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Ernest Coulter, court clerk, helps organize the first New York Children's Court; Ladies of Charity, later Catholic Big Sisters of New York, starts to befriend girls who come before the New York Children's Court.
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President Calvin Coolidge becomes patron of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation.
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Businessman Irvin F. Westheimer befriends a young boy in Cincinnati, OH; seeds are formed for the start of Big Brothers in Cincinnati.
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Ernest Coulter founds the organized Big Brothers movement by obtaining 39 volunteers, who each agree to befriend one boy.
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The New York Times reports Big Brothers activity in 26 cities.
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Ernest Coulter embarks on nationwide lecture tour on behalf of Big Brothers; planning begins for a national Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization.
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The first national conference of Big Brothers and Big Sisters organizations is held in Grand Rapids, MI.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., becomes treasurer of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation;
First motion picture based on a Big and Little Brother relationship is released by Paramount Pictures. -
Six hundred delegates attend a Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation meeting in New York City.
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Six hundred delegates attend a Big Brothers and Big Sisters Federation meeting in New York City.
