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The Community-Used School

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
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Publication Date
14 pages

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A study conducted in the early 1900s, looking into ways of using public school classrooms in Rochester, New York, for community activities after school hours.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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Contributions to Community Center Progress

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Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
40 pages

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A report on the community center sessions at the N.E.A. Department of Superintendence meeting, Cleveland, February 1920 Published by the Department of Recreation of the Russell Sage Foundation.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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Italian Women in Industry

A Study of Conditions in New York City
Author
Louise C. Odencrantz
Ebook
Publication Date
356 pages

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Published in 1919, Italian Women in Industry presents the findings of a study of Italian working women in New York City in the early twentieth century, touching upon the problems of both immigration and industry.

LOUISE C. ODENCRANTZ, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

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Treatment

Methods Employed by Organized Charity in the Rehabilitation of Families
Author
Porter R. Lee
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Publication Date
19 pages

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An analysis of how organized charities can work efficiently to best treat families in need in regards to health, education, employment, recreation, and spiritual development.

PORTER R. LEE was general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity

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The Celebration of the Fourth of July

By Means of Pageantry
Author
William C. Langdon
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Publication Date
59 pages

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Published by the Division of Recreation of the Russell Sage Foundation, this pamphlet presents a number of suggestions for a safe celebration of the Fourth of July. It includes notes on Independence Day music considerations by Arthur Farwell, then supervisor of municipal concerts for New York City.

WILLIAM CHAUNCY LANGDON was Master of the Pageants of Thetford, Vermont (1911), and of St. Johnsbury, Vermont (1912).

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Sociology and the Military Establishment

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Morris Janowitz
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117 pages

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Prepared for the American Sociological Society in 1959, Sociology and the Military Establishment explores the relationship between the military and the possible contributions of sociologists, particularly after World War II. It argues for more effective utilization of sociological theory and research in the analysis of problems to the military and makes evident that research on military problems would provide extremely valuable opportunities for testing sociological theory and method.

MORRIS JANOWITZ was professor of sociology at the University of Michigan.

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Social Conditions in an American City

A Summary of the Findings of the Springfield Survey
Author
Shelby M. Harrison
Ebook
Publication Date
440 pages

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This book was published in 1920 as a summary of the nine reports that made up the Springfield Survey, aimed at presenting the social conditions of an American city in the hopes of progressing community welfare. The general purpose, sequence, and methods behind the survey are summarized.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Function of College Athletics

Author
James Roscoe Day
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Publication Date
12 pages

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Reprinted from the proceedings of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, 1909. A report published by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation.

JAMES ROSCOE DAY was chancellor of Syracuse University.

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Co-Operation in New England

Urban and Rural
Author
James Ford
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Publication Date
268 pages

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A investigation into the scope of industrial co-operation in New England, begun in 1907. Industrial co-operation in this study was "limited to the associations for the production and distribution of the immediate necessities of life."

JAMES FORD was instructor in social ethics at Harvard University.

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Sociology and the Field of Mental Health

Author
John A. Clausen
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Publication Date
64 pages

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Prepared for the American Sociological Society in 1956, this book considers the ways and means of more effective utilization of sociology in the treatment of mental illness. It calls for more effective practice and the advancement of basic research and theory in regards to mental illness.

JOHN A. CLAUSEN was Chief Laboratory of Socio-environmental Studies National Institute of Mental Health

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