Letter from Viola Ford Turner, president of the Metropolitan Council for Negro Women in Charleston, to Margaret Carter, chief of division of public liaison with the Department of State. The letter discusses the event the group held in Charleston for the United Nations' anniversary on October 23, and thanks Carter for sending Mr. Strong to the event.
Letter from Bertie L. Derrick, national field director for the National Council of Negro Women, confirming she will be in Sumter to help organize the Charleston Metropolitan branch of the Council. A handwritten note indicates it was organized April 9, 1949 with Mrs. V.F. Turner as president and Fields as secretary.
Letter from the co-chairpersons of the Charleston section of the National Council of Negro Women to Mamie Fields. It invites Fields to attend a program honoring Mary McLeod Bethune.
A written piece by Mamie Fields about an unsuccessful vote taken on May 19, 1967 to segregate YWCA clubs. It also mentions potential improvements she wants to add to their YWCA chapter.
Letter from Lola Myers, President of Wilkinson Home for Girls, to Mamie Fields about the new rules from the City of Cayce and how the work it will take for the Home to stay compliant.
Letter from Clifford Sanford, of The Group Child Care Project at the University of North Carolina, to Mamie Fields, about who to ask about finding a new director for the Wilkinson Home for Girls.
Form letter from Mamie Fields with a blank spot for the name, authorizing the letter holder to solicit funds to purchase a station wagon for the Wilkinson Home for Girls, an Easter gift.
A handwritten history of the Coastal District of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. It mentions that the district includes Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties and was created under Mamie Fields' administration
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