Society for the Prevention of Crime records, 1878-1973

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Series VI: Parkhurst, C. H., 1892-1955

(1842-1933) Pastor of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, was President of the Society from 1891 to 1908 and a leader in the reform movement in New York City politics. A memorial to him was proposed for Madison Square but was never built.



Box 21 Parkhurst Testimonial, 1894


Box 21 Parkhurst Luncheon, 1922


Box 21 Parkhurst Memorial - correspondence, reports, clippings, photos, etc., 1928-1936



Box 22 Parkhurst Memorial - correspondence, etc., 1935-1941


Box 22 The New Yorker articles on Parkhurst, 1955