| Description |
Originals: 21 linear feet (50 boxes, 1 oversize folder). |
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Copies: 37 microfilm reels. |
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In five series: I. Biographical information, 1917-1957; II. Correspondence, 1889-1940; III. Writings and speeches, 1894-1939; IV. Collateral material, 1907-1939; V. Miscellany, 1908-1939. |
| Form |
Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-286. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings, and collateral papers documenting Wald's career in public health nursing and social work in New York City, her association with the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service, and her many other social welfare concerns, such as child labor, housing, recreation, sanitation, peace, prohibition, and women's suffrage. Correspondence contains letters to and from Wald concerning the social conditions she encountered and sought to improve. Correspondents include friends, professional associates, government officials and well-known people in the U.S. and abroad. Other papers consist of speeches, articles and notes written by Wald; collateral materials which include articles and speeches by her colleagues in nursing and social work; letters she wrote during trips to the Orient in 1910 and to Russia in 1924; notes, minutes, reports, and printed matter from various conferences she attended; and miscellaneous biographical materials. |
| Restricted Access |
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated. |
| Access |
Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals. |
| Biography |
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 New York in 1893 and was a crusader for liberal, social welfare and philanthropic causes including child welfare, civil liberties, immigration, unemployment and the peace movement during World War I. |
| Finding Aids |
Collection guide available in repository and on internet. |
| Location of Other Archival Materials |
Lillian Wald papers; also located at: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University. |
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Related collections include Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service Records and Helen Hall Papers; Social Welfare History Archives; University of Minnesota Libraries. |
| Subject |
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
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Charities -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Child welfare.
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Child labor.
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Civil rights.
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Housing.
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Nursing.
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Prohibition.
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Public health.
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Public health nursing.
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Recreation.
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Sanitation.
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Social service.
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Social settlements -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Unemployment.
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Women -- Suffrage.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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Orient -- Social conditions.
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions.
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945.
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Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1970.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
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| Occupation |
Public health nurses. |
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Social workers. |
| Added Author |
Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
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Alger, George.
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Bondfield, Margaret.
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Laflin, Mary Brewster.
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Dublin, Louis I., (Louis Israel), 1882-1969.
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Emerson, Haven, 1874-1957.
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Folks, Homer, 1867-1963.
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Frankel, Lee K. (Lee Kaufer), 1867-
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Goldmark, Josephine Clara, 1877-1950.
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Hall, Helen.
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Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.
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Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.
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Jenkins, Helen Hartley.
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Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.
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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
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Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958.
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La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
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Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932.
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Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
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Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982.
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Crowley, Alice.
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Lewisohn, Irene.
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McDonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937.
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Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946.
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Perkins, Frances, 1882-1965.
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
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Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920.
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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944.
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Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.
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Warburg, Felix M. (Felix Moritz), 1871-1937.
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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
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Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
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League of Red Cross Societies.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
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National League for Nursing.
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United States. Children's Bureau.
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Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
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White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.
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| LCCN |
ms 79001881 |
| Standard no. |
*ZZ-14771 |
| Call No. |
MssCol 3201
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| Research Call Number |
MssCol 3201
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