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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Catholic Welfare Bureau is one of 29 United Givers agencies. This agency handles foster care and adoptions and provides counseling to unwed mothers and fam...
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Joseph Mitchell Speaks on Curtailing Welfare Program

Date: 11 17 1961
Description: Newburgh, N.Y. City Manager Joseph Mitchell, pictured here, gave a talk to University of Wisconsin Conservation Club about reducing federal and state welfa...
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Opening of Madison Public Housing

Date: 12 30 1964
Description: One of 36 new apartments at the Truax Field Madison public housing site. It is one of four public housing sites in Madison providing 160 units for those el...
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Richard Buckley, Director of City-County Alcohlism Information and Referral Center

Date: 08 27 1965
Description: Richard Buckley is hired as the new director of the City-County Alcoholism Information and Referral Center. Buckley comes to Madison from Omaha, Nebraska.
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Portrait of Social Worker Helen Hilton

Date: 11 05 1965
Description: Portrait of social worker Helen Hilton, 1919 U.W. graduate, taken upon her retirement from the city welfare department. She had worked more than 40 years a...

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