- unitid
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{"value"=>"21040", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 615", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b16850786", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1945-1990", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1945/1990"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Howard Memorial Fund records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.0 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Howard Memorial Fund records document the efforts of this organization to provide financial assistance to college students in the metropolitan New York area."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Howard Memorial Fund (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Howard Memorial Fund grew out of the Brooklyn Colored Orphanage Asylum (1868). The name of the institution was changed to the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School in 1912, and closed six years later. Funds from a bequest made it possible for the establishment, in 1946, of a scholarship fund to provide assistance to Black students between the ages of fourteen and twenty years who resided in Long Island, Queens, and Brooklyn. The scholarship was to be used to prepare the students for a vocation or to secure preliminary education leading to vocational training. Most of the recipients were youth, under the care of social agencies, who needed help to continue their senior year in high school.</p> <p>In later years, the Fund has focused on aiding students seeking undergraduate college degrees, rather than high school diplomas. In keeping with its historic mission, priority is given to Black students who are orphans, in foster care, or otherwise have an economically disadvantaged background. During the 1960s-1970s, the Fund made grants to Harlem's St. Philip's Community Service Council's program to send local children to the Fresh Air Fund's camp and Friendly Town Program; today, the Howard Memorial Fund no longer supports this service.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Howard Memorial Fund records document the efforts of this organization to provide financial assistance to college students in the metropolitan New York area. There are four series: Board of Directors files, Scholarship Committee, Correspondence, and Financial records. The Board of Directors series consists of files of the board's semi-annual meetings and the annual membership meetings, 1947-1987. These files contain a great amount of financial information including lists of awardees and the amounts granted, along with reports of the Finance and Scholarship Committees. Requests for aid and reports from Harlem's St. Philip's Community Youth Center for its summer camp program can be found here. There is also correspondence between the secretary-treasurer and the board of directors and members of the Fund concerning its operation, 1958-1965.</p> <p>Student-centered files in the Scholarship Committee series include applications to the Howard Memorial Fund that discuss the students' educational, employment, and financial background; family members living at home; and letters of recommendation, 1986-1987. Other student files consist of several folders of inquiries, 1987-1990; these are categorized by possible grantees. There are copies of the letters from the Scholarship Committee informing applicants of their awards, 1968-1986, as well as a small number of letters from the applicants discussing their financial situation, and in some instances, the colleges that they are attending.</p> <p>The balance of the collection consists of financial records such as check stub books (1962-1976), accounting statements and tax forms (1961-1978), and cash and cash receipt books (1945-1976).</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Howard Memorial Fund records are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21040#c1672534'>Board of Directors files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1954-1987</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21040#c1672606'>Scholarship Committee</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1987-1990</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21040#c1672618'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1955-1965</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21040#c1672626'>Financial records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1945-1988</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection organized into four series: I. Board of Directors files; II. Scholarship Committee; III. Correspondence; and IV. Financial records.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the Howard Memorial Fund, Elizabeth Stubbs, 1997.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Janice Quinter, March 2008.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Students' application files are restricted for 100 years from the year of creation. Researchers must sign confidentiality form for access.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records, Sc MG 126, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 April 4"}
- date_start
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1945
- keydate
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1945
- date_end
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1990
- date_inclusive_start
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1945
- date_inclusive_end
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1990
- extent_statement
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6.0 linear feet (6 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Howard Memorial Fund records, Sc MG 615, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}