This monograph is one of a proposed series dealing with the status of certain established or emerging professions in the United States. It looks at the growing role of the engineer to occupy positions of a managerial nature, not only in the field of engineering but in industry, business, public health, banking, and the administration of public affairs. Training, national associations, salaries, and trends are also discussed.

ESTHER LUCILE BROWN was director of the Department of Studies in the Professions at the Russell Sage Foundation.

A study of major disasters in the United States in the 1940s as accompaniments of technological change, with an emphasis on how to prevent fatal explosions in coal mines. Topics include explosion hazards and principles of safety in coal mines, the responsibility of managers, mining investigation committees, and a suggested program for miners’ safety.

Edward A. Wieck was research associate in the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

This 1961 book presents the findings of an empirical study that explored the attitudes and behaviors of patients who had experience with more than one way of organizing medical practice, and thereby sought to suggest some of the ways in which both lay and professional social structure figure in the utilization of medical care. The data are used to derive a tentative conceptual framework that takes account of structural as well as cultural factors in understanding the behavior of doctors and patients. The net result is a set of ideas that suggest the nature of the medical system that lies outside the walls of the hospitals, in direct contact with the community.

Eliot Freidson, New York University, and Montefiore Hospital

A systematic presentation of the aims, methods, and cautions to be observed in the field of music in welfare work, made for music educators and musicians in the institutional fields. It stems from the author’s experience as director of the Bureau of Mental Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Willem van de Wall was director of the Committee for the Study of Music In Institutions, and lecturer in the School of Music Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Assisted by Clara Maria Liepmann.

This 1946 volume examines the systematic application of music as a means of occupational therapy and of recreation in hospitals in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly those for mental and nervous diseases. It stresses the need for professional collaboration between hospital workers and musician and presents a plan for integration of a music program into the hospital service.

Willem van de Wall was head of the Adult Education Section, Education Branch, Internal Affairs and Communications Division, Office of Military Government for Germany, United States.

This 1933 survey of moneylending in Great Britain is part of a general survey of small loans prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation, the Small Loan Series of the Department of Remedial Loans. It traces the development of British moneylending by chronological periods and aims to show the devices whereby the enterprise of moneylending has adapted itself to its changing legal, economic, and social environments.

Dorothy Johnson Orchard was research assistant at the Russell Sage Foundation. Geoffrey May was a member of the Inner Temple, London.

Featuring “A Study of the Collective Agreement between the United Mine Workers of America and the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company” and “An Analysis of the Problem of Coal in the United States.” Part of the Industrial Relations Series of the Russell Sage Foundation, studying the experience in organizing relations between employers and employees in the United States with a view to giving the workers a larger measure of participation in the management of industry and documenting the fundamental changes taking place in industry related to human welfare, well-being, and the standard of living.

Mary Van Kleeck was director industrial studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.

Migration and Social Welfare, published in 1940, identifies the more pressing problems faced by migrants in the United States, including the sources and causes of migration and the social effects of inadequate welfare provision. It was written on special commission from the Social Work Year Book Department. Topics include employment, housing, health, and education of migrants. It proposes a national immigration policy and includes a bibliography on interstate migration.

Philip E. Ryan was executive secretary of the Council on Interstate Migration.

Part of the Industrial Relations Series, a series by the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation investigating early twentieth-century experiments in the organization of relations between employers and employees in industrial enterprises in the United States. A case study of the administration of agreements between miners’ and operators’ organizations in the bituminous coal mines of Illinois.

Louis Bloch was statistician of the Department of Industrial Relations of California and a staff member of the Russell Sage Foundation.

This book, published in 1944, presents recommendations for the development of adequate standards for child welfare institutions. It examines the history of such institutions, from asylums and orphanages. Topics include foster family care, community resources for meeting the needs of children, qualifications and earnings for staff, physical needs and education and training, costs of institutional care, and structural recommendations for buildings, including sample plans.

Howard W. Hopkirk was executive director of the Child Welfare League of America.