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The Charities of Springfield, Illinois

A Survey Under the Direction of the American Association of Societies for Organizing Charity
Author
Francis H. McLean
Ebook
Publication Date
191 pages

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A volume of the Springfield survey of 1915. Published by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.

FRANCIS H. McLEAN, Family Service Association of America.

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The Celebration of the Fourth of July

By Means of Pageantry
Author
William C. Langdon
Ebook
Publication Date
59 pages

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Published by the Division of Recreation of the Russell Sage Foundation, this pamphlet presents a number of suggestions for a safe celebration of the Fourth of July. It includes notes on Independence Day music considerations by Arthur Farwell, then supervisor of municipal concerts for New York City.

WILLIAM CHAUNCY LANGDON was Master of the Pageants of Thetford, Vermont (1911), and of St. Johnsbury, Vermont (1912).

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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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Athletics in the Public Schools

Author
Lee F. Hanmer
Hardcover
Publication Date
38 pages

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Athletics in the Public Schools was published by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation.  The study explores sports curriculums offered at the time, it also delves into the beginnings of athletics in schools in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century.

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

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Handbook of Settlements

Editors
Robert A. Woods
Albert J. Kennedy
Ebook
Publication Date
351 pages

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Published in 1911 and designed to continue a service rendered by the Bibliography of Settlements until 1905, this handbook presents an outline of the material facts about every settlement in the United States at the time, including non-residential neighborhood centers. In addition to previous research and literature, information is presented from first-hand accounts at these houses from leading representatives on the development and program of settlements.

ROBERT A. WOODS, New York Charities Publication Committee

ALBERT J. KENNEDY, New York Charities Publication Committee

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Sources of Speakers and Topics for Public Lectures in School Buildings

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
34 pages

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A directory of organizations which used the public lecture platform and their topics, published by the Foundation's Division of Recreation in 1915.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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The Social Centers of 1912-13

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
11 pages

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A 1912 report on the results of a schools survey taken to obtain data on evening "social center" activities hosted.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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The Longshoremen

Author
Charles B. Barnes
Ebook
Publication Date
287 pages

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Published in 1915, this report provides an account of the working conditions and wages of longshoremen in the United States in the early twentieth century. It highlights the problems that come with intermittent employment and casual labor.

CHARLES B. BARNES was fellow at the Bureau of Social Research, New York School of Philanthropy, and director of New York State Public Employment Bureau.

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Outline of Town and City Planning

A Review of Past Efforts and Modern Aims
Author
Thomas Adams
Ebook
Publication Date
484 pages

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Outline of Town and City Planning, published in 1935, is a study of city planning both as an art and as public policy. The book is in one part a history of city planning, from early efforts in ancient Egypt, Asia, and the Americas, to modern day principles and the future of city planning in the United States. It is also an analysis of how changes in the character and size of cities have influenced the scope and practice of city planning.

THOMAS ADAMS was associate professor at the School of City Planning, Harvard University; special lecturer in city planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and consultant to Regional Plan Association of New York.

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  • July 2016: Additional funding of $30,856 awarded to support additional data collection and data coding.

Recent scholarship suggests that affluent and organized business interests wield greater influence on policymakers and policy than those who are less affluent and less well-connected. One mechanism by which unequal access to policymakers and policymaking occurs is the “Revolving Door,” through which employment ties between former government employees and private industry serve as a conduit for influencing policy.