Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic as follows: administrative files, meeting and committee records, individual and group records, financial records, theses, scrapbooks, and bound financial records. The collection consists of 26 boxes and 10 volumes.

Date Acquired: 04/26/1967

Subjects: Children with social disabilities -- Services for., Community Chest of New Orleans., Junior League of New Orleans., Nutrition -- Louisiana., Orleans Neighborhood Centers (New Orleans, La.), Recreation centers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Women -- Societies and clubs -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.

Forms of Material: Administrative records., Ledgers (account books), Minutes., Photographs., Receipts (financial records)

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of administrative files, surveys, photographs and negatives, clippings, pamphlets, meeting materials, budgets, financial records, ledgers, committee reports, case records, group records, theses, scrapbooks, and receipt books. These materials document the expansion of the Junior League of New Orleans' philanthropic children's program to the point that the organization could no longer support it, causing it to be turned over to the State of Louisiana as the Orleans Neighborhood Centers. The agency decentralized its program throughout the city, organizing children's programs in local facilities.

Biographical Note

On 1927 October 24, the Junior League of New Orleans, Incorporated, established a nutrition center at 111 Royal Street to distribute milk to underprivileged children and to instruct parents in child care and diet. In 1931, responding to community needs, a nursery school, arts and crafts classes, athletics, et cetera were added to the program and the name changed to the Junior League Community Center which relocated to 814 Bourbon Street. By 1937 the program had expanded so much that the Junior League felt it could no longer support it. It was thus turned over to the Community Chest. A separate board was formed and it was chartered by the State of Louisiana as Orleans Neighborhood Centers. In 1934 the agency, responding to a study of recreation needs, decentralized its programs throughout the city, organizing children's groups in local facilities as requests came in. In 1953 the emphasis of the agency shifted to working with children with special needs.

Subject/Index Terms

Children with social disabilities -- Services for.
Community Chest of New Orleans.
Junior League of New Orleans.
Nutrition -- Louisiana.
Orleans Neighborhood Centers (New Orleans, La.)
Recreation centers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Women -- Societies and clubs -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Boxes 9-23 may contain sensitive information and therefore researchers must agree to neither record nor reveal any personally-identifying information of clients.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Orleans Neighborhood Centers.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Orleans Neighborhood Centers records, Manuscripts Collection 403, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 5: General statistical data (meeting places, membership, census, board meetings); printed pamphlets; old forms; requests for service; camp

59 folders

1 scrapbook

Tulane University Special Collections