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Finding Aid for the Buffalo
Foundation Research Reports,
1921-1947
MS 17
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
420 Capen HallBuffalo, New York 14260United StatesPhone: 716 645-2916Fax: 716 645-3714Email:
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University of New York at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Title: Buffalo Foundation
Research Reports,
1921-1947
Extent: 6
manuscript boxes (3.0
linear feet)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: Unpublished research
reports from the Buffalo Foundation, 1921-1938. Complete file of typed studies,
some including working papers, prepared by the Foundation on subjects
pertaining to Buffalo and Erie County community welfare.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 17, Buffalo
Foundation Research Reports, 1921-1947, University Archives, The State
University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
Accession 00-xxx, a group of materials from the Buffalo Foundation,
was received by the Archives June 27, 1968.
Note: The following two reports were not part
of this accession:
Neighborhood House Study- Oak Street (1931 and 1934); given to
Neighborhood House for historical use on 3/22/63.
Westminster House (December 1930); given by the Foundation to the
agency for historical use, and not included in this accession.
Terms of Access
The Buffalo Foundation Research Reports, 1921-1947 are open for
research.
Copyright
Copyright is retained by the Buffalo Foundation for the Buffalo
Foundation Research Reports collection. Copyright in other papers in the
collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright
and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the
collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual
procedures unless otherwise specified.
Processing Information
Processed by Archives staff, June, 1996.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
The Buffalo Foundation was established in 1919 under a Resolution and
Declaration of Trust drafted by the late
Edward H. Letchworth and is similar in
organization and purpose to other philanthropic community trust funds in the
United States patterned after the Cleveland Foundation.
This collection includes typescript research reports, 1921-1938, of
the Buffalo Foundation, concerning community welfare in Buffalo and Erie
County, New York, and the
Foundation Forum,, 1921-1947,
a publication of the Buffalo Foundation. Subjects of the reports include the
activities of local welfare and service organizations, including the
Babcock Street Community House, the
Buffalo Orphan Asylum,
Camp Fire Girls,
Children's Aid Society,
Friendship House,
Salvation Army, and the
Visiting Nursing Association; studies of social
issues including child welfare, juvenile delinquency, hospitals, housing,
recreational facilities, and other issues.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by title.
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 1.1 |
|
Babcock Street Community House,
July
1922
|
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| 1.2 |
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Buffalo Employment Survey,
January 1935; Buffalo Unemployment Survey,
1933
|
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| 1.3 |
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Buffalo Orphan Asylum,
March-May
1921
|
|
| 1.4-1.5 |
|
Buffalo Police Department-Boys and Girls 16-20 years of
age, charged with offenses,
1930-1933
|
|
| 1.6 |
|
Camp Fire Girls of Buffalo, Girl Scouts of Buffalo and
Erie County, Girl Reserves of YWCA- A study,
March
1928
|
|
| 1.7 |
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Children's Aid Society,
January
1922
|
|
| 1.8 |
|
Children's Aid Society, Study of Field Work,
1921
|
|
| 1.9 |
|
Crippled Children and the Blind, Memorandum concerning
Buffalo facilities for,
April
1926
|
|
| 2.1 |
|
Educational Cost Survey,
1919-1922
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|
| 2.2 |
|
Educational Foundation Plan,
1922-?
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|
| 2.3 |
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Erie County Board of Child Welfare, Study of Activities,
October
1921
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|
| 2.4 |
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Erie County Board of Child Welfare, Study of Insurance,
1928
|
|
| 2.5 |
|
Fitch Creche Studies,
March 1923, September
1926
|
|
| 2.6 |
|
Free Time Interests of 500 Buffalonians,
?-1937
|
|
| 2.7 |
|
Friendship Home,
February
1924
|
|
| 2.8 |
|
Health Center Free Dispensary #5- Urologic Clinic,
June
1921
|
|
| 2.9 |
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Housing of 1000 Families in Buffalo,
October
1936
|
|
| 3.1 |
|
Intermediate or Junior High School,
March
1922
|
|
| 3.2 |
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Juvenile Delinquency by Census Tracts,
1930-1933
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|
| 3.3 |
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Legal Aid Survey,
1924-1926
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| 3.4 |
|
Maternal Welfare Committee, Progress Report,
1930
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|
| 3.5 |
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Memorial Chapel, Report of,
1922
|
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| 3.6 |
|
Mercy Hospital Campaign,
October
1923
|
|
| 3.7 |
|
Negro Housing Study,
1920's
|
|
| 3.8 |
|
Neighborhood Houses #1, #2, #3 Study,
1929-1930
|
|
| 3.9 |
|
Origin & History of the Census Tract as a Statistical
Tool, by Jean Wallace,
1937
|
|
| 3.10 |
|
Out-of-Wedlock Children,
1937
|
|
| 3.11 |
|
Powaget-by-the-Sea, Rhode Island, a camp project for
undernourished children,
July
1923
|
|
| 4.1 |
|
Probation Study,
September
1942
|
|
| 4.2 |
|
Public Health Nursing Study- Visiting Nursing Association,
1920's
|
|
| 4.3 |
|
Recreational Facilities, Report of,
?-1932
|
|
| 4.4 |
|
RENT- Low Rent Areas, Buffalo,
1938
|
|
| 4.5 |
|
Salvation Army, Memorandum of Social Service Activities,
March
1924
|
|
| 4.6-4.7 |
|
Salvation Army Home & Ingleside Home, Study of the
Problem of Unmarried Mothers in Buffalo,
September
1928
|
|
| 5.1 |
|
Six Unfavorable Factors: Ranking of Buffalo Census Tracts
for Average Occurrence,
1930-1933
|
|
| 5.2 |
|
Tract 12, Census Study,
1930
|
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| 5.3 |
|
Twelve Year Review of the Buffalo Foundation,
1920-1932
|
|
| 5.4-5.5 |
|
Type, Cost, and Adequacy of Housing in Relation to
Composition and Certain Characteristics of 421 Families,
December
1935
|
|
| 5.6 |
|
Wright Board of Education Bill,
1922 Session of
the New York State Legislature
|
|
| 5.7 |
|
YWCA Industrial Study,
1922
|
|
| 5.8 |
|
Youth in Erie County, 18-24 Years of Age,
1938
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|
| 6 |
|
Foundation Forum,
1921-1947
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
Charitable uses, trusts,
and foundations--New York (State)--Buffalo Region
Charities--New York
(State)--Buffalo Region--Societies, etc.
Children--Institutional
care--New York (State)--Buffalo Region
Community development--New
York (State)--Buffalo Region
Community foundations--New
York (State)--Buffalo Region
Community organization--New
York (State)--Buffalo Region
Endowments--New York
(State)--Buffalo Region--Societies, etc.
Grants-in-aid--New York
(State)--Buffalo Region
Nonprofit
organizations--New York (State)--Buffalo Region
Research grants--New York
(State)--Buffalo Region
Social service--New York
(State)--Buffalo Region
Related Resources
Buffalo street guide by wards and census tracts: Buffalo census
tract map and 1940 census tract population. Available in the University
Archives. HA730.B8 B76 1940
