Dorchester House Multi-Service Center: records 1909 - 1983

Assistant Director: Correspondence, 1972-1978

70	1974 Incoming
71-72	1972-1978 Outgoing

Planning Sessions: Papers, 1969-1980

73	1969
74-75	1971
76	1972
77-78	1973
79-80	1974-1975
81-85	1976

Box 4:

86	1978-1979
87	1969
88	1980 Outside study of recreation program
89	1976-1877 Clerical staff

Statistics, 1967-1981

90-91	1967-1969 Dorchester Info. Center, monthly
92	1967-1969
93	1972-1973
94	1974-1975

Box 4 (cont.):

95	1976
96-101	1977
102-104	1978
105-108	1979
109-111	1980
112-113	1981

Program Reports, 1977-1979

114	1977
115-116	1978-1979

Director: Department Files, 1972-1980

117-119	Art, 1976-1978
120-121	Health, 1972-1974
122-123	Health, 1975-1976
124-126	Log School, 1974-1978
127-130	Optometry, 1973-1980
131	Preschool, 1978
132	Project Entry, 1975
133-136	Recreation, 1974-1978

Administrative Project Files, 1969-1982

137	Alcoholism Training, 1978
138	Associated Foundations of Greater Boston, 1974

Administrative Project Files, 1969-1982 (cont.)

139	Boston University. School of Social Work, 1973-1974
140-141	CETA Program, 1977-1978

Box 5:

142	College Work Study, 1976-1977
143	Dorchester Human Development Network, 1974
144	Dorchester Planning, 1982
145	Dorchester Youth Collaborative, 1982
146-147	Delinquency Task Force, 1974
148	Fields Corner CDC, 1980
149	Grover Cleveland School Work Study, 1972
150	Mather School District Council, 1972

Box 5 (cont.):

151	Mental Health Continuing Ed., 1973-1974
152-157	Neighborhood Health Center, 1972-1975
158-161	New Careers Project, 1970-1977
162	North Dorch. Alcohol Counseling Program, n.d.
163	Release Time Project, 1972
164	Station II Community Affairs Program, n.d.
165	Tenants Action Council, 1971
166	Toxic Waste Disposal, 1974-1979
167-168	Tufts Mental Health Program, 1969-1973
169	UMass/Boston Tutor Program, 1973-1974

Personnel Records, 1972-1978

170	1972-1975 Misc. Resumes
171-172	1974-1977 Health Admin. Resumes
173-178	1974-1978 Misc. Applications

Personnel Procedures, 1967-1978

179	1967 Personnel Practices
180	1971-1978 Policies and Practices
181-184	1973-1978 Job Descriptions
185	1974 Board Training
186	1978 Multi-Ethnic Training Program
187-191	Administrative Group: Meeting Minutes, 1974-1875
192	Program Director: Minutes, 1974-1977
193-198	Staff Meeting: Minutes, 1971-1978

Dorchester House Construction: Correspondence, 1968-1973

199
200-202	1968 Correspondence
203	1970 FDNH-City of Boston Agreement
204	1970-1972 Correspondence
205	1972 Ground-breaking Correspondence
206	1973-1977 Telephone System corr.

Box 5 (cont.):

Dorchester House, Additions and Alterations: Correspondence,1972-1982

207-208	1976
209-210	1976 Health Center

Box 6:

211-212	1976 Hill Burton Financing
213-214	1972-1976 2nd Floor Addition, Proposals
215-217	1977-1976 2nd Floor Addition, Plans & Guides
218-219	1973-1976
220-223	1977
224	1978 Teen Lounge
225	1974-1978
226	1976
227	1978-1979 2nd Floor Addition
228	1980 Office Renovations
229	1982 Repairs
230-231	Application for Neighborhood Facilities Grant, 1970

Senior Housing Construction: Correspondence, 1979-1982

232-233	1979-1982
234-242	1981-1982 HUD Applications
243-251	1981-1982 Mass. Housing Finance Agency
252-255	Uses of Facilities Applications, 1974-1983

Group III. Finance, 1969-1981

Box 7:

House: Budgets, 1969-1979

1-3	1969-1971
4-5	1972
6-8	1973
9-11	1974
12-16	1975
17-19	1976

Box 7 (cont.):

20	1977
21	1978-1979

Health Center: Budgets, 1974-1978

22	1974
23-24	1975
25	1976
26-27	1977
28	n.d.

