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Title	Hiram House Settlement House Report
Subject	Religion in Ohio Education Daily Life Universities and colleges Social settlements
Place	Hiram (Ohio) Portage County (Ohio) Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	"A Historical Report of the Sixteen Years Work at Hiram House" is a 113-page report by George Bellamy and others at Ohio's first settlement house. It documents the organization's social programs, among which were a trade school, a kindergarten, outings to parks, and the Social Reform Club. The book measures 5.75" x 9.25" (14.61 x 23.5 cm). George A. Bellamy (1872-1960), a member of the Hiram College class of 1896, served as director of Hiram House for fifty years. Bellamy and seven members of his YMCA Bible class were concerned with improving the living conditions of the poor in Cleveland. Their discussions on Progressive social reforms led them to consider the work of settlement houses around the country, such as Andover House (later renamed South End house), so called because students from Andover College founded it. The class decided to investigate the possibility of building such a house in Cleveland. Visiting the Whiskey Island neighborhood of Cleveland convinced Bellamy, Guy Strickland, and H.L. Atkinson of the great need for a settlement house. Bellamy assumed the responsibility for raising funds for salaries, rents, furniture, and equipment, and students and faculty of Hiram College pledged $300 toward the project for the first year of operation. Hiram House Settlement expanded in 1897 to include a summer camp for residents of Cleveland's crowded tenements and by the early 1900s, had established a permanent site for the camp in the Chagrin Valley. This site became the organization's home. Hiram House continued to follow Bellamy's vision of providing educational programs in a healthy and safe environment for residents of Cleveland's inner city through the twentieth century.
Creator	Bellamy, George Albert, 1872-1960
Date of Original	1912
Collection	George Bellamy Collection
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Hiram College
Type	Text

Title	Om2075_2542254_004
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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Image Width	1967
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