Committee of Fifteen records, 1900-1901.

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Committee of Fifteen records, 1900-1901.

Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, and other records of the Committee of Fifteen.

13 linear feet (35 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6774995

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson, 1861-1939

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Edwin R. A. Seligman served on the Columbia University faculty (1885-1931); the Tax Committee of New York City (1914-1916) and of New York State (1929-1931); the League of Nations committee on economics and finance (1922-1923); and as financial advisor to Cuba in 1931. ...

Smith, Charles Stewart, 1832-1909

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Baldwin, William H. (William Henry), 1891-

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Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938

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George Foster Peabody, banker and philanthropist, was born in Columbus, Ga. in 1852 and died in Warm Springs, Ga. in 1938. He was the son of George Henry and Elvira Canfield Peabody and husband of Katrina N. Trask. From the description of Cherokee Indian language letters, 1907. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 259719021 Banker and philanthropist. From the description of Papers of George Foster Peabody, 1894-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 8410865...

Morgan, George Wilson, 1875-1931

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New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Health.

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Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920

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Banker; m. Theresa Loeb; member of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; director of Central Trust Co., Western Union Telegraph Co., and Wells Fargo; president of Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids; founded Jewish Theological Seminary and Semitic Museum, Harvard Univ.). From the description of Jacob Henry Schiff papers, 1900-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 436305005 Jewish-American banker and philanthropist. From the description of Correspondence ; 1914-1920 [microform]. ...

Smith, Charles Sprague, 1853-1910

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Educator and author. From the description of Letter to S.S. McClure, 1892 June 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48954655 ...

Adler, Felix, 1851-1933.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Felix Adler (Columbia A.B., 1870), religious leader and educator, taught courses in social and political ethics at Columbia between 1902 and 1933. From the guide to the Felix Adler Papers, 1830-1933., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Felix Adler (Columbia A.B., 1870), religious leader and educator, taught courses in social and political ethics at Columbia between 1902 and 1933. From the description of Felix Adler papers, ...

Kennedy, John Steven

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Rhoades, John Harsen, 1838-1906.

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O'Brien, William J.

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Fox, Austen G. (Austen George), 1849-1937

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Orr, Alexander Ector, 1831-1914

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Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

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George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright Leag...

Erhardt, Joel B.

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Committee of Fifteen (New York, N.Y.: 1900)

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The Committee of Fifteen was a non-partisan citizens' committee established in 1900 to investigate the cause and extent of the increase in prostitution and gambling in New York City and to promote legislation necessary to correct the problem. The Committee, consisting of prominent bankers, lawyers and businessmen, published its report, The Social Evil With Special Reference to Conditions Existing in the City of New York, in 1902. From the description of Committee of Fifteen records, ...

Smith, Andrew J.

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