Oakland Economic Development Council newsletter collection, 1965-1968

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Summary

Creators:
Oakland Economic Development Council (Calif.)
Abstract:
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Extent:
2 linear feet (1 oversized box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Oakland Economic Development Council newsletter collection, MS 198, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Oakland Economic Development Council Newsletter Collection consists of 12 issues of the O.E.D.C. Reporter, the monthly newsletter of the Oakland Economic Development Council published from 1965-1968. The four-page newsletter features articles, photographs, and information about the Oakland Economic Development Council’s administration and programs on jobs, job skills, health, education, head start, and housing.

Biographical / historical:

The Oakland Economic Development Council was a local agency established in 1965 to implement programs associated with the Office of Economic Opportunity and the ‘War on Poverty’ in Oakland, California. The council’s programs were funded through Office of Economic Opportunity and Ford Foundation grants and were administered at Neighborhood Service Centers in North Oakland, West Oakland, East Oakland, and Fruitvale. Programs included family planning clinics, preventative health programs, legal aid services, job training, remedial instruction, small business development, dental and eye services, head start and day care, youth employment, and emergency aid and housing for women and children.

The council was chaired by Alameda County Superior Court judge Lionel Wilson along with an executive committee consisting of: Norman Nicholson, Vice Chairman Kaiser Industries; Oakland mayor John C. Houlihan; Norman Amundson, Central Labor Council; attorney Clifford Burnhill; Bert Corona; attorney Donald McCullum; and Lorenzo Hoopes of Safeway grocery stores. The council was divided into four Target Area Advisory Committees (TAACs), which coordinated programs in four poverty target areas in West Oakland, East Oakland, North Oakland, and Fruitvale. The TACs were administered by a chairman, vice-chairmen, and elected and unelected O.E.D.C. representatives. The four TAC chairmen included Ralph S. Williams (West Oakland), Carter Gilmore / Majorie Woods (East Oakland), Gerald Leo /Willie Thompson (Fruitvale), Rev. Robert Olmstead / Olive Brackett (North Oakland), and Benjamin Perez (Spanish-speaking advisory committee).

Acquisition information:
Newspapers were collected by the West Oakland branch of the Oakland Public Library.
Processing information:

Processed by Sean Heyliger, September 7, 2016.

Arrangement:

Series I. O.E.D.C. Reporter newsletter

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish from the Oakland Economic Development Council Newsletter Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

Oakland Economic Development Council newsletter collection, MS 198, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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