Board of charities/associated charities case files 1889-1914.

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Board of charities/associated charities case files 1889-1914.

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Series documents communications of the City Board of Charities (1889-1906) and its successor private agency, Associated Charities of Portland (1907-1914) with citizens in need, and other charitable organizations throughout the nation. Series includes correspondence, notes, and investigative reports. Topics include early relief for families, single parent households, dependent children, business support of charities, illness, and unemployment. Series also includes letters from Charles Erskine Scot Wood, Booker T. Washington and correspondence about a Helen Keller speech in Portland (1913).

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Oregon. State Public Welfare Commission

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The Public Welfare Commission was created in 1939 as a result of the combination of duties of the Child Welfare Commission and the State Relief Committee. The Welfare Commission was created in 1919 succeeding the state-aided Child Welfare Committee founded in 1913. The Child Welfare Commission was responsible for licensing institutions which cared for neglected and dependent children, preparing adoption reports for courts, and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect. ...