INDEX

Agency properties, 71, 74

Agnes Irwin School, 44

Alms-giving; deprecated by Miss Hill, 15

Alpha Pi Fraternity, 44

Amsterdam, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Animals on premises, 37, 38

Artisans Dwelling Act, 15

Ashes, 84

Association, the Octavia Hill: Its function, 8, 9 Its name, 11 Its history, 21–75 Its scope and field of effort, 77–102 Its financial returns, 103

Ayres, Alice, 16

Babies, 33

Bachelors, 74

Bath-tubs, 34

Berlin, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Boy Scouts, 19

Bricklaying, 8, 32

Browning Societies, 11

Building Association, Benevolent, 22

Building Inspection, Bureau of, 34

Burial Grounds, 17, 19

Cadets, 19

Carpentering, 8, 32, 66

Casa Ravello, 33

Catharine Street, 33

Chaucer, 20

Chicago, 21

Civic Club (Philadelphia), 21, 22, 25, 31

Clark, Mr. and Mrs. E. W., 43, 44

Collins, Ellen, 17

Crane, Walter, 16

Crenshaw, Nathaniel B., 22

Croats, 21

Dancing, 34

Deptford, 16

Dinwiddie, Emily W., 34–39

Directors (of the Association), 26

Dividends, 26, 60, 103–106

124Doctors, 33

Dundee, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 16

Edinburgh, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Emergency Aid, 66

Fairhill Street property, 31

Feld, Frederick C., 27, 65

Flag-raising, 51

Flowers, use of, 18, 34, 44

Fox, Hannah, 22, 34

“Friendly rent-collector”: her function, 8, 18, 77–93, 104

Front Street, 43

Games for children, 14

Garbage, 38, 84

Gardens, home and school, 14, 59

Garrison, Miss, 27

Germantown, 51, 52

Gifford, Edith Wright, 22

Girard Estate, 72

Glasgow, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Good Neighbors’ Club, 43

Gould, Dr. E. R. L., 77

Graveyards, 17, 19

Hampstead Heath, 16

Hardware, 101, 102

Head, Mrs. E. L., 52

Health, Board of, 34, 40

Hector Macintosh Playground, 33

Hill, James, 11

Hill, Octavia Her “legacy,”, 8 Her life and work, 11–20, 26, 77, 94

“Homes of London Poor” (Miss Hill’s book), 17, 18

Houses, various types of, acquired by Association, 28, 31

Housing Association, 40

Italians, 33, 38, 59, 92

Jenks, Mrs. William F., 22

Jews, 21, 28

Kingsley, Charles, inspires Miss Hill, 12

Kirkbride, Mrs. Thomas S., 25

Kyrle Society, 17

Laborers, 38

Landlords, 39, 83

League Street property, 31, 32, 33

Legacies, 71

125Legislation, 39, 40

“Letters to My Fellow-workers” (Miss Hill’s book), 18

Lombard Street property, 31

London, Octavia Hill in, 11–20

Longstreth, Mrs. Edward, 31

Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 17

Ludington, Charles H., 74

MacMillan’s Magazine, 16

Mahomet’s coffin, 7

Manning, Caroline, 40

“Massenhotels,”, 21

Mifflin family, 43

Miller, E. Spencer, 37

Model Homes Company, Philadelphia, 60, 104

Mothers’ Club, 33

Multiple dwellings, 7

Music, 14, 19, 34, 51

Naudain Street, 66

Negroes, 33, 66, 93, 95, 104

New houses, building of, 72

New Orleans, 21

Nurses, 33

Office force (of Association), 27, 102

Old Swedes’ Church, 32

Open spaces, 15

“Our Common Land” (Miss Hill’s book), 8

Painting, 32, 66, 94

Parliament, Hill, 16

Parrish, Helen L., 26, 31, 34

Pemberton Street, 43

Pembroke, Lord, 16

Penn, William, 44

Personal workers, 39

Philadelphia: City of homes, 7 “Under the Lid”, 21

Philadelphia Model Homes Company, 60

Philanthropy, 25, 26

Plastering, 8, 32, 66

Playgrounds, 14, 19, 33, 34, 51, 52, 60

Plumbing, 8, 25, 32, 37, 85, 94

Poles, 21, 51, 91

Poor laws, 17

Privy-wells, 96, 105

Properties, classification of agency, 71

126Red Cross cottages, 16

Rent-collecting: duties of “friendly rent-collector,”, 8, 18, 77–93,104

Rents, 18, 32, 33, 34, 52, 65, 71, 75, 93, 103

Richmond (Kensington), 51, 59

Royal Commission, 17

Ruskin, John: his assistance in Miss Hill’s plans, 12, 13, 14

San Francisco, 21

Serbs, 96

Seventh Street, 33

Sewage, 37

Shaen, Mrs., letter from, 14

Shakespeare Societies, 11

Shick, Robert P., 34

Singing Community, 14

Slovaks, 21

Smith, Southwood, 11

Social Science Association, 15

Southwark, 16, 33

Starr, Theodore, 22, 31

Starr Centre Association, 33

Stock, issues of, 26

Summer school, 33

Superintendent: his work, 8, 9, 94–102

“Sweating,”, 39

Sweden, Miss Hill’s influence in, 17

Taylor, Frank H., 25

Tenants, 18, 32, 33, 39, 65, 72, 77, 83, 84

Tenements, 7, 37, 39

Tibet, 38

Trust, National, 17

Tunlin, 101

Types of houses, 28

University of Pennsylvania, 44

University Settlement, Women’s, 17

Van Gasken, Dr. Frances C., 34

Veiller, Lawrence, 37

Vienna, 21

Volunteer service, 27, 72

Whittier Centre, 66

Wilson, Alexander, 32

Women, Employment of, 11

Wood, R. Francis, 26

Woodward, Dr. George, 33, 37

Workman Place, 43

Yom Kippur, 38

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

P. 78, changed “the signal for a fusillade of questions, petitions, complaints” to “the signal for a fusillade of questions, petitions, and complaints”.

Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.

Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.