SW 12 Hamilton-Madison House Records University of Minnesota Libraries 2004
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Leslie Czechowski, 2004 English University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives [swha] Hamilton-Madison House Hamilton-Madison House Records 1898-1965 2 linear feet Madison House records (1899-1953) include legal records, board and committee minutes, annual reports, financial records, and files related to summer camp, anniversaries, and public relations. SW 12 English Administrative Information Use of Materials

Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.

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 Historical Note

Madison House (established in 1898 as the Down-Town Ethical Society) and Hamilton House (established in 1901) were settlement houses located on New York City's Lower East Side. The two settlements merged in 1954 to form Hamilton-Madison House.

Scope and Content

Madison House records (1899-1953) include legal records, board and committee minutes, annual reports, financial records, and files related to summer camp, anniversaries, and public relations. Hamilton House records (1925-1953) consist of house reports, board minutes, financial records, art program and group work files, guest books, and a 1937 scrapbook honoring Lillian Wald. Hamilton-Madison House records (1954-1965) include reports and photographs. (The Madison House records, included in this collection, are also available on microfilm as SWF010, Madison House microfilm.)

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940--Public opinion Hamilton-Madison House (New York, N.Y.) Hamilton-Madison House (New York, N.Y.)--Archives Social settlements--New York (State)--New York--History--Sources