The collection includes certificates, correspondence, brochures and booklets, and records related to Carrie Bash and her employment with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and with her activities in the St. Louis African American community. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic and date from 1969 to 2015. The bulk of the materials date from 1971 to 1994. The collection primarily relates to Bash’s professional life with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. There is also some correspondence, two copies of Bash’s resume, and her obituary. Filed with Bash’s obituary is a draft obituary for her husband, Harry. There is a file on Whitney M. Young which includes a sheet of commemorative postal stamps issued in his honor in 1981. Notable items relating to the Urban League include memos regarding the 1979 merger between the St. Louis and St. Clair County affiliates (f.16) and a fold-out brochure with details about the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport expansion in 1981 and its Kinloch Tomorrow plan (f.7). There are also agreements with the Missouri Historical Society and exhibition outlines relating to the Urban League’s 75th anniversary and history (f.13, 15) and several event programs and a press kit.