Mary Ellen Richmond papers, 1861-1955, undated

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Part II: Mary Ellen Richmond Archive--New York Period, 1909-1928


Part II.1: General Correspondence, 1909-1928

Arranged chronologically.



Box II.1 Folder 1-24 General letters of an official or professional nature to and from MER as Director of the Charity Organization Department, Russell Sage Foundation, 1909-1915, 24 folders



Box II.2 Folder 25-50 General letters of an official or professional nature to and from MER as Director of the Charity Organization Department, Russell Sage Foundation, 1916-1922, 25 folders



Box II.3 Folder 51-74 General letters of an official or professional nature to and from MER as Director of the Charity Organization Department, Russell Sage Foundation, 1923-1928, 23 folders


Box II.3 Folder 75 General letters of an official or professional nature to and from MER as Director of the Charity Organization Department, Russell Sage Foundation, undated


Part II.2: Letters to and from friends and colleagues, 1909-1928



Box II.4 Folder 76-80 Personal and professional letters from Gertrude Vaile to MER, 1912-1926, 5 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 81 Personal and professional letters from MER to Gertrude Vaile, 1912-1925

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.

Arranged chronologically.


Other letters in the Gertrude Vaile file, 1916-1917, 1954-1955

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.


Box II.4 Folder 82 Partial letter from Gertrude Vaile to MER, undated


Box II.4 Folder 82 Porter Lee to Gertrude Vaile, September 27, 1916, and Miss Vaile's response, May 30, 1917, 1916-1917


Box II.4 Folder 82 Louis Towley to Margaret Rich, September 29, 1955, enclosing letter from Gertrude Vaile, October 2, 1954, 1954-1955


Box II.4 Folder 83-84 Personal and professional letters from Alice Higgins Lothrop to MER, 1910-1913, 1915-1920, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 85 Personal and professional letters from Alice Higgins Lothrop to MER, undated or partially dated

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.


Box II.4 Folder 86 Other Alice Higgins Lothrop letters referred to MER, 1909-1916

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 87 Personal and professional letters from MER to Alice Higgins Lothrop, 1911-1920

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 88 Correspondence between MER and others concerning a memorial issue of The Family dedicated to Alice Higgins Lothrop, 1920-1921

Also available on microfilm reel 1. See: MN# 92-2022.


Box II.4 Folder 89-90 Personal and professional letters from MER to Joanna C. Colcord, 1915-1921, 1924-1928, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 91 Personal and professional letters from Joanna Colcord to MER, 1920-1923

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 92 Personal and professional letters from Zilpha Drew Smith to MER, 1917-1926

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Letters of a personal nature from MER to Zilpha Drew Smith, 1915-1917, undated

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.


Box II.4 Folder 93 "An Illustrated Epistle to Z.D.S.", undated


Box II.4 Folder 93 "A Picture Book from Lelherth", 1915 Christmas


Box II.4 Folder 93 Card with photograph, 1917 December 21


Box II.4 Folder 94 Letters of a personal nature from Julia R. Rogers to MER, 1917-1928

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 95-98 Letters of a personal nature from MER to Constance Riddle, 1909-1916, 1919-1928, 4 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 99-102 Letters of a personal nature from MER to Ruth Mann, 1922-1928, 4 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.4 Folder 103 Letters of a personal nature between MER and various correspondents, 1911-1928, undated

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically, also two undated letters


Part II.3: Social Diagnosis (Russell Sage Foundation, 1917) and Related Materials, 1909-1924, undated

Includes manuscript, working files, letters and other materials.


Letters and other materials relating to Social Diagnosis, 1911-1924



Box II.5 Folder 104-105 Correspondence between MER and Elizabeth Richards Day concerning research and preparation of Social Diagnosis, 1911-1916, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 106 Correspondence between MER and Agnes M. Robertson concerning research and preparation of Social Diagnosis, 1912

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 107 Correspondence between MER and Ada E. Sheffield concerning research and preparation of Social Diagnosis, 1913-1915

Also available on microfilm reel 2. See: MN# 92-2023.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 108 Correspondence between MER and Ada E. Sheffield concerning research and preparation of Social Diagnosis, 1916-1917

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 109-113 Correspondence between MER and various persons concerning research and preparation of Social Diagnosis, 1909-1917, 5 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 114 Correspondence between MER and various persons concerning the questionnaires for Social Diagnosis, 1912-1917

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 115 Correspondence between MER and various persons concerning printing, publicity, and reviews of Social Diagnosis, 1916-1918

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 116 Letters in response to the publication of Social Diagnosis, 1917 May-October, undated

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.

Arranged chronologically; also undated letters and notes


Box II.5 Folder 117 Other letters referring to Social Diagnosis, 1918-1924

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.

Arranged chronologically.


Box II.5 Folder 118 MER's first outline for Social Diagnosis, 1911 September

Several copies of MER's first outline for Social Diagnosis, September 1911, titled "First Steps in Social Service Treatment: A Text-book for Case Workers," some with criticisms. Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.


Box II.5 Folder 119 Plans and outlines for Social Diagnosis, 1911-1916

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.


Box II.5 Folder 120 Set of mimeographed questionnaires for Social Diagnosis , revise of January 1914, 1914

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.


Box II.5 Folder 121 Reviews of Social Diagnosis

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.


Box II.5 Folder 122 Publicity, mailing lists, and sales figures for Social Diagnosis

Also available on microfilm reel 3. See: MN# 92-2024.


Manuscript of Social Diagnosis (Russell Sage Foundation, 1917), circa 1917

Some chapters are missing per the orignial typed inventory.



Box II.6 Folder 123 Front Matter, including quotations, Preface, and Table of Contents


Box II.6 Folder 124 Holograph draft and typescript of Part I , Chapter I , Beginnings


Box II.6 Folder 125 Holograph, draft of Part I , Chapter II , The Nature and Uses of Social Evidence


Box II.6 Folder 126 Holograph draft of Part I , Chapter III, Definitions Bearing Upon Evidence


Box II.6 Folder 127 Holograph draft of Part I , Chapter IV , Testimonial Evidence


Box II.6 Folder 128 Holograph draft of Part I , Chapter V, Inferences


Part II, Chapter VI, The First Interview

Chapter missing.


Box II.6 Folder 129 Holograph draft of Part II, Chapter VII, The Family Group


Box II.6 Folder 130 Typescript with holograph inserts of Part II , Chapter VIII, Outside Sources in General


Box II.6 Folder 131 Part holograph draft and part typescript of Part II, Chapter IX, Relatives as Sources


Box II.6 Folder 132 Holograph draft and typescript of Part II , Chapter X, Medical Sources


Box II.6 Folder 133 Holograph draft and incomplete typescript of Part II , Chapter XI, Schools as Sources


Box II.6 Folder 134 Holograph draft and typescript of Part II , Chapter XII, Employers and Other Work Sources



Box II.7 Folder 135 Holograph draft and typescript of Part II, Chapter XIII, Documentary Sources


Box II.7 Folder 136 Holograph draft and typescript of Part II, Chapter XIV, Neighborhood Sources


Box II.7 Folder 137 Holograph draft of Part II, Chapter XV, Miscellaneous Sources


Box II.7 Folder 138 Holograph draft of Part II , Chapter XVI, Social Agencies as Sources


Box II.7 Folder 139 Holograph draft of Part II, Chapter XVII, Letters, Telephone Messages, Etc.


