{"value"=>"<p>Paul D. Cravath, chairman. Initially known as the Tenement House Committee, it studied whether or not standards of sanitation, decency, and comfort in housing had improved since the 1870s.</p> <p>The file consists of correspondence of Easley, Falkner, and Jenks, with Paul D. Cravath, Elizabeth Dowling (Tenement House Department of New York City) John T. Murphy (Tenement House Commissioner, New York City) James B. Reynolds, Jacob Riis, and Lawrence Veiller (Department for the Improvement of Social Conditions), consisting of responses to the prospectus of topics to be discussed by the Industrial Economics Department, the preparation of pamphlets relating to the survey and to the improvements in housing conditions, announcements of committee meetings, notifications of appointments to the committee, and an historical assessment of housing conditions.</p>"}