Papers, 1898-1982.

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Papers, 1898-1982.

Personal and professional papers of Helen Hall reflecting her career as a leader in the settlement house movement. Papers relating to her settlement career reflect her involvement in the National Federation of Settlements and the United Neighborhood Houses of New York City. Included is correspondence with settlement leaders such as Charles Cooper, Helen Harris, Albert Kennedy, Lillie Peck, Graham Taylor, Lea Taylor, Ralph and Ruth Tefferteller, and Lillian Wald. The University Settlement (Philadelphia) records and the Henry Street Settlement records provide much fuller documentation of her responsibilities and activities at those institutions.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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American Association of Social Workers

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National Conference on Social Welfare. Forum

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Records of the NCSW's Project on the Federal Social Role, which investigated the role of the federal government in relation to issues such as social policy, taxation, social security, medicare, privatization, race, employment, and democratic. Alan Pifer and Forrest Chisman directed the project. From the description of National Conference on Social Welfare records, supplement 2, 1983-1987. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291469 From the guide to ...

Peck, Lillie M., 1889-1957.

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Taylor, Lea Demarest.

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Lea Taylor was a settlement house worker who spent her career at the Chicago Commons settlement house, which was founded by her father, Graham Taylor. From the description of Lea Taylor papers, 1896-1969. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300344 ...

United Nations

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Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958

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Mobilization for Youth

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Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Director of Henry Street Settlement in New York City. Miss Wald retired from active directorship in 1932. From the guide to the Lillian D. Wald Papers, 1895-1936, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940), a public health nurse and social worker in New York City on the Lower East Side, was a pioneer in American social work and public health. She founded the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service of...

Tefferteller, Ralph (Ralph B.)

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United Neighborhood Houses of New York

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United Neighborhood Houses, founded in 1900 as the Association of Neighborhood Workers and incorporated in 1920 as United Neighborhood Houses of New York, is a coordinating link for the city's settlement houses. UNH provides its members with information and technical and fund-raising services, and is an advocate on behalf of settlement work as well as of the settlements' constituents. From the description of United Neighborhood Houses of New York records, supplement 1, 1913-1974. (Un...

National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers

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Hall, Helen, 1892-1982

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Settlement worker and social reformer. From the description of Helen Hall Papers, 1898-1982. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63309625 From the description of Papers, 1898-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80096291 Social worker. Helen Hall succeeded Lillian Wald as Headworker at the Henry Street Settlement House, New York City, in 1933. From the description of Helen Hall, Settlement records, [ca. 18...

Tefferteller, Ruth S.

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Harris, Helen

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University House (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Taylor, Graham Romeyn, 1880-1942

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Social worker and writer. From the description of Graham Romeyn Taylor Papers, 1918-1919. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320410119 ...

Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

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The Henry Street Settlement was organized in 1893 by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster in New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood. Miss Wald and Miss Brewster were nurses and the settlement's early work was principally a visiting nurse service. By the time the settlement was incorporated in 1903, its work had expanded to include many of the usual settlement services. Miss Wald was succeeded as headworker in 1933 by Helen Hall. In 1944, the settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service were legally...

Kennedy, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1879-1968

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Officer, National Federation of Settlements; New York City. From the description of Albert J. Kennedy papers, 1925-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599556 Albert J. Kennedy was a pioneer in the settlement movement. From the description of Albert J. Kennedy papers, 1900-1969. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291456 From the description of Albert J. Kennedy papers supplement, 19-- (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). ...

Cooper, Charles Champlin, 1874-

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American Red Cross

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