Papers, 1728-1955 (bulk 1881-1949).

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Papers, 1728-1955 (bulk 1881-1949).

Biographical and genealogical materials, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, clippings, notes, speeches and addresses, scrapbook, and other papers of Brackett, used by his second wife, Louisa de Berniere Bacot Brackett, Rose W. Bull, and Katharine D. Hardwick for their biography entitled Jeffrey Richardson Brackett: Everyday Puritan (1956), including much material with annotations by the authors and copies of the biography. Personal papers include Brackett family papers; journal (1879) of George B. Morison, a fellow student of Brackett at Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass.; and papers relating to Brackett's position as lifetime chairman of Harvard University Class of 1883. Professional papers include material on Brackett's work for Boston School for Social Workers (later Simmons College School of Social Work); involvement with various charity and social work organizations including Massachusetts Civic League, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Welfare, Massachusetts General Hosptial Social Service Dept., and National Conference of Social Work; and special subject files on poor law and customs and scope and organization of charity, two of his life long areas of interest.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7260041

Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Brackett, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Richardson), 1860-1949

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Welfare administrator and social work educator. From the description of Papers, 1728-1955 (bulk 1881-1949). (Simmons College). WorldCat record id: 28418542 ...

Massachusetts General Hospital. Social Service Dept.

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Massachusetts Civic League

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Hardwick, Katharine D.

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