Simkhovitch, Mary K. (Mary Kingsbury), 1867-1951

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Settlement worker and housing reformer, Simkhovitch received a B.A. from Boston University in 1890 and did graduate work at Radcliffe, the University of Berlin, and Columbia. She was one of the organizers of the Association of Neighborhood Workers (1901) and a founder and first director of Greenwich House, a settlement house in Greenwich Village, N.Y. Simkhovitch, a published author, taught social economics at Columbia, was chair of the Congestion Committee and the City Recreation Committee in N.Y.C., president of the National Federation of Settlements and the Public Housing Conference, and served on the N.Y. State Boards of Welfare and Health and with the N.Y. Housing Authority. For further information, see Notable American Women, the Modern Period (1980).

From the description of Papers, 1852-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122407575

Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch was an American Social Worker who founded Greenwich House in New York City in 1902.

From the description of Letter, January 23, 1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 705898167

Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch (1867-1951) was one of the founders and longtime head of Greenwich House, a social settlement house in the Greenwhich Village area of New York City.

From the guide to the Mary Simkhovitch Papers, 1946-1951, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

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referencedIn Committee of Fourteen records, 1905-1932 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Boyden, Frank L. (Frank Learoyd), 1879-1972. Letter, August 19, 1946. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
creatorOf Simkhovitch, Mary K. (Mary Kingsbury), 1867-1951. Papers, 1852-1960 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Committee of Fourteen (New York, N.Y. : 1905). Committee of Fourteen records, 1905-1932. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Simkhovitch, Mary K. (Mary Kingsbury), 1867-1951. Letter, January 23, 1945. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Greenwich House Photographs, Bulk, 1902-1969, 1902-1991, (Bulk 1902-1969) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Laidlaw, Harriet Burton, 1873-1949. Papers, 1851-1958 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Greenwich House Records, Bulk, 1896-1946, 1896-1990, (Bulk 1896-1946) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Greenwich House (New York, N.Y.). Greenwich House records, 1896-1990 (bulk 1896-1946). Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Mary Simkhovitch Papers, 1946-1951 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn American Scholar, Records, 1926-2006, (bulk 1944-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Greenwich House Records, Bulk, 1896-1946, 1896-1990, (Bulk 1896-1946) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn United Neighborhood Houses of New York Records, 1898-1990 University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives
referencedIn New York City Housing Authority. Records 1923-1986 1934-1977. LaGuardia Community College Library Media Resources Center, Library Media Resources Center
referencedIn Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), b. 1874. Papers: Series I-IV, 1851-1958 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Harriet Wright (Burton) Laidlaw, 1873-1949 person
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associatedWith Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964. person
associatedWith Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. person
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associatedWith Kellogg, Paul U., 1879-1958. person
associatedWith King, Edith, 1884-1975. person
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associatedWith Kirchwey, Freda. person
associatedWith Laidlaw, H. B. (Harriet Burton), 1874- person
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associatedWith Miller, Mary Britton, 1883-1975. person
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associatedWith Roche, Josephine A. (Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976. person
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associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Scudder, Vida Dutton, 1861-1954. person
associatedWith Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. person
associatedWith Simkhovitch, Vladimir G. (Vladimir Gregorievitch), 1874-1959. person
associatedWith Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross. corporateBody
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associatedWith Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945. person
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associatedWith Van Kleeck, Mary, 1883- person
associatedWith Wald, Lillian, 1867-1940. person
associatedWith Welfare Council of New York City. corporateBody
associatedWith Women's Action Committee for Victory and Lasting Peace. corporateBody
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Birth 1867-09-08

Death 1951-11-15

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