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Community Chest of Metropolitan Atlanta

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Children's Center of Metropolitan Atlanta records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS616
Scope and Contents This collection contains records from Atlanta Child’s Home (ACH) and Child Service Association, Inc. (CSA) as well as the organization they merged to form, Children’s Center of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. (CCMA). There is also material from associated organizations such as Community Chest of Atlanta, Child Welfare League of America (CWL), Community Council of the Atlanta Area, and Family Counseling Center. The collection documents the merger, development of a group foster home, advocacy work,...
Dates: 1930-1976, undated

Florence Crittenton Home records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS606
Scope and Contents This collection documents the governance of the Atlanta Florence Crittenton Home. Papers include material about finances, site management, programs, and the care of women living at the home. The bulk of the papers are Board of Trustee meeting minutes, budgets, and information about the history of the organization. Also included are publications pertaining to the organization's mission; a Board of Trustees manual that contains by-laws and historic background; newsletters written and published...
Dates: 1892-1982, undated

Mrs. Preston S. (Dorothy Colquitt) Arkwright scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS264
Scope and Content

The collection is a scrapbook that primarily contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the Arkwright family. Some of the events of interest include parties at "Pinebloom" (home of the Arkwrights), presentation of portrait of P.S. Arkwright's father, and an ice storm that left Atlanta, Georgia without lights. It also includes a folder with a certificate to Preston Stanley Arkwright from the Greensboro Lions Club for services rendered to the State of Georgia, June 22, 1939.

Dates: 1917-1939

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Adoption -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Family services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Social service -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Unmarried mothers -- Services for -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Abortion -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1