- Creator
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association
- Call number
- Sc MG 837
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet (1/2 archival box)
- Preferred Citation
- White Rose Mission and Industrial Association documents, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Location
- Sc MG 837
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit: http://archives.nypl.org/scm/request_access Request access to this collection.
White Rose Mission and Industrial Association was incorporated in 1899 in New York City. It was founded by Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907), former slave, journalist, author and social worker. The White Rose Mission was a Christian, non-sectarian social center for African-American women who migrated from the South to New York City in search of employment. It offered traveler's aid to African-American girls and women who were stranded at railway stations and the docks, and offered training for domestic service through cooking and sewing classes. The collection contains institutional and financial documents including: Presidents' annual reports, 1928-1932, 1940 prepared by Ildica E. H. Scott, President, ca. 1929-1940; expense reports, 1928-1930, 1932, 1937; bank statements, 1937-1941; gift receipts, 1930, 1932, 1940-1942; Mission event invitations, programs and guest lists, 1923-1942; membership forms and donor acknowledgments, 1923-1943; employment letters for Elizabeth Mayfield and Annie E. Johnson; reports of the residents of the White Rose Home, June 1932-January 1933; and other miscellaneous documents.
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- African American women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York
- African American women -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies and clubs
- African Americans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
- Women in charitable work -- New York (State) -- New York
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor