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Social Conditions in an American City

A Summary of the Findings of the Springfield Survey
Author
Shelby M. Harrison
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Publication Date
440 pages

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This book was published in 1920 as a summary of the nine reports that made up the Springfield Survey, aimed at presenting the social conditions of an American city in the hopes of progressing community welfare. The general purpose, sequence, and methods behind the survey are summarized.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Recreation in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
Lee F. Hanmer
Clarence Arthur Perry
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Publication Date
160 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey, a study conducted by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation for the purpose of improving social and living conditions.

LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation

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The Credit Union and the Cooperative Store

Author
Arthur H. Ham
Ebook
Publication Date
9 pages

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Address delivered at the Conference of Eastern Cooperative Societies of the Cooperative League of America. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation Division of Remedial Loans in 1917.

ARTHUR H. HAM was director of the remedial loans division of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Chattel Loan Business

Author
Arthur H. Ham
Ebook
Publication Date
65 pages

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A report prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Social Research, of the New York School of Philanthropy. Published by the Russell Sage Charities Committee in 1909.

ARTHUR H. HAM was director of the remedial loans division of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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American Marriage Laws

In Their Social Aspects
Authors
Fred S. Hall
Elisabeth W. Brooke
Ebook
Publication Date
137 pages

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A summary of marriage laws in 1919, and of certain proposals made for their reform, part of a larger study into the ways in which these laws were administered.

FRED S. HALL was associate director of the Charity Organization Department at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Fatigue and Efficiency

A Study in Industry
Author
Josephine Goldmark
Ebook
Publication Date
352 pages

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Published in 1912, this book is an exploration of the relationship between fatigue and rest with industrialism and how this relationship can be applied to the rational industrial procedure for a more humane industry. It is a powerful plea for the alleviation of workers on rational, scientific grounds for the promotion of human efficiency.

JOSEPHINE GOLDMARK was publication secretary of the National Consumers' League.

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Sterilization and Segregation

Author
Henry H. Goddard
Ebook
Publication Date
12 pages

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This 1912 paper analyzes the various issues behind a proposal aimed at preventing the increase of criminals, the sterilization of the mentally deficient. It looks into the legal problems surrounding such a proposal, as well as an alternative segregation plan, to document the proposal’s ineffectiveness.

HENRY H. GODDARD was professor at the Department of Research at the Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, Vineland, N.J.

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Technology and Livelihood

An Inquiry into the Changing Technological Basis for Production as Affecting Employment and Living Standards
Authors
Mary L. Fledderus
Mary van Kleeck
Ebook
Publication Date
236 pages

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Documented with materials quoted from scientific, governmental reports and arranged to describe new technological developments and their effects on productivity and labor requirements.

MARY L. FLEDDERUS was research associate of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

MARY VAN KLEECK was director of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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A Study of Results of Institutional Care

Author
William J. Doherty
Ebook
Publication Date
17 pages

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A paper read before the children's section of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Baltimore in May of 1915. Published by the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

WILLIAM J. DOHERTY was second deputy commissioner in the department of public charities of New York City.

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The Function of College Athletics

Author
James Roscoe Day
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Publication Date
12 pages

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Reprinted from the proceedings of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, 1909. A report published by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation.

JAMES ROSCOE DAY was chancellor of Syracuse University.

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