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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Diwakar Bhandari Finding aid written in English Gould (Elgin Ralston Lovell) 1860-1915 Papers 1881-1925 Ms. 085 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Margaret N. Burri November 1987 Diwakar Bhandari

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 Descriptive Summary Ms. 085 Gould (Elgin Ralston Lovell) 1860-1915 Papers 1881-1925 Gould, E. R. L. (Elgin Ralston Lovell), 1860-1915 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections 10 document boxes (4.2 linear feet) English The papers consist of 4 series: scrapbooks, lectures, writings and correspondence covering the years 1881-1925. The scrapbooks, the largest series, comprise 10 volumes that span 1899-1915 and contain newspaper clippings, dinner invitations, and articles. The clippings focus primarily on Gould's efforts as an urban Progressive, both in politics and housing reform. Gould was a founding member of the Citizens Union and an active campaigner for Seth Low's fusion candidacy in the mayoral race of 1901.Gould focused his energies on developing alternative housing for the working class. The clippings narrate the attempts by Gould and his company, City and Suburban Homes, to construct "model tenements." Since the secondary literature on Gould and the company is almost nonexistent, the clippings provide a starting point for exploring Gould's role in urban housing reform.Gould's writings and lectures illustrate his Progressive beliefs. His interests included industrial education (manual and technical training), the rescue movement (providing shelter and labor for the indigent), political reform, control of liquor traffic, and social conditions of labor.The correspondence, 1889-1922, includes only a small number of letters. The bulk of them (six) focus on the meeting of the International Statistical Institute in Chicago in 1893. Gould was American General Secretary of the Institute. The letters are from the State Department, apprising him which countries would be represented.Although the correspondence in this collection provides little insight into Gould's activities, letters written by Gould to Herbert Baxter Adams (Ms. 4) and Daniel Coit Gilman (Ms. 1) are more informative. Gould's letters to Adams discuss his work in Europe for the United States Department of Labor documenting labor conditions; those to Gilman recount his efforts to obtain manuscripts of Eduard Laboulaye for The Johns Hopkins University.A memorial volume to Gould, Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould: A Memorial, was privately printed by the League for Political Education in 1916 (Norwood, Mass.: The Plimpton Press). A copy of this may be found in the main stacks under the call number E664.G65. Administrative Information Provenance

The Gould papers were donated to the University in 1981 by Dr. Thomas Zaccheo. Zaccheo acquired them while purchasing something else.

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Permission to publish material from this collection must be requested in writing from the Manuscripts Librarian, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 21218.

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Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould Papers Ms. 85 Special Collections Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University

Biographical Note

Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould was born in 1860 in Ottawa, Canada. He received his B. A. from the University of Toronto in 1881, and came to the United States in 1882 to pursue doctoral studies at The Johns Hopkins University. Gould finished his Ph.D in 1886, and accepted a position with the Department of Labor to investigate European trade practices and living conditions of European workers.

After finishing his research, Gould joined the Hopkins faculty as a lecturer in 1892. He taught courses in the relatively new discipline of social science, focusing on research techniques as well as an exploration of social problems in Europe. He left Hopkins in 1895 to serve as professor of statistics at the University of Chicago, a position he held unitl 1896.

Gould moved his family to New York City in 1896 to assume the presidency of the City and Suburban Homes, a company formed for the purpose of building model tenement houses in New York as a business investment. Gould headed the company until his death in 1915.

Gould's interest in reform extended to politics. In the 1901 mayoral race he supported Seth Low's fusion candidacy against the corrupt Tammany machine. Gould served as City Chamberlain (city treasurer) during Seth Low's administration.

Gould died on August 18, 1915 in Cartier, North Bay, Canada, the victim of a riding accident. He was survived by his widow, the former Mary H. Purnell, three sons, Earl C. B., Lyttleton B. P. and John H.P., as well as a daughter, Mrs. Melzar M. Whittlesey.

 Description of Series/Container List Container List Container List, 10 boxes Box Contents 1 Biographical, 5 folders, 1895-1915 1 Correspondence, 1 folder, 1889-1913 1 Speeches and Lectures, 1883-1913 Industrial Education, n.d. Ramblings on Historic Ground, October 1883 Lecture delivered in Hopkins Hall...March 13, 1883. Subject--The Detached Dwelling. Social Studies in Utah, 1883 Address delivered before the Rescue Association, Trinity M.E. Church South, Baltimore, Nov. 13, 1893. Original Ms. of 'Labor Statistics in Europe' read Chicago Labor Congress, Aug. 29, 1893 Address on City Government in the Twentieth Century, [c. 1901-1903]. Address to Graduates at the Commencement Excercises of the Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, June 10, 1902 The Meeting Ground of Business and Philanthropy, 1913 1 Writings The National Banking System, Ms., n.d. The Indebtedness of Adam Smith to Turgot, for the Principles of his political System. Ms., December 6, 1881 The Antiquity of Man, Ms., 1879 The Civil Academy, 1887 The Gothenburg System Americanized, reprint, [c. 1893] Part of Original Data for Article on Social Conditions of Labor Written for the Chautauqua. March 15, 1893. Popular Control of the Liquor Traffic, 1894 Economics of Improved Housing, 1896 Essays on John the Baptist and the 12 Apostles, 1898 New Testament Biography, 1898-99 The Housing Problem in Great Cities, 1899 2 Scrapbook, July 1899-1901 3 Scrapbook, October 1901-April 1903 4 Scrapbook, April 1903-January 1904 5 Scrapbook, January 1905-November 1907 6 Scrapbook, April 1909-April 1910 7 Scrapbook, April 1911-June 1912 8 Scrapbook, June 1912-April 1913 9 Scrapbook, May 1913-January 1914 10 Scrapbook, January 1914-January 1915 Series II: City and Suburban Homes Correspondence Files Series II: City and Suburban Homes Correspondence Files, 5 record center boxes

