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:
1925 - 1926
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Translation of "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde," which was originally published in Amsterdam, 1723-1743. Illustrated with 266 fine engravings, which are the main value of the work. The text is an undistinguished compilation of extracts from many authors--Cf. Brunet, Grässe. Each vol. has own title page, imprin...
Creator:
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733; Moubach, Abraham
Created:
1727 - 1738
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Scrapbook with photographs, correspondence, and various ephemera related to his time in the United States Army during World War II when he was stationed in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.
Creator:
Rich, Alan
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Memorabilia serves as an important source for studying the early history and programs of the Minneapolis YWCA. The scrapbooks are extensive compilations of items documenting YWCA activities. Typically, the scrapbooks contain announcements, tickets, printed programs, and extensive newspaper clippings that report on ac...
Creator:
Minneapolis YWCA
Created:
1898-10 - 1903-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
YMCA work with and by blacks began in 1853 when Anthony Bowen established the first ""colored"" association in Washington D.C. As Anthony Bowen's work in the 1850s indicates, African Americans embraced the YMCA early on. By the late 1860s, the YMCA found a firm foothold in the community with associations established in New York City, Philadelphi...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1891 - 1892
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This folder contains correspondence with booking agents, organizational records, photographs, and publicity material regarding artists, engaged by Verna Gold Scott to perform at the University of Minnesota and other venues. Verna Golden was born in River Falls, WI. She met her husband, Carlyle Scott, while studying music in Leipzig, Germany. Car...
Creator:
Scott, Verna Golden, 1876-1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This folder contains materials from editorial files created by Survey Associaties, Inc., publishers of the Survey family of magazines. The Survey had roots in several other magazines which were concerned with philanthropy, including the Charities Review, Charities and the Commons, and Jewish Charities. From 1912 the Survey was published weekly, ...
Creator:
Survey Associates
Created:
1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
