This book was published in 1963 as an account of the successes and difficulties encountered in the experimental introduction of a social science research service into an ongoing health and welfare agency, specifically the recounting of the development of the Social Research Service of the State Charities Aid Association, a voluntary organization with the goal of social reform.

ROLAND L. WARREN was professor of sociology at Alfred University.

A report of the findings of a study into the utilization of school property after day-class hours, carried out by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1910.

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

Published in 1920, this paper attempts to explain why school officials and voluntary organizations were not pulling together to expand the school's use as a social center—uncertainty as to the people's will. It proposes that asking the community to decide what uses a social center should have will help in the creating of such an agency.

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

A chapter of The Modern High School, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, this paper analyzes the expanding role of high schools as education centers, particularly as growing social centers for the community around them. It details how a school principal can adapt to this growing role and define the public education of the community.

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

The first part of this pamphlet originally appeared in the April 1912 issue of the American School Board Journal, detailing a number of facilities to modern elementary school architecture that would also benefit the broader social community. Featured here are a number of plans that have been adopted in American cities that illustrate this.

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

Published in 1912, this paper addresses what must be done to establish a social center in an existing school, particularly by developing community interest in such an endeavor and by appointing a proper director or leader with a set of demonstrated qualifications. Details are provided in how to organize the agency, as well as a number of legal obstacles that have to be overcome.

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

This pamphlet, published in 1910, aims to serve as a guide for a better and more beneficent organization of social service work in the United States, combating the neglect of bad social conditions and aimless charitable activity. It provides a detailed analysis of social conditions in smaller cities, with a wealth of practical advice and illustration.

FRANCIS H. McLEAN was field secretary of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation.

Presented before the Children's Section of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in 1915, this paper examines part of a study through the Boston Children's Aid Society that aimed to state the services of a child-placing society in certain exact terms, with the hope of establishing certain standards to measure this sect of social work. By measuring the society's standards, it also looks to determine what might be failing and provide possible solutions.

RUTH W. LAWTON was research worker, Boston Children’s Aid Society.

J. PRENTICE MURPHY was general secretary, Boston Children's Aid Society.

Addresses and discussions of the Child Welfare Conference in Richmond, Virginia, May 1911.

ROY K. FLANNAGAN was president of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections of Virginia.

This paper, published in 1916, presents one part of the Round Table Plan, established to assist institutions that care for dependent children in their administrative duties. The Plan comprises eight studies, each of which is devoted to a vital problem of institutional management. It looks at the position of trusteeship of institutions for dependent, neglected, and ill children. Also analyzed is how a trustee can affect the institution's ability to earn a profit.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.