African American women social reformers

Scope and Content The records of the Neighborhood Union Collection include correspondence, speeches, financial reports, minutes, committee reports, news clippings, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and additional memorbilia preserving a rich legacy and history of one of the earliest private social welfare organizations founded by African American women in Atlanta. The collection reveals much about its founder, Lugenia Burns Hope and the interrelationships of social service agencies and pioneers in this field...

Scope and contents

This collection is a set of 32 black-and-white photographs on paper, depicting predominantly African American queer writers and artists. The collection spans from 1987 to 2001. All photographs were donated by Jonathan Silin, Giard’s life partner.