{"id":4325,"date":"2026-08-17T21:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll042\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:15","slug":"coll042","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll042\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Riis letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"firstbox\">\n<div class=\"section1\">\n<h1 id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h1>\n<div id=\"table-content\">\n<table id=\"overviewtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>Title:<\/td>\n<td>Jacob Riis letter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Call Number:<\/td>\n<td>Coll042<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Creator:<\/td>\n<td>Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates:<\/td>\n<td>May 17, 1910<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Size:<\/td>\n<td>1 box (1 linear foot)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language:<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Abstract:<\/td>\n<td>Comprises one piece of correspondence from New York City photographer Jacob Riis to the Hon. Charles E. Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. In the letter, Riis congratulates Hughes on his appointment and discusses the candidacy of William Verbeck for Office of Adjutant General of the State of New York.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citation:<\/td>\n<td>Jacob Riis letter, Collection 42, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"secondbox\">\n<div class=\"section2\">\n<h1 id=\"adminbiog\">Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n<p>Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was a journalist, photographer and social reformer; originally from Denmark, he arrived in the US in 1870. He pioneered documentary photography and used his art to comment on and incite awareness about societal problems, including urban poverty.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section3\">\n<h1 id=\"scope\">Scope &amp; Content<\/h1>\n<h2>Arrangement<\/h2>\n<p\/>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section4\">\n<h1 id=\"provinfo\">Provenance Information<\/h1>\n<h2>Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n<p\/>\n<h2>Processing Note<\/h2>\n<p\/>\n<h2>Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n<p>Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.umbc.edu\/display\/library\/Special+Collections+Procedures?preview=\/11437110\/11731403\/UMBCProcessing_Description.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section5\">\n<h1 id=\"access\">Access &amp; Use<\/h1>\n<h2>Finding Aids<\/h2>\n<p>Finding Aid: <a href='\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll042\/'>\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll042\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Access Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>No restrictions.<\/p>\n<h2>Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n<p>Reproductions allowed for research purposes. UMBC is the copyright owner; permission to reproduce is required.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section6\">\n<h1 id=\"subjects\">Subject Headings<\/h1>\n<h2>Creators<\/h2>\n<p>Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914<\/p>\n<h2>Subjects<\/h2>\n<p>Photographers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4325","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}