Linked Together By the Law [suffrage postcard by May Wilson Preston]
Oversized postcard illustrated by May Wilson Preston, 1911 (signed). <br /><br />Image Description: <br /><br />Editorial cartoon captioned, "LINKED TOGETHER BY THE LAW" shows a convict, a woman, a child, and an intellectually disabled man standing in a row, shackled together. The balls at the end of the chains that bind them read "The Law." <br /><br />On the card's reverse: <br />"In Virginia all citizens are allowed to vote except criminals, idiots, insane people, and women and children."
M 9 Box 55 <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
after 1911
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Learn more: <br /><br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=suffrage" target="_blank" title="materials related to woman suffrage" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suffrage</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal<br />Learn more: <br /><br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/exhibits/show/editorial-cartoons/gallery" target="_blank" title="online exhibit "Wielding the Pen"" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wielding the Pen: Editorial Cartooning for Social Reform</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal <br /><br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=suffrage" target="_blank" title="suffrage materials" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suffrage</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal <br /><br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=women+cartoonists" target="_blank" title="editorial cartoons by women artists" rel="noreferrer noopener">Women cartoonists</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal <br /><br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/suffrage-south-poll-tax/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suffrage in the South: The Poll Tax</a>, Social Welfare History Project <br /><br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/suffrage-south-part-ii-one-party-system/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suffrage in the South Part II: The One Party System</a>, Social Welfare History Project
What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors
Issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D.C.; Series: Monograph ; no. 3.; Vocational Rehabilitation Series ; no. 3 <br /><br />"The great American Congress felt the pulse of the Nation. It has charged the Federal Board for Vocational Education with the specific task of reeducating, retraining all disabled soldiers and sailors to take their place in the world as independent, self-supporting citizens. <strong>YOU, the employers of America, are charged with the duty of cooperation.</strong>"<br /><br /><strong>Federal Board for Vocational Education Members:<br /></strong><br />David F. Houston, Chairman, Secretary of Agriculture<br />James P. Munroe, Vice Chairman, Manufacture and Commerce<br />William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce<br />Charles A. Greathouse, Agriculture<br />William B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor<br />Arthur E. Holder, Labor<br />P. P. Claxton, Commissioner of Education<br /><br /><strong>Executive Staff:</strong><br /><br />Layton S. Hawkins, Chief Vocational Education Division<br />Charles H. Winslow, Chief Research Division<br />J. A. C. Chandler, Chief Rehabilitation Division<br />Lewis H. Capris, Assistant Director for Industrial Education<br />F. G. Nichols, Assistant Director for Commercial Education<br />Josephine T. Berry, Assistant Director for Home Economics Education<br />W. H. Hummel, Assistant Director for Agricultural Education <br /><br />Compare the cover illustration to this poster titled, "<a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/410" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Keep'em Smiling poster">Keep'em Smiling!</a>"
United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education.
<a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21396643960001101" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Special Collections and Archives</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Government publication
1918 November
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/disability/disability-rights-universal-design/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disability Rights & Universal Design</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/federal/u-s-department-of-veteran-affairs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><br /></a>
Virginia Home for Incurables, W. Broad and Robinson streets, Richmond, Virginia
In 1894, Mary Tinsley Greenhow, who as a teenager was paralyzed during a horse riding accident, founded the Virginia Home for Incurables. Disabled Richmonders needing life-long care lived at the home near Capitol Square. <br /><br />In 1898, the home moved to W. Broad and Robinson streets, across from the future site of the Science Museum of Virginia. It moved to its present location on Hampton Street in Byrd Park in 1930. The name shortened to The Virginia Home in 1963. <br /><br />Today, Virginia residents at least 18 years of age with an irreversible physical disability can apply for residence. The Virginia Home provides nursing and medical care, therapy, counseling services, job and recreational opportunities to its residents.
Cook, Huestis P. (likely photographer)
Cook Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine,</a>
c. 1900
The Valentine
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/organizations/labor/passaic-textile-strike-1926-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passaic Textile Strike, 1926</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/organizations/labor/passaic-textile-strike-1926-film/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passaic Textile Strike (1926) - film</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Labor</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Story of the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies
This pamphlet provides a brief history of the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies. The pamphlet is accompanied with photographs displaying the nursery with a few photos of the blind children it cared for, while providing information about those who operated the nursery and cared for the children.
