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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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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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Recreation in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
Lee F. Hanmer
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
160 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey, a study conducted by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation for the purpose of improving social and living conditions.

LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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Technology and Livelihood

An Inquiry into the Changing Technological Basis for Production as Affecting Employment and Living Standards
Authors
Mary L. Fledderus
Mary van Kleeck
Ebook
Publication Date
236 pages

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Documented with materials quoted from scientific, governmental reports and arranged to describe new technological developments and their effects on productivity and labor requirements.

MARY L. FLEDDERUS was research associate of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

MARY VAN KLEECK was director of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Governmental Organization Within the City of New York

Author
Robert H. Connery
Ebook
Publication Date
46 pages

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This pamphlet and its accompanying charts are intended to provide a brief description of governmental organizations of the city of New York. Some mention also is made of county, state, and the federal agencies as well as of public authorities which operate within the boundaries of the city.

ROBERT H. CONNERY was professor emeritus of public law and government at Columbia University and deputy city administrator of New York.

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Inter High School Athletics

Author
Earl Cline
Ebook
Publication Date
13 pages

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Reprinted from the American Physical Education Review by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation, this report was read at the State Teachers’ Association of Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1909. It asks the question: are inter-high-school athletic contests beneficial or destructive to the schools participating?

EARL CLINE, Principal High School, Sidney, Nebraska

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What Social Workers Should Know About Their Own Communities

An Outline
Author
Margaret F. Byington
Ebook
Publication Date
44 pages

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This 1911 pamphlet is an outline to aid those enlisted in social work as a profession, a cursory review of local conditions that look at the new topics that have informed social work in the 20th century, such as industry, child labor, city administration, and community organization.

MARGARET F. BYINGTON was associate director of the charity organization department of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Public Pensions to Widows with Children

A Study of Their Administration in Several American Cities
Author
C. C. Carstens
Ebook
Publication Date
39 pages

About This Book

For three months beginning August 1, 1912, Mr. Carstens was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to study the actual working of public pensions to widows with children in certain western communities.

C.C. CARSTENS was secretary of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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The Southern Highlander and His Homeland

Author
John C. Campbell
Ebook
Publication Date
504 pages

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The following pages are the outcome of twenty-five years of life and experience in the mountain country of the South, taken on by John C. Campbell. From his time as a teacher in a remote section of the mountains, until the time of his death, when he was Secretary of the Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation, he was continuously engaged in the service of the Highland people.

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Southern Highland Schools

Maintained by Denominational and Independent Agencies
Editor
Olive D. Campbell
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Publication Date
17 pages

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A list of all school work under other than public auspices carried on in the Southern Highlands primarily for the Southern Highlanders. All data which were based on information secured by John C. Campbell, Secretary of the Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation, are given for 1919 - 1920.

JOHN C. CAMPBELL was secretary, Southern Highland Division, Russell Sage Foundation.

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