Front view of the Wilder Charity Adminsitration Building, located on the corner of W. 5th Street and N. Washington Street in downtown St. Paul. The building housed the main offices of the Wilder Foundation, and other charities, from 1913 to 1982. The Ordway Theater now stands on the site.
An annual report documenting the main activities of the charity for the years 1917-1918. Departmental reports include: the relief department, visiting nurses, Wilder public baths, day nursery, health center, central registration bureau, food conservation, survey work and research.
A brief report on the activities of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity for the previous two years. The report includes information on the public baths, the Child Guidance Clinic, the Day Care Centers, the dispensary, social research, the Children's Center Building and the Wilder Administration Building.
A report published "on the occasion of the opening of the Amherst H. Wilder Health Center" to document the activities of the Wilder Charity from its beginning in 1906 to 1952. The report contains summaries of the organization's contributions to St. Paul health services, St. Paul community leisure time services, St. Paul's community organization services, and brief information on the Minnesota Foundation.
Photograph of the nursery building (later the Children's Center) located at the corner of Marshall Avenue and St. Albans Street, St. Paul, Minnesota. The building once housed the Protestant Orphan Asylum and was for a time home to the Wilder Child Guidance Clinic.
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1959
Description:
A report on the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation and its associate organizations, the Minnesota Foundation and the Victor M. Watkins Convalescent Home. The report includes background on the Foundation and the Wilder family, information on its operating policy and current services, background on the convalescent home (named after the first director of the charity), and details about the incorporation and activities of the Minnesota Foundation. It also contains details of new Wilder programs established in the 1950s, including Bremer House, Camp Wilder and a community transportation system.
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
The St. Paul Free Medical Dispensary was incorporated in 1897. Cornelia Day Wilder (1868-1903) was an early supporter, and James J. Hill was Board President. In 1923, Amherst H. Wilder Charities assumed complete financial and management responsibility for the organization. Physicians and residents at the dispensary worked free of charge to provide free medical and dental care to individuals in need.
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
A card listing the weekly clinics available at the Wilder Partidge Street Health Center. Details include the days, times, types of clinics and the names of doctors or organizations running the clinics.
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
A comprehensive directory of the charitable, civic, educational and religious resources of St. Paul. Commissioned and published by the Amherst H. Wilder charity in 1913, the directory was distributed free of cost to individuals and agenices carrying out charitable or social service work.
East Hillside; Bethel Home for Women; brick building at 1230 East ninth street; architectural details; program was established for assistance of unmarried pregnant young women in 1901; Thirteenth Avenue East and ninth street; on the fiftieth anniversary in 1952 there was an open house to show Duluthians what the Community Chest-sponsored agency does; it was called Hillcrest House; in the 1970s the program was relocated; car; streetcar tracks; business next door; the building still stands in 2008
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
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
Photograph of an unidentified girls' basketball team from one of the neighborhood Wilder Health Centers, which sponsored athletic events and teams around the city.
A short history of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity Visiting Nurses Department, from its beginning in 1906 until approximately 1922. The history includes information on the responsibilities of the nurses, policies of the department and staffing.
Manuscript of an article written about the history of the Wilder Child Guidance Clinic, which began in 1924. It includes general information on the running of the clinic as well as details about the clinic's connections to other Wilder programs, such as the dispensary, and its relationship to external community resources.
A survey carried out at the request of the St. Paul Association of Commerce. After visiting more than 5,000 dwellings, Wilder researchers concluded that housing conditions were "a menace to the health, safety and privacy of thousands of St. Paul people." The findings from the report led to the enactment of the first St. Paul housing ordinance in March, 1918.
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
Minneapolis Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals
Date Created:
1905-12-31
Description:
Report of the Minneapolis Humane Society whose work aims to prevent cruelty to both humans and animals. Includes statistical and financial data and important cases outlining issues and services provided. Includes Minnesota Laws enforced on cruelty to children and cruelty to animals, noting title, chapter, and section.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
West Duluth; Bethany Home Thirty-ninth Avenue west; children's home; residents at entrance; staff; cupola; articles of Incorporation filed March 18, 1915; doors opened May 1, 1916, with three children; 1928 there were 72 children; supported by the Community Fund; fire October 10, 1920; brick building; reopened 1922 at same address Thirty-ninth Avenue west and Ninth street; razed 1974
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. A visiting nurse position was continued, 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
Minneapolis Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals
Date Created:
1910-12-31
Description:
Report of the Minneapolis Humane Society whose work aims to prevent cruelty to both humans and animals. Includes statistical and financial data and important cases outlining issues and services provided.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-02-25
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 donations, and the opening of the Branch home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This report is a 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. Demands for emergency assistance increased greatly in the last year, from 1766 in the previous year to 2921. The Friendly Visitors program made 1381 total visits, 350 families were served.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
An annual report documenting the main activities of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity for the fiscal year 1912. The report includes the text of a letter from John Glenn, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, provisions of the Wilder family wills, details on plans to build a bath house, and reports extensively on the activities of the Visiting Nurses Department and those served.
An annual report of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity documenting the main activities of the charity for the fiscal year 1913. The report includes a financial statement, information about the new Wilder Administration Building, a general report on activities such as the public baths, day nursery and direct aid, and reports on the work of the visiting nurses and social service departments.