United Community Services Community Information Service Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002488
The United Community Services Community Information Service Records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports and scrapbooks from CIS and its precursor, the Central Services Department. The materials demonstrate the functions of the CIS, including its efforts to connect members of the community with social service resources, its centralized administration of UCS’ volunteer efforts, and its involvement in Tribute Fund campaigning. The collection also contains statistical data about the services provided by participating UCS agencies, mostly in the Social Statistics Project series.
Important Subjects: Community-based social services Community Information Services Detroit (Mich.) National Center for Voluntary Action Public welfare Social service--Michigan--Detroit. Student volunteers in social service United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit United Foundation (Detroit, Mich.) United States. Children’s Bureau. Social Statistics Section Volunteer workers in social service Women in charitable work
Important Names: Fraser, Evelyn M.
Series Description: Series 1: Central Services, 1936-1977, bulk 1950-1973 Series 2: Community Information Service, 1945-1986, bulk 1971-1985 Series 3: Tribute Fund, 1941-1982 Series 4: Central Volunteer Bureau Scrapbooks, 1944-1974 Series 5: Social Statistics Project Reporting Forms, 1928-1961
Important Subjects: Community-based social services Community Information Services Detroit (Mich.) National Center for Voluntary Action Public welfare Social service--Michigan--Detroit. Student volunteers in social service United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit United Foundation (Detroit, Mich.) United States. Children’s Bureau. Social Statistics Section Volunteer workers in social service Women in charitable work
Important Names: Fraser, Evelyn M.
Series Description: Series 1: Central Services, 1936-1977, bulk 1950-1973 Series 2: Community Information Service, 1945-1986, bulk 1971-1985 Series 3: Tribute Fund, 1941-1982 Series 4: Central Volunteer Bureau Scrapbooks, 1944-1974 Series 5: Social Statistics Project Reporting Forms, 1928-1961
Dates
- 1928 - 1986
- Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985
Creator
- United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
Extent
56.25 Linear Feet (30 SB, 35 transfile boxes)
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United Way Community Services in 1995, which merged with the United Way for Oakland County to become the United Way for Southeastern Michigan in 2005. UCS was an umbrella organization for a wide range of social welfare agencies in the Metropolitan Detroit area, and sought to promote social services (including child care, family, health, recreation, and community planning) through the centralized planning, coordinating, and budgeting of those agencies. The Community Information Service (CIS) Department, formerly known as the Central Services Department, was established to assist the community in making more effective use of health, welfare, and recreational resources. It served as a central source for authentic information to direct members of the community to relevant social service agencies, by the use of telephone, correspondence, or in person visits. The department also published social service resource directories and oversaw the Central Volunteer Bureau. Funding for the CIS came from the United Foundation’s annual Tribute Fund Campaign.
The United Community Services Community Information Service Records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports and scrapbooks from CIS and its precursor, the Central Services Department. The materials demonstrate the functions of the CIS, including its efforts to connect members of the community with social service resources, its centralized administration of UCS’ volunteer efforts, and its involvement in Tribute Fund campaigning. The collection also contains statistical data about the services provided by participating UCS agencies, mostly in the Social Statistics Project series.
The United Community Services Community Information Service Records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports and scrapbooks from CIS and its precursor, the Central Services Department. The materials demonstrate the functions of the CIS, including its efforts to connect members of the community with social service resources, its centralized administration of UCS’ volunteer efforts, and its involvement in Tribute Fund campaigning. The collection also contains statistical data about the services provided by participating UCS agencies, mostly in the Social Statistics Project series.
History
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United Way Community Services in 1995, which merged with the United Way for Oakland County to become the United Way for Southeastern Michigan in 2005. UCS was an umbrella organization for a wide range of social welfare agencies in the Metropolitan Detroit area, and sought to promote social services (including child care, family, health, recreation, and community planning) through the centralized planning, coordinating, and budgeting of those agencies. The Community Information Service (CIS) Department, formerly known as the Central Services Department, was established to assist the community in making more effective use of health, welfare, and recreational resources. It served as a central source for authentic information to direct members of the community to relevant social service agencies, by the use of telephone, correspondence, or in person visits. The department also published social service resource directories and oversaw the Central Volunteer Bureau. Funding for the CIS came from the United Foundation’s annual Tribute Fund Campaign.
Arrangement
Arranged in 5 series – Series 1 (Boxes 1-14), Series 2 (Boxes 14-15), Series 3 (Boxes 25-28), Series 4 (Boxes 29-30), and Series 5 (Boxes 31-65). Folders in each series are simply listed by their location within each box. They are not arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout several boxes within each series.
Acquisition
Records deposited by United Community Services primarily in 1981, 1983, and 1987.
Transfers
1 folder, “Tribute Fund Annual Meeting Photographs, 1967,” transferred to the Reuther’s Audiovisual Department.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Dallas Pillen on February 21, 2014.
Creator
- United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the United Community Services Community Information Service Records
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Processed by Dallas Pillen.
- Date
- 2014-02-21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA