Research Catalog

Title

Social and physical condition of Negroes in cities : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University and proceedings of the second Conference for the Study of Problems Concerning Negro City Life, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1897.

Author

Conference for the Study of Problems Concerning Negro City Life (2nd : 1897 : Atlanta)

Publication

Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta University Press, 1897.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Atlanta University.
• Atlanta University Press, publisher.

Description

72, 14 pages; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Series Statement

Atlanta University publications ; no. 2

Subjects

• African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964
• City and town life > United States
• Public health > United States
• Urban health > United States
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• African Americans > Statistics, Vital
• Families > Health and hygiene > United States
• African Americans > Health and hygiene > Congresses
• Ink stamps (Provenance)

Genre/Form

• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• Series statement at head of title page.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906

Source (note)

• Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on recto of upper wrapper "A. Schomburg." With the ink stamp on recto of upper wrapper: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Introduction -- I. Results of the investigation. General summary / Butler R. Wilson, Esq. -- Social and physical progress, a comparative analysis of the reports of the boards of health in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charleston, Memphis and Richmond / Mr. L.M. Hershaw -- The physical condition of the race, whether dependent upon social conditions or environment / Prof. Eugene Harris -- II. Proceedings of the conference. Minutes -- Resolutions adopted by the conference -- III. Addresses, papers, and letters. Address / President Horace Bumstead -- Prenatal and hereditary influences / Mrs. Adella Hunt Logan -- Care of neglected children / Rev. J.E. Smith -- The need of friendly visitation / Rev. H.H. Proctor -- Causes of consumption, and practical methods of preventing it / A.J. Love, M.D. -- Ventilation / H.R. Butler, M.D. -- Care of the teeth and its relation to health / J.R. Porter, D.D.S. -- Address before the women's meeting / Miss Lucy C. Laney -- Friendly visiting / Mrs. Minnie Wright Price -- Mothers' meetings / Mrs. Georgia Swift King -- Need of day nurseries / Mrs. Selena Sloan Butler -- Need of kindergartens / Mrs. Rosa Morehead Bass -- Reports from cities -- Extracts from letters -- IV. Appendix, selected statistics. From house-to-house investigation -- From analysis of reports of boards of health.

Call Number

Sc 614.1-C (Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems. 2nd. Social and physical condition of Negroes in cities)

LCCN

01013038

OCLC

2310278

Conference

Conference for the Study of Problems Concerning Negro City Life (2nd : 1897 : Atlanta)

Title

Social and physical condition of Negroes in cities : report of an investigation under the direction of Atlanta University and proceedings of the second Conference for the Study of Problems Concerning Negro City Life, held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1897.

Publisher

Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta University Press, 1897.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Atlanta University publications ; no. 2

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 9579

Provenance

Copy in Sc 614.1-C (accession no. B880417) inscribed: in ink on recto of upper wrapper "A. Schomburg." With the ink stamp on recto of upper wrapper: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust (University of California copy)

Added Author

Atlanta University.

Atlanta University Press, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

Sc 614.1-C (Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems. 2nd. Social and physical condition of Negroes in cities)

IEC (Atlanta Univ. Pub. no. 2, 1897)