Box 4

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File features the following documents: Abstract of title, Lots 17 and 18 Block 3. Mackubin and Marshall addition; Three typed memorandums from board members of Hallie Q. Brown House; a notarized document from Ramsey County, Minnesota. All documents were housed in a brown, paper carton.

Scope and Contents Eleven, typed pages, written and prepared by Henry R. Thomas, former Executive Director of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. This document lists the major events which led to Hallie Q. Brown Community House moving from its' first location to its' current one. The introduction to the document reads as follows: The early black migrants to St. Paul had primarily the black churches and its leaders to help them with their social economic health and housing problems. The black...

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Floor plan features the upper and lower levels of HQB and MLK.

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Front page of stapled program reads as follows:

Martin Luther King Service Center. United Fund. 41st Annual Meeting [at] Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. [This copy belongs to] Mr. Walter W. Fricke.

This meeting occured at Concordia College and the packet includes a foreword by HQB's President of the Board, Walter W. Fricke; a program outline; a treasurer's report; a list of special meeting committee members; and a list of the 1970 Board of Directors.

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Report, written by Dorothea J. Burns, outlines budget cuts to Day Care and Senior programming at HQB. The report also emphasizes the need for more space for recreational and business use.

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Org chart lists the following department areas: HQB Board of Directors; Executive Director; Assistant Director/Center Coordinator; C.A. Director; Branch Director; Program Director; Day Care Director; Senior Citizen Director; Office Manager; Building Superintendent; Model Cities Health Clinic; Community Mental Health; Ramsey County Welfare Dept.; Project Cheer; Big Brothers; State Empl.; Parks and Recreation; and Family Service.

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This typed document was prepared by Henry R. Thomas, former Executive Director of HQB. This 14-page document reviews the social-economic and racial makeup of the Rondo Neighborhood, along with population statistics and projections.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the typed document reads as follows: "...in the Sunday edition of Capital dated October 29, 1972, the article on the Matin Luther King Center gives a quote from a Macalester student who after looking at the center commented" 'Just like any mushroom, it takes time to know if it's poison or not" [...] If the student intended to imply that the success of the center in terms of services depends upon interest, support, and respect that the people...

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Magazine from the organization Reconnect Rondo, featuring a breif overview of the Rondo Neighborhood and the plans for building a landbridge over interstate 94.