World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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United Way for Southeastern Michigan Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: UR002668
Abstract
Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations that had traditionally combined fund raising efforts. The goal of the United Foundation was to further centralize those efforts, and to generate mass fund raising campaigns such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became...