Community Action Records, first accession

Accession

Identifier: ACC-2016-41

Staff Only

Content Description

Records of the Community Action organization of Hillsboro, Oregon. Formed in the 1960s during President Johnson's administration, it runs many anti-poverty programs in the county, including Head Start, aid for migrant farmworkers, food, housing and utilities assistance. The collection includes annual reports and plans, records of the Board of Directors, newsletters, documents relating to poverty and partner organizations in Oregon, photographs, videos and other material. Most of the collection dates from after the 1980s.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Restrictions Apply

Dates

Creation: 1966-2016

Creator

Community Action (Hillsboro, Or.) (Organization)

Extent

20 Cubic Feet (19 boxes and 2 albums)

Inventory

Boxes: 1 Community Partners, Community Action Programs Newsletters 2 Newsletters, continued General History: Community Action (Organization), Poverty in Washington County 3 Plans: Strategic (multi-year), Annual (work plans), Budgets, Outcomes/Reports/Statistics 4 Plans, continued Governance: Board of Directors' Annual meetings, Planning Retreats, Community Involvement: Chambers, Legislature, Partners 5 Community Involvement, continued 6 Agency Publications 2000-2001 (black binder) Annual Reports, CA 1977-2001; HS 2009-2014 (black binder) Awards (white binder) Board of Directors' Annual Planning Retreats (white binder) Newsletters (internal): Community IN Action (blue binder) 7 Agency Publications 1999-2000 (black binder) Birgetta Nixon - Board member binder, 1965-6-7 (pink) Newsletters (external): Action in the News, Community Action Connections, Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Newsletters (internal): Head Start Bulletin; Paycheck News, Morale and Wellness (black binder) Photographs of board members and others (folder) Shelter Home 1981 (blue album) Washington County migrant camps/farms photographs (two small, red albums) 8 Corporate Documents, 1981-1995 9 Board of Directors monthly business meetings and subcommittee meetings: 1986, 1988-1989 10 Cont., 1989-1991 11 Cont., 1991-1992 12 Cont., 1992-1993 13 Cont., 1994-1995 14 Cont., 1995-1996 15 Cont., 1996-2001 16 Cont., 2002-2006 17 Cont., 2006-2007, 2011-2012 18 Videos 2001-2007 Unnumbered Newsletter: Rural Tribune (grey flat box) Unnumbered Master of Board Manuals (blue binder) Unnumbered Head Start photograph album (dark blue)