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Women and the Trades

Pittsburgh 1907-1908
Author
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler
Ebook
Publication Date
504 pages

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A volume in the Pittsburgh Survey, edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg. The Pittsburgh Survey had been planned by the editors of "Charities and The Commons" before the organization of the Russell Sage Foundation. The Charities Publication Committee accepted and assumed responsibility for the project.

ELIZABETH BEARDSLEY BUTLER was secretary of the Consumers League of New Jersey.

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Saleswomen in Mercantile Stores

Baltimore, 1909
Author
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler
Ebook
Publication Date
266 pages

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A report sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Consumers' League of Maryland in 1909, this book studies female workers in mercantile stores in Baltimore. While this report deals only with one set of industrial conditions in a single city, it is suggestive of other cities in the country.

ELIZABETH BEARDSLEY BUTLER was secretary of the Consumers League of New Jersey.

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Proceedings of the Second Annual Playground Congress

Editor
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 Middle West Side

A Historical Sketch
Author
Otho G. Cartwright
Ebook
Publication Date
92 pages

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A volume of the West Side studies, field work completed in the summer of 1912. It is part of a wider survey of the Manhattan neighborhood, proposed by the Bureau of Social Research of the New York School of Philanthropy with funds supplied by the Russell Sage Foundation.

OTHO G. CARTWRIGHT was secretary of the Schoolmasters’ Association of New York and Vicinity.

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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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Handbook of Settlements

Editors
Robert A. Woods
Albert J. Kennedy
Ebook
Publication Date
351 pages

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Published in 1911 and designed to continue a service rendered by the Bibliography of Settlements until 1905, this handbook presents an outline of the material facts about every settlement in the United States at the time, including non-residential neighborhood centers. In addition to previous research and literature, information is presented from first-hand accounts at these houses from leading representatives on the development and program of settlements.

ROBERT A. WOODS, New York Charities Publication Committee

ALBERT J. KENNEDY, New York Charities Publication Committee

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The Salary Loan Business in New York City

Author
Clarence W. Wassam
Hardcover
Publication Date
155 pages

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A report on the findings of a study of the loan businesses in New York City from 1907-1908, part of a larger set of studies of fiscal agencies exploiting the necessities of the poor. The study was commissioned by the Bureau of Social Research of the New York School of Philanthropy, published by the Russell Sage Foundation.

CLARENCE W. WASSAM, Bureau of Social Research, New York School of Philanthropy

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Investigations of Industries in New York City

A List of Published Reports 1905 - 1915
Author
Henriette R. Walter
Ebook
Publication Date
28 pages

About This Book

Published jointly by the Committee for Vocational Scholarship of the Henry Street Settlement and the Committee on Women's Work of the Russell Sage Foundation.

HENRIETTE R. WALTER, Investigator Division of Industrial Studies, Russell Sage Foundation

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A Model Tenement House Law

Author
Lawrence Veiller
Ebook
Publication Date
160 pages

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A Model Tenement House Law, published in 1910, presents a set of tenement housing laws based on a thorough examination of New York law, at the time the model for tenement housing legislation. It provided a new standard for state and city legislators.

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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Housing Reform

A Handbook for Practical Use in American Cities
Author
Lawrence Veiller
Ebook
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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