Items displayed on the bottom shelf
Items on this shelf include photographs and records of the Toledo Community Chest, Toledo Social Service Foundation, the Charles Feilbach School, Opportunity Home, Toledo Federation of Charities, and Quota International.
Newsclipping
1941
Toledo Community Chest scrapbooks, 1941-1945. United Way of Greater Toledo Records, MSS-064.
These scrapbooks document the efforts of the Toledo business community to raise funds to support social services during World War II.
Social services in Toledo
1934-1940
Scrapbook, Toledo Social Service Federation, 1934-1940. Family Service of Northwest Ohio Records, MSS-075.
This scrapbook documents the efforts of the Toledo Social Service Federation, formerly the Toledo Federation of Charities, to assist the needy during the darkest days of the Depression.
Daily charity reports
1904-1905
Daily Report, Toledo Federation of Charities, 1904-1905. Family Service of Northwest Ohio Records, MSS-075.
The Toledo Federation of Charities was the first social service agency in the city. Members of the organization included the wives of some of the most prominent business men of the city. The organization sought to help the city’s poor by providing direct assistance or by referring to appropriate agencies.
From the White House
February 9, 1934
The letter from the Secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the seventh-grade students of The Charles Feilbach School. This was in response ot their birthday greetings sent to the president. The letter is a part of the Charles Feilbach School scrapbook.
Charles Feilbach School
1921-1931
Photographs from the scrapbook, Charles Feilbach School for Crippled Children, 1921-1931. Toledo Rotary Club Records, MSS-145.
This scrapbook includes photographs and documents from the early years of the Feilbach School, founded with the help of the Toledo Rotary to provide educational opportunities to children with disabilities. The school continued to operate until 1975, when a new federal law required that children with disabilities be allowed to attend any public school.
Quota International
1935-1944
Scrapbooks, Quota International of Toledo, 1935-1944. Quota International of Toledo Records, MSS-129.
These scrapbooks include information on the activities of the Toledo Quota club, including service activities to help women and children in need.
Toledo Bishop's letter
ca. 1920s
Toledo Community Chest scrapbook, 1922-1932. William M. Booker Scrapbook Collection, MSS-070.
This scrapbook contains Booker’s correspondence with community and business leaders throughout congratulating him for successful fundraising in the 1920s and regrets about Booker stepping down as chair of the Community Chest. During the Depression, the Community Chest was an invaluable source of money to support needy families with clothes, food, and other supplies.