Series 1: Minutes
Subseries 1.1: BCSP minutes, 1933-1957, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This subseries is comprised of the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and the various committees of the Brooklyn Council for Social Planning from its founding in 1933 until its demise in 1957. Administrative committees include Nominating, Executive, Finance, and Membership. The various programs of the BCSP are represented in their committee minutes (See also Series 3, Program files), as well as the following committees not represented in the program files: Committee on Unattached Men (homeless men), Population Changes, Neighborhood Development, Employment Problems of Older Women, and Food Stamps. During World War II, committee activities addressed war-related issues: Committee on War Activities; Japanese-American Committee, which assisted in the adjustment of "loyal" Japanese-Americans, and assisted Japanese coming to Brooklyn according to the plans of the War Relocation Authority.
The minutes of the following committees were removed before this collection came to the Brooklyn Public Library: Puerto Rican Steering Committee meeting minutes, September 1952 - December 1957, were given to the Brooklyn Bureau of Social Service and Children's Aid Society, December 31, 1957.
Mental Hygiene Committee, June 1933 - May 1956, were given to the Brooklyn Association for Mental Health, December 31, 1957. Minutes of the committee from September 1956 - December 1957 are included in this series.
Health Careers Committee, January - April 1956, were given to the Brooklyn Tuberculosis and Health Association, December 31, 1957.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological groups as found in binders assembled by BCSP.
Subseries 1.2: Brooklyn Health Council minutes, 1934-1944, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The purpose of the Brooklyn Health Council was to bring together health agencies functioning in the community to coordinate and facilitate work, evaluate needs, initiate projects, and act as an information bureau. BCSP was a member of the Brooklyn Health Council, along with the City departments of Education, Health, Hospitals, Brooklyn Tuberculosis and Health Association, Visiting Nurse Association, and other agencies. These minutes were found with the BCSP minutes in separate binder.
