William Henry Matthews papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"1914", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 1914", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1907-1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1907/1944"}

date_inclusive_start

1907

date_inclusive_end

1944

keydate

1907

date_start

1907

date_end

1944

unittitle

{"value"=>"William Henry Matthews papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"William Henry Matthews (1873-1946) was a social worker in New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous papers of Matthews. Correspondence concerns his work as director of the New York Dept. of Family Welfare, the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, Special Services for the Community Service Society of New York, the Emergency Work Bureau in New York City, and member and president of the Board of Child Welfare in New York. His speeches and writings primarily concern welfare. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Eleanor R. Belmont, Heywood Broun, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Joseph F. Guffey, Helen Hall, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Herbert H. Lehman, John Purroy Mitchel, Alfred E. Smith, Robert F. Wagner, Sr., Lillian D. Wald, and James J. Walker."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>William Henry Matthews papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Matthews, William Henry, 1873-1946", "type"=>"persname"}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (1 box)

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