SW 74 National Recreation Association records David Klaassen and Sally Ryan, revised by Linnea M. Anderson University of Minnesota Libraries 2004

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EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski and Linnea M. Anderson 2004 English University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives [swha] National Recreation Association National Recreation Association records 1906-1972 161 linear feet Records of the National Recreation Association, founded in 1906 as the Playground Association of America and later known variously as the Playground and Recreation Association of America (1911), National Recreation Association (1930), and National Recreation and Park Association (1965). Among the materials included are minutes, annual reports, annual meeting programs and proceedings, general administrative and financial records, scrapbooks, board and executive council minutes, surveys of city recreation facilities and needs, and bulletins distributed to recreation workers. SW 74 English Administrative Information Use of Materials

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Related Material

A complete set of Recreation magazine (1907-1965) in bound volumes is in the journals collection of Social Welfare History Archives. Originally entitled Playground, it became Playground and Recreation in 1929 and then finally Recreation in 1931.

Patrons interested in recreation methodology and programs should also consult the Archives' holdings of records from settlement houses. These include, among others: the Henry Street Settlement (sw0058), United Neighborhood Houses of New York (sw0005), Hartley House (sw0018), and Hamilton Madison House (sw0012) in New York City; United South End Settlements in Boston; Five Towns Community House (sw0011), Long Island, New York; and the Pillsbury Waite Neighborhood Center (sw0100) in Minneapolis. In addition, the Archives holds the records of the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (sw0001) and a pamphlet collection containing reports and publications from a large number of settlements.

Additional archival records are held by the National Park and Recreation Association (NRPA). Most of these records date from the 1965 merger through the 1980s, although there are earlier materials from the NRPA's predecessors: National Recreation Association, National Conference on State Parks, American Recreation Society, and American Insititute of Park Executives.

Other Finding Aid

Unpublished inventory available. Please contact the Archives for more information.

Arrangement of Records

Series 1. Historical Materials, Series 2. Minutes of Policy Making Bodies, 1909-1969 Series 3. Annual Reports, 1908-1965 Series 4. Meetings, 1907-1972 Series 5. General Administrative Records Series 6. Financial Records, 1916-1966 Series 7. Biographical Information Series 8. Field Work Series 9. Surveys, 1910-1960 Series 10. Public Relations, 1945-1956 Series 11. Library, 1955-1970 Series 12. State Recreation Societies, 1955-1964 Series 13. Projects, 1945-1970 Series 14. International Activities Series 15. Publications Series 16. Scrapbooks, 1935-1953 Series 17. Reference Files

Historical Note

The National Recreation Association was founded in 1906 as the Playground Association of America (PAA) by eighteen men and women from playground associations, public school and municipal recreation departments, settlements, teachers’ colleges, the kindergarten movement, and charity organizations. Industrialization and growing urbanization prompted a perceived need to encourage positive citizenship through supervised playground and leisure time activities. The organization was dedicated to improving the human environment through park, recreation, and leisure opportunities. Its concept of recreation evolved from the development of supervised playgrounds to one that includes a broad range of leisure-time programs and facilities that enrich the human environment. Reflecting the organization's changing mission, it changed its name to the Playground and Recreation Association of America (1911-1930) and the National Recreation Association (1930-1965). Ultimately, the National Park and Recreation Association was formed by a merger of the National Recreation Association, American Institute of Park Executives, the National Conference on State Parks, the National Recreation Society, and the National Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums.

At the organizational meeting in April, 1906, Luther H Gulick, director of physical education in the New York City school system and founder of the Public School Physical Education Society and the Academy of Physical Education, was elected as the association’s first president. Gulick brought a YMCA-influenced belief in the connection between physical and spiritual health to the PAA. Henry S. Curtis, supervisor of playgrounds for Associated Charities of Washington, D. C., became the secretary. The PAA promoted health and character through exercise and organized sports and the improvement of conditions for the poor through supervised recreation. It fought for public funding of playgrounds and recreation programs and provided consultation and training services for recreation professionals. The association’s journal, Playground, was a source of practical advice, programming ideas, and playground theory

Initially, PAA was funded by private sources and volunteers until the Russell Sage Foundation agreed to help fund services and start up costs. With more financial security, the organization was able to build, and hired the first professional executive secretary, Howard Braucher, a social worker who held the position for forty years. The organization flourished under the leadership of Braucher and new president Joseph Lee. In 1911, the name was changed to Playground and Recreation Association of America (PRAA), symbolizing its expansion into adult as well as childhood activities. PRAA put a new emphasis on field service and began to hold annual congresses. They also began an eventually successful lobby effort for local government responsibility to meet the recreation needs of its citizenry.

With the start of World War I, the PRAA expanded to provide services to troops at training camps. Due to poor physical fitness results of prospective recruits, fitness became a large concern in America. The entire post-war decade was one of large growth for the PRAA. It established the National Recreation School to train professional recreation leaders, funded scholarly research, and promoted physical fitness programs in schools and for African Americans. In the mid-30s, the name of the organization changed to the National Recreation Association (NRA), reflecting its efforts to increase support for and broaden the definition of recreation and leisure.

During the depression, the NRA cut back and, by the end of World War II, many government programs took over the majority of the recreation activities. Howard Braucher died in 1949, leaving the NRA without an effective leader. They continued to be a resource center, published literature and studies, and trained leaders. In 1965, many groups merged to form National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), with a goal to promote public interest in park and leisure opportunity.

Sources: For a more detailed history of the National Recreation Association, see William Wallach's essay in Peter Romanofsky, ed. Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Institutions, Social Service Organizations: ,Vol. 2, 1978, pp. 587-592, from which this summary was drawn. See also Richard Knapp and Charles Hartsoe. Play for America: The National Recreation Association, 1906-1965, National Recreation and Park Association, 1979.) Additional information about the founding of the Playground Association of America was drawn from the National Recreation Association records as summarized in Linnea Anderson. “The Playground of Today is the Republic of Tomorrow:' Social Reform and Organized Recreation, 1890-1930’s" in the proceedings of the History of Community and Youth Work Conference, forthcoming.

Scope and Content

The National Recreation Association records include minutes, annual reports, annual meeting programs and proceedings, general administrative and financial records, scrapbooks, board and executive council minutes, surveys of city recreation facilities and needs, and bulletins distributed to recreation workers. Recruitment and training of recreation leaders, city planning, dissemination of information, technical assistance to local communities, and association activities during the two world wars are among the issues reflected in the collection. Field work and survey reports provide information about recreational programs and facilities in cities throughout the United States and Canada. Biographical files are formed around the activities of Howard Braucher (longtime Association secretary) and other recreational leaders. A comprehensive set of bulletins and other NRA publications offers a record of the kind of practical advice the association provided for recreation workers on specialized topics that include administration, community singing, drama and pageants, handicrafts, industrial recreation, play in institutions, and services to the military. The records also reflect attitudes towards citizenship and democracy, industrialization and urban living conditions, childhood and child development, immigrants and the working poor, and character and morality.

Index Terms

The National Recreation Association records are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

National Recreation Association National Recreation Association--Archives Recreation agencies--United States--History--Sources. Recreation--United States--History--Sources. Leisure activities--United States--History--Sources. Series 1. Historical Materials 1960-1965

Series 1, Historical Materials, contains documents describing Playground Association of America, Playground and Recreation Association of America, and National Recreation Association activities and developments, mostly in the form of retrospective sketches and analyses. Includes leaflets describing NRA services on an annual basis and materials relating to the 25th, 35th, and 50th anniversary celebrations.

Most of the materials in boxes 1 and 2 were assembled by NRA librarians for their "reference and information service" files

General PAA/PRAA/NRA 1906-1961 1 Services of the PRAA/NRA 1923-51 1 25th anniversary 1 35th anniversary 1 50th anniversary 1 60th anniversary 1 Incorporation documents Community Service, Inc 1919-1964 1 Playground and Recreation Association of America / National Recreation 1922-1964 1 Association song 2 Basic assumptions 2 Board of Trustees 2 Building 2 Bulletin Service 2 Committees 2 Community Service, Inc. circa 1919-1922 2

Reports, limited correspondence, and bulletins

Constitution and bylaws 2 Correspondence and Consultation Bureau 1949-1962 2 Copyrights 2 Defense program 1940s 2 Depression period circa 1930s 2 Essential facts 2 Friends of Recreation 2 Honorary members 2 Library 2 Membership 2 National purpose 2 New England District of National Recreation Association 2 New Hampshire 2 Organization chart 2 Personnel Service 2 Philosophy, brief statement 2 Post-war services 2 Playground and Recreation Association of America and Community Service Program 2 Prospectus 2 Statements 2 Professional staff personnel policy 2 Publicity 2 Radio 2 Recreation magazine 2 Reprints 2 Services of the national recreation movement 2 Services to cities 2 Services of National Recreation Association 2 Specialists available 2 Spirit of the national recreation movement 2 Sponsors 2 Staff conferences 2 Staff members 2 Staff studies and articles 2 "Ten Phases of Recreation" 2 Testimonials 2 Yearbook Department annual reports 2

Resource files?

