For Children

The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (inc. 1848) and the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York (inc. 1882) merged in 1939 to form the Community Service Society of New York. Works by these bodies are found under the following headings according to the name used at the time of publication: New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. Community Service Society of New York. SUBJECT ENTRY: Works about these bodies are entered under the name resulting from the merger. Works limited in subject coverage to the pre-merger period are entered under the name of one or more of the original bodies.