Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Department of Recreation, Russell Sage Foundation: Information About Its Field, Publications, and Methods of Co-Operation
The Department of Recreation grew out of an undertaking entered into by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1907, under the name of the Playground Extension Committee, to further the establishment of children's playgrounds and to give temporary aid to a national association then being organized to carry for ward the playground work.
In 1909 the Playground Extension Committee and the Back ward Children Investigation, also entered into by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1907, were combined to form the Depart ment of Child Hygiene. This Department had to do with matters pertaining to health, education, and recreation.
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