Series 7: Related non-government agencies, 1945-1957, bulk

Correspondence between BCSP staff and various faculty and staff members at Brooklyn College reveal the close relationship between the two, as BCSP staff were recruited to speak to students on topics relating to community organization and social work, as well as encouraging students to be involved as volunteers (see General correspondence, 1945-57). Louise Simsar, Executive Secretary of BCSP served on the College's Advisory Placement Committee (see committee correspondence, 1948-56), which explored vocational opportunities for college students in business and professional fields, especially the increased need for employees in service occupations. Also included are press clippings and several Brooklyn College publications.

The Brooklyn Public Library was a member of BCSP, and collaborated with BCSP on projects for the Puerto Rican community; a directory of summer recreation services; and a bibliography of books and materials for new social service workers entitled "Getting acquainted with Brooklyn." Correspondence includes letters about and minutes of the Committee for Brooklyn Public Library Week (1953), and acknowledgments for BCSP publications contributed to the library. Also included are press clippings and several BPL publications and flyers.

Organized in 1936-37, the Greater New York Fund (GNYF) began operation in 1938, and served to solicit contributions from businesses and employee groups for distribution to over four hundred New York City health and welfare agencies, including voluntary hospitals, services for children and the aged, and health care services. This subseries includes a report on tentative plans for the founding of the Fund (1937); correspondence with BCSP regarding GNYF activities, fundraising and contributions from BCSP (1946-57); sample applications for participation in the fund, press clippings, and GNYF pamphlets, flyers and newsletters. A 1948 GNYF report of the Sub-Committee to Study the Problem of Imbalance of Services in New York with Special Reference to Borough Imbalance, includes detailed statistical and census information on population, socio-economic status, housing, economic factors, health care, children's services, delinquency, and education. Also included are reports on the distribution of family services, health care services, group work and recreation services, the care of children, and services for the aged.

Founded 1910, the Urban League of Greater New York, was an affiliate of the National Urban League, the oldest and largest American interracial social service agency. It was a member of the Welfare and Health Council of New York City and a participant in (i.e., funded by) the Greater New York Fund. The Urban League's stated mission was to win equal opportunity for all Americans in employment, housing (it opposed slum clearance and housing projects), education, and health and welfare services. Its programs were historically centered on African-Americans; during the period covered here, it began to expand its programs to include Puerto Ricans as well. The material in this subseries includes correspondence and related material regarding BCSP's participation in Urban League programs including the Urban League's Group Work Advisory Committee (1947-49), and the Brooklyn Coordinating Committee on Fair Housing (1956-57), which advocated the New York State Metcalf-Baker bills and housing desegregation. Also included are press clippings, and Urban League publications and newsletters.

Subseries 7.5 is comprised of files on over 250 wide ranging voluntary agencies, schools and school groups, civic associations, religious social service agencies, business and professional organizations, local chapters of national social welfare organizations, and YM/YWCAs and YM/YWHAs. Contents of the files vary, but generally include information about the organization, its purpose and programs; press clippings; and limited correspondence with BCSP. Organizations represented by more substantial files include Citizens for AllDay Neighborhood Schools; American Jewish Congress; Association for the Help of Retarded Children, Inc.; Association of American Social Workers; Brooklyn Association for Mental Hygiene, Inc.; Brooklyn Child Guidance League; Brooklyn Jewish Community Council; Brooklyn Juvenile Protection Agency; Brooklyn Museum; Brooklyn Tuberculosis and Health Association, Inc.; Citizens Committee for Children of New York City; Citizens' Housing and Planning Council of New York, Inc.; National Publicity Council for Health and Welfare Services, Inc.; New York CIO Council; Community Association of School Districts 25 and 27; and Youth for Better Citizens of Tomorrow.