Genre (authority = Art and Architecture Thesaurus)
black-and-white photographs
OriginInfo
DateCreated (qualifier = exact)
1928
Language
LanguageTerm
English
Abstract
The Whittier House collection of photographs caputures the facilities, staff, programs, services, and neighborhood adults and children. The Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson County) in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the organization as headworker until 1926, Whittier House was based on the settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in England. Whittier House provided various recreational and educational programs, along with much needed social services, for the immigrant populations of Jersey City. Many of these successful services were used as models for large-scale social reform movements through the state. In 1935, the Whittier House was taken over by the Boys' Club of Jersey City.
Subject (ID = SUBJECT001); (authority = FAST)
Topic
Community development
Topic
Community life
Topic
Emigration and immigration
Topic
Ethnic groups
Topic
Social service
Topic
Immigrants
Geographic
New Jersey
Geographic
New Jersey--Jersey City
Geographic
New Jersey--Hudson County
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
New Jersey Historical Society
Identifier (type = local)
NJHS
Identifier (type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/NJHS.Photograph.217
Location
PhysicalLocation (authority = marcorg); (displayLabel = New Jersey Historical Society (Newark, N.J.))
NjHi
Identifier (type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T39C6VZV
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Rights
ProvAgent (ID = AGENT003); (ROLE = Scanner); (TYPE = INDIVIDUAL)
ProvAgentName
Bill Walker, Emily Zervas
RightsDeclaration
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