Boston Nursery for Blind Babies
<a href="https://www.simmons.edu/library/archives/collections/charities" target="_blank" title="Simmons College Archives Charities Collection" rel="noreferrer noopener">Simmons University Archives Charities Collection</a>
c. 1910
Simmons University Library
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/blind/" target="_blank" title="articles from the history of services for the blind" rel="noreferrer noopener">Blindness</a>, Social Welfare History Project <br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/annualreportofbo122bost/page/n9" target="_blank" title="Annual Report via Internet Archive" rel="noreferrer noopener">First Annual Report of the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies, 1901,</a> Internet Archive <br /><a href="https://www.perkins.org/history" target="_blank" title="Perkins History Museum" rel="noreferrer noopener">Perkins History Museum</a>, Perkins School for the Blind <br /><a href="http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/history/12" target="_blank" title="AFB website - history" rel="noreferrer noopener">More Than 90 Years of Advocacy and Support for People with Vision Loss</a>. American Foundation for the Blind
Society for the Entertainment of Shut-ins, 1908 [annual report]
The Society for the Entertainment of Shut-Ins (SESI) was founded in 1901 by the Rev. George W. Shinn, D. D. in Boston, Massachusetts. <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Shinn%2C+George+W.+%28George+Wolfe%29%2C+1839-1910%22" target="_blank" title="books by the Rev. G. W. Shinn on Internet Archive" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shinn</a> was the rector of <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/fFVBeVbA8d22" target="_blank" title="Grace Episcopal Church, Google Maps" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grace Episcopal Church</a>, Newton, Ma. <br /><br />According to these documents, the Society aimed “to relive the monotony and pain of a shut-in life…Its original plan included giving entertainments in hospitals and other institutions…the present work is chiefly among isolated invalids, and almost entirely with chronic sufferers, 'whom the Lord has shut in.'” <br /><br />Excerpts: <br />p. 4 "Many invalids would be glad to dispose of their handiwork and orders for needle work of all kinds, paper flowers, painting, etc., can be filled. It would be a great help if some of the members of the society would undertake a sale of this work, thus helping the Shut-Ins to help themselves." <br /><br />p. 8 "In January, 1907, this Society became affiliated with the Shut-In Society, and a number of invalids were made members of the larger organization, whose scope is world-wide but whose mission of cheer is largely carried on by correspondence, and which as a society does not give any material assistance. From the first the two have worked in harmony although not officially connected."
Shinn, George W.
<a href="https://www.simmons.edu/library/archives/collections/charities" target="_blank" title="Charities Collection" rel="noopener noreferrer">Simmons University Archives Charities Collection</a>
1908
Simmons University Library
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18900504.2.103&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1" target="_blank" title="Newspaper article, 1890" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Shut-in Society. An association of invalids who correspond with one another.</a> San Francisco Call, Volume 67, Number 165, 4 May 1890, California Digital Newspaper Collection <br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/public-welfare/old-age-assistance-an-overview/" target="_blank" title="Old Age Assistance: An Overview" rel="noreferrer noopener">Old Age Assistance: An Overview</a>, Social Welfare History Project <br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/public-welfare/aid-for-the-aged/" target="_blank" title="Aid for the Aged: Title I of the Social Security Act" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aid For The Aged: Title I of the Social Security Act</a>, Social Welfare History Project <br />Achenbaum, W.A. and Carr, L.C. <a href="https://www.asaging.org/blog/brief-history-aging-services-united-states" target="_blank" title="Brief History of Aging Services in the U.S." rel="noreferrer noopener">A Brief History of Aging Services in the United States</a>, American Society on Aging
Dig In! [editorial cartoon by Fred O. Seibel]
Editorial cartoon in support of the Salvation Army Home Service Fund by Fred O. Seibel, published in <em>The Knickerbocker Press</em>, May 1919. Mounted and identified as no. 741.<br /><br />This Salvation Army campaign was conducted between May 19-26, 1919 to raise money to rebuild the Salvation Army after its service in World War I, and to provide for the needs of soldiers returning from war. National Doughnut Day, celebrated the first Friday of June, honors the Salvation Army members who served soldiers in World War I. <br /><br />In 1917, over two hundred-fifty Salvation Army volunteers went overseas to France to provide supplies and baked goods, including donuts, to American soldiers. <br /><br />A woman from the Salvation Army stands behind an upturned tambourine filled with coins.<br /><br />Text: <br /><br />"Dig In! <br /><br />Veteran: "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Believe Me</span>, If you want to come across for a worthy cause, get in on this toot sweet!" <br /><br />Moses Crow: "Ask the man who <span style="text-decoration:underline;">knows!</span>" <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><br /><br /><br /></span>
M 23, Box 2 <a href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00068.xml" target="_blank" title="finding aid" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frederick Otto Seibel papers, 1882-1968</a>, James Branch Cabell Libraries, VCU Libraries
1919 May
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Learn more: <br /><br />"<a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3g10026/" target="_blank" title="Color transparency" rel="noreferrer noopener">A man may be down but he's never out!</a>" Home Service Fund Campaign - Salvation Army - May 19-26, 1919 / / Frederick Duncan. Library of Congress<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" target="_blank" title="The Salvation Army" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Salvation Army</a>. Wikipedia<br /><br /><a href="https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/history-of-the-salvation-army/" target="_blank" title="Salvation Army website" rel="noreferrer noopener">Our history</a>. Salvation Army website <br /><br /><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&date1=1919&date2=1919&proxtext=Home+Service+Fund&x=16&y=11&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic" target="_blank" title="historic newspapers from across America" rel="noreferrer noopener">Home Service Fund (1919)</a>. Chronicling America, Library of Congress <br /><br /><a href="https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=Salvation+Army" target="_blank" title="materials tagged "Salvation Army"" rel="noreferrer noopener">Salvation Army</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal