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Housing in Springfield, Illinois

A Study by the National Housing Association
Author
John Ihlder
Ebook
Publication Date
38 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey published in 1914, this report presents a clear idea of the housing conditions in Springfield at the time, as well as the methods taken to keep conditions up to standard. Topics include land overcrowding, unhealthy circumstances in apartments, and housing for miners, with an argument of what the city could do to improve conditions.

JOHN IHLDER, Springfield Survey Committee

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Cover image of the book The Registration of Illegitimate Births
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The Registration of Illegitimate Births

A Preventive of Infant Mortality
Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
25 pages

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A paper read before the American Public Health Association at Rochester, New York in 1915.

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

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The Extinction of the Defective Delinquent

A Working Program
Author
Hastings H. Hart
Hardcover
Publication Date
18 pages

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A paper read before the American Prison Association in Baltimore in 1912.

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

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How to Give Wisely

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
36 pages

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A paper read at the National Conference of Social Work in Milwaukee June, 1921. The paper was intended as a handbook for philanthropists.

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

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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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Cover image of the book Social Conditions in an American City
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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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Cover image of the book Recreation in Springfield, Illinois
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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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