Heartland Creative Community Association scrapbook collection
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Title: Heartland Creative Community Association scrapbook collection
Dates: 1971-1988
Collection Number: LMHS.0016
Creator/Collector:
Heartland Creative Community Association
Extent: 1 record carton (1 cubic foot)
Repository:
La Mesa Historical Society
La Mesa, California 91944
Abstract: The Heartland Creative Community Association is a community organization formed in 1973 from earlier efforts in El Cajon,
California to promote cultural growth, connectedness and programming in East San Diego County. Initial activities were sponsored
jointly with the Women’s Committee of the Grossmont Community Concert Association and the Grossmont College’s Office of Community
Service. The Association worked in the fields of the arts, the humanities and public service to promote greater participation
in and contributions to all those people-influenced areas and was active in this organizational configuration from 1973-1987.
Collection consists of three scrapbooks and two publications.
Language of Material: English
Scrapbooks include self-adhesive photo album pages and should be handled carefully.
Heartland Creative Community Association scrapbook collection. La Mesa Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
The Heartland Creative Community Association is a community organization formed in 1973 from earlier efforts in El Cajon,
California to promote cultural growth, connectedness and programming in East San Diego County. Initial activities were sponsored
jointly with the Women’s Committee of the Grossmont Community Concert Association and the Grossmont College’s Office of Community
Service. The Association worked in the fields of the arts, the humanities and public service to promote greater participation
in and contributions to all those people-influenced areas. The association continued a wide range of community-based cultural
activities until it a proposed reorganization was proposed at a meeting on April 20. 1987. The collection concludes with a
final membership meeting program from April 23, 1988.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of three scrapbooks: Volume 1: 1971-1977, Volume 2: 1977-1983, and Volume 3: 1983-1988 as well as
two publications: Our Challenge Our Choice from 1977 and Project Go: Case study for specialized elderly and handicapped transportation
from March 1979. Our Challenge Our Choice is the edited transcription of four town meetings co-sponsored by the California
Council for the Humanities in Public Policy and the Heartland Creative Community Association, in conjunction with Grossmont
College. Topics include transportation, breaking the racial-cultural barrier, education, and health.