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Cover image of the book Sources of Information on Play and Recreation
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Sources of Information on Play and Recreation

Authors
Lee F. Hanmer
Howard R. Knight
Ebook
Publication Date
43 pages

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A condensed list of early research on recreation, published by the foundation in 1915.

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

HOWARD R. KNIGHT, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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Recreation Legislation

Authors
Lee F. Hanmer
August H. Brunner
Ebook
Publication Date
102 pages

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A compilation of the state laws enforcing recreation in public schools. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation Department of Recreation in 1915.

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

AUGUST H. BRUNNER, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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Medical Inspection of Schools

Authors
Luther H. Gulick
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
285 pages

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This book, originally published in 1908 and with a new edition in 1913, is a guide to medical inspections in schools, detailing what practices were being done at the time and what problems and difficulties were present in regards to children's health in schools.

LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Social Conditions in an American City

A Summary of the Findings of the Springfield Survey
Author
Shelby M. Harrison
Ebook
Publication Date
440 pages

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This book was published in 1920 as a summary of the nine reports that made up the Springfield Survey, aimed at presenting the social conditions of an American city in the hopes of progressing community welfare. The general purpose, sequence, and methods behind the survey are summarized.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Recreation in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
Lee F. Hanmer
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
160 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey, a study conducted by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation for the purpose of improving social and living conditions.

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

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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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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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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The Standard of Living Among Workingmen's Families in New York City

Author
Robert Coit Chapin
Ebook
Publication Date
403 pages

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Published in 1909, this report is a result of a New York State Conference of Charities and Correction–appointed study on the essentials and cost of a normal standard of living in the cities and towns of the state, followed by a detailed analysis of the compiled data of workingmen's budgets.

ROBERT COIT CHAPIN was Horace White Professor of economics and finance in Beloit College, Wisconsin.

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Public Pensions to Widows with Children

A Study of Their Administration in Several American Cities
Author
C. C. Carstens
Ebook
Publication Date
39 pages

About This Book

For three months beginning August 1, 1912, Mr. Carstens was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to study the actual working of public pensions to widows with children in certain western communities.

C.C. CARSTENS was secretary of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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The Southern Highlander and His Homeland

Author
John C. Campbell
Ebook
Publication Date
504 pages

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The following pages are the outcome of twenty-five years of life and experience in the mountain country of the South, taken on by John C. Campbell. From his time as a teacher in a remote section of the mountains, until the time of his death, when he was Secretary of the Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation, he was continuously engaged in the service of the Highland people.

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