Box 1

Folder 1:    History of the NAACP, handwritten drafts, no date

-notes on the history of the national NAACP written by Elaine Bartley

Folder 2:   West Chester NAACP 1981 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-Minutes of the November 21, 1981 meeting.

Folder 3:   West Chester NAACP 1982 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-Minutes of the February 18 and March 18 meetings

Folder 4:   West Chester NAACP 1983 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-Minutes of the March, November and December meetings

Folder 5:   West Chester NAACP 1984 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-Minutes of the January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, and December meetings.  Report by E.Closson on the 38^th Annual Leadership Conference held March 1984.

Folder 6:   West Chester NAACP 1985 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-January, February, July, and December meetings. 

Folder 7:   West Chester NAACP 1985-1986 Minutes of Meetings

-Handwritten notes from various meetings April 1985 to June 1986

Folder 8:   West Chester NAACP 1986 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-February, March, April, May, June, and December meetings

Folder 9:   West Chester NAACP 1987 Minutes of Regular Meetings

-January meeting (includes preparation for the February Civil Rights program)

Folder 10:  West Chester NAACP Minutes of Board Meetings, 1986-1987

-December 1986, September and October 1987 meetings

Folder 11:  West Chester NAACP Minutes of Executive Board Meetings, 1986-1987

-March, May and June 1986 meetings, February, June, September and October 1987 meetings

Folder 12:  West Chester NAACP Mailings

-photocopy of typed mailing labels

Folder 13:  Membership, 1985, 1987

-NAACP membership report forms, July 1985 copy of memberships paid, and attendance list for the December 18, 1987 meeting.

Folder 14:  Nominating Committee, 1986-1987

-Memorandum June 23, 1986 from the Pennsylvania NAACP Nominating Committee to all Pennsylvania branches re: nominations for election during the 1986 State Convention;  West Chester NAACP correspondence and approval for its 1987 executive committee nominations

Folder 15:  Treasurer’s Report, 1984-1986

-Instructions and forms for Financial Report 1983; various Treasurer’s Reports from 1984-1986

Folder 16:  Secretary’s Items

-1986 receipt for NAACP membership card for E. Bartley, Manual for the Branch Secretary, Manual on Branch Election Procedure, Notes, Outline for Workshop on Branch Administration and Report “UN Decade for Women NGO Forum ‘85” written by Shirley M. Dennis, Secretary, PA Department of Community Affairs with her card attached.

Folder 17:  Certificates of Registration Under Solicitation Law, 1984-1985

-Certificates for 1984 and 1985

Folder 18:  West Chester Community Center, 1987

-Letter and membership card confirming payment for yearly membership

Folder 19:  Forms, Surveys, Questionnaires, 1983   

-Annual Report of Branch Activities 1983 form, NAACP “quiz”, Request for Payment form, and two sheets of letterhead

Folder 20:  Handbook for Addressing Discrimination Complaints, no date

-to be used by NAACP Labor and Industry Committees

-Labor and Industry Committee guidelines

-Evaluation form

-Additional flyers explaining steps in handling a complaint

Folder 21:  Correspondence, 1981, 1983-1987

-USPS form Statement of Mailing with Permit Imprints

-West Chester NAACP correspondence from 1983 to 1987

Folder 22:  NAACP Correspondence, 1983-1987

-State and National NAACP correspondence from 1983 to 1987

Folder 23:  Civil Rights Program “Past, Present and Future,” 1987

-Program booklet for the program February 26, 1987.  Includes photos and brief biographical sketches of Fred D. Gray and Rosa L. Parks along with information on the MLK, Jr. Library and Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.

Folder 24:  Banquets, 1986

-Program booklet for the West Chester NAACP Awards Banquet October 4, 1986. Includes brief biographical sketches of Wilma Ford, Ann Aerie, Dr. John Hewlett, Alonzo DeBerry, Jr., and Dr. Charles Butler.

-Freedom Fund Banquet information and other banquet notes

Box 2

Folder 1:  Human Relations Commission, 1984

-Correspondence, survey form and flyer to post

Folder 2:  West Chester Ward System, 1987

-Letter to Dr. Johnson of UPAC, and 2 copies of the Decision in the Matter of the Petition to Establish Wards in the Borough of West Chester

Folder 3:  West Chester Area School District Censure, 1982 1984, 1987

-Correspondence and report

Folder 4:  News Articles, 1983-1985

-Photocopies of articles and news clippings

Folder 5:  NAACP News, Newsletter, 1985-1987

-Local and National Newsletters and one Labor Department Report

Folder 6:  Pennsylvania State Conference, 1985-1987

-Booklets, Brochures and notes on the conferences

Folder 7:  NAACP Convention, 1984, 1986

-Notes and forms for the conventions

Folder 8:  Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission, 1987-1988

-Folder with informational handouts and brochures

Folder 9:  Pennsylvania Government Handbook, 1976

Folder 10:  Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Brochure (2)

Folder 11:  Workshop, no date

-Agenda and supplemental information, including songs, for a Sunday workshop

Folder 12:  Miscellaneous

-2 items. 1. Employment “Information Alert” notice re: new appointments for borough offices. 2. Sales flyer for hand decorated ceramic tiles offered for sale by Annette Grant