An ideal development for a playground on an irregular tract of land between five and six acres in extent, reprinted in 1909 from Hygiene and Physical Education.

LORNA H. LELAND, playground architect and organizer

A recreation survey of Ipswich, Massachusetts, based on direct observation of children’s outdoor play and interviews with the children. Its purpose was to determine what the schools of the Ipswich community might do to meet the recreation needs of the community.

HOWARD R. KNIGHT, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

This 1908 pamphlet, from the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, examines the benefits specific to young girls of recreational spaces for their proper mental and physical development.

BEULAH KENNARD was president of the Playground Association of Pittsburg, Pa.

In this 1909 pamphlet, from the proceedings of the third annual Playground Congress, George E. Johnson argues that children in the modern era need facilitation and supervision of play.

GEORGE E. JOHNSON was director of the Pittsburgh Playground Association.

This 1909 paper from the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation outlines the reasons for recreation: that it encourages mental control over motor skills, physical development and conditioning, and even the growth moral and social qualities like respect and sympathy in children.

GEORGE E. JOHNSON was director of the Pittsburgh Playground Association.

An address to the Annual Playground Association of America regarding the benefits of public recreation spaces from a physician’s point of view, from the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation.

WOODS HUTCHINSON was the Oregon State Health Officer and professor of clinical medicine at the New York Polyclinic.

An address delivered before the Association at the National Recreation Congress in 1908 that points out how fundamental recreation, as well as the public spaces that provide it, can be.

CHARLES EVANS HUGHES was Governor of New York and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

An account of national festivals such as carnivals and their evolution over the twentieth century, in particular the annual Play Festival of Chicago, from the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation.

AMALIE HOFER, Playground Extension Committee, Russell Sage Foundation

This paper, from the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, explores the various questions and decisions that come into play for a government body in regards to the construction of a new public recreation space.

GEORGE HIBBARD was mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.

A commencement address delivered at Wilberforce University on June 17, 1915, illustrating the driving motivations behind social work.

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