Burt/Bock family papers Burt/Bock family papers 1831-1996

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Burt/Bock family papers Burt/Bock family papers 1831-1996

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These papers focus on the life of Henry Burt, a noted settlement house worker who moved to Rhode Island in 1922 and continued his work for the greater good. The collection contains some of Burt's settlement house photographs, scrapbooks, and information pertaining to the Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony.

7 linear feet

eng,

University of Rhode Island Library Special Collections and Archives Unit

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SNAC Resource ID: 6358998

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Magenes Family

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Neilson, Samuel, 1761-1803

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Bock family

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The Burt and Bock families were joined by the marriage of Mrs. Jackson's parents, Henry Burt and Louise Bock in 1901 The bulk of the collection contains the papers and memorabilia of Henry Burt. Burt, a noted social worker and settlement house administrator, was born in Waubansee, Kansas in 1875 and graduated from Washburn College in 1899 and Chicago Theological Seminary in 1903. It was as a student at Chicago Theological Seminary that Burt first became involved in the ...

Burt, Henry F., 1875-1949.

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