Health Center: Rate-Setting Reports, 1978-1981

29	1978-1979
30-31	1979
32-37	1980
38-40	1981

House: Ledgers, 1969-1973

41	1969-1972
42	1970-1973
43	1971

Health Center: Ledgers, 1970-1975

44	1971-1972
45-46	1970-1975

Contracts and Billings, 1968-1977

47	1969
48	1970 Day Camp
49	1973 Social Services Applications

Box 8:

50-53	1974-1977 Pool Agreement
54	1971-1975 Nutrition Program
55-66	Health Center: Agreements, 1974-1979

Box 8 (cont.):

House Payrolls, 1967-1973

73-74	1973 Weekly Time Sheets
75-76	Health Center: Audits, 1971-1973, 1979

Group IV: House Programs, 1967-1982

1	Dorchester Information Center: Administration files, 1967-1968

Recreation: Administration Files, 1969-1982

2-3	1968-1971 Summer Program
4-7	1972-1974 Summer Program - Day Camp
8	1974 Summer Program
9	1975 Summer Program - Day Camp
10-12	1976 Summer Program
13-19	1977-1978 Summer Program - Day Camp
20-23	1978 Summer Program
24-26	1978-1979 Summer Program - Day Camp
	Evaluations: See IV: xx-xx below
27	1982 Summer Program
20-23	1978 Summer Program
20-23	1978 Summer Program

Recreation: Program Files, 1970-1976

28-31	1970-1971 Friday Girls Club - Process Recording
32-34	1973-1976 After School Program
35	1974-1975 Women's Baseball Program
36-38	1975 Bingo Program

Box 9:

Recreation: Project Files, 1969-1982

39	1969 Drug Hotline Program
40	1969-1972 Teen Council Meeting
41-43	1971-1974 Drug Education Program
44	1975-1976 Children in Crisis
45	1981-1982 Drug Education Program

Box 9 (cont.):

Recreation Administration Files, 1969-1982 (cont.)

46-50

1977-1978 Summer Program - Staff and Participant Evaluations

Arts: Administrative Files, 1973-1974

51

1973-1974

Arts: Program Files, 1972-1976

52-53

1972-1976

Arts: Project Files, 1975-1976

54	1973 Application for Mass. Arts Funding
55-60	1975-1976 Magnet School Program

Pre-School/Daycare: Administrative Files, 1969-1978

61-66	1969-1976
67	1978
68	n.d.

Pre-School/Daycare: Program Files, 1972-1973

69-70

1972-1973

Neighborhood Aides: Administration and Program Files, 1967-1980

71-72	1972-1972
73-74	1974-1980

Log School: Administrative Files, 1972-1976

75-76	1972-1976
77-79	1974
80	1974-1976

Box 9 (cont.):

Log School: Program Files, 1976

81-82

1976

Project Entry: Administrative Files, 1975-1977

Group V: Health Programs, 1966-1982

Health Center: Planning Papers, 1969-1980

1	1969 Health Coordinator
2	1972 C.O.N. Approval
3-4	1973 Pharmacy Services Proposal
5	1973 HEW Grant Application
6-10	1974 Certificate of Need Application

Box 10:

13-14	1974 Federal Assistance Application
15	1975 Correspondence
16-17	1975 HEW Grant Application
18-20	1975 Budget/Costs
21-22	1976 Hill Burton Grant
23	1976-1977 Reports, etc.
24	1979-1980 OB-GYN Planning Group
25	n.d. Questionnaire

Medical Services Director: Correspondence, 1973-1983

26-28	1973-1975
29-30	1975
31-32	1975
33	1976-1978
34-35	1978-1983 Hospital Agreements

Health Center: Evaluations, 1971-1981

36-37	1971 In-house survey of the quality of hospital care
38	1971-1972 Health care provided through the Fields Corner Health Center