Series 2. Minutes of Policy-making Bodies 1909-1965

Series 2 contains minutes and some monthly reports of the boards of directors and executive committees of the Playground and Recreation Association of America (1909-1912, 1917-1930); War Camp Community Services (1918-1938); Community Service, Inc. (1919, 1922-1939); National Recreation Association (1930-1948); and National Recreation School (1930-1965).

Playground and Recreation Association of America Board of Directors minutes 1909-1912, 1917-1929 3 Board of Directors minutes 1930-1932 4 Executive Committee minutes 1924-1930 4 National Recreation Association Board of Directors minutes 1933-1938 5 Board of Directors minutes 1930-1934 5 Board of Directors minutes 1939-1945 6 Board of Directors minutes 1946-1948 7 Community Service, Inc. Executive Committee and Board of Directors minutes 1919-1930, 1938-1939 7 Convention transcript 1919 7 War Camp Community Service, Inc. Board of Directors minutes and monthly reports 1918-1930 8 Executive Committee minutes 1921-1930, 1938-1939 8 National Recreation School Board of Trustees minutes 1930-1965 9 Board of Trustees minutes, references, and monthly reports 1930-1940 9 Board of Trustees minutes, references, and monthly reports 1941-1948 10 Executive Committee minutes 1931-1938, 1946-1948 10 Executive Committee Interim Actions 1930-1945 10 Series 3. Annual Reports 1908-1965

Series 3 contains published and typescript reports describing the work of the National Recreation Association. In addition to the Association-wide reports, there is a fairly complete set of detailed departmental reports dating from1930 to 1965.

War Camp Community Services 1923-1930 11 Playground and Recreation Association of America / National Recreation Association 1908-1944 11 National Recreation Association 1945-1965 12 National Recreation School 1943-1949 13 Series 4. Meetings 1907-1972

Series 4, Meetings, contains programs, proceedings (mostly published), and related materials for the National Recreation Association's annual meetings, or recreation "congresses" for 1907 to 1909 and 1922 to 1972. It also includes files on a limited number of NRA regional conferences and on NRA participation in other meetings, such as the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation (1924-1929). The 1932 congress doubled as the first International Recreation Congress, held just before that year's Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Annual Recreation Congress 1907-1909, 1922, 1924-1944, 14 Annual Recreation Congress 1947-1967 15 Annual Recreation Congress 1968-1972 16 District conferences 1971 16 National Conference on Outdoor Recreation, Secretary’s statement 1929 17 Conferences with Recreation Congress endorsement circa 1924-1940 17 National Conferences on Recreation President Coolidge 1924 17 President Hoover 1930 17 Resources for the future 17 Correspondence 1954-1955 17 Statements 1950-1958 17 Local recreation conferences Local conferences, general 1924-1956 17 Annual California Recreation Conference 1954 17 District conferences, general 1953-1956, 1971 17 Middle Atlantic District Conference 1954 17 Southern District Conference 1954 17 Southwest District Conference 1954 17 Miscellaneous conferences 17 Conferences on Fitness of American Youth Lowry Air Force Base 1955 17 Annapolis 1956 17 International Recreation Congress press kit 1956 17 White House Conference on Natural Beauty 1965 17 Series 5. General Administrative Records

Series 5, General Administrative Records, consists largely of unorganized records from the files of National Recreation Association executives Howard Braucher and Joseph Prendergast. The records relate to NRA general policies and programs, personnel, research projects, and promotion and outreach activities. Materials include reports, memoranda, and formal statements. Also included are materials concerning the acquisition, dedication, and administration of the Whitney Museum Building (New York City), which served as NRA headquarters circa 1954 to 1966. Series 5 also contains materials concerning the merger of the American Institute of Park Executives, the American Recreation Society, and the National Recreation Association in 1965 to form the National Recreation and Park Association.

Education and Personnel Research Neighborhood Youth Corps & National Recreation Association. 18 Recreation Education Accreditation 18 Membership 18 National Advisory Committee on Recreation Research 18 National Committee on Education and Personnel Services 18 Income Tax Exemption A.I.P.E.- P.T.R. Foundation 18 Personnel regulations 18 Policies 18 Research Departments 6A-6B 18 Salaries 18 Statements, #26-38 18 Staff organization 18 History 18 Defense 18 International Recreation Service 18

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Personnel training surveys 18 N.R.F. letterhead 18 National Social Welfare Assembly 18 National Recreation School 18

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Research, education, and legislation 18 Recreation research as an endeavor 18 Professional Education for Outdoor Recreation Conference 18 A.E.D. memos 18 County recreation 18

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N.R.M. Governors’ Proclamations N.R.M. Governors’ Proclamations 1965 18 Correspondence 18

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Miscellaneous 18 Athletic tests 18 State recreational services 18 Legislation 18 Nominating Committee 18 Public information and education 1958 19 Professional staff salary ranges 1958-1960 19 Executive Committee National Recreation Association 19 Board meetings 19 Mr. Warburg 19 Athletics 19 Conference 19 Bulletin Service 19 Miss Lee (Susan Lee?) 19 Board 19 Miss Jameson (duplication) 19 Whitney Museum Building (National Recreation Association headquarters) Building dedication 20 History of building 20 Whitney Museum Property Whitney Museum property 20 American Youth Hotels 20 Correspondence 20 Layout and equipment 20 Tax exemption 20 Whitney Museum Legal 20 Merger Records Staff Planning Committee 1963 21 Staff Planning Committee 1964 21 Staff meetings 1961-1965 21 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives relationships 21 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society relationships 1962 21 Joint Board meeting 1961-1962 21 National Advisory Committee 21 Service Clubs program 21 Evaluations, Program Standards 21 National Recreation Association Program and Policy Committee 21 Departmental annual reports 1964 21 Monthly reports 1964-1965 21 Personnel manual 1959, 1962 21 Organization charts 1952 21 Internship program 21 Program Field Service 21 American Recreation Society Organizations 21 Correspondence with National Recreation Association 1957 21 National Recreation Congress 1956-1961 21 Memoranda with National Recreation Association 21 Correspondence with National Recreation Association 1961-1963 21 Joint Committee meetings 1964-1965 21 ARS and NRA Meetings 1963 21 Merger structure 21 Opinionaire report 1962 21 Study Committee 1962-1963 21 Organizations 21 American Institute of Park Executives 21 National Association of Recreational Therapists 21 National Recreation Association 21 American Recreation Society 21 Merger 21 Implementation of merger 1964-1965 22 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives 1965 22 American Institute of Park Executives 22

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National Conference on State Parks correspondence 22 Tax-Exempt status 22 American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 22 Correspondence 1965 22 Professional Divisions, National Recreation and Parks Association 22 Joint conference 1964 22 National Recreation Association reorganization 22 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives correspondence 22 American Recreation Society merger proposals 1963-1964 22 American Park and Recreation Forum 22 Board and staff 22 National Advisory Council 22 District representatives 22 Correspondence with states 1964 22 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society Development Meeting 22 American Institute of Park Executives Report #55 22 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives budgets 1962 22 American Institute of Park Executives budget 22 American Recreation Society budget 22 National Recreation Association budget 22 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives comments and resolutions 22

Local, district and state information

National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives, National Recreation and Parks Association 22 National Recreation and Parks Association Volunteer Division 22 Proposed constitution draft 1965 22 National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives Study Report (William Dalton) 23 Federation of National Recreation Association, American Recreation Society, American Institute of Park Executives 23 Recreation Education accreditation 1965 23 National Recreation and Park Association joint committees 23 National Recreation and Park Association development 23 Washington, D.C. office 23 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 1965 23 Lawrence Rockefeller 23 Office location 23 Recreation education 23 Lifetime sports 23 Educational services 23 Research Institute 23 Research services 23 Community services 23 Speeches by Joseph Prendergast 23 Scholarships, Ralph Van Fleet 24 Merging organizations objectives 24 National Recreation and Park Association consolidation 24 American Institute of Park Executives report, Susan Lee’s comments 24 National Recreation and Park Association merger documents 24 National Recreation and Park Association personnel regulations 24 Policy Study Committee 24 Policies and procedures, Congress 24 1966 Congress 1966 24 Budget 1965 24 Programs 24 Recruitment 24 Research 24 Staff 24 Tax-exemption 24 Trustees 24 National Therapeutic Recreation Society 24 Society of Park and Recreation Educators 24 Organization chart 24 Information about National Recreation and Park Association 24 National Recreation and Park Association Administrative Board meeting, Dec. 1965 1965 24 National Recreation and Park Association Board of Directors meeting, May 1968 1968 24 Floor plans 24 Community Chests 24 Joseph Lee, "Play in Education" 24 Constitution and bylaws 24 Constitution, American Recreation Society 24 Consultant's report 24 Financial information 24 National Recreation and Park Association Governors 24 National Recreation and Park Association incorporation 24 National Recreation and Park Association location 24 Promotion and Outreach Washington office 20 Lists (?) 20 Membership promotion 20 Citations 1954-1955 20 National Advisory Committee on Recreation Administration 1954 20 "New Neighbors in Your Community" 20 Letterhead, National Recreation Association seal 1955 20 Sponsors 1956 20 Summer Playground Notebook 20 Travel Guide 1953-1954 20 Travel Guide distribution 1952 20 Yearbook study 1955-1956 20 Human relations 1953 20 Industrial 20 Exhibit material 1951-1954 20 Juvenile delinquency 1944-1955 20 Report: "A Positive Force for Juvenile Delinquency" 1954 20 Audio-visual aids 20

Relates to equipment and firms producing audio-visual aids.

