Kingsbury, John Adams, 1876-1956

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Kingsbury, John A.

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Kingsbury, John Adams, 1876-

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John Adams Kingsbury.

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Kingsbury, John A. (John Adams), 1876-

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John A. Kingsbury

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Social worker and social reformer.

From the description of John Adams Kingsbury papers, 1841-1966 (bulk 1906-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979825

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1876, Aug. 30 Born, Horton, Kans. 1897 Graduated, Yakima High School, Yakima, Wash. 1897 1899 Elementary school teacher, various locations, Washington 1899 1901 School principal, Prosser, Wash. 1900 Attended Washington State College, Pullman, Wash. 1901 1904 Superintendent of schools, Georgetown, Wash. 1903 1906 Attended University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 1904 1906 Principal, Green Lake School, Seattle Wash. 1907 1911 Assistant secretary, New York State Charities Aid Association 1908 B.S., Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1909 Married Mabel Glass 1910 Organized Conference of Mayors of the State of New York 1911 1914 General director, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor 1914 1918 Commissioner of public charities, New York, N.Y. Ex-officio president, Board of Inebriety, New York, N.Y. Secretary, Board of Ambulance Service, New York, N.Y. Member, board of trustees, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York, N.Y. 1918 Assistant director of general relief, American Red Cross, France 1918 1919 Director, Department of Citizenship, Young Men's Christian Association, Army Educational Commission, France 1920 Toured Serbia on behalf of Serbian Child Welfare Association of America 1920 1921 Consultant, Milbank Memorial Fund 1921 1935 Secretary, Milbank Memorial Fund Board member, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor Member, executive committee, New York State Charities Aid Association Director, National Tuberculosis Association Director and chairman, executive committee, Serbian Child Welfare Association of America. Secretary, America-Yugoslav Society 1931 LL.D, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 1932 Toured USSR 1933 Published with Sir Arthur Newsholme Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia (New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 324 pp.) Published Health in Handcuffs (New York: Modern Age Books. 210 pp.) 1935 1939 Administrative consultant to Harry Lloyd Hopkins, chief, Works Progress Administration Administrative consultant to Aubrey Williams, chief, National Youth Administration 1939 1956 Wrote and lectured on public health and welfare, American-Soviet and American-Yugoslav relations, and world peace 1941 Organized Russian War Relief 1949 1956 National chairman, Council of American-Soviet Friendship 1950 Attended Second World Peace Congress, Warsaw, Poland Toured USSR 1951 Attended World Peace Council, Vienna, Austria Toured USSR 1952 Toured People's Republic of China 1954 1955 Appeared before Subversive Activities Control Board 1956, Aug. 3 Died, New York, N.Y. From the guide to the John Adams Kingsbury Papers, 1841-1966, (bulk 1906-1939), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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