Typewriting Class

1970-01

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Typewriting Class
  • Title
  • Typewriting Class
  • Creator
  • Paul Russell Photography
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B005.F16.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B005.F16.I03
  • Description
  • The Pittsburgh National Alliance of Businessmen administered the JOBS (Job Opportunities in the Business Sector) program, which included the largest contract ever signed in the tri-state area. Presbyterian-University Hospital hired, and trained, 190 unemployed persons for jobs, which included ward clerks, nurses aides, and building tradesmen. An additional contract provided for the upgrading of 95 employees into better jobs. Pictured are participants in a typewriting class where they learn skills to prepare them for future job opportunities.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh National Alliance of Businessmen (Pa.).
    Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Typewriting--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African American women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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