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NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE,
SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE
A REGISTER OF ITS RECORDS
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Part II
Prepared by
Harry G. Heiss
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 1994
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Part II of the records of the National Urban League,
Southern Regional Office, was donated to the Library of Congress
by the League in December 1983 and July 1989.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of the National Urban
League in these records and other collections in the custody of
the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or
publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference
librarian for information concerning these restrictions.
Part I of the records of the National Urban League, Southern
Regional Office, was organized in 1983. A register of Part I was
published and is available in the Manuscript Division Reading
Room.
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Readers interested in consulting any of the division's
collections are advised to write or telephone the
Manuscript Reading Room at (202) 707-5387 before visiting.
Many processed and nearly all unprocessed collections are
stored off site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve
these items for research use.
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Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 14
Approximate number of items: 12,600
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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
1919 National Urban League established a regional
office in Atlanta, Ga.
Directors:
1919-43 Jesse O. Thomas
1943-44 Franklin O. Nichols
1944-46 William Y. Bell, Jr.
1946-53 Nelson C. Jackson
1953-58 Harry L. Alston
1958-62 Mahlon T. Puryear
1962-74 Clarence D. Coleman
1974- Clarence E. Thomas
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Part II
Part II of the records of the Southern Regional Office of
the National Urban League spans the years 1900-1988, with the
bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1970-78. These
records primarily document the latter four years of Clarence D.
Coleman's tenure as regional director, 1970-74, and the first
four years of his successor, Clarence E. Thomas. Included are
correspondence, office memoranda, proposals, reports, speeches,
press releases, photographs, contracts, financial records,
organizational charts, directories, manuals, Urban League
publications and other printed matter, minutes of meetings,
awards, mailing lists, and other original and secondary
materials. The records in Part II are an addition to the records
of the Southern Regional Office that were donated to the Library
by the national office in 1966 and 1979 and processed as Part I.
Part I, covering the period 1912-79, is described in a separate
register.
The Southern Regional Office, founded in 1919, was the
oldest of the five administrative regions of the National Urban
League and encompassed the largest geographical area. Its
records comprising Part II are broad in scope, reflecting the
overall mission of the regional office to provide technical
assistance and support services to local affiliates, to organize
new Urban League affiliates, and to influence public and private
policies on issues of concern to Urban League constituents.
Through correspondence, memoranda, and reports, the records of
Part II also document the implementation of an organizational
plan for Urban League regional offices that was recommended by
the national office in a 1969 management study. For the most
part, the records of Part II illustrate the variety and expanse
of special projects undertaken by the affiliate offices of the
southern region. They are organized into an Affiliate File and a
General Office File.
The Affiliate File includes incoming and outgoing
correspondence, office memoranda, reports, financial records,
printed matter, contracts, and other records of the twenty-seven
affiliate offices of the southern region as well as records
received from some affiliates in other regions. The files
generally contain copies of publications issued by the affiliate,
financial audit records created by the national office, and
records of on-site evaluations made by the regional office staff.
Also in the Affiliate File are contract maintenance records of
local projects funded by grants from the labor education
advancement program and Comprehensive Employment Training Act
(CETA). Programming done by the affiliate offices and
represented in these files covers housing, voter education,
nutrition, career training, crime prevention, and other areas of
social concern.
The General Office File contains incoming and outgoing
correspondence, office memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings,
notes, statistical data, photographs, and printed matter.
Included are subject files on social, economic, and political
issues monitored by the regional office, such as health
education, employment training, minority contracting, disaster
relief, voter education, and community empowerment. There are
considerable records on the labor education advancement program
and the women in nontraditional jobs project. Also in the
General Office File are administrative housekeeping records, such
as mission statements, annual reports, financial records, and
some personnel material.
Photographs in the collection document programs sponsored by
the regional office and affiliate offices, including conferences,
workshops, new building dedications, alumni reunions, Equal
Opportunity Day dinners, black elected officials, and disaster
relief work. Also included are portrait photographs of officials
and staff of the Southern Regional Office, the national office,
and some affiliates. A listing of the photographs and their
locations in the collection is included as an appendix to the
register.
