Mission Neighborhood Centers records, bulk approximately 1926-1972 (bulk 1958-1972)

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Summary

Title:
Mission Neighborhood Centers records
Dates:
bulk approximately 1926-1972 (bulk 1958-1972)
Creators:
Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc., San Francisco
Abstract:
The records of Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc., a social service organization in San Francisco, from its founding in 1958 until 1972. Also some records from predecessor organizations dating back to 1941.
Extent:
55 linear feet (41 cartons, 2 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 cardfile box, 1 oversize folder)
Language:
English and Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mission Neighborhood Centers records, BANC MSS 73/101 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists primarily of a large alphabetical subject file documenting the work of Mission Neighborhood Centers and some of its predecessor organizations from approximately 1941 until 1972 (with the bulk of materials dating after 1958). Included in the subject file are administrative records of Mission Neighborhood Centers as well as files on topics ranging from education to urban renewal to welfare. Also included in this subject file are records created by and about various other social welfare and neighborhood organizations working in the Mission District and throughout San Francisco. Also included in the collections are clippings and clippings scrapbooks.

Biographical / historical:

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. is a non-profit, non-sectarian community services center formed in San Francisco in 1958 from the merger of the Good Samaritan Community Center, the Precita Valley Community Club Hall Association, and the Mission Community Center.

The Good Samaritan Community Center was established in 1922 as an independent social agency, though its roots lay in the the Good Samaritan Mission, founded by San Francisco Episcopalians in 1894. The Mission Community Center was, until 1942, The Girls Club. It was founded in 1896 by Rachael Wolfsohn and incorporated as a non-profit agency in 1910. By the early 1940s, The Girls Club had re-evaluated its mission, decided to provide services to a wider range of children and adults, and changed its name to the Mission Community Center. The Precita Valley Community Club Hall Association was a neighborhood association founded in 1921.

The founding goal of Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. was to create better and more integrated social services for residents of San Francisco's Mission District. The organization worked with Mission residents through individual counselling services, group activities, and neighborhood organization and action. Mission Neighborhoods Centers, Inc. was, during its first decade, affliliated with the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, the National Conference of Social Welfare, the California Conference of Social Work, the Department of Christian Social Relations of the Episcopal Diocese of California, the San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Association, the San Francisco Boys Work Association, the Mission Youth Council, and the United Community Fund.

Acquisition information:
The Mission Neighborhood Centers records were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. in 1972-1973.
Processing information:

Processed by Lara Michels in February 2015.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Lara Michels
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2015-03-02 16:46:41 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mission Neighborhood Centers records, BANC MSS 73/101 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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