Scotts Run Community Center Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0652
Scotts Run Community Center scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, attendance statistics, and a survey of families. The survey documents families inhabiting the area, indicating their nationalities, religious affiliations, and number of children. The Scotts Run Community Center, known as 'The Shack,' was started in 1928 under the auspices of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Particularly active during the height of the Depression, its organized activities included youth groups, educational seminars, ethnic forums and political and labor meetings. The Shack has been especially beneficial to the children of destitute coal miners in trying to keep them in school by providing food, clothing tutoring. Its main impact has been in trying to better the residents' economic plight ranging from education extension programs to the creation of self help industries and workshops.
English
Due to fragility of originals, use photocopy of collection.
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0.3 Linear Feet (Summary: 4 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 wrapped package, 1 in.); 1 reel of microfilm)
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