By 1972, during the latter years of Clarence D. Coleman's
directorship, the supervisory roles and functions of the Southern
Regional Office staff partly reflected the organizational concept
for regional offices that had been recommended by the national
office. Three functional areas had been identified:
administration, program, and project management.
The administration area encompassed general matters relating
to management of regional office personnel, budgets, conference
arrangements, office management, contracts, and public relations.
Most of the administrative functions of the Southern Regional
Office were the responsibility of Kenneth B. M. Crooks, Jr.,
deputy director. Diana A. Ellison was responsible for public
relations and fund-raising. C. Mumford was in charge of
research, and Harvey J. Kerns was responsible for new affiliate
development.
Providing programs which met the needs of local affiliates
by promoting community organization, education, and job
opportunities was the very core of the regional office's mission
and its most visible function. Under Coleman, the overall
direction of programming at the Southern Regional Office was
supervised by four assistant directors who reported to the deputy
regional director. R. Lyle was responsible for economic
development and employment. Health and welfare programs were
directed by Felton S. Alexander. Education programming was
coordinated by the deputy director, Kenneth B. M. Crooks, Jr.
The assistant director responsible for housing programs was B.
Gruber.
Project management encompassed special projects, mostly
grant-funded, that were managed by the regional office and
usually subcontracted to local affiliates for implementation.
These included the minority officers' enrollment assistance
project, Education Policy Information Center, allied health
project, Rural Development Center, minority business
opportunities project, Project Employ, and the labor education
advancement program, among others.
In October 1974, after having served twelve years as
regional director, Coleman was selected to be deputy executive
director for field operations in the Urban League's national
office in New York City. Clarence E. Thomas was appointed to be
Coleman's successor as the new southern regional director by
Urban League Executive Director Vernon E. Jordan. Thomas had
been director of the Midwest Regional Office in St. Louis since
1971, and prior to that deputy director since 1965. Records of
Thomas's tenure as regional director reflect several functional
changes and personnel reassignments to bring the regional office
further into compliance with the organizational plan that had
been recommended by the national office in 1969. Kenneth B. M.
Crooks, Jr., continued as deputy director. Reporting to him were
four assistant regional directors: Felton S. Alexander, for
health and social welfare programs; Harold E. Barrett, for
economic development and employment programs; Diana A. Ellison,
for research and communications; and Heman M. Sweatt, for housing
programs. Crooks was responsible for education programs.
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DESCRIPTION OF SERIES
Container Nos. Series
Part II
II: 1-18 Affiliate File, 1962-84, n.d.
Correspondence, office memoranda, reports,
financial records, printed matter, and contracts.
Arranged alphabetically by affiliate name and
chronologically therein.
II: 18-31 General Office File, 1900-1988, n.d.
Correspondence, office memoranda, reports,
minutes of meetings, notes, statistical data,
photographs, and printed matter. Arranged
alphabetically by name or topic and
chronologically therein.
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CONTAINER LIST
Container Nos. Contents
PART II: AFFILIATE FILE, 1962-84, n.d.
Box II: 1 Albany, Ga., 1969-78, n.d. (2 folders)
Atlanta, Ga.
1971-78 (4 folders)
Box II: 2 1979, n.d.
Austin, Tex., 1977-79
Birmingham, Ala., 1980
Broward County, Fla., 1976-78, 1984
Charlotte, N.C., 1979
Chattanooga, Tenn., 1979-83
Columbia, S.C., 1976-81, n.d. (2 folders)
Dallas, Tex.
Apr. 1977-Apr. 1978
Box II: 3 May 1978-Mar. 1979, n.d. (2 folders)
Fort Myers, Fla., 1979, n.d.
General, n.d.
Greenville, S.C., 1973-79, n.d.
Hartford, Conn., 1980
Jackson, Miss., 1977-81, n.d.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Nov. 1964, Sept. 1970-Nov. 1973
Box II: 4 Feb. 1974-Apr. 1977 (6 folders)
Box II: 5 May 1977-Oct. 1978 (7 folders)
Box II: 6 Nov. 1978-Apr. 1979, n.d. (2 folders)
Knoxville, Tenn.
