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Inventory of the Family and Children's Agency of Louisville Records,
klgar197 Inventory of the Family and Children's Agency of Louisville Records, 1883-1970 Archives Staff; machine-readable finding aid modified by Michele Lai-Fook University Archives and Records Center University of Louisville Ekstrom Library Louisville, Kentucky 40292 USA Phone: (502) 852-6674 Fax: (502) 852-6673 Email: archives@louisville.edu URL: http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/ University Archives and Records Center n.d. Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 2000. ENG Inventory of the Family and Children's Agency of Louisville Records, 1883-1970 Contact Information University Archives and Records Center University of Louisville Ekstrom Library Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Phone: (502) 852-6674 Fax: (502) 852-6673 Email: archives@louisville.edu URL: http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Apex Data Services Copyright 2000 University of Louisville. All Rights Reserved. Family and Children's Agency of Louisville Records, 1883-1970 RG 197 77.7 linear ft. Family and Children's Agency of Louisville, Ky. University Archives and Records Center Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Access to records containing the names of clients and personal information about staff is restricted. Copyright has been transferred to the University of Louisville and there are no additional restrictions. [Identification of item], Family and Children's Agency of Louisville Records, 1883-1970 , 197, University Archives and Records Center, University of Louisville, Louisville. The records of the Family & Children's Agency document the history of one of Louisville's foremost social service organizations. The agency was established in 1883 by local citizens interested in reforming the methods of charitable giving then employed by the many small religious and private relief-giving bodies in operation in the city. The Louisville Charity Organization Society, as it was first known, had counterparts in most of the nation's large cities and in England. It sent "friendly visitors," mostly women volunteers, into the homes of clients to investigate the circumstances and advise poor families and individuals about home and financial management as well as marital and parental relations. The agency's emphases changed over the years. In 1907, it was reorganized and renamed Associated Charities. A few years later, in 1921, it became the Family Service Organization. Throughout the depressed 1930s and the war years that followed, the agency provided emergency services to the city's fledgling public relief institutions, at times supplying money, groceries, and clothing to needy Louisvillians. Following World War II, it placed more and more emphasis on family counseling and educational programs. In 1959, the Family Service Organization merged with the smaller Children's Agency, itself the product of an earlier merger of the Children's Protective Association and the Children's Bureau. The new Family & Children's Agency continued to make adoptive and foster home placements until the late 1960s, when it abandoned that field to growing public organizations. The agency donated its archives to the University of Louisville Archives in 1981. They were formally opened for research in as part of F & CA's hundredth anniversary celebration in 1983. The materials date from 1883 to 1970 and occupy 30.5 linear feet. They consist of articles of incorporation and by-laws, board minutes, annual and other reports, correspondence, financial records, photographs, scrapbooks, and publications from all of the antecedent organizations and the present day agency. An oral history project was conducted in 1982 to augment the written record. The records contain documentation for the evolution of social work in the United States, the history of local relief-giving systems, changing ideas about poverty, its causes and cures, as well as the history of the agency itself and its principal funder, Metro United Way. Access to records containing the names of clients and personal information about staff is restricted. Container List Charity Organization Society, 1883-1907 1 Annual Reports, 1903, 1905, 1907 Scrapbook, 1884-1908 poor condition, recommend microfilming Includes Warren A. McNeill's typed notes and his history taken from those notes Associated Charities, 1907-1916 1 Annual Reports, 1909-1916 1 Council Minutes, 1911-1927 includes 1922-1927 FSO Board of Director's minutes 1 Monthly Reports 1 ledger Supt. Monthly Reports, 1911-1914 Family Treatments, 1916-1917 Statistical summaries 1 Legal Aid Committee, Kilgore Case, 1915-1917 1 folder Scrapbook, 1908-1910 Family Service Organization, 1921-1959 1 Annual Reports, 1920-1958 1 Board of Director's Minutes, 1918-1959 (4 vols) includes Financial Report, 1930; Bylaws/Associated Charities 2 Minutes of various committees, 1922-1959 (3 vols) Case Policy Committee Budget Preparation Committee Building Comm. 2 Budgets, 1923-1959 (dates not inclusive) 2 Monthly Contributions, 1946-1958 (1 vol) 2 Audits, 1911-1958 (one envelope) also includes CA audits, 1939-1958, not inclusive 3, 4 General Ledgers (Post Books), 1924-1962 not inclusive. (7 vols) Includes F & CA, 1959-1962. 