box 15, Folder 3 Note Daily Bulletins
		8th Conference - Home 1958-1961 Box 15, Folder 4
Box Legal 251		8th Conference 1961 Box Legal 251, Folder 5
Box 15		9th Conference - Helsinki 1968 Box 15, Folder 5
Box 125		9th Conference, 1968 Box 125, Folder 2
Box 15		10th Conference - Hospitalet, Spain 1969 Box 15, Folder 6
Box 125		10th Conference, 1969 Box 125, Folder 3
		Margaret Berry conference folder, 1969 Box 125, Folder 4
Box 15		11th Conference - Amsterdam 1972 Box 15, Folder 7
Box 125		11th Conference, 1972 Box 125, Folder 5
Box 15		12th Conference - Vancouver 1976 Box 15, Folder 8
Box 125		12th Conference, 1976 Box 125, Folder 6
		Walter L. Smart’s folder from 1976 conference  Box 125, Folder 7
Box 15		Conference Photographs 1923-1961 Box 15, Folder 9
		Clippings 1972-1974 Box 15, Folder 10
		Handbooks 1922-1927 Box 15, Folder 11
		Newsletters 1963-1977 Box 15, Folder 12 Note See also Margaret Berry Papers (SW106), box 1
Box 124		International Federation information, 1968-1976. Box 124, Folder 7
		Personal memberships, 1974-1979. Box 124, Folder 8
		Miscellaneous IFS, 1959-1969 Box 124, Folder 9
		Conference 1968-1975 Box 124, Folder 10 Note Conference plans and papers, correspondence
		Miscellaneous IFS records 1964-1974  Box 124, Folder 11 Note Constitution, membership lists, correspondence, financial statements, executive committee reports and minutes
		Miscellaneous IFS records 1964-1974  Box 124, Folder 12 Note Council meetings, minutes, and reports, steering committee minutes and reports
		Miscellaneous IFS records 1975-1976  Box 124, Folder 13 Note Constitution, membership, correspondence, financial statement, conferences
		Miscellaneous IFS records 1975-1976  Box 124, Folder 14 Note Newsletter, executive committee and IFS council meetings and minutes.
		Related International Groups
Box 125		International Exchange Project in Urban Community Development, 1960 Box 125, Folder 8
		International Council of Voluntary Agencies conferences, 1959-1961 Box 125, Folder 9
		ICSW Conference, Rio De Janeiro, 1962 Box 125, Folder 10
		ICSW Conference, Athens, 1964 Box 125, Folder 11
		ICSW Conference, Washington D.C., 1966 Box 125, Folder 12
		Pan American Congress of Social Service, Lima and Caracas, 1965-1968. Box 125, Folder 13
		Affiliated Organizations and Foundations
Box 123		Accion International, 1965-1966 Box 123, Folder 18
		American Friends Service Committee, 1965-1968 Box 123, Folder 19
		Catholic Inter-American Cooperation Program  Box 123, Folder 20
		Foundation for Housing and Municipal Improvement, 1965-1968 Box 123, Folder 21
		Texas Committee on Pan-American Group Work Fellowships, 1948-1955. Box 123, Folder 22
		Council of International Programs for Youth Leaders scholarship program, 1964-1969 Box 123, Folder 23
		American Council of Voluntary Agencies, Inc., Technical Assistance Information Clearing House, 1965-1970 Box 123, Folder 24
		International Exchange Foundation Proposals  Box 123, Folder 25
		Asia Foundation, 1965-1971. Box 123, Folder 26 to 27
		Country Folders
Box 126		England  Box 126, Folder 1
		Greece  Box 126, Folder 2
		Guam  Box 126, Folder 3
		Guatemala  Box 126, Folder 4
		Hong Kong  Box 126, Folder 5
		India  Box 126, Folder 6
		Indonesia  Box 126, Folder 7
		Iran  Box 126, Folder 8
		Ireland  Box 126, Folder 9
		Israel  Box 126, Folder 10
		Italy  Box 126, Folder 11
		Kenya  Box 126, Folder 12
		Korea  Box 126, Folder 13
		Latin America  Box 126, Folder 14
		Lebanon  Box 126, Folder 16
		Liberia  Box 126, Folder 17
		Libya  Box 126, Folder 18
		Mexico  Box 126, Folder 19
		Netherlands  Box 126, Folder 20
		Nigeria  Box 126, Folder 21
		Norway  Box 126, Folder 22
		Pakistan  Box 126, Folder 23
		Panama  Box 126, Folder 24
		Paraguay  Box 126, Folder 25
		Philippines  Box 126, Folder 26
		Portugal  Box 126, Folder 27
		Puerto Rico  Box 126, Folder 28
		Saudi Arabia  Box 126, Folder 29
		Somalia  Box 126, Folder 30
		South Africa  Box 126, Folder 31
		Spain  Box 126, Folder 32
		Sweden  Box 126, Folder 33
		Switzerland  Box 126, Folder 34
		Thailand  Box 126, Folder 35
		Turkey  Box 126, Folder 36
		Venezuela  Box 126, Folder 37
		Vietnam  Box 126, Folder 38
		West Pakistan  Box 126, Folder 39
		Venezuela Project
Box 123		Venezuela Project  Box 123, Folder 3
		Robert Hafey, 1964-1969 Box 123, Folder 4
		Correspondence, 1963-1965 Box 123, Folder 5
		Correspondence, 1963-1967 Box 123, Folder 6
		Reports by Robert Hafey, 1964-1967 Box 123, Folder 7
		Booklet: "Demonstration Project in Venezuela"  Box 123, Folder 8
		Progress reports on contract aid and proposal, June 1964-June 1967 Box 123, Folder 9
		Exchange visitors, 1965-1967 Box 123, Folder 10
		Publicity  Box 123, Folder 11
		Houston Training Center and training materials, 1967 Box 123, Folder 12
		Elsie Youngman, 1966 Box 123, Folder 13
		Round Table issues containing articles about Venezuela project, 1963-1968.  Box 123, Folder 14
Box 150		Demonstration Project in Venezuela 1963-1967 Box 150, Folder 19
		Education for Peace Project
Box 123		General correspondence and description of the project, 1974-1980. Box 123, Folder 15
		Kit and Responses, 1977-1978. Box 123, Folder 16
		Project proposal written for Helen Hall  Box 123, Folder 17
		United Nations Projects
Box 123		UN Projects and Contacts  Box 123, Folder 18
		Leadership Development and Training Committee 1972-1978  Note The Leadership Development and Training Committee took the place of the NFS Training Center in 1972. The committee was designated to recommend the primary educational program of the Federation and develop educational offerings to support the work of the settlements. It planned and operated regional and national training sessions, established contacts with universities, and regularly held national training seminars. The folder contains general information and committee membership data, agendas, project proposals, memos, minutes, and correspondence.
Box 127		General information and committee membership, 1972-1978.  Box 127, Folder 1
		Membership Committee   Note The Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, also known as the Membership Committee, was formed in 1950. It devised standards and criteria for NFSNC membership and processed member applications. The committee also monitored the Federation's communications with members and its publications program. Minutes and memoranda document the committee's activities between 1962 and 1966. Statements of criteria for individual settlements and settlement federations are available for the 1944 to 1976 period, and a small sample of membership application summaries reflects the caliber of applicants during 1953, 1966, and 1969. The scope of NFSNC membership is reflected in membership directories for the years from 1952 to 1973. A limited number of such directories are also available for the years between 1924 and 1941. Resource materials developed for members from 1953 to 1973 deal with a variety of topics, including camping, the War on Poverty, and settlement buildings and facilities. Advice is offered on a number of funding opportunities, on accounting methods, and on economic development program. Routine items and newsletters are filed along with materials on special programs. A 1962-1963 compendium illustrates the range of NFSNC services to members, while a numbered sequence of all NFSNC mimeographed documents produced during the 1967 calendar year underscores the variety of NFSNC services and concerns. The membership files conclude with yearly chronological folders dating from 1937 to 1980. These contain information on the functions of the Membership Committee, its procedures and policies, record keeping policy, reports on prospective member settlements and federations, agendas, committee minutes, memos, general committee correspondence, and membership lists and statistics. Of particular interest is summary information and histories of prospective member settlement houses and federations contained in the files.
Box 15		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee 1962-1964 Box 15, Folder 13
Box 16		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee 1965-1966 Box 16, Folder 1
		Membership Criteria and Service Statements 1944-1976 Box 16, Folder 2
		City Federations and Complex Agencies 1944, 1959-1972 Box 16, Folder 3
		Membership Application Summaries 1953, 1966, 1969 Box 16, Folder 4
		Directories 1924-1970 Box 16, Folder 5 to 9 Note 1924, 1929, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1952-1970
Box 17		Directories 1970-1973 Box 17, Folder 1
		Routine Communications 1953-1956, 1960-1973 Box 17, Folder 2
		Camping Programs circa 1958, 1972 Box 17, Folder 3
		Building and Facility Guidelines 1959, 1965-1970 Box 17, Folder 4
		Service Compendium 1962-1963 Box 17, Folder 5
		Southeastern Region, Field Service 1962-1964 Box 17, Folder 6
		Research and Demonstration Projects 1962-1965 Box 17, Folder 7
		Directory of Non-member Agencies 1962-1966 Box 17, Folder 8
		Federal Funding Opportunities 1963-1972 Box 17, Folder 9
		Agency Studies Manuals 1963, 1969 Box 17, Folder 10
		Economic Opportunity Act Memoranda 1964-1967 Box 17, Folder 11
Box 18		Economic Opportunity Act Bulletins 1964-1968 Box 18, Folder 1
		Membership Kit 1965 Box 18, Folder 2
		Uniform Accounting Project 1966-1967 Box 18, Folder 3
		Technical Consultation and Field Service 1966-1972 Box 18, Folder 4
		Survey 1968 Box 18, Folder 5
		Economic Development Programs 1970 Box 18, Folder 6
		"Food for All" Program 1970-1972 Box 18, Folder 7
		Regional Resource Banks 1972 Box 18, Folder 8
		"Outreach and Orientation" Proposal 1972 Box 18, Folder 9
		Executive Letters 1975-1976 Box 18, Folder 10
		Mimeographed Documents, Numbered 1967 Box 18, Folder 11 to 14 Note 001-100, 200-270, 280-750, 800-801, 900-950
Box 19		Mimeographed Documents, Unnumbered 1967 Box 19, Folder 1 to 4
Box 127		Miscellaneous undated materials  Box 127, Folder 2 Note Membership Standards and Admissions
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1937-1952 Box 127, Folder 3
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1953 Box 127, Folder 4
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1954 Box 127, Folder 5
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1955 Box 127, Folder 6
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1956 Box 127, Folder 7
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1957 Box 127, Folder 8
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1958 Box 127, Folder 9
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1959 Box 127, Folder 10
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1960 Box 127, Folder 11
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1961 Box 127, Folder 12
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1962 Box 127, Folder 13
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1963 Box 127, Folder 14
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1964 Box 127, Folder 15
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1965 Box 127, Folder 16
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1966 Box 127, Folder 17
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1967 Box 127, Folder 18
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1968 Box 127, Folder 19
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1969 Box 127, Folder 20
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1970 Box 127, Folder 21
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1971 Box 127, Folder 22
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1972 Box 127, Folder 23
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1973 Box 127, Folder 24
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1974 Box 127, Folder 25
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1975 Box 127, Folder 26
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1976 Box 127, Folder 27
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1977 Box 127, Folder 28
Box 128		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1978 Box 128, Folder 1
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1979 Box 128, Folder 2
		Membership Standards and Admissions Committee, 1980 Box 128, Folder 3
		Committee Manual, circa 1974. Box 128, Folder 4
		Nominating Committee 1953-1979  Note The Nominating Committee was responsible for devising slates and conducting elections for NFSNC board positions. The committee met twice a year, usually in conjunction board meetings. Reflecting its importance, this committee was the only one to which members were elected rather than appointed and whose full travel expenses were paid by the Federation. The folders contain ballots, officer and board member lists, correspondence regarding officer appointments or proposed nominees, minutes, meeting notices, and numerous resumes of prospective and actual nominees. Also included are pro forma solicitations of nominations from the membership dating from 1962 to 1970. Outcomes of nominating committee activity may be found with the minutes of annual meetings, at which Federation elections were typically held. (See box 44, folder 8 through box 45, folder 2)
Box 19		Nominating Committee 1953, 1962-1966, 1970-1971 Box 19, Folder 5
Box 128		Nominating Committee, 1968 Box 128, Folder 5
		Nominating Committee, 1969 Box 128, Folder 6
		Nominating Committee, 1970 Box 128, Folder 7
		Nominating Committee, 1971 Box 128, Folder 8
		Nominating Committee, 1972 Box 128, Folder 9
		Nominating Committee, 1973 Box 128, Folder 10
		Nominating Committee, 1974 Box 128, Folder 11
		Nominating Committee, 1975 Box 128, Folder 12
		Nominating Committee, 1976 Box 128, Folder 13
		Nominating Committee, 1977 Box 128, Folder 14
		Nominating Committee, 1978 Box 128, Folder 15
		Nominating Committee, 1979 Box 128, Folder 16
		Personnel Committees   Note The Federation's personnel committees served a number of functions, both internal to the organization itself and more broadly representative of the settlement field. They monitored NFSNC staff practices and promoted standardized job classifications, salary scales, and recruitment strategies among its member houses. Recruitment activities included summer job coordination as well as full-time employment referrals. These activities are documented through minutes and memoranda dating back to 1936, but date largely from the post-World War II period. Included with personnel records is a series of published "Job Classifications and Salary Standards" dating from 1961 to 1974. The Board-Staff Personnel Committee was responsible for making recommendation to the entire board of directors on matters of wages and working conditions. The staff of the Federation had two voting representatives on this committee: one professional and one clerical. These two representatives were responsible for carrying to that committee the wishes of the staff in regard to changes in policy as set forth in the Personnel Code. The one file in this part of the collection contains the Personnel Code, other personnel manuals, minutes, memos, salary reports, and agendas. 1956-1970.
Box 201		Committee on Personnel Practices 1935-1960 Box 201, Folder 72 Note Correspondence about personnel matters. Studies of settlement practices. Minutes of the committee’s meetings, 1949-1960. Statements of NFS standards and practices.
