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Cover image of the book Child-placing in Families
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Child-placing in Families

Author
W. H. Slingerland
Hardcover
Publication Date
204 pages

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A manual prepared in 1918 for the strengthening and standardization of the practice of placing orphaned or foster children in homes.

WILLIAM H. SLINGERLAND was a special agent in the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book A Constructive Program
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A Constructive Program

of Organized Child Welfare Work for New Orleans and Louisiana
Author
W. H. Slingerland
Hardcover
Publication Date
37 pages

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An address delivered before the Social Workers Section of the Southern Sociological Congress, in New Orleans in April 1916.

WILLIAM H. SLINGERLAND was a special agent in the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book A Child Welfare Symposium
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A Child Welfare Symposium

Editor
W. H. Slingerland
Ebook
Publication Date
153 pages

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Twenty five papers contributed as supplement to "Child Welfare Work in Pennsylvania", a cooperative study of child-helping agencies and institutions.

WILLIAM H. SLINGERLAND was a special agent in the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

CONTRIBUTORS: Charlotte Abbey, Joseph A. Beck, William Bradford Buck, Iva E. Burr, J. Bruce Byall, Bele Chalfant, Thomas F. Coakley, Rudolph I. Coffee, William A. Credditt, Max C. Currick, Aaron D. Faber, Martha P. Falconer, Mrs. Henry Finkelpearl, Alexander Fleisher, James Struthers Heberling, L. Walter Mason, Bernard J. Newman, F. H. Nibecker, Mrs. E. A. Puncheon, Bertha Rauh, H.P. Richardson, William H. Slingerland, Edwin D. Solenberger, Roy Smith Wallace, Bromley Wharton, Frank D. Witherbee

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Cover image of the book The Charity Director
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The Charity Director

A Brief Study of his Responsibilities
Author
Ada Eliot Sheffield
Ebook
Publication Date
18 pages

About This Book

Published by the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1913, this pamphlet defines the duties of the unpaid charity director, defining the role as that of a representative of the community, planning and guiding the work with the public interest in view.

ADA ELIOT SHEFFIELD was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Charity.

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Cover image of the book The ABC of Exhibit Planning
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The ABC of Exhibit Planning

Authors
Evart G. Routzahn
Mary Swain Routzahn
Ebook
Publication Date
314 pages

About This Book

This book, the first in the Russell Sage Foundation’s Survey and Exhibit Series, was published in 1918. It studies the use and effectiveness of exhibits as a means for presenting social science research. Particular importance is placed on the initial stage of exhibit production, detailing the scope, purpose, and methods behind successful exhibits. The ABC of Exhibit Planning presents suggestions as to how an exhibit can best disseminate information to as many people as possible, drawn from the authors’ experience and observations of over hundreds of various exhibits in different stages of development.

EVART G. ROUTZAHN was associate director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

MARY SWAIN ROUTZAHN was director of the Department of Social Work Interpretation at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book Elements of Record Keeping for Child Helping Organizations
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Elements of Record Keeping for Child Helping Organizations

Author
Georgia Gertrude Ralph
Ebook
Publication Date
220 pages

About This Book

A collection of suggestions by researchers and social workers for administration and record keeping of child-care organizations. Published by the Foundation's Department of Child-Helping in 1915.

GEORGIA GERTRUDE RALPH was statistical secretary in the Russell Sage Foundation's Department of Child-Helping.

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Cover image of the book The Regulation of Pawnbroking
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The Regulation of Pawnbroking

Author
R. Cornelius Raby
Ebook
Publication Date
60 pages

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An examination of pawnbroking regulation in the United States, produced by the Russell Sage Foundation as part of a larger study in the field of small loans.

R. CORNELIUS RABY, Legal Department of the Provident Loan Society, New York

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Cover image of the book The Topeka Improvement Survey
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The Topeka Improvement Survey

Authors
Franz Schneider, Jr.
Zenas L. Potter
D. O. Decker
Ebook
Publication Date
276 pages

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A survey of health conditions in Topeka, Kansas in 1914, in four parts:

   A Public Health Survey of Topeka by Franz Schenider, Jr.

  Delinquency and Corrections by Zenas L. Potter

  Municipal Administration in Topeka by D.O. Decker

  Industrial Conditions in Topeka by Zenas L. Potter

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Cover image of the book Industrial Conditions in Springfield, Illinois
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Industrial Conditions in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
Louise C. Odencrantz
Zenas L. Potter
Ebook
Publication Date
189 pages

About This Book

A survey by the Committee on Women's Work and the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation. Part of the larger Springfield Survey of 1915.

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

ZENAS L. POTTER, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, 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

About This Book

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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