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Cover image of the book Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands
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Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands

With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation
Author
Allen H. Eaton
Ebook
Publication Date
486 pages

About This Book

This 1937 report has to do with people in the Appalachian Mountain region whose chief concern with handicrafts was the income they would bring, as they offered the only means by which to earn money. One purpose was to show how indispensable handicrafts were in the economy of countless families throughout the region; a second was to show the other rewards handicrafts brought to these same people, what they added to the social and recreational life for the communities in which they carried on, their educational and cultural significance, the esthetic enjoyment they fostered, their help in the field of therapeutics, and the sense of emotional security they gave. Containing fifty-eight illustrations form photographs taken for the work by Doris Ulmann.

Allen H. Eaton was the author of Immigrant Gifts to American Life and part of the Department of Surveys of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Emergency Work Relief

As Carried Out in Twenty-Six American Communities, 1930–1931, with Suggestions for Setting Up a Program
Author
Joanna C. Colcord
Ebook
Publication Date
286 pages

About This Book

Material for this study was collected during the summer and early autumn of 1931, in response to a request from the President’s Organization on Unemployment Relief. Thirty communities were visited, and the reports on work relief carried out in 26 of them, chiefly situated in the middle, eastern, and southern states, can be found in Part II.

Joanna C. Colcord was director of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation. Assisted by William C. Koplovitz and Russell H. Kurtz.

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Cover image of the book Plans and Illustrations of Prisons and Reformatories
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Plans and Illustrations of Prisons and Reformatories

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
62 pages

About This Book

Presented at the Fifty-Second Congress of the American Prison Association in Detroit, October, 1922, this pamphlet presents a selection of noteworthy plans and illustrations, with special reference to unusual or improved features. The plans selected include state prisons in New York and Alabama and tentative plans for a state prison and a state reformatory, plans for single buildings at two reformatories for women, plans for cottages at two reformatories for boys, and tentative plans for a metropolitan jail designed by the writer with special reference to the needs of Chicago.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book What Public Officials Say
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What Public Officials Say

Who Have Tried the Transportation Agreement
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The Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation
Ebook
Publication Date
8 pages

About This Book

A report on the adoption of the Transportation Agreement, with contributions from Alexander M. Wilson, assistant director of the Department of Public Health and Charities of Philadelphia; Mabel Tibbot, overseer of the poor, Fort Dodge, Iowa; George S. Wilson, secretary of the Board of Charities, District of Columbia; and the State Board of Charities of Missouri, in a “Letter of Advice to County Courts.”

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Cover image of the book The Settlement Horizon
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The Settlement Horizon

A National Estimate
Authors
Robert A. Woods
Albert J. Kennedy
Ebook
Publication Date
511 pages

About This Book

An exploration of settlements throughout the United States, in particular non-residential neighborhood centers, covering a range of interests, including history, educational approaches, and connections to labor.

ROBERT A. WOODS, New York Charities Publication Committee

ALBERT J. KENNEDY, New York Charities Publication Committee

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Cover image of the book San Francisco Relief Survey
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San Francisco Relief Survey

Authors
Charles J. O’Connor
Francis H. McLean
Helen Swett Artieda
James Marvin Motley
Jessica Peixotto
Mary Roberts Coolidge
Ebook
Publication Date
607 pages

About This Book

The organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, compiled from studies by Charles J. O’Connor, Francis H. McLean, Helen Swett Artieda, James Marvin Motley, Jessica Peixotto, and Mary Roberts Coolidge, offering a book of ready reference for use on occasions of special emergency.

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Cover image of the book The Public Schools of Springfield, Illinois
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The Public Schools of Springfield, Illinois

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
162 pages

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A survey of public schools conducted by the Department of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation under the direction of Leonard P. Ayres. Part of the Springfield Survey.

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Public Health in Springfield, Illinois

Author
Franz Schneider, Jr.
Ebook
Publication Date
175 pages

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A survey by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, the result of field investigations on vital statistics carried out between March and May, 1914, supplemented by co-operative efforts by city and state officials and local volunteer workers.

FRANZ SCHNEIDER, JR. was sanitarian at the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book A Survey of the Public Health Situation: Atlanta, Georgia
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A Survey of the Public Health Situation: Atlanta, Georgia

Author
Franz Schneider Jr.
Ebook
Publication Date
22 pages
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School Gardens

Author
A. L. Livermore
Ebook
Publication Date
31 pages

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A 1910 report of the Fairview Garden School Association of Yonkers, N.Y., detailing the origin and growth of the school garden, including costs and plans for maintenance.

A. L. LIVERMORE was chairman of the Executive Committee of the Fairview Garden School Association.

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