04047cpcaa2200697 4500 mm 73037903 DLC 20260227111614.0 cr ||||||||||| 730205|||||||||||| eng mm 73037903 ms 60000039 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng dan R lcmd Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914. Jacob A. Riis papers, 1870-1990 (bulk 1887-1913). 3,000 items. 18 containers. 8 microfilm reels. 8.4 linear feet. Arranged in six series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1873-1952; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1870-1918; Series 3: Speeches and Writings File, circa 1877-1959; Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1881-1900; Series 5: Miscellany; and Series 6: Addition, 1898-1990. Open to research. Correspondence, speeches, lectures, articles, appointment books, financial records, radio scripts, family papers, genealogical material, deeds, indentures, clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Riis's work as a journalist documenting the plight of urban slum dwellers in New York, N.Y., culminating in his book, How the Other Half Lives (1890). Includes his reports for the Council of Confederated Good Government Clubs and the Small Parks Committee, New York, N.Y. Family correspondents include his wives, Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis and Mary Phillips Riis; his daughter, Kate Riis; his sons, John Riis and Roger William Riis; his grandson, J. Riis Owre; and his granddaughter, Martha Riis Moore. Other correspondents include Felix Adler, Andrew Carnegie, Josephine Shaw Lowell, Theodore Roosevelt, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Microfilm edition available for a portion of the collection, no. 16,815. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Journalist, author, and humanitarian. Collection material in English, with Danish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258 Adler, Felix, 1851-1933 Correspondence. Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Correspondence. Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905 Correspondence. Moore, Martha Riis Correspondence. Owre, J. Riis Correspondence. Riis, Elisabeth D. Nielson, -1905 Correspondence. Riis, Kate Correspondence. Riis, John Correspondence. Riis, Mary Phillips Correspondence. Riis, Roger William, 1894- Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 Correspondence. Riis family. Council of Confederated Good Government Clubs. Small Parks Committee (New York, N.Y.) Civic improvement New York (State) New York. Humanitarianism. Journalism New York (State) New York. Reformers. Slums New York (State) New York. Social history. Social problems. New York (N.Y.) Social conditions. Authors. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Philanthropists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258.3 39259 39259