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A Study of Results of Institutional Care

Author
William J. Doherty
Ebook
Publication Date
17 pages

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A paper read before the children's section of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Baltimore in May of 1915. Published by the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

WILLIAM J. DOHERTY was second deputy commissioner in the department of public charities of New York City.

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The Function of College Athletics

Author
James Roscoe Day
Ebook
Publication Date
12 pages

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Reprinted from the proceedings of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, 1909. A report published by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation.

JAMES ROSCOE DAY was chancellor of Syracuse University.

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Work-Accidents and the Law

Author
Crystal Eastman
Ebook
Publication Date
458 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, six volumes edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg.

CRYSTAL EASTMAN was secretary at the New York State Employers Liability commission.

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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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Proceedings of the Second Annual Playground Congress

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Anna L. von der Osten
Ebook
Publication Date
556 pages

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The proceedings of the Second Annual Playground Congress of the Playground Association of America. The congress was held in New York in 1908, under the presidency of the Hon, George B. McClellan, Mayor of New York City.

ANNA L. VON DER OSTEN was officer of the Playground Association of America.

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The Doctor and His Patient

A Sociological Interpretation
Author
Samuel W. Bloom
Ebook
Publication Date
262 pages

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The Doctor and His Patient documents the rapid changes in health at the time of publication in 1963, spurred on by technology and the social organization of medicine, and how these developments influence the relationship between doctor and patient. It also explores the implications of these changes for medical education, serving as a guide for students of medicine and other health professions.

SAMUEL W. BLOOM was associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York College of Medicine Downstate Medical Center.

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Boyhood and Lawlessness

Author
Ruth S. True
Ebook
Publication Date
134 pages

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A volume of the West Side studies, field work conducted in the summer of 1912. A wider study of the Manhattan neighborhood under the Bureau of Social Research of New York School of Philanthropy with funds supplied by the Russell Sage Foundation.

RUTH S. TRUE, New York Survey Associates, Inc.

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Visiting Nursing

In the United States
Author
Yssabella Waters
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Publication Date
386 pages

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A directory of the organizations employing trained visiting nurses, with chapters on the principles, organization and methods of administration of such work.

YSSABELLA WATERS, Henry Street Nurses’ Settlement, New York City

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Housing Reform

A Handbook for Practical Use in American Cities
Author
Lawrence Veiller
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Publication Date
240 pages

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This book is a practical handbook on tenement reform in America. Written and researched by the New York City Tenement Department Commissioner, the handbook provides recommendations for improving conditions in tenement housing, as well as practices to avoid.

LAWRENCE VEILLER was secretary of the New York State Tenement House Commission, and First Deputy Tenement Commissioner of the Tenement Department of New York City.

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