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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

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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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Southern Highland Schools

Maintained by Denominational and Independent Agencies
Editor
Olive D. Campbell
Ebook
Publication Date
17 pages

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A list of all school work under other than public auspices carried on in the Southern Highlands primarily for the Southern Highlanders. All data which were based on information secured by John C. Campbell, Secretary of the Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation, are given for 1919 - 1920.

JOHN C. CAMPBELL was secretary, Southern Highland Division, Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Confidential Exchange

A Form of Social Co-Operation
Author
Margaret F. Byington
Ebook
Publication Date
34 pages

About This Book

This report, prepared by the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1912, is an account of the methods of exchanges, charity indexes cataloguing relief and resources in an area, then in operation in the United States. It comprises of the author’s research around the oldest exchange conducted by the Boston Associated Charities, a list of the reasons behind the growth in interest around exchanges at the time, and an account of their administration and office details.

MARGARET F. BYINGTON was associate director of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Cover image of the book Women and the Trades
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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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Cover image of the book Proceedings of the Second Annual Playground Congress
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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

About This Book

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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The Doctor and His Patient

A Sociological Interpretation
Author
Samuel W. Bloom
Ebook
Publication Date
262 pages

About This Book

The Doctor and His Patient documents the rapid changes in health at the time of publication in 1963, spurred on by technology and the social organization of medicine, and how these developments influence the relationship between doctor and patient. It also explores the implications of these changes for medical education, serving as a guide for students of medicine and other health professions.

SAMUEL W. BLOOM was associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York College of Medicine Downstate Medical Center.

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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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