Jacob A. Riis collection, [ca. 1880]-1962.

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Jacob A. Riis collection, [ca. 1880]-1962.

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Collection consists of subject files on social conditions in American society gathered by Jacob Riis and was formerly part of the Russell Sage Foundation Library. Files consist of newspaper clippings, statistical reports, handwritten notes, maps, charts, graphs, speeches and lectures, and photographs. Among the subjects covered are alcoholism, anarchism, charity, immigrants, lectures and correspondence related to HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, New York City social conditions, police, pollution, poverty, schools, reform in government, tenements, and women. Also included is correspondence with the New York Public Library, which holds the bulk of Riis Papers, concerning the use and composition of City College's Riis Collection.

ca. 10 cubic ft.

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Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

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Journalist, author, and humanitarian. From the description of Jacob A. Riis papers, 1870-1990 (bulk 1887-1913). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060723 Reformer, journalist, author. From the description of Papers of Jacob A. Riis [manuscript], 1899-1914. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814455 Jacob A. Riis, journalist and social reformer, was born in Denmark and moved to the United States at 21. He became a reporter for the New York trib...

New York Public Library

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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...