Annual reports featuring a statement by the president, highlights from the departments and committees (Education and Publicity Department, Research and Investigation Department, the Big Sister Department, Legislative Program, 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 years ending December 31, 1921 and December 31, 1922, 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:
1922-02-24
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association's departments of work: Dunwoody Hall (Woman's Boarding Home), The Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, Jones-Harrison Home, Transient Home for Girls, Downtown Branch Woman's Hotel, Kirkbride Club, Woman's Christian Association Club, Woman's Christian Association Central Club, Berkeley Club, Clinton Club, Janette Merrill Park, Junior Board, and the Social Department. The Janette Merrill Park opened as a summer home for business girls and students. Discussion begins for starting a Home for Colored Girls.
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
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
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
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
Annual report featuring highlights of the year, a list of members and committees, financial reports, statistical data on cases reported, and the organization's constitution and by-laws. Also includes the annual report of the Big Sister Movement.
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
A short summary of twelve months' work, the officers and committees, some statistical tables and comparisons, the financial statement, the list of subscribers from October 1, 1915 to September 30, 1916. High rates of unemployment and poverty recorded. Description of the Confidential Exchange, a card index of family members, addresses, agencies to which the family is known, and cross references. Includes brochure "One Thousand Homeless Men" by Alice Willard Solenberger.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and financial report for 1911 to 1916. Superintendent's report contains report on the health of the children, and improvements in laws affecting the welfare of the children. 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:
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
A short summary of twenty-one months' work, the officers and committees, some statistical tables and comparisons, the financial statement, the list of subscribers. Beginning January 1, 1914 and ending September 30, 1915. Beginning of fiscal year waschanged from January 1 to October 1 beginning in 1915. Decrease in the number of windows supported due to the County Aid to Dependent Children. Increase in the non-supported group.
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
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
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. 1911 marked the largest volume of work in the history of the organization. Sixty public addresses were given on various subjects at churches and before women's and men's clubs. The secretary conducted a course at the State University titled "Course in Economic Conditions in Large Cities."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
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
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. Defines the purpose and goals of the Charity and how funds are spent. Includes brief reports by each committee chairman. During this year a study began to investigate the spread of tuberculosis in families.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and financial report for 1909 and 1910. Superintendent's report includes information on institutional methods, the institution of a farm school, and after care service.
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
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
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report of the endowment fund and expenses for the 21st and 22nd fiscal years. Superintendent's report includes information on the teaching methods used, Sunday School, Elementary, Tray and Bench Sloyd, Garden Squads, health and more. Includes photographs of the building and children. Sloyd is a system of handicraft education that originated in Finland in 1865.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. Fewer applications were submitted compared to the year before. Thirty percent of cases consisted of women without male support. A Social Service Club was organized in September to foster personal acquaintance and co-operation among those interested in social work. Discussion around the development of a physical examination system for school children. Report includes three photographs: One of the records on file for quick reference, one of a Visiting Nurse on her "Errands of Mercy" in a snow storm, and another of a group of children in need.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1906-1907
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the Woman's Boarding Home, the Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, and the Jones-Harrison Home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. Associated Charities dealt with 954 new cases and 872 cases previously known to the Association. A change in the by-laws made December 31 the end of the fiscal year instead of September 30. Statistics for the three months from October to December 1906 are included in this report. The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Correction was to be held in Minneapolis June 12-19, 1907.
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
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. A considerable increase in the number of cases dealt with is recorded even though Minneapolis has been very prosperous. Volunteer Helpers increase. Over 900 families were tended to with sickness and poverty and in the majority of the cases it was found that the man was lacking in wage-earning capacity because of physical or mental defects.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1904-1905
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the Woman's Boarding Home, the Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, and the Jones-Harrison Home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities. In 1904 the Provident Savings Fund was created for children and adults to have a savings account and deposit small amounts of money. The Department of Tuberculosis was established, doctors and laymen met to develop plans and policies to try and prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Ten fraudulent charities were investigated and nine of them disbanded.
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 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
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1902-1903
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, members and committees, and donations received. Also included are photographs of the Mahala Fist Pillsbury Home and the Jones-Harrison Home.
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
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities of Minneapolis. In 1901, the number of organizations such as churches, societies and institutions that cooperated with Associated Charities increased to 119. Associated Charities continued to run an Employment Bureau and 7,833 odd jobs were found for men and women.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1900-1901
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, donations received, and accounts of boarders who stayed in the last year. Also included are photographs of the Woman's Boarding House, Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home, and Jones-Harrison Home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report of the endowment fund and expenses. Includes photographs of the interior and exterior of the orphan asylum.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1897-1898
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws and accounts of boarders who stayed in the last year. Also included are photographs of the Branch Home and the Jones-Harrison Home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1896-1897
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws and accounts of boarders who stayed in the last year. Also included are photographs of the Boarding Home, the Branch Home, and the Jones-Harrison Home.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1895-02-25
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, accounts of boarders who stayed in the last year, and a memorial for Mrs. A. C. Morgan.
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
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
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1893-02-25
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, number of visits, clothing donations received, and changes within the organization.
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. Friendly visitors were lined up to check in on families and used clothing was distributed to the poor.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1892-02-25
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, number of visits, and stories of boarders they helped that year.
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
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1891-02-25
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Association. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, number of visits, and stories of boarders they helped that year.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library