Box 19		Personnel Practices and Training Committee 1936-1957 Box 19, Folder 6
		Personnel Standards and Practices Committee 1958-1965 Box 19, Folder 7 to 8
Box 20		Personnel Standards and Practices Committee 1966-1972 Box 20, Folder 1
		Job Classifications and Salary Standards 1961-1974 Box 20, Folder 2 to 3
Box 128		Personnel Committee  Box 128, Folder 17
		Public Relations Committee 1949-1983  Note The records include a minutes of the Public Relations Committee (1962-1983) and memoranda and press clippings (1961-1970). Public relations resources developed for members include such items as news releases, audiovisual material, and radio and television announcements. In addition, the committee monitored the Federation's publications program and developed special purpose "kits" for various special occasions, such as the Jane Addams Centennial of 1960 or the 1961 NFSNC Fiftieth Anniversary. Publications lists for the years between 1949 and 1972 mirror the shifting concerns of the settlement movement during this period. The Public Relations Committee was a subcommittee of the Financial Development Committee with a director of public information generally overseeing the interrelationship. Duties of this officer and this committee included developing an overall fund-raising plan and assisting in its implementation; developing a program for public relations needs which included writing and editing ”UNCA News” and ”Round Table”; sending out press releases and other information; editing, production, and distribution of all NFSNC/UNCA publications; editing a publications catalogue; assisting with planning and promotion for NFS/UNCA meetings; production of exhibits for NFSNC/UNCA and National Conference of Social Work meetings; developing public relations projects increase public understanding of and support for the settlement movement (including news releases, feature articles, materials for special observations); providing consultation in public relations for member houses; and assisting in developing an overall plan and the necessary materials for fund-raising. These files contain general correspondence of the Director of Public Relations, committee minutes and reports of the Public Relations Committee, NFS financial and fund-raising matters as they relate to public relations projects, miscellaneous data on various public relations projects, publications, posters, and brochures which were the products of public relations projects. 1962-1983.
Box 20		Minutes and Mailings 1962-1970 Box 20, Folder 4
		Correspondence 1961-1971 Box 20, Folder 5
		NFS Name Change 1972 Box 20, Folder 6
		NFS Christmas Cards circa 1953-1954, 1962-1967, 1971 Box 20, Folder 7
		Jane Addams Centennial Information Kit 1960 Box 20, Folder 8
		NFS 50th Anniversary Information Kit 1961 Box 20, Folder 9
		Press Clippings 1956-1970 Box 20, Folder 10
		Publications and Announcements 1949-1972 Box 20, Folder 11
		Recruiting Brochure 1952-1956 Box 20, Folder 12
Box 128		Correspondence of Raymond DeVera, Director of Public Relations, 1982-1983. Box 128, Folder 18
		Public Relations Committee, 1962-1970 Box 128, Folder 19
Box 129		Public Relations Committee, 1972 Box 129, Folder 1
		Public Relations Committee, 1973 Box 129, Folder 2
		Public Relations Committee, 1974 Box 129, Folder 3
		Public Relations Committee, 1975 Box 129, Folder 4
		Public Relations Committee, 1976 Box 129, Folder 5
		Public Relations Committee, 1977 Box 129, Folder 6
		Public Relations Committee, 1978 Box 129, Folder 7
		Public Relations Committee, 1979 Box 129, Folder 8
		Public Relations Committee, 1980 Box 129, Folder 9
		Public Relations Committee, 1980-1983 Box 129, Folder 10
		Sample products and publications, circa 1974-1983 Box 129, Folder 11
		News Releases,  Box 129, Folder 12
		"Getting Smart" columns, 1980-1981. Box 129, Folder 13
		"Getting Smart" columns, 1981-1982. Box 129, Folder 14
		Public Relations Resource Poll Questionnaire, 1974 Box 129, Folder 15
		NFSNC Name Change, 1972-1974 Box 129, Folder 16
		Public Relations workshop,  Box 129, Folder 17
		Helen Hall Awards,  Box 129, Folder 18
		Magazine Advertisements,  Box 129, Folder 19
		Executive Letter, 1975, 1977. Box 129, Folder 20
		Television documentary: "Raised in Anger," undated Box 129, Folder 21 Note Deals with child abuse
		Philip Ryan, "How Administrators View Public Relations."  Box 129, Folder 22
		Public Relations Newspaper Clippings.  Box 129, Folder 23
		Social Education and Action Committee 1897, 1933-1974  Note Social Education and Action Committee, also known as SEA, was one of the oldest standing committees of NFSNC, with its work dating back to 1915. It was responsible for education on subjects of social concern and it served to recommend procedures and policies in social action in areas important to the National Federation to the board of directors and to prepare resolutions for action by the delegate body of the Federation. It represented the settlements position on social issues to the government and to private groups. It sought to implement action at the national level and to stimulate education and action at the local level. Its most important methods of operation were to secure and make available factual information to the settlements, as well as assembling facts on social issues in order to keep board, staff, and membership informed about current conditions and constructive plans for action. The committee was also the driving and organizing force behind NFS legislative seminars held on a regular basis in Washington, D.C. Under the staff leadership of Fern M. Colborn (1950-1961) and Gladys Z. Duppstadt (1962-1968), the committee initiated a host of Federation resolutions on topics ranging from narcotics to the minimum wage. Federation social education and action faced a major crisis initiated by some member houses in the early 1950s, when dissension arose regarding the NFSNC practice of passing resolutions on the grounds that it represented "political" activity. Such charges brought the response that only by improving social conditions (in a non-partisan manner) could settlements serve their neighbors fully. As with the Board and Executive Committee materials, the Social Education and Action Committee records also serve to depict the change in focus of the National Federation. Major areas of social education and action (SEA) included public housing and urban renewal, juvenile delinquency and day care, and migrant labor and civil rights. One measure of NFSNC leadership in these areas is the fact that Fern Colborn was invited to serve as the first chairperson of a major national task force on the topic of housing, jointly sponsored by the National Social Welfare Assembly, the American Public Welfare Association, and the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). By the early 1960s, the focus of SEA activity had shifted to race relations and civil rights, culminating in participation in the 1963 March on Washington, a major civil rights project, and settlement lobbying on behalf of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Federation was moving to educate its members on a widening number of problems related to economic justice. These and a host of lesser issues are well-documented in minutes, correspondence, testimony, and reports emanating from the committee in the period after 1946. Other issues addressed by the committee include: the McCarran Anti-Subversive Bill, rent control, the United Nations, war recovery, price control, social security, child welfare, presidential elections, the Defense Production Act, health costs for veterans and their families, communism, population shifts and migration, consumer and inflation concerns, immigration and naturalization, health care, the Equal Rights Amendment, Indo-China, food stamp plans, racism, unemployment insurance, minimum wages, urban renewal, the response to ”Brown v. Board of Education”, peacetime use of atomic energy, school construction, surplus commodities program, and testing and control of nuclear weapons. In the 1960s, many of these same concerns continued to occupy the committee, but there were also new areas of focus. These included the "War on Poverty," Economic Opportunity Act of 1963, Youth Employment Act, community work and training programs, a strategy for civil rights legislation, voting rights, contacts with the White House Conference on Aging, the creation of a Civil Rights subcommittee, a new medicare program, senior service corps, cultural diversity, reduction of defense expenditures, class actions to help the poor, family planning, assistance for Native Americans, urban violence and rioting, and retrenchments in federal government support. With the dawn of the 1970s, the committee concentrated on a smaller number of legislative priorities. It began to emphasize a stronger local and regional action phase that focused on demonstration planning, marches, community-based meetings and Poor Peoples' campaigns and rallies. It was still, however, committed to "establishing decent minimum living standards for all people, and improvement of health services, day care, OEO and other public programs." . 1950-1974. Most of the committee records consist of committee minutes and publications, member lists, meeting notices, memos sent to committee members, information related to Congressional testimony and the actual testimony itself, information on political campaigns, data regarding the legislative seminars, responses from various elected officials to the resolutions and letters from the SEC and National Federation, copies of the committee newsletter called "NFS Legislative News: Information and Material on Social Education and Action," miscellaneous correspondence, as well as correspondence of Fern Colborn, long-time director of the committee. The Social Education and Action Committee records also contain a 1963 membership needs assessment on the issue of public assistance, and a 1962 proposal for a "national service corps" that ultimately became the VISTA program. Records on "front organizations" reflect deliberate NFSNC policy to avoid identification with political extremes of either left or right. Political neutrality and issue-orientation were hallmarks of the Federation's social education and action program. Also included with social education and action records are subject reference files relating to NFSNC's educational mission. Of particular interest in this material are several folders under the heading of "settlements," which deal with the movement's history, philosophy, and activities. An 1897 survey of American and British settlements (also available on microfilm) and a 1933 to 1960 series of Social Work Yearbook articles comprise yet other vantage points on settlement history.
Box 21		Minutes and Communications 1945-1955 Box 21, Folder 1 to 8
Box 22		Minutes and Communications 1956-1963 Box 22, Folder 1 to 8
Box 23		Minutes and Communications 1965-1972, 1974 Box 23, Folder 1 to 7
		Survey of Member Concerns 1951-1952 Box 23, Folder 8
Box 24		"Adequate Standard of Living" Packet 1967 Box 24, Folder 1
		Legislative News 1967-1970 Box 24, Folder 2
		News and Four-Minute Report 1967-1971 Box 24, Folder 3
		Washington Office 1970-1972 Box 24, Folder 4
		Digest of Topics of Social Action 1911-1946 Box 24, Folder 5
		Compendium - Topical Summary of Resolutions 1911-1961 Box 24, Folder 6
		Resolutions - Policy 1949-1958 Box 24, Folder 7
		Resolutions - Annual Slates 1947, 1953-1961 Box 24, Folder 8
		Resolutions - Platforms of other Agencies 1946-1952 Box 24, Folder 9
		Social Policy Platform 1962-1964 Box 24, Folder 10 to 11
		Day Care-Memoranda and Reports 1942, 1965-1967, 1970-1972 Box 24, Folder 12
		Housing
Box 25		Housing Subcommittee - Minutes and Communications 1947-1948, 1951-1968, 1970-1973 Box 25, Folder 1 to 6
		Urban Renewal, 1955-1956, 1961-1962 Box 25, Folder 7 Note Memoranda and Correspondence
		Urban Renewal 1955-1956 Box 25, Folder 8 Note Reports
		Urban Renewal 1961 Box 25, Folder 9 Note Elderly Survey
Box 26		Joint Committee on Housing and Welfare 1953-August, 1957 Box 26, Folder 1 to 6
Box 27		Joint Committee on Housing and Welfare September, 1957-1958 Box 27, Folder 1 to 2
		Juvenile Delinquency Communications 1952-1964 Box 27, Folder 3 to 7
Box 28		Youth Employment Kit 1962 Box 28, Folder 1
		"Preparing Teenagers for Parenthood" Project 1971-1976 Box 28, Folder 2
		Subject Files
Box 28		Church-Sponsored Social Work 1947, 1953-1957 Box 28, Folder 3
		Civil Defense 1960-1962 Box 28, Folder 4
		Civil Liberties 1955-1956 Box 28, Folder 5
		Consumers - Food Stamp Program 1939-1942 Box 28, Folder 6
		Fluid Milk Laws 1955-1957, 1960 Box 28, Folder 7
		"Front" Organizations, A-Y 1947-1957 Box 28, Folder 8 to 9
		Housing 1942-1952 Box 28, Folder 11
Box 29		Immigration 1950-1960 Box 29, Folder 1
		Laws 1950-1965 Box 29, Folder 2
		Juvenile Delinquency Laws 1961, 1967 Box 29, Folder 3
		Maternal and Child Welfare 1946 Box 29, Folder 4
		Mental Health 1948-1959 Box 29, Folder 5 to 6
		Migrant Labor 1955-1967, 1973 Box 29, Folder 7
		Mobility 1954 Box 29, Folder 8
		National Service Corps Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 29, Folder 9
		National Service Corps Needs Assessment, 1962 Box 29, Folder 10 to 11 Note Includes "C'-"K" and "M"-"N"
Box 30		National Service Corps Needs Assessment, 1962 Box 30, Folder 1 Note Includes "O"-"W", Summary
		Peace and Survival 1954-1960 Box 30, Folder 2
		"Physically Handicapped" 1956-1959 Box 30, Folder 3
		Population 1957-1959 Box 30, Folder 4
		Public Assistance 1957-1959 Box 30, Folder 5
		Public Assistance - Midwestern Needs Assessment 1963 Box 30, Folder 6
		Puerto Ricans 1952-1959 Box 30, Folder 7
		Recreation 1948, 1956-1959 Box 30, Folder 8
		Segregation 1953-1959 Box 30, Folder 9 to 10
		Settlements - John Palmer Gavit Scrapbook 1897 Box 30, Folder 11 Note This folder contains a cross-reference to the scrapbook, which is contained in box 250 in Series 1.1.
		History and Program 1933-1967, 1976 Box 30, Folder 12 to 13
Box 31		Social Work Yearbook 1933-1960 Box 31, Folder 1
		Albert Kennedy Memorandum 1943-1944 Box 31, Folder 2
		Tax Exemption 1950-1956, 1964, 1970 Box 31, Folder 3
		United States/Foreign Relations 1952-1962 Box 31, Folder 4
		Urban Problems 1935, 1956-1959 Box 31, Folder 5
		Youth 1947-1954, 1956-1959, 1963-1966 Box 31, Folder 6 to 10
Box 130		Digest of Topics of Social Action, 1911-1937 Box 130, Folder 1
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1950-1951 Box 130, Folder 2
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1951-1952 Box 130, Folder 3
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1952-1953 Box 130, Folder 4
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1953-1954 Box 130, Folder 5 to 6
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1954-1955 Box 130, Folder 7 to 8
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1955-1956 Box 130, Folder 9 to 11
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1956-1957 Box 130, Folder 12 to 13
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1957-1958 Box 130, Folder 14 to 15
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1959-1960 Box 130, Folder 16 to 18
Box 131		Social Education and Action Committee, June 1, 1960-May 21, 1961 Box 131, Folder 1 to 3
		Social Education and Action Committee, May 22, 1961-May 27, 1962 Box 131, Folder 4 to 5
		Social Education and Action Committee, June 1962-May 1963 Box 131, Folder 6 to 7
		Social Education and Action Committee, June 1963-May 1964 Box 131, Folder 8 to 9
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1964-1966 Box 131, Folder 10 to 14
Box 132		Social Education and Action Committee, June 1966-May 1967 Box 132, Folder 1 to 3
		Social Education and Action Committee, June 1967-May 1968 Box 132, Folder 4 to 6
		Social Education and Action Committee, June 1968-May 1969 Box 132, Folder 7 to 9
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1969-1970 Box 132, Folder 10 to 11
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1972-1974 Box 132, Folder 12
		Social Education and Action Committee, 1970-1974 Box 132, Folder 13 to 17
		Series 2.3 Ad Hoc Committees   Note Complementing the records of the Federation's standing committees are those of a number of ad hoc committees, most of them flourishing during the 1950s and 1960s. These committees dealt with a variety of NFSNC special project concerns: Community Organization, Race Relations, Neighborhood Goals, New Directions, the Poverty Program, NFSNC Self-Study, and Social Work Education. With one exception--the Committee on Social Work Education--these committees were formed to address various social issues, bringing them into the same general field as the Social Education and Action Committee described in Series 2.1. The Ad-Hoc committees were generally temporary in nature and reflected major concerns of the National Federation at the time of their inception. The committees documented in Series 2.3 include Field Service and Training, New Directions, Poverty Program, Self-Study, Structure and Full Employment.
