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The Settlement Horizon

A National Estimate
Authors
Robert A. Woods
Albert J. Kennedy
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Publication Date
511 pages

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An exploration of settlements throughout the United States, in particular non-residential neighborhood centers, covering a range of interests, including history, educational approaches, and connections to labor.

ROBERT A. WOODS, New York Charities Publication Committee

ALBERT J. KENNEDY, New York Charities Publication Committee

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The Good Neighbor in the Modern City

Second Edition
Author
Mary E. Richmond
Ebook
Publication Date
158 pages

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This book examines the work of early-twentieth century charity organizations, in particular those in urban environments.

Mary E. Richmond was the author of “Friendly Visiting Among the Poor,” general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity

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San Francisco Relief Survey

Authors
Charles J. O’Connor
Francis H. McLean
Helen Swett Artieda
James Marvin Motley
Jessica Peixotto
Mary Roberts Coolidge
Ebook
Publication Date
607 pages

About This Book

The organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, compiled from studies by Charles J. O’Connor, Francis H. McLean, Helen Swett Artieda, James Marvin Motley, Jessica Peixotto, and Mary Roberts Coolidge, offering a book of ready reference for use on occasions of special emergency.

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The Public Schools of Springfield, Illinois

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
162 pages

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A survey of public schools conducted by the Department of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation under the direction of Leonard P. Ayres. Part of the Springfield Survey.

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Public Health in Springfield, Illinois

Author
Franz Schneider, Jr.
Ebook
Publication Date
175 pages

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A survey by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, the result of field investigations on vital statistics carried out between March and May, 1914, supplemented by co-operative efforts by city and state officials and local volunteer workers.

FRANZ SCHNEIDER, JR. was sanitarian at the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Finding Employment for Children who Leave the Grade Schools to go to Work

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Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, Department of Social Investigation
Ebook
Publication Date
60 pages

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Report to the Chicago Woman’s Club, The Chicago Association of Collegiate Alumnae and the Woman’s City Club

Contributors: Sophonisba P. Breckinridge and Edith Abbott, directors of the Department of Social Investigation, the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, and Anne S. Davis, special investigator for the Chicago Woman’s Club, the Chicago Association of Collegiate Alumnae, and the Woman’s City Club

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The Correctional System of Springfield, Illinois

Author
Zenas L. Potter
Ebook
Publication Date
199 pages

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A survey by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, examining the correctional system of Springfield, Illinois, including adult offenders, juvenile delinquents, and the organization of the police department.

ZENAS L. POTTER, Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation

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Care and Training of Orphan and Fatherless Girls

Author
Russell Sage Foundation, Department of Child-helping
Ebook
Publication Date
262 pages

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Proceedings of a conference on the prospective work of Carson College for Girls and Charles E. Ellis College, called by the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation, held at Philadelphia, October 13–14, 1915, on invitation of the Trustees of Carson College and Ellis College.

Foreword by Hastings H. Hart, president of the conference.

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Athletics for Girls

Authors
Jennie Bradley Roessing
Elizabeth Burchenal
Ebook
Publication Date
14 pages

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Reprinted from Proceedings of the Third Annual Playground Congress, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 10-14, 1909, for the Playground Association of America.

 

Jennie Bradley Roessing, vice-president, Pittsburgh Playground Association

Elizabeth Burchenal, inspector of athletics, girls’ branch, Public Schools Athletic League, New York City

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Penology: An Educational Problem

Author
Hastings H. Hart
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Publication Date
28 pages

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President's address at the Fifty-Second Annual Congress of the American Prison Association, Detroit, Michigan, October 12, 1922.

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

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