ContentsScope and Contents of the Collection Organization of the Collection
Series 1. Administration 1922-1969 Series 3. Financial Records and Scrapbooks 1945-1968 |
Northampton Community Chest Records, 1922-1969Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Anneliese Ostendarp.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
Administrative InformationProcessed by Anneliese Ostendarp, June 1985. Preferred CitationCite as: Northampton Community Chest Records (MS 52). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Historical NoteIn 1922, the Northampton Chamber of Commerce retired from its leadership in the local Community Chest, and a separate Northampton Community Chest Association was established. The Community Chest sought the federation of non-sectarian social service agencies doing welfare work in Northampton, Massachusetts, for the raising of funds necessary to carry on the work of their several agencies. The Community Chest Association continued its work until 1933 when four of six agencies withdrew from the Chest. The Community Chest Board then recommended that the Council of Social Agencies serve in the Chest's former capacity and it briefly disbanded. In 1936, however, the Community Chest resumed its work. The Chest frequently did not meet its campaign goals; public apathy and ignorance of the Chest's purpose were reasons often cited for the failures. Public confidence in the Chest was greatly weakened by a theft of funds from the Chest Office in 1957. The Board minutes reflect an interest in joining the United Fund as early as 1955, but that decision was deferred until 1969, when the Northampton Community Chest association reincorporated as the Hampshire United Fund, Inc. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionRecords consist of constitution and by-laws, Board of Directors membership lists, minutes, annual reports, campaign reports, ledgers, annual meeting planning documents, scrapbooks, and newsclippings. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into three series:
Return to the Table of Contents Series 1. Administration 1922-1969Includes minutes of the Community Chest Association (1922-1934, 1954-1969). Minutes were kept annually and include some correspondence, campaign reports, and committee reports. Annual Meeting/Dinner materials (1961-1965) include minutes of that meeting, presidents' reports, and correspondence concerning dinner and arrangements. Annual Reports (1949-1967), photocopied, summarize the Chest's activities of the year including campaign results and agency disbursements. Agency Allocations (1967-1969) include agency budgets and requests as well as Budget Committee minutes, notes, and final allocations. Series 2. Reports 1940-1964Campaign analyses (1940-1943, 1964) made by outside agencies. The reports include campaign results by committee (residence, mercantile, industry, school, and institution), committee members, campaign expenses, and conclusions and recommendations. Series 3. Financial Records and Scrapbooks 1945-1968The first sub-series, Financial Records, consists of four scrapbooks (1945, 1956-1962). The scrapbooks contain Community Chest Campaign newspaper clippings. The second sub-series is comprised of ledgers (1958-1968). Divided into two sub-series. Series 1. Administration 1922-1969
Series 3. Reports 1940-1964
Series 3. Financial Records and Scrapbooks 1945-1968
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