5GC.N5 it > & il ■\"\ ■i|i I' JHli I" ■■■'■■i;i Z 7164.S66N5"""'™™""-'''™^ Social question of to-day; sefected s 3 1924 014 537 108 i>tatc College of Agriculture at Cornell iHntbersttp iLibrarp Social Questions of To-day Selected Sources of Information Compiled for the New Jersey Library Association by ^ the Free Public Library of Newark, New Jersey, and is- % sued at the Atlantic City Conference, March 9, 1911. ..^ S^ Newark, N. J. The Free Public Library 1911 Note of Explanation Many of the calls upon a library for Information can be answered adequately only by using recently published pamphlets and leaflets. This statement applies especially to questions in the field of social science. A large number of organizations, established to investigate or to improve certain existing social conditions, issue single sheets, booklets and pamphlets, individually and in series, which libraries find of great Value. State and city governments, colleges and universities, and other private and public institutions also issue pamphlets on social affairs, fnany of which are of great interest and value, especially when first published. The list which follows gives the names and addresses of a few of thfe many organizations which issue material of the kinds mentioned. In compiling the list we have tried to select the sources which are more suggestive, thinking that the librarian of the small library, for whom this list is especially made, may be reminded when consulting it of other sources and other topics of interest. We have also tried to select organizations which publish material bearing on subjects more frequently studied by debating societies, women's clubs, etc. Many of the organizations here listed send out their publications free of charge. The index of subjects covered by the publications of the societies here listed is placed first. Following this is the list of societies select- ed in alphabetical order and numbered. Each topic in the first list is followed by one or more numbers. These numbers refer to those societies, in the second list, which publish material on the topic named in the first list. Small libraries are advised not to write for all the publications of a society, but to specify exactly what ground they are trying to cover and ask for the material that meets their want. It has, of course, been impossible to include all the U. S. and State departments that publish valuable information. In the field of social science this list could have been made much larger. For present purposes it was thought wise to make it brief. Similar lists could be compiled for other fields of knowledge and activity. Perhaps this present list will serve as a suggestion to others who may be able to carry the work further. The Newark Library is compiling a card list to cover, first, the field of social questions of to-day, and later to cover such other fields as may prove most prom- ising. THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Newark, N. J., March, 1911. Index of Subjects covered by Publications of Societies in List which follows this one Accidents 70, 71, 77 Agriculture 59, 74 Anti-suffrage 48, 64 Banks and banking 59 Black hand 53 Black-listing 77 Boycotting 77 Boys 14, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30 Business morals 77 Census 59, 74 Charities 20, 44, 59, 61, 62, 66, 70 Child labor 6, 43, 58, 70 Children 2, 18, 21, 26, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 54, 58, 70 City planning 3, 6 Civic improvement 3, 6, 34, 54 Civil service 59, 74 Comparative legislation 65, 77 Conservation of national re- sources 5, 46 Consumers' league 47 Corporation law 59 Cost and standard of living 35, 48, 70 Crime and criminals 12, 70 Cruelty to animals 8, 40 Debating 75, 76, 77 Defectives and delinquents 38, 42, 44, 54 Domestic economy 7 Education 49, 59, 74 Eight hour day 4 Employers' liability 70 Examination papers 59, 65 First aid to the injured 10, 71 Polk dancing 21, 70 Food 74 Foreigners 28, 30, 53, 67, 72 Forestry 5, 46, 74 Fourth of July 21, 70, 73 Home economics 7, 74 Hygiene 9, 21, 26, 70, 74 Immigration 6, 28, 30, 48, 53, 67, 72, 74, 75, 77 Imperialism 15 Indians 29 Industrial arbitration 48 Industrial education 55 Industrial insurance 1, 48, 70, 77 