Box 193		Alien Legislation CommitteeEmployment. Alien 1939-1942 Box 193, Folder 6 Note This folder details the role the settlements played in encouraging resident aliens to register and contains detailed correspondence between NFS personnel and interested persons regarding the civil liberties issues involved with registration. Also contains U. S. Government pamphlets regarding alien registration and correspondence with government officials.
Box 200		Committee on Annuities and Retirement Policies 1939-1940 Box 200, Folder 65
		Committee on Consumer’s Education 1936-1942 Box 200, Folder 66 Note List of committee members. Materials on functions of the committee, especially in the legislative realm.
Box 201		Good Neighbor Committee 1938-1943 Box 201, Folder 67 Note Committee activities to help refugees to adjust to American life. Correspondence, addresses, programs, by-laws.
		Committee on Liquor Control and Lotteries 1926-1939  Box 201, Folder 68 Note Much correspondence and reports on the problem of prohibition as the settlements saw it. A copy of A. J. Kennedy’s article on "Saloons" and correspondence about the article. Lillian Wald is an important correspondent.
		Committee on Needs in Group Work--Joint Vocational Service 1934-1938 Box 201, Folder 69 Note Minutes of meetings and reports of studies.
		Committee on Participation of Young People 1938-1940  Box 201, Folder 70 Note Correspondence and miscellaneous reports about the work of the committee.
		Committee on Peace Education 1934-1940 Box 201, Folder 71 Note Extensive correspondence and publicity material about the issues of peace, war, and pacifism as related to the interests of the NFS. The committee was active in the peace movement, with Rebecca Krupp as its chairman and chief correspondent.
		Committee on Poetry 1923-1938 Box 201, Folder 73 Note New Republic article (1923) on American poetry. Miscellaneous correspondence, reports of the Chairman, list of books, bulletins.
		Poverty Program Committee 1965-1968  Note The poverty Program Committee, which existed from 1965 to 1968, prepared position statements on the Economic Opportunity Act and its implementation and on matters related to the broader "War on Poverty." It also: reviewed NFS Office of Economic Opportunity-related services to member houses and helped prioritize those services, identified unmet service needs, recommended changes to programs, and established and maintained connections with the appropriate national organizations and agencies concerned with the EOA act and its implementation. The committee folders contain member lists, working papers, position statements on poverty, listings of NFS poverty-related materials, material relating to studies and questionnaires, minutes, correspondence, testimony before congressional committees, NFS-EOA Bulletins, and miscellaneous materials related to the poverty program.
Box 33		Poverty Program 1964-1968 Box 33, Folder 2
Box 133		Poverty Program, 1965-1968 Box 133, Folder 16 to 17
Box 202		Committee on Recreation 1933-1937 Box 202, Folder 74 Note Correspondence and reports reflect settlements' concerns with the leisure time and its use.
		Self Study Committee 1959-1961  Note The Self-Study Committee, which existed from 1959 to 1961, undertook a thorough study of the National Federation's structure and then made suggestions for future changes. The self-study focused on the practical operation of the Federation, complementing the more visionary approach of the Neighborhood Goals project. The Self-Study Committee had several subcommittees which reflect the facets of the settlement movement at this time. These subcommittees were: the subcommittee on services, subcommittee on social education and action resolutions procedure, subcommittee on financial framework and development, subcommittee on relations with other national organizations, and subcommittee on structure. There was also a Follow-up Committee formed to work at implementing the report generated by this ad hoc committee. The committee folders contain progress reports, subcommittee and committee reports, questionnaires, minutes of committee meetings, tabulations and statistics, some correspondence and memoranda, and a detailed analysis of the NFS committees and functions. A copy of the final report, Review and Revision , is also included.
Box 134		Self-Study Committee records, 1959-1961 Box 134, Folder 1 to 3
Box 34		Minutes and Reports, 1958-1962 Box 34, Folder 5 to 6
		Final Report, 1960 Box 34, Folder 7
		Social Education and Action Resolutions subcommittee, 1959-1960  Box 34, Folder 8
Box 202		Committee on the Study of the Records of Groups 1929-1936 Box 202, Folder 75 Note Correspondence and reports dealing with studies of group work in settlements.
Box 134		Special Committee on Structure, 1965-1969 Box 134, Folder 4 Note The Special Committee on Structure, created in 1965 and disbanded in 1969, was also known as the Special Committee on Voting Rights of Complex Agencies. It was created to consider policy questions that arose due to the changing size and complexity of NFS affiliates. Specifically, it considered abandoning the "one corporation, one vote" format in favor of weighted voting, which the National Federation did adopt in 1969. Under the first system, an agency with a million dollar budget had the same vote as a small neighborhood agency. Committee records include correspondence, charts and data on membership sizes and contributions, committee minutes, legal correspondence, by-laws, and reports of the committee to the board.
Box 248		Ways and Means Committee of the NFS 1939-1950 Box 248, Folder 594 Note Correspondence re the activities of the committee in fund-raising.
Box 214		Work for Refugees Committee 1938-1940 Box 214, Folder 198 Note Memoranda and reports of the committee.
Box 202		Committee on Worker’s Education 1934-1943  Box 202, Folder 76 Note Correspondence, bulletins, papers, scrapbooks, about the work of the committee and its relationship to the settlements. Minutes of the committee meetings.
		Community Organization   Note  Records of the ad hoc Committee on Community Organization illustrate the critical side of Federation initiatives on race relations. This committee arose specifically to rebut the media success of Saul Alinsky in interracial organizing during the mid-1960s and, in 1967, it produced a "kit" with a measured evaluation of Alinsky's claims.
Box 32		"Alinsky Approach" 1960, 1965-1966  Box 32, Folder 1
		"The Alinsky Approach to Community Organization,’ Study Packet 1967 Box 32, Folder 2
		Field Service and Training Committee
Box 133		Correspondence, committee minutes, reports, procedure outlines.  Box 133, Folder 9
		"Guidelines to NFS Field Work,’ 1968-1970 Box 133, Folder 10
		Committee on Full Employment   Note This committee, existing from ca. 1975 to 1976, was created in response to the high unemployment of the period. NFS conducted surveys among its member agencies and then lobbied for various programs and legislation which it believed would alleviate the problem. Much of the material in these folders deals through correspondence, reports, and government publications with the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Bill and interactions with the Full Employment Action Council. Mrs. Mildred Madison was chairman of this ad hoc committee.
Box 133		Correspondence, memos, minutes, reports.  Box 133, Folder 1 to 2
		Non-NFS correspondence and reports  Box 133, Folder 3
		Government publications and involvement  Box 133, Folder 4 to 5
		Notes from conferences regarding employment.  Box 133, Folder 6
		Publications/resource materials used by this ad hoc committee.  Box 133, Folder 7
		Kits for employment issues.  Box 133, Folder 8
		Committee on Neighborhood Goals   Note During the mid-1950s, the Neighborhood Goals project attempted to clarify and reformulate settlement values and also to address the issue of race relations. The ad hoc committee's minutes, memoranda, and correspondence were largely directed toward organizing a major "action-research workshop" in February 1958 at Arden House, Harriman, New York. Two reports were subsequently published: one, summarizing the findings of the conference itself, funded by the Lilly Endowment; the other, reporting on a survey of NFSNC member houses conducted by Arthur Hillman with funding from the Fels Foundation. These publications, Neighborhood Goals in a Rapidly Changing World (1960) and Neighborhood Centers Today (1962), are available in the NFSNC Pamphlet Collection.
Box 32		Minutes 1954-1960 Box 32, Folder 3
		Memoranda 1957-1960 Box 32, Folder 4
		Correspondence 1954-1960 Box 32, Folder 5
		Source Material on Neighborhoods 1946-1955 Box 32, Folder 6
		Funding 1955-1959 Box 32, Folder 7
		Arden House Conference-Proceedings Compendium 1958 Box 32, Folder 8
		Related Documents 1957-1960 Box 32, Folder 9
		Publications 1958 Box 32, Folder 10
		Clippings and Press Releases 1957-1960 Box 32, Folder 11
		New Directions   Note The New Directions Committee was created to address the tensions and conflicts in the NFSNC organization during the late 1960s. It attempted to articulate settlement goals and to recommend new directions for the settlement movement. The committee held regional meetings in six cities and prepared five special-purpose reports. The Committee believed that NFS should continue to be based on local agency membership; that its help to members should focus more on innovative programs rather than on building an institution; and that it unite on a problem solving approach to urban conditions. Records include minutes, memoranda, research materials, data from studies, reports, correspondence, and a copy of the New Directions final report. See also the material on the Techniculture movement filed with the conference data in box 44b and 43C.
Box 33		General 1968-1969 Box 33, Folder 1
Box 133		General  Box 133, Folder 11 to 14
		Individual Membership Campaign Kit  Box 133, Folder 15
		Race Relations Committees   Note Race relations, a matter of abiding concern to some NFSNC members and staff, provided the focus for a sequence of programs and activities operating under a variety of committee names. Minutes and correspondence dating from 1926 to 1931 reflect this concern, which returned to the forefront in response to discrimination at a 1934 settlement conference and appeared once again during the 1940s in the activities of an NFSNC "interracial and inter-cultural commission." The records contain scant evidence of Federation interracial concerns in the 1950s, but by the 1960s, it made massive commitment to racial and economic justice. Settlements participated in the 1963 March on Washington and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign. They lobbied energetically for the 1964 Civil Rights Bill and provided aid to Black neighborhood centers in the South, in particular through the Mississippi Project, which began in 1967. The Race Relations Project (1964-1967), headed by the noted Black sociologist, St. Clair Drake, published a major study, Race Relations in a Rapidly Changing World , available in the NFSNC Pamphlet Collection. Ultimately, the Federation's commitment to racial justice issues would be put to the most rigorous test when racial hostilities surfaced internally at the NFSNC annual conference of 1969 (see Meetings and Conferences series).
Box 33		National Interracial Conference 1926-1931 Box 33, Folder 3
		"Unity Farm Incident" at Mid-Regional Conference of Settlement Workers 1934 Box 33, Folder 4
		Correspondence 1935-1941 Box 33, Folder 5
		Commission on Interracial and Inter-cultural Relations
Box 33		Transcript 7-March-43 Box 33, Folder 6
		Report circa 1943 Box 33, Folder 7
		Source Material 1936-1945 Box 33, Folder 8
		General 1951, 1963-1967 Box 33, Folder 9
		"Achieving and Holding an Interracial Membership" 1955 Box 33, Folder 10
		March on Washington-Settlement Participation Survey 1963 Box 33, Folder 11
		Press Clippings 1963 Box 33, Folder 12
		U.S. Senate - Letters on Civil Rights Bill 1964 Box 33, Folder 13
		Committee on Civil Rights, Agency Survey 1964 Box 33, Folder 14
Box 34		Race Relations Project, 1964-1969 Box 34, Folder 1
		Mississippi Project, 1967 Box 34, Folder 2
		Poor Peoples’ Campaign, 1968 Box 34, Folder 3
		Press Notices, 1967-1968 Box 34, Folder 4
		Social Work Education, Consultation, 1952-1955 Box 34, Folder 9
		Series 3. NFS Divisions, 1912-1944  Note Series 3, NFS Divisions, contains the records of the boys, girls, music and dramatics divisions of the national office. These are some of the older materials in the NFS records. They document both the operation of each division and issues surrounding settlement programs for youth and the arts.
Box 197		Boys Work Division 1921-1935 Box 197, Folder 35 Note Extensive correspondence about the formation, operation and details of the Division.
		Girls Work Division 1921-1935  Box 197, Folder 36 Note Correspondence dealing with all aspects of girls work in many different cities and regions. Correspondents include George Bellamy, John L. Elliot, A. J. Kennedy.
		Boys and Girls Work Division 1936-1944 Box 197, Folder 37 to 38 Note Conference reports and reports on special projects. Correspondence about the business of the Division. Minutes of the meetings. By-laws of the Division.
		Boys Work Bulletins 1932-1936 Box 197, Folder 39
Box 207		Dramatics Division 1930-1940 Box 207, Folder 128 Note Extensive correspondence between Lillie Peck and Fonrose Wainwright about the activities of the Division. Some copies of the Dramatics Bulletin. Lists of plays available through the NFS which would be suitable for use in settlements. Other correspondents include Ruth Harker and Gertrude Dobkins.
		Music Division
Box 209		Relation to National Federation of Music Clubs 1928 Box 209, Folder 151 Note Material concerning cooperation of the National Federation of Music Clubs with the NFS Music Division.
		Miscellaneous records 1912-1943 Box 209, Folder 153 to 155 Note Pamphlets about music in America. Minutes of the Music Division’s meetings; reports and budgets. Reports to the Carnegie Foundation on the use of grants. Miscellaneous correspondence about the aims and activities of the Division.
Box 210		General Division Records 1912-1943 Box 210, Folder 156 to 157 Note Pamphlets about music in America. Minutes of the Music Division’s meetings; reports and budgets. Reports to the Carnegie Foundation on the use of grants. Miscellaneous correspondence about the aims and activities of the Division.
		Conferences 1924-1936 Box 210, Folder 158 Note Reports presented to the NFS conferences, and correspondence about their preparation. Programs and press clippings.
		International Toy Festival 1932 Box 210, Folder 159 Note General report of the Festival; minutes of the Festival committee and of the New York Association of Music Schools; Clippings and photographs.
		Johan Grolle, Chairman 1931-1936 Box 210, Folder 160 Note Much substantive correspondence between Grolle and NFS executives about the nature and scope of the work of the Division. Reports and studies of local situations.
		Library and Program Service 1931-1941 Box 210, Folder 161 Note Minutes of the committee meetings. Lists of songs and suggested music programs. Song books which were used at the NFS annual conferences, 1931-1941.
Box 211		Newsletters November 1932-July, 1934 Box 211, Folder 162
		Music Division: Publicity and Speeches 1927-1932 Box 211, Folder 163
		Survey of College Credits 1930 Box 211, Folder 164 Note Surveys made of individual schools in the effort to ascertain how much credit they gave for settlement music school training.
		Training Courses at New York School 1930 Box 211, Folder 165 to 167 Note Announcements and bulletins of general offerings. Detailed syllabi of a special one-year course offered to teachers of settlement music courses, and analysis of those who attended the courses. Correspondence concerning these matters.
		Music Division: United Neighborhood Houses Questionnaires 1939-1940 Box 211, Folder 168
		Work with New York City Welfare Council 1928-1930 Box 211, Folder 169 Note Correspondence, reports and publicity about a cooperative survey conducted in 1928 of the settlement’s music programs.
		Series 4. Settlement Personalities, 1899-1982  Note The Settlement Personalities series consists of miscellaneous files on individuals who were active in the settlement movement from its very early years to 1982. It includes a set of folders on NFS staff. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, biographical sketches, and other material by and about each individual.
