Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Records of the Barrett Day Care Center, Accession #3283-d, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library by Leroy Hamlett, Jr. on February 27, 2002.

Biographical/Historical Information

Day care center for African-American children in Charlottesville, Va. Founded in 1935 as Janie Porter Barrett Day Nursery under the Works Progress Administration of the Education Department by Mrs. Daisy V. Green, a registered nurse from Petersburg, Va.; name changed to Barret Day Care Center on April 19, 1971.

Scope and Content

The collection contains ca 520 items (3 Hollinger boxes, 1.5 linear feet) of documents relating to the administration, organization and operation of the Barrett Day Care Center from 1977 to 1989. There are documents on accounts that were outstanding, annual reports; applications for employment and job descriptions; applications for funding and fundraising; bank information; bills for payment by the Barrett Day Care Center; Board of Directors meetings and minutes; a list of donors and their letters; events and schedules; Federal Child Care Proposals, and financial statements. There are also insurance records; investment funds; literature, legal name changes, by-laws, information on committees, and publications; regulations, including responsibilities of the teachers, background checks, revised personnel procedures, evaluation forms, handbooks, and curricula; tax returns; teacher contracts, complaints, and law suits; United Way Scholarships; and a USDA Audit report with correspondence regarding a discrepancy in milk funds.

There is also a Needs and Assessment Survey and its findings for the Garrett Square Day Care Center (later named Molly Michie Infant Care Center); Garrett Square Proposals containing lease revisions and correspondence with the city of Charlottesville and organizations such as the Central Virginia Child Development Association, and the United Way; There are letters about legal issues surrounding the building and the landlord; documents and correspondence relating to the opening and operation of the Mollie Michie Infant Care Center (formerly named the Garrett Square Day Care Center). There are documents including letters about visits from licensing specialists and fulfillment of Federal Register New Day Care Requirements, (Title XX standards), as well as funding information. There is also a billing statement for an oil painting of Mrs. Mollie Michie, a dedication ceremony announcement and an organization chart.

The collection has several miscellaneous items such as a letter from the Virginia Historic Landmark Commission to nominate Ridge Street as a historic district,a letter from the Barrett Parents Organization to Mayor Laurence Brunton protesting the widening of Ridge Street, letters regarding repairs and maintenance of the Centers, an accident report, resignation letters, employee check stubs, thank you letters and unrelated personal correspondence of staff.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one series, the records of the Barrett Day Care Center. The records are organized alphabetically by topic and chronologically within each folder