Industrial statistics 59 Infants 2, 18 Insurance 59 International arbitration 11, 13 17,31 International relations 31 Italians in America 72 Juvenile courts 70, 77 Labor 1, 4, 6, 59, 74, 76, 77 Legal aid 33 Legislation 1, 77 Libraries 60, 65 Loan societies 70 Medical inspection of schools 70 Mothers 45 Moving pictures 41 Municipal government 54, 76, 77 Naturalization 67, 74 Negro problem 6, 37, 51, 77 New Jersey 59 Agriculture Banks and banking Census Charities Civil service Corporation law Education Industrial statistics Insurance Labor State institutions State reservations Noise 21, 70, 73 Parcels post 74 Peace 11, 13, 17, 31 Philanthropy Philippine Islands 15 Playgrounds 21, 69, 70 Postal savings banks 74 Poverty 77 Primary elections 77 Prison reform 6, 12, 61, 70 Public health 9, 26, 74 Public ownership 48 Railroad rates 74 Recall (in. politics) 77 Red Cross 10 Referendum 77 Regents' examinations 65 Saloons 16, 68 School buildings, Use of 70 School gardens 70 Sex hygiene 6, 9, 14 Socialism 6, 32 State institutions (New Jersey) 59 State reservations (New Jersey) 59 Sunday observance 31 Tariff 74 Temperance 6, 16, 31, 68 Trade unions 4, 57, 74 Trees 5, 22 Tuberculosis 39, 70 United States 74 Agriculture Census Civil service Education Pood Forestry Home economics Hygiene Immigration Labor Naturalization Parcels post Postal savings banks Public health Railroad rates Tariff Trade unions Vital statistics Wages Vital statistics 2, 74 Vocations 27 Wages 4, 48, 74, 77 Wealth 6, 77 White slave traffic 6, 56 Woman suffrage 36, 50, 63, 64 Women, Employment 4, 6, 47, 57, 70, 74 Working girls' clubs 52 Y. M. C. A. 30 Organizations interested in Social Questions i. American Association for Labor Legislation, Metropolitan Bldg., New York. 2. American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 3. American Civic Association, Union Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. 4. American Federation of Labor, 801-809 G St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 5. American Forestry Association, 1410 H St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 6. American Institute of Social Service, 80 Bible House, Astor Place, New York. 7. American Home Economics Association, Teachers' College, New York. 8. American Humane Education Society, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 9. American Medical Association, Public Health Education Commit- tee, Dr. Evelyn Garrigue, Sec'y, 616 Madison Ave., New York. 10. American National Red Cross, National Headquarters, Room 341, War Dept., Washington, D. C. 11. American Peace Society, 31 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 12. American Prison Association, Social Service Bldg., 13 Central Ave., Newark, N. J. 13. American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Dis- putes, Theodore Warburg, Sec'y, Baltimore, Md. 14. American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, 66 West 40th St., New York. 15. Anti-Imperialist League, 20 Central St., Boston, Mass. 16. Anti-Saloon League of America, 110 East 125th St., New York. 17. Association for International Conciliation, 501 West 116th St., New York. 18. Babies' Hospital, 437 High St., Newark, N. J. 19. Boy Scouts of America, 124 East 28th St., New York. 20. Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, 105 East 22nd St., New York. 21. Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation, 1 Madison Ave., New York. 22 Essex County Shade Tree Commission, City Hall, Newark. N. J. 23 Federated Boys' Clubs, 35 Congress St., Boston, Mass. 24! General Alliance of Workers with Boys, Boys' Club, Fall River, 25 George Junior Republic, Freeville, N. Y. 26' Health Education League, 113 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 27' High School Teachers' Association of New York City, Chairman, B W Weaver, 25 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 28 Immigration Restriction League, 60 State St., Boston, Mass. 29 IndTanRigMs Association, 709 Provident Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 30 JnternaUonal Committee of the Y. M. C. A., 124 East 28th St.. New York. 31. International Reform Bureau, 206 Pennsylvania Ave., S. B., Wash- ington, D. C. . 32. Charles H. Kerr & Co., Publishers, 118 W. Kinzie St., Chicago, 111. 