Flip charts 1953 20 National Broadcasting Company Incorporated 1952, 1955-1956 20 Picture stories 1953 20 Posters 20 Radio 1953-1954 20 Audio-visual aids 1955 20 Series 6. Financial Records 1916-1966

Series 6 reflects budgetary and fund-raising activities, relations with foundations (particularly the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, 1921-1934), and the administration of endowments, such as the National Recreation Foundation and the National Recreation School, Inc. The records include audit reports, financial policy materials, studies, correspondence, and records of fund-raising appeals.

Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial 1921-1934 25

Reports to the foundation and related correspondence about grants for general fund and special projects. Includes NRS and WCCS as well as PRAA/NRA

General contributions 1921-1926, 1929-1934 25 Summer camp study 1923-1925 25 Commercial recreation 1926 25 Study of community music 1925-1930 25 Music service to small towns 1928-1931 25 Company automobile sale 25 Park study 1925-1929 25 Special field service to New York City 1927-1930 25 Scholarly investigation and writing 25 Vacation Service Bureau 1925-1929 25 Miscellaneous financial statements 25 Miscellaneous material Francis J. Torrence Memorial, NRA securities 25 "War Camp Community Service and the Negro Soldier" 25 Philadelphia Company for Guaranteeing Mortages 1932-1942 25 Frances Ross Poley Fund 1931-1928 25 George L. Sands estates 1919-1928 25 NRS, vouchers 1916-1966 29 Public Interpretation and Support Committee 1957-1958 30 Presentation for financial supporters 1928 30 Suggested plan for National Recreation Association 30 Financial policy materials circa.1930-1950 31

Memoranda and other documents from the files of Braucher and Prendergast

Fund Raising Fund raising 1931-1956 26 Donations correspondence 1931 26 Form letters 1940-1944 26 State information (by state, alphabetically) 1930-1945 26 District information District information circa 1930-1945 26 Southern 26 New England 26 Great Lakes 26 Midwest 26 Pacific Southwest 26 Southwest 26 Fund raising subject files Fund raising subject files circa 1930-1950 27

Efforts to develop an endowment by defining tax advantages of properly handled large bequests. Includes files regarding sources of support for special projects

Square Dance project with Pepsi 1949-1950 27 State recreation 1945-1946 27 Washington baseball project 1950 27 "Worlds O’ Fun" booklet 1945 27 Racing 1943 27 Rural recreation project with Sears 1948-1953 27 Recreation statements 1929-1951 27 Church recreation 1942-1952 27 "Colored" work 1933-1944 27 Crime and recreation 1935-1936 27 Dog project 1948 27 Tennis project 1949-1950 27 Small town project 1946 27 U.S. Rubber Co. Project 1948 27 Athletic Industry support 1946-1947 27 Southern Regional Education Board project 1952 27 Aged 1950-1954 27 American Heritage 1947-1948 27 Braucher Memorial 1949-1951 27 National Sporting Goods Association 1954 27 New York Foundation 1948-1955 27 Kingwood Center 1947-1954 27 Insurance companies (juvenile delinquency) 1942-1946 27 National Golf Fund 1954-1955 27 Foundations and trusts established by recreation departments 1952-1953 27 Official appeal to the Athletic Institute 1951 27 Ford Foundation 1951-1953 27 Coca Cola Co. 1943-1944 27 Athletic Institute 1945-1947 27 Building fund project 1953 27 Corporation form letters 1944-1950 27 Annual report 1955 27 Charitable gifts through insurance 27 Taxes and charitable gifts 27 Gifts of land and facilities 27 Annuities 27 Capital Gift plans Capital gift plans 1935-1937 27 Work folder 27 Criticisms 27 Bequests Conferences and correspondence 1937 27 Statements, forms, correspondence 1937-1942 27 Ways and means, taxes, statements 1936-1938 27 Printed material 27 Budget records Daily cash receipts book 1950 28 Financial journal 1946 28 Payroll 1953 28 Audit reports Playground and Recreation Association of America / National Recreation Association 1926-1963 29 NRS vouchers 1931-1963 29 WCCS 1918-1930 29 Poucher Fund Poucher Fund 1960’s 30

The fund supported a project on recreation for senior citizens in Atlantic City

Fund-raising 1954-1956, 1963-1964 30 Sponsor cities list 1954 30 National development project 1962 30 Arthur Todd correspondence 1961-1964 30 Poucher Fund background information 30 Series 7. Biographical Information

Series 7, Biographical Information, contains articles, speeches, correspondence, notes, print materials, and memoranda concerning individuals prominent in the National Recreation Association. The records also contain substantive information on the early years and philosophy of the Playground Association of America (PAA), the National Recreation Association (NRA), and the playground and recreation movement. Howard Braucher, secretary of the PAA and NRA from 1909 to 1941 and President of the NRA from 1941-1949, is represented most extensively. In addition, Braucher's notes on meetings and correspondence with these individuals are interspersed throughout the files.

Atwell, E. T. (Ernest TenEyck) 32 Adams, F.W.H. (Francis W. H.) Bemis, Farwell Gregg 1940-1946 32 Bliss, Mildred Barnes (Mrs. Robert Woods) 1942 32 Braucher, Howard S. 1909-1952 32

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Brown, V. K. (Virgil Kenneth) 1937-1949 32 Butterworth, Mrs. William 1936-1946 32 Clark, C. Sewall 1938-1947 32 Cummer, Mrs. Arthur G. 1937, 1949 32 Davis, William H. 1946-1949 32 Davidson, Harry P. 1922, 1939-1949 32 Davidson, Henry P. 1933, 1942 32 Davison, F. Trubee 1932-1949 32 Finley, John H. 1937-1943 32 Finley, Mrs. John H. (Martha) 1938-1941 32 Fosdick, Raymond 1913-1948 32 Garret, Robert 1941-1958 32 Gates, Dr. Sherwood 1945-1946 32 Hamner, Lee F. 1961 32 Harkness, William Hale 1928-1945 32 Harrison, Shelby 1942-1949 32 Hayden, Charles 1937 32 Harrower, Mrs. Norman 1943, 1949 32 Hetherington, Clark 1919-1943 32

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Hickox, Mrs. Charles V. 1930-1960 33 Jacks, Dr. L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) undated 33 Jameson, Mrs. John D. (Elsa Denison) 1937-1956 33 Johnson, George E. 1922 33 Kirby, Gustavus T. 1912-1956 33 Kimball, Dr. Lindsay F. 1942 33 Krug, J. A. (John A.) 1946-1947 33 Landon, Hugh McK. 1939-1947 33 Lanier, Mrs. Charles D. 1939-1942 33 Lee, Joseph 1907-1942 33

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Lee, Joseph, Jr. 1937-1945 33

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Lee, Mrs. Joseph (Marion) 1931-1948 33 Lee, Susan 1939-1949 33

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Logan, Sheridan 1941-1942 33 Mallery, Otto T. 1922-1957 33 Massie, Adrian M. 1941-1949 33 Miller, Watson L. 1946-1947 33 Milliken, Carl E. 1946-1948 33 Mills, Mrs. Ogden L. (Dorothy Randolph) 1933-1948 33 Moore, Paul 1946-1949 33 Prendergast, Joseph 33

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Shuck, Arthur 1942-1945 33 Smith, Dr. Gerald L. K. 1932 33 Stern, Mrs. Sigmund (Rosalie Meyer) 1937-1940, 1956 33 Titsworth, Grant 1930-1960 33 Vinal, Dr. William G. 1930-1936 33 Walsh, John C. 1920-1955 33 Warburg, Frederick 1941-1949 33 Winant, John G. 1941-1949 33 Wirth, Conrad L. 1934-1948 33 Woodward, Stanley 1942-1946 33 Series 8. Field Work

Series 8, Field Work, contains: National Recreation Association departmental reports summarizing services and programs, including services to state and local organizations and war service activities (1940-1966). The series also includes reports and correspondence of individual field representatives (1961-1966) and files of NRA field representative, Mary Quirk (1945-1950).

