Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Central Area, The Links, Inc. archives
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Central Area, The Links, Inc. archives
- Identifier
- BMRC.HARSH.CENTRAL_LINKS
- Repository
- Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 7.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1952-2004
- Creator
- Links, Inc. Central Area.
Historical note
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of 12,000 professional women of color in 270 chapters located in 42 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Under the leadership of Area Director Teree Caldwell-Johnson, The Central Area has 70 chapters located in 14 states with 3,109 members.
Scope and Contents note
The archives include correspondence, minutes, programs, chapter histories, photographs and audiovisual materials.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 September 1 by Bergis Jules.