Family papers, 1892-1959.

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Family papers, 1892-1959.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and articles pertaining to Lynde's personal life and professional career, and genealogical materials relating to Lynde family members. The collection pertains to the private and professional life of Edward D. Lynde, particularly his involvement in the social service reform movement, and relationships between Lynde family members. Included are the Civil War letters and documents of Lynde's grandfather, Abraham G. Schermerhorn, letters from Myron H. Bent, a journalist with the Brooklyn, N.Y. Times-Herald regarding his anti-New Deal activities, and letters to Lynde's mother, Ardelle S.L. Nutting.

0.60 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7082860

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Associated Charities of Cleveland.

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Lynn family.

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Nutting, Ardelle S. L.

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Federation for Community Planning

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Founded in 1913, as the Federation for Charity and Philanthropy, to coordinate funding for the numerous charities in Cleveland. It merged with the Welfare Council of Cleveland in 1917 to form the Cleveland Welfare Federation. In 1972 it became the Federation for Community Planning. By 1919 it had given up solicitation of funds and by 1966 their allocation also, evolving into a specialized community planning agency. From the description of Records 1913-1974. (Rhinelander District Libr...

Lynde, Lucile.

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Lynde, Arthur L.

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Schermerhorn, Abraham G.

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Bent, Myron H.

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Werner, Carl Arthur

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Lynde, Edward D. (Edward Dudley Bent), 1892-1973.

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Nationally recognized authority in the field of social reform during the first half of the 20th century. Much of Lynde's career was spent with the Associated Charities of Cleveland, 1923-33; then he became assistant director of the Family Welfare Association in New York. He returned to Cleveland in 1935 to head the Cleveland Welfare Federation (later the Federation for Community Planning) until his retirement in 1959. From the description of Family papers, 1892-1959. (Rhinelander Dis...