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Plans for a Model Jail

Author
R. W. Zimmerman
Ebook
Publication Date
18 pages

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Presented at the fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1921, this pamphlet attempts to develop proper, universal plans for a model jail. Arguing that each prison would have specific building requirements and characteristics, the author presents several well-established canons of architecture and building which should be followed in any jail, emphasizing humane conditions and required needs. Printed with A Departmental Plan for a Detention Home for Delinquent Women by Maxwell Hyde.

R. W. ZIMMERMAN, prison architect, Chicago

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Women as Munition Makers

A Study of Conditions in Bridgeport, CT
Author
Amy Hewes
Ebook
Publication Date
168 pages

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This is a pamphlet of two reports on munition work during World War I, the second is by Henriette R. Walter, entitled Munition Workers in England and France: A Summary of Reports Issued by the British Ministry of Munitions.

AMY HEWES was professor of economics and sociology at Mount Holyoke College.

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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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Preventive Treatment of Neglected Children

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
487 pages

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A volume of the Correction and Prevention papers prepared for the Eighth International Prison Congress in 1910, published by the Charities Publication Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation. From the preface: “This volume is designed especially to furnish reliable information to the delegates in attendance upon the International Prison Congress with reference to the progress of work for neglected children in the United States. The subject is studied in its concrete form, and the effort is made to give a comprehensive view of what is being undertaken in the United States for the prevention of juvenile delinquency, and, thereby, of adult delinquency. … The study in Part Three, relating to Cottage and Congregate Institutions, has been made by the Child-Helping Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the special benefit of boards of trustees who are contemplating the building of new institutions for children or the re-organization of old ones. It is accompanied by plans for a children’s cottage with outside sleeping porches designed by the author and executed by Robert W. Gardner, Architect, of New York City.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of 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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Technology and Livelihood

An Inquiry into the Changing Technological Basis for Production as Affecting Employment and Living Standards
Authors
Mary L. Fledderus
Mary van Kleeck
Ebook
Publication Date
236 pages

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Documented with materials quoted from scientific, governmental reports and arranged to describe new technological developments and their effects on productivity and labor requirements.

MARY L. FLEDDERUS was research associate of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

MARY VAN KLEECK was director of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Governmental Organization Within the City of New York

Author
Robert H. Connery
Ebook
Publication Date
46 pages

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This pamphlet and its accompanying charts are intended to provide a brief description of governmental organizations of the city of New York. Some mention also is made of county, state, and the federal agencies as well as of public authorities which operate within the boundaries of the city.

ROBERT H. CONNERY was professor emeritus of public law and government at Columbia University and deputy city administrator of New York.

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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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City and County Administration in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
D. O. Decker
Shelby M. Harrison
Ebook
Publication Date
167 pages

About This Book

Published in 1917 by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation, City and County Administration in Springfield presents data on the main administrative functions of the local governments of Springfield, Illinois, from 1914 and examines possible improvements towards the efficiency and effectiveness of the administration. This report is part of the Springfield Survey series.

D. O. DECKER was a member of the Springfield Survey Committee.

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

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