Lend a Hand Society photographs, ca. 1860-1968.

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Lend a Hand Society photographs, ca. 1860-1968.

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Photographs of the Lend a Hand Society, a private Boston charitable organization founded by Unitarian minister Edward Everett Hale in 1891. Many of the photographs are portraits of Hale, taken ca. 1860-1909, including a scrapbook of photos and clippings related to him created ca. 1900-1909. There are also portraits of Rev. Christopher Rhodes Eliot, Hale's successor as president of the Society, as well as of other members; photographs of the Society's Book Mission program, including color slides taken by Book Mission executive secretary Mary C. Coburn during her trip to visit Bookmobile sites and libraries in the rural South in 1935; photographs of Lend a Hand Clubs in Massachusetts and Maine ca. 1920-1927; and images relating to the Boston Floating Hospital. The collection also contains lantern slides, some hand-colored, that depict Lend a Hand Clubs across the country, especially in the rural South, and the Society's involvement with the Grenfell Association and Near East Relief organization, all taken ca. 1915-1930. Other photographers represented in the collection include James Wallace Black of Boston, Mass. and Joan Larsen, among many others. Includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and snapshot photographs.

245 photographs in 1 box and 1 oversize box; 116 lantern slides in 5 boxes.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7810131

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Grenfell Association

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Boston Floating Hospital

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Eliot, Christopher Rhodes, 1856-1945

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Unitarian minister. A.B. Washington University, St. Louis, 1876; S.T.B. Harvard Divinity School, 1881. Minister at First Parish Church, Dorchester, Mass. (1882-1893); Bulfinch Place Church, Boston (1894-1927); minister at large for the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches, Boston (1927-1932). From the description of Papers, 1872-1943 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 269367967 Christopher Rhodes Eliot (1856-1945) graduated...

Larsen, Joan,

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Near East Relief (Organization)

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Lend a Hand Society

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Coburn, Mary C.,

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Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896

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Illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of F.O.C. Darley [graphic] / J.W. Black. [ca. 1870] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220203675 ...