Box 193		Jane Addams 1910-1935 Box 193, Folder 1 to 3 Note Miscellaneous correspondence with Mary Simkhovitch, Paul Kellogg, A. J. Kennedy, and NFS officers, about routine conventions, conferences, etc., 1910-1935. Letters both to and from Addams. Press clippings and testimonial statements upon her death. Correspondence about the testimonials. Miscellaneous public statements by Addams.
Box 151		Jane Addams  Box 151, Folder 1 to 3 Note These folders consist mainly of Addams centennial celebration materials and related biographical information. There are also speeches and articles relating to the Addams centennial, as well as correspondence regarding the celebration and the reopening of the Jane Addams' Hull House.
		Saul Alinsky  Box 151, Folder 4 to 7 Note Four file folders relating to Saul Alinsky. In particular, these document his clash with the National Federation regarding his "direct-action" methods, stressing conflict and giving the poor power to speak for themselves. The material consists of newspaper articles, NFS responses, as well as information on the Chelsea Community Council which dissolved because of Alinsky's tactics.
		Russell Ballard  Box 151, Folder 8 Note Material on Russel Ballard, former director of Hull House in Chicago. Contains correspondence, articles, and biographical sketches.
Box 194		Canon Barnett 1913-1920 Box 194, Folder 18 Note Press clippings about Canon Barnett's death in 1913. Correspondence between Dame Henrietta Barnett and the NFS, especially Robert A. Woods.
Box 197		Neva L. Boyd 1935-1946 Box 197, Folder 34 Note Boyd was an instructor in the Sociology Department of Northwestern University. Correspondence about her and articles and speeches by her.
Box 151		Winslow Carlton  Box 151, Folder 9 Note Winslow Carlton, one-time chairman of the board of Group Health Insurance, Inc., member of NFS Board from 1958 to 1967, and NFS president from 1964-1966. Contains a retirement pamphlet, correspondence, clippings, and speeches.
Box 200		George L. Cohen 1930-1946 Box 200, Folder 63 Note Correspondence between Cohen and the NFS about his position as a board member and legal counsel.
		Stanton Coit 1944 Box 200, Folder 64 Note Memorial tribute to Coit, founder of University Settlement.
Box 206		Ellen W. Coolidge 1903-1954 Box 206, Folder 118 to 119 Note Materials written by Coolidge. Extensive correspondence between Ellen W. Coolidge and such figures as Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, Lillie Peck, and Albert Kennedy, about various aspects of the international settlement movement. Several biographical sketches of her life and work.
		Charles Cooper 1913-1931 Box 206, Folder 120 Note Cooper was a long-time member of the NFS executive committee and was president of the board of directors from 1926-1930. His extensive correspondence with such leaders as Robert A. Woods, Albert J. Kennedy and others clearly reveals his relationship to NFS and the activities of the NFS in its early days.
Box 151		Elisabeth Day  Box 151, Folder 10
Box 207		Joseph B. Eastmen, 1945 Box 207, Folder 129 Note Memorial statement by Carl B. Swisher in the Public Administration Review , Winter, 1945 issue.
		Amelia Earhart 1928 Box 207, Folder 130 Note Clippings about her flight across the Atlantic.
		John Lovejoy Elliot, 1915-1953 Box 207, Folder 131 Note President of the NFS. Correspondence with Albert Kennedy, Robert A. Woods, Graham Taylor, and others. Articles and speeches by Elliot. Eulogies, biographical statements, and press clippings upon his death in 1942.
Box 151		Ned Goldberg  Box 151, Folder 11
Box 207		Helen Hall 1931-1958 Box 207, Folder 132 Note Helen Hall, founder of Dixon House, Westchester County, NY, head of University Settlement in Philadelphia for nine years, and finally Director of the Henry Street Settlement in New York from 1933 to 1967. She was also married to Paul Kellogg, editor of The Survey . This folder contains some of her published and mimeographed articles and speeches, her statements before Senate committees, and some articles about her. She was an influential person in the work of the National Federation.
Box 151		Helen Hall  Box 151, Folder 12 Note Correspondence (some dating back to 1933), obituaries, articles, biographical sketches, programs, newspaper clippings.
		Helen M. Harris  Box 151, Folder 13 Note Helen M. Harris, long-time settlement worker and director of several settlement houses, who retired after serving as executive director of United Neighborhood Houses. This file includes programs, articles, biographical data, and correspondence.
		Evelyn W. Hersey  Box 151, Folder 14 Note Evelyn W. Hersey was the first Social Welfare Attache in the U.S. Foreign Service. She spent time in with several international social welfare agencies and in 1960 conducted an international study for the National Federation. She also served as a UN Social Welfare advisor to Turkey, as well as executive director for the San Francisco International Institute, as director of International Institute of Philadelphia, and with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
		Arthur Hillman  Box 151, Folder 15 Note Director of the NFS Training Center in Chicago.
Box 208		Frances Ingram 1928-1954 Box 208, Folder 139 Note Correspondence about aspects of the settlement movement in the southern United States. Clippings about Ingram and articles by her.
		Florence Kelley 1932 Box 208, Folder 142 Note Testimonial statement about Kelley.
		Paul Kellogg 1931-1958 Box 208, Folder 143 Note Correspondence with Kellogg about donations and publications. Speeches by him and memorial statements about him, including a brief biographical sketch.
Box 151		John McDowell  Box 151, Folder 16 Note John McDowell, Dean of Boston University's School of Social Work and executive director of the National Federation.
Box 209		Mary E. McDowell 1931-1936 Box 209, Folder 146 Note McDowell (1854-1936) was a long-time settlement worker. Bibliography of works by and about her. Clippings.
		Frances McFarland 1940 Box 209, Folder 147 Note MacFarland was active in settlement music programs. Most of this folder deals with a 1940 testimonial dinner in her honor.
		Eleanor McMain 1924-1954 Box 209, Folder 148 Note McCain was on the NFS executive committee intermittently from 1911 to 1930. There is some correspondence with her and some seeking information on her life. Correspondence and clippings about her death on May 12, 1934.
		Helen Morton 1952 Box 209, Folder 149 Note A farewell letter.
		Clyde Murray 1945-1951 Box 209, Folder 150 Note Copies of 3 of Murray's speeches.
Box 213		Max Nelson 1930 Box 213, Folder 189 Note A letter of recommendation for him.
		Lillie M. Peck 1930-1957 Box 213, Folder 190 to 191 Note Miscellaneous correspondence with Peck. Eulogies, clippings, photographs and correspondence about her death. Biographical statements.
Box 151		Lillie M. Peck  Box 151, Folder 17
Box 213		Willett Pierce 1949-1950 Box 213, Folder 192 Note Thesis (1950) on student residents in settlement programs. Correspondence re thesis and a preliminary outline.
Box 214		Jane Robbins 1930-1947 Box 214, Folder 201 Note Robbins was a long-time settlement worker and an honorary president of the NFS. This extensive correspondence deals with her many activities in all phases of settlement work. Includes clippings and a photograph.
Box 243		Mary K. Simkhovitch 1915-1950 Box 243, Folder 542 Note Directory of Greenwich House settlement. Correspondence; testimonial statements and publications.
Box 151		Walter L. Smart  Box 151, Folder 18 Note Speeches prior to his becoming NFS executive director while serving as Boston Redevelopment Authority, speeches while NFS Executive Director, and also some correspondence.
Box 243		Hilda W. Smith 1938-1951 Box 243, Folder 543 Note Correspondence re use of "Vineyard Shore" as a camp, the WPA and its relations with settlements, miscellaneous settlement matters.
		Graham Taylor 1915-1942 Box 243, Folder 549 Note Taylor (1841-1938) was head of the Chicago Commons settlement. Miscellaneous publications, testimonials, clippings, and correspondence, including a 1915 letter from George Bellamy about the nature and purpose of settlements.
		Lea D. Taylor  Box 243, Folder 550 Note Extensive correspondence re NFS membership, meetings and leadership; conferences, administrative matters. Miscellaneous clippings and addresses made to various meetings.
Box 244		Lea D. Taylor 1929-1953 Box 244, Folder 551 to 554 Note Lea Taylor, head resident of the Chicago Commons settlement from 1921 to 1954 and honorary president of NFS.
Box 151		Lea D. Taylor  Box 151, Folder 19 Note Taylor's folder contains photographs, information regarding the Lea D. Taylor Trust, correspondence, as well as information and transcripts from several taped interviews she did with Arthur Hillman.
Box 248		Lillian D. Wald 1928-1956 Box 248, Folder 593 Note Articles by and correspondence with Wald, founder and head resident of the Henry Street Settlement. Obituaries and memorial and biographical statements.
		Gaylord S. White 1924-1932 Box 248, Folder 595 Note Article by White on "Religion and the Settlements". Obituaries and memorial statements.
		Robert A. Woods and Eleanor Woods 1899-1942 Box 248, Folder 597 Note Two pamphlets on university settlements and democracy. Correspondents include Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop. Correspondence and material about Robert A. Woods’ death. Miscellaneous correspondence with Eleanor Woods.
		National Federation of Settlements Staff 1899-1982  Note The National Federation of Settlements Staff files contain several types of records. The bulk of the series consists of manuscripts and correspondence of various individuals prominently associated with the National Federation. Some, such as Robert A. Woods, Albert Kennedy, and John McDowell, occupied executive roles in the Federation. Others, such as Alice Gannett and Lea Taylor, were long-standing lights on the NFS board. Yet others, such as George Goetschius and Sister Mary Immaculate were beneficiaries of NFSNC support. The Federation also maintained a "necrology" files of correspondence, clippings, and resolutions relating to the retirements and deaths of prominent leaders in settlement affairs. Retirement notices and obituaries are arranged separately, each preceded by a list identifying the individuals involved. The "necrology" portion of this material provides particularly rich insight into a broad range of settlement leaders.
Box 34		Margaret Berry 1944-1962 Box 34, Folder 10 Note Speeches and Writings
Box 35		Margaret Berry 1963-1971 Box 35, Folder 1 Note Speeches and Writings
		Margaret Berry 1963, 1966, 1971 Box 35, Folder 2 Note Press Releases and Retirement
		Margaret Berry 1953-1955 Box 35, Folder 3 Note Lubbock, Texas, Survey correspondence,
		Margaret Berry 1954 Box 35, Folder 4 Note Lubbock Texas Survey report
		Margaret Berry 1951-1976  Box 35, Folder 5 Note Personal Correspondence,
		Margaret Berry 1952, 1980, 1982 Box 35, Folder 6 Note Personal Narratives,
		Alice P. Gannett 1931, 1940-1942, 1947-1951, 1958-1962  Box 35, Folder 7 Note Correspondence
		George W. Goetschius 1954-1957 Box 35, Folder 8 Note Correspondence
		Franklin I. Harbach 1947-1949, 1954  Box 35, Folder 9 Note Correspondence and Speech
		Arthur Hillman 1962-1967 Box 35, Folder 10 Note Speeches
Box 36		Arthur Hillman 1968-1970 Box 36, Folder 1 Note Speeches
		Stanley M. Isaacs 1959-1962  Box 36, Folder 2 Note Profiles and Correspondence
		Albert J. Kennedy 1924-1947 Box 36, Folder 3 Note Correspondence and Memoranda
		Albert J. Kennedy 1932-1954 Box 36, Folder 4 Note Speeches and Writings
		Albert J. Kenndey circa 1952 Box 36, Folder 5 Note Manuscript, "Mary Simkhovitch"
		Albert J. Kennedy 1955-1968 Box 36, Folder 6 Note Correspondence,
		John McDowell 1944-1960 Box 36, Folder 7 Note Speeches and Writings List
		John McDowell 1944-1960 Box 36, Folder 8 to 11 Note Speeches
Box 37		John McDowell 1944-1960 Box 37, Folder 1 Note Articles and Reviews
		Sister Mary Immaculate 1955-1959 Box 37, Folder 2
		Walter L. Smart 1971-1972, 1976 Box 37, Folder 3 Note Speeches and Writings
		Lea D, Taylor circa 1950-1964 Box 37, Folder 4 Note Correspondence and Essays
		Robert A. Woods 1899-1925 Box 37, Folder 5
		Photographs, 1950-1967 Box 37, Folder 6
		Retirements, 1954, 1961-1967, 1971-1972 Box 37, Folder 7
		Necrology
Box 213		General 1930-1953 Box 213, Folder 184 to 185 Note Clippings, memorials, published addresses, etc., about such notables as Charles Cooper, and Louise de Koven Bowen.
Box 37		General 1938-1972 Box 37, Folder 8
		A-C, 1954-1970 Box 37, Folder 10
		D-J, 1955-1970 Box 37, Folder 11
		K-R, 1955-1972 Box 37, Folder 12
		S-Y, 1938-1972 Box 37, Folder 13
		Summaries, 1956, 1958, 1961-1966, 1969-1970 Box 37, Folder 9
		Series 5. Organizations, 1924-1977  Note Series 5, Organizations, reflects the sometimes-substantial exchanges between NFS and a wide variety of national and local institutions, including governmental agencies. The alphabetically arranged organizations represented here include the National Social Welfare Assembly, the Presbyterian Health and Welfare Council, and the U.S. White House Conference on Children. The Federation also corresponded with a wide variety of educational institutions regarding curriculum, student placement, and research ideas. Series 5 also includes a few alphabetical files that contain correspondence from more than one organization. Series 5 is a concentrated filing of correspondence with other agencies. However, it is not a comprehensive record of NFS contacts with other groups. Correspondence with outside organizations also appears throughout the NFS records. A single folder of individual correspondence is appended to this series. A list of correspondents heads the folder, which is arranged chronologically.
Box 39		The American Assembly - Association of, 1953-1965 Box 39, Folder 2 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
Box 193		American Council on Education 1937-1943 Box 193, Folder 7 Note A 1937 bibliography on youth problems. Pamphlets and bulletins on the American Youth Committee.
Box 39		Adult Education Association, 1956-1958 Box 39, Folder 1
Box 193		American Educational Labor Service  Box 193, Folder 5
		American Youth Congress 1937-1940 Box 193, Folder 8 Note Extensive correspondence between the Congress and the NFS about cooperation in interest and support. Public statements and publications of the Congress. Minutes of the meetings of the Congress and its Board of Directors. Activities in relation to onset of World War II. Clippings.
		American Youth for World Youth 1946-1948 Box 193, Folder 9 Note Budget statements, two news bulletins, minutes of the executive committee meetings, correspondence with the NFS.
Box 209		Anglo-American Music Conference at Lausanne, July-August, 1931 Box 209, Folder 152 Note Correspondence about planning the settlement sessions at Lausanne; programs; Frances McFarland’s address to the conference and her report to the NFS.
Box 39		B’nai Brith - Diocese of California, 1952-1968 Box 39, Folder 3 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents. Contains report of a study, "The Language of Prejudice," by Cornell University Field Research Office. 1952
Box 152		Carver Foundation of Norwalk, Inc., Norwalk, Conn., 1967  Box 152, Folder 7
		Child Welfare League of America  Box 152, Folder 11
		Citizenship Training Group  Box 152, Folder 3
Box 206		Council on Social Work Education 1943-1946 Box 206, Folder 121 Note Questionnaire on group work curricula. Minutes of the meetings of the executive committee.