Part II , Chapter XVIII, Comparison and Interpretation

Chapter is missing


Box II.7 Folder 140 Holograph draft of Part II, Chapter XIX, The Underlying Philosophy


Box II.7 Folder 141 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XX, Social Disabilities and the Questionnaire Plan of Presentation

MER's revised questionnaire on Any Family is missing


Box II.7 Folder 142 Holograph draft of Part III , Chapter XXI, The Immigrant Family, with revised questionnaire


Box II.7 Folder 143 Holograph draft of Part III , Chapter XXII, Desertion and Widowhood, with revised questionnaires


Box II.7 Folder 144 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XXIII, The Neglected Child, with revised questionnaire


Box II.7 Folder 145 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XXIV, The Unmarried Mother, with revised questionnaire


Box II.7 Folder 146 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XXV, The Blind, with Lucy Wright's questionnaire


Box II.7 Folder 147 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XXVI, The Homeless Man - The Inebriate, with revised questionnaires


Box II.7 Folder 148 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XXVII, The Insane - The Feeble-Minded, with revised questionnaires


Box II.7 Folder 149 Holograph draft of Part III, Chapter XXVIII, Supervision and Review, with revised questionnaire


Box II.7 Folder 150 Appendices, incomplete drafts for First Interviews and Bibliography sections


Box II.7 Folder 151 Holograph draft and typescript headed "Chapter XVIII, Case Worker and Client," discarded from final text


Box II.7 Folder 152 Holograph drafts of galley corrections and other manuscript additions


Box II.7 Folder 153 Unidentified manuscript fragments



Box II.7A Manuscript fragments, on index cards



Box II.7B Manuscript fragments, on index cards



Box II.7C Manuscript fragments, on index cards



Box II.7D Manuscript fragments, on index cards



Box II.7E Manuscript fragments, on index cards


Working Files for Social Diagnosis (Russell Sage Foundation, 1917), circa 1917



Box II.8 Folder 154 First Interview, General


Box II.8 Folder 155-156 Analysis of First Interview, 2 folders


Box II.8 Folder 157-159 Outside Sources of Information, 3 folders


Box II.8 Folder 160-161 Sources of Information Used as a Basis of Treatment, 2 folders

Contains forms


Box II.8 Folder 162 Relatives


Box II.8 Folder 163 Medical Agencies


Box II.8 Folder 164 Medical Outlines


Box II.8 Folder 165 Feeble-Minded


Box II.8 Folder 166 Shifting of Emphasis


Box II.8 Folder 167 Measures of Efficiency


Box II.8 Folder 168 Recording


Box II.8 Folder 169 Probation


Box II.8 Folder 170 Working File containg materials on Letterwriting


Box II.8 Folder 171 Working File containg materials for Definitions and Bibliography


Box II.8 Folder 172 Working File containing abstracts of Montessori's "Pedagogical Anthropology" and Healy & Fernald's "Tests for Practical Mental Classification"


Box II.8 Folder 173 Other Materials found in unmarked working files



Box II.9 Folder 174 Working File containing class exercise on What is True of Everybody, New York School of Philanthropy, 1909

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 175-178 Working Files containing class exercises on What is True of Everybody, Charity Organization Institute, 1911-1914, 4 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 179 Working File containing miscellaneous materials for the questionnaires

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 180 Working File containing Margaret Byington's outlines for the questionnaires

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 181 Working File containing questionnaires on Any Family

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 182 Working File containing questionnaire on the Immigrant Family

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 183 Working File containing questionnaire on the Polish Family

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 184 Working File containing questionnaire on the Italian Family

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 185 Working File containing questionnaires on Desertion

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 186 Working File containing questionnaires on Widows with Children

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 187 Working File containing questionnaires on the Unmarried Mother

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 188 Working File containing questionnaires on a Blind Person

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 189 Working File containing questionnaires on the Homeless Man

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 190 Working File containing questionnaires on Inebriety

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 191 Working File containing questionnaires on Insanity

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Box II.9 Folder 192 Working File containing questionnaires on the Feeble-Minded Child

Also available on microfilm reel 4. See: MN# 92-2025.


Case Records, Analyses, Criticism, and Discussions Related to Social Diagnosis (Russell Sage Foundation, 1917), circa 1917



Box II.10 Case records, summaries, analyses, criticisms, and discussions used in preparation of Social Diagnosis

See Also: Case Records and in Part II: Boxes 24 and 24 A-H.

Not foldered


Part II.4: Letters and other materials relating to the Social Work Series and to Marriage Studies, 1916-1928



Box II.11 Folder 193 Correspondence between MER and various persons concerning plans for the Social Work Series, 1917 April 28-September 30

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 194 Correspondence relating to J.B. Deacon's Disasters and the American Red Cross in Disaster Relief (Social Work Series publication, 1918), 1917 July 3-1918 January 16

Also Table of Contents, Introduction, and reviews. Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 195 Correspondence relating to Florence Nesbitt's Household Management (Social Work Series publication, 1918), 1917 June 2-1918 April 1

Also reviews. Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 196 Correspondence relating to Joanna C. Colcord's Broken Homes (Social Work Series publication, 1919), 1917 December 26-1919 May 22

Also reviews and sales figures. Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 197-198 Correspondence relating to Ada E. Sheffield's The Social Case History (Social Work Series publication, 1920), 1916 April 3-1920 December 3, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 199 Correspondence concerning research and preparation of MER's What is Social Case Work? (Social Work Series publication, 1922), 1921 February 4-1922 March 20

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 200 Letters in response to publication of What is Social Case Work? (Social Work Series publication, 1922), 1922 February 14-June 17, undated

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically, also undated letters


Box II.11 Folder 201 Correspondence concerning Dutch and French translations of What is Social Case Work? (Social Work Series publication, 1922), 1923 October 11-1927 January 14

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 202 Reviews, announcements, and clippings relating to What is Social Case Work? (Social Work Series publication, 1922)

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.


Box II.11 Folder 203-205 Plans, outlines, and holograph drafts of MER's abandoned Social Work Series publication on The Volunteer, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026.


Box II.11 Folder 206-208 "The Rationale of Case Records" by Ada E. Sheffield, published as The Social Case History (Social Work Series publication, 1920), 3 folders

Contains manuscript and critiques. Folders 206-207 also available on microfilm reel 5. See: MN# 92-2026. Folder 208 also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.


Box II.11 Folder 209 Reviews, and miscellaneous materials relating to Ada E. Sheffield's The Social Case History (Social Work Series publication, 1920)

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.


Box II.11 Folder 210-212 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to Marriage Studies, 1920 January 25-1928 March 8, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 213 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to preparation of Richmond and Hall's Child Marriages (Russell Sage Foundation, 1925), 1924 June 17-1925 February 6

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 214 Correspondence and other materials relating to publicity, distribution, and publication of Richmond and Hall's Child Marriages (Russell Sage Foundation, 1925), 1925 February 17-May 22

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 215 Letters in response to publication of Richmond and Hall's Child Marriages (Russell Sage Foundation, 1925), 1925 March 22-October 3

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically, also undated letters


Box II.11 Folder 216 Correspondence from MER to Fred S. Hall and others relating to preparation of Richmond and Hall's Marriage and the State (Russell Sage Foundation, 1929), 1925 August 30-1928 June 1

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 217 Correspondence from Fred S. Hall to MER relating to preparation of Richmond and Hall's Marriage and the State (Russell Sage Foundation, 1929), 1926 May 26-1928 June 26

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.11 Folder 218 Correspondence relating to Geoffrey May's Marriage Laws and Decisions in the United States (Russell Sage Foundation, 1929), 1925 December 28-1928 July 26

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Part II.5: Letters and other materials relating to Teaching Interests, 1910-1928



Box II.12 Folder 219 Significant letters to and from MER relating to the Charity Organization Institutes, 1910 March 1-1916 May 16

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 220-221 Significant letters to and from MER relating to the Institutes of Family Social Work, 1922 March 15-1927 March 12, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 222 Plans, outlines, membership lists, etc., sent by MER to Frank Bruno in preparation for the 1925 Institute of Family Social Work, circa 1925

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.


Box II.12 Folder 223-224 Letters to MER from Instituters, 1911 November 22-1928 May 8, undated, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 6. See: MN# 92-2027.

