Tacoma Community House: A Social Settlement, by Georgina Rowland
Mss.051
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Collection materials are in English.
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10 March 1932
The Tacoma Community House was established in 1907 by the Home Missionary Board of the Methodist Church. The Tacoma Community house began with the goal of providing a gathering space for children in Tacoma, and the organization offered programs, including a baby clinic, the first kindergarten classes in Tacoma, and English classes for recent immigrants. The
Tacoma Community House: A Social Settlement, is a Sociology 101 paper written by Georgina Rowland on the history of the Tacoma Community House and includes photographs.
Rowland, Georgina
[Name of document, date.] Tacoma Community House: A Social Settlement, Mss.051. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.
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Historical note
The Tacoma Community House was established in 1907 by the Home Missionary Board of the Methodist Church. The Tacoma Community house began with the goal of providing a gathering space for children in Tacoma, and the organization offered programs, including a baby clinic, the first kindergarten classes in Tacoma, and English classes for recent immigrants. The organization was also the first to hire an African American teacher in Tacoma.
The
Tacoma Community House: A Social Settlement, is a Sociology 101 paper written by Georgina Rowland for a University of Puget Sound course on the history of the Tacoma Community House and includes photographs.
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Tacoma
Tacoma (Wash.)--History
Children and Youth
College students--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Social sciences