Hartley House records 1896-1961

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Hartley House records 1896-1961

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Hartley House, a settlement on Manhatttan's West Side, was opened in 1897. Over the years, the settlement attempted to improve living conditions in the area through programs such as children's classes, cooking and homemaking lessons, health services, English language classes, and work relief. The records contain, among other materials, correspondence, materials from various clubs at the settlement, photographs, and files relating to other organizations with which Hartley House worked.

5.5 linear feet (118 folders, 5 legal folders, 23 folios)

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6618489

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Greene, Helen French, 1868-1952

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New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor

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Marcellus Hartley

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Hartley House, Inc.

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Hartley House was opened by the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor on January 1, 1897, and was incorporated as an independent organization in 1903. Establishment of Hartley House was the result of a gradually increasing feeling among the managers of the Association that "if the homes of the poor could be made more comfortable and attractive, and the home lives more sufficient, there would be less cause for family dissensions and dissolutions, less seeking o...

J. G. Phelps Stokes

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May Matthews

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