John Avery Boys' Club records, 1939-1971

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Summary

Creator:
John Avery Boys' Club, Inc.
Abstract:
The John Avery Boys' Club was founded in Durham, North Carolina, in 1939. Collection comprises organizational records, primarily budget documents, but also including some letters, board meeting minutes, meeting agendas, and memoranda, dating 1939-1946. There is one letter dated 1971, regarding redevelopment of the organization's property.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet (98 items)
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11417

Background

Scope and content:

Collection comprises organizational records (48 items), primarily budget documents, but also including some letters, board meeting minutes, meeting agendas, and memoranda, dating 1939-1946. There is one letter dated 1971, regarding redevelopment of the organization's property. Originals are very brittle; preservation photocopies are available. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.

Biographical / historical:

The John Avery Boys' Club was founded in Durham, North Carolina, in 1939 when Mamie Dowd Walker, judge for Durham’s juvenile court, asked Durham’s Committee on Negro Affairs to find a solution for juvenile delinquency. A temporary Boys Club was formed that May. The following spring, the club was named in honor of John Moses Avery. It became the John Avery Boys & Girls Club at some point after 1972. In 2015, the organization became known as the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Durham, then in 2017, it was renamed the Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties.

Acquisition information:
The John Avery Boys' Club Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2017.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, March, 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2017-0028

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Boys -- United States -- Societies and clubs
Clubs -- North Carolina -- Durham
Names:
John Avery Boys' Club, Inc.
John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Places:
Youth -- United States -- Societies and clubs
Durham (N.C.) -- Societies and clubs

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[Identification of item], John Avery Boys' Club Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.