Research Catalog

Title

Committee of Fifteen records, 1900-1901.

Author

Committee of Fifteen (New York, N.Y. : 1900)

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baldwin, William H.
• Morgan, George W.
• Smith, Charles Sprague, 1853-1910
• Smith, Charles Stewart, 1832-1909
• New York (N.Y.). Department of Health

Subject

• Committee of Fifteen (New York, N.Y. : 1900)
• Citizens' associations > New York (State) > New York
• Crime
• Gambling
• Poverty
• Prostitution > New York (State) > New York
• Slums > New York (State) > New York
• Social problems
• Vice control
• New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951
• New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1898-1951
• New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
• New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

Scrapbooks.

Access (note)

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

Additional Formats (note)

• Entire collection available on microfilm;

Source (note)

• ?

Biography (note)

• The Committee of Fifteen was a non-partisan citizens' committee established in 1900 to investigate the cause and extent of the increase in prostitution and gambling in New York City and to promote legislation necessary to correct the problem. The Committee, consisting of prominent bankers, lawyers and businessmen, published its report, The Social Evil With Special Reference to Conditions Existing in the City of New York, in 1902.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 608

OCLC

NYPW92-A268

Author

Committee of Fifteen (New York, N.Y. : 1900)

Title

Committee of Fifteen records, 1900-1901.

Description

17.5 linear feet (49 boxes)

Additional Formats

Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-255

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, and other records of the Committee of Fifteen. Correspondence, 1900-1901, of George W. Morgan, assistant secretary of the Committee, is with the public, Committee members, New York State Assembly members, and the New York City Dept. of Health. Other records of the Committee's investigations include notebooks containing entries detailing visits and violations; affidavits and reports made by investigators; and scrapbooks of press clippings, 1900-1901, about New York City politics, police and vice.

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

The Committee of Fifteen was a non-partisan citizens' committee established in 1900 to investigate the cause and extent of the increase in prostitution and gambling in New York City and to promote legislation necessary to correct the problem. The Committee, consisting of prominent bankers, lawyers and businessmen, published its report, The Social Evil With Special Reference to Conditions Existing in the City of New York, in 1902.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Baldwin, William H.

Morgan, George W.

Smith, Charles Sprague, 1853-1910.

Smith, Charles Stewart, 1832-1909.

New York (N.Y.). Department of Health.

Research Call Number

MssCol 608