Associated Jewish Charities of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1911-12-31
Description:
Annual report of the second service year of the Associated Jewish Charities. The work of this society includes: Relief Department, Employment Bureau, Sheltering Home, Free Loan Association, Juvenile Welfare Department, Legal Aid, Free Dispensary, and Friendly Visiting. Report includes summary of statistical and financial data for the fiscal year 1911-1912.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. Includes a summary of the first 25 years of the Charity. Frank L. McVey stepped down as president and was replaced by Joseph R. Kingman. The Anti-Tuberculosis Committee held an exhibition at various locations throughout the city, during which 59,200 pieces of printed matter were distributed. Photographs include: George A. Brackett, a founder of the Associated Charities; Frank L. McVey, president of the Association; Contrasting images of Minneapolis in the past and present; Portraits of Pioneers of Minneapolis charity; Lodging facilities in Minneapolis and New York; Nurses writing reports during office hours.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Triennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report for 1916 to 1919. Superintendent's report includes information on the educational practices and health of the children.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. Budget campaigns create a new era in the history of charity work in Minneapolis. "Mothers Pension" bill passed the legislature. A new department "The Bureau of Legal Aid" began work April 15. Recommendations provided for the year 1914. Small photographs and icons throughout report.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. Report discusses four ways of "considering the poor and their poverty" and the accomplishments of the charity in regards to these: assisting the individual, raising standards of philanthropic work in Minneapolis, arousing the social conscience, and promoting corrective and preventive movements. Photographs include: camp for tuberculosis children; houses on the River Flats, home to the Slavic Fellow-citizens; A family on the Flats; The information and employment desk.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. A visiting nurse position was created, statistics were kept on visits made and type of disease. The Associated Charities continued the Friendly Visiting program and the Employment Bureau.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-02-25
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Woman's Boarding Home and Industrial School. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, number of visits, and letters detailing financial and physical donations, and families helped that year.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
In addition to its usual coordination of Minneapolis charitable work, Associated Charities formed a fire relief committee to aid citizens affected by the east side lumber district fire. The families rendered homeless by the fire were provided with food and shelter. Please see pages 37-44 for more information.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Board of Managers of the Brotherhood of Gethsemane presents their eighth annual report which includes a review of their work for the year past and the work of the Parish of Gethsemane, of which the Brotherhood forms a part. Statistical and financial data included for various aspects of the Parish, from services at the County Jail to lectures and entertainments. Also includes a report of the work of the Cottage Hospital during the sixth year of its existence.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Minneapolis Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals
Date Created:
1901-12-31
Description:
Report of the Minneapolis Humane Society whose work aims to prevent cruelty to both humans and animals. Includes statistical and financial data and cases outlining issues and services provided. The report of the Examining Physician for Women and Children covers the time from September 1900 until December 31, 1901. Outlines Minnesota Laws enforced on cruelty to children and cruelty to animals, noting title, chapter, and section. Includes photographs of children from several cases.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report including a statistical and financial summary of the Big Sister Department of the Women's Co-operative Alliance, Inc., 1920. "The Big Sister Department gives friendly advice and supervision in housing, recreation, and employment to the strange or handicapped young women in the city." Includes an organizational chart of the Women's Co-operative Alliance of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Associated Charities was designed to be a central bureau of all the charitable efforts in Minneapolis. It furnished temporary work through its employment bureau. An emergency fund was set up to provide immediate relief to urgent cases. There was a system of tickets for lodging and restaurants that was always honored by the local establishments to aid applicants.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report containing reports by the director, superintendent, and treasurer accompanied by anecdotal accounts of the mission's accomplishments. Anecdotal reports section titled "Homes Transformed" provides three examples of the positive impact of the mission. Includes photos of the dormitories, services, restaurant, kitchen, The Mission Hotel, and The Gospel Wagon.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report featuring a statement by the president, highlights from the departments and committees (Education and Publicity Department, Research and Investigation Department, the Big Sister Department, Law Enforcement Committee, Education and Publicity Committee, and volunteer committees), general information to other agencies, information on social hygiene, surveys and studies of community conditions, statement of receipts and disbursements for the year ending December 31, 1920, an organizational chart, and a list of affiliated organizations.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1916-1917
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association's nine departments of work: The Woman's Christian Association Office, Woman's Boarding Home, The Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, Jones-Harrison Home, Transient Home for Girls, Downtown Branch Woman's Hotel, Woman's Christian Association Club, Woman's Christian Association Central Club, and the Woman's Christian Association Hall. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received, as well as a history of the organization "The First Twenty-Five Years of the Woman's Christian Association." Also included are photographs of the homes, offices, club, and hall.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report of the endowment fund and expenses for the 19th and 20th fiscal years. Includes photographs of the building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-1913
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association's four departments of work: The Woman's Boarding Home, The Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, Jones-Harrison Home, and Traveler's Aid Home. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the homes.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1915-1916
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association's six departments of work: The Woman's Boarding Home, The Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, Jones-Harrison Home, Transient Home for Girls, Downtown Branch Woman's Hotel, and Woman's Christian Association Club. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the homes and club. Note, date is incorrectly stated as 1916-1917 on cover and title page.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1910-1911
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association's four departments of work: The Woman's Boarding Home, The Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, Jones-Harrison Home, and Traveler's Aid Home. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the homes.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities of Minneapolis. The organization supplied impoverished families and single people with groceries, coal, rent money, transportation and medicine. There was also an employment bureau department that provided odd jobs to applicants. Forty-seven percent of the applicants could not read or write and the majority of the applicants were single men (51.6%) or married couples (30.9%).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
President's annual report for the year 1899. Here is what is listed under "what it has done", through its reading room, provided papers and periodicals for reading; helped a great many men find employment, permanent and temporary; furnished five thousand meals, two thousand baths and fourteen hundred lodgings. The Mission was focused on providing service to men in need and facilitated this through its Gospel Mission restaurant and lodging house. It also received financial support from local churches and individuals.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report featuring a statement by the president, highlights from the departments and committees (Education and Publicity Department, Law Enforcement Committee, Research and Investigation Committee, and the Big Sister Department), general information to other agencies, statement of receipts and disbursements for the year ending December 31, 1919, an organization chart, and a list of affiliated organizations.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report containing reports by the director, superintendent, and treasurer accompanied by anecdotal accounts of the mission's accomplishments. Anecdotal reports section titled "Homes Transformed" provides three examples of the positive impact of the mission. Includes photos of the dormitories, religious services, restaurant, kitchen, household and goods moving wagon, The Mission Hotel, and The Gospel Wagon.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library