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Industrial Investigations of the Russell Sage Foundation

Author
Mary Van Kleeck
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Publication Date
22 pages

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Published in 1915, this report presented the various industrial investigations under the Russell Sage Foundation since the foundation's organization eight years earlier and how these efforts brought about improvements in social and living conditions in the United States. Also included is a bibliography of all of the foundation's publications regarding industry up to that year.

MARY VAN KLEECK was secretary of the Committee on Women's Work at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book Wartime Gains for the American Family
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Wartime Gains for the American Family

Author
James H. Tufts
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Publication Date
20 pages

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Address before the division on the family of the National Conference of Social Work, June 1919.

JAMES H. TUFTS was head of the department of philosophy at the University of Chicago

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The Regulation of Pawnbroking

Author
R. Cornelius Raby
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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
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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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Industrial Conditions in Springfield, Illinois

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

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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
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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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Cover image of the book Wage-Earning Pittsburgh
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Wage-Earning Pittsburgh

Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
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Publication Date
741 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, carried out by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1914.

PAUL UNDERWOOD KELLOGG was director of the Pittsburgh Survey.

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The Pittsburgh District

Civic Frontage
Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
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Publication Date
691 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey carried out by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1914, focusing on Pittsburgh's history and growth, civic conditions, and education, recreation, and institutional facilities.

PAUL UNDERWOOD KELLOGG was director of the Pittsburgh Survey.

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Women as Munition Makers

A Study of Conditions in Bridgeport, CT
Author
Amy Hewes
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Publication Date
168 pages

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This is a pamphlet of two reports on munition work during World War I, the second is by Henriette R. Walter, entitled Munition Workers in England and France: A Summary of Reports Issued by the British Ministry of Munitions.

AMY HEWES was professor of economics and sociology at Mount Holyoke College.

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