University Settlement Society of New York

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University Settlement Society of New York
Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.86002515 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1986

The University Settlement Society of New York is an American organization which provides educational and social services to immigrants and low-income families,

settlement house in the United States.[clarification needed
]

History

Federal Art Project poster for an exhibition of art at the University Settlement (1937)

University Settlement was founded by

Forsyth Street.[4]

Historically, the settlement house, much like other settlement houses like

public baths. These settlements were also loci of Progressive Era
reform.

When founded, the resident workers at the University Settlement were all male and recent graduates of colleges. Several of these men were writers in addition to settlement house workers and used their writing as social protest and a means of reform. Residents between 1900 and 1907 included socialist writer

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Pulitzer Prize-winner Ernest Poole; Howard Brubaker, who later became a columnist for The New Yorker; writer Arthur Bullard; journalist Hamilton Holt; and author Walter Weyl, a founding editor of The New Republic
. Their interest in reform led to several articles and books on the housing and employment situation of workers on the Lower East Side, particularly women and children.

One issue that captured the imagination of many of the University Settlement writers was revolution in

1905 Russian Revolution
. They established contacts and helped establish a connection between radical writers in the U.S. and Russian revolutionaries.

During his administration, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt described University Settlement as "a landmark in the social history of the nation."[5]

Legacy

University Settlement continues to provide support services to residents of the Lower East Side, and now offers programs in 31 locations across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Programs serve New Yorkers of all ages and include child care, pre-school, housing assistance, mental health services, college and career preparation, crisis intervention, activities for seniors, arts events, English classes, after-school programs and summer camps.

Notable alumni and staff

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "About Us - University Settlement". Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Ross, Eva Jeany (1939). Fundamental Sociology. Bruce Publishing Company. p. 486. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Charles Stover". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  5. ^ Legacy of Light, 1986.
  6. ^ McClurken, Kara M. (April 22, 2011). "van Kleeck, Mary". Social Welfare History Project. The Social Welfare History Project. Retrieved June 13, 2015.

Bibliography

  • Davis, Allen (1985, reprint). Spearheads for Reform: The Social Settlements & the Progressive Movement, 1890 to 1914. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
  • Carson, Mina (1990). Settlement Folk: Social Thought and the American Settlement Movement, 1885–1930 University of Chicago Press.
  • Scheuer, Jeffrey (1986). Legacy of Light: University Settlement's First Century. New York City: University Settlement.

External links

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