Research Catalog

Title

Jacob Riis papers, 1871-1916, bulk (1900-1910).

Author

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Powell, Lyman P. (Lyman Pierson), 1866-
• Riis, Mary Phillips, -1967.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
• Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
• Tracy, Roger Sherman, 1841-1926.

Description

4.25 linear feet (7 boxes).

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, manuscripts, photographs, and printed matter.

Subjects

• Riis, Jacob A (Jacob August), 1849-1914
• Riis, Elisabeth Nielsen, d. 1905
• Lecturers
• Phillips family
• Child labor > Law and legislation
• New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
• Low-income housing
• Denmark > Pictorial works
• Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York
• Diaries
• Child welfare
• Working class > Dwellings
• Photographs
• Social reformers
• Charity
• Journalists

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Photographs.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

• Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was a journalist, author, social reformer, and photographer.

Language (note)

• in Danish.

Call Number

MssCol 2579

OCLC

NYPW94-A214

Author

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.

Title

Jacob Riis papers, 1871-1916, bulk (1900-1910).

Additional Formats

Diaries, 1871-1875; available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Selected notebooks; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-469

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was a journalist, author, social reformer, and photographer. He was born in Denmark and emigrated to the U.S. in 1870. While working as a reporter for the New York Tribune, he began his crusade to improve urban life. His efforts to ameliorate conditions in the slums included campaigns for effective child-labor laws and building codes. Riis worked at the Tribune until 1888 when he became a police reporter at the Evening Sun. After his retirement in 1899, he continued to write books and articles and lectured extensively. Riis and his second wife, Mary Phillips, moved to a farm in Barre, Massachusetts in 1911.

Language

Some materials in Danish.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Journalists.

Lecturers.

Social reformers.

Added Author

Powell, Lyman P. (Lyman Pierson), 1866-

Riis, Mary Phillips, -1967.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.

Tracy, Roger Sherman, 1841-1926.

LCCN

ms 71000353

Research Call Number

MssCol 2579