Edgemont Community Center records, 1955-1973

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Summary

Creator:
Edgemont Community Center
Extent:
6 Linear Feet
2500 Items
Language:
English
Collection ID:
RL.00351

Background

Biographical / historical:

The Edgemont Community Center was incorporated in 1941 in Durham, NC, as an autonomous, service oriented center located in a low-income white neighborhood beset by numerous social problems. The center came to serve a more racially mixed population in later years.

Acquisition information:
Received as a gift by the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library in 1973.
Processing information:

Processed by Paula Jeannett

Completed September 3, 1998

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Subjects:
Community centers -- North Carolina -- Durham
Community development, Urban -- North Carolina -- Durham
Names:
Edgemont Community Center
Edgemont Community Center
Places:
Durham (N.C.) -- Social conditions
Edgemont Community -- Durham, (N.C.)

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[Identification of item], Edgemont Community Center Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.