Arranged chronologically, also undated letters


Box II.12 Folder 225 Letters to MER from Instituters, 1914 February 20-1927 March 8

Contain reommendations and evaluations of Institute students. Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 226 Form letters sent by MER to participants in the Supervisors' Conferences, 1914-1917

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.12 Folder 227 Letters to and from MER relating to the 1918 Supervisors' Conference, 1918

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.12 Folder 228 Letters to and from MER relating to the 1919 and 1920 Supervisors' Conferences, 1919-1920

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.12 Folder 229 Letters to and from MER relating to the 1922 Supervisors' Conference, 1922

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.12 Folder 230 Letters to and from MER relating to the 1923 Supervisors' Conference, 1923

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.12 Folder 231 Letters to and from MER relating to Miss Richmond's report of Studies arising out of the 1923 Supervisors' Conference, 1923

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.12 Folder 232 Letters to and from MER relating to the New York School of Philanthropy, 1909 November 18-1912 October 4

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 233 Letters and other materials to and from MER relating to the New York School of Philanthropy, 1913 January 23-1915 February 23

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 234 Letters to and from MER relating to the Chicago School of Civics, 1910 April 25-1913 June 24

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 235 Letters and other materials to and from MER relating to Training for Social Work, 1911 March 25-1913 November 17

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.12 Folder 236 Letters and other materials to and from MER relating to Training for Social Work, 1920 May 31-1928 January 3

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.

Arranged chronologically


Part II.6: Materials relating to the Charity Organization Institutes, 1912-1918


Materials relating to the Charity Organization Institutes through 1915, 1912-1915



Box II.13 Folder 237 General, 1912-1914

Files for the Charity Organization Institutes prior to 1913 and for the year 1914 are missing from the Archive. This folder contains mimeographed class songs for the 1912 Institute and several sets of pencilled notes which seem to be from 1914 Institute papers. Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.13 Folder 238 Applications, membership lists, and class plans and outlines for the 1913 Institute, 1913

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.13 Folder 239 Class problems and reports for the 1913 Institute; also miscellaneous materials, 1913

Also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028.


Box II.13 Folder 240-241 Social Outlines written by members of the 1913 Institute, 1913, 2 folders

Folder 240 is also available on microfilm reel 7. See: MN# 92-2028. Folder 241 is also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Box II.13 Folder 242 Applications, membership lists, and recommendations for the 1915 Institute, 1915

Also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Box II.13 Folder 243 Class plans, outlines, and assignments for the 1915 Institute, 1915

Also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Box II.13 Folder 244-245 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1915 Institute, 1915, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Box II.13 Folder 246 Tramp Family Committee reports for the 1915 Institute; also related materials, 1915

Also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Box II.13 Folder 247 Miscellaneous materials relating to the 1915 Institute, 1915

Also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Materials relating to the 1916 Charity Organization Institute, 1916



Box II.14 Folder 248 Applications accepted for the 1916 Institute

Also available on microfilm reel 8. See: MN# 92-2029.


Box II.14 Folder 249 Applications rejected for the 1916 Institute

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Box II.14 Folder 250 Membership lists; recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1916 Institute

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Box II.14 Folder 251 Class plans, outlines, and assignments for the 1916 Institute

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Box II.14 Folder 252-254 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1916 Institute, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Box II.14 Folder 255 Committee reports for the 1916 Institute

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Box II.14 Folder 256 Miscellaneous materials relating to the 1916 Institute

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Materials relating to the 1917 Charity Organization Institute, 1917



Box II.15 Folder 257 Applications accepted for the 1917 Institute


Box II.15 Folder 258 Applications rejected for the 1917 Institute


Box II.15 Folder 259 Membership lists, recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1917 Institute


Box II.15 Folder 260 Class plans and outlines for the 1917 Institute


Box II.15 Folder 261 Letters from MER to 1917 Institute members relating to assignments for preliminary reports


Box II.15 Folder 262-264 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1917 Institute, 3 folders


Box II.15 Folder 265 Committee reports for the 1917 Institute


Materials relating to the 1917 Charity Organization Institute, 1918



Box II.16 Folder 266-267 Applications accepted for the 1918 Institute, 2 folders


Box II.16 Folder 268 Applications rejected for the 1918 Institute


Box II.16 Folder 269 Membership lists, recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1918 Institute


Box II.16 Folder 270 Class plans and outlines for the 1918 Institute


Box II.16 Folder 271 Letters from MER to 1918 Institute members relating to assignments for preliminary reports


Box II.16 Folder 272-276 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1918 Institute, 5 folders


Box II.16 Folder 277 Committee reports for the 1918 Institute


Box II.16 Folder 278 Case records and summaries used by the 1918 Institute study class


Box II.16 Folder 279 Miscellaneous materials relating to the 1918 Institute


Part II.7: Materials relating to the Institutes of Family Social Work 1919-1928, and re: Supervisors Conferences 1914-1923, 1919-1928


Materials relating to the 1919 Institute of Family Social Work, 1919



Box II.17 Folder 280-281 Applications accepted for the 1919 Institute, 2 folders


Box II.17 Folder 282 Applications rejected for the 1919 Institute


Box II.17 Folder 283 Membership lists, recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1919 Institute


Box II.17 Folder 284 Class plans and outlines for the 1919 Institute


Box II.17 Folder 285 Letters from MER to 1919 Institute members relating to assignments for preliminary reports


Box II.17 Folder 286-293 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1919 Institute, 8 folders


Box II.17 Folder 294-295 Committee reports for the 1919 Institute, 2 folders


Materials relating to the 1920 Institute of Family Social Work, 1920



Box II.18 Folder 296-297 Applications accepted for the 1920 Institute, 2 folders


Box II.18 Folder 298 Applications rejected for the 1920 Institute


Box II.18 Folder 299 Membership lists, recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1920 Institute


Box II.18 Folder 300 Class plans and outlines for the 1920 Institute


Box II.18 Folder 301 Letters from MER to 1920 Institute members relating to assignments for preliminary reports


Box II.18 Folder 302-305 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1920 Institute, 4 folders


Box II.18 Folder 306-308 Committee reports for the 1920 Institute, 3 folders


Materials relating to the 1921 Institute of Family Social Work, 1921



Box II.19 Folder 309-310 Applications accepted for the 1921 Institute, 2 folders


Box II.19 Folder 311 Applications rejected for the 1921 Institute


Box II.19 Folder 312 Membership lists, recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1921 Institute


Box II.19 Folder 313 Class plans and outlines for the 1921 Institute


Box II.19 Folder 314 Letters from MER to 1921 Institute members relating to assignments for preliminary reports


Box II.19 Folder 315-317 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1921 Institute, 3 folders


Box II.19 Folder 318-320 Committee reports for the 1921 Institute, 3 folders


Materials relating to the 1922 Institute of Family Social Work, 1922



Box II.20 Folder 321-322 Applications accepted for the 1922 Institute, 2 folders


Box II.20 Folder 323-324 Applications rejected for the 1922 Institute, 2 folders


Box II.20 Folder 325 Membership lists, recommendations, and correspondence relating to applicants for the 1922 Institute


Box II.20 Folder 326 Class plans and outlines for the 1922 Institute


Box II.20 Folder 327 Letters from MER to 1922 Institute members relating to assignments for preliminary reports


Box II.20 Folder 328-332 Preliminary reports and class problems written by members of the 1922 Institute, 5 folders


Box II.20 Folder 333-335 Committee reports for the 1922 Institute, 3 folders


Materials relating to the 1925-1928 Institutes of Family Social Work, 1925-1928



Box II.21 Folder 336-339 Materials relating to the American Association's Institute of Family Social Work, 1925-1928, 4 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 9. See: MN# 92-2030.


Materials relating to the the 1914-1923 Supervisors Conferences, 1914-1923

Note that no Supervisors' Conference was held in 1921.


Box II.21 Folder 340 Reports of morning and afternoon sessions of the Supervisors' Conference, 1914 October 30-31

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 341 Summary of discussions and notes and outlines for the 1914 Supervisors' Conference, 1914

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 342 Reports of morning and afternoon sessions of the Supervisors' Conference, 1915 November 12-13

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 343 Miscellaneous materials relating to topics for the 1915 Supervisors' Conference, 1915

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 344 Reports of morning and afternoon sessions of the Supervisors' Conference, 1916 November 11

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 345 Reports of morning and afternoon sessions of the Supervisors' Conference, 1917 October 19-20

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 346 Miscellaneous materials relating to topics and notes and outlines for the 1917 Supervisors' Conference, 1917

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 347 Reports of morning and afternoon sessions of the Supervisors' Conference, 1918 December 6-7

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 348 Summary of discussions and miscellaneous materials relating to topics for the 1918 Supervisors' Conference, 1918

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 349 Reports of morning and afternoon sessions of the Supervisors' Conference, October 30 and 31, and morning session, November 1, 1919, 1919 October 30-November 1

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 350 Miscellaneous materials relating to topics and notes and outlines for the 1919 Supervisors' Conference, 1919

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 351 "The Family Case Record," a discussion at the 1919 Supervisors' Conference, 1919

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 352 Miscellaneous materials relating to topics and notes and outlines for the 1920 Supervisors' Conference, 1920

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 353 Notes and outlines for the 1922 Supervisors' Conference, 1922

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 354 Reports on topics for the 1922 Supervisors' Conference, 1922

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 355 Miscellaneous materials relating to topics for the 1922 Supervisors1 Conference, 1922

Also available on microfilm reel 10. See: MN# 92-2031.


Box II.21 Folder 356 Notes and outlines for the 1923 Supervisors' Conference, 1923

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.21 Folder 357 Reports on topics for the 1923 Supervisors' Conference, 1923

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Part II.8: Materials relating to Training for Social Work, 1902-1921, undated



Box II.22 Folder 358 MER's notes for a training class, 1902-1903

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 359-361 Training course plans and outlines, 1908-1919, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 362 Programs of instruction at various schools of social work, 1920-1921

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Two memoranda written by MER on the subject of training


Box II.22 Folder 363 "Memorandum showing Tentative Plan for a Study of Training for Social Work in the United States", 1920 June 1

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 363 "Memorandum on the Need of a National Training Board for Social Work", 1923 or later

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 364 Miscellaneous comments and plans relating to training for social work

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 365 Committee reports relating to training for social work

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 366 Bulletins and reports on training for social work issued by the American Association

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 367 Class discussions and exercises based on case records: Boston School for Social Workers, conducted by Zilpha D. Smith, 1910 February

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 368 Class discussions and exercises based on case records: Boston School for Social Workers, conducted by Zilpha D. Smith, 1910

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 369 Class discussions and exercises based on case records: Boston School for Social Workers, May, 1912, and New York School of Philanthropy, November-December, 1914, 1912-1914

Also available on microfilm reel 11. See: MN# 92-2032.


Box II.22 Folder 370 Class discussions and exercises based on case records: Harvard University, Department of Social Ethics, conducted by Dr. Richard Cabot, April-May 1921; also New York Charity Organization Society study class conducted by Joanna C. Colcord, December 1922, 1921-1922

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


Box II.22 Folder 371-373 An examination of forty Chicago visitors conducted by Amelia Sears, 1920, 3 folders

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


Box II.22 Folder 374 Materials relating to the case system of teaching in other fields

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


Part II.9: Materials related to Case Records and Recording, and the Case Criticism Service, 1911-1928, undated


Letters and other materials relating to Case Records and Recording, 1911-1928



Box II.23 Folder 375-376 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to case records and recording, 1911 March 30-1912 October 24, 2 folders

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 377 Correspondence and related materials between MER, Amelia Sears, and others concerning case records and recording, 1912 July 29-October 6

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 378 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to case records and recording, 1913 June 2-1915 December

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 379 Correspondence and related materials between MER and Gertrude Vaile concerning the Minor case record, June 15-September 24, 1913; also letter from Amelia Sears to MER, January 30, 1917, enclosing 1913 notes on Minor record, 1913-1917


Box II.23 Folder 380 Correspondence between MER and Frank J. Bruno relating to his paper on "What a Case Record Is For", 1916 January 14-May 1


Box II.23 Folder 381 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to case records and recording, 1916 February 2-1917 October

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 382 Correspondence and related materials between MER, Joanna C. Colcord, and Edward Lynde concerning the Hummel case record, 1919 May 16-July 21


Box II.23 Folder 383 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to case records and recording, 1919 December 10-1921 December 30

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 384 Correspondence and related materials between MER, the COD staff, and Knowleton Mixer concerning case record forms, 1920 June


Box II.23 Folder 385 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to case records and recording, 1924 January 2-1928 March 28

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 386 Correspondence concerning requests for case records, 1923 February 25-1928 September 28

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 387 MER's non-letter materials on case records and recording


Box II.23 Folder 388-391 MER's correspondence with and relating to Annie I. Gerry, consultant of the Case Criticism Service, 1925 October 30-1927 March 22, 4 folders

Arranged chronologically


Box II.23 Folder 392 Letters and statements relating to financial details of Annie I . Gerry's Case Criticism Service, 1926-1927


Supplementary Materials relating to Case Records and Recording



Box II.24 Folder 393 Criticisms and Comments


Box II.24 Folder 394-398 Analyses and Summaries, 5 folders


Box II.24 Folder 399 Techniques and Mechanics of Record Writing


Box II.24 Folder 400 Akron Case Records


Box II.24 Folder 401 Boston Associated Charities Case Records


Box II.24 Folder 402 Closing of Records


Box II.24 Folder 403 Confidential Nature of Records


Box II.24 Folder 404 Miscellaneous


Case records, Summaries, and Analyses, 12 items

12 Packages. Collected by MER or the COD for study, research, and teaching purposes.



Box II.24-A Packets 1-2



Box II.24-B Packets 3-4



Box II.24-C Packets 5-6



Box II.24-D Packet 7



Box II.24-E Packets 8-9



Box II.24-F Packet 10



Box II.24-G Packet 11



Box II.24-H Packet 12


Part II.10: Widows' Pensions--Letters and Supplementary Material


Letters and Writings relating to Widows Pensions



Box II.25 Folder 405 Correspondence between MER and Fred S. Hall and others relating to preparation of Richmond and Hall's A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913), 1910 January 3-1913 June 27

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

Arranged chronologically


Box II.25 Folder 406 Correspondence between MER and C.C. Carstens and others concerning Carsten's Public Pensions to Widows with Children: A Study of Their Administration in Several American Cities (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913), 1912 June 20-1913 April 25

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

Arranged chronologically


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

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

Arranged chronologically


Box II.25 Folder 408-409 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the movement for Widows Pensions, 1911 April 7-1913 December 23, 2 folders

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

Arranged chronologically


Box II.25 Folder 410 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the movement for Widows Pensions, 1914 February 25-1916 September 14

Also three reports on the COD's activities in the Widows Pensions controversy dated January 10,1913; October 15, 1913; and January 18,1915 [at least two of these were probably written by Miss Richmond]. Also available on microfilm reel 12. See: MN# 92-2033.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.25 Folder 411 "Motherhood and Pensions", 1913 March 1

Holograph and typescript drafts of MER's article on "Motherhood and Pensions" for The Survey. Also available on microfilm reel 12. See: MN# 92-2033.


Box II.25 Folder 412 The Survey (2 issues), 1913 February 15 and March 1

Copies of The Survey for February 15 and March 1, 1913, containing MER's articles on " 'Pensions' and the Social Worker" and "Motherhood and Pensions;" also separate reprint of "Motherhood and Pensions." Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Box II.25 Folder 413 A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910

Typescript of Richmond and Hall's A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913). Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Box II.25 Folder 414 A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910--Appendices

Typescript of appendices for Richmond and Hall's A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913). Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Box II.25 Folder 415 A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910--Tables

Tables to accompany Richmond and Hall's A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913), some in MER's holograph. Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Box II.25 Folder 416 MER's holograph notes on the subject of Widows Pensions

Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Box II.25 Folder 417 Schedules used in the prepartion of Richmond and Hall's A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913)

Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Box II.25 Folder 418-419 Other Materials used in the prepartion of Richmond and Hall's A Study of 985 Widows Known to Certain Charity Organization Societies in 1910 (Russell Sage Foundation, 1913), 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 13. See: MN# 92-2034.


