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Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era
A photograph of a group outside Palama Settlement in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1909.

A photograph of a group outside Palama Settlement in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1909.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Hawaii had a diverse population of native Hawaiians, Puerto Rican migrants, and American and European missionaries and entrepreneurs. Palama Settlement in Honolulu, Hawaii was founded in 1896 and by the early 1900s was offering many of the same services offered by settlement houses in major American cities, including public health training, childcare, and American history and civics classes. Hawaii was not yet a state but had been annexed as a territory of the United States.

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“Young Women in Costume and Group Outside Wood Frame House Used as Social Settlement 1909,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/de7cf8dcff1e22b7bf6feff30d6b82c2.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of National Anthropological Archives via the Smithsonian Institution.

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Item 7 of 15 in the Primary Source Set Settlement Houses in the Progressive Era

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A photograph showing early leaders of the settlement house movement, ca. 1900s.
A map of ethnic groups in a Chicago neighborhood served by Hull House, 1895.
Excerpts from a weekly schedule of lectures, clubs, and classes at Hull House in Chicago, 1892.
Excerpts from The City Wilderness: A Settlement Study, written by “residents and associates” of South End House in Boston, 1898.
A fundraising brochure for the Los Angeles Settlement House, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, ca. 1910s.
Excerpts from the 1920 Annual Report of the Unity Settlement Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A photograph of a group outside Palama Settlement in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1909.
A photograph by Lewis Hine of the singing class at Hull House in Chicago, 1910.
A photograph of a citizenship class held at Neighborhood House in Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1930s.
A photograph of a group of girls in gym class at Settlement Home in Atlanta, Georgia, 1903.
A photograph of children reading in the Mulberry Settlement House library, New York City, 1920.
A page featuring photographs of the play facilities and children served by Social Settlement in Washington, DC, 1905.
A photograph of a settlement house kindergarten in Chicago, Illinois, 1901.
A photograph of a group of adults and children outside Brownson House in Los Angeles, California, 1919.
A photograph of the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House football team, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1929.

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