"Problem of the Poor: A Record of Quiet Work in Unquiet Places" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
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Additional Resources
- Letter to the Editor: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Reaction: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Letter to the Editor: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Reaction: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Followup: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Letter to the Editor: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Discussion: "Prisoners of Poverty" "Mrs. Campbell's Good Work" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
- Comment: "Prisoners of Poverty" - Helen Campbell - New York Tribune
Articles, Books, Video/Film
I-"Studies in the Slums" - Helen Campbell - Lippincott's | "Water Street and Its Work"
May 1, 1880
In this first installment of her "Studies in the Slums" series, Campbell engages in a type of Socratic dialogue with ...II-"Studies in the Slums" - Helen Campbell - Lippincott's | "Jerry"
June 1, 1880
Campbell's second article in the series "Studies in the Slums" tells the story of Jerry, a bird-collector and ...III-"Studies in the Slums" - Helen Campbell - Lippincott's | "Nan; Or, A Girl's Life"
July 1, 1880
Campbell tells the story of Nan, a girl who was kidnapped and sold by her drunkard father when she was just a ...IV-"Studies in the Slums" - Helen Campbell - Lippincott's | "Jack"
August 1, 1880
In this article, Campbell tells a story of reform through Jack, a resident of the Fourth Ward, who after a long life ...V-"Studies in the Slums" - Helen Campbell - Lippincott's | "Diet and Its Doings"
September 1, 1880
Half academic and half ethnographic, in this article Campbell writes about the role of nutrition and welfare of New ...VI-"Studies in the Slums" - Helen Campbell - Lippincott's | "Jan in the North"
October 1, 1880
Campbell describes her encounter with a Finnish immigrant and his culture in the Cherry Street tenements of Lower ...I-"An Experience Meeting in Water Street" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
January 1, 1879
This article consists of Campbell's ethnographic account of one particular Sunday afternoon she spent in the ...II-"Sunday in Water Street" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
February 1, 1879
A continuation of Campbell's January article in Sunday Afternoon, where she recounts her experience spending a ...III-"The Tenement House Question" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
April 1, 1879
This article recounts a meeting between a group of New York City's social reformers as they discuss how to best to ...V-"An Experiment and What Came of It" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
June 1, 1879
In this article, Campbell takes it upon herself to teach the daughters of a family how to cook a high quality, but ...VI-"Max" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
July 1, 1879
Campbell relays her conversation with Max, a lifelong resident of the Lower Manhattan's tenements. Campbell's ...IV-"Six Stories in One" - Helen Campbell - Sunday Afternoon
May 1, 1879
In this article, Campbell discusses the housing conditions and crime rampant in the tenements of Lower Manhattan ...Helen Campbell's "The Problem of the Poor: A Record of Quiet Work in Unquiet Places"
1882