[Commonwealth Fund. : Pamphlet box.]. [1933-1937]

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[Commonwealth Fund. : Pamphlet box.]. [1933-1937]

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The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with an endowment of ten million dollars from Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness (nee Anna M. Richardson).Its charter was broad: "to do something for the welfare of mankind." TheFund's earliest activities were directed towards supporting the American Relief Administration in its post-war program of civilian relief in Austria and Eastern Europe. Edward Harkness, who led the Fund from 1918 to 1940, encouraged the development of programs in child welfare, child g...