This series contains letters sent to Gould in his position as director of the City and Suburban Homes Company. The company was founded by Gould, and its goal was to build "model tenements" for working class New Yorkers. There is additional information on the company in the scrapbooks.

Arranged alphabetically.

 Box Contents 11 Abbott, Nelson and Adelaide 11 A.D. Granger Company [Contracting Engineers] 11 Allen. W.F. 11 Ambrose, John F. 11 American Book Company 11 Amor, Edward [employee of City and Suburban Homes] 11 Architectural Review 11 Ascension Paris House 11 Bayer, R. C. 11 Board of Tenement House Supervision, New Jersey 11 Boardman, Clarinda 11 Boeland, Maude R. 11 Bogenrieder, James F. 11 Bohlk, W. J. 11 Boissevain & Company 11 Boll, Martha B. 11 Bolling, Raynal C. 11 Bond, Kate 11 Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Company 11 Bonnell, E. H. 11 Bosshard, Theodore 11 Boston, Charles A. 11 Boulton, Alfred 11 Boulton, Frances S. 11 Bourne, Frederick Gilbert 11 Bourne, James 11 Bowen, W. E. 11 Bowery Savings Bank 11 Boyd, Robert (Mrs.) 11 Boyden, F E. 11 Boylem, H. L. 11 Boynildson, Halfdon 11 Brady, Elizabeth 11 Brady, Gage 11 Brady, James 11 Brady, L. (Miss) 11 Brady, Peter J. 11 Braham, S.S. 11 Brainerd, E. 11 Brainerd, Cephas 11 Braunfels, Browning & Company, 11 Bray, Thomas K. 11 Brede, Inez (Mrs.) 11 Breed, William 11 Bregaty, P. 11 Bresnan, 11 Brewster, F. M. 11 Bridges, Benard A. 11 Brigham (Miss) 11 Brisheim, Edward 11 Brumbacher, N. 11 Bronx Windowshade Company 11 Brook, Mary G. 11 Brooklyn 11 Brooklyn Borough President 11 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11 Brooklyn Fund 11 Brooklyn Institute 11 Brooklyn Property 11 Brooklyn Public Library 11 Brookly Rapid Transit 11 Brooklyn Tenement 11 Brooklyn Trust Company 11 Brooks, Edward 11 Brotherhood of the Commonwealth 11 Brower, P.S. 11 Brown Brothers and Company 11 Brown, Caroline 11 Brown, Charles F. 11 Brown, Charles S. 11 Brown, Dickson Q. 11 Brown, Forrest 11 Brown, James 11 Brown, Ronald K. 11 Brown, Samuel Q. 11 Brown, Helen C. E. 11 Brownell & Patterson 11 Brownson, Caroline S. 11 Brownson, Edward S. 11 Brownson, H.E. 11 Brownson, J.E. 11 Bruce, Matilda W. 11 Brush, Edward H. 11 Bousal, Stephen 11 Buhler, J. 11 Buildings, Department of (various) 11 Bullard &Clark 11 Bullwinkle, Sidney M. 11 Bunting & Shrigley 11 Burchard, Edward 11 Burdett, Cyril (Title Insurance Company of New York) 11 Bureau of Buildings 11 Burnen, Oliver C. 11 Burns Bros. 11 Burnett, William 11 Burrell, F. H. 11 Burton (Mrs.) 11 Bush Terminal Company 11 Business Men's Association 11 Butler Bros. 11 Butler, Helen C. 11 Butler, Hugh S. 11 Century Magazine--Editorial Department 11 Chalmers, A. K. 11 Chanston, Mary 11 Charity Organization Society 11 Charles F. Brown Electrical and Mechanical Construction 11 Cincinnati Union Bethel 11 City and Suburban Homes Company 11 City and Suburban Homes Company--newspaper clippings 11 Clark, Helen F. 11 Clarke, P.S. 11 Clarkson, Josephine 11 Coffer, E. 11 Coghlan, William 11 Cohen, David 11 Cokeley, T. C.--General Electrics 11 Collett, Rich 11 Collins, Charles, 11 Collins, Ellen 11 Collins, Grace 11 Collins, Jane 11 Collins, Kate F. 11 Collins, Septhen W. 11 Colonial Development Corporation 11 Columbia Electrical Supply Company Box Contents 12 Correspondence: Damon - Guild Box Contents 13 Correspondence: Halpern - Libber Box Contents 14 Correspondence: Lincoln - Stutts Box Contents 15 Correspondence: Taber - Wright 15 Clippings 15 Requests for Building Permits 15 Plat