Guide to the Neighborhood Centers Association Records, Pittsburgh, 1890-1954 AIS.1964.28
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Neighborhood Centers Association, Pittsburgh Records
Creator
Neighborhood Centers Association (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Collection Number
AIS.1964.28
Extent
6.25 Linear Feet(16 boxes)
Date
1890-1954
Abstract
The Neighborhood Centers Association, established in 1895 and incorporated in 1912, provided neighborhood centered services on the North Side in an effort to promote, encourage, and provide a means for individual and cooperative activities among residents of neighborhoods. The collection includes correspondence, minutes of the board of directors, records on Camp Bonsall, reports, settlement books and miscellaneous unpublished social studies and statistics.
Language
English
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Author
Archives Service Center Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process on November 2, 2001.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
History
The Neighborhood Centers Association, established in 1895 and incorporated in 1912, provided neighborhood centered services on the North Side. The purpose of the agency was to promote, encourage, and provide a means for individual and cooperative activities among residents of neighborhoods. It intended to help neighborhood residents in learning to live together and to improve living conditions for their individual benefit and for the betterment of their neighborhoods and the larger community.
Within the framework of this purpose, the aims and goals of the agency were, through the cooperation of neighbors, staff and board, to provide the atmosphere within which peoples of different nationality, racial, and religious backgrounds could work together in mutual respect by learning new skills and interests. This association intended to be the agency through which citizens could work together toward the elimination of blight and its deteriorating effects upon their lives. Members were given professional help to assist in the solution of problems affecting both family and community life in order to be able to recognize and involve potentail leaders within the areas served.
Scope and Content Notes
This collection includes correspondence from 1920-1949 and minutes of the board of directors. There is information regarding Camp Bonsall such as studies, statistical summaries, construction reports, petty cash reports, staff and work crew reports, camp projects and publicity. There are also reports, settlement books, and miscellaneous unpublished social studies and statistics. This collection includes records of the Woods Run Settlement House, a predecessor of the Neighborhood Centers Association which engaged in social welfare work on the North Side of Pittsburgh, in what was Allegheny City before 1906.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift of the Neighborhood Centers Association in 1964.
Preferred Citation
Neighborhood Centers Association, Pittsburgh Records, 1890-1954, AIS.1964.28, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Previous Citation
Neighborhood Centers Association, Pittsburgh Records, 1890-1954, AIS.1964.28, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Neighborhood Centers Association, Pittsburgh, Records, 1890-1954, ais 64:28, Archives of Industrial Society
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff in 1964.
Copyright
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Neighborhood Centers Association (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