Box 152		Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Box 152, Folder 12 Note Amicus Curiae brief filed in case against the department.
		Director of Indian Assistance Project of California  Box 152, Folder 6
Box 39		Family Service Association of America - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 1946-1964 Box 39, Folder 4 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
		Ford Foundation Fund for Adult Education, 1950-1953 Box 39, Folder 5
Box 152		Home Aid Service  Box 152, Folder 2
Box 208		International Conference of Social Work 1948-1954 Box 208, Folder 141 Note Bulletins, programs of several conferences, correspondence about the revival of the Conference and its functions.
Box 39		Marshall Field Awards - Minnesota Welfare Conference, 1950-1959 Box 39, Folder 6 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents. Much of the correspondence is from the Women's Division of Christian Service of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church.
Box 152		Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Dedication Task Force, 1974 Box 152, Folder 1
Box 40		National Association - National Consumers League, 1953-1965  Box 40, Folder 1 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
Box 152		National Budget and Consultation Committee  Box 152, Folder 10
Box 211		National Commission on Children and Youth  Box 211, Folder Note See U. S. Children’s Bureau
Box 152		National Committee for Full Employment, circa 1977 Box 152, Folder 8
		National Committee on Household Employment, circa 1965 Box 152, Folder 16
		National Council for Homemaker-Home Health Aide Services, Inc.  Box 152, Folder 5
Box 40		National Council of, 1952-1966 Box 40, Folder 2 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
		National Family Life Foundation - National Recreation Association, 1950-1960 Box 40, Folder 3 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
Box 211		National Information Bureau 1923-1927 Box 211, Folder 172 Note Announcements and minutes of meetings.
Box 41		National Training Laboratories - Play Schools Association, 1952-1959, 1971  Box 41, Folder 2 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
		National Social Welfare Assembly
Box 211		National Social Welfare Assembly (NSWA) - Education Recreation Council 1933-1948 Box 211, Folder 173 to 174 Note Correspondence and reports about recreation for the unemployed. Statements regarding the work of federal agencies in these areas. Correspondence about routine matters such as attendance at conferences. Minutes of the Council meetings, 1947-1948.
Box 212		NSWA - German Youth Leadership 1947-1951 Box 212, Folder 175 to 177 Note Correspondence about the German youths who were brought to the International Youth Congress. Minutes of the committee in charge of the project, which was sponsored by the Youth Division of the NSWA. Extensive report made after the project was completed.
		NSWA - International Organization of Social Work 1945­1948 Box 212, Folder 178 Note Report on social welfare and the League of Nations. Mimeographed materials and correspondence concerning the formation of UNESCO. Minutes of the National Committee on International Organization for Social Welfare.
		NSWA - Young Adult Council 1947-1951 Box 212, Folder 179 to 182
Box 40		General Correspondence, 1952-1962  Box 40, Folder 4
		International Social Welfare, 1957-1960 Box 40, Folder 5
		Tax Exemption, 1950-1956, 1958-1960, 1965 Box 40, Folder 6 to 7
		Utica Study, 1956-1958 Box 40, Folder 8
Box 41		U.S. Assembly of Youth, 1953-1955 Box 41, Folder 1
Box 213		National Youth Administration 1935-1941 Box 213, Folder 183
Box 211		New York Association of Music Schools 1924-1933 Box 211, Folder 170 Note Minutes of the Directors’ meetings; publicity information and miscellaneous reports.
Box 41		Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1931, 1943, 1945, 1948-1957 Box 41, Folder 3
		Presbyterian Health and Welfare Association, 1955-1957 Box 41, Folder 4
Box 213		Professional Schools of Recreation and Group Work  Box 213, Folder Note See box 14A, folder 121, Council on Social Work Education
Box 152		Program Development for Social Services in Public Assistance, HEW  Box 152, Folder 4
Box 41		Project Sabre - Unitarian Service Committee, 1950-1963 Box 41, Folder 5 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
Box 152		Report for Office of Economic Opportunity, 1966 Box 152, Folder 13
		Schools   Note Files contain documents from more than one school. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
Box 42		Atlanta - Buffalo, 1947-1961 Box 42, Folder 1 Note Atlanta University, Boston University, Bryn Mawr College, Buffalo University
		California - Iowa, 1953-1961 Box 42, Folder 2 Note University of California, Catholic University (Washington, DC), University of Connecticut, University of Denver, Florida State University, Fordham University, Harvard University, University of Hawaii, Hollins College, Howard University, University of Illinois, University of Indiana, Iowa State University.
		Kansas - Minnesota, 1954-1962 Box 42, Folder 3 Note University of Kansas, Lincoln University (Missouri), McCormick Theological Seminary, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota.
		National College - New York, 1954-1964 Box 42, Folder 4 Note National College of Education (Evanston), University of Nebraska, New School for Social Research, New York School of Social Work, New York University
		Ohio - Putney, 1954-1960 Box 42, Folder 5 Note Ohio State University, Our Lady of the Lake College (San Antonio), University of Oklahoma, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Purdue University, Putney Graduate School of Teacher Education (Vermont)
		Rutgers, 1954-1959 Box 42, Folder 6
		San Jose - Tulane, 1948-1962 Box 42, Folder 7 Note San Jose State College, University of Saskatchewan, University of Southern California, Springfield College (Massachusetts), Temple University, University of Tennessee, Tulane University
		Washington - Wisconsin, 1954-1963 Box 42, Folder 8 Note Washington University (St Louis), University of Washington, Wayne University (Detroit) Western Reserve University, Colleges of William and Mary, University of Wisconsin.
Box 243		Social Legislation Information Service 1944-1946 Box 243, Folder 544 Note Correspondence re Lillie Peck’s service on the Board; by-laws; 1945 minutes of the Board of Directors.
		Social Security Committee 1931-1943 Box 243, Folder 545 Note Clippings, publicity releases, and correspondence re aid for older people.
		Social Workers Committee on Full Employment 1945 Box 243, Folder 547 Note Correspondence and reports re the 1945 employment bill.
		Survey Associates, Inc. 1939-1952 Box 243, Folder 548 Note Correspondence and reports re notices and articles by the NFS to be published in the Survey ; termination of the Survey , 1948-1952. Minutes of the meetings of the Survey editorial advisory
Box 152		Training Center report for the National Commission on Urban Problems, 1968 Box 152, Folder 9
Box 41		United States Committee - Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1955-1959 Box 41, Folder 10 Note Numerous organizations in one file. Contact Archives for information on file contents.
		United Community Defense Services, Inc. 1953-1955 Box 41, Folder 6
Box 247		United Community Defense Services, Inc. 1950-1956 Box 247, Folder 576-581
Box 246		United Community Defense Services, Inc. 1950-1956 Box 246, Folder 569-575
Box 245		United Community Defense Services, Inc. 1950-1956 Box 245, Folder 562-568
Box 244		United Community Defense Services, Inc. 1950-1956 Box 244, Folder 561 Note United Community Defense Services, Inc. was related to the National Social Welfare Assembly and the Community Chests and Councils. It raised funds to meet the needs of social welfare agencies in war time. Correspondence and bulletins re its establishment; minutes of the various committees; by-laws; extensive budgetary data; annual reports. Studies of special programs in local areas. Data on legislative matters, regional work, publicity, and organizational issues.
Box 152		United Community Funds and Councils of America, Inc. circa 1967 Box 152, Folder 15
Box 247		United Defense Fund 1950-1955 Box 247, Folder 582 Note Summary of budget needs, descriptive reports and history, 1950-1955.
Box 41		United Nations, UNESCO Information Requests, 1949-1952, 1956-1959 Box 41, Folder 7 Note See also White House Conference on Children and Youth in Archives’ Pamphlet Collection
Box 247		United States Children’s Bureau 1945-1952 Box 247, Folder 583 to 584 Note Correspondence re federal aid to day-care centers, the establishment and work of a National Commission on Children and Youth. Historical statement of the contribution of settlement workers to the Federal Children’s Bureau. Programs, annual reports, minutes of the National Commission. Correspondence and reports re the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth. Material on the 1964 "Committee to save the U.S. Children’s Bureau" and reports of the Committee Concerned with Defense Planning, 1951.
Box 248		United States Children’s Bureau 1945-1952 Box 248, Folder 585 to 587
		United States Civilian Defense 1941-1944 Box 248, Folder 588 Note Extensive correspondence and reports re cooperation of the NFS and its member settlements in organizing and administering the civilian war effort.
		United States Emergency Committee for Food Production 1942-1945 Box 248, Folder 589 Note Correspondence dealing with the establishment and work of the Farm Security Administration.
		United States Employment Service - Department of Labor 1947-1948 Box 248, Folder 590 Note Charts, reports, and correspondence dealing with the problems of youth unemployment.
		United States War Manpower Commission 1943 Box 248, Folder 591 Note Decisions re social workers and the war. Children’s summer camps.
		United States War Production Board 1941 Box 248, Folder 592 Note Material dealing with use of settlement properties
Box 41		1950 White House Conference on Children & Youth, 1945-1959  Box 41, Folder 8
Box 248		1950 White House Conference on Children and Youth 1950 Box 248, Folder 596 Note List of available reports. Fact-finding reports, platforms, findings of working groups.
Box 41		1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1959-1960 Box 41, Folder 9
Box 249		Work Camps for America 1938-1944 Box 249, Folder 598 Note Extensive correspondence and reports dealing with the camps.
		World Assembly of Youth - World Youth Conference 1945 Box 249, Folder 601 Note Charter of the Assembly, and the report of the U.S. delegation to the conference.
		Youth Food Committee 1946 Box 249, Folder 604 Note Correspondence and memoranda about the committee.
		Individual Contacts
Box 42		Bentley through Tindall, 1944-1945, 1950-1960 Box 42, Folder 9
		Series 6. Subjects, 1915-1953  Note Series 6 documents topics related to settlements and social issues, in particular labor, unemployment, early professional social work and settlement theory, housing, and war-related activities. The series also documents a number of early NFS programs and activities.
Box 193		Adult Education in Settlements 1933-1945 Box 193, Folder 4 Note Historical statements about adult education. Descriptions of a few adult education programs in selected settlements.
		Affiliated Schools for Workers 1936-1939 Box 193, Folder 5 Note Announcements and bulletins about vocational schools for office workers. A 1939 report of the director of one such school.
Box 194		Arts--NFS National Exhibition of Arts and Crafts 1925 Box 194, Folder 17 Note Press clippings and photographs about the exhibit, which traveled to various settlements across the country
Box 198		Case Work 1922-1932 Box 198, Folder 40 Note Reports from various settlements about case work. General statement re the settlements’ position on case work.
		Character Building 1932-1936 Box 198, Folder 41 Note Pamphlets dealing with youth work and aspects of molding character.
Box 200		City or Community by Elizabeth Handasyde 1948-1949 Box 200, Folder 62 Note Correspondence about the publication of this book.
Box 202		The Commons index  Box 202, Folder 77 Note Index to Volume 1-10, excluding no. 9.
Box 206		Conscientious Objectors - Service in Settlements 1941-1945 Box 206, Folder 116 Note Correspondence between the NFS, its member houses, and the appropriate government officials regarding the use of conscientious objectors in settlement programs during war time.
		Consumer Program - NFS 1934-1945 Box 206, Folder 117 Note Studies, publicity and correspondence on the price control of various commodities, especially dairy products. Statements on the purpose of the various NFS programs and proposals.
		Defense Activities and Participation 1940-1943 Box 206, Folder 122 to 123 Note Reports from the settlements, 1941-1942. Correspondence and reports about the role of the settlements. Miscellaneous publicity handouts.
Box 207		Defense Mobilization 1950-1952 Box 207, Folder 124 Note Reports on mobilization during the Korean War and its impact on the settlement communities. Memoranda from NFS to its member houses about defense mobilization issues. John McDowell is the chief correspondent.
		National Council on Defense 1940-1941 Box 207, Folder 125 Note Correspondence and reports dealing with the role the settlements played in aiding local defense efforts.
		Dies Committee 1939-1940 Box 207, Folder 126 Note Statements by Helen Hall and others protesting the violation of civil liberties by the committee. Press clippings about the committee and testimony.
		Health Insurance with Medical Care 1937-1940 Box 207, Folder 133 to 134 Note Correspondence with authors, Mr. and Mrs. Douglass W. Orr, about sales, reviews, etc., of their book. Other correspondence with the publishers, and some significant correspondence with Paul Kellogg, editor of the Survey .
Box 208		NFS Study of Medical Care in Settlement Neighborhoods 1939-1952 Box 208, Folder 135 Note Mimeographed reports about the general situation, and reports from the settlements.
		Testimony on the National Health Bill 1938-1940 Box 208, Folder 136 Note Statement by Helen Hall. Publicity about the 1940 bill.
		Housing Committee 1930-1942 Box 208, Folder 137 Note Extensive correspondence. Some studies of the housing problem in settlement neighborhoods. Interesting information about NFS reaction to the New Deal housing programs.
		Housing 1920-1953 Box 208, Folder 138 Note Statements about housing. Chief correspondent is Albert J. Kennedy.
		Insurance - Savings 1932 Box 208, Folder 140 Note Correspondence between settlements, the NFS, and banking officials about financial matters.
		Labor - Connections with 1938-1948 Box 208, Folder 144 Note Correspondence and mimeographed reports that reveal the attitude of NFS toward the labor union movement, and the cooperation between the two in social welfare enterprises.
Box 209		Low Income Case Studies 1948-1952 Box 209, Folder 145 Note Reports from the settlement houses, correspondence about the reports.
Box 213		"Negro in American Life" Exhibit 1944-1945 Box 213, Folder 186 Note Charts and press releases about the exhibit.
		Neighborhood 1925-1929 Box 213, Folder 187
		Neighborhood House Golden Age Clubs, History of 1952 Box 213, Folder 188
		Prohibition study 1924-1928 Box 213, Folder 193 Note Sample questionnaire and general conclusions of the study. Some of the prominent correspondents include Jane Addams, Bruno Lasker, and Mark McCloskey..
		Publications - Miscellaneous Articles and manuscripts  Box 213, Folder 194 Note lists of publications and copies of selected publications.
Box 214		Radio program "Here’s to Youth" 1943-1945 Box 214, Folder 195 to 197 Note Correspondence about financing the program and determining its contents. Minutes of the committee; script for the programs; letters to NBC; an "idea kit" for the program.
		Religion - Church Sponsored Houses  Box 214, Folder 199 Note Memorandum on problems created by these houses.
		Religion - Conference on Urban Work 1947 Box 214, Folder 200 Note Correspondence and reports.
