Name/Title
Report, AnnualEntry/Object ID
2017.9.347d1Description
"Report of the Americanization Committee of Germantown From May Nineteen Twenty to March Nineteen Twenty-One." is published in booklet format with soft covers, 10 unpaginated pages. Is bound together with two staples. Dimensions: 3.25 x 6".
Includes insert "Rummage Sale for the Benefit of Americanization Work at the Community Room," Haines and Morton Streets, Saturday, April 16th, 1921. Let us have anything you can spare. It will be called on for notice to Mrs. Geo. S. Wertsner, 79 Herman Street. Phone, Germantown 2313-W."
The report begins on page 2 with a poem, "The Big Problem" by Edgar A. Guest, about the struggles a new immigrant faces when arriving to the United States.
The report then notes "As we approach the close of a year of work among the foreign-born on the east side of Germantown, the Americanization Committee believes that a statement of the work will be welcomed by those who have generously given of their time and means to assist in this problem. Under the able management of Miss Grace Yardley, the director, the following activities have been organized and are being developed as means and workers are available: Cooking and Sewing Classes, A Library and Story Hour, Two Boys' Clubs, Boy and Girl Scouts, English Classes for Men." The report then continues with a discussion of other activities, with an inducement to readers to become members of the Committee.
Board members listed include Mrs. Edward V. Kane [Chair], Mrs. E. Wheeler Jenkins [Vice Chair], Mrs. Robert P. Newbern [Secretary], and Mrs. Walter P. Miller [Treasurer].
The report includes a statement of income and expenditures, May 1920 to March 14th, 1921.
Inside the back cover, the Women's Club of Germantown, the Germantown Chapter of the D. A. R., the Germantown Visiting Nurse Society, and the Germantown Branches Civic Club are listed, along with board chairs. It is not known as to how these organizations are connected to the Americanization Committee.
On the back cover is a form for those interested in contributing to the Americanization Committee.Collection
Pamphlet Box Collection