Research Catalog

Title

Lillian D. Wald Papers, 1889-1957.

Author

Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940

Supplementary Content

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Details

Additional Authors

• Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939
• Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
• Alger, George
• Bondfield, Margaret
• Laflin, Mary Brewster
• Dublin, Louis I., (Louis Israel), 1882-1969
• Emerson, Haven, 1874-1957
• Folks, Homer, 1867-1963
• Frankel, Lee K. (Lee Kaufer), 1867-
• Goldmark, Josephine, 1877-1950
• Hall, Helen
• Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970
• Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946
• Jenkins, Helen Hartley
• Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
• Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
• Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958
• La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947
• Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932
• Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963
• Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982
• Crowley, Alice
• Lewisohn, Irene
• McDonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937
• Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946
• Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
• Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920
• Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944
• Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
• Warburg, Felix M. (Felix Moritz), 1871-1937
• Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
• Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
• League of Red Cross Societies
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
• National League for Nursing
• United States. Children's Bureau
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York
• White House Conference on Child Health and Protection

Subject

• Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940
• Charities > New York (State) > New York
• Child welfare
• Child labor
• Civil rights
• Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
• Housing
• Nursing
• Prohibition
• Public health
• Public health nursing
• Recreation
• Sanitation
• Social service
• Social settlements > New York (State) > New York
• Unemployment
• Women > Suffrage
• World War, 1914-1918 > Peace
• New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
• Orient > Social conditions
• Soviet Union > Social conditions
• Soviet Union > Social conditions > 1917-1945
• Soviet Union > Social conditions > 1917-1970
• United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918
• United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932

Access (note)

• Restricted access;
• Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats (note)

• Collection available on microfilm;

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Biography (note)

• Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940), a public health nurse and social worker in New York City on the Lower East Side, was a pioneer in American social work and public health. She founded the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in 1893 and was a crusader for liberal, social welfare and philanthropic causes including child welfare, civil liberties, immigration, unemployment and the peace movement during World War I.

Call Number

MssCol 3201

OCLC

NYPW92-A253

Author

Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.

Title

Lillian D. Wald Papers, 1889-1957.

Description

Originals: 21 linear feet (50 boxes, 1 oversize folder).

Copies: 37 microfilm reels.

In five series: I. Biographical information, 1917-1957; II. Correspondence, 1889-1940; III. Writings and speeches, 1894-1939; IV. Collateral material, 1907-1939; V. Miscellany, 1908-1939.

Additional Formats

Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-286.

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings, and collateral papers documenting Wald's career in public health nursing and social work in New York City, her association with the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service, and her many other social welfare concerns, such as child labor, housing, recreation, sanitation, peace, prohibition, and women's suffrage. Correspondence contains letters to and from Wald concerning the social conditions she encountered and sought to improve. Correspondents include friends, professional associates, government officials and well-known people in the U.S. and abroad. Other papers consist of speeches, articles and notes written by Wald; collateral materials which include articles and speeches by her colleagues in nursing and social work; letters she wrote during trips to the Orient in 1910 and to Russia in 1924; notes, minutes, reports, and printed matter from various conferences she attended; and miscellaneous biographical materials.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Access

Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Biography

Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940), a public health nurse and social worker in New York City on the Lower East Side, was a pioneer in American social work and public health. She founded the Henry Street Settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in 1893 and was a crusader for liberal, social welfare and philanthropic causes including child welfare, civil liberties, immigration, unemployment and the peace movement during World War I.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Lillian Wald papers; also located at: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Related collections include Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service Records and Helen Hall Papers; Social Welfare History Archives; University of Minnesota Libraries.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Public health nurses.

Social workers.

Added Author

Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.

Alger, George.

Bondfield, Margaret.

Laflin, Mary Brewster.

Dublin, Louis I., (Louis Israel), 1882-1969.

Emerson, Haven, 1874-1957.

Folks, Homer, 1867-1963.

Frankel, Lee K. (Lee Kaufer), 1867-

Goldmark, Josephine, 1877-1950.

Hall, Helen.

Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970.

Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.

Jenkins, Helen Hartley.

Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932.

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.

Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958.

La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.

Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932.

Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.

Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982.

Crowley, Alice.

Lewisohn, Irene.

McDonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937.

Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946.

Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920.

Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944.

Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.

Warburg, Felix M. (Felix Moritz), 1871-1937.

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

League of Red Cross Societies.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

National League for Nursing.

United States. Children's Bureau.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

LCCN

ms 79001881

Research Call Number

MssCol 3201