Box 10 (cont.):

39	1973 Mental Health Program evaluation
40-46	1975 In-house patient survey
47-49	1978 Laboratory data sheets
50	1978 Fin. Comm. report
51	1980-1981 Patients survey
52	1981 Health survey
53	n.d. Rec. for a quality of care review
54	n.d. Mental Health Task Force survey
55	n.d. Transportation Survey

Health Center: Program Files, 1971-1975

56-60

1971-1975 Weekly Summary Sheets

Health Center: Project Files, 1973-1981

61-63	1973-1974 WIC Program
63-65	1974-1975 Home Health Center Project
66-67	1974-1978 Nutrition Program
68-69	1975 WIC Program
70-71	1975-1976 Home Health Care

Box 11:

72-73	1975-1977	Family Planning
74-76	1978	" "
77-80	1979	" "
81-84	1980-1981	" "

Mental Health: Planning Files, 1966-1974

85	1966-1968 Proposals
86	1972 Mental Health Planning Comm.
87	1974 Proposal
88	n.d. Preventative Mental Health Program

Mental Health: Administrative Files, 1971-1975

89-90	1971-1974 Director's Correspondence
91	1972-1974 Funding, etc.
92	1976 Certification Application

Box 12

Mental Health: Project Files, 1972-1977

93-94	1972-1973	Early Intervention Program
95-96	1974-1977	"       "       "     Proposals

Optometry: Administrative Files, 1974-1978

97-99

1974-1978

Dental Services: Administrative Files, 1974-1981

100	1974-1976 Correspondence, Proposals, etc.
101	1979 Patient Questionnaire
102-103	1980-1981 Misc.

Box 13:

Group VI: Photographs, 1909-1987
(Index to photos appears at end of finding aid.)

1.	1888 (1 photo): boy in garden
2.	ca. 1910-1913 (5 photos, 1 negative): Dorchester House gardens, cobbling class.
3.	1913-1925 (19 photos), from scrapbooks, includes students, Gordon House, gardening, and: 1913: sitting room of Dorchester House 1924: Italian Womens' Club Picnic
4.	1923 (21 photos): Album of "Camp Dorchester, June 27 - Aug. 7, Lake Pohkapoag, Blue Hills Reserv."
5.	ca. 1920s-1930s (20 photos, 3 negatives, 2 slides): miscellaneous programs
6.	ca. 1925 (1 photocopy of photograph): dress-making class
7.	ca. 1920s-1950s (6 photos, 3 negatives), Dorchester House buildings: 7 Gordon Place ("Gordon House") and 1346 Dorchester Avenue. Two oversize photos filed in Box ARCOZ2.

Box 13 (cont.):

1958, 1969, n.d. (6 photos): Chrystalettes Club in New York City, Washington, D.C.

8.	1930-1934 (58 photos, 1 negative): photos and newspaper clippings, some mounted on pages of scrapbook, including: 1913: Callender, Caroline S. (DH founder) 1932: Italian Mothers' Club at Nantasket Nursery school at Franklin Park 1933: Berger, Joy [instructor?] 1934: Third Annual Pet Show
9.	ca. 1940s (55 photos, 1 negative): miscellaneous programs, including: 1947: Christmas play Folk Festival 1947- 1949: Bluebirds Troop 1949: Happy Day Camp n.d.: Amorosino, Charles (boys worker at DH) Robinson, N. Winthrop (Pres., DH board, 1924-54) Royals Club [wrestling club?]
10.	ca. 1940s (9 photos, 1 negative): Camp Dorchester at Blue Hills Reservation
11.	ca. 1940s-1950s (7 photos): Board of Directors, including the years 1942, 1954, 1955
12-13.	ca. 1940s-1950s (99 photos, 1 negative): miscellaneous program photos
14.	ca. 1940s-1950s (6 photos): sports programs
15.	1958-1961 (13 photos) Chrystalettes Club includes: 1958: Royalettes initiation 1959: Members 1961: Varsity show
16.	including the years 1942, 1954, 1955
17.	ca.1950s: (26 photos, 1 negative), miscellaneous programs, including nursery school and wrestling class
18.	Late 1950s - early 1960s (7 photos): Dorchester House Camp?
19-21.	1950s-1960s (127 photos): miscellaneous program photos, including dances, plays, races, camp, swimming, story telling

