Endowments; Legal aid--Societies, etc.; Legal assistance to the poor; Boston (Mass.); Boston Legal Aid Society; Smith, Reginald Heber, 1889-1966
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Origin Information
1901
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
digitized microfilm
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 80
Note
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1900 A group of Boston attorneys in private practice found the Boston Legal Aid Society (BLAS) to meet the civil legal needs of the poor. BLAS primarily serves immigrants, with an emphasis on individual case work." [SOURCE: "Significant Event's in GBL S' History." Greater Boston Legal Services, https://www.gbls.org/about/history. Accessed 1 Oct. 2018.] The selection of Mr. Smith to write the report for the Carnegie Foundation on 'Justice and the Poor', was not only a tribute to his own ability and success as a lawyer, organizer and administrator, but also indirectly to the Boston Legal Aid Society. Most of the special knowledge and information which Mr. Smith had acquired was through his connection with this Society. In his treatment of his subject our office has served as an illustration of many principles sought to be explained. It is safe to assume that this pioneer work will stand as the authority on future problems of legal aid for some time." [SOURCE: Boston Legal Aid Society. Seventeenth Annual Report 1916-1917. Boston, Massachussetts, The Boston Legal Aid Society, 1918, pp. 11. HathiTrust, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hl1l0b. Accessed 1 Oct. 2018.]
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University