Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Jacob A Riis papers, 1870-1990
Personal name
Main title
- Jacob A. Riis papers, 1870-1990 (bulk 1887-1913).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258.3
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Description
- 3,000 items.
- 18 containers.
- 8 microfilm reels.
- 8.4 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
- Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010258
Local shelving no.
- 0535K
- Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 24,475)
- Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 24,887)
- Microfilm 16,815-8N-8P
Biography/History note
- Journalist, author, and humanitarian.
Organized/Arranged
- 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.
Summary
- 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.
LC Subjects
- Adler, Felix, 1851-1933--Correspondence.
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence.
- Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905--Correspondence.
- Moore, Martha Riis, 1914-2008--Correspondence.
- Owre, J. Riis, 1908---Correspondence.
- Riis, Elisabeth D. Nielson, 1852-1905--Correspondence.
- Riis, Kate, 1887-1955--Correspondence.
- Riis, John, 1882-1946--Correspondence.
- Riis, Mary Phillips, 1877-1967--Correspondence.
- Riis, Roger William, 1894-1953--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.
Notes
- Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English, with Danish.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Riis family and others, 1952-1991.
- Purchase, 1979.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Jacob A. Riis Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition available for series 1-5 of the collection, no. 16,815.
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.
LCCN
- mm 73037903
Other standard no.
- MSS37903
Language code
- eng dan
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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- Microfilm 16,815-8P
- Series 1-5
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- Microfilm 16,815-1P
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- reel 6
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- Mss. 16,815
- Master negative
- Set 1
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