		Settlement Leaders 1915-1949 Box 214, Folder 206 Note Miscellaneous correspondence and statements about settlement work by various leaders and friends of the movement.
		Settlement Movement - Statements of its Nature and Purposes 1923-1950 Box 214, Folder 207 Note A 1931 bibliography of writings by settlement leaders about the settlements. Statements of the movement’s nature by Paul Kellogg, Lillie Peck, Bruno Lasker, various NFS executives, et al.
Box 243		Settlements - New York City - Organization and Administration of 1931 Box 243, Folder 537 Note A study made in 1931.
		Settlements, Organization of 1921-1922  Box 243, Folder 538 Note A study made in 1921-1922.
		Settlements in the Great Depression 1932 Box 243, Folder 539 to 540 Note Reports from various settlements on attempts to remain effective in the crisis.
		Settlements in War Time 1936-1943 Box 243, Folder 541 Note Correspondence re programs and policies of settlements in time of war. Minutes of committees dealing with the new problems.
		Social Work Yearbook , Articles for and by the NFS 1930-1947 Box 243, Folder 546 Note Correspondence about the reports, and copies of the articles.
Box 244		Unemployment 1929-1943 Box 244, Folder 555 to 557 Note Symposia, committee reports, case studies, published articles, and correspondence about them. Summary evaluation, 1931, of the effects of unemployment.
		Unemployment and Recreation, Conference on 1929-1932 Box 244, Folder 558 Note Correspondence re the conference and NFS participation in it. Reports,
		Unemployment and Social Security Study 1935-1936 Box 244, Folder 559 Note Material dealing with the NRA, including newspaper clippings, correspondence, and miscellaneous reports.
		Unions - Relations with Settlements 1938-1939 Box 244, Folder 560 Note Articles in the Round Table. newsletter
Box 249		WPA Program in Settlements 1932-1941 Box 249, Folder 599 Note Extensive correspondence and reports re the work of the WPA and the relationship of the settlements to this work.
		WPA – Workers’ Education Program 1933-1941 Box 249, Folder 600
		World War II 1941-1945 Box 249, Folder 602 Note Material re the settlement strategy in the war and plans for post-war reconstruction. Reports and correspondence re the "High School Victory Corps." Information on war-time community services, and on youth in war time agricultural production programs.
		Young Adult Group Members 1949 Box 249, Folder 603 Note Correspondence re young adult councils in local settlements.
		Series 7. City Federations of Settlements, circa 1930-1975  Note Series 7, City Federations of Settlements, contains material on local federations of settlements that were formed on the NFS model. The records in Series 7 reflect these federations' interactions and relationship with NFS, local programs and administration, and the founding of some of the city federations.
		California
		Los Angeles
Box 165		Los Angeles Area Federation of Settlements  Box 165, Folder 13
		San Diego
Box 165		Neighborhood House Association  Box 165, Folder 20
		San Francisco
Box 52		San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Association, 1930, 1948-1956 Box 52, Folder 6 to 7
Box 164		California State Association of Settlements  Box 164, Folder 11
		District of Columbia
Box 57		National Capitol Area Federation of Settlements, 1943-1963  Box 57, Folder 9 to 11
		Illinois
		Chicago
Box 214		Chicago Federation of Settlements 1928-1960 Box 214, Folder 209
Box 215		Chicago Federation of Settlements  Box 215, Folder 210 to 213
Box 60		Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, 1960-1964 Box 60, Folder 14
Box 165		United Christian Community Services  Box 165, Folder 30
		Massachusetts
		Boston
Box 214		United Settlements of Greater Boston 1933-1950 Box 214, Folder 208 Note Incomplete run of the publications of the boys work groups.
Box 71		United Settlements of Greater Boston, 1921-1948  Box 71, Folder 1 to 2
Box 69		Boston Settlement Council, 1931-1962 Box 69, Folder 7 to 9
		Cambridge
Box 71		Alliance of Cambridge Settlement Houses, 1961-1967 Box 71, Folder 9 to 10
		Dorchester
Box 72		Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, 1965-1967 Box 72, Folder 11
		Michigan
		Detroit
Box 215		The Detroit Federation of Settlements 1938-1949 Box 215, Folder 215 Note Constitution and by-laws; lists of member houses; correspondence with NFS about dues and administrative matters; bulletins and miscellaneous reports.
		Minnesota
		Minneapolis-St. Paul
Box 218		Twin Cities Federation of Settlements 1924-1951 Box 218, Folder 233 Note Correspondence about the organization of the Federation and its developing relationship with the NFS, and about its operating procedures. Minutes of the annual meetings.
		Minneapolis
Box 75		Minneapolis Federation of Settlements, 1953-1956  Box 75, Folder 8
Box 165		Minneapolis Federation of Settlements  Box 165, Folder 16
		St. Paul
Box 78		St. Paul Association of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1950-1962  Box 78, Folder 5
		Missouri
		Kansas City
Box 78		Greater Kansas City Federation of Settlements, 1952-1961 Box 78, Folder 10
		Kansas City Neighborhood House Association, 1950-1958 Box 78, Folder 12
		St. Louis
Box 80		St. Louis Federation of Settlements, 1939-1965 Box 80, Folder 12 to 13
Box 165		St. Louis Federation of Settlements  Box 165, Folder 26
		New Jersey
Box 165		New Jersey Federation of Settlements  Box 165, Folder 23
		New York
		New York City
Box 216		United Neighborhood Houses of New York 1932-1963 Box 216, Folder 216 to 221
Box 217		United Neighborhood Houses of New York  Box 217, Folder 222 to 226
Box 88		United Neighborhood Houses of New York 1950-1975  Box 88, Folder 9
		United Neighborhood Houses of New York, East Harlem Project 1945 Box 88, Folder 10
Box 165		United Neighborhood Houses of New York  Box 165, Folder 31
		"Upstate"
Box 90		United Neighborhood Houses of Upstate New York, 1949-1962  Box 90, Folder 12 to 13
		Ohio
		Cincinnati
Box 91		Greater Cincinnati Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1948-1967 Box 91, Folder 9
Box 164		Cincinnati Federation of Settlements  Box 164, Folder 12
		Cleveland
Box 91		Cleveland Federation of Settlements 1934-1954 Box 91, Folder 19 to 20
Box 92		Cleveland Federation of Settlements, 1955-1964 Box 92, Folder 1 to 2
Box 215		Federation of Settlement Houses 1946-1949 Box 215, Folder 214 Note Statements of the social action committee.
Box 237		Neighborhood Settlement Association 1946-1955 Box 237, Folder 467 Note Annual reports, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1955; 1946 field report. Information about the origins of the Cleveland Federation.
Box 93		Neighborhood Settlement Association of Cleveland, 1951-1959  Box 93, Folder 7
Box 165		Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Center Association  Box 165, Folder 8
		Columbus
Box 93		Columbus Federation of Settlements, 1947-1959  Box 93, Folder 13
		Toledo
Box 94		Association of Neighborhood Houses, 1945 Box 94, Folder 14
		Youngstown
Box 95		Associated Neighborhood Centers, 1961-1962 Box 95, Folder 4
		Northeast
Box 95		Tri-State Area Northeast Ohio Federation of Settlements (TANOFS), 1956-1966 Box 95, Folder 2
		Pennsylvania
		Philadelphia
Box 217		The Association of Philadelphia Settlements 1924-1956 Box 217, Folder 227 to 228 Note Correspondence with the NFS about membership, dues, conferences, and visits of NFS personnel to Philadelphia; committee minutes and reports; directories of the Association’s members; publicity releases and statements on matters of social welfare.
Box 218		The Association of Philadelphia Settlements  Box 218, Folder 229
		Pittsburgh
Box 218		Health and Welfare Federation of Allegheny County 1942-1956 Box 218, Folder 230 to 232 Note Minutes of the committees helping to organize the Federation. Correspondence about lobbying activities; minutes of various committees, including the social action committee. A record of 1947 contacts with the NFS; annual and miscellaneous reports.
		Western Pennsylvania
Box 100		United Neighborhood Houses of Allegheny County, 1955-1960 Box 100, Folder 2 to 4
		Texas
		Houston
Box 242		Neighborhood Centers Association 1930-1954 Box 242, Folder 524 to 525 Note Miscellaneous annual reports; correspondence re NFS membership, miscellaneous matters, conflicts among the staff members. Statements of aims, programs, and facilities.
		Houston
Box 101		Neighborhood Centers Association of Houston and Harris County 1956-1962  Box 101, Folder 12
Box 165		Neighborhood Centers Association of Houston and Harris County  Box 165, Folder 18
		Washington
		Seattle
Box 104		Puget Sound Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, 1949-1956 Box 104, Folder 6 to 7
		Series 8. Member Settlement Houses, 1899-1980  Note Series 8, Member Settlement Houses, primarily reflects settlement activities during the 1950s and 1960s. The bulk of the series consists of correspondence between the executives of individual houses and the officers of the Federation, including Margaret Berry, Fern Colborn, Elizabeth Day, Gladys Duppstadt, and John McDowell. Correspondence falls into two general categories: interpretation of NFSNC programs and advice to member-house executives on administrative and theoretical problems. The geographic distribution of settlement houses represented in the series is somewhat uneven. Northeastern states predominate, followed by Midwestern cities such as Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul, and scattered Southern settlements, particularly in Atlanta. Reflecting the general distribution of NFSNC membership, there is little documentation of Appalachian and Western states, with the notable exceptions of settlements in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. This series reflects the contacts between local settlement houses and the national office. It is not a comprehensive record of activities in each settlement. The subject matter varies from the more mundane aspects of record keeping and dues collection to materials relating to specific projects with which the particular settlement was involved. A portion of the series consists of directories of local settlements listing addresses and names of directors. There is also a rather detailed index of service records to non-member agencies. Much of the correspondence deals with NFS services to the settlement movement. Advice on particular administrative and planning problems reflects the changes in the settlement movement during the 1950s and 1960s. A number of broader policy concerns are evident as well. Settlements sought to adapt their programs to meet changing community needs in the wake of urban renewal. They also needed to demonstrate the importance of settlements to Community Chests and United Funds, upon which the houses were increasingly reliant for operating funds. The correspondence also documents citywide mergers enacted to cope with funding problems through the sharing of staff and other resources. Finally, executives were concerned that the design of new facilities needed to accommodate projected program changes. Annual reports, brochures, and plans from individual settlements are also included with this correspondence. The Settlement Houses series also includes reports of field visits to individual houses by NFS field workers. These reports emphasize personal dynamics within settlements and their effects on the long-range vision of the staff and the house's efficacy in the community. The reports reflect the importance placed by NFS staff on professional training for settlement personnel. Related items include the self-studies undertaken by several individual houses, planning the future direction of the settlement's program and philosophy.
		Alabama
		Birmingham
Box 218		Bethlehem Center 1943 Box 218, Folder 234 Note Correspondence about membership in the NFS.
		Ensley
Box 218		Community House 1935-1944 Box 218, Folder 235 Note Correspondence about dues, expansion plans, conferences, visits of NFS staff members.
		California
		Calexico
Box 49		Neighborhood House, 1951-1962  Box 49, Folder 1
		El Monte
Box 49		El Calvario Community Center, 1955-1958  Box 49, Folder 2
		Fresno
Box 49		"B’ Street Community House, 1948-1960  Box 49, Folder 3
		Los Angeles
Box 218		The All Nations Community House 1929-1954 Box 218, Folder 236 Note Correspondence about membership in the NFS; field report by Lillie Peck; programs of the settlement.
Box 49		All Nations Foundation, 1965 Box 49, Folder 4
		All Peoples Christian Church and Community Center, 1957-1962 Box 49, Folder 5
Box 218		Avalon Community Center 1946-1954 Box 218, Folder 237 Note Field visits and reports; annual report; correspondence about NFS membership.
Box 49		Avalon Community Center, 1954-1965 Box 49, Folder 6 to 9
		Catholic Youth Organization, 1953-1965 Box 49, Folder 10
Box 218		Cleland House 1944-1946 Box 218, Folder 238 Note Correspondence about membership in the NFS.
Box 49		Cleland House of Neighborly Service, 1947-1965 Box 49, Folder 11
		Community Music Center, 1952-1958 Box 49, Folder 12
		East Side Settlement House, 1946-1957 Box 49, Folder 13
		El Santo Nino Catholic Youth Organization, 1966 Box 49, Folder 14
		Henderson Community Center, 1955-1962 Box 49, Folder 15
Box 218		Miscellaneous 1946-1951 Box 218, Folder 239 Note Correspondence between the NFS and the Henderson Community Center and the Soto-Michigan Jewish Center about NFS membership and miscellaneous conferences. NFS field report.
		Neighborhood Settlement 1929-1941 Box 218, Folder 240 Note Correspondence about such matters as Mexican migrant laborers and books written by the head resident. Later correspondence deals with routine matters such as dues and conferences.
Box 49		Neighborhood Settlement Association, 1928-1962 Box 49, Folder 16
Box 50		Plaza Community Center, 1947-1965 Box 50, Folder 1
		Presbytery of Los Angeles, 1954-1965 Box 50, Folder 2
		Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles, 1951 Box 50, Folder 3
		Westminster Neighborhood Association, 1961-1966 Box 50, Folder 4 to 5
		Pasadena
Box 50		Pasadena Neighborhood Center, after 1952 Box 50, Folder 7
		Pasadena Settlement Association, 1954-1959  Box 50, Folder 8
		Scattergood Association, 1934-1953 Box 50, Folder 6
Box 218		Settlement Association 1946-1954 Box 218, Folder 241 Note Substantive correspondence about case work techniques in settlements. Correspondence about membership in NFS; by-laws of the Association; miscellaneous and annual reports.
		Redlands
Box 50		House of Neighborly Service, 1946-1954  Box 50, Folder 9
		Richmond
Box 50		Neighborhood House, 1964 Box 50, Folder 10
		Riverside
Box 218		Community Settlement Association 1926-1954 Box 218, Folder 242 to 243 Note Correspondence about NFS membership, dues, and personnel. Historical sketches; annual and miscellaneous reports.
Box 50		Community Settlement Association, 1945-1964 Box 50, Folder 11
		San Bernardino
Box 50		United Community Defense Services, 1952-1960 Box 50, Folder 12
		San Diego
Box 218		Neighborhood House 1926-1949 Box 218, Folder 244 Note Correspondence about NFS membership and dues; the future of the House and the work appropriate to it. Schedules of activities and programs.
Box 50		Neighborhood House Association, 1949-1966 Box 50, Folder 13
		San Francisco
Box 51		Bay-view Neighborhood Community Center 1956-1965 Box 51, Folder 1
		Booker T. Washington Center, 1945-1963 Box 51, Folder 2
		Canon Kip Community House, 1939-1962  Box 51, Folder 3
Box 219		The Community Music School 1929-1942 Box 219, Folder 245 Note Correspondence about NFS membership and dues; settlement personnel and activities. Annual reports for 1934-1935.
