This folder contains materials created/collected by the United Neighborhood Houses of New York, a federation of New York City settlement houses. The United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc. (UNH) was founded by Mary K. Simkhovitch and John L. Elliott in 1900 as the Association of Neighborhood Workers, a federation of York City settlement hou...
Creator:
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
Created:
1970 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
This folder contans materials created by/collected about Max Yergan, born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1892. He became an officer in the Student Christian movement in 1915, beginning a 25-year long association with the YMCA. With the outbreak of World War I, he was sent to organize YMCA units among the African regiments that the British Army wa...
Creator:
Yergan, Max, 1892-1975
Created:
1927 - 1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The subject contained within this United Neighborhood of New York scrapbook include the activities, administration, and philosophy of settlement houses and community centers as well as the development of professional social work. Includes documentation of issues and programs relating to: housing standards and tenement law reform, immigration and...
Creator:
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
Created:
1933 - 1934
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
The subject contained within this United Neighborhood of New York scrapbook include the activities, administration, and philosophy of settlement houses and community centers as well as the development of professional social work. Includes documentation of issues and programs relating to: housing standards and tenement law reform, immigration and...
Creator:
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
Created:
1919 - 1927
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
