The Commonwealth Fund (4 results)
More imagesPublished by Hugh Evelyn, 1960
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. A near fine copy with clean covers and with clean, crisp pages and with a straight, unrubbed spine. Some toning inside the front and rear covers and a little light corner rubbing. Please see photos.
[Harkness Fellowships.] Five Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed from Lansing V. Hammond of the Commonwealth Fund to Mark Bonham Carter, discussing the organization, cultural matters and death of his father William Churchill Hammond.
[Harkness Fellowships] Lansing V. Hammond of the Commonwealth Fund of New York City [his father William Churchill Hammond (1860-1949), organist and choir master; Mark Bonham Carter (1922-1994)]
Published by ONE ALS: 10 January ; on letterhead of the Hotel Durant Berkeley. TWO to SIX TLsS: 29 December 1948; 18 February 9 June and 8 July 1949; 3 May 1950; all on letterhead of The Commonwealth Fund 41 East Fifty-seventh Street New York 22 N.Y, 1948
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Add to basketLansing Van der Heyden Hammond (b.1906), son of the distinguished organist and choirmaster of Mount Holyoake College William Churchill Hammond, was for many years Director of the Commonwealth Fund Division of International Fellowships. For Bonham Carter, see his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present group of six items shed light…on the 1940s administration of the Commonwealth Fund. They are in good condition, lightly aged and creased. The autograph letter is 1p, 12mo; the five single-spaced typed letters total 6pp, 4to. All six are signed 'Lance'. ONE: ALS, 10 January 1948. 1p, 12mo. Asking him to postpone a dinner engagement, because he has 'learned that Allan McKelvie, one of last year's Fellows, is to be in Chicago on the 28th., leaving the next day for Rochester.' TWO: TLS, 29 December, 1948. 1p, 4to. With autograph postscript. 'I was most intersted in hearing your reaction to Cambridge. We also had the good luck of hearing a candlelight evensong in King's College Chapel; that I consider the most moving experience of the whole trip. I had never had a chance to realize before that the acoustics are as perfect as the architecture.' He will be interested to have his 'reactions to the plastic collars [.] the bell captain of the Yale Club, who first told me about them, assures me that one collar will last (continuous wearing) for more than a year.' He ends with news of 'Wick' - Commonwealth Fund administrator Ezra Koster Wickman (1895-1981) - and his operation. THREE: TLS, 18 February 1949. 1p, 4to. Begins: 'On the way to the office this morning I stopped in at Scribners and asked them to send you a copy of a book which I think will be of interest to you - President Conant's EDUCATION IN A DIVIDED WORLD. Wick and I both think it excellent. As you know, Conant is probably our most distinguished college president'. He describes 'a fabulous trip West' from which Wick has just returned: 'With his own eyes he saw (in Nebraska) mounds of snow sixteen feet high flanking the highways'. 'The new Fellows are all doing well; but Freeman Dyson continues to hold the record. He's just been given a five year appointment by the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton, [.] What a man. Geoffrey Crowther has been over here again, winning customary acclaim and delighting his audiences.' He ends with a reference to MBC's 'associations with William Collins & Son'. FOUR: TLS, 9 June 1949. 2pp, 4to. He begins by responding to MBC's account of 'the Flagstad SIEGFRIED': 'I heard her do Brunnhilde twice in the yers she was over here; and in some ways I think she was more remarkable in that than in any of her other roles. The way she did and responded to the "waking-up" music in the third act always made the part a new creation for me.' He now turns to 'another strong group of Fellows - and an unusually diversified range of subjects: among others, a composer of modern music (John D. L. Veale) from Oxford; John R. Wahl, from your college, who is doing a book on Rossetti, a classicist from Cambridge, a girl from Oxford and Hull in my 18th century field and an experimental psychologist from New College, Oxford (this is not Cambridge's year!) in addition to the lawyers, medical men, engineers and physical scientists we always get. With the exception of the psychologist who may go to Chicago, no one will be heading for your old stamping ground; but there will be three or four on the West coast; and two at Yale. As you can imagine, I'm very happy about the selections and placements!' He turns to the death of his father the organist William Churchill Hammond, in describing whose last days he writes: 'He never played more gloriously than at the noontide Good Friday service; he returned to the church to put the finishing touches to his Easter programme; and the last two pieces played - according to a choir member who slipped in to listen - were the Bach chorale, "Come, Sweet Death" and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from THE MESSIAH - a fitting climax to the good life.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Five Years in Fargo" presents a comprehensive overview of a landmark community health initiative conducted during the 1920s. This work details the results and methodologies of a significant child health demonstration project designed to improve local medical services, school hygiene, and pu…blic health nursing. The text explores the practical application of preventive medicine and health education within a representative American city, offering a collaborative perspective on the challenges and successes of early 20th-century social programs.The narrative examines the various components of the program, including infant and maternal welfare, dental hygiene, and the statistical impact on community mortality rates. It serves as a vital historical record of social engineering and public health policy, showcasing the transition toward organized, community-based health care. "Five Years in Fargo" is an essential resource for those interested in the history of medicine, public health administration, and the social history of the American Midwest. The book provides deep insights into how professional health standards were established and integrated into the daily lives of citizens during a transformative era in American social history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "Five Years in Fargo" presents a comprehensive overview of a landmark community health initiative conducted during the 1920s. This work details the results and methodologies of a significant child health demonstration project designed to improve local medical services, school hygiene, and pu…blic health nursing. The text explores the practical application of preventive medicine and health education within a representative American city, offering a collaborative perspective on the challenges and successes of early 20th-century social programs.The narrative examines the various components of the program, including infant and maternal welfare, dental hygiene, and the statistical impact on community mortality rates. It serves as a vital historical record of social engineering and public health policy, showcasing the transition toward organized, community-based health care. "Five Years in Fargo" is an essential resource for those interested in the history of medicine, public health administration, and the social history of the American Midwest. The book provides deep insights into how professional health standards were established and integrated into the daily lives of citizens during a transformative era in American social history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
