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Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by assistant secretary Helen Foss. Gives White news of Virginia Hart, a woman whose requests for help paying rent had led White to ask the Society about her several month earlier. Says that the Society had arranged for the Society to Protect Children to take Hart's daughter into custody and for Hart to be committed to the mental hospital in Norristown on the suspicion that she had a drug problem. Asks White for help paying for Hart's treatment there.
Date:
1904-10-20
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
William Letchworth letter to Emily Howland
Title:
William Letchworth letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Letchworth, of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, writes to invite Howland to particpate in their 11th cenference in St. Louis in the fall of 1884. His proposed topic is the condition of African American children in the South.
Date:
1883-11
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Catherine Breshkovsky letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Catherine Breshkovsky letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Catherine Breshkovsky, a leading figure in the Russian socialist movement known as the grandmother of the Russian Revolution. Thanks Howland for a donation and for taking in orphans. Discusses the plight of abandoned infants, Breshkovsky's faith in "the moral progress of humanity, and Howland and Breshkovsky's health.
Date:
1926-06-04
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Ernest K. Coulter letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Ernest K. Coulter letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Ernest K. Coulter was a journalist, lawyer, and proponent of social welfare. Responds to Jackson's concern about protecting the identities of minors arraigned in the Children's Court; says that photographs are prohibited but reporters sometimes use the children's real names. Recommends that she contact James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the New York Herald.
Date:
1909-03-17
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
"Comments and Criticisms" report
Title:
"Comments and Criticisms" report
Description:
Unsigned and undated. Comments and criticisms about services for children in Soviet Russia, including housing, education, and personnel / teacher training.
Date:
1920 - 1921
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Ernest K. Coulter letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Ernest K. Coulter letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Ernest K. Coulter was a journalist, lawyer, and proponent of social welfare. Responds to Jackson's concern about protecting the identities of minors arraigned in the Children's Court; says that all courts are legally open to the public and reporters cannot be excluded from the proceedings. Believes that the majority of children's real names are not reported in newspapers.
Date:
1909-04-03
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna M. Jackson notes on Children's Court reporting
Title:
Anna M. Jackson notes on Children's Court reporting
Description:
Notes on her efforts to protect the identities of children in the Children's Court. Was written on behalf of the Woman's Municipal League to multiple newspapers and individuals about anonymizing minors in court reporting. In response, James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the New York Herald, has ordered the cessation of pictures.
Date:
1909
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
John D. Lindsay letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
John D. Lindsay letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
John D. Lindsay was president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He responds to a letter written from Anna Jackson objecting to the New York Herald publishing photographs of juvenile offenders. He informs her that the NYSPCC agrees with her views on the matter but cannot do anything to stop the publications. He advises her to contact James Gordon Bennett Jr., publisher of the Herald.
Date:
1909-03-05
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Paxton Hibben letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Paxton Hibben letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written on behalf of the American Committee for Relief of Russian Children. Thanks Howland for donating to the cause and solicits further donations.
Date:
1926-12-29
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College