MS 64 Community Service Records

Summary Information

Repository
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Creator
San Diego Community Service.
Title
Community Service Records
ID
MS 64
Date [inclusive]
1920-1931
Extent
0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Abstract
This collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and other administrative records of San Diego Community Service, a social service agency focused on recreational activities for children in the San Diego Community in the 1920s.

Preferred Citation

Community Service Records, MS 64, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

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Biographical / Historical Notes

San Diego Community Service was a social service agency devoted primarily to promoting, organizing, and operating recreational and cultural activities for children in the San Diego community. The Community Service group was involved with various associations and organizations throughout San Diego County that promoted activities for children within the community, including the San Diego City Schools. The group did many projects in conjunction with the San Diego City Schools to help promote recreational activities for children. They even employed a Drama Director, Alice Lee, to help promote drama and visual arts within the city school system

This group received most of its funding from the Community Chest, and a majority of the members of the organization held their positions on a voluntary basis.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, and other administrative records of San Diego Community Service, a social service agency focused on recreational activities for children in the San Diego Community in the 1920s. Additional administrative records include committee reports, financial documents, a list of the Board of Directors and the organization’s constitution. Correspondence includes letters between San Diego Community Service and the San Diego City Schools.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material type.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

San Diego History Center Document Collection March 28, 2017

1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Rosa Longacre on May 31, 2007

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • College Women’s Club.
  • Playground and Recreation Association of America.
  • San Diego City Schools.

Geographic Name(s)

  • San Diego (Calif.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Allen, Ella Bradford
  • Clark, Harry C.
  • Deering, Tam
  • Hastings, Edgar F.
  • Jones, Sybil
  • Lee, Alice
  • Marston, Helen
  • Morrison, William L.

Subject(s)

  • Youth–Recreation

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Collection Inventory

Box-folder
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1921-1923 1:1
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1924 1:2
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1925 1:3
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1926 1:4
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1927 1:5
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1928 1:6
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1929-1931 1:7
Correspondence, 1921 May 27 – 1924 July 29

Includes:

Meeting announcement; election outcome; employment history of Sybil Jones; office lease information; and letters from Ella B. Allen, Helen D. Marston, Alice Lee; Tam Deering, Josephine Seaman, and A. Johnson, primarily regarding board service.

1:8
Correspondence, 1925 May 13 – 1926 December 29

Includes:

Letters to and from the Community Chest; College Woman’s Club; San Diego City Schools; Playground and Recreation Association of America; Wallace Moody; Community Welfare Council; and State Teachers and Junior College.

1:9
Correspondence, 1927 January 19 – 1927 November 8 and undated

Includes:

Letters to and from William L. Morrison, Attorney; Bar Association; Harry Clark re: Playground Commission; Edgar Hastings; Sam Diego City Schools; Alice Lee to Tam Deering; and a leave of absence request.

1:10
Reports, 1923 April – 1927 January 20 and undated

Includes:

Reports of the Drama Department, Board of Directors, Entertainment Department, Secretary of the Board, and Committee on Cooperation with Schools.

1:11
Financial Documents, 1924 March 5 – 1928 November 1 and undated

Includes:

Treasurer’s report, reimbursement reports, budgets, statement of accounts due, financial statement, list of pledges, and Budget Committee report.

1:12
Miscellanea, 1923-1924 and undated

Includes:

Constitution, by-laws and resolutions; Board of Directors roster; leave of absence for Josephine Randall; invitation to recreation congress; meetings of Summer Play Center and Neighborhood Recreation Committee conference; recreation program; and a petition to develop municipal recreation.

1:13

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