Voluntary Action Center Records
Scope and Content
The records relate to the Volunteer Bureau before it was reorganized as the Voluntary Action Center. Materials include correspondence, minutes, reports, scrapbooks and a 1950 film title "Volunteer Service in the City." The correspondence reflects the shift from activities centered about World War II to coordination of post war transportation and social service volunteer activities. Other records document community planning, a "Holiday Bureau," and administrative issues.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1974
Language of Materials
English
Use of Materials
Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.
Copyright
Please contact the Archivist for copyright information.
Historical Note
Voluntary Action Center and its predecessor, the Volunteer Bureau, Inc., served as a clearing house to place volunteers in St. Paul health and welfare agencies and to provide transportation, visits and services.
Extent
7 linear inches
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reports, scrapbooks and a film.
Other Finding Aid
Unpublished inventory available. Please contact Archives for more information.
Subject
- Voluntary Action Center (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Organization)
- Voluntary Action Center (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Organization)
- Volunteer Bureau, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Organization)
- Title
- Voluntary Action Center Records
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
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