National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers

Description

This folder contains records created/collected by the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, now United Neighborhood Centers of America, including correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, photographs, and other documents. 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. This folder contains records relating to the Neighborhood Goals project. 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 ; the other, reporting on a survey of NFSNC member houses.

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