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Ghiscard Pierre, Kristen Brothers 12/18/12 U.S History 2 Ms.Flores Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources: 1. Bureau Publication.

Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1912. Print. This government document gave us a firsthand look at the structure of the Childrens bureau. 2. Grams, Armin. Parent Education and the Behavioral Sciences: Relationships between Research Findings and Policies and Practices in Parent Education : Summary of a Conference Jointly Sponsored by the Institute of Child Development and Welfare, University of Minnesota, and the Children's Bureau. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Social Security Administration, Children's Bureau, 1960. Print. This source gave us background information on the parent education practices that the Childrens bureau had. 3. Lathrop, Julia C. "The Children's Bureau." American Journal of Sociology 18.3 (1912): 1-318. Print. This Journal discussed Lathrops firsthand interactions with the Childrens Bureau. 4. "The Childrens Charter [Government Document]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #124, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/124 (accessed November 21, 2013). This source showed us a Charter of the Childrens bureau drafted out in 1930 by the Government. 5. United States. Children's Bureau. Department of Committee and Labor. The Children's Bureau. N.p.: Washington, 1912. Print. (http://www.mchlibrary.info/history/chbu/20364.pdf ) This gave us an official look on the History of the Childrens Bureau Act. 6. U.S. Children's Bureau Statistical Series. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Children's Bureau, 1947. Print.

This book provided firsthand statistical information of the Childrens Bureau up to 1947. 7. "US Children's Bureau, "Our Children" (1919) Reel 1 of 2." YouTube. YouTube, 9 Nov. 2010. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fNEbCUNNUg>. This website gave us a video which helped us in our research by showing us what the Children's Bureau did to help children in other communities, not just their own.

8. US Children's Bureau, "Our Children" (1919) Reel 2 of 2." YouTube. YouTube, 09 Nov. 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dWpOG2dLZY>. This source is the second part of the video that we will be planning to feature on our website.

Secondary Sources: 1. Herman, Ellen. "Adoption History: U.S. Childrens Bureau."Adoption History: U.S. Childrens Bureau. Wired Humanities Project, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2013. http://pages.uoregon.edu/adoption/people/uscb.html This website informed us that the USCB encouraged reforms in state adoption laws as well as supported conferences on the placement and well-being of children. Also, we now know that the Childrens Bureau today is located in the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. 2. "History | Children's Bureau." History | Children's Bureau. Children's Bureau, Inc., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.childrensbureau.org/history>. This website showed us how the Children's Bureau has changed since it was first organized. 3. Hobbs, Sandy, Jim McKechnie, and Michael Lavalette. Child Labor; a world history companion. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc. 1999. Print This book provided us with more background information such as when the notion was first proposed and also its primary objectives.

4. "Home | Children's Bureau | Administration for Children and Families." Home | Children's Bureau | Administration for Children and Families. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. <http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/>.

This source gave us information on the modern status of the Childrens Bureau. 5. Lindenmeyer, Kriste. A Right to Childhood: The U.S. Children's Bureau and Child Welfare, 1912-46. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1997. Print. This book gave us background on the U.S Child Welfare policy. 6. United States. Children's Bureau. U.S Department of Labor. Casual Factors In Infant Mortality. By James J. Davis, Grace Abott, and Robert Morse Woodbury. Vol. 142. Washington, D.C.: Washington Government Printing Office, 1925. Print. Bureau Publication. This source gave us more statistical information on the Childrens Bureau affairs. (Infant mortality rate etc.) 7. Matchette, Robert B., and Jan Shelton. Danis. Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Vol. 3. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995. Print. This source gave us another wide array of historical events and operations that the Children's Bureau held.

8. Rosenthal, Marguerite G. "The Children's Bureau and the Juvenile Court: Delinquency Policy, 1912-1940." Social Service Review 60.2 (1986): 303-18. Print. This source gave us information on the Childrens Bureau Delinquency Policy, and how juvenile delinquents were treated. 9. "SGA Youth & Family Services: About Us." SGA Youth & Family Services: About Us. SGA Youth & Family Services., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.sgayouth.org/history.html>. This website included alot of background information that we didn't have before. Also it explained specific reasons why the bureau was organized.

10. Simkin, John. "The Children's Bureau." Children's Bureau. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2013. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAchildrenB.htm&gt;. This website helped us in our research because it explained to us that William Taft was, in fact, the one who created the Children's Bureau. Also, this website gave us a list of the reformers involved.

11. The Children's Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood. Washington, D.C.: Children's Bureau, 2012. Print. This source gave an inside account on the 100 year Legacy of the Childrens Bureau from 1912 2012 12. The Steps Ahead: Report of a Conference Held by the Citizen's Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Children's Bureau, April 9, 1963. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Welfare Administration, Children's Bureau, 1963. Print. This book showed us the array of task that the Childrens Bureau took up. 13. Therman, Paul. "Julia Lathrop and the Children's Bureau." NCBI. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920977/>. This website helped us a lot because it gave us plenty of information on Julia Lathrop who was the head of the Children's Bureau. 14. "United States Children's Bureau (United States federal agency)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/617626/United-States-ChildrensBureau>. This website gave us more reasons as to why the Children's Bureau was organized. 15. United States. Children's Bureau. The Children's Bureau, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1937. Print. This source gave us accurate historical information on the Childrens Bureau, and their plans for future operations. 16. "United States Children's Bureau Quotes." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. We gained many quotes relating to the Childrens Bureau from this website that we can use to add to our website. 17. "Women in the Progressive Era." Women in the Progressive Era. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.nwhm.org/onlineexhibits/progressiveera/childrensbureau.html>. This website is more about women in history but gave us political cartoons and pictures relating to the Children's Bureau.

Tertiary Sources:

1. "Children's Bureau." Dictionary of American History. 2003.Encyclopedia.com. 3 Oct. 2013 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. 2. Encyclopedia.com was very helpful. Not only did it give us more information on our topic, but it helped us find other sources to research upon. We now have an array of information to access from newspapers to magazines and websites. 3. "Children's Bureau Timeline." CHILDREN'S BUREAU. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. This source gave us a timeline based on events relating to the Children's Bureau. This gave us valuable information that we haven't gotten from other sources. The timeline will appear on our website. 4. "Federal Child Welfare Programs." Federal Child Welfare Programs. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. This almanac was unique in comparison to our other tertiary sources. The information given came in the form of numerical statistics. These statistics may be shown on our website. 5. "History Database Search - Home." History Database Search - Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. <http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAE2100>. This source gave us a more in depth look upon the founders of the Children's Bureau. For example the founder Julia Lathrop. It also gave us related events and topics for us to research upon. 6. "United States Children's Bureau (United States Federal Agency)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013. We used this website to find out more on the founding of the Research Bureau. We learned of Lillian Wald and Florence Kelly who began calling for the federal agency to help dying children as early as the 1900's. It quick started research. Contextual Sources: 1. Bradbury, Dorothy E., Assistant Director, and Division of Reports Children&. "Children's Bureau: Part I - Social Welfare History Project." Home - Social Welfare History Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/organizations/childrens-bureau-part-i-2/>.

This source gave us a complete history and background of our topic as well as primary images.

2. Carp, Wayne . "Project MUSE - The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Children's Bureau." Project MUSE. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/reviews_in_american_history/summary/v025/25.4carp.html This source gave us the purposes of why the Children's Bureau was founded.

3. "Social Security History." The United States Social Security Administration. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://www.ssa.gov/history/childb1.html>. This source included background on founders and people involved with the Children's Bureau, which helped us on our research.

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