Field Department Reports 1940-1965 Annual Reports 1940-1966 34 Administrative 1949-1958 34 Assistance to small communities 1953-1956 34 Colleges and universities 1956-1959 34 Cooperation with federal agencies 1954-1959 34 District advisory committees 1951-1959 34 District conferences 1949-1959 34 District representatives activities 1943-1960 34 Facilities 1953-1959 34 Field staff 1949-1960 34 Leadership training 1949-1959 34 Legislation 1949-1959 34 Membership 1956-1959 34 Outstanding evaluations 1950-1959 34 Playground and Recreation Association of America 1924 34 Planning service 35 Programs 35 Recreation in business and industry 35 Recreation in defense 35 Referendum elections 35 Services to state agencies 35 Services to state recreation societies 35 Staff 35 Women and girls 35 Annual report of the field department 1961 36 Air Force 1962 36 Field report miscellaneous 1962 36 Field Staff Reports 1961-1966 Adams, Mary E. 1962 35

Field report

Bohnet, Donald F. 1966 35

Field report

Collier, John J. 1961 35

Annual report and armed services report

Dauncey, Helen 1961-1965 35

1961, 1965 annual reports

Hainswork, Waldo R. 1961-1966 35

1961, 1962 annual Report; 1961, 1962 armed services report;1965 to 1966 district representative report

Horney, Robert L. 1961-1962 35

1961, 1962 annual report; 1962 armed services report

Jarrell, Temple R. 1956-1966 35

1961, 1962 armed services report; personnel correspondence 1956 to 1966

Langkammer, David M. 1960-1966 35

1960 to 1962 annual report; 1961 to 1962 armed services report; correspondence 1964-1966

Miller, Betty 1964-1966 35 Odegaard, Charles H. 1961-1962 35

1961 to 1962 annual report; 1961 to 1962 armed services report

Pelton, Gerold, W. 1964-1968 35 Prendergast, J. 1961 36

National Recreation Association annual report

Reitz, Charles, J. 1964-1966 36

Correspondence

Rensvold, Verma 1961-1966 36

1961 to 1962 Annual report; 1961 armed services report; correspondence 1964 to 1966

Shipp, Robert E. 1960-1966 36

1961 to 1962 annual report; 1960 to 1961 armed services report; correspondence 1964 to 1966

Smithee, Kenneth J. 1965-1966 36 Tapply, Richard A. 1961-1965 36

1961 to 1962 annual report;1962 armed services report; correspondence 1964 to 1965

Todd, Arthur, 1964-1966 36

Correspondence

Van Fleet, R.B. 1961-1962 36

1961 to 1962 annual report; 1961 to1962 armed services report

Westgate, Richard S. 1961-1962 36

1961 to 1962 annual report; 1961 armed services report

District representative miscellaneous reports 36 Central files, Arthur Todd 1946-1962 36 International memos 1963 36 Mary Quirk, Field Representative 1945-1950 Subject files circa. 1945-1950 37 Federal Inter-Agency Committee 37 Federal Inter-Agency Committee 37 Federal bill, American Recreation Society 37 American Recreation Society 37 State agencies 37 Staff correspondence 37 New personnel 37 College training courses 37 Health and welfare retirement 37 New Yorker Hotel, New York City Recreation Congress 1947 37 Leadership Training Institutes 37 Washington D.C. 37 New Orleans Congress 37 Mr. Faust, Pennsylvania and New Jersey field assignments 37 Mr. Reed-Brewer, New York State field assignments 37 Mr. Reed, miscellaneous material 37 Sponsor information 37 Interesting miscellaneous material 37 Tri-State Conference 37 Federal bill 1999 37 Budget and financial statements 1945-1949 37 Cerebral Palsy Conference 37 Cerebral Palsy Recreation 37 United Cerebral Palsy Association 37 National Recreation Association Congress, Omaha, Nebraska, Sept 26-30, 1948 37 Recreation Congress 1947 37 Federal housing 37 New York Assignments July, 1950 37 Youth Commission 37 Old schedules 37 Long Island Recreation Association 37 Finance 37 New York Training Institute 1949 37 Mr. Faust, field reports 37 Personal 37 Correspondence 37 Series 9. Surveys 1910-1960

Series 9 contains copies of reports and surveys of city recreation facilities and needs that were conducted by National Recreation Association field representatives at the request of city officials. Most of the studies were of small and medium-sized cities. A list of cities surveyed appears below. Also included are policy and procedures manuals, forms, and reference material relating to the Association's survey activities.

