Mary Ellen Richmond papers, 1861-1955, undated
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1069
- Bib ID:
- 4079264 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Richmond, Mary Ellen, 1861-1928
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 85 boxes (85 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
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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Part II: Mary Ellen Richmond Archive--New York Period, 1909-1928
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Part III: Charity Organization Department Archive, 1909-1943, undated
Arrangement
Listed and arranged.
- Part I: Mary Ellen Richmond Archive--Pre-Professional, Baltimore, and Philadelphia Periods, 1861-1909
- Part I.1: Letters, Writings, and Personal Effects, 1861-1889
- Part I.2: Baltimore Period: Letters and Related Materials, 1889-1900
- Part I.3: Baltimore Period: Writings and Personal Effects, 1889-1900
- Part I.4: Philadelphia Period: Letters and Related Materials, 1900-1909
- Part I.5: Philadelphia Period: Letters and Related Materials, also Official SOC Publications, 1900-1909
- Part I.6: Philadelphia Period: Writings and Personal Effects, 1900-1909
- Part I.7: Philadelphia Period: Letters and Other Materials relating to the Field Department of Charities and the Commons, 1905-1909
- Part II: Mary Ellen Richmond Archive--New York Period, 1909-1928
- Part II.1: General Correspondence, 1909-1928
- Part II.2: Letters to and from friends and colleagues, 1909-1928
- Part II.3: Social Diagnosis (Russell Sage Foundation, 1917) and Related Materials, 1909-1924, undated
- Part II.4: Letters and other materials relating to the Social Work Series and to Marriage Studies, 1916-1928
- Part II.5: Letters and other materials relating to Teaching Interests, 1910-1928
- Part II.6: Materials relating to the Charity Organization Institutes, 1912-1918
- Part II.7: Materials relating to the Institutes of Family Social Work 1919-1928, and re: Supervisors Conferences 1914-1923, 1919-1928
- Part II.8: Materials relating to Training for Social Work, 1902-1921, undated
- Part II.9: Materials related to Case Records and Recording, and the Case Criticism Service, 1911-1928, undated
- Part II.10: Widows' Pensions--Letters and Supplementary Material
- Part II.11: Unemployment Crises--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1909-1924
- Part II.12: American Red Cross--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1909-1922, undated
- Part II.13: National Conference--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1909-1928
- Part II.14: American Association--Letters and Other Materials Relating to
- Part II.15: Committee on Professional Organization--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1918-1920
- Part II.16: Committee and Advisory Work--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1915-1928
- Part II.17: Small Subjects, Personal Highlights, and Final Illness and Death--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1915-1928
- Part II.18: Speeches, Addresses, and Lectures, 1910-1925
- Part II.19: Notes for Speeches, Addresses, Lectures; also Articles, Reviews, and Unpublished Writings
- Part II.20: Departmental Reports prepared by MER, 1909-1928
- Part II.21: Personal effects, unclassified materials, and Colcord and Mann biographical materials, 1912-1928, undated
- Part III: Charity Organization Department Archive, 1909-1943, undated
- Part III.1: General Correspondence, 1909-1929
- Part III.2: Joanna C. Colcord's Correspondence as Director of the Charity Organization Department (COD) after 1930, 1930-1943
- Part III.3: Exchanges--Correspondence and other materials relating to, 1913-1915, undated
- Part III.4: Finances--Correspondence and other materials relating to
- Part III.5: Office Methods or "System"--Correspondence and other materials relating to
- Part III.6: Statistics--Correspondence and other materials relating to, 1926-1929, undated
- Part III.7: Transportation Code and Committee, and to Settlement Laws--Correspondence and other materials relating to, 1909-1928
- Part III.8: Special Projects of Margaret F. Byington and Joanna C. Colcord, circa 1911-1929
- Part III.9: Charity Organization Department (COD) Staff Reports, 1911-1927
- Part III.10: Field Department of Charities and the Commons (FDCC) and Charity Organization Department (COD) Field Reports, 1907-1911
- Part III.11: Field Department of Charities and the Commons (FDCC), Charity Organization Department (COD), and American Association Field Reports, 1911-1919
- Part III.12: American Association Field Reports, Communications, and Committee Reports, 1918-1928
- Part III.13: Financial Statements and Published Sales Records of the Charity Organization Department (COD), 1909-1929
- Part III.14: Charity Organization Department Subject Files, 1909-1928
- Part IV: Miscellaneous, 1888-1915, undated
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Ellen Richmond papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of the collection also available on microfilm. See container list for specific reel numbers.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1949.
Gift of the Smith College Library, 1996.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Russell Sage Foundation via New York School of Social Work (1970). Method of acquisition--Gift, transfer; Date of acquisition--1949. Accession number--M-49.
Poem & correspondence: Source of acquisition--Smith College Library. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/21/1996. Accession number--M-96-05-21.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.
Poem & correspondence Processed HR 10/09/1998.
The original printed finding aid was converted into an EAD document in May 2020. There is additional description and an index in the printed finding aid that was not included in the EAD document. The original printed finding aid is available here as a pdf.
Revision Description
2020-05-29 EAD document created by CCR.
Biographical / Historical
Pioneer social worker, author, educator. Miss Richmond was the author of SOCIAL DIAGNOSIS, MARRIAGE AND THE STATE, FRIENDLY VISITING AMONG THE POOR, and CHILD MARRIAGES.
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