The Magnet of the South End, 1970

This series documents the Development Office's efforts to raise funds for operations and programs from foundation, corporate, and individual sources. Major donors include the Boston Foundation, Associated Grantmakers, the Hyams Foundation, Polaroid Corporation, State Street Bank, Newsboy Reading Room, Coolidge Fund, United Way, Eli Goldston, the Riley Foundation, and the Boston Globe Foundation. The series also documents the Development Office's involvement in applying for grants and its relationship with the Camp Hale Alumni Association. In addition, this series documents the history of the South End House and the settlement house movement, and contains biographical information on people associated with United South End Settlements, including members of the Board of Directors and residents of the South End. The proposal for the creation of a cultural arts center in the South End and the proposed Allan Crite Museum are also documented.

Records include proposals and grant awards; obituaries of former directors and members of the Board of Directors, such as Rosamond Lamb, Melnea Cass, John Kingman, Mildred Louise Clark, and Charles Liddell. Correspondence to and from donors, funders, the executive director of United South End Settlements; members of the Board of Directors; Henry Newell, and F. Douglas Cochrane is included. Research notes on the history of the South End, Hale, Lincoln, and Rollins houses; Robert and Eleanor Woods; Jane Addams; and the Stone Family and their relationship with the Woods are also included.

Of interest are the Ken Brown interview, which provides background on the early years of United South End Settlements and urban renewal (Box 59); a letter announcing the discontinuation of the Resident's Program and its effect on past residents (Box 64); Helen Morton's correspondence for background information on the South End and the South End House (Box 64); and the Cultural Arts Center records, which detail the efforts of establishing such a center in the South End (Boxes 60 and 64). Also of interest are United South End Settlements involvement in the proposed establishment of the Allan Crite Museum (Box 59); the final report on the Castle Square Relocation project, which encapsulates the history of the project and United South End Settlement's role in urban renewal (Box 64); and the report United South End Settlements: a Case Study, which examines the organization using the case study approach (Box 64). Grant proposals are also located throughout Series 3, Executive Staff. Grants and contracts from public sources are located in Series 6, Business Office and Public Grants and Contracts.