Box 14:

22.	Late 1950s-1960s (16 photos): Chrystalettes Club
23.	ca. 1960s (29 photos): misc. programs and grounds
24.	1961 (17 photos): Chrystalettes Club play
25-26.	ca. 1960s-1970s (46 photos): miscellaneous program photos, and 1968 photo of John McCormack (Speaker of the House of Representatives) in his Washington, D. C. office, when visited by Determined People of Dorchester [f. 17]
27-28.	1970-1975 (95 photos, 5 negative strips), miscellaneous program photos, including: 1972: Dorchester Day Parade 1973: " " " 1974: Open House Parents' Night Christmas play 1976?: Health Fair
29.	1971-1972 (25 photos): miscellaneous program photos, including garage sale and Weight Watchers Group.
30.	1971 and ca. 1970s (52 photos): Determined People of Dorchester; fund-raising events and other meetings.
31.	1971-1973 (27 photos, 1 contact sheet): construction and grounds at the site of the Multi-Service Center
32.	1972 (6 photos, 1 negative): groundbreaking (includes group photo with Boston Mayor Kevin White), construction, and lobby of Multi-Service Center
33-34.	1972-1973 (60 photos): photos and newspaper articles from scrapbook, including construction site of Multi-Service Center, miscellaneous programs, and: 1972: Christmas Dorchester Day Parade 1973: Spaghetti supper
35.	1973 (8 negative strips): construction site of Multi-Service Center and pre-school graduation Box 14 (cont.):
36.	1973-1978 (packet of slides), including: 1973: construction of Multi-Service Center Log School Pre-school 1977: construction of second floor n.d.: Health Center I lobby area
37.	1975 (25 photos, 3 negative strips): Open House celebration, Camp Dorchester, crafts, exterior of Multi-Service Center.

Box 15:

38.	ca. 1975-1981 (86 photos, 10 negative strips): miscellaneous program photos
39.	1976 (7 photos, 4 contact sheets): special needs swimming class
40.	1976 (13 photos, 4 contact sheets, 16 negative strips): handicapped van dedication and miscellaneous programs.
41.	1976-1978 (1 box of slides): miscellaneous programs and surrounding Dorchester area. Filed in Box ARCSB1.
42-43.	1977 (88 photos, 1 contact sheet, 5 negative strips): miscellaneous programs, including arts and crafts.
44.	1978: 4 boxes of slides, marked as follows: Christmas Party, art work, Virginia's Art Center, Mixed Classes of Lisa Heath.
45-46.	1978 (17 photos, 100 slides, 4 contact sheets, 16 negative strips, 1 negative): miscellaneous programs, mostly arts and crafts
47.	1978 (26 Polaroid snapshots): Christmas Bazaar
48.	1978-1979 (1 box of 55 slides): art class of Lisa Heath. Filed in Box ARCSB1.
49.	1978-1979 (2 boxes of slides): miscellaneous art programs (preschool and adult)
50.	1979-1984 (50 photos, 9 negative strips): miscellaneous programs, events, and buildings, including seniors activities and "1950s-theme" staff dance

Box 16:

51-52.	ca. 1970s (50 photos, 3 negatives, 6 negative strips): miscellaneous programs, including sports and recreation, theater, arts and crafts, construction, and buildings
53.	ca. 1970s (23 negative strips, 1 contact sheet): miscellaneous programs, buildings, surrounding Dorchester area
54.	1980 (3 boxes of slides): art classes of Virginia __?__ and auto mechanics class of Peg Zalinsky
55.	1980 (13 photos, 3 negative strips): visit to Dorchester House by U. S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
56.	1980 (61 photos, 19 negative strips): Donkey Basketball Game
57-58.	1980-1984 (118 photos, 12 negative strips): miscellaneous programs, including children's and seniors' health services, after school art classes and gym programs, daycare, Senior Lunch Program, and staff members. (#48 filed in Box 15)
59.	1981 (76 photos, 8 negative strips): "Spring Fling" [May 29]
60.	1981-1982 (35 photos, 9 negative strips): miscellaneous photos, including "Staff Day" and exterior of Dorchester House
61.	1982 (25 photos): Kelly House groundbreaking ceremonies with Massachusetts Governor Edward King in attendance
62.	1983 (26 photos, 4 negative strips, 1 negative): Dorchester House exterior, seniors' health services, re-opening of Dorchester House pool. One oversize photo filed in Box ARCOZ2.
63-64.	1984 (89 photos, 17 negative strips): Dorchester House annual dinner, exteriors of buildings, recreation, pre-school day care, and seniors' art class and swim.

Box 17:

65.	1987 (12 slides): Dorchester House 100th Anniversary

Box 17 (cont.):

66.	n.d. (7 photos, 14 negatives, 7 negative strips): undated photos and negatives of buildings and miscellaneous programs [includes one photomechanical reproduction].

Group VII: Historical material, 1909-1984
(some should be refiled in other groups)

Newspaper clippings, 1939

Newspaper clippings from scrapbook, 1950

Newspaper clippings, ca.1947-72

Newspaper clippings, mostly re: sports, 1940s-50s

Dorchester Argus Citizen articles, 1974-83

News releases, 1967-69

Agency publications, 1931-69. Includes

newsletters, reprints, announcements, flyers, etc. (2ff)

Agency publications, 1970-84. Includes

newsletters, brochures, programs, announcements. (3ff)

Will of Caroline S. Callender, founder of DH, 1928

Miscellaneous records, 1909-26. Includes copies of letters, historical summaries from proposals and articles. (3ff)

Miscellaneous records, 1909-83. Includes lists of board and House Council members. (2ff)

Miscellaneous material, 1978-83. Includes lists of governing board and committee members.

Box 18:

To be interfiled (or own series) Bette Johnson West's Papers, 1950-1968. Includes Chrystalette Club.

Box 18 (cont.):

Pat Egan's Papers, 1970-1971

Lillian DiPaolo's Papers, 1960-1970

To be interfiled (from original accession)

Certificate of need application for Health Center, 1974 (2ff)

Contract documents for 2nd floor addition to DHMSC building, ca. 1974 (9 ff.) [5 ff. in Box 19]

Box 19:

To be interfiled (from FDNH accession)

Found loose:

Memo re: Health Center from Nurse Coordinator, May 1972

"An Analysis for the Proposed Dorchester House

Neighborhood Service Center," Nov. 1968

Re: DH history: ca.1940 postcard, copy of 1938 letter

Budget, 1949-55, 1954

Clipping, 1942; Flyers, programs, publicity, 1974-87

In original folders:

Hill Burton

H[?]SMHA proposal [1974]

Steering Committee [re: neighborhood center, 1968-70. 2 folders]

From unmarked notebook re: planning service center, 1968-69. 3 folders.

INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHS
(All numbers refer to the folder numbers within this series.)

Arts and crafts classes 42-46, 48-49, 51-52, 54, 57-58, 63-64

Board of Directors 9, 11

Buildings:

7 Gordon Place 3, 7
1353 Dorchester Avenue 7, 31-37, 60, 62-64
Kelly House (groundbreaking) 61

callender, Caroline S. ( Dorchester House founder) 8

Camp Dorchester 4, 10, 37

Chrystalettes Club [girls] 15-16, 22-23

Determined People of Dorchester 30

Dorchester Day Parade 27-28, 33-34

Italian Women's [or Mothers'?] Club 3, 8

Kennedy, [U. S. Senator] Edward M., visit to Dorchester House 55

King, [Massachusetts Governor] Edward 61

McCormack, [Speaker of the US House of Representatives] John 26

Open House 27-28, 37

Robinson, N. Winthrop (President of the Board of Directors, 1924-1954) 9

"Spring Fling" 59

White, [Boston Mayor] Kevin 32

100th Anniversary 65

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