Survey Policies, Procedures and Reference Material Use of land 38 National Resources Board 38 Race Relations Law Society 38 Surveys procedure 38 Questionnaire samples 38 Recreation areas 38 Recreation departments promotion 38 Recording findings 38 Salary survey 38 Essex County salary survey, park commission 38 Federal Inter-Agency Commission on Recreation 38 Golf course salaries 1967 38 Techniques 39 Old 1917 39 History 39 Metropolitan 1967 39 National, Park, Parkway and Residential Area 39 Self-study 40 Social characteristics of cities 40 Techniques and applications of recreation surveys 40 Standards basic to community surveys 40 Survey reports suggested for study 40 Urban sprawl 40 Compilation 40 National Park Service study of state recreation 40 Technical recreation 40 Studies 40 Value 40 Unionization 40 Unions 40 Park and recreation departments 40 Power lines issue 40 Miscellaneous 49 "Report on the Conservation and Development of Outdoor Recreation Resources" 1950 49 Miscellaneous government publications 1948-1966 49 Scoring Systems Recreation 38 Communities 38 Wisconsin 38 Rural 38 Non-recreational services 40 Forms Newton, MA. 39 Moline, Ill 39 Charlotte, NC 39 Delaware County, PA 39 Richmond, VA 39 Boston, MA 39 Wilmington, DE 39 Group work agencies 39 Community recreation 39 Rural recreation 39 Special agencies and services 39 State recreation 39 City Surveys Alabama Alabama, statewide 1938 41 Birmingham 1913, 1933 41 Decatur 1945 41 Lafayette 1945 41 Mobile 1926 41 Montgomery 1949 41 Mountain Brook 1949 41 Tuscaloosa circa 1946, 1947, 1953 41 Alaska Alaska, statewide 1952 41 Anchorage 1955 41 Arizona Phoenix 1933 41 Arkansas Arkansas, statewide 1940 41 El Dorado 1925 41 Hot Springs 1925 41 California California, miscellaneous 1914, 1944, 1958, 1960 41 California water plan 1957 41 Bakersfield 41 Burlingame 1938 41 Chico 1946 41 Cordova 1960 41 Fresno 1939 41 Humboldt County 1950 41 Huntington Park 1945 41 Lakewood 1954 41 Long Beach 1929 41 Los Angeles 1966 41 Montebello 1952 41 Oxnard 1952 41 Pasadena 1926, 1940, 1947 41 Piedmont 1947 41 Riverside 1948-1955 41 Salinas 1955 41 San Diego 1943-1944, 1959 41 San Raphael 1953 41 Santa Maria 1938 41 Santa Rosa 1950 41 South Pasadena 1947 41 South Pasadena 1947 Legal 49 Vallejo 1935 41 Walnut Creek 1949 41 Whittier 1948 41 Colorado Adams County 1961 41 Colorado Springs 1947 41 Grand Junction 1945 41 Connecticut Hartford 1962 Legal 49 Connecticut Connecticut, statewide 1937 41 Bridgeport 1916, 1918 41 Bristol 1920 41 East Hartford 1942 41 Fairfield 1954 41 Greenwich 1927, 1947 41 Hartford 1934, 1955 41 Meriden 1948-1949 41 Middletown 1946 41 New Canaan 1936 41 New Haven 1942, 1953 41 New London 1913 41 Newington 1958 41 Stamford 1954 42 Torrington 1928, 1931 42 Waterbury circa 1945 42 Wethersfield 1943, 1946 42 Delaware Delaware River Basin 1962 42 Wilmington 1938-1939, 1952, 1956-1957 42 Florida Chatahoochee 1955 42 Cocoa Beach 1964 Legal 49 Dade County Legal 49 Daytona Beach 1926 42 Fort Meyers 1926 42 Jacksonville 1924 42 Lake County 1936 42 Miami 1926 42 Montoursville 1947 42 Okaloosa County 1955 42 Orlando 1925 42 Orlando 1925 Legal 49 Pensacola 1940, 1945 42 St. Lucie County 1936, 1965 42 Tampa 1913-1914, 1924 42 Tallahassee 42 Winter Haven 1925-1926 42 Georgia Albany 1950 42 Atlanta 1928, 1936, 1952 42 Atlanta 1914 Legal 49 Augusta 1916, 1944 42 Columbus 1923, 1940 42 Ida Carson Gardens, Hamilton 1951 42 Statesboro circa 1955 42 Valdosta 1954 42 Illinois Illinois, statewide 1959 42 Alton 1948 42 Berwyn 1937 42 East Peoria 1964 42 Elgin 1915 42 Evanston 1939 42 Galesburg 1916 42 Moline & Hampton 1922 42 Riverside 1945 42 Skokie 1953 42 Springfield 1914, 1917 42 Waukegan 1964 42 Wilmette 1921 42 Winnetka 1916 42 Indiana Fort Wayne 1924, 1961 42 Fort Wayne 1944 42 Fort Wayne 1924 Legal 49 Gary 1946 42 Hammond 1923 42 La Porte 1952 42 Linton 1959 42 Marion 1944 42 Martinsville 1958 42 Michigan City 1948 42 Muncie 1926 42 New Albany 1943 42 Paoli 1955 42 Peru 1946 42 Richmond 1926 43 Spencer 1948 43 Terre Haute 1952 43 Whiting 1926 43 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1930 43 Des Moines 1915, 1927, 1955, 1935, 1945, 1954 43 Mason City 1926 43 Kansas Kansas, statewide 1954 43 Lawrence 1954 43 Newton 1955 43 Elizabethtown 1960 43 Lexington 1931, 1949, 1950 43 Utah Weber County 1947 48 Kentucky Mt. Sterling & Montgomery Co. 1957 43 Newport 1951 43 Louisiana Louisiana, statewide 1954 43 Alexandria 1924 43 Calcasieu 1924 43 De Ridder 1964 43 East Baton Rouge 1957 43 Franklin Parish 1946 43 New Orleans 1931 43 Ouachita Parish 1945 43 Pointe Coupee Parish 1946 43 Vermillion Parish 1946 43 Webster Parish 1944 43 Maine Maine, statewide 1940 43 Lewiston 1948 43 Portland 1913, 1915, 1943 43 South Portland 1944 43 South Portland 1944 Legal 49 Maryland Anne Arundel County 1948 43 Baltimore 1937, 1963 43 Columbia 1964 43 Montgomery County 1955 43 Massachusetts Amherst 1948 43 Andover undated 43 Cambridge 1947, 1962 43 Chicopee 1930 43 Dedham 1921, 1939 43 Everett 1937 43 Fall River 1924, 1938, 1958 43 Fitchburg 1938, 1954 43 Framingham 1937 43 Holyoke 1938 43 Ipswich 1920 43 Lancaster 1945 43 Lexington 1938 43 Longmeadow 1945 43 Melrose 1937 43 Needham 1950 43 New Bedford 1938 43 Newton 1938 43 Northampton 1939 43 Pittsfield 1915, 1938 43 Quincy 1937, 1939 43 Revere 1939 43 Southbridge 1946 43 Taunton 1938 43 Uxbridge 1947 43 Waltham 1913, 1938 43 Wellesley 1945 43 West Springfield 1931, 1938, 1945 43 Weymouth 1953-1954 43 Winchendon 1939 43 Michigan Michigan, statewide 1954 44 Adrian 1953 44 Ann Arbor 1939 44 Battle Creek 1950 44 Birmingham 1950, 1956 44 Flint 1932, 1949 44 Grand Rapids 1939 44 Houghton & Portage 1949 44 Inkster 1948 44 Jackson 1936, 1939, 1953 44 Kalamazoo 1947-1953 44 Lincoln Park 1953, 1954 44 Monroe 1946 44 Munsing 1947 44 Niles 1950 44 Oak Park 1952, 1954 44 Pontiac 1950, 1960 44 Port Huron Township 1954 44 Royal Oak 1941 44 Saginaw 1917 44 St. Clair County 1954 44 Traverse City 1950 44 Warren Township 1952 44 Washtenew County 1960 44 Waterford 1951 44 Wyandotte 1946 44 Minnesota Duluth 1915, 1947 44 Eveleth 1915 44 Hibbing 1929 44 Hibbing 1925 Legal 49 Mankato 1926 44 Pipestone 1950 44 Rochester 1925 44 St. Cloud 1940 44 St. Paul 1952 44 Stillwater 1920 44 Thief River Falls 1951 44 Turtle-Columbus 1922 44 Virginia 1950 44 Mississippi Clarksdale 1954 44 Jackson 1949 44 Louisville 1954 44 Vicksburg 1931 44 Montana Butte 1930 44 Nebraska Omaha 1936 44 Weeping Water 1952 44 Vermont Rutland 1939, 1942 48 Nevada Reno 1939 or 1940 45 New England New York Region 1953 45 New Hampshire New Hampshire, statewide 1944 45 Privately owned campgrounds 1965 45 Berlin 1947 45 Claremont 1948 45 Concord 1929, 1940, 1947 45 Rochester 1953 45 New Jersey Absecon Island 1945 45 Atlantic City 1914 45 Belleville 1944 45 Bound Brook 1952 45 Camden 1940 45 East Orange 1937, 1946, 1950 45 Borough of East Rutherford 1961 45 East Orange Legal 49 Elizabeth 1935 45 Four Oranges of Maplewood, NJ 1934 Legal 49 Fairlawn 1951 45 Hoboken ca., 1925 45 Jersey City 1956 45 Kearing 1942 45 Keyport 1951 45 Levittown 1955, 1957 45 Livingston 1953 45 Lyndhurst 1946 45 Maplewood 1950 45 Monroe Township 1950 45 Montclair 1945 45 Moorestown 1952 45 Morris County 1953 45 Morristown 1926 45 Newark 1915 45 Newark 1929 Legal 49 Nutley 1939 45 Oranges & Maplewood 1934, 1937 45 Parsippany--Troy Hills 1948 45 Passaic 1946, 1953 45 Paterson 1954 45 Paterson 1947-1949 Legal 49 Princeton 1946, 1952 45 South Orange ca. 1941 45 Summit 1935 45 Teaneck Township 1952 45 Trenton 1952, 1964 45 Weehawken 1948 45 West Caldwell 1948 45 New Mexico Farmington 1955 45 New York Amsterdam 1950 45 Binghamton 1955 45 Croton-on-Hudson 1945 45 Fulton 1945 46 Glen Falls 1925, 1951-1953 46 Greater Corning 1956 46 Greatneck 1946 46 Harrison 1957 46 Hewlett 1947 46 Ithaca 1931 46 Manhasset, Long Island and North Hempstead 1948 46 New Rochelle 1940, 1955-1956 46 Newburgh 1913, 1947 46 North Castle 1959 46 North Hempstead, Long Island 1948 46 Olean 1948 46 Pelham 1947 46 Plattsburgh 1950 46 Rhinebeck, undated 46 Rochester 1929 46 Rome 1939, 1940 46 Roslyn 1955 46 Rye 1945 46 Scarsdale 1945-1946, 1952, 1955 46 Scarsdale 1952 Legal 49 Schnectady 1939, 1944, 1956 46 Watertown 1941 46 North Carolina Charlotte 1945 46 Charlotte and Mecklenburg County 1952 46 Goldsboro 1944 46 Greensboro 1954 46 Morgantown 1948 46 Raleigh 1950 46 Winston Salem 1941 46 North Dakota Fargo 1949 46 Ohio Akron 1951 46 Baberton 1945 46 Beatty Park, Steuberville 1930 46 Bratenahl 1954 46 Chillicothe 1954 46 Cuyahoga Falls 1953 46 Greenville 1945 46 Hamilton 1915, 1940 46 Indian Hill 1949 46 Mansfield 1927, 1937 46 Mariemont 1944 46 Marion 1945, 1949 46 Middletown 1920, 1929, 1953 46 Pike County 1953 46 Shaker Heights 1948 46 Steubenville 1929 46 Westerville 1953 47 Youngstown 1956 47 Oklahoma Amarillo & Texarkana, Texas & Tulsa 1953 47 Oregon Clackamas County 1939 47 Lane County 1957 47 Salem 1947 47 Pennsylvania Altoona 1947 47 Beaver Falls 1950 47 Bethlehem 1946 47 Butler 1940 47 Chambersburg 1940, 1950, 1952 47 Chester 1940-1941 47 Clairton 1943 47 Erie 1933-1934 47 Fairless Hills--Levittown undated 47 Greenberg 1954 47 Haverford Township 1949 47 Hazleton 1950 47 Jersey Shore 1947 47 Johnstown 1946 47 Lansdale 1947 47 Media 1938 47 Mount Lebanon 1963 47 Norristown 1940 Legal 49 Reading 1932, 1934, 1938 47 Scranton 1939, 1947 47 Upper Darby, Delaware County 1940 47 Warren 1954 47 Whitemarsh Township 1952 47 Williamsport 1947 47 Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre 1951 47 Wyomissing 1950 47 Rhode Island East Providence 1962 47 Providence 1936, 1947 47 Washington County 1937 47 Woonsocket 1925 47 South Carolina Charleston 1955 47 Rock Hill 1944 47 Spartanburg 1949 47 Sumter 1939, 1948 47 Tennessee Chattanooga 1929 48 Elizabethon 1929 48 Hoehnwald 1959 48 Jackson and Madison County 1920 48 Knoxville 1923 48 Maryville, Alcoa, Blount County 1954 48 Murfreesboro 1952, 1955 48 Nashville 1954 Legal 49 Oak Ridge 1948 48 Texas Beaumont 1926, 1930, 1938 48 Brownwood 1925, 1950 48 El Paso 1914-1915, 1962 48 Galveston 1929 48 Kerrville 1950 48 Lufkin 1951 48 San Angelo 1940 48 Victoria 1951 48 Utah Ogden 1922 48 Provo 1922 48 Vermont Bennington 1944 48 Virginia Abingdon ca. 1957 48 Danville 1943 48 Franklin 1951 48 Fredericksburg 1946 48 Harrisonburg 1947 48 Lynchburg 1945 48 Norfolk 1946 48 Portsmouth 1945 48 Richmond 1944 48 Roanoke 1942, 1944 48 South Boston 1948 48 Suffolk 1947 48 Washington Bremerton 1945 48 Columbia Basin 1943 48 Spokane ca. 1946 48 West Virginia West Virginia, statewide 1929, 1961 48 Brooke County 1940 48 Charleston 1945 48 Clarksburg 1951 48 Fairmont 1939-1940 48 Huntington 1939, 1954 48 Kanawha County 1951 48 Monongalia 1938 48 Morgantown 1945-1955 48 St. Albans 1953 48 Wood County 1945 48 Wisconsin Kenosha 1953 49 Montreal 1936 49 Stevens Point 1952 49 Two Rivers 1955 49 Vilas County 1941 49 Waukesha 1965 49 Wyoming Casper 1950 49 Canada Brantford, Ontario 1945 49 Earl Haig Park, Brantford 1947 49 Kitimat and Kemano, British Columbia 1952, 1956 49 Montreal, Quebec 1948 49 Nanaimo, British Columbia 1953 49 Ottawa, Ontario 1953 49 St. John, New Brunswick 1946 49 Welland, Ontario 1947 49 Westmount 1948 49 Winnipeg, Manitoba 1957 49 Winnipeg, Manitoba Legal 49 Series 10. Public Relations 1945-1956