Box 51		Community Music School and Sight Neighborhood Centers 1949 Box 51, Folder 4
Box 165		Golden Gate Federation  Box 165, Folder 6
Box 51		Golden Gate Neighborhood Centers Association, 1957-1967 Box 51, Folder 5 to 7
Box 219		Good Samaritan Community Center 1945-1957 Box 219, Folder 246 to 247 Note Brief description of the Center; correspondence about NFS membership; field survey by NFS, 1953. Annual reports, 1945-1946, 1952-1953, 1955-1956.
Box 51		Hunters’ Point Project Committee, 1953-1955 Box 51, Folder 8
Box 219		Mission Community Center 1945-1956 Box 219, Folder 248 Note By-laws; brief description of the Center; correspondence about membership in the NFS. Annual report.
Box 51		Mission Neighborhood Center Studies, 1943-1956 Box 51, Folder 9
		Mission Neighborhood Center 1956-1961 Box 51, Folder 10
Box 52		Mission Neighborhood Center, 1962-1966 Box 52, Folder 1 to 3
Box 52		Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 1941-1963 Box 52, Folder 4
Box 219		Precita Valley Community Club, Inc. 1941-1957 Box 219, Folder 249 Note Fact sheets and financial statements; brief description of the Center; miscellaneous reports; correspondence about NFS membership and Center personnel.
Box 52		San Francisco Jewish Community Center, 1933-1964 Box 52, Folder 5
Box 219		Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association 1932-1947 Box 219, Folder 250 Note Substantive correspondence about the activities of the Association; mimeographed reports about defense activities; correspondence and reports about field visits.
Box 52		Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association, 1948-1954 Box 52, Folder 8
Box 53		Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association 1955-1966 Box 53, Folder 1 to 2
Box 219		Visitacion Valley 1922-1950 Box 219, Folder 251 Note Correspondence about NFS membership; Center activities and personnel; brief description of the Center and its work.
Box 53		Visitacion Valley Community Center, 1945-1966 Box 53, Folder 3
		San Gabriel
Box 219		La Casa de San Gabriel 1948-1953 Box 219, Folder 252 Note Correspondence about NFS membership, Mexican-Americans, and a 1953 CBS broadcast on teenagers. Annual report, 1953.
Box 53		La Casa de San Gabriel, 1948-1962  Box 53, Folder 4
		San Pedro
Box 219		Homer Toberman Settlement House 1940-1953 Box 219, Folder 253 Note Constitution, miscellaneous pamphlets, and reports. Correspondence about NFS membership and dues, personnel, and a 1946 field visit.
Box 53		Homer Toberman Settlement House, 1941-1966 Box 53, Folder 5
		Wilmington
Box 219		Wilmington Community Center 1947-1951 Box 219, Folder 254 Note By-laws; correspondence re membership. Annual report, 1947.
Box 53		Wilmington Community Center, 1948-1959 Box 53, Folder 6
		Colorado
		Denver
Box 219		Auraria Community Center 1945-1952 Box 219, Folder 256 Note Fact sheets; personnel policies; by-laws, miscellaneous reports; correspondence re NFS membership and field visits, housing problems, and activities of the Center, especially in relation to the Community Chest and financial problems.
Box 53		Auraria Community Center, 1951-1966 Box 53, Folder 7 to 9
		Curtis Park Community Center, 1966 Box 53, Folder 10
		Epworth Community Center, 1949-1958 Box 53, Folder 11
Box 220		Grace Community Center 1946-1951 Box 220, Folder 257 Note Brochures. Letter of 1949 describing the Center and correspondence about the activities of the Center.
Box 53		Grace Community Center, 1955-1958 Box 53, Folder 12
Box 54		Jewish Community Centers, 1950-1966 Box 54, Folder 1
Box 220		North Side Community Center, Inc. 1950 Box 220, Folder 258 Note Correspondence re NFS membership and building plans.
Box 54		North Side Community Center, 1957-1966 Box 54, Folder 2
		Southwest Denver Community Center, 1958-1966 Box 54, Folder 3
Box 165		Robert W. Steele Social Center, Inc.  Box 165, Folder 25
Box 220		Robert W. Steele Community Center 1947-1952 Box 220, Folder 259 Note Correspondence about NFS membership; budget estimate; miscellaneous pamphlets and clippings.
Box 54		Robert W. Steele Community Center, 1955-1966 Box 54, Folder 4
		Connecticut
		Bridgeport
Box 54		Compendium, 1974 Box 54, Folder 10
Box 220		Hall Home Settlement 1934-1954 Box 220, Folder 260 Note Annual reports and minutes of the Board of Directors. Correspondence and studies dealing with raising the standards of the settlement.
Box 54		Hall Home Settlement, 1943 Box 54, Folder 5
		Hall Neighborhood House, 1951-1967 Box 54, Folder 6 to 9
Box 165		Hall Neighborhood House  Box 165, Folder 9
		Greenwich
Box 54		Community Centers Study Committee, 1953 Box 54, Folder 11
		Hartford
Box 54		Hartford Neighborhood Centers, 1956-1959 Box 54, Folder 12
Box 55		Hartford Neighborhood Centers, 1960-1972 Box 55, Folder 1
Box 165		Hartford Neighborhood Centers  Box 165, Folder 10
Box 55		Mitchell House, 1936-1955 Box 55, Folder 2
Box 220		North End Community Center 1952-1954 Box 220, Folder 261 Note Material re NFS membership; constitution and personnel practices; Center activities. Financial statement, 1954.
Box 55		North End Study, 1946-1956 Box 55, Folder 3
Box 220		Union Settlement 1934-1952 Box 220, Folder 262 Note Correspondence from NFS on the upgrading of the settlement’s standards. Descriptive brochures and statements of philosophy behind the settlement. Annual reports, 1933, 1945, 1951.
Box 55		Women’s League, Inc., 1950-1956 Box 55, Folder 4
		New Haven
Box 55		Dixwell Community House, 1936-1967 Box 55, Folder 5 to 7
		Dixwell, Bond Study, 1956-1963 Box 55, Folder 8
Box 164		Dixwell Community House  Box 164, Folder 17
Box 220		Farnam Community House 1933-1951 Box 220, Folder 263 Note Descriptive brochures. Correspondence re NFS membership, which was a sore point with Farnam, and personnel. Annual reports, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1951.
Box 55		Farnam Neighborhood House, 1955-1961 Box 55, Folder 9
Box 220		Neighborhood House 1933-1936 Box 220, Folder 264 Note Correspondence about house activities.
		New London
Box 220		B. P. Learned House, 1944-1948 Box 220, Folder 265 Note Correspondence re personnel. Annual and quarterly reports.
Box 55		B. P. Learned House, 1947-1956 Box 55, Folder 10
		Norwalk
Box 55		Carver Foundation, 1967 Box 55, Folder 11
		Stamford
Box 220		The Italian Center 1934-1949 Box 220, Folder 266 Note Financial statements, reports, clippings. Correspondence re dues and Center personnel.
Box 56		The Italian Center, 1933-1965 Box 56, Folder 1
		Southfield Neighborhood Center, 1962-1966 Box 56, Folder 2 to 3
		The West Main Street Community Center, 1964 Box 56, Folder 4
		Stratford
Box 220		Sterling House 1936-1954 Box 220, Folder 267 Note Annual reports.
		Waterbury
Box 56		Community Council of Waterbury, Inc., 1959 Box 56, Folder 5
Box 220		Pearl Street Neighborhood House 1936 Box 220, Folder 268 Note Annual report, clippings, miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 56		Pearl Street Neighborhood House, 1955-1963 Box 56, Folder 6
		West Haven
Box 220		Community House Association 1941-1951 Box 220, Folder 269 Note Reports; correspondence re youth work and NFS membership.
		Delaware
		Wilmington
Box 56		Christina Community Center, 1952-1967 Box 56, Folder 7
		Kingswood Community Center, Inc., 1951-1956 Box 56, Folder 8
Box 220		People’s Settlement 1951-1952 Box 220, Folder 270 Note Self-study committee report; field visit report.
Box 56		Peoples Settlement Association, 1951-1968 Box 56, Folder 9 to 12
		West End Neighborhood House, 1939-1965 Box 56, Folder 13
		District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
Box 220		Barney Neighborhood House, 1940-1943 Box 220, Folder 271 Note Miscellaneous reports and clippings.
Box 57		Barney Neighborhood House, 1940-1963 Box 57, Folder 1 to 2
		Christ Child House, 1951-1959 Box 57, Folder 3
		District of Columbia Settlement Self-Studies, 1952-1953 Box 57, Folder 4
		Fides Neighborhood House, 1959 Box 57, Folder 5
Box 220		Friendship House 1936-1955 Box 220, Folder 272 Note Correspondence re building plans, 50th anniversary of NFS. Historical statement; self-study report, 1951; annual and miscellaneous reports.
Box 57		Friendship House, 1951-1958 Box 57, Folder 6
		Georgetown Neighborhood House, 1951 Box 57, Folder 7
		Juanita Kaufman Nye Council House, 1930-1957 Box 57, Folder 8
		Northwest Settlement House, 1951-1959 Box 57, Folder 12
Box 221		Northwest Settlement House 1944-1951  Box 221, Folder 275 Note Annual and self-study reports.
Box 58		Opportunity House, 1936-1937 Box 58, Folder 1
Box 221		Southeast House 1936-1953 Box 221, Folder 273 Note Brochures, photographs, historical statement, descriptive studies, self-studies and annual reports.
Box 58		Southeast Neighborhood House, 1959-1971 Box 58, Folder 2
		Southwest Community House, Self-Study, 1951 Box 58, Folder 3
		Southwest Neighborhood Project, 1951-1956  Box 58, Folder 4
Box 221		Miscellaneous 1934-1951 Box 221, Folder 274 Note Field trip reports, studies of the areas served by the settlements.
		Florida
		Jacksonville
Box 58		Opportunity House, 1937-1954 Box 58, Folder 5
		Miami
Box 221		James E. Scott Community Association 1949-1953 Box 221, Folder 276 Note Historical statement and enrollment statistics.
Box 58		James E. Scott Community Association, 1953-1966 Box 58, Folder 6
		Tampa
Box 58		Tampa Methodist Settlements, 1961-1963 Box 58, Folder 7
		United Community Defense Services, Reconnaissance in, 1952-1954 Box 58, Folder 8
		Georgia
		Atlanta
Box 58		Bethlehem Community Center, 1961-1966 Box 58, Folder 9 to 10
		Wesley House Centers, 1957-1966  Box 58, Folder 11
		Augusta
Box 221		Bethlehem Center 1950-1954  Box 221, Folder 277 Note Brochure and annual reports.
Box 58		Bethlehem Center, 1951-1952 Box 58, Folder 12
Box 59		Bethlehem Center, 1953-1966 Box 59, Folder 1 to 3
		Savannah River Area
Box 59		United Community Defense Services, 1945-1953  Box 59, Folder 4
		Hawaii
		Hilo
Box 59		Waiakea Social Settlement, 1942-1953 Box 59, Folder 6
		Honolulu
Box 221		Palama Settlement 1930-1948 Box 221, Folder 278 Note Correspondence re dues, wage studies; annual and statistical reports.
Box 59		Palama Settlement, 1941-1959, 1962-1963  Box 59, Folder 7 to 8
		Wailuku
Box 59		Alexander House Settlement Association, 1929-1949  Box 59, Folder 5
		Illinois
		Chicago
Box 221		Abraham Lincoln Center 1937-1946 Box 221, Folder 279 Note Correspondence re NFS membership and dues; historical statement.
Box 63		Abraham Lincoln Center, 1945-1966 Box 63, Folder 8
Box 221		Association House 1944-1951 Box 221, Folder 280 Note Correspondence re NFS membership; annual reports.
Box 59		Association House, 1949-1964  Box 59, Folder 9
Box 60		Beacon Neighborhood House, 1966-1967 Box 60, Folder 1
Box 164		Beacon Neighborhood House  Box 164, Folder 10
Box 221		Benton House 1930-1951 Box 221, Folder 281 Note Correspondence re membership in NFS and House problems; annual reports and self-study appraisals.
Box 60		Benton House, 1955-1966 Box 60, Folder 2
		Bethlehem Community Center, 1955-1959 Box 60, Folder 3
		Bethlehem Creche and Settlement, 1936-1940 Box 60, Folder 4
		Chicago Christian Industrial League, 1963 Box 60, Folder 6
		The Chicago City Missionary Society, 1963 Box 60, Folder 7
Box 221		Chicago Commons Association 1899-1951 Box 221, Folder 283 to 284 Note Published stories, miscellaneous publications about important people and events. Financial reports, press clippings about a 1947 Chicago fire, descriptive brochures, routine correspondence with NFS. Annual reports for 1899, 1904, 1911, 1918, 1919, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1934-1945.
Box 222		Chicago Commons Association  Box 222, Folder 285 to 286
Box 60		Chicago Commons Association, 1899 Box 60, Folder 8
		Chicago Commons Association, 1948-1966 Box 60, Folder 9 to 10
		Chicago Commons Community Center Development Project, 1959 Box 60, Folder 11
		Chicago Commons Schwartzhaupt Foundation Report, 1960 Box 60, Folder 12
		Chicago Commons Staff Conference, 1959 Box 60, Folder 13
Box 221		Christopher House 1948-1954 Box 221, Folder 282 Note Correspondence re membership and dues in NFS.
Box 60		Christopher House, 1954-1958 Box 60, Folder 15
Box 61		Christopher House, 1959-1966 Box 61, Folder 1
		Community Center of Chinatown, 1949-1954 Box 61, Folder 2
Box 59		Eli Bates House, 1932-1938 Box 59, Folder 10
Box 222		Emerson House Association 1934-1949 Box 222, Folder 287 Note Annual reports; field reports; correspondence re membership and dues in NFS, conferences, miscellaneous operating matters.
Box 61		Emerson House, undated Box 61, Folder 4
		Erie Neighborhood House, 1941-1959 Box 61, Folder 5
Box 222		Fellowship House 1935-1952 Box 222, Folder 288 Note Annual reports.
Box 61		Fellowship House, 1953-1960 Box 61, Folder 6
		Firman House, 1953-1966 Box 61, Folder 7
Box 165		Firman House  Box 165, Folder 5
Box 61		Frederick Douglas Center, after 1934 Box 61, Folder 3
		Friendship House, undated Box 61, Folder 8
Box 222		Gads Hill Center 1928-1955 Box 222, Folder 289 Note Descriptive brochures; historical pageant; miscellaneous reports about the activities of the Center. Annual reports, 1928, 1930-1931, 1934-1938, 1940-1944, 1946-1947, 1951.
Box 61		Gads Hill Center, 1958-1965 Box 61, Folder 9
		Garibaldi Institute, 1949 Box 61, Folder 10
		Good Neighbor Settlement House, undated Box 61, Folder 11
		Good Shepherd Community Center, after 1941 Box 61, Folder 12
		Grace Community Center, 1955 Box 61, Folder 13
Box 222		Henry Booth House 1935-1955 Box 222, Folder 290 Note Constitution; 1953 fact sheet; miscellaneous reports. Press clippings about House activities. Correspondence re dues and personnel. Annual reports, 1946-1947, 1949.
