Guide to the Links, Inc., Angel City Chapter Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Links, Inc., Angel City Chapter Collection
Creator:
Links, Inc. Los Angeles Chapter
Identifier/Call Number: URB.LINKS
Extent:
7.16 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1962-1987
Abstract: The Angel City Chapter of Links, Inc.
was founded in Los Angeles in February 1963 by ten Links, Inc. members who moved to Los
Angeles from other parts of country. The Angel City Chapter has supported community-based
institutions by sponsoring fund raising events, educational awareness projects and related
benefits. The collection includes a variety of awards, certificates, club handbooks,
ephemera, flyers, historical notebooks and summaries, invitations to functions, membership
profiles, membership lists, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and
programs.
Language of Material: English
Historical Note:
Links, Inc., an African-American women's and family organization that works for the
educational needs of children and young adults, has more than 274 chapters nation-wide with
over 12,000 members. Other attendant organizations are the "Connecting Links," and
"Heir-O-Links." The Los Angeles Chapter, also called the Angel City Chapter, was founded in
February 1963 by ten transfer members who moved to Los Angeles from various chapters
throughout the country.
The Angel City Chapter has supported community-based institutions by sponsoring fund
raising events, educational awareness projects and related benefits. In 1987, the Angel City
Chapter sponsored its biggest fund raiser
, The Affaire d'
Honneur
(Achievers Program), at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Scope and Contents
The
Links, Inc., Angel City Chapter Collection includes
information regarding the Links international non-profit corporation, established in 1946.
The membership primarily consists of professional women of color and is one of the nation's
oldest and largest volunteer service organizations dedicated to the culture and economic
success of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The
Links, Inc., Angel City Chapter Collection includes a variety of
awards, certificates, club handbooks, ephemera, flyers, historical notebooks and summaries,
invitations to functions, membership profiles, membership lists, meeting minutes, newspaper
clippings, photographs, programs and one special event book,
The
Links, Inc. L'Affaire D'Honneur,
published in 1987. The collection is arranged in
three series:
Membership Records (circa 1979),
Chronological History (1962-1980), and
Photographs (1980-1987).
Series I,
Membership Records, contains photographs, newspaper
clippings, fund-raising invitations, certificates, member handbooks and member profiles, as
well as handwritten memos regarding the activities and personalities of the LINKS
organization. Typed and mounted synopses of activities are included in most file
folders.
Series II,
Chronological History, contains photographs,
minutes, tribues to past presidencts, and related publicity files in scrapbook form created
by the club historian. This series also contains information about LINKS' philanthropic
"Achievers Program," with photographs and corresponding newspaper clippings about the
sponsored students.
Series III,
Photographs, contains one photograph album.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: Membership Records, circa 1979
Series II: Chronological History, 1962-1980
Series III: Non-Manuscript Material, 1980-1987
Related Material
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
LINKS, Inc., Angel City Chapter, 04/23/1988.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Robert G. Marshall
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albums (Books)
Documents
Photographs
Series I: Membership Records, ca. 1979
Series II: Chronological History, 1962-1980
Box 1, Folder 5
Historical Notebook #1,
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 6
Historical Notebook #1,
1964-1969
Box 1, Folder 7
Historical Notebook #1,
1965-1966
Box 1, Folder 8
Historical Notebook #1,
1966-1967
Box 2, Folder 1
Historical Notebook #1,
1967-1968
Box 2, Folder 2
Historical Notebook #1,
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 3
Historical Notebook #1,
1969-1970
Box 2, Folder 4
Historical Notebook #1,
1970
Box 2, Folder 5
Historical Notebook #1,
1970-1971
Box 3, Folder 1
Historical Notebook #1,
1971-1972
Box 3, Folder 2
Historical Notebook,
1972-1973
Box 3, Folder 3
Historical Notebook #1,
1973-1974
Box 4, Folder 1
Historical Notebook #1,
1975
Box 4, Folder 2
Historical Notebook #1,
1975
Box 4, Folder 3
Historical Notebook #1,
1976
Box 4, Folder 4
Historical Notebook #1,
1977-1980
Box 4, Folder 5
Historical Notebook #1,
1981-1983
Box 5, Folder 1
Historical Notebook #4,
1979-1980
Box 5, Folder 2
Historical Notebook #4,
1979-1980
Box 5, Folder 3
The Links, Inc. L'Affaire D'Honneur,
1987
Box 5, Folder 4
The Links, Inc. L'Affaire D'Honneur,
1987
Box 6, Item 1
Historical Notebook #2,
1983-1984
Box 6, Item 2
Historical Notebook #3, "Achiever Program",
1982-1983
Series III: Photographs, 1980-1987
Box 7, Item 1
Photograph Album,
1980-1987
