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UA 46/002 Greenville County Council for Community Development (GCCCD) Records, 1936-1941

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Contents List

Series 1, Administrative

Box 1.

Folder 1. Initial Grant Proposal – March 23, 1936

Folder 2. Annual Report (first), 1936-37 (2 copies)

Folder 3. Annual Report (second), 1937-38 (3 copies)

Folder 4. Annual Report (third), 1938-39 (2 copies)

Folder 5. Annual Report (fourth), 1939-40 (2 copies)

Folder 6. Reports – Negro Housing in Metropolitan Greenville, 1938

Folder 7. Reports – Services to Negroes of Greenville County in Health and Social Welfare, 1938

Folder 8. Reports – Survey of the Organization and Administration of GCCCD, 1937

Folder 9. Announcements and Newsflashes, 1938-40 and undated

Folder 10. Articles of Procedure, undated

Folder 11. Continuation Council, 1940-41

Folder 12. Correspondence – Favret, L.M., 1936-39

Folder 13. Correspondence – Geer, B.E., 1937-40

Folder 14. Correspondence – General Education Board, NYC, 1939-41

Folder 15. Correspondence – Hayne, Dr. J. Adam, 1936-40

Folder 16. Correspondence – Hollis, L.P., 1938-40

Folder 17. Correspondence – Loomis, C.B., 1936-41

Folder 18. Correspondence – Nowell, Wendell A., 1937-38

Box 2

Folder 19. Correspondence – Nowell, Wendell A., 1939

Folder 20. Correspondence – Nowell, Wendell A., 1940-41

Folder 21. Correspondence – Peterson, Verd, 1939

Folder 22. Correspondence – Plyler, John L., 1938-40

Folder 23. Correspondence – Zehmer, Dr. George B., 1940-41

Folder 24. Correspondence – Southeastern Regional Conference, 1938

Folder 25. Council Meetings, 1936-37

Folder 26. Council Meeting, 26 January 1938

Folder 27. Council Meeting, 11 May 1938

Folder 28. Council Meeting, 5 October 1938

Folder 29. Council Meeting, February 1939

Folder 30. Council Meeting, May 1939

Folder 31. Council Meeting, November 1939

Folder 32. Council Meeting, March 1940

Folder 33. Greenville County Information

Box 3

Folder 34. Mailing lists

Folder 35. Mailing list (transcribed from addressograph plates)

Folder 36. Map – Dependent Children in Greenville

Folder 37. Organizational chart

Folder 38. Planning documents, 1936-38

Folder 39. Purpose statements and program descriptions, undated

Folder 40. Purpose statements and program descriptions – slide show

Folder 41. Questions and Answers Concerning GCCCD, undated

Folder 42. South Carolina Statistics, undated

Folder 43. Staff assignments, undated

Folder 44. Staff meetings minutes, 1938-39

Folder 45. Staff reports of activities, 1936-41  

Series 2, Financial

Box 4

Folder 1. Budgets and Budget Proposals, 1936-41

Folder 2. Correspondence, 1938-41

Folder 3. Financial Statements, 1936-41

Folder 4. Receipts and Disbursements, 1938-39

Series 3, Committees

Box 5

Folder 1. Character Building, 1939

Folder 2. Education, 1938

Folder 3. Executive, 1936-40

Folder 4. Executive Committee, 1937-40

Folder 5. Executive Committee – Budget Committee

Folder 6. Greenville County Teachers Newsletter, 1941

Folder 7. Interracial Cooperation, 1937-39 (1 of 2)

Folder 8. Interracial Cooperation, 1937-39 (2 of 2)

Folder 9. Negro Council, 1938-41

Folder 10. Recreation, 1937-39

Folder 11. Rural Life, 1937-38

Folder 12. Social Welfare

Folder 13. Youth and Marriage, 1940-41

Series 4, Gordon Blackwell

Box 6

Folder 1. Correspondence, 1937-40 (1 of 2)

Folder 2. Correspondence, 1937-40 (2 of 2)

Folder 3. Economics of the South

Folder 4. Introduction to Sociology

Folder 5. Methods of Research in Social Science

Folder 6. Practical Rules for Mental Health

Folder 7. Rural Sociology

Folder 8. Social Problems

Series 5, Laura Smith Ebaugh

Box 7

Folder 1. Clippings, 1936-40

Folder 2. Writings and Talks

Folder 3. Reports

Folder 4. Correspondence – University of Chicago, 1938

Folder 5. Correspondence – “A Layman’s Program for Peace,” 1944

Folder 6. Correspondence – National Youth Administration, 1935-37

Folder 7. Correspondence, 1938-41, undated

Series 6, Activities and Projects

Box 8

Folder 1. General, 1937-49

Folder 2. General, 1936-37 (folder 1)

Folder 3. General, 1936-37 (folder 2)

Folder 4. General, 1937-41

Folder 5. General, 1937-37

Folder 6. Adult Education, 1939-40

Folder 7. Arts and Crafts, undated

Folder 8. Childcare, undated

Folder 9. Berea Community, 1949-41

Folder 10. Citizen’s Education Center – Course Schedules, 1939-41

Folder 11. Citizen’s Education Center, 1938

Folder 12. Citizen’s Education Center, 1939 (folder 1)

Box 9

Folder 13. Citizen’s Education Center, 1939 (folder 2)

Folder 14. Citizen’s Education Center, 1940-41

Folder 15. Citizen’s Education Center, undated

Folder 16. Club leaders, Greenville, 1939

Folder 17. Community Development Workshop, 1941

Folder 18. Cotton Discussion Groups, 1937 (1 of 3)

Folder 19. Cotton Discussion Groups, 1937 (2 of 3)

Folder 20. Cotton Discussion Groups, 1937 (3 of 3)

Folder 21. Council of Church Women

Box 10

Folder 22. Council of Social Agencies, 1936-40

Folder 23. County Health Project, Mrs. Rosa H. Clarke, 1937-40

Folder 24. County Material Bureau, 1938-40

Folder 25. Drama, 1939-40

Folder 26. Economics, 1938

Folder 27. Education, 1938-41 (folder 1)

Folder 28. Education, 1938-41 (folder 2)

Folder 29. Education, 1937-38

Folder 30. Ellen Woodside Area Council, 1939

Folder 31. Family Welfare Society, 1937-39

Folder 32. Farm Economics, 1938-39

Folder 33. Flowers, 1937-39

Folder 34. Fountain Inn Negro Adult College, 1937-38

Folder 35. Formal Education, 1937

Folder 36. Greer Area Council, 1938-39

Folder 37. Greer Citizens Education Center, 1939  

Box 11

Folder 38. Health, 1936-40 (1 of 3)

Folder 39. Health, 1936-40 (2 of 3)

Folder 40. Health, 1936-40 (3 of 3)

Folder 41. Housing Conditions Scrapbook, undated

Folder 42. Jonesville Community Club, 1940

Folder 43. Jordan Area Council, 1938-41 (1 of 2)

Folder 44. Jordan Area Council, 1938-41 (2 of 2)

Box 12

Folder 45. Ku Klux Klan (monitoring), 1937

Folder 46. Leisure Time, 1937

Folder 47. “Live-At-Home,” 1939-42

Folder 48. Local Charities, undated

Folder 49. Loomis, C.B., 1937-39

Folder 50. Lyon, Dr. Ralph M., 1937-38

Folder 51. Mauldin Community Council, 1939-40

Folder 52. Metropolitan Park Association, 1938

Folder 53. Mitchell, Dr. N. P., 1937-39

Folder 54. Mountain View Area Council, 1938

Folder 55. Mountain View Project, 1938-39

Folder 56. Music Program, 1938

Folder 57. Negro Council, R.D. Johnson, coordinator, 1938-40

Folder 58. Negro Teachers, 1936-41

Folder 59. Negro Urban Housing, undated

Folder 60. Oak Lawn Farm Security Council Health Committee, 1939

Folder 61. Parent-Teacher Association, 1937-39

Folder 62. Parker District Planning Board, 1940

Folder 63. Parker Peoples’ College, 1937-41

Folder 64. Population Distribution, Greenville County, undated

Folder 65. Reading Institute, 1939-40

Folder 66. Recreation, 1938-40 (1 of 2)

Box 13

Folder 67. Recreation, 1938-40 (2 of 2)

Folder 68. Religious Education, 1938

Folder 69. Rural Elementary Schools, 1938

Folder 70. St. Albans Community Association, 1940

Folder 71. Services in Health and Social Welfare, 1938

Folder 72. Simpsonville Project, 1938-41 (1 of 2)

Folder 73. Simpsonville Project, 1938-41 (2 of 2)

Folder 74. Social Welfare and Health Expenditures in Metropolitan Greenville, 1936 – Laura Ebaugh and Gordon Blackwell

Folder 75. South Carolina bibliography, undated

Folder 76. Southeastern Regional Conference on Adult Education and Cooperation, 1940

Folder 77. Southeastern Workshop in Community Development, 1941

Folder 78. Southern Regions: A Six Week Study Group (Gordon Blackwell)

Folder 79. Statewide Community Development Proposal for SC, undated

Folder 80. Student Leadership (Furman), 1937-40

Folder 81. Summer Demonstration School, 1941

Folder 82. Summer Demonstration School – Enrollers, 1941

Folder 83. Taylors Homestead Project, 1938

Folder 84. Taxation Study Group, 1938

Folder 85. Welcome Community, 1938-40

Folder 86. Youth Council, 1938-39

Folder 87. Youth Survey, 1938-41

Series 7, Visual Material

Box 14

Folder 1. GCCCD Photographs (small)

Folder 2. GCCCD Photographs (medium)

Folder 3. GCCCD Photographs (large)

Box 15

• 32 lantern slides