Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Powell, Lyman P. (Lyman Pierson), 1866-
2. Riis, Mary Phillips, -1967.
3. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
4. Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
5. Tracy, Roger Sherman, 1841-1926.

Description

1. 4.25 linear feet (7 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, manuscripts, photographs, and printed matter.

Subject

1. Riis, Elisabeth Nielsen, -1905
2. Social reformers
3. Lecturers
4. Journalists
5. Photographs
6. Diaries
7. New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
8. Denmark > Pictorial works
9. Working class > Dwellings
10. Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York
11. Low-income housing
12. Child labor > Law and legislation
13. Child welfare
14. Charity
15. Phillips family
16. Riis, Jacob A (Jacob August), 1849-1914

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 2579

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Additional formats (note)

1. available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

1. Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was a journalist, author, social reformer, and photographer.

Language (note)

1. in Danish.

Author

1. Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.

Title

1. Jacob Riis papers, 1871-1916, bulk (1900-1910).

Additional formats

1. Diaries, 1871-1875; available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
2. Selected notebooks; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-469

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was a journalist, author, social reformer, and photographer. He was born in Denmark and emigrated to the U.S. in 1870. While working as a reporter for the New York Tribune, he began his crusade to improve urban life. His efforts to ameliorate conditions in the slums included campaigns for effective child-labor laws and building codes. Riis worked at the Tribune until 1888 when he became a police reporter at the Evening Sun. After his retirement in 1899, he continued to write books and articles and lectured extensively. Riis and his second wife, Mary Phillips, moved to a farm in Barre, Massachusetts in 1911.

Language

1. Some materials in Danish.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Journalists.
2. Lecturers.
3. Social reformers.

Added author

1. Powell, Lyman P. (Lyman Pierson), 1866-
2. Riis, Mary Phillips, -1967.
3. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
4. Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940.
5. Tracy, Roger Sherman, 1841-1926.

LCCN

1. ms 71000353

Research call number

1. MssCol 2579