San Francisco Civic Unity Committee Minutes, Nov. 9, 1944-April 24, 1946

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Summary

Title:
San Francisco Civic Unity Committee Minutes
Dates:
Nov. 9, 1944-April 24, 1946
Creators:
San Francisco (Calif.). Civic Unity Committee
Abstract:
Minutes of committee to study trends in racial prejudice and to make recommendations for improvements.
Extent:
3 folders
Language:
Minutes are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Civic Unity Committee Minutes, (SFH 742), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Minutes of committee to study trends in racial prejudice and to make recommendations for improvements. The minutes include notes on letters received and discussed by the committee but not the letters themselves.

At the first meeting (Nov. 9, 1944), the committee discussed the "Hunters Point situation," regarding the police department, Housing Authority, and African American and white residents and workers. Subsequent topics included a charge by the American Civil Liberties Union against Southern Pacific Railway of discriminating against African Americans in selling train reservations (Aug. 8, 1945); the (1943) resignation of Alice Griffith from the Housing Authority (Sept. 12, 1945); and problems confronting African American (then called Negro) physicians and surgeons and patients requiring hospitaliation (April 24, 1946).

Biographical / historical:

In the fall of 1944, Mayor Roger D. Lapham appointed a civic unity committee of sixteen members to advise the mayor in "smoothing out any dissensions which might arise because of racial tensions." Maurice Harrison served as chairperson. The volunteers met regularly in 1944 but not much in 1946. The committee went out of existence with the end of Lapham's term, at the end of 1947.

Acquisition information:
Received by library from mayor's office in 1995.
Processing information:

Processed by Tami J. Suzuki in 2023.

Arrangement:

The minutes are arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
The collection is stored on site.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Tami J. Suzuki
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-23 19:51:01 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Civic Unity Committee Minutes, (SFH 742), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
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