Community Organizing Files, 1962-2016
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Scope and Content Note
The Community Organizing Files series (1962-2014) contains items related to Dick V. Cook’s career as a community organizer, non-profit consultant, and professor of Social Work. Materials are mainly textual and include research articles, pamphlets, periodicals, newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts, and ephemera related to areas where he lived and worked. Some of the ephemera in this collection include historical maps of Baltimore neighborhoods. Unique neighborhood ephemera includes period coloring books and community festival schedules. Also present are local news clippings related to the clean up of Wyman Park and the start of the Waverly Farmers Market. This series contains some digital formats including CD-ROMs and 3.5 inch floppy disks that are housed separately from textual materials in Box 28. Audio cassette tapes were removed and housed in the Audiovisual Materials Series due to their format and preservation needs.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-2016
Creator
- From the Collection: Cook, Dick V. (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Restrictions
This series contains digital materials that may need further processing or special equipment to allow use. Please contact Special Collections and Archives staff for more information.
Extent
From the Collection: 28.88 Linear feet (30 containers)
Arrangement
Series consists of an inventory. Digital materials are housed in Box 28. Audiovisual materials were removed and housed with the Audiovisual Materials Series in Boxes 29 and 30.
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository
H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, Room 104
1415 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21201 USA
410-837-4253
specialcollections@ubalt.edu