5 Office Procedure Manuals, ca 1950-1958 (12 vols, 2 copies of some) 5 Office Records Property Inventories, 1923, 1929, 1939 Personnel Cards Portland Property Miscellaneous Scrapbooks, 1922-1958 (4 vols) clippings, dating overlaps loose tape, clippings scattered Children's Protective Assoc., 1914-1931. 5 Board of Manager's Meeting Minutes, 1917-1931 General Ledger, 1917-1928. (Post book) Children's Bureau, 1924-1931. 5 Board of Manager's Minutes, 1924-1931. Scrapbook, 1924-1953 includes material after merger with Children's Protective Assoc. to become Children's Agency in 1931. Children's Agency, 1931-1959. 6 Annual Reports, 1932-1957 (not inclusive) 6 Board of Manager's Minutes, 1931-1958 2 Audits, 1939-1942, 1947-1958 included in envelope with FSO audits 7 Monthly Ledgers, Dec. 1940-Feb. 1959 (7 vols) Receipts and disbursements for Client Care 25, 26 General Ledgers, 1940-1952, 1957-1958 (4 vols) 7 Payroll Ledgers, 1951-1958 (2 vols) 23 Scrapbook, 1954-1958 See also scrapbook under Children's Bureau Family and Children's Agency, 1959- 7 Merger Material "Important Document Papers" (1 envelope) Includes: Children's Agency - "Notice to Dissolve" Agreement to Consolidate Articles of Incorporation Bylaws 7 Annual Reports, 1960-1971, 1974 8 Board of Director's Minutes, 1958-1970 (6 vols) 8 Summarized Board Minutes, 1965-1970 (2 vols) 8, 9 Board of Directors, Committee Files Building Committee, 1959-1963 Finance Committee, FSO and F & CA, 1931-1935, 1961-1962 Monthly Financial Statements, 1958-1963 Board Committees, 1959-1961 FSO and F & CA History Personnel Committee Burke Bill, Child Welfare Legislation, 1967 Public Issues Committee, 1971 Public Relations Correspondence, 1959-1965 9, 10 Board of Directors, Committee Binders Day Care Case Policy Committee, 1960-1969 (2 vols) Executive Committee Building Committee Finance Committee, 1958-1971 (3 vols) Special Committees, Bylaw, Nominating, Scholarship Public Relations Personnel Practices 10 Miscellaneous files Agency Co-op Building - 1115 Garvin Place Furniture Publicity (9 folders, clippings) Wischmeyer Scholarship 10 Office Manual, 1961-1965 (2 vols) 10, 10a Employee Retirement Program Records (4 binders, 2 folders) 27 Case Workers Tally Sheets, 1967-1968 (1 binder) 10a Membership card file, 1969-1974 (metal box) 27 Payroll Journal, 1968-1970 28 General Ledger, 1959-1962, 1966-1970 (2 vols) Reimbursements, fees Last half of 1959-62 ledger includes cash receivables Scrapbooks, 1958-1978 (2 vols) Resource File The material comes from the Children's Agency, FSO and F & CA; inclusive dates are 1923-1970. 11 1. Adoptive Procedure (Laws, Bills, etc.)/Clinic - Pediatrics, 1923-1958 12 2. Collaborative Practice Project - Manpower Project - F & CA, 1969-1970/ Community Committees - 1959-1965 served by F & CA Board and Staff 13 3. Day Care Nurseries - Studies of 1927-1946/ H & WC - Neighborhood House Study, 1953-1954 Not in strict alphabetical order 14 4. FSO Community Councils, 1958-1959 / FSO Community Councils, 1950-1951 Not in strict alphabetical order 15 5. FSO Community Councils, 1950-1951/ Health and Welfare Council - Research Committee, 1956-1957 Not in strict alphabetical order 16 6. H. & WC Social Statistics, Bulletin # 26, July, 1955 Legal Aid Society, 1927-1941 17 7. Medical Social Work Consultants to FSO - Staff Minutes, 1952-1954/ Woodstock Hall Foundation Project, 1961-1968 Alphabetical File L-W (a fragment) This appears to be part of the Executive Director's files. There is a small amount of material directed to Myron Chevlin, the former director; most of the material belongs to H. Schaars, the present director Sample titles are: 18 Lawyer and Social Worker (1959-1967): pams and report, correspondence to M. Chevlin 18 Legal consultation and Service, 1961-1964 18 Long Range Planning Reports, 1964-1969 18 Newsletters of F & CA, 1964-1969 18 Comprehensive Neighborhood Service Center Health Service, 1965-1966 18 Neighborhood Service Project I, Louisville and Jefferson Co., 1967 18 Parkhill Community Committee, 1965 18 Senior House, 1967-1968 18 Financial Assistance Reports, 1967 "Historical A-Z" Many of these files are tagged with a sticker "Historical Information." I have listed the first 1/2 dozen. History of Children's Agency and FSO (pamphlet "75 years..." also a ts copy of History of F & CA by H. Schaars, 6/11/68) 19, 20 History of FSO 19, 20 Bylaws - Children's Protective Assoc., Children's Bureau, Children's Agency 19, 20 Children's Agency Merger and FSO 19, 20 Children's Agency expenditures and Income reports, 1929-1958 Newsletters, 1933-1958 (from out of state agencies) Miscellaneous 20 Board Membership Card file, 1884-1957 (1 box) 20 Annual Meeting mailing list, 1952-1954 (1 box) (which agency?) 23 Charts Used in Annual Meeting 3/15/66 20 Slides - Staff in 1958 Discards from "People with Problems" 20 "United Appeal" 3 16mm movie reels 20 Photographs unboxed Exhibit material 23 Scrapbook - Family Welfare Association of America, ca. 1930 - Publicity material for member agencies 20 Publications - Agency Publications Handouts 21 University of Chicago Thesis Bernice W. Ellis: The History of the Family Service Organization of Louisville, Kentucky, 1884-1939; 1941. no number Kent School Theses (1 box and list) no number Mrs. Laird. Papers. RG: 198 (2 boxes)