Lend a Hand Society records, 1843-1982.

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Lend a Hand Society records, 1843-1982.

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Records of the Lend A Hand Society, a private Boston charitable organization founded by Unitarian minister Edward E. Hale in 1891. The records include historical material, correspondence, records of charitable activities, administrative and financial records, and scrapbooks. Materials pre-dating the 1891 incorporation of the society include personal correspondence between Hale and Frederic W. Greenleaf, whose life inspired the idea behind Lend A Hand, as well as letters to Hale on philanthropic matters pre-dating or unrelated to the society. Correspondents include Samuel G. Howe, Annie A. Fields, Amos A. Lawrence, and Edward Everett. Organizations represented include the American Social Science Association, the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism (Industrial Aid Society for the Prevention of Pauperism), Associated Charities (of Boston), and the temperance effort. (Cont'd) Records of the society's charitable activities include those of the Book Mission which provided books to poor schools and libraries in the rural south, loans of wheelchairs and other medical equipment, the Boston Floating Hospital, World War I relief abroad, Outings for Old Men, and other short-term projects. Administrative records contain minutes of annual and board of directors meetings and correspondence with individual clubs. Financial records contain account books (1907-54) as well as records of fundraising appeals. Chief among the appeals is the Hale Endowment Fund, whose correspondents include Helen Keller, Henry C. Lodge, and the office of Andrew Carnegie.

12 cartons and 2 oversize cartons (stored offsite) and 2 oversize boxes (stored onsite)

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

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Lend a Hand Society

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Greenleaf, Frederic William, 1820-1850

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American social science association

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Fields, Annie, 1834-1915

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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Boston Floating Hospital

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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Associated Charities of Boston

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Society for the Prevention of Pauperism.

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Howe, S. G. 1801-1876.

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