Description
The Angel City Chapter of Links, Inc.
was founded in Los Angeles in February 1963 by ten Links, Inc. members who moved to Los
Angeles from other parts of country. The Angel City Chapter has supported community-based
institutions by sponsoring fund raising events, educational awareness projects and related
benefits. The collection includes a variety of awards, certificates, club handbooks,
ephemera, flyers, historical notebooks and summaries, invitations to functions, membership
profiles, membership lists, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and
programs.
Background
Links, Inc., an African-American women's and family organization that works for the
educational needs of children and young adults, has more than 274 chapters nation-wide with
over 12,000 members. Other attendant organizations are the "Connecting Links," and
"Heir-O-Links." The Los Angeles Chapter, also called the Angel City Chapter, was founded in
February 1963 by ten transfer members who moved to Los Angeles from various chapters
throughout the country.
Restrictions
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Availability
The collection is open for research use.