United Way

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the papers of Jane Heckman from 1940 to 2010.  Papers include minutes, committee records, administrative files, publicity and audio-visual files from the West Suburban Area YWCA; as well as meeting minutes and booklets from OWL (the Older Women’s League) of DuPage County, meeting minutes, correspondence, and printed material from other organizations in DuPage County, printed material from Barnard College, and personal correspondence.  The collection documents Jane...

Scope and Contents Organized to discover human needs, to plan for the meeting of such needs, to bring about and maintain improved policies, standards, and methods of social work, to develop team work in the conduct of social work activities, and to create intelligent public opinion concerning problems of welfare, the Rockford Council of Social Agencies helped area citizens in a variety of ways. This collection, only a small part of the records generated by the council, gives some insight into the...