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
A manuscript about the clubs in the Pee Dee district of South Carolina. It lists several names of the clubs and mentions Helen Usher, a prominent member.
A manuscript about the Junior Federation's Father's Day and Mother's Day activities, their work beautifying Charleston, and their status as the largest junior chapter in the Southeast. It also mentions holding the 1969 convention in Charleston at the Jack Tar Hotel, now the Francis Marion Hotel.
A portion of a manuscript that discusses the inequality in educational opportunities for Black and white children. It also mentions hearing Robert F. Kennedy quote Frederick Douglass at the national clubs convention.
A manuscript, possibly a draft, of an idea to ask local sororities and fraternities to help with beautification of the city, with suggestions for specific activities they could do.
A manuscript with details about the beautification work of the Junior Federation under their leader, Miss Murray. It also has a description of dinner at Mamie Fields' home that the officers of the southeast clubs attended, possibly before their convention.
Letter from Robert Lee Sigmon to Mamie Fields about visiting on behalf of the Voluntary International Service Assignment program of the American Friends Service Committee. At the bottom of the letter, Fields write back to Sigmon.
Letter from Mamie Fields to Reverend DuBose at Wesley Methodist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, asking for his help to get girls from the Wilkinson Home for Girls involved in his church.
Letter from Mamie Fields to Marion Wilkinson, discussing potential speakers for a youth meeting. It mentions that a Miss Johnson may be in a legal tangle for something she said while employed by the government.
Invitation from Mamie Fields to members of the Charleston Federation of Colored Women's Clubs for a fundraising event at Buist Elementary School for the Wilkinson Home for Girls.
Letter from an unknown person to Mamie Fields, detailing the progress and needs of updating and cleaning the Wilkinson Home for Girls. It also mentions Miss Bellinger left suddenly and how Mrs. Middleton is doing well.
Letter from Mamie Fields to someone named Lynn about the community work she was trying to do and how it overlapped with the Home's mission. Fields also discusses claims Lynn made about Fields's inability to run the home.
An outline of a meeting planning for the continuance of the day care center and nursery at Zion Olivet Presbyterian Church. It mentions Reverend Perry Metz offering space in the church for the center.
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