Supplementary Materials relating to Widows Pensions



Box II.26 Folder 420-425 General, 6 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 14. See: MN# 92-2035.


Box II.26 Folder 426-428 Administration, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 14. See: MN# 92-2035.


Box II.26 Folder 429 State and Federal Legislation

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.


Box II.26 Folder 430-431 Judge Henry Neil and the Mothers Pension League, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.


Part II.11: Unemployment Crises--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1909-1924



Box II.27 Folder 432 Correspondence and related materials between MER and various persons concerning the Mayor's Committee on Unemployment, 1916 June 17-1918 April 24

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.27 Folder 433 Form letter of April 4, 1918, sent out by MER as Chairman of the Civilian Relief Section, Council of Women's Organizations, on the subject of Unemployment, and the responses to her request for information, 1918 April 4-23

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.27 Folder 434 Correspondence and related materials between MER and various persons concerning the President's Conference on Unemployment, 1921 September 12-1924 October 29

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.27 Folder 435 "Memorandum on Emergency Relief in Times of Unemployment", 1921 October 12

Typescript copy of MER's unpublished "Memorandum on Emergency Relief in Times of Unemployment," October 12, 1921; also separate reprint from The Long View (Russell Sage Foundation, 1930). Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.


Box II.27 Folder 436 Emergency Winter Exchange letters relating to Unemployment, 1909-1915

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.


Box II.27 Folder 437 Binder containing Emergency Winter Exchange letters from larger cities, 1914-1915

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.


Box II.27 Folder 438 Binder containing Emergency Winter Exchange letters from smaller cities, 1914-1915

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.


Box II.27 Folder 439-440 Questionnaires, letters, and other materials relating to the Emergency Winter of 1914-1915, 1914-1915, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 15. See: MN# 92-2036.

Arranged alphabetically by city, Baltimore-the Oranges


Box II.27 Folder 441 Questionnaires, letters, and other materials relating to the Emergency Winter of 1914-1915, 1914-1915

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged alphabetically by city, Philadelphia-Toledo


Box II.27 Folder 442-443 Other materials relating to the Emergency Winter of 1914-1915, 1914-1915, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.


Box II.27 Folder 444 Miscellaneous materials relating to the subject of Unemployment, 1889-1923

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.


Box II.27 Folder 445-446 Newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the subject.of Unemployment, 1914-1923, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.


Part II.12: American Red Cross--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1909-1922, undated



Box II.28 Folder 447 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to the Emergency Relief Board of the American Red Cross, 1909 October 22-1912 October 19

Arranged chronologically


Box II.28 Folder 448 Minutes and other materials relating to meetings of the Emergency Relief Board of the American Red Cross, 1909 October 14-1913 October 17

Arranged chronologically


Box II.28 Folder 449 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to the Home Service program of the American Red Cross, 1917 March 1-1919 March 25

Arranged chronologically


Box II.28 Folder 450 Miss Richmond's Manual of Home Service (American Red Cross, 1917), 1917

Typescript, mimeographed, and printed copies


Box II.28 Folder 451 Karl deSchweinitz's This Side The Trenches with the American Red Cross

Outline and mimeographed copy


Box II.28 Folder 452 Communications and documents relating to the American Red Cross Home Service Institutes and other classes


Box II.28 Folder 453 Miscellaneous communications and documents relating to the Home Service program of the American Red Cross, mostly 1917


Box II.28 Folder 454-455 Miscellaneous communications and documents relating to the American Red Cross Department of Civilian Relief and to local Civilian Relief Committees, 2 folders


Box II.28 Folder 456 Communications and documents issued by the American Association relating to the American Red Cross Home Service program, 1917 October 8-1920 October 15

Arranged chronologically


Box II.28 Folder 457 Articles from The Survey relating to American Red Cross Home Service and Civilian Relief programs, 1917-1922


Box II.28 Folder 458 Newspaper and magazine clippings relating to American Red Cross war activities


Box II.28 Folder 459 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to other American Red Cross activities, 1918 November 8-1920 November 26

Arranged chronologically


Box II.28 Folder 460 MER's notes and comments relating to the future of the American Ked Cross in peacetime, undated


Box II.28 Folder 461 Correspondence relating to the future of the American Red Cross in peacetime, 1918 December 5-1919 March 28

Correspondence does not involve MER. Also printed materials.

Arranged chronologically


Part II.13: National Conference--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1909-1928

Note: Name changed in 1918 from National Conference of Charities and Correction to National Conference of Social Work. See also Part II, Box 33, Folder 546 for materials on Miss Richmond's candicacy for the Presidency of the National Conference in 1922.



Box II.29 Folder 462-463 Correspondence between MER and Alexander Johnson relating to the National Conference, 1909 November 4-1913 May 5, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 464 MER's correspondence with and relating to W.T. Cross, General Secretary of the National Conference, 1913 November 15-1919 June 11

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 465 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the National Conference, 1920 July 21-1928 March 2

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 466 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to the National Conference Committee on Families and Neighborhoods, 1909 September 7-1910 March 31

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 467 Correspondence and other materials between MER and Francis H. McLean relating to an Analysis of National Conference Attendance, 1912 August 24-October 19

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 468-469 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the National Conference Change of Name Committee, 1915 August 20-1917 June 1, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 16. See: MN# 92-2037.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 470 Other materials relating to the National Conference Change of Name Committee

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.29 Folder 471 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to Family Division programs for the National Conference, 1921 July 26-1924 November 20

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 472 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to National Conference committee work, 1920 February 24-1922 July 21

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 473 Correspondence relating to the National Conference, 1909 March 7-1919 October 16

Correspondence does not involve MER. Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.29 Folder 474 Communications to members of the Executive Committee of the National Conference and minutes of meetings, 1911-1920

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.29 Folder 475 Materials relating to other National Conference committees, 1911-1922

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.29 Folder 476 Reports on the National Conference meetings at Indianapolis, 1916

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.29 Folder 477 Miscellaneous supplementary materials relating to the National Conference

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Part II.14: American Association--Letters and Other Materials Relating to

Note: Began as the National Association of Societies for Organizing Charity in 1911; name changed to American Association of Societies for Organizing Charity in 1912, and again to American Association for Organizing Family Social Work in 1919.



Box II.30 Folder 478-479 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the American Association, 1910 April 5-1928 August 30, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.30 Folder 480 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to The Family (issued by the American Association), 1920 December 24-1927 August 19

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.30 Folder 481 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the program for the 1923 American Association Conference at Washington, 1923 March-May

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.30 Folder 482-484 Communications and documents relating to plans for the formation of the American Association, 1909-1911, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.30 Folder 485 Miscellaneous materials relating to the American Association, 1914-1919

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.30 Folder 486 Materials relating to the American Association Committee on Scope and Policy, 1918-1919

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.30 Folder 487 Miscellaneous materials relating to the American Association, 1920-1924

Also available on microfilm reel 17. See: MN# 92-2038.


Box II.30 Folder 488 Miscellaneous materials relating to the American Association, 1925-1928

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 489-491 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to plans for the American Association's Buffalo Conference in 1927, 1925 September 23-1927 September 28, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.30 Folder 492 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the American Associations Conference on Family Life in America Today, held at Buffalo, October 1927, 1927 October 4-1928 July 2

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.30 Folder 493 Communications and documents relating to the Fiftieth Anniversary Committee of the American Association, 1925-1927

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 494 Incomplete holograph draft of "The Concern of the Community with Marriage," MER's speech for the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, 1927 October 4

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 495 Source materials and holograph notes for MER s speech to the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, circa 1927

Also includes typescript summary, probably for release to the press. Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 496 MER's work on invitations, publicity, and program for the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, 1927

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 497 Printed and mimeographed programs and announcements relating to the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, 1927

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 498 Other communications relating to the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, 1927

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 499 News releases, publicity, and clippings relating to the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, 1927

Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Box II.30 Folder 500 Joanna C. Colcord's A Decade of Service: The Family Welfare Association of Minneapolis Decennial Report for...1917-1926, published in commemoration of the Buffalo Conference on Family Life, 1927

Typescript copy. Also available on microfilm reel 18. See: MN# 92-2039.


