Author : Isabel C. Barrows
Release : 2017-10-29
Genre : Reference
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Download or read book Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction written by Isabel C. Barrows. This book was released on 2017-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction: At the Twenty-First Annual Session Held in Nashville, Tenn. May 23-29, 1894 In addition to the usual indexes and lists of State officers this Report furnishes the names and localities of all the State institutions in the United States, so far as they could be secured. Several statistical tables give valuable information as to the population of such institutions and the cost of support. Within a few years some States have begun to hold annual conferences for the study of their own charities and corrections. An attempt was made to secure the programmes of these local conferences for record and comparison. So far as these could be obtained, they are printed in this volume. Each year makes the Report of the National Conference of Charities and Correction of more interest to the student and, as these various statistics are more accurately compiled, the value of the book will be much increased. It has already be come indispensable to charity workers and students of soci ology. This Report and such back numbers as are still in print may be ordered of the Treasurer, John M. Glenn, Glenn Building, Baltimore, Md., at the price of per volume, with dis counts for more than ten Reports. The next meeting of the Conference will be in New Haven, Conn., in May, 1895, Mr. Robert Treat Paine, of Boston, Pres ident; H. H. Hart, of St. Paul, Minn., Permanent Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.