http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f1-subject%3DBauer,%20George%20P.,%201899-1988.;smode%3Dsimple;subject%3DCleveland%20(Ohio)%20--%20Foreign%20population;subject-join%3Dexact Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f1-subject=Bauer, George P., 1899-1988.;smode=simple;subject=Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population;subject-join=exact Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4325.xml George P. Bauer (1899-1988) was a social worker at Hiram House, Cleveland's first settlement house established in 1896. Cleveland, Ohio, was one of the centers of the settlement-house movement in America, one of the major and most enduring reform movements of the late 19th century. They were a response to the overcrowding, impoverishment, corruption, and disease caused by the rapid industrialization and growth of many cities during the latter half of the century. They are closely identified with the various reforms of the Progressive Era in America. Unique to the movement was the attempt to produce change by working from within those areas of the city and the segments of its population affected by urban problems. By World War I, a variety of settlements in addition to Hiram House existed, each serving a distinct neighborhood. Hiram House initially served the Jewish (later Italian and then Black) community along lower Woodland Avenue in Cleveland. The settlements generally enjoyed autonomy prior to World War I... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4325.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT