Prepared under the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, this address to the second annual Playground Congress of New York City in 1908 examines the changing role of the significance of childhood as well as sympathy for the suffering and distress of others, in particular children within the public school system.
LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This address was published to promote the Washington Playground Bill, known as House Bill No. 3, and to push for a state-wide law which would require school boards to provide adequate playgrounds for their students. It was delivered before the State Conference of Charities and Correction in Seattle on October 6, 1908.
AUSTIN E. GRIFFITHS was founder of the Seattle Playgrounds Association.
Detailing the organized work in New York, Maryland, Ohio, and Massachusetts that were presented at a conference by the Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation on Prevention of Blindness in 1910, as well as national research for blindness prevention by the American Medical Association and the Russell Sage Foundation.
This pamphlet was released by the Russell Sage Foundation’s Committee of Education in 1925, detailing proper fireproof building materials and safety regulations to prevent fires in schools.
Prepared by the Child Hygiene Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1913, “Dust and Disease” tackles the prevention of infectious diseases at schools. It specifically argues for daily school disinfection.
J. T. AINSLEE WALKER was fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and fellow of the Chemical Society.
Delivered before the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association in Mobile, Alabama, on February 25, 1911, this address details the rapid fundamental changes in school hygiene and children’s health in schools over the start of the twentieth century, including medical exams, dental inspections, and the rise of school nurses.
LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.
A preliminary report of an investigation made by the Division of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation and the superintendents of schools of twenty-nine cities in 1911, with the aim of determining the best methods of identifying and helping misfit children in the classroom.
LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.
A volume of the Topeka Improvement Survey, a survey of health conditions in Topeka, Kansas, in 1914, this report studies the labor conditions of the industrial trades found in Topeka, particularly the automotive industry. Published with A Public Health Survey of Topeka by Franz Schneider, Jr., Delinquency and Corrections by Zenas L. Potter, and Municipal Administration in Topeka by D. O. Decker.
ZENAS L. POTTER, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation
A volume of the Topeka Improvement Survey, a survey of health conditions in Topeka, Kansas, in 1914, this report examines the courts, police departments, and city and county jails. Juvenile delinquency and preventative work are explored. Published with A Public Health Survey of Topeka by Franz Schneider, Jr., Municipal Administration in Topeka by D. O. Decker, and Industrial Conditions in Topeka by Zenas L. Potter.
ZENAS L. POTTER, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation
A volume of the Topeka Improvement Survey, a survey of health conditions in Topeka, Kansas, in 1914, this report focuses on the sanitary conditions of the city, as well as the organization and work of the city health department. Published with Delinquency and Corrections in Topeka by Zenas L. Potter, Municipal Administration in Topeka by D. O. Decker, and Industrial Conditions in Topeka by Zenas L. Potter.
FRANZ SCHNEIDER, JR. was sanitarian at the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.
