Finding Aid for the Los Angeles Urban League Records LSC.0203
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Title: Los Angeles Urban League records
Creator:
Los Angeles Urban League
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0203
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1933-1945
Abstract: The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who
attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The league gathered information about racial discrimination
against African Americans and other minorities in jobs, health services, and housing; helped develop fair employment programs
during World War II, and was active in the formation of the City Human Relations Commission. The collection consists of correspondence
and papers relating to African Americans, immigrant labor and problems of social planning in Los Angeles.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Los Angeles Urban League Records (Collection 203). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who
attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama; gathered information about racial discrimination against African
Americans and other minorities in jobs, health services, and housing; helped develop fair employment programs during World
War II, and was active in the formation of the City Human Relations Commission; membership changed from 90% black in 1970
to 40% Hispanic by the late 1990s; works in partnership with business and government to serve disadvantaged and poor people.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence and papers relating to African Americans, immigrant labor and problems of social planning
in Los Angeles. Correspondents include Ralph Bunche, and papers include Carey McWilliams' Report on importation of Negro labor
to California. Also contains forms related to the Carnegie-Myrdal study.
Online Items Available
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Economic conditions.
African Americans -- Employment -- California -- Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Urban League -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
Research headings / resources, and unidentified typescript page
undated
box 1, folder 2
Bruce, Helen E. Occupations for Negro Women in Los Angeles
1933
box 1, folder 3
Bond, Max. A Study of the Need for Housing for Negro Women and girls
1936
box 1, folder 4
Burch, Edward A. Civil Rights and the Negro
1936
box 1, folder 5
Somerville, J.A.
The Negro in California (Somerville Study)
1936
box 1, folder 6
Burch, Edward A. Change in the Outlook of the Negro Client Toward the Negro Worker
1938.
box 1, folder 7
Burger, Alice.
Negro Labor Unions in the Transportation Industry in Los Angeles
1938
box 1, folder 8
Burger, Alice. The Vocational Guidance and Training of Negro Youth in Los Angeles
1938.
box 1, folder 9
Glenn, Sollace, Harlem Artists Guild.
Survey of Number of Negro Artists Employed by the Federal Art Project [Letter only]
undated
box 1, folder 10
Evans, Roy. Negro Building and Spending Power of Los Angeles, California
undated
box 1, folder 11
O'Neal, Joseph B.
Vocation and Industry, (?).
1939
box 1, folder 12
Lamb, Bonnie Theodora. Letter to [Exploratory Committee on Negro Welfare?]
1939
box 1, folder 13
Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles. Division of Family Welfare and Adult Services Subcommittee on the Negro Community.
Findings
1940.
Container Summary: (3 copies)
box 1, folder 14
Holton, Karl. Deteriorating Zone Committee. Notes on the Negro Districts in Los Angeles ... including "Central Avenue" Area
1940
box 1, folder 15
Eastside Labor's Protective Committee [Letterhead only]
1942
box 1, folder 16
Gooden, J.E. "What can Negroes Do Themselves, in the Los Angeles Area, to Help Create a More Respectful Attitude on Part of
the White People of This Area" [questionnaire answer]
box 1, folder 17
Jones, Lillian. The Negroes of Los Angeles
undated
box 1, folder 18
Gowens, Norman C. Correspondence with Floyd Covington [Executive Director, Los Angeles Urban League] re "The Right Action,"
1944
box 1, folder 19
Houston, Norman O. Survey on Negro Business and Businessmen
1944
box 1, folder 20
Simmons, Herbert. National Urban League
1945
box 1, folder 21
Institute of Social Research. Interview and survey instructions
undated
box 1, folder 22
Miller, Loren [Survey response?]
undated
box 1, folder 23
McWilliams, Carey. Report on Importation of Negro Labor to California. Division on Immigration and Housing,
1939-1942.
box 1, folder 24
Baruch, Dorothy W. Resume and Guggenheim proposal, and related correspondence
1943-1944.
box 1, folder 25
Floyd Covington / Charles S. Johnson (Fisk University) correspondence
1940, 1942
box 1, folder 26
Covington, Floyd. Employment figures of Negroes in War Industries (letter dated April 6, 1943)
1943
box 1, folder 27
Covington, Floyd. Exploratory Survey Racial Tension Areas
1942.
box 1, folder 28
Floyd Covington / Charles Johnson (Fisk University) correspondence
1943.
box 1, folder 29
Taylor, Alfred Marie. Program Changes in Local Urban Leagues. Schedule and correspondence
1943.
box 1, folder 30
Covington, Floyd. Field Report,
Trends of Race Relations
1944.
box 1, folder 31
Floyd Covington / Charles Johnson [Fisk University] correspondence
1944-1945
box 1, folder 32
Smith, William T. <The Negro in Hollywood
undated, [1937?]
Container Summary: (2 copies)
box 1, folder 33
Floyd Covington / Carnegie Institute correspondence re The Negro in Motion Pictures
1940
box 1, folder 34
Historical Background of Negro Survey
undated
box 2, folder 1
Hart, LeRoy S. The Negro is L.A. County
undated
box 2, folder 2
"Negroes in Outstanding Positions and Who Have Achieved Much in the Several Fields of Business" (Charleston, West Virginia)--Letter
form I.J.K. Wells and nomination form
1936.
box 2, folder 4
National Urban League correspondence
1940
box 2
Carnegie-Myrdal Study
1939-1940
box 2, folder 3
Correspondence from Ralph Bunche and questionnaire
1939.
box 3, folder 3
The Carnegie-Myrdal study questionnaire
1939
The Carnegie-Myrdal study questionnaire: 1939
The Carnegie-Myrdal study questionnaire
Scope and Contents
Questionnaire sent to Mr. Floyd C. Covington on the status of the Negro in the American life. Sent by Bunche in his capacity
as staff member of the Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America.
box 38, folder 13
Letter, 1939 November 2, Washington D.C. to Mr. Floyd C. Covington, Los Angeles, California
1939 November 2
Letter, 1939 November 2, Washington D.C. to Mr. Floyd C. Covington, Los Angeles, California: 1939 November 2
Scope and Contents
Cover letter to Mr. Covington from Bunche, Staff Member, Carnegie-Myrdal Study of the Negro in America. Bunche introduces
the Carnegie Corporation which is sponsoring the survey on the status of the Negro in American life. Bunche requests that
Covington please take the time to answer the questionnaire.
box 2, folder 5
Outline and William Shapiro's Suggested Outline Negro Research Projects (California)
1940.
box 2, folder 6
Form I - Community for which report is made
1940?
box 2, folder 7
Form II - Political Activity Schedule
1940?
box 2, folder 8
Form III - Recreation & Leisure Time Schedule
undated
box 2, folder 9
Form IV - Survey of the Negro Wage Earner in Los Angeles
1940?
box 2, folder 10
Form V - Negro Business & Businesses
1940?
box 2, folder 11
Form VI - Relief and Housing
1940
box 2, folder 12
Form VII - Churches & Lodges Schedule, (?)
1940
box 2, folder 13
Form VIII - Education
1940?
box 2, folder 14
Form IX - Migration Schedule
1940?
box 2, folder 15
Form X - Racial Attitudes Schedule
1940
box 2, folder 16
Incomplete copy [of study]
1940?
