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The Poor and Alms Department, and the Almshouse, of Newark, N.J.

Author
Francis H. McLean
Ebook
Publication Date
82 pages

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This study of the Newark Almshouse and the Department of the Overseer was made in 1919 for the Newark Board of City Commissioners by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation. It provides recommendations for the alieving of family welfare in the city, going over the scope of work for the department and the almshouse and what reforms could be done.

FRANCIS H. McLEAN was field secretary of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Social Problems of Alabama

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
24 pages

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A study of the social institutions and agencies of the state of Alabama, as related to its war activities.

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

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How the Vermont Plan Reforms Jail Prisoners

Author
Frank H. Tracy
Ebook
Publication Date
106 pages

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Presented at the fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1921, this paper defines and examines what was referred to as the Vermont Prison Labor Law, which allowed a person sentenced to jail to work for a salary. It details the conditions surrounding this law, and argues that most prisoners need care and guidance more than punishment. Printed with Employment for Jail Prisoners in Wisconsin by Hornell Hart.

FRANK H. TRACY, sheriff, Montpellier Vermont

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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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Industrial Conditions in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
Louise C. Odencrantz
Zenas L. Potter
Ebook
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
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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The Pittsburgh District

Civic Frontage
Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
Ebook
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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Housing in Springfield, Illinois

A Study by the National Housing Association
Author
John Ihlder
Ebook
Publication Date
38 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey published in 1914, this report presents a clear idea of the housing conditions in Springfield at the time, as well as the methods taken to keep conditions up to standard. Topics include land overcrowding, unhealthy circumstances in apartments, and housing for miners, with an argument of what the city could do to improve conditions.

JOHN IHLDER, Springfield Survey Committee

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Women as Munition Makers

A Study of Conditions in Bridgeport, CT
Author
Amy Hewes
Ebook
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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Medical Certification for Marriage

Author
Fred S. Hall
Ebook
Publication Date
92 pages

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An account of the administration of the Wisconsin marriage laws in 1925.

FRED S. HALL was associate director of the Charity Organization Department at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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