Part II.15: Committee on Professional Organization--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1918-1920



Box II.31 Folder 501-503 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the Committee on Professional Organization, 1918 July 1-1919 December 11, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.31 Folder 504 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the Terminology Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization, 1919

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.31 Folder 505 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to the Committee on Professional Organization, 1920 January 2-June 4

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.31 Folder 506 Minutes of meetings, membership lists, and Miss Richmond's notes relating to the Committee on Professional Organization, 1918-1920

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 507 Memoranda and complete filing set of worksheets relating to the Terminology Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 508 Lists of words used by the Terminology Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization for compilation in their worksheets

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 509 Miscellaneous materials relating to the Terminology Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 510 Materials relating to A Code of Ethics for Social Case Workers, collected by the Ethics Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 511 Supplementary materials relating to ethics in social work, collected by the Ethics Sub-committee of the Comsiittee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 512 Supplementary materials relating to ethics in law, medicine, and other professions, collected by the Ethics Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 19. See: MN# 92-2040.


Box II.31 Folder 513 Miscellaneous materials relating to professional organization, collected by the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.31 Folder 514 United States Civil Service Examinations collected by the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.31 Folder 515 New York State and Municipal Civil Service Examinations collected by the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.31 Folder 516 Massachusetts and New Jersey State Civil Service Examinations collected by the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.31 Folder 517 Miscellaneous materials relating to Civil Service Examinations collected by the Committee on Professional Organization

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.



Box II.31A Completed Worksheets, 1919-1920

Packages containing 3 sets of completed worksheets: December 2, 1919, with Summary and MER's tabulation; December 10, 1919 with Summary; March 10, 1920 with Summary and MER's tabulation. These materials relate to the Terminology Sub-committee of the Committee on Professional Organization.


Part II.16: Committee and Advisory Work--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1915-1928



Box II.32 Folder 518 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to the formation of the National Alien Relief Committee, 1918 May 18-June 25

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 519 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to the membership of the National Alien Relief Committee, 1918 June 12-October 23

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 520 Correspondence and other materials between MER and various persons relating to official business of the National Alien Relief Committee, 1918 August 2-1919 August 31

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 521 Correspondence with and relating to Dr. Norman Bridge, Chairman of the National Alien Relief Committee, 1918 September 3-November 2

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 522 Correspondence between MER and the New York Charity Organization Society relating to the National Alien Relief Committee, 1918 May 29-November 27

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 523 Correspondence between MER and various charity organization societies relating to the National Alien Relief Committee, 1918 May 28-1919 February 3

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 524 Clippings, notes, and miscellaneous materials relating to the National Alien Relief Committee

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.32 Folder 525 Memoranda and other materials relating to the Decennial Report Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1916

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.32 Folder 526 Letters, memoranda, and other materials relating to the Committee on the Future Program of the Russell Sage Foundation; also Report of the Committee (MER, Chairman)

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.32 Folder 527 Memoranda and reports of the Mailing List Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1924

Also available on microfilm reel 20. See: MN# 92-2041.


Box II.32 Folder 528 Minutes and other materials relating to Russell Sage Foundation staff and directors' meetings, 1919-1924

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.


Box II.32 Folder 529 Miscellaneous materials concerning relations with other departments of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1917-1918

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.


Box II.32 Folder 530 Letters, minutes of meetings, and other materials relating to the Committee on Difficult Cases of the New York Charity Organization Society, 1916 November 17-1919 June 13

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 531 Letters, memoranda, and other materials relating to the Committee on Cooperation and District Work of the New York Charity Organization Society, 1917 May 21-1927 February 25

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 532 Letters, minutes of meetings, and other materials relating to the Committee on Marital Relations of the New York Charity Organization Society, 1918-1919

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.


Box II.32 Folder 533 Letters and other materials relating to various District Committees of the New York Charity Organization Society, 1922 January-1926 November 13

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 534 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to District Committees and Case Conferences, 1915 March 17-1921 April 4

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.32 Folder 535-536 Miscellaneous materials relating to District Committees and Case Conferences, 2 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.


Box II.32 Folder 537 Card file headed "Meetings of District Secretaries [prior at least to 1919]. Topics Reported for the Iast year by New York, Boston, Providence, Washington."

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.


Part II.17: Small Subjects, Personal Highlights, and Final Illness and Death--Letters and Other Materials Relating to, 1915-1928


Reports of Luncheon Meetings of the Inter-Relations Group, 1909-1911

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.



Box II.33 Folder 538 First Meeting, 1909 October 5


Box II.33 Folder 538 Second Meeting, 1910 April 14


Box II.33 Folder 538 Third Meeting, 1910 October 10


Box II.33 Folder 538 Fifth Meeting, 1911 October 6


Box II.33 Folder 539 Letters and other materials relating to Amelia Sears' Manual for the Chicago United Charities, 1912-1913

Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.


Box II.33 Folder 540 Correspondence between MER, Wilbur C. Phillips, and others relating to the Phillips' book on a social unit plan, 1914 July 9-1915 July 29

Accompanied by set of galleys. Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 541 Two form letters sent out by MER on the subject of establishing a War Problems Exchange, and responses, 1917

Two form letters sent out by MER April 19 and May 8, 1917, on the subject of establishing a War Problems Exchange, and the responses to her request for information, arranged chronologically from April 23 to September 4, 1917. Also available on microfilm reel 21. See: MN# 92-2042.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 542 Form letter sent out by MER on the subject of the War Risk Insurance Act, and responses, 1917

Form letter sent out bv MER November 15, 1917, on the subject of the War Risk Insurance Act, and the responses to her request for information, arranged chronologically from November 17 to 28, 1917. Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 543 Minutes of meetings of the Council of Women's Organization, 1918 January 25-November 26

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 544 Miscellaneous materials relating to the Council of Women's Organizations, 1917-1918

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 545 Letters and clippings relating to MER's honorary degree from Smith College, 1921 May 9-November 17

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 546 Letters between MER and various correspondents relating to Miss Richmond's candidacy for President of the National Conference, 1921 May 4-1922 September 8

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 547 Letters and other materials relating to MER's interest in biography and her biographical articles, 1922 February 24-1924 November 7

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 548 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to Miss Richmond's biographical article on C.S. Loch, and related materials, 1898-1924

Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to Miss Richmond's biographical article on C.S. Loch, arranged chronologically from April 7, 1923 to February 26, 1924; accompanied by a collection of Mr. Loch's letters to MER and others, arranged chronologically from June 8, 1898 to February 9, 1913. Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 549 Letters and telegrams to Joanna C. Colcord from the Glenns and others relating to Miss Richmond's final illness, 1928 April 18-September 13

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 550 Immediate responses of a personal nature to Miss Richmond's death, 1928 September 14-28

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 551 Form letter sent out by Mary Willcox Glenn September 13, 1928, announcing Miss Richmond's death, and official responses from various agencies, 1928 September 14-October 3

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 552 Second form letter sent out by Mary Willcox Glenn October 3 , 1928, enclosing biographical and eulogistic materials on Miss Richmond, and official responses from various agencies, 1928 October 4-1929 April 12

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 553 Official release of Miss Richmond's death notice, accompanied by biographical and eulogistic materials

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 554 Newspaper clippings of Miss Richmond's obituaries

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 555 Miss Richmond's death notices in magazines and journals

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 556 Eulogies and tributes marking the death of Miss Richmond

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 557 Letters and other materials relating to a memorial meeting in honor of Miss Richmond held in the Assembly Hall of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1929 January 2

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.33 Folder 558 Correspondence relating to a memorial issue of the The Family dedicated to Miss Richmond, 1928 September 19-1929 April 11

Accompanied by two copies of the memorial issue. Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.33 Folder 559 Letters to Joanna C. Colcord from various correspondents relating to JCC's article on MER in the memorial issue of The Family, 1928 October 5-1929 January 26

Accompanied by separate reprint of the article. Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.

