Burt/Bock family papers, 1831-1996.

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Burt/Bock family papers, 1831-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42002943

The bulk of the collection contains correspondence, writings, photo albums, scrapbooks of news clippings, memorabilia and glass plate negatives relating primarily to Henry F. Burt's professional activities with the Chicago Commons Settlement House and the Pillsbury House in Minneapolis (1900-1922), the Commission on Training Camp Activities of the War Department (1917-1918), Works Progress Administration at New Orleans (1934-1937), the Family Welfare Society of Providence, R.I and other Rhode Island social service agencies (1922-1949). Included also are a biography of Burt written by his daughter and a Burt Family genealogy. Bock Family records (1831-1911) contains diaries, correspondence and memorabilia of the Bock, MacAdam and Magenes families, descendants of Samuel Neilson. Records of the Beecher Bible Colony, a group of Connecticut citizens led by Burt ancestor Charles B. Lines who emigrated to the Kansas Territory to support the free soil/anti-slavery movement there, includes printed and typescript histories, correspondence about the colony and photographs.

7 linear ft. (15 boxes)

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7442871

University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, University Library

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Jackson, Katherine

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Neilson, Samuel, 1761-1803

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Magenes family.

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United States. Commission on Training Camp Activities

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Family Welfare Society (Providence, R.I.)

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Burt, Henry F., 1875-1949.

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United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana

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Pillsbury Settlement House (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Connecticut Kansas Colony

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Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938

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Ordained minister who founded and ran the Chicago Commons social settlement, founded the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy (incorporated into the University of Chicago in 1920), and who was a professor of social economics at the Chicago Theological Seminary. From the description of Graham Taylor papers, 1820-1975, (bulk 1866-1940). (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 57180658 ...

Chicago Commons Settlement House (Chicago, Ill.)

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Lines, Charles Burrill, 1807-1889

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Bock family.

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Burt, Louise Bock.

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MacAdam family.

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