Series 10, Public Relations, contains news releases, promotional materials, files relating to the development of National Recreation Association publications (especially Recreation magazine). The series also documents relations with other organizations and the development of audio-visual materials. Finally, the records also include correspondence with various magazines.

"Where Will they Play?" program comments 1955-1956 50 Annual report contest 1945-1955 51 Associated Merchandising Corp. 1943-1944 51 Book reviews 1953 51 Comic book 51 Commendation letters 1954 50 Dog promotion 1954 51 Freelance writers 1953-1956 51 Hospital recreation 1945-1956 50 Institute of Life Insurance recreation promotions 1953-1955 50 League of Champions 1953-1954 51 List of catagories 51 Little kid basketball 1954-1955 51 Little League research 1955 51 London Playground Exhibit 1954 50 Meter mail slugs 1954-1955 51 National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers 51 National Association of Pro Baseball Leagues 1955 51 National Publicity Council 1953-1956 51 National Safety Council 1953-1954 51 National Sports Festival 1954 51 National Sportsmen’s Vacation Show 1952 51 Pan American Day, Rutgers 1953 51 Picture stories 51 Public Information & Education Department. 50 Quaker Oats 1955 51 Recreation for the aging 1953 50 Related organizations 1953-1956 51 Snapshot contest 1954 51 Speakers bureau 1953 51 Testimonial letters 1954-1957 50 Thanksgiving bulletin 1953 51 The Advertising Council 1955-1956 51 Theodore Roosevelt Centennial 51 U.S. Football Association 1954 51 Audio-visual Material Story telling filmstrips 50 Hospital film 50 Radio scripts 50 Recreation departments with motion picture film 50 TV manual 50 Recreation magazine 50 Southern District Conference 1954 50 D. Donaldson (editor) memos 50 Redesign 1960 50 A. Wilson (office manager) memos 50 Promotion; Circulation letters used 1946-1950 50 Magazine promotion 1953 50 Staff meetings and conferences 50 Mailings to district representatives 50 Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Keep America Beautiful, Inc. 1952-1957 51 Project guide 51 Introductory materials 1955 51 Statewide program material 1955 51 National Recreation Association promotions Publications specially financed 51 Public relations survey 51 Publicity statements on NRA 1955-1956 51 Special Week promotion 51 "Recreation as Profession in the Southern Region" 1954-1955 51 Publicity reports 1948-1950 51 Recreation program aids 1954 51 Park & Recreation Week 1941, 1951 51 Library promotions 1949-1950 51 Miscellaneous 1954,56 51 Membership letters publicity 1954-1956 51 Music Week 1939, 1952-1956 51 National Recreation Month 1955-1956 51 News Releases Board 51 International Recreation Congress releases 1956 51 Annual report 1955 51 Christmas 1953-1954 51 Halloween 1953 51 Honorary members 51 International Service 51 Publications 51 TV and radio 51 Magazine Correspondence and Material American City Magazine 51 Architectural Record 51 Athletic Institute 51 Baleite Review 51 Better Living 51 Capper’s Farmer 51 Changing Times 51 Collier’s 51 Coronet 51 Cosmopolitan 51 Dunne’s Review & Modern Industry 51 Everywoman 51 Family Circle 51 Family Weekly 51 Farmer-Stockman 51 Fortune 51 Glamour 51 Holiday 51 Home & Highway 51 Household 51 Health-Physical Education-Recreation Journal 51 Sport Merchandiser 51 Theatre Arts 51 This Week 51 Journal of Education 51 Today’s Woman 51 Town Journal 51 Woman’s Day 51 Woman’s Home Companion 51 Tri-State Safety Journal 51 Ladies Home Journal 51 Life 51 Look 51 Leadership Story (Look) 51 Newsweek 51 McCall’s 51 Reader’s Digest 51 The New Yorker 51 Parent’s 51 Public Employee 51 Saturday Evening Post 51 Selling Sporting Goods 51 Sporting Goods Dealers 51 Sports Illustrated 51 Newspaper Publicity 51 New York Times 51 NewYork World Telegram & Sun 51 Luce Press Clipping Bureau 51 Series 11. Library circa 1955-1970

Series 11, Library, consists of files concerning the development of the Joseph Lee Memorial Library at National Recreation Association headquarters. The records include procedures, book and periodical selection policy, and plans for development of the NRA archives.

Library files inventory 52 Central files inventory 52 Central files systems 52 Parent - Teen codes 52 Publishers list 52 Conference room reservation forms 52 Washington D.C. recreation dept. library 52 Public Interest Group library 52 Public Interest Group meeting 52 Library of Congress 52 Periodical list 52 National Recreation Association Library (Joseph Lee Memorial) General material 52 Orders 52 Manual and suggestions 52 History and procedure 52 Library catalog 52 Book and file catagories 52 Manual of operation 52 Comments and suggestions 52 Publications, review copies 52 Correspondence and Consultation Services Department 52 Booklists, publications and bibliographies 52 Series 12. State Recreation Societies 1955-1964

Series 12, State Recreation Societies, contains correspondence with executives of state societies, most of it transmitting copies of annual reports, constitutions, bylaws, and policy manuals requested by the National Recreation Association in connection with plans for the merger of organizations serving the parks and recreation field.

Alabama 1964 53 Arizona 1964 53 California 1964 53 Colorado 1964 53 Connecticut 1964 53 Georgia 1964 53 Illinois 1964 53 Indiana 1964 53 Iowa 1964 53 Maine 1954 53 Maryland 1964 53 Massachusetts 1964 53 Michigan 1964 53 Minnesota 1964 53 Mississippi 1964 53 Missouri 1964 53 Nevada 1964 53 New Jersey 1964 53 New York 1964 53 North Carolina 1964 53 Ohio 1964 53 Pennsylvania 1964 53 Rhode Island 1964 53 South Carolina 1964 53 South Dakota 1964 53 Utah 1964 53 Vermont 1964 53 Washington 1964 53 West Virginia 1964 53 Wisconsin 1964 53 Miscellaneous 1961 53 Recreation Inter-Agency Committee listings 1952-1963 53 Recreation legislation Arizona 1956-1957 53 California 1954-1962 53 Massachusetts 1957 53 Michigan 1955-1962 53 Mississippi undated 53 Missouri 1955 53 New Hampshire 1957 53 New York 1954 53 North Carolina 1945 53 Ohio 1956-1958 53 Oregon 1956 53 Pennsylvania 1955-1957 53 Virginia 1954-1955 53 States 1946-1962 53 Series 13. Projects 1945-1970

Series 13, Projects, contains material relating to three project areas: arts, sheltered workshops, and lifetime sports. The arts records relate to theatrical activities, performing arts festivals and art shows. The Sheltered workshops materials relate to a survey of 32 workshops, most run by Goodwill Industries. The final set of files in series 13 relates to the Lifetime Sports Recreation Project conducted by the NRPA in 1966.