33. Legal Aid Society, 239 Broadway, New York. 34. Massachusetts Civic League, 3 Joy St., Boston, Mass. 35. Massachusetts Commission on the Cost of Living, State House, Boston, Mass. 36. National American Woman Suffrage Association, 505 Fifth Ave., New York. 37. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 20 Vesey St., New York. 38. National Association for the Study and Education of Exceptional Children, Dr. M. P. E. Groszmann, Plainfleld, N. J. 39. National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tubercu- losis, Room 515, 105 East 22nd St., New York. 40. National Association of Audubon Societies, 141 Broadway, New York. 41. National Board of Censorship of Motion Pictures, 50 Madison Ave., New York. 42. National Child Conference for Research and Welfare, Clark Uni- versity, Dept. of Sub-normal and Defective Children, Worces- ter, Mass. 43. National Child Labor Committee, 105 Bast 22nd St., New York. 44. National Conference of Charities and Correction, Alexander Johnson, Sec'y, Fort Wayne, Ind. 45. National Congress of Mothers, Washington Loan and Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. 46. National Conservation Association, Thomas R. Shipp, Sec'y, Colorado Bldg., Washington, D. C. 47. National Consumers' League, 105 Bast 22nd St., New York. 48. National Civic Federation, 1 Madison Ave., New York. 49. National Education Association, Winona, Minn. 50. National League for the Civic Education of Women, 25 Madison Ave., New York. 51. National League for the Protection of Colored Women, 43 East 22nd St., New York. 52. National League of Women Workers, Miss Jean Hamilton, Sec'y, Oswego, N. Y. 53. National Liberal Immigration League, 150 Nassau St., New York. 54. National Municipal League, North American Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. (Publishes the reports of the National Conference for Good City Government.) 55. National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, 20 W. 44th St., New York. 56. National Vigilance Committee, 156 Fifth Ave., New York. 57. National Women's Trade Union League of America, 275 La Salle St., Chicago, 111. 58. New Jersey Child Labor Committee, 50 Munn Ave., East Orange, N. J. 59. New Jersey State Library, Trenton, N. J. (State publications, except those on Civil Service, which may be procured from the Civil Service Commission, State House, Trenton, N. J.) 60. New Jersey Public Library Commission, State House, Trenton, N. J. 61. New Jersey State Charities Aid and Prison Reform Association, Social Service Bldg., 13 Central Ave., Newark, N. J. 62. New Jersey Conference of Charities and Correction, Social Service Bldg., 13 Central Ave., Newark, N. J. 63. New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association, Mrs. Clara Laddie, 52 New Lawn Ave., Arlington, N. J. 64. New York State Association opposed to Woman's Suffrage, 29 W. 39th St., New York. 65. New York State Education Department, Albany, N. Y. 66. Newark Bureau of Associated Charities, Social Service Bldg., 13 Central Ave., Newark, N. J. 67. North American Civic League for Immigrants, 173 State St., Boston, Mass. 68. Ohio Anti-Saloon League, Columbus, Ohio. 69. Playground Association of America, 1 Madison Ave., New York. 70. Russell Sage Foundation, 105 Bast 22d St., New York. (Publishes books as well as pamphlets, valuable for comprehensive treat- ment of many topics covered by this list.) 71. Society for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured, United Chari- ties Bldg., 4th Ave. & 22nd St., New York. 72. Society for Italian Immigrants, 17 Pearl St., New York. 73. Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, 73d St. & Broadway, New York. 74. United States Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. (Write for brief price lists (sent free) of useful government publications.) 75. Wisconsin University. Extension Division, Dept. of Debating and Public Discussion, Madison, Wis. 76. Wisconsin University, Municipal Reference Bureau, Madison, Wis. 77. Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Madison, Wis. Cornell University Library The original of tiiis bool< is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014537108 ii m m i ! ill-ii iillii-! I m