Box 60		Henry Booth House, 1955-1964 Box 60, Folder 5
Box 61		House of Happiness, 1930-1941  Box 61, Folder 14
Box 222		Howell Neighborhood House 1945-1950 Box 222, Folder 291 Note Statement of House aims, 1945; correspondence re dues to NFS and the Chicago self-study.
Box 61		Howell Neighborhood House, 1955-1959  Box 61, Folder 15
Box 222		Hull House 1912-1950 Box 222, Folder 292 to 293 Note Annual reports, 1901, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1940-1941 1947-1950, 1952, 1954. Miscellaneous and financial reports; press clippings about House activities; correspondence from Charlotte Carr and Louise de Koven Bowen revealing the controversy with the Board of Directors in the early 1940’s.
Box 223		Hull House  Box 223, Folder 294
Box 61		Hull House, 1909-1938, 1953-1958 Box 61, Folder 16 to 18
Box 62		Hull House, 1959-1970 Box 62, Folder 1 to 6
Box 165		Hull House Association  Box 165, Folder 11
Box 223		Hyde Park Neighborhood Club 1935-1955 Box 223, Folder 295 Note Correspondence re membership in NFS; Annual reports, 1939, 1944-1945, 1954.
Box 62		Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 1955-1958 Box 62, Folder 7
Box 63		Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 1959-1966 Box 63, Folder 1 to 4
		Jewish People’s Institute, 1925-1929 Box 63, Folder 5
		Kenwood-Ellis Community Center, 1956-1960 Box 63, Folder 6
		Lawndale Neighborhood Services, 1967 Box 63, Folder 7
Box 64		Lower North Center, 1959 Box 64, Folder 1
Box 223		Madonna Center 1944 Box 223, Folder 296 Note Correspondence re NFS membership.
Box 64		Marcy Center, 1941--65 Box 64, Folder 3
		Marillac House, 1964 Box 64, Folder 4
		Mary McDowell Settlement, 1957-1963 Box 64, Folder 2
		National Association of Jewish Center Workers, Midwest 1965 Box 64, Folder 5
		Neighborhood Service Organization, 1961-1966 Box 64, Folder 6
Box 223		Newberry Avenue Center 1938-1958 Box 223, Folder 297 Note Correspondence re NFS membership; Annual reports, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954.
Box 64		Newberry Avenue Center, 1954-1966 Box 64, Folder 7
		Northwestern University Settlement, 1953-1965 Box 64, Folder 8
Box 223		Northwestern University Settlements 1932-1954 Box 223, Folder 298 Note Correspondence re NFS membership. Annual reports, 1950-1951, 1953, 1956.
Box 64		Off-the-Street Club, 1965 Box 64, Folder 9
Box 223		Olivet Institute 1946 Box 223, Folder 299 Note Report to the Board of Trustees.
Box 64		Olivet Community Center, 1956-1966 Box 64, Folder 10
		Onward Neighborhood House, 1945-1960 Box 64, Folder 11
Box 223		Parkway Community House 1943-1954 Box 223, Folder 300 Note Annual reports 1943, 1953; study of the House.
Box 64		Parkway Community House, 1948-1963 Box 64, Folder 12
		Pilsen Neighbors, 1956 Box 64, Folder 13
Box 223		South Chicago Community Center 1934-1954 Box 223, Folder 301 Note Correspondence re NFS membership, defense mobilization, adult work; annual reports, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1953.
Box 64		South Chicago Community Center, 1953-1966 Box 64, Folder 14
		Sunset Camp Service League, 1945 Box 64, Folder 15
Box 223		University of Chicago Settlement 1931-1944 Box 223, Folder 302
Box 65		University of Chicago Settlement, 1934-1956 Box 65, Folder 1
		Whiting Community Center, 1962 Box 65, Folder 2
Box 223		Miscellaneous Houses 1935-1946 Box 223, Folder 303
		Chicago Heights
Box 65		Jones Memorial Community Center, 1954-1955 Box 65, Folder 3
		Creve Coeur
Box 65		Creve Coeur Community Council, 1951-1961 Box 65, Folder 4
		East St. Louis
Box 165		Lessie Bates Neighborhood House  Box 165, Folder 12
		Galesburg
Box 65		Carver Community Center, 1946-1950 Box 65, Folder 5
		Peoria
Box 223		Neighborhood House 1944-1953 Box 223, Folder 304 Note Annual reports, miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 65		Neighborhood House Association, 1954-1967 Box 65, Folder 6 to 9
Box 165		Neighborhood House  Box 165, Folder 19
		Indiana
		Elkhart
Box 65		Booker T. Washington Center, 1952-1955 Box 65, Folder 10
Box 66		Booker T. Washington Center, 1956-1960 Box 66, Folder 1
		Evanston
Box 66		Carver Community Center, 1950 Box 66, Folder 2
		Evansville
Box 223		Evansville Neighborhood House 1944-1953 Box 223, Folder 305 Note Annual reports 1947-1950; correspondence re NFS membership, miscellaneous matters. Survey of the area served by the House.
Box 66		Neighborhood House, 1948-1965 Box 66, Folder 3
		Albert Kennedy Study, 1952 Box 66, Folder 4
		Self-Study, 1953 Box 66, Folder 5
		Fort Wayne
Box 223		Westside Center 1952 Box 223, Folder 306 Note Self-studies.
Box 66		Westside Neighborhood Center, 1954-1962 Box 66, Folder 7
		Neighbors, Inc., 1963 Box 66, Folder 6
		Gary
Box 223		Campbell Friendship House 1943-1952 Box 223, Folder 307 Note Annual reports; correspondence re NFS membership; statements on racial policies.
Box 66		Campbell Friendship House, 1942-1968 Box 66, Folder 8 to 9
Box 223		Neighborhood House 1944-1953 Box 223, Folder 308 Note A 1944 study of the African American population in Gary. Field report, 1944; descriptive brochures; annual reports 1949-1955.
Box 66		Gary Neighborhood House, 1950-1962 Box 66, Folder 10
		Hammond
Box 67		Brooks House of Christian Service, 1949-1964  Box 67, Folder 1
		Indianapolis
Box 67		Christamore House, 1949-1966 Box 67, Folder 2 to 3
Box 224		Communal Center Association 1935-1953 Box 224, Folder 309 Note Correspondence re NFS membership, relationship to NFS, and the financing of settlements. A manual of the Center (1953), salary schedule, membership analyses.
Box 67		Concord Center Association, 1955-1966 Box 67, Folder 4 to 5
Box 224		Flanner House 1939-1947 Box 224, Folder 310 to 311 Note Correspondence re building plans, personnel, NFS dues. Much information on racial problems. 1939 program institute.
		Hawthorne Social Service Association 1944-1946 Box 224, Folder 312 Note Correspondence re membership; 1946 field report.
Box 67		Hawthorne Social Service Association, 1958-1966 Box 67, Folder 6
		Mayer Neighborhood House, 1953 Box 67, Folder 7
Box 224		Southwest Social Center 1944-1953 Box 224, Folder 313 Note Correspondence re membership in NFS, building plans; field report.
Box 67		Southwest Social Center, 1953-1964 Box 67, Folder 8
		Kokomo
Box 67		Neighborhood House, 1962 Box 67, Folder 9
		Richmond
Box 67		Townsend Community Center, undated Box 67, Folder 10
		Iowa
		Cedar Rapids
Box 224		Jane Boyd Community House 1933-1945 Box 224, Folder 314 Note Correspondence re NFS membership, training for settlement work, field reports, survey of African American residents.
Box 67		Jane Boyd Community House, 1946-1967 Box 67, Folder 11
		Davenport
Box 224		Friendly House 1950-1951 Box 224, Folder 315 Note Correspondence re NFS membership and dues. Field visit.
Box 67		Friendly House, 1953-1964 Box 67, Folder 12
		Des Moines
Box 67		Jewish Community Center, 1946 Box 67, Folder 13
Box 224		Roadside Settlement 1937-1954 Box 224, Folder 316 Note Annual reports 1937, 1944, 1949-1951, 1954. Statements of objectives; correspondence re NFS membership and dues.
Box 67		Roadside Settlement, 1946-1966 Box 67, Folder 14
Box 224		South Side Community House 1947-1951  Box 224, Folder 317 Note Annual reports 1947 and 1951. Field survey
Box 67		Southside Community House, 1946 Box 67, Folder 15
Box 224		Wilkie House  Box 224, Folder 318
Box 67		Wilkie House, 1946-1966  Box 67, Folder 16
		Sioux City
Box 224		Community House 1945-1951 Box 224, Folder 319 Note Notes on 1940 and 1948 field trips. Annual report 1944; correspondence re NFS membership, building plans.
Box 67		Mary J. Treglia Community House, 1956-1965 Box 67, Folder 17
		Kentucky
		Lexington
Box 68		Baptist Community Center, 1962-1964 Box 68, Folder 1
		Manchester Center, 1966 Box 68, Folder 2
		Louisville
Box 68		Market Street Neighborhood House, 1956-1966 Box 68, Folder 3 to 4
Box 224		Neighborhood House 1898-1950 Box 224, Folder 320 Note Photographs of early 20th Century scenes. Annual reports 1898, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1921-1923, 1925-1926, 1928, 1938. Report of the 1909 Tenement House Commission and other "muckraking" commissions. Clippings, brochures and statements about the work of the House. Chief correspondent is Frances Ingram
Box 225		Neighborhood House  Box 225, Folder 321
Box 68		Neighborhood House, 1953-1954, 1956-1966 Box 68, Folder 5 to 8
		Plymouth Settlement House, 1956-1966 Box 68, Folder 9
		Presbyterian Community Center, 1948-1966 Box 68, Folder 10
Box 225		Wesley House 1942-1953 Box 225, Folder 322 Note Annual reports 1942-1943, 1948, 1950-1951, 1953. Descriptive brochures.
Box 68		Wesley Community House 1907-1947, 1953-1966  Box 68, Folder 11 to 14
		Paducah
Box 68		Friedman Community Center, 1964 Box 68, Folder 15
		Louisiana
		New Orleans
Box 225		Kingsley House 1920-1954 Box 225, Folder 324 to 324 Note Annual reports 1927, 1944, 1948-1953 and a 1942 Charter. Correspondence re NFS membership. Materials on relationship to federal government.
Box 69		Kingsley House of New Orleans, 1925 Box 69, Folder 1
		Orleans Neighborhood Centers, 1939-1952 Box 69, Folder 2
		St. Mark’s Community Center, 1939-1953 Box 69, Folder 3
		Maryland
		Baltimore
Box 69		Lafayette Square Community Center, 1958-1966 Box 69, Folder 4 to 5
		Massachusetts
		Boston   Note Note: See also files on settlements in communities surrounding Boston. Some settlement houses are listed under Boston and under towns in the surrounding area.
Box 69		Beverley Farms Music School, 1927-1931 Box 69, Folder 6
Box 225		Denison House 1900-1953 Box 225, Folder 325 Note Annual reports 1900, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1952-1954. Correspondence re House personnel; descriptive brochures. Minutes of Board of Directors.
		Dorchester House 1933-1953 Box 225, Folder 326 Note Correspondence re membership in NFS, activities of the House. Annual reports 1937, 1948, 1950-1951.
		East Boston Social Centers Council 1932-1950  Box 225, Folder 327 Note 1932 description of the Center; correspondence re NFS membership; clippings.
		Elizabeth Peabody House 1936-1950 Box 225, Folder 328 Note Radio script, 1937; science fair brochures; descriptive statement. Information on community music schools.
Box 69		Elizabeth Peabody House, 1956-1958 Box 69, Folder 15
Box 226		Ellis Memorial 1928-1953 Box 226, Folder 329 Note Annual reports 1928, 1930-1933, 1935, 1939, 1940,1942-1945. Miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 69		Ellis Memorial, 1924-1959 Box 69, Folder 10
Box 226		Good Will Neighborhood House 1944-1952 Box 226, Folder 330 Note Annual report 1944; by-laws. Material re selection of workers, NFS membership.
		Gray Houses, Inc. 1940-1948  Box 226, Folder 331
		Hale House Association 1943-1944  Box 226, Folder 332 Note Correspondence re dues to NFS.
		Hecht Neighborhood House 1934-1950 Box 226, Folder 333 Note Correspondence re NFS membership and dues. Summary of vocational guidance program.
		Jamaica Plain Neighborhood House 1943-1953  Box 226, Folder 334 Note Annual report 1943. Obituaries and historical statement (1952).
Box 69		Jewish Centers Association of Greater Boston, 1945-1946 Box 69, Folder 11
Box 226		Lincoln House Association 1948 Box 226, Folder 335 Note Correspondence re field visit, House organization.
Box 69		Lincoln-Hale House, undated Box 69, Folder 12
Box 226		The Little House 1929-1958 Box 226, Folder 336 Note Annual reports 1929, 1932, 1941, 1943, 1945-1948, 1951-1954, 1958. Includes a 1953 field visit. Descriptive statement; correspondence re NFS membership.
		Norfolk House Center 1915-1951 Box 226, Folder 337 Note Annual reports 1915, 1917, 1924, 1930-1931, 1933-1937, 1939-1949. Correspondence re NFS membership and dues; descriptive statements.
Box 69		Norfolk House, 1955-1966 Box 69, Folder 13
Box 165		Norfolk House  Box 165, Folder 24
Box 226		North Bennett Street Industrial School 1950 Box 226, Folder 338 Note Brochures; letters about the relationship of NFS to the school.
		North End Union 1934-1954 Box 226, Folder 339 Note Annual reports 1936-1937, 1941, 1943; brochures and description. Correspondence re NFS membership, financial and other difficulties.
Box 69		North End Union, 1958-1962 Box 69, Folder 14
Box 226		Olivia James House 1939-1954 Box 226, Folder 340 Note Annual reports 1939-1941, 1943, 1949, 1952, 1954. Correspondence re NFS membership.
Box 70		South Boston Neighborhood House (Olivia James House), 1955-1966 Box 70, Folder 4
Box 226		Robert Gould Shaw House, Inc. 1930-1958 Box 226, Folder 341 Note Annual reports 1931-1932, 1938, 1942-1943, 1948, 1958. Correspondence re selection of a head worker. 1953 confidential report on the work of the House.
Box 70		Robert Gould Shaw House, 1953-1963 Box 70, Folder 3
Box 226		Roxbury Neighborhood House 1921-1953 Box 226, Folder 342 Note Annual reports 1944, 1953. Correspondence re a study of the House; descriptive brochures and statement.
Box 70		Roxbury Neighborhood House, 1951-1964 Box 70, Folder 1 to 2
Box 226		South End House Association 1929-1951 Box 226, Folder 343 Note Annual reports 1929-1936,