Drama Workshops (Grace Walker papers) 1945-1955

Papers of Grace Walker, the National Recreation Association's first drama consultant. Contains scripts, poems, pageant instructions, games, lecture notes, correspondence, and field reports relating to workshops that she conducted.

Songs, A-W 54 Poems, stories & religious service programs 54 Publication & newsletters 54 Material used for drama workshops 54 Song lyrics 54 Play scripts and programs 54 Grace Walker’s notes and correspondence 55 Field reports, art festivals 1959-1960

The arts festivals field reports files contain responses to a survey seeking information about performing arts festivals sponsored by city recreation departments.

Art Festival 55 Palo Alto, CA 55 Wilmington, DE 55 Oakland, CA 55 Washington, D.C. 55 Atlanta, GA 55 Evanston, IL 55 New Orleans, LA 55 Boston, MS 55 Ann Arbor, MI 55 Washington Square neighborhood, New York City 55 Westchester County, NY 55 Asheville, NC 55 Cleveland, OH 55 Richmond, VA 55 Wheeling, WV 55 Los Angeles, CA 55 Rochester, NY 55 Kern County, CA 55 Art Show material Arlington, VA 55 Oakland, CA 55 Palo Alto, CA 55 Wilmington, DE 55 Washington D.C. 55 Atlanta, GA 55 Evanston, IL 55 Fort Wayne, IN 55 New Orleans, LA 55 Boston, MA 55 Tennaffly, NJ 55 Washington Square neighborhood, NewYork City 55 Westchester County, NY 55 Asheville, NC 55 Cleveland, OH 55 Portland, OR 55 York, PA 55 Richmond, VA 55 Ogle Bay Park, Wheeling, WV 55 Program information 55 Sheltered Workshops

The Sheltered Workshops files contain information compiled about 32 workshops (most of them run by Goodwill Industries) and about recreational facilities in the cities where they were located. Some files include summaries of interviews with individual workers.

Baltimore, MD Goodwill Industries Inc. 1959 56 Binghampton, NY Community survey information 1954-1960 56 Client interviews 1954-1960 56 Survey material 1954-1960 56 Boston, MA Community Workshops, Inc. 1959 56 Memorial Goodwill Industries survey 1959 56 Bridgeport, CT Goodwill Industries material 1958-1959 56 Miscellaneous 1958-1959 56 The Sheltered Workshop Inc. Survey 1958-1959 56 Charlottesville, VA Workshop for the Blind survey material 1959 56 Chicago, IL Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind 1953-1959 56 Illinois Visually Handicapped Institute, correspondence 56 Jewish Vocational Service Reports, correspondence 56 Dallas, TX Dallas County Association for the Blind community survey 56 Detroit, MI Community workshop miscellaneous material 1950 56 Jewish Home for the Aged 1950 56 Gary, IN Gary Goodwill Industries Inc. 1959 56 Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids Rehab League 1959 56 Hagerstown, MD Goodwill Industries 1959 56 Volunteers of America 56 Hartford, CT Rehabilitation Center 1958-1959 56 Los Angeles, CA Crippled Childrens Society of LA County, Inc. 1959-1960 56 Correspondence 1959-1960 56 Report 1959-1960 56 Lowell, MA Workshop for the Blind correspondence 1959 56 Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis Society for the Blind community survey 1959-1961 56 Society for the Blind Newsletter 56 Muskegon, MI Goodwill Industries community survey 1956-1960 56 New Bedford, MA National Society of Volunteers of America 1959 56 New Haven, CT New Haven Goodwill Industries, Inc. survey 1959 56 New York, NY Altro Health & Rehabilitative Services, Inc. correspondence 1959-1960 56 Altro community survey information 1959-1960 56 Altro client interviews 1959-1960 56 Altro client information 1959-1960 56 Altro printed material 1959-1960 56 Portland, ME Volunteers of America survey 56 Springfield, Il Springfield Goodwill Industries Inc. 1959 56 Stamford, CT Rehab Center Of South Fairfield County survey 1960 56 Tacoma, WA Goodwill of Tacoma, Inc., community survey 1959-1960 56 Westchester County, NY Westchester County Chapter for Help of Retarded Children 1958-1959 56 Westchester County Chapter for Help of Retarded Children: community survey 1958-1959 56 Wilmington, DE Wilmington, DE, general 1959 56 Delaware Commission for the Blind. 1959 56 Portland, ME Portland Goodwill Industries, Inc. 1959 56 Lifetime Sports Recreation Project 1966-1970

The Lifetime Sports Project files contain newsletters, reports, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the Lifetime Sports Recreation Project conducted by the National Recreation and Park Association in 1966.

1968 Proposal 57 Lifetime Sports Recreation Project (LSRP) manual 57 Reports to Lifetime Sports Foundation 57 Newspaper clippings 57 Lifetime Sports newsletters 57 Photographs 57 District Orientation meeting 1967 57 LSRP certificates 57 Classrooms in the Dark 57 LSRP evaluation 57 Brochures 57 LSRP expenses 58 General files 58 Financial report 58 Reports #2-4 with addendums, etc. 58 Manuscript materials 58 Survey 58 Proposals, correspondence 58 LSRP local city reports 58 Series 14. International Activities

Series 14, International Activities, consists primarily of reference materials filed in alphabetical order by country. Most of the folders contain information about that nation's recreation program. Correspondence and reports concerning individual international recreation organizations are also included.

Articles on International 59 Bibliographies 59 Bibliography of articles in Recreation 59 Directories 59 Exchange programs 1939-1965 59 Exhibition Services International 1965 59 Playgrounds circa 1930-1965 60 Sports circa 1930-1965 60 Conferences Conferences, general 1934-1950 59 Conferences, general 1960-1965 59 First International Institute of Park and Recreation Administration 1961 59 Second International Institute of Park and Recreation Administration 1962 59 Third International Institute of Park and Recreation Administration 1966 59 First World Recreation Congress, International Recreation Association 1964 59 Second World Recreation Congress 59 Third World Congress for Recreation and Parks 1967 59 Third World Congress for Recreation and Parks information 59 Third World Congress for Recreation and Parks participants 59 Third World Congress for Recreation and Parks correspondence and program 59 First World Conference on National Parks 1962 59 World Forestry Congress 1960 59 First European International Congress of Parks 1965 59 Organizations circa 1930-1965 American Association for the U.N., Inc. 60 American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service 60 American Friends Service Committee 60 Asia Foundations 60 Boy Scouts 60 British Information Services 60 Federation of Park Administration 60 Foreign Policy Association 60 Inter-American Cultural Council, Committee for Cultural Action 60 International Association of Children’s Summer Villages 60 International Society for Rehabilitation of Disabled 60 International Development Society 60 International Recreation Association Bulletins 60 International Information on Technical Aids 60 International Society for the Welfare of Cripples 60 Junior Chamber International 60 Midtown International, Inc. 60 Organization of American States 60 Pan American Union 60 People to People 60 Technical Assistance Information Clearinghouse 60 United Nations 60 UNESCO 60 US Committee for United Nations 60 United Nations 60 Countries Countries G-Z 61 Africa 1960-1965 61 Africa (South Africa) 1930-1960 61 Argentina 1930-1960 61 Armenia 1961 61 Australia 1935-1960 61 Belgium 61 Bolivia 61 Cambodia 61 Canada 1920-1965 "Centennial Confederation" 1967 61 British Columbia Professional Recreation Society 61 Canada, General 1921-1965 61 National Recreation Association 1930-1945 61 Organizations 1945-1955 61 Programs 1945-1965 61 Publications 1945-1965 61 Alberta 61 British Columbia 61 Manitoba 61 Montreal 61 Ontario 1945-1965 61 Ottawa 1955-1965 61 Toronto 61 Chile 61 China 1917-191944 61 Cuba 1955-1958 62 Czechoslovakia 1921-1947 62 Denmark 1955-1965 62 England 1940-1965 National Recreation Association 62 Publications 62 National Playing Fields, Association 62 Historical 62 England 1952-1962 62 England 1962-1965 62 Organizations 62 Structures 62 Ethiopia 1959 62 Finland 1959 62 Formosa 1960 62 France 1931-1960 62 Germany 1913-1948 62 Germany 1949-1962 62 Germany 1962-1965 62 Greece 62 India 1916-1949 62 India 1950-1959 62 India 1960-1965 62 India, Publications 1940-1950 62 Italy 1931-1965 62 Indonesia 1959 63 Israel 1930-1955 63 Jamaica 1964 63 Japan Japan, general 1916-1949 63 Japan, general 1950-1959 63 Japan, general 1960-1965 63 Awards 1933-1934 63 Conferences 63 Publications 63 Korea 1960-1965 63 Latin America Latin America, general 1920-1965 63 Bibliographies 63 Guides 63 Historical 63 Organization 63 Publications 63 Malaysia 1947-1964 63 Mexico 1935-1965 63 Mongolia 1960 63 New Zealand 1914-1965 63 The Netherlands 1955-1965 63 Nigeria 1963-1964 63 Norway 1950-1965 63 Pakistan 1958-1960 63 Panama 1930 63 Peru 1958 63 Philippines 1913-1965 63 Poland 1949-1965 64 Portugal 1958-1962 64 Puerto Rico 1955-1960 64 Russia 1926-1965 Bibliographies 64 Publications 64 Santo Domingo 1965 64 Scotland 1962 64 Singapore 1958-1959 64 Spain 1960-1963 64 Sweden 1935-1936 64 Switzerland 1960-1965 64 Thailand 1945-1965 64 United Arab Republic 1960-1965 64 Uruguay 1949 64 Venezuela 1959-1965 64 Vietnam 1963, 1968 64 Yugoslavia 1962 64 Series 15. Publications

Series 15 contains National Recreation Association newsletters, directories, yearbooks (often special issues of Recreation), bulletins, and, to a lesser extent, reports, studies, and brochures. The publications are a resource for studying NRA services and programs, theories, administration, and information distributed to local organizations. They also document special service areas, such as war time, rural, and "colored" recreation programs.

