Endowments; Americanization; Civilian war relief; United States; Community Service, Inc.; War Camp Community Service (U.S.); Daniels, John, 1881-; Burns, Allen T.
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1901 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 81
Note
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Study of Methods of Americanization; War Camp Community Service
A new agency in the field is Community Service, Inc. This is the successor of War Camp Community Service, and it aims to develop permanently activities that center about 'the use of leisure time.' The whole organization is still in such a formative st ate, and its programs and policies appear to differ so much from one locality to another, that it is difficult to discuss it definitely. Thus far, many of its activities are directed from the respective city headquarters with little neighborhood participation beyond enjoyment of the recreation provided. Funds are supplied mainly by philanthropic donation. Some activities have been put partly or wholly on a basis of local direction and support. In some instances, broad neighborhood connections have been formed through committees which include representatives of local organizations and delegates selected by 'blocks.' Wherever such local groups have developed, they bear a close resemblance to Community Councils, which will be considered below. As yet, Community Service has enrolled mainly native-born young people and comparatively few foreign-born adults. Instead of trying to enlist the co-operation of local immigrant organizations, it has in some instances regarded racial lines as barriers to be broken down as speedily as possible. By community singing, pageants, dances, and mass gatherings, it has attempted to bring people together regardless of race, but it has not yet produced much durable organization comprising adults of different races. Recent developments indicate, however, that no doubt as a result of actual experience, this organization is beginning to recognize the larger possibilities of co-operating with immigrant groups in a natural and organic way." [SOURCE: "Community Service Still Formative." Americanization Studies, Vol. 2, Harper & Bros., 1920, pp.302-303. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=I0eIAAAAMAAJ. Accessed 26 Sep. 2018.] "PUBLISHER'S NOTE The material in this volume was gathered by the Division of Neighborhood Agencies and Organization of Studies in Methods of Americanization. Americanization in this study has been considered as the union of native and foreign born in all the most fundamental relationships and activities of our national life. For Americanization is the uniting of new with native-born Americans in fuller common understanding and appreciation to secure by means of self-government the highest welfare of all. Such Americanization should perpetuate no unchangeable political, domestic, and economic regime delivered once for all to the fathers, but a growing and broadening national life, inclusive of the best wherever found. With all our rich heritages, Americanism will develop best through a mutual giving and taking of contributions from both newer and older Americans in the interest of the common weal. This study has followed such an understanding of Americanization. FOREWORD This volume is the result of studies in methods of Americanization prepared through funds furnished by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. It arose out of the fact that constant applications were being made to the Corporation for contributions to the work of numerous agencies engaged in various forms of social activity intended to extend among the people of the United States, the knowledge of their government and their obligations to it. The trustees felt that a study which should set forth, not theories of social betterment, but a description of the methods of the various agencies engaged in such work, would be of distinct value to the cause itself and to the public. The outcome of the study is contained in eleven volumes on the following subjects: Schooling of the Immigrant; The Press; Adjustment of Homes and Family Life; Legal Protection and Correction; Health Standards and Care; Naturalization and Political Life; Industrial and Economic Amalgamation; Treatment of Immigrant Heritages; Neighborhood Agencies and Organization; Rural Developments; and Summary. The entire study has been carried out under the general direction of Mr. Allen T. Burns. Each volume appears in the name of the author who had immediate charge of the particular field it is intended to cover. Upon the invitation of the Carnegie Corporation a committee consisting of the late Theodore Roosevelt, Prof. John Graham Brooks, Dr. John M. Glenn, and Mr. John A. Voll has acted in an advisory capacity to the director. An editorial committee consisting of Dr. Talcott Williams, Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick, and Dr. Edwin F. Gay has read and criticized the manuscripts. To both of these committees the trustees of the Carnegie Corporation are much indebted. " [SOURCE: Daniels, John. America Via the Neighborhood. New York, London, Harper & Bros., 1920. HathiTrust, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t26972f6h. Accessed 26 Sep. 2018.]