Sept. 1972-Mar. 1976 (7 folders)
Box II: 7 Mar. 1976-June 1979, n.d. (8 folders)
Lexington-Fayette County, Ky.
Jan. 1976-Sept. 1977
Box II: 8 Oct. 1977-Sept. 1979, n.d. (2 folders)
Little Rock, Ark., 1975-79, n.d.
Louisville, Ky.
May 1970-June 1977 (4 folders)
Box II: 9 Aug. 1977-Jan. 1980, n.d. (4 folders)
Memphis, Tenn.
1968-74
Box II: 10 1975-78, n.d. (6 folders)
Miami, Fla.
1976-77
Box II: 11 1978-79, n.d. (3 folders)
Montgomery, Ala.
July 1971-Oct. 1976 (4 folders)
Box II: 12 Nov. 1976-Apr. 1979 (6 folders)
Box II: 13 May 1979-July 1983, n.d. (7 folders)
Box II: 14 Nashville, Tenn., 1968-79, n.d. (6 folders)
New Orleans, La.
Apr. 1974-Feb. 1977
Box II: 15 Mar. 1977-Oct. 1980, n.d. (3 folders)
Oklahoma City, Okla.
1962-75 (3 folders)
Box II: 16 1976-79, n.d. (5 folders)
Orlando, Fla., 1977-78, n.d.
Palm Beach County, Fla., 1976-79, n.d.
Box II: 17 Phoenix, Ariz., 1978
Pinellas County, Fla., 1978-79, n.d.
Raleigh-Wake, N.C., 1978-80
Tacoma, Wash., 1979-80
Tallahassee, Fla., 1972-81, n.d.
Tampa, Fla., 1974-79, n.d. (3 folders)
Tulsa, Okla.
1973
Box II: 18 1978-79
Washington, D.C., 1979
Winston-Salem, N.C., 1973-79
PART II: GENERAL OFFICE FILE, 1900-1988, n.d.
Annual reports, 1966-80
Atlanta Youth Council, Atlanta, Ga., 1978
Award, 1973
Black executive exchange program, 1980
Board of Trustees, ca. 1981
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1978
Career Training and Economic Resources Council,
1981, n.d.
Career Training and Economic Resources Department,
1980-81, n.d.
_Center for Rural Action!_ n.d.
Central file, n.d.
Central Regional Office, 1977-78, n.d.
Coleman, Clarence D., 1974-79
Community education and information seminars
project
Aug. 1971-Aug. 1972
Box II: 19 Aug. 1972-Aug. 1975, n.d. (2 folders)
Comprehensive management study, 1978
Computers, 1973-76, n.d.
Conference on Economic Development, Sparta, Ga.,
1969, n.d.
Conferences Department, 1975
Construction industry minority employment, 1970,
1977 (2 folders)
Box II: 20 Council of Urban League Guilds, n.d.
Crossword puzzle of Urban League terms, n.d.
Delegate Assemblies, 1978-81, n.d.
Directories and lists, 1978-80, 1988, n.d.
_Directory of Special Projects_, 1980
_E. D. & E. Exchange_, 1977-81 (2 folders)
_Education Notes_, n.d.
Education Policy Information Center, National
Urban League, 1972
"Elite Theory and the Urban League," 1971
Employee benefits, 1979
Employment and Training Conference, Philadelphia,
Pa., 1978
Box II: 21 Eugene K. Jones Vista Training Center, Atlanta,
Ga., 1967, n.d. (3 folders)
_Evaluation Status Report_, 1981
_Executive Office News Summary of the National
Urban League_, 1980
Fall planning session, n.d.
Family planning, n.d.
Federal Credit Union, National Urban League, 1977
Field Operations Office, 1977-79 (3 folders)
Box II: 22 Forms, 1975, n.d.
