Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) 1849-1914 creator mixed material monographic eng dan 3,000 18 8 8.4 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. Open to research. 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 Journalists Philanthropists mm 73037903 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258.3 Open to research. DLC 730205 20260227111614.0 mm 73037903