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Title
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Mss 280
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Part 1 (Mss 280): Original Collection, 1924-19540.4 c.f. (1 archives box) The records of the Wisconsin Correctional Service consist of correspondence, mainly between Ruth Parsons Baker and her father, the Reverend James Parsons, and between Ruth Baker and her uncle, the Reverend Charles Parsons. Although some of the letters are personal, nearly all deal with administrative details of the Society for the Friendless in Wisconsin, including raising money, acquiring and training superintendents and case workers, and logistical considerations, e.g. railroad passes. Because James and later Charles Parsons were national superintendents of the Society, and superintendents of state organizations other than Wisconsin (Kansas-Missouri, California, and Iowa), the papers are of a broader scope than the Wisconsin Division alone. Included in the collection also is a copy of Fred B. Haynes' The Society for the Friendless, 1900-1952, a thirty-page study of the Society published in 1954.
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Correspondence
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James Parsons
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Box
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Folder
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1924, October-December
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Box
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Folder
2
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1925
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Box
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Folder
3
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1926
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Box
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Folder
4
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1927
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Box
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Folder
5
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1928
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Box
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Folder
6
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1929
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Box
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Folder
7
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1930
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Box
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Folder
8
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1931
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Box
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Folder
9
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1932
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Charles Parsons and James Parsons
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Box
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Folder
10
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1933
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Box
1
Folder
11
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1934
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Box
1
Folder
12
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1935
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Box
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Folder
13
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1936
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Box
1
Folder
14
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1937
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Box
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Folder
15
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1938
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Box
1
Folder
16
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1939
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Box
1
Folder
17
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1940
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Box
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Folder
18
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1941
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Box
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Folder
19
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1944, November 6 - December 1945
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Box
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Folder
20
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1950, June
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Box
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Folder
20
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Haynes, Fred B., The Society for the Friendless, 1900-1952. Iowa City, Iowa: State University of Iowa, 1954
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