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Daisy George audio collection : 31 items.

Title
Daisy George audio collection : 31 items.
Author
George, Daisy S. (Daisy Screven)
Publication
[1986]

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Description
31 audiocassettes
Summary
The collection consists of 31 audio recordings related to her activities with various women's organizations.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Biography (note)
  • Daisy S. George was a member of several prominent national and international women's organizations, including the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC), the National Council of Negro Women, the National Council of Women, U.S.A., and the International Council of Women. From 1973 to 1985 she served as the NANBPWC's accredited representative to the United Nations under the auspices of the U.N.'s Non Governmental Organizations (NGO), Department of Public Information. In this capacity she headed a number of special projects and study tours in Africa, including those to assist African women and children. George was also a member of the National Council of Negro Women, having joined in 1943. She maintained her association with this organization for more than forty years, attaining several high administrative posts. For the National Council of Women, U.S.A. she served as chair, co-chair of committees, representative to international conferences as well as in other capacities in the 1970's to 1990's, including chairing a committee to study the issue of population in the United States. And for the International Council of Women, in the 1970's George was appointed to serve on the Special Commission on Slavery, and was a member of its executive committee. George was also affiliated with the United Nations African Mothers Association, which aided African mothers and children in a variety of capacities. In addition to her demanding and numerous volunteer positions, George's salaried posts included serving as an organizer, member of the board of directors and other related capacities for the New York Hotel Trades Council (1940's-early 1950's). She was executive director of the Nepperhan Community Center in the Bronx, and worked for the City of New York Department of Finance, where her final responsibility before her retirement in 1975 was as coordinator of the Work Training Program with the Neighborhood Youth Corps Program. Daisy George was born in South Carolina in 1907, and attended Benedict College, also in that state. George received many honors, commendations and awards. She died in 2004.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Daisy George archive. Papers can be found in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division: Daisy George papers, ca. 1945-ca. 1995. (Sc MG 118). Photographs can be found in the Photograhs and Prints Division (Sc Photo Daisy George Collection).
Call Number
Sc MIRS George 1986-64
OCLC
1182026701
Author
George, Daisy S. (Daisy Screven) creator.
Title
Daisy George audio collection : 31 items.
Publisher
[1986]
Biography
Daisy S. George was a member of several prominent national and international women's organizations, including the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC), the National Council of Negro Women, the National Council of Women, U.S.A., and the International Council of Women. From 1973 to 1985 she served as the NANBPWC's accredited representative to the United Nations under the auspices of the U.N.'s Non Governmental Organizations (NGO), Department of Public Information. In this capacity she headed a number of special projects and study tours in Africa, including those to assist African women and children. George was also a member of the National Council of Negro Women, having joined in 1943. She maintained her association with this organization for more than forty years, attaining several high administrative posts. For the National Council of Women, U.S.A. she served as chair, co-chair of committees, representative to international conferences as well as in other capacities in the 1970's to 1990's, including chairing a committee to study the issue of population in the United States. And for the International Council of Women, in the 1970's George was appointed to serve on the Special Commission on Slavery, and was a member of its executive committee. George was also affiliated with the United Nations African Mothers Association, which aided African mothers and children in a variety of capacities. In addition to her demanding and numerous volunteer positions, George's salaried posts included serving as an organizer, member of the board of directors and other related capacities for the New York Hotel Trades Council (1940's-early 1950's). She was executive director of the Nepperhan Community Center in the Bronx, and worked for the City of New York Department of Finance, where her final responsibility before her retirement in 1975 was as coordinator of the Work Training Program with the Neighborhood Youth Corps Program. Daisy George was born in South Carolina in 1907, and attended Benedict College, also in that state. George received many honors, commendations and awards. She died in 2004.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Daisy George archive. Papers can be found in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division: Daisy George papers, ca. 1945-ca. 1995. (Sc MG 118). Photographs can be found in the Photograhs and Prints Division (Sc Photo Daisy George Collection).
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Research Call Number
Sc MIRS George 1986-64
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