General correspondence, 1973-83, n.d. (4 folders)
Georgia Conference on Drug Abuse Education,
Atlanta, Ga., 1972
Georgia Employment and Training Council, 1978-79
_Goals, Strategies, Objectives and Action Plan
Summaries_, ca. 1980
Box II: 23 Guilds, National Urban League, 1983-85, n.d.
Health education, n.d.
Health Services Act, 1977
Internships, 1979, n.d.
Issues and answers meeting, 1977
Job Corps Center sponsorship kit, 1977-78, n.d.
Jordan, Vernon E., 1973
Labor Advisory Council, National Urban League,
1980-81, n.d.
Labor Department, 1977-80
Labor education advancement program
General, 1978-82, n.d.
Human resources industrial pre-employment
readings program, n.d.
Progress reports, 1978-80
Proposed top management system, 1980
Box II: 24 Quarterly reports, 1979-80 (6 folders)
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1968,
1977-85, n.d.
"Management Development Program for Minority
Business Persons," n.d.
Midwinter meeting, affiliate chief executive
officers and National Urban League staff, 1987
Miller, Ollie, 1974
Box II: 25 Minority business opportunity project, 1977-78
Minority contracting, 1975
Minority Economic Development: A Strategy for
Urban Survival, conference, New Orleans, La.,
1978
Minority officers enrollment assistance project,
n.d.
_Mobilizing for the Challenges of the 1980s: NUL's
Plan for the Future_, 1981
Monthly activity reports, 1978, n.d.
National Commission for Manpower Policy
fellowships program, 1977-78
National Urban League instructions (NULI), 1972-77
_The National Urban League Yesterday & Today_,
n.d.
National Youth Participant Observer Committee,
1977-78
Naval Submarine Support Base, Kings Bay, Ga.,
1981, n.d.
New Directions in Programming seminar, 1981, n.d.
_Newsletter_, National Urban League, 1978-81
Office reorganization, 1980
Project Assist, 1968
Project Employ, 1971-73, n.d.
Project manager profiles, 1978
Projections
Monthly, 1978-79
Ninety day, 1978, n.d.
Regional Forum, Atlanta, Ga., 1971-74
Box II: 26 _Research/Resource Manual for Proposal Writing_,
1974, n.d.
Review, analysis and medium range planning
session, 1972-77
Senior citizens program, 1977-78
"Services to Affiliates Report," ca. 1984
_Shaking Out Sodium Facts_, n.d.
Solidarity Day, 1981
Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy,
Clark College, Atlanta, Ga., 1978
Southern Coalition for Full Employment, 1977
Southern Regional Conference on Employment
Displacement in Education, Atlanta, Ga., 1973
Southern Regional Conference on Revenue Sharing
and Executive Reorganization, Atlanta, Ga.,
1971, n.d.
Speeches, 1973-77, n.d.
Staff meeting minutes, 1977
"A Study of Public Service Employment Client
Characteristics," n.d.
(4 folders)
Box II: 27 (2 folders)
Systems change, 1969-70, n.d.
TAR recapitulation forms, 1978
Taylor, Hobart, 1965
Teenage Unemployment Conference, Miami Beach,
Fla., 1978
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority
General, 1975-80, n.d.
Notebook, 1977-80, n.d. (4 folders)
Texas Career Conference, Tyler, Tex., 1953-54,
n.d.
Box II: 28 Texas Conference on the Advocacy of the Young
Child, Mesquite, Tex., 1972
Tornado disaster, 1974
Training, 1977-82, n.d. (3 folders)
Transregional Training Conference, Lexington, Ky.,
1979-80
_Urban League News_, 1974, n.d.
Urban League Sunday, 1984-87, n.d.
Voter education, ca. 1980
Wheeler, Mittienel L., testimonial banquet, 1971
Whitney M. Young, Jr., Memorial Foundation,
New York, N.Y., 1980
Women in nontraditional jobs
1976 (2 folders)
Box II: 29 1977-80 (6 folders)
Box II: 30 1981, n.d.
Work incentive/public service employment program
1973-75 (6 folders)
Box II: 31 Undated
Young, Whitney M., 1971, n.d.
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