Social Science in Nursing was the product of a three year project examining the application of the social sciences to nursing, conducted at the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing.

FRANCES COOK MACGREGOR was visiting associate professor of social science at Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing.

Immigrant Gifts to American Life, published in 1932, describes the purpose and content of the Buffalo Exhibition and other similar expositions. The Buffalo Exhibition was a public show of the arts and skills foreigners have brought and contributed to in the United States, under the direction of Allen H. Eaton, author of this book and at that time field secretary of the American Federation of Arts. They utilized a common interest in the aesthetic values men live by to promote a better understanding of social and civic values.

ALLEN H. EATON, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

A collection of principles and methods for the application of disaster relief, this book explains the essential problems present in a variety of calamities, as well as the procedures determined best to deal with them effectively, based on the experience of the American Red Cross.

J. BYRON DEACON was general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity and division director of Civilian Relief for Pennsylvania.

This report, published in 1947, is a guide to public relations programs around health and welfare services. It is written for professional workers, administrators, and volunteers who must answer questions, speak to audiences, or write letters and bulletins about social welfare.

HELEN CODY BAKER was publicity director at the Council of Social Agencies of Chicago.

MARY SWAIN ROUTZAHN was director at the Department of Social Work Interpretation of the Russell Sage Foundation.

This 1969 study analyzes the educational and occupational development of women in the United States. It specifically investigates the patterns of career development among women doctorates, assessing their career interests, commitment to work, and professional contributions, using women who received doctorates in 1957 and 1958 as the research sample.

HELEN S. ASTIN was professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Published in 1936 as part of the Russell Sage Foundation’s Emergency Relief Studies series, Cash Relief explores the use of cash grants as emergency relief versus providing goods such as food, clothing, or fuel. Cash relief became widespread among emergency relief administrations during 1934 and 1935. The staff of the Charity Organization Department of the foundation made field visits to nine cities where this system had been in operation. This book provides a history of such practices and the departments fieldwork findings.

JOANNA C. COLCORD was director of the Charity Organization Department at the Russell Sage Foundation.

"In 1963 The Center for the Study of Law and Society accepted a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation for the purpose of examining issues and perspectives bearing on the administration of civil justice. It was hoped that some ground might be laid for research that would be of interest to social scientists and of value for legal reform."

JEROME E. CARLIN, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation.

SHELDON L. MESSINGER, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley

In this 1966 book, Jerome E. Carlin, who was both a lawyer and a sociologist, marshals persuasive evidence that many lawyers do not consistently adhere to the standards of ordinary honesty, still less to the special professional rules in the canons of legal ethics. It calls for new and tough questions about the way the practice of law is organized.

JEROME E. CARLIN was professor at the Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University, and the Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley.