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Emma Octavia Lundberg Papers, 1834-1971

4 linear feet
This collection contains research files, speeches, writings and other material related to Emma O. Lundberg, a child welfare leader who served the Wisconsin Industrial Commission, the United States Children's Bureau, the Child Welfare League of America, and the New York Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. Throughout her nearly forty-year career in social work, Lundberg wrote extensively about child welfare; most of the papers relate to her writings and research.
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Mary Ellen Richmond papers, 1861-1955, undated

85 boxes

Correspondence, manuscripts, and records relating to the career of Mary E. Richmond. The papers cover Miss Richmond's social work career in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York where whe served as Director of the Charity Organization Dept. of the Russell Sage Foundation. Her efforts were directed toward the reorganization and introduction of new methods, including the case method. Also contains childhood memorabilia and an 1821 genealogy.

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Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to Judge Henry Neil and the Mothers Pension League, 1912 December 12-1913 February 11 Box ii.25, Folder 407

Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to Judge Henry Neil and the Mothers Pension

Also available on microfilm reel 12. See: MN# 92-2033.

  1. Part II: Mary Ellen Richmond Archive--New York Period, 1909-1928
  2. Part II.10: Widows' Pensions--Letters and Supplementary Material
  3. Letters and Writings relating to Widows Pensions
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Katharine F. Lenroot papers, 1909-1974

13.4 linear feet
This collection contains correspondence, research files, speeches, writings and other records related to Katharine F. Lenroot, a child welfare leader and the third Chief of the United States Children's Bureau (1934-1951). Lenroot served the Children's Bureau from its earliest years, and contributed significantly to the bureau's development during the New Deal and to the establishment of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund after World War II. Most of the Papers relate to her professional career, and materials dating from her Washington years comprise the largest part of this collection. After her retirement Lenroot continued to devote herself to issues of child welfare at the state, national and international level
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