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Guide to the Big Brother and Big Sisters of Indiana County Collection,
1965-1993
Biographical Note
The Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Indiana County, functions as a Community Action Program (CAP) to provide assistance for urban and rural communities to fight proverty. Problems of proverty as illiteracy, unemployment, poor housing affect many people in the region. Community Action Programs with the help of local, state, federal programs concentrate a need to start a program. The program initiated was to provide for disadvantage children who participate in the program and opportunity for cultural and social growth; motivation toward educational achievement; encouragement and stimulus toward greater personal integrity and social responsibility. A community action program was developed known as Big Brother Big Sister for the immediate area. Students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania volunteered many hours to work with the disadvantage child who became known as Little Brothers and Little Sisters. Big Brothers and Big Sisters provided the guidance, support of a friend and confidante to the Little Brother and Little Sisters. The program, which was initiated in 1966, is still part of the University community in 2001.
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Scope and Content Notes
The majority of papers included in this collection are applications of various agencies for funding, local travel expense statements of the Big Brothers and Sisters of Indiana County, as well as receipts of taxicab fares and car rental fees. Time and activity sheets of students from IUP and other volunteers in the area are found throughout the collection, as well as employee time and attendance sheets. Financial statements, such as payroll vouchers, purchase requisitions and orders forms also appear quite frequently. A copy of Community Action Program Guide, Instructions for Applicants, which probably was a standard textbook for the Big Brothers and Sisters of Indiana County, PA, is also included in this collection.
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The Big Brothers and Big Sisters papers are housed in seven archival boxes.
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Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Special Collections. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or publish, please contact the coordinator of the University Archives and Special Collections.
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Controlled Access Terms |
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| These records are indexed under the following terms in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Library catalog. Researchers wishing to find related materials may wish to search under these terms. | ||
| Topics | ||
| Student volunteers in social service. | ||
| Voluntarism. | ||
| Corporate Names | ||
| Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Indiana County | ||
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pa.) | ||
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Administrative Information
Big Brother and Big Sisters of Indiana County Collection, 1965-1993, MG# 90, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Special Collections
The Big Brother and Big Sister Collection was created when William Lafranchi Director of Library donated the papers. Lafranchi became advisor to the Big Brother Sister Program and worked with many organizations, students and community leaders to stress the important of college students helping young disadvantage students to motivate the young to a better environment of the future. The William Lafranchi Collection MG #122 also has information of the Big Brother and Big Sister Program when Lafranchi was the Advisor.
This collection was processed by Special Collections Staff,date unknown. Papers rearranged and inventory rewritten by Special Collections Staff in Spring 2001.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Jason Hutchins on December 12, 2001.
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Container List |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Community Action Program Guide application for Funding from Community Action Program organization and Administration Structure for Big Brother and Big Sister Report of unexpended Federal Funds 1965 | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | By-Laws of Big Brother Sister Program 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Big Brother and Big Sister Meeting correspondence, Guidelines and other Government pamphlets Five Head Start Projects for County 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Application for Community Action Program application letters pertaining to application correspondence and documentation 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Community Action Program Applying for a CAP Grant 1968 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Application for Community Action Program application letters pertaining to application correspondence and documentation 1968 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Proposal for funding Big Bother and Big Sister Programs 1968 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Proposal for funding Big Bother and Big Sister Programs 1969-1970 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Application to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 1975 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Vista Proposal 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Child Welfare Plan: Pennsylvania Bulletin Pennsylvania Bulletin December 31 1977September 8, 1979 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Agreement with Child and Youth Social Services Indiana, Co. 1980 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Action Application and Correspondence 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Student Participants A-N 1966 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Student Participants O-Z 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Student Participants A-C 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Student Participants D-K 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Student Participants L-R 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Student Participants S-Z 1967 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Student Participants for ICCAP Time and Attendance Report Local Travel, and General Monthly Expenses 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Vouchers 101-150 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Vouchers 151-200 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Vouchers 201-250 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Vouchers 280-318 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Vouchers 330-352 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Receipt Book 1966 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Emma McNutt Notebook General Account 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Big Brother and Big Sisters Board of Directors Listing 1969-1970 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Big Brother and Big Sisters Program Advisors 1969 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | ICCAP in Kind Services Voucher 1966-1968 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Students Employed by ICCAP 1970-1971 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Bank Statement and Balance Sheet 1971-1972 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bank Statement and Balance Sheet 1972-1973 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Bank Statement and Balance Sheet 1973-1974 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Bank Statement and Balance Sheet 1974-1975 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Petty Cash Ledger 1974-1975 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Bank Statement and Balance Sheet 1975-1977 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bank Statement and Balance Sheet 1977-1978 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Student co-op Miscellaneous Documentation of Big Brother Big Sister Program 1977-1978 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Invoices for Big-Brother Big Sister Program Payable to Student CO-OP 1978-1979 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Check Stubs 1976-1980 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Brochures and Pamphlets for Planning Trips 1966-1969 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Trip to Washington DC Letters and Memos Travel guide 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Photographs of Trip from Senator John P. Saylor 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Big Brother and Big Sister Insurance Policy Van 1976-1979 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Big Brother and Big Sister Insurance Policy Personal 1969-1975 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Insurance 1977-1978 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Indiana Co. Big Brother and Big Sister Board Minutes by Laws 1969-1975 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Miscellaneous Notes, Correspondence, Letters 1968-1980 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Big Brother Big Sister Letter from Manpower for Student Interns 1979 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Follow Throughout Program Neighborhood Identification Handbook Follow Through Plan Booklet June 29 1977 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Invitation to William Lafranchi from President Pettit 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Meeting 1975 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Application 1975 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Information Handling Funding 1975 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Communications with Governor's Justice System Commission 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Progress report to Governor's Justice System Funding 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Proposal Rough Draft 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Proposal's and Revision 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Ledger 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Governor's Justice System Commission Funding Invoices 1976 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Governor's Justice System Commission Clearfield County Partners; Model for Application and Forms 1980 | ||||||||||||
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