Henry Street Settlement records 1892-2005

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Henry Street Settlement records 1892-2005

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Records of the Henry Street Settlement, a settlement house located on New York City's Lower East Side. Contains minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, architectural drawings, publications, financial records, newspaper clippings, scripts, scores, photographs, maps, and newsletters. The records document the administration and programs of a leading organization in the settlement movement and reflect social issues affecting immigrants and low income groups. Topics include: the arts, child care, camping and youth activities, health care, mental health, senior citizen programs, consumer education, juvenile delinquency, employment programs, adult education, and services for the homeless. Other social service organizations in New York City are also documented. The bulk of the records date from 1933 to 1967, the years when Helen Hall served as headworker. The records also contain material dating from the administrations of founder, Lillian D. Wald, and Helen Hall's successor, Bertram M. Beck. Also includes a small amount of records from the 1990s and early 2000s.

63.5 linear feet (152 manuscript boxes, 3 record cartons, and 3 flat storage boxes)

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6618528

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Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Director of Henry Street Settlement in New York City. Miss Wald retired from active directorship in 1932. From the guide to the Lillian D. Wald Papers, 1895-1936, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940), a public health nurse and social worker in New York City on the Lower East Side, was a pioneer in American social work and public health. She founded the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service of...

Lower Eastside Neighborhoods Association.

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LENA was founded in 1955 by a group of social agencies (among them Henry Street Settlement), civic organizations, churches, and individuals on New York's Lower East Side to combat juvenile delinquency and, later, to work for improved housing, recreation, and health facilities in the neighborhood. From the description of Lower Eastside Neighborhoods Association records, 1959-1973. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300228 The Lower East...

Beck, Bertram M.

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Hall, Helen, 1892-1982

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Settlement worker and social reformer. From the description of Helen Hall Papers, 1898-1982. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63309625 From the description of Papers, 1898-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80096291 Social worker. Helen Hall succeeded Lillian Wald as Headworker at the Henry Street Settlement House, New York City, in 1933. From the description of Helen Hall, Settlement records, [ca. 18...

Henry Street Settlement

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"The sight of a woman in a rear tenement, under unspeakably distressing conditions, was the starting point of the Settlement," Lillian D. Wald related during the Henry Street Settlement's 20th anniversary celebration in 1914. "Miss Mary Brewster and I, both graduates of the New York Hospital Training School," Wald continued, "established ourselves on the top floor of a tenement house near by. We charged ourselves with creating a visiting nursing service, on the terms most considerat...

Mobilization for Youth

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Social service agency operating on the Lower East Side of New York City. Mobilization for Youth was conceived in 1957 and formally founded and funded in 1961. From the guide to the Mobilization for Youth Records, [ca. 1958]-1970., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Social service agency operating on the Lower East Side of New York City. Mobilization for Youth was conceived in 1957 and formally founded and funded in 1961. F...

Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

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The Henry Street Settlement was organized in 1893 by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster in New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood. Miss Wald and Miss Brewster were nurses and the settlement's early work was principally a visiting nurse service. By the time the settlement was incorporated in 1903, its work had expanded to include many of the usual settlement services. Miss Wald was succeeded as headworker in 1933 by Helen Hall. In 1944, the settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service were legally...