Research Catalog

Title

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement Records, 1891-1990.

Author

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Description

23 linear feet (46 boxes).

Summary

The records include annual reports, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, memos, minutes, newsclippings, reports, photographs, and publications.

Subjects

• New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
• New York (N.Y.) > History
• Queens (New York, N.Y.) > History
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > History
• Social service > New York (State) > New York
• Social settlements > New York (State) > New York
• Social services > New York (State) > New York
• Public housing > New York (State) > New York
• Immigrants > New York (State) > New York
• Human services > New York (State) > New York
• Community centers > New York (State) > New York
• United Neighborhood Houses
• New York City Housing Authority (New York, N.Y.)
• King's Daughters and Sons Tenement House Chapter (New York, N.Y.)
• King's Daughters Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
• Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Biography (note)

• Social settlement founded in 1891 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan by "The King's Daughters," an organization of Episcopal church women, and Jacob A. Riis. Incorporated in 1898 as "The King's Daughters Settlement" the institution was rededicated as Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement in 1901. In its early years the settlement sponsored clubs, classes, health care and summer camping. In 1942 the settlement collaborated with the New York City Board of Education to provide social services from a public school facility in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Later that decade and during the 1950s the settlement developed programs for residents of public housing projects in Brooklyn, Harlem and Queens. Eventually all activities were consolidated at the New York City Housing Authority's Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens. During the 1990s programs included meals for senior citizens, youth counseling, tutoring and educational enrichment, athletics and summer camp.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Unpublished finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 1542

OCLC

NYPW99-A235

Author

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

Title

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement Records, 1891-1990.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Social settlement founded in 1891 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan by "The King's Daughters," an organization of Episcopal church women, and Jacob A. Riis. Incorporated in 1898 as "The King's Daughters Settlement" the institution was rededicated as Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement in 1901. In its early years the settlement sponsored clubs, classes, health care and summer camping. In 1942 the settlement collaborated with the New York City Board of Education to provide social services from a public school facility in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Later that decade and during the 1950s the settlement developed programs for residents of public housing projects in Brooklyn, Harlem and Queens. Eventually all activities were consolidated at the New York City Housing Authority's Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens. During the 1990s programs included meals for senior citizens, youth counseling, tutoring and educational enrichment, athletics and summer camp.

Indexes

Unpublished finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

LCCN

ms 71000354

Research Call Number

MssCol 1542