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Inclusive Dates

1896 - 1961

Linear Feet

5.5

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Among the noteworthy sections of the Hartley House records is the extensive correspondence between J. G. Phelps Stokes, a benefactor of and advisor to Hartley House, and the settlement's first head-worker, Helen French Greene, and her successor, May Matthews (folders 11-13). It details issues arising from the sometimes conflicting goals of head workers and benefactors. The collection is also rich in records of certain settlement clubs, particularly the Women's Club, for which there are nearly complete meeting minutes from 1904 to 1946 (folders 52-38). The collection of photographs (folders 98-112) provides visual documentation of settlement and neighborhood life, and the daily calendars kept by the staff offer an unusual record of day-by-day activities in a settlement (folders 85-97). The corporate records of Hartley House (folders 1-5) include the certificate of incorporation and constitution, annual reports, and minutes of the board of trustees. The correspondence files (folders 6-15) contain general correspondence (folders 6-9) and correspondence with Marcellus Hartley, J. G. Phelps Stokes, the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, and the Wellesley Alumnae Association (folders 10-15). Treasurers’ reports, applications for assistance to the Greater New York Fund, and a ledger and staff salary lists comprise the financial section (folders 16-25). Program records (folders 26-56) contain papers of settlement clubs (folders 26-41), camp-related records from Hartley House farm (folders 42-45), nursery reports and records of children's work (folders 46-49), and anniversary material (folders 50-56). The records also document Hartley House's interactions with national voluntary organizations (folders 57-60); local voluntary organizations, especially those on New York's West Side (folders 61-74); and New York City agencies (folders 76-77). Other items of interest include the Hartley House Cook Book and Household Economist (folder 78); studies of Hartley House and of Patterson, New Jersey (folders 79-8l); a script for a play about the price of milk (folder 82); and guest books, calendars, and photographs (folders 83-112). The work of Hartley House was supported by the Hartley House Association, an organization composed of current and former house members and staff who raised funds and promoted house activities. Records of the Hartley House Association (folders 113-118) include minutes, correspondence, financial records, and membership lists dating from 1921 to 1927 (folders 113-115) and records of what was apparently a reactivated form of the Association dating from 1937 to 1959 (folders 116-118). Also included in the records are legal-size folders containing financial statements, club minutes, scrapbook fragments, and Hartley House Association membership lists; and over-size material, consisting of 2 folios of photographs and 21 weekly activity ledgers. (Oversized storage boxes 13-17) Selected publications from the Hartley House records have been removed and placed in the Social Welfare History Archives' Pamphlet Collection.

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• Social History Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
  222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA