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100	1		_aRiis, Jacob A. _q(Jacob August), _d1849-1914.
245	0	0	_aJacob A. Riis papers, _f1870-1990 _g(bulk 1887-1913).
300			_a3,000 _fitems.
300			_a18 _fcontainers.
300			_a8 _fmicrofilm reels.
300			_a8.4 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged 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.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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.
530			_aMicrofilm edition available for a portion of the collection, _dno. 16,815.
533			_aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. _bWashington, D.C. : _cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service, _d1976.
544			_3Photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aJournalist, author, and humanitarian.
546			_aCollection material in English, with Danish.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258
600	1	0	_aAdler, Felix, _d1851-1933 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aCarnegie, Andrew, _d1835-1919 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aLowell, Josephine Shaw, _d1843-1905 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMoore, Martha Riis _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aOwre, J. Riis _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRiis, Elisabeth D. Nielson, _d-1905 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRiis, Kate _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRiis, John _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRiis, Mary Phillips _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRiis, Roger William, _d1894- _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRoosevelt, Theodore, _d1858-1919 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSaint-Gaudens, Augustus, _d1848-1907 _vCorrespondence.
600	3	0	_aRiis family.
610	2	0	_aCouncil of Confederated Good Government Clubs.
610	2	0	_aSmall Parks Committee (New York, N.Y.)
650		0	_aCivic improvement _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aHumanitarianism.
650		0	_aJournalism _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aReformers.
650		0	_aSlums _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aSocial history.
650		0	_aSocial problems.
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _xSocial conditions.
656		7	_aAuthors. _2itoamc
656		7	_aJournalists. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPhilanthropists. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258.3
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