Newsletters 1953-1955

Series 15 contains fairly complete sets of Market Newsletter, Affiliate Newsletter, and Active Associate newsletter from their inception.

Market Newsletter 1952-1954 65 Affiliate Newsletter 1950-1965 65 Active Associate membership letter 1954-1956 65 Associates Newsletter 1955-1965 65 J. Prendergast Newsletter 1955-1956 65 Directories 1951-1961

The directories list agencies (known as affiliates) and individuals (associates) who comprised the National Recreation Association's active membership and service constituency.

Reference Service Bureau 1955-1956 66 Advisory Committee 1956 66 NRA Staff Directories 1951-1966 66 Publicity, Telling Your Town 1933-1935 66 Yearbooks 1915-1961

The records comprise a nearly complete set of yearbooks, most of them issues of Recreation magazine, each of which provides a primarily statistical summary of community recreation services across the country, and, to a lesser extent, an accounting of NRA services. Also, a complete set of Recreation magazine (1907-65) in bound volumes is located in the Archives' journals collection. Originally entitled Playground, it became Playground and Recreation in June, 1929 and then finally Recreation in January, 1931.

Yearbooks 1915-1961 67 The Yearbook 1915-1919 67 The Playground 1916-1920 67 Recreation 1935-1947 67 Recreation and Park Yearbook 1961 67 Bulletins 1918-1951

The Bulletins comprise sets of mimeograph and offset publications that provided practical advice for recreation workers. Included are numerous bulletin series, each aimed at a specialized audience in the recreation field. These include: wartime recreation, community singing, recreation executives, "colored" workers, industrial recreation, rural recreation, and play in institutions. The container list provides a complete list of series titles and span dates plus information about peculiarities in the filing arrangement.

Bulletins 1918-1951 68 Index to Bulletins May 1919 - Oct. 1920 68 Bulletin #1-1313 July 1919 - January 1926 68

This is the principle bulletin series, which apparently received the widest distribution. Included in it are occasional classified lists of recent bulletins. "The Bulletin" continued after 1931 as "Recreation Executive Bulletin Service"

Bulletin #1315-2399 January 1926 - March 1931 69 "C.O." #1-303 March, 1919 - May 1923 69

A bulletin for community organizers published by Community Service, Inc.

PRAA #1-155, circa 1919-1921 70

Published by the Playground and Recreation Association of America

PRAA bulletins 1-3 1921 70

These bulletins were apparently intended to deal with the continuation of wartime recreation programs

"WRB" #256-276 circa 1918-1919 70

War Recreation Bulletin

National Bulletin #1-266 circa 1921-1927 70

Published by Community Service and, later, by Playground and Recreation Association of America

"CS" #1-207 1918-1924 70

A bulleting devoted to community singing

"Recreation Executive Bulletin Service" #2400-2900 circa 1931-1933 70

Continues the "Bulletin" series

"Recreation Executive Bulletin Service" #2901-4117 circa 1933-1940 71 "National Physical Education Service Newsletter" #2-141, April 1927 - June 1941 1927-1941 72 Bulletins to chairmen March 1940 – August 1945 73 Industrial Recreation Bulletins, 1-199+, circa 1935-1939 73

Includes "War Industrial Recreation Bulletin" for 1943-1946. The latter part of this series overlaps with industrial recreation bulletins in box 79

Unemployment Bulletins circa 1930-1931 73 "Colored Workers" bulletins circa 1933-1950 74

Contains "C.W.B." series, #1-38, but also includes numerous other bulletins distributed to recreation workers in the field of "colored" recreation.

Play in Institutions 1930-1945 75

Includes the "Play in Institutions" series, #1-147, as well as other related bulletins

Play in Institutions 1945-1950 76 Bulletins to Park Superintendents 1939-1945 76 War Bulletin Service June, 1942 76 DCS Bulletins October-December, 1940 76

Defense Community Service

Rural Bulletin Service circa 1931-1950 77

Includes "Rural Community Building" series #1-23, 1931-1932; "R.R.B.S." series #1-484, 1933-1938; and other bulletins on rural topics

Emergency Relief Administration, 1-434 circa 1935-1939 78 Emergency Relief Administration circa 1939-1942 78 WPA Bulletins April-December, 1942 78 Sponsors newsletter June, 1944 78 Bulletin to NRA staff and field workers circa 1930-1935 78 Industrial Recreation Bulletins, 2-65 circa 1943-1945 79 MB’s, #30-427 (with gaps) circa 1944-1945 79 MB’s discontinued publications 1-1599 circa 1940-1945 79 MB’s, discontinued publications 1600-192033 circa 1945-1977 80 MB’s, general and subject circa 1945-1950 81

Also see box 99

Other NRA Publications circa 1946-1965 82 Scrapbook 1951-1955 83 1946-1958 scrapbook, miscellaneous 1960’s publications 1946- 1960’s 84 1962-1965 scrapbook, miscellaneous Recreation material circa 1962-1965 85 Scrapbook 1959-1961 86 Bulletins circa 1940-1955 Simple Dramatics, pageants, play lists, stunts and marionettes 87 "Arts and Crafts" 87 "The Spring Holidays" 87 "Parties and Dances" 87 "Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year" 87 "Patriotic Holidays" 87 "Areas, Facilities and Buildings" 87 "Homeplay" 87 "For Your Camping Program" 87 "Stunts and Entertainments" 87 Leadership, Organization, Administration 87 Games 87 Music 87 Drama 87 Playground and Recreation Association of America publications 88 National Recreation Association pamphlets, #163-221 88 Community Service, Inc. publications 88 National Recreation Association reprints 88 Non-National Recreation Association publications 88 Pamphlets, brochures, books, by National Recreation Association and local chapters 89 Conference reports, Yearbooks, studies, field reports and general recreation information 1958-1965 90 National Recreation Association miscellaneous publications 1955-1965 56 Series 16. Scrapbooks 1935-1953

Series 16 consists of scrapbooks on 19 subjects. These contain primarily National Recreation Association publications that were compiled for convenient reference services. Topics include activities, administration and organization, areas and structures, defense and recreation, handicrafts, holidays and special days, industrial recreation, music, National Joseph Lee Day, nature, personnel, programs, publicity, records and forms, reports, social recreation, sports, state recreation, and youth.

"Activities I" flat 1 "Activities II" flat 1 "Administration of Organization II" flat 2 "Areas and Structures" flat 2 "Defense and Recreation Bulletins and Publications I" flat 3 "Defense and Recreation Bulletins and Publications II" flat 3 "Handicraft" flat 4 "Holidays and Special Days I" flat 4 "Holidays and Special Days II" flat 5 "Industrial II" flat 5 "Music" flat 6 "National Joseph Lee Day" flat 6 "Nature" flat 7 "Personnel" flat 7 "Programs" flat 8 "Publicity I" flat 9 "Records and Forms" flat 10 "Reports I" flat 10 "Reports II" flat 11 "Social Recreation" flat 11 "Sports I" flat 12 "Sports II" flat 13 "State Recreation" flat 14 "Youth" flat 15 Series 17. Reference Files Seniors and Youth 1930-1969 123

The Seniors and Youth files contain publications and ephemera from national, regional, and local clubs, centers, service organizations, and government agencies. Some reports from meetings of youth groups or youth leaders. The Cellar Clubs file contains interviews with settlement leaders.

Music 1930-1969 123-124

The Music files contain publications and ephemera on holiday songs, skits, pageants, and music in an industrial setting (company bands, etc.)

Play in schools, Rural programs, "Value and Need" of recreation 1930-1969 125

Surveys and miscellaneous material. Also, "Value and Need" files on the importance of recreation.

Local Reference Materials 91-122

Informational copies of annual reports prepared by city park and recreation departments. They do not reflect any NRA activity or involvement. Also contained here are county and city plans arranged by state. The reports were completed by city or county recreation agencies in the mid 1950s to the 1960s and are not NRA field reports. A smaller number of reports date from the 1930s and 1940s.