Arranged chronologically


Part II.18: Speeches, Addresses, and Lectures, 1910-1925


Holograph and typescript notes for a series of lectures at the Chicago School of Civics, 1910 January 4-13

Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.



Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture I, Charity Organization, 1910 January 4


Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture II, The Three Stages of Relief, 1910 January 5


Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture III , The Third Stage of Relief, 1910 January 6


Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture IV, Sources of Relief, 1910 January 7


Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture V, Investigation, 1910 January 11


Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture VI, The First Interview, 1910 January 12


Box II.34 Folder 560 Lecture VII, Completion ofInvestigation, 1910 January 13


Box II.34 Folder 561 "How Social Workers Can Aid Housing Reform", 1911

Separate reprint of an address delivered at the National Conference, Boston, 1911 (Rational Housing Association Publications 15, May 1912). Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.34 Folder 562 Address on Preliminary Investigation of Adult Offenders delivered at the State Probation Conference, New York, 1912 March 14

Holograph notes and draft. Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.34 Folder 563 "The Relation of Output to Intake", 1912 June 12

Separate reprint of an address delivered before the National Association of Organizing Charity, June 12, 1912 (Charity Organization Bulletin, III, No. 9, August 1912). Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.34 Folder 564 "The Charity Organization Department", 1914 February 10

Typescript draft of a lecture at the New York School of Philanthropy. Also available on microfilm reel 22. See: MN# 92-2043.


Box II.34 Folder 565 Kennedy lectures on First Steps in Social Case Work, 1914

Incomplete holography notes; also announcement. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 566 "Co-ordination and Inference", 1914

Typescript draft of "Co-ordination and Inference," probably one of the Kennedy lectures, 1914; also summaries of the third, fourth, and fifth Kennedy lectures, dated March 30, April 13, and April 20, 1914. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 567 "To the Volunteers of 1915", 1915

Holograph notes and typescript copy of an address to Philadelphia volunteers delivered at the Church House, Philadelphia, February 4, 1915. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 568 "The College and the Community", 1915

Typescript copy of one of the after-dinner addresses to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Vassar College, delivered at Davison Hall, Vassar College, October 13, 1915. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 569 "The Charity Organization Department", 1916

Typescript copy of an address delivered before the New York Monday Evening Club, April 24, 1916. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 570 "The Social Case Work Side of Probation and Parole", 1917

Typescript copy of an address delivered before the National Probation Association, June 1917. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 571 ["The Social Case Worker's Task"], 1917

Holograph draft and notes for an address delivered at the general session of the National Conference, 1917. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 572 "The Family as the Center of Social Service", 1918

Holograph notes for the second lecture in Special Extension Course for Volunteers, Biltmore Hotel, January 18, 1918; also holograph notes headed "Home Service Lecture on The Family, March 29 and October 10, 1918." Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 573 "War and Family Solidarity", 1918

Separate reprint of an address delivered before the Division on The Family of the National Conference, May 21, 1918 (Charity Organization Department publication, 1918). Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 574 "The Long View", 1919

Typescript copy. This is a portion of an address delivered before a section meeting of the Junior League of New York City, November 20, 1919. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 575 "Some Next Steps in Social Treatment", 1920

An address delivered before the Family Section of the National Conference, April 15, 1920 (Printed in The Family, Vol I, No.4, June 1920). Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 576 "A Social Work Point of View", 1923

Holograph draft of a a lecture delivered at the summer session of the New York School of Philanthropy, June 18, 1923. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.34 Folder 577 "The Rhythm of Social Work", 1925

Holograph and typescript notes for an address delivered at Philadelphia, April 30, 1925, and at the Institute of Family Social Work, May 19, 1925. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Part II.19: Notes for Speeches, Addresses, Lectures; also Articles, Reviews, and Unpublished Writings


Twelve sets of holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lectures, 1909-1912

Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.



Box II.35 Folder 578 Boston Annual Meeting, 1909


Box II.35 Folder 578 Rochester Address on Organized Charity, 1909 December


Box II.35 Folder 578 Cooperation, Grammercy District Committee, 1910 March


Box II.35 Folder 578 New York School of Philanthropy, 1910 September


Box II.35 Folder 578 Galesburg, 1910 October


Box II.35 Folder 578 Outside Sources of Information, Chicago, 1910 October


Box II.35 Folder 578 Junior League Lecture, Upbuilding of the Family, 1911 January


Box II.35 Folder 578 Pittsfield, 1911 March


Box II.35 Folder 578 Grammercy Neighborhood Association on What Social Workers Should Know, 1911 March


Box II.35 Folder 578 Talk on Widows, Assistant Secretaries of the New York Charity Organization Society, 1912 March


Box II.35 Folder 578 The Volunteer's Value to the Professional, Junior League, 1912 April


Box II.35 Folder 578 Address to Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity, 1912 November


Eleven sets of holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lectures, 1913-1916

Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 579 Second Year Group of the New York School of Philanthropy, 1913 February


Box II.35 Folder 579 Smith College, 1913 October


Box II.35 Folder 579 Hearing on Widows Pensions by New York State Commission, 1913 November


Box II.35 Folder 579 Address to Reading Associated Charities, 1913 December


Box II.35 Folder 579 Church Mission of Help, 1914 January


Box II.35 Folder 579 Volunteers of the Federated Charities of Baltimore on The Test of Reality, 1914 November


Box II.35 Folder 579 YWCA Training School, 1914 December


Box II.35 Folder 579 Case Committee of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, 1915 February


Box II.35 Folder 579 Kennedy District on The Work of a District Committee, 1915 November


Box II.35 Folder 579 Five Boston Lectures to Second Year Students, 1915 December


Box II.35 Folder 579 Yorkville District of the New York Charity Organization Society on The District and Neighborhood Co-op, 1916 January


Ten sets of holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lecture, 1917-1919

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.35 Folder 580 Child Helping Institute of the New York School of Philanthropy, 1917 June


Box II.35 Folder 580 Address on Volunteers to Home Service Workers of Pennsylvania, 1917 November


Box II.35 Folder 580 The Growth of the Charity Organization Movenent in its Case Work Program [AASOC 1917?], 1917?


Box II.35 Folder 580 Address to New York Episcopal Seminary on The Work of the New York Charity Organization Society, 1918 February


Box II.35 Folder 580 Home Service lecture on Relatives, 1918 April


Box II.35 Folder 580 Home Service lecture on Comparison of Material, 1918 October


Box II.35 Folder 580 Need of Professional Standards, Fordham University, 1918 December


Box II.35 Folder 580 Home Service section course lecture on Evidence, 1919 January

Also at University of Colorado, July 1919.


