Children's Fund of Michigan, records 1929-1965 1929-1961

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Children's Fund of Michigan, records 1929-1965 1929-1961

Detroit based philanthropic foundation created by Senator James J. Couzens and administered by William J. Norton to fund organizations in Michigan involved in child health and child guidance; includes administrative records, correspondence, reports of field visits, and topical files.

23 linear ft. (24 boxes), 4 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389712

Bentley Historical Library

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Michigan. State Emergency Welfare Relief Commission

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Gibson, Kenneth Richard, 1895-1959.

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Detroit, Michigan, dentist, director, 1929-1948, of the dental division of the Children's Fund of Michigan, and director of the child health division of the Children's Fund. From the description of Kenneth R. Gibson papers, 1930-1956. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421663 Kenneth Richard Gibson was born December 12, 1895, in Dunbar, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1918, and earned his master's degre...

Norton, William J. (William John), 1883-1975

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Social worker. From the description of Reminiscences of William John Norton : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741122 William J. Norton, social worker, was born in Maine, April 8, 1883. After graduating from Bowdoin College, he entered social settlement work in Brooklyn, New York and later Cleveland, Ohio. In the period 1913-1917, he organized the Cincinnati Council of Social Agencies; and Community Union and Detroit C...

Detroit (Mich.). Mayor's Interracial Committee

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Children's Fund of Michigan

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Philanthropic foundation created by Senator James J. Couzens and administered by William J. Norton to fund organizations in Michigan involved in child health and child guidance. From the description of Children's Fund of Michigan records, 1929-1965 (bulk 1929-1961). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423385 The Children's Fund of Michigan (CFM) was a charitable corporation created April 11, 1929 by Michigan Senator James Couzens with a gift of ten m...

United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit

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Established 1917 as Detroit Community Union, incorporating the existing Detroit Association of Charities, founded in 1878; later name changed to Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit; reorganized 1951 as United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit. From the description of Records, 1878-1972 (bulk 1920s-1960s). (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28421669 ...

Couzens, James, 1872-1936

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U.S. senator from Michigan, mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and industrialist. From the description of James Couzens papers, 1903-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982271 Detroit Mayor and civic leader, U.S. Senator, Ford Motor Co. executive James Couzens was born in Chatham, Ont., Aug. 26, 1872, son of James J. and Emma (Clift) Couzens; married Margaret A. Manning, Aug. 31, 1898. Began the manufacture of automobiles in 1903 ; vice-president, genera...

Carey, B. W.

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Children's Hospital of Michigan

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Located in Detroit, Mich. From the description of Records, 1886-1983. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28419760 ...

Watson, Maud E.

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Dorsey, John M. (John Morris), 1900-1978

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Kenworthy, Marion E.

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