United Foundation (Detroit, Mich.)
Organization
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Metropolitan Detroit Building Fund Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001289_MDBF
Abstract
Detroit hospital construction; United Foundation Capital Fund Division; racial discrimination in hospital services and medical training in Detroit
Dates:
1948 - 1971
United Community Services Budget Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002482
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United...
Dates:
1918 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1981
United Community Services Communications Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002493
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United...
Dates:
1928 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1984
United Community Services Community Information Service Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002488
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United...
Dates:
1928 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985
United Community Services Executive Office Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002463
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United...
Dates:
1917 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1995
United Community Services Research Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002465
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United...
Dates:
1917 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1979
United Community Services Special Programs Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002483
Abstract
The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United...
Dates:
1958 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1981
United Foundation Agency Relations Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002532
Abstract
Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations. The goal of the United Foundation was to centralize fund raising efforts and generate mass fund raising campaigns, such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became affiliated with the national United Way organization beginning...
Dates:
1948 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1988
United Foundation Campaign Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002533
Abstract
Walter C. Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations. The goal of the United Foundation was to centralize fund-raising efforts and to generate mass fund-raising campaigns, such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became affiliated with the national United Way organization...
Dates:
1950 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1989
United Foundation Communications Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002534
Abstract
The United Foundation (UF) has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The UF, called the United Way for Southeastern Michigan after it’s official name change in 1989, was formed in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charities, and came to be affiliated with the national United Way organization in 1970. UF was an umbrella organization providing funding for a wide range of social welfare agencies in the Metropolitan Detroit...
Dates:
1941 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1991
United Foundation Office of the President Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002536
Abstract
Walter C. Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations. The goal of the United Foundation was to centralize fund raising efforts and generate mass fund raising campaigns, such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became affiliated with the national United Way organization...
Dates:
1953 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
United Foundation Office of the President: Walter C. Laidlaw Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001289_WCL
Abstract
Subjects include: Detroit and Michigan philanthropies; social services; volunteerism; charitable fundraising; Torch Drive; hospital services
Dates:
1944 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968
United Foundation Office of Vice President for Administration Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002531
Abstract
Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations. The goal of the United Foundation was to centralize fund raising efforts and generate mass fund raising campaigns, such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became affiliated with the national United Way organization beginning...
Dates:
1972 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1988
United Foundation Operations Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002535
Abstract
Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations. The goal of the United Foundation was to centralize fund raising efforts and generate mass fund raising campaigns, such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became affiliated with the national United Way organization beginning...
Dates:
1962 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1992
United Way for Southeastern Michigan Labor Department Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002675
Abstract
The United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSM) has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. UWSM, called the United Foundation until it’s official name change in 1989, was formed in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charities, and came to be affiliated with the national United Way organization in 1970. UWSM is an umbrella organization providing funding for a wide range of social welfare agencies in the Metropolitan Detroit...
Dates:
1949 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1998
United Way for Southeastern Michigan Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: UR002668
Abstract
Walter Laidlaw established the United Foundation in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charitable organizations that had traditionally combined fund raising efforts. The goal of the United Foundation was to further centralize those efforts, and to generate mass fund raising campaigns such as the Torch Drive, which was first held in 1949. The United Foundation was closely affiliated with the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, and became...
Dates:
1929 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1949
United Way of Southeastern Michigan Executive Office Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002607
Abstract
The United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSM) has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. UWSM, called the United Foundation until it’s official name change in 1989, was formed in 1948 through the merger of the Detroit Community Chest and other Detroit charities, and came to be affiliated with the national United Way organization in 1970. UWSM was an umbrella organization providing funding for a wide range of social welfare agencies in the Metropolitan Detroit...
Dates:
1949 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995
Women for the United Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002538
Abstract
In 1949, 17,000 women volunteers helped the United Foundation achieve success with its Torch Drive campaign. In 1954, it was decided that an auxiliary women’s group would be formed to work year-round in support of United Foundation projects. It was called the United Foundation Women’s Organization (UFWO). By 1964, the name was changed to Women for the United Foundation (WUF).
The organization works under a set of by-laws and consists of an Executive Board, Board of Directors, Advisory Board,...
Dates:
1950 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1982