Box II.35 Folder 580 Lecture to staff of the New York Charity Organization Society on A Profession in the Making, 1919 February


Box II.35 Folder 580 Lecture to University of Colorado class on Outside Sources, 1919 July


Ten sets of holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lectures, 1920-1923 June

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.35 Folder 581 Address to staff of New York Charity Organization Society, 1920 January


Box II.35 Folder 581 Part of address at Annual Meeting of Boston Family Welfare Society, 1920 November


Box II.35 Folder 581 Address at Church Mission of Help Institute on Evidence and the Groundwork for Treatment, 1921 January


Box II.35 Folder 581 Philadelphia in 1900, Social Workers Club of Philadelphia, 1921 January


Box II.35 Folder 581 Jewish Federation Meeting on Family Care, 1921 April


Box II.35 Folder 581 Talk to staff of AAOFSW on The Relation of the Family to Social Progress and to the Future of Civilization, 1922


Box II.35 Folder 581 Address at Providence Conference Luncheon of Hospital Social Workers, 1922 June


Box II.35 Folder 581 Church Mission of Help, 1923 January


Box II.35 Folder 581 Institute dinner at Washington on Where the Blue Begins in Social Work, 1923 May


Box II.35 Folder 581 Phi Beta Kappa, 1923 June


Eight sets of holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lectures, 1923 August-1925

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.35 Folder 582 Talk on Marriage Administration Study given at Franklin, 1923 August


Box II.35 Folder 582 New Workers from Brooklyn Bureau, 1923 September


Box II.35 Folder 582 Possibilities of the Art of Helping, New York Charity Organization Society course, 1923 December


Box II.35 Folder 582 Lecture on Inter-relations of Social Movements to Mr. Lee's Seminar, 1925 March


Box II.35 Folder 582 Talk on the Russell Sage Foundation to group of college juniors, 1925 March


Box II.35 Folder 582 Talk on Marriage Administration to the Institute, 1925 May


Box II.35 Folder 582 Address on A Sense of the Whole to Undistricted Supervisors, 1925 October


Box II.35 Folder 582 Address to staff of Brooklyn Bureau on Higher Mathematics of Social Work, 1925 October


Six sets of undated holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lectures, undated

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.35 Folder 583 A Talk on Investigation before assistants of the New York Charity Organization Society and Visitors of the State Charities Aid


Box II.35 Folder 583 Training in Investigation, Boston Conference


Box II.35 Folder 583 Relation of Charity Organization to The Schools


Box II.35 Folder 583 San Francisco address


Box II.35 Folder 583 The Charity Organization Department


Box II.35 Folder 583 Friendly Visiting


Box II.35 Folder 584 Other sets of holograph notes for speeches, addresses, and lectures, undated

Undated and mostly untitled. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 585 The Inter-relations of Social Movements, with Information About Sixty-seven Organizations, 1910

Pamphlet published by the Charity Organization Department, 1910. Introduction signed by "Mary E. Richmond." Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 586 "Of Christmas Gifts", 1910 December 20

Two copies; reprinted from The Survey. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 587 First Principles in the Relief of Distress, 1911

Annotated paste-up; Charity Organization Department publication. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 588 "The Charity Organization Movement", 1915 December

Typescript; short article for the Philadelphia Ledger. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 589 "To Those Still on the Job", 1918

Typescript draft of "To Those Still on the Job," an article for the Charity Organization Bulletin, March 1918 accompanied by letter to MER from Porter R. Lee, February 8, 1918, referring to the article. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 590 MER's unpublished review of Jesse F. Steiner's Education for Social work (University of Chicago Press, 1921), circa 1921

Holograph draft; accompanied by letter from MER to Margaret Rich, September 8, 1921, referring to the review. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 591 "The Good Neighbor in the Modern City", 1922

Holograph draft of unpublished article. Accompanied by letter to MER from Lyndon Phifer, November 8, 1922, referring to the article. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 592 "A Code of Ethics for Social Case Workers", 1920-1921

Several copies of proofs. Drafted under the direction of MER, 1920-1921. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Box II.35 Folder 593 'Memorandum on The Need of a National Training Board for Social Work", 1923 or later

Several typescript copies, undated but later than 1922. Also available on microfilm reel 23. See: MN# 92-2044.


Part II.20: Departmental Reports prepared by MER, 1909-1928



Box II.36 Folder 594 Report of the Field Department for the Extension of Organized Charity in the United States, for the two years ending October 1, 1909, 1909

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 595 Monthly Reports of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1909 November 22-1910 July 1

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 596 Three drafts of the First Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1910, 1910

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 597 Two drafts of the Second Annual Report of the Charity Organization Depariznent of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1911, 1911

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 598 Monthly Reports of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1911 October 31-1912 March 31

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 599 Three Quarterly Reports of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1911 December 31-1912 June 30

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 600 Third Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending Sep 30, 1912, 1912

Accompanied by summary. Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 601 Outline for 1912-1913 of the Charity Organization Department, 1912-1913

Accompanied by Reports of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation for the three months ending December 31, 1912, and for the four months ending April 30, 1913. Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 602 Fourth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1913, 1913

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 603 Two Quarterly Reports of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the three months ending December 31, 1913, and March 31, 1914, 1913-1914

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 604 Fifth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1914, 1914

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 605 Summary of Sixth Annual Report of t'he Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1915, 1915

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 606 Outlines of Monthly Reports of M. E. Richmond, Director, 1915-1916

Outlines of Monthly Reports for October 1915-February1916 and April-May 1916; also notes for the Seventh Annual Report, 1916. Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 607 Seventh Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1916, 1916

Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 608 Eighth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1917, 1917

Accompanied by memorandum. Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 609 Decennial Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1907-1917, 1917-1918

Two copies. Accompanied by a critique of the Reprot [by Miss Moore?] of February 26, 1918. Also available on microfilm reel 24. See: MN# 92-2045.


Box II.36 Folder 610 Memorandum from the Charity Organization Department, for the year ending September 30, 1918, 1918

Ninth annual report is missing. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 611 Tentative Plans of the Charity Organization Department, October 1918, and Memorandum from the Charity Organization Department, for the year ending September 30, 1919, 1918-1919

Tenth annual report is missing. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 612 Eleventh Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1920, 1920

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 613 Twelfth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation, for the year ending September 30, 1921, 1921

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 614 Memorandum from the Charity Organization Department, for the year ending September 30, 1922, 1922

Thirteenth annual report missing. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 615 Memorandum from the Charity Organization Department, for the year ending September 30, 1923, 1923

Fourteenth annual report missing. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 616 Memorandum from the Charity Organization Department, for the year ending September 30, 1924, 1924

Fifteenth annual report missing. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 617 Sixteenth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation for the year endng September 30, 1925, 1925

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 618 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation for the year endng September 30, 1926, 1926

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 619 Eighteenth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation for the year endng September 30, 1927, 1927

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 620 Nineteenth Annual Report of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation for the year endng October 1, 1928, 1928

Prepared by Fred S. Hall, Associate Director. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.36 Folder 621 Several sets of materials used in preparation of the Charity Organization Department Reports, 1909-1928

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Part II.21: Personal effects, unclassified materials, and Colcord and Mann biographical materials, 1912-1928, undated



Box II.37 Folder 622 Correspondence between MER and various persons relating to Miss Richmond's personal financial affairs, 1916 August 10-November 2

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.

Arranged chronologically


Box II.37 Folder 623 First Tentative draft of "An outline for readers of biography", 1926 February 8

Accompanied by holograph notes, clippings, and miscellaneous materials relating to biography. Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 624 "The Service of the Loyal", 1912 November 26

Copy of address delivered by Mary Willcox Glenn to Federated Charities of Baltimore, November 26, 1912.


Box II.37 Folder 625 Program and newspaper notices of MER speeches

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 626 2 magazine articles on National League of Women Voters and one by H.S. Hennings

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 627-629 Newspaper and magazine clippings, 3 folders

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 630 Expense book relating to Buffalo Conference, 1927 October

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 630 Address Book

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 630 Miscellaneous loose materials

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 631 Steno pad of last letters dictated by Miss Richmond, 1927 October 20-1928 June 2

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 632 Letters relating to distribution of her books after her death

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 633 Notes relating to Central Islip, 1913 June 10

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 634 Unclassified notes

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 635 Notes collected for MER by Ruth Mann et al.

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 636 Unclassified typescript materials

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 637 Charts pertaining to MER's health

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 638 Material relating to The Long View

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 639 Charts, diagrams, photos relating to The Long View

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 640 Correspondence relating to collection of MER's professional letters

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.


Box II.37 Folder 641 Materials relating to Colcord and Mann biographical files on MER

Also available on microfilm reel 25. See: MN# 92-2046.