COMMUNITY SERVICES Council OF
(Mss
34)
Inventory
Earl K.
Long Library
Revised
August 20000
Contents
Summary
Series
Descriptions
Container
List
Index
Terms
Procedures
for Requesting Special Collections Materials
Summary
Size: 90 linear
feet
Geographic
locations: Greater
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-1973
Summary: Through
the combined efforts of the New Orleans Association of Commerce and several
private local service agencies, the Central Council of Social Agencies was organized
in 1921 to provide uniform standards and practices that would, in turn, result
in greater cooperation among its member agencies. During its existence (1921-1973), the Council
underwent several changes in organization and in name. Beginning in 1924, it was listed in reports
and in correspondence as the “Central Council of Social Agencies” and as the
“Council of Social Agencies.” In 1958
the name was changed to “Social Welfare Planning Council” and in 1971 to
“Community Services Council, Inc.” Materials in the collection have been placed
in series under the existing agency name when the documents were
generated. Separate series have been
created for member agencies and subject files.
Related
collections: Community Services Council of Jefferson Collection (Mss 44)
Source: Gift, 1973
Access: No
restrictions
Copyright: Physical
rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library,
Citation: Community
Services Council of New Orleans Collection, Louisiana and Special Collections,
Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
Series Descriptions
Subseries I.1: Council of Social
Agencies (1921-1958)
Subseries I.2: Social Welfare Planning
Council (1958-1971)
On
the occasion of its thirty-fifty anniversary, the organization issued a
commemorative booklet entitled Benchmarks Through Three and A Half Decades:
1921-1956, in which most references to the agency appeared as “Council of
Social Agencies.” As a consequence the
first series in the collection will appear under this name, and will include
materials produced under both names by the agency from 1921 through 1958.
Content
of Series I includes but is not limited to annual reports; minutes, reports,
and correspondence of Board of Directors; committee minutes and reports; and
financial reports.
Series II. Social Service Agencies
Series
II contains materials generated by or pertaining to 372 specific agencies. A few examples are the Association for
Retarded Children, Bureau of Governmental Research, Camp Fire Girls, and Lafon
Home of the Holy Family.
Series III. Subject Files
Series
III contains materials pertaining to 36 subjects of interest to Community
Services of New Orleans. Topics include
but are not limited to aging, child welfare, mental retardation, and urban
renewal.
Series IV. Publications
Subseries IV.1: Pamphlets, Reports, Studies,
Theses
Subseries IV.2: Reprints and Photocopies
Subseries IV.3: Speeches
Series V. Visual and Audio Materials
Subseries V.1: Photographs
Subseries V.2: Film
Subseries V.3: Audio Tapes
Container List
Series
I. Community Services Council of
Subseries
I.1: Council of Social Agencies
(1921-1958)
34-1 Act
of Incorporation, Bylaws, Charters
Act
of Incorporation of the General Council of Social Agencies of New Orleans, July
7, 1921; Charter of Council of
Social Agencies, [19--]; redraft of charter, November 11, 1946; redraft of Bylaws
of Council of Social Agencies, and a copy of “Council Purposes As Defined
in Charter,” [19--]
(See also “Council of Social
Agencies—Background Information,” “Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting,” and “Research
Department,” “Board of Directors— Minutes of meeting held on June 18, 1959”)
Advisory
Committee to the Juvenile Court of Orleans Parish
Minutes
of meetings, correspondence, membership lists, newsclippings
34-2 1958-1962
(See also “Committee on Detention
Facilities”)
Agreement
Between the Community Welfare Council of Jefferson and The Council of Social
Agencies of Greater New Orleans (3 copies)
34-3
(See also “Community Welfare Council of
Jefferson” in Series II, Social Service Agencies and Committees)
Annual
Reports (6 folders)
34-4 1926-1927;
1930-1931; 1932-1933; 1933-1934; 1934-1935; 1935-1936; 1936-1937
34-5 1940;
1940-1941 (President's Report); 1940-1941; 1941-1942 (2 copies); 1942-1943; 1943-1944
(President's Report)
34-6 1945-1946;
1946-1947; 1949-1950; 1949-1950 (President's Report)
34-7 1950-1951
(2 copies); 1952-1953 (2 copies)
34-8 1954-1955
(enclosures); Supplement to Annual Report for 1955-1956
34-9 1957-1958;
1958-1959 (2 copies)
Board
of Directors (13 folders)
Included
are minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports.
34-10 1947
34-11 1948
34-12 1949
34-13 1950
34-14 1951
34-15 -
34-16 1952
(2 folders)
34-17 1953
34-18 1954
34-19 1955
34-20 1956
34-21 1957
34-22 1958,
1958/59
Budget
Committee
(See “Financial Reports—Finance
Committee, Budget Committee”)
Brief
Study of the Unmarried Mother Problem in
34-23 A
study produced by the Central Council of Social Agencies, June 1929
34-24 Child
Welfare Section
Annual
Reports
1938-1939;
1939-1940 (2 copies); 1940-1941; 1941-1942; 1942-1943; 1943-1944 (2 copies);
1944-1945 (2 copies).
34-25 Miscellaneous
Reports
1939
(See also “Family and Child Welfare Division,”
“Committee on Child Care,” and reports
on “Child Welfare Agencies”; Series II, Social Service Agencies)
34-26 Christmas
Bureau
Annual
Reports
1953,
1954
(See also “United Fund 1970” in Series
II, Social Service Agencies)
34-27 Civilian
Defense Volunteer Office
Reports,
correspondence, organizational chart
[19--],
1943
(See also “Community Volunteer Services”)
Civilian
Defense Volunteer Office
Referral
Office
Annual
Report
34-28 1943-1944
Committee
of Community Chest Member Agencies (5 folders)
Included
are minutes of meetings, correspondence, and reports
34-29 1954
34-30 1955
34-31 1956
34-32 1957
34-33 1958
Committee
of 15 and Committee to Explore Council Role in Budgeting and Overall Relation of
Council with United Fund
Included
are minutes of meetings, correspondence, and reports for both committees, as
well as organization charts, charters, and articles of incorporation for both
the United Fund of Greater New Orleans Area (1956 revision) and the Community
Chest (1950)
34-34
[19--], 1953-1958
Committee
on Alcoholism for Greater New Orleans, Inc.
Included
are organizational charts for the committee and for the Clinic for the
Diagnosis and Treatment of Alcoholism.
Copies of the Articles of Incorporation of the Council of Alcoholism in
Greater New Orleans Area (1958, 1960) and minutes of meetings, correspondence
and reports.
34-35 1958-1962
Committee
on Bedside Nursing of the Indigent Sick
Included
are minutes of meetings, correspondence and reports.
34-36 1959
34-37 Committee
on Care of Feeble-Minded Children
Report
(2 copies)
34-38 Committee
on Child Care
Report
[ca.
1929]
34-39 Committee
on Community Resources
Membership
Roster
1938-1939
34-40 Committee
on Detention Facilities
Reports
[19--],
1949
34-41 Committee
on Emotionally Disturbed Children