Edward Thomas Devine
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Sep 1, 2026
David Conrad PérezGUEST
And so that's who was in charge.
David Conrad PérezGUEST
And then there was Edward Devine, who was hired by DeForest at the age of 29 to be his right-hand man.
David Conrad PérezGUEST
But Devine also had no experience working with the poor in New York.
David Conrad PérezGUEST
He had grown up in a farm in Iowa and had spent most of his life in academia.
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David Conrad PérezGUEST
And out of all the moments after the fire, I think this was probably the most important meeting So the meeting was held at the Metropolitan Opera House, you know, about a week after the fire, and everyone with power showed up.
David Conrad PérezGUEST
Ann Morgan, the daughter of J.P. Morgan, rented the space, and the banker Jacob Schiff was appointed by the New York state governor to chair the meeting.
David Conrad PérezGUEST
The stage was filled wall to wall with the city's religious and charity leaders, including Edward Devine, Alva Belmont was there, and even a young but still unknown Francis Perkins was sitting in the crowd watching everything happen.
David Conrad PérezGUEST
And the class division there played out almost theatrically.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Without the walls of the university, there are also those who have given aid.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Dr. Edward T. Devine of New York, of Mr. C.C. Carstens of Boston, of Mr. Thomas McKay of Ottawa, and of Ms. E.M.A. Vaughan of the St. John Public Library.
speaker_2NARRATOR
He has enjoyed the cooperation of many friends and fellow townsmen of Halifax.
speaker_2NARRATOR
He desires to thank particularly Miss L. F. Barnaby of the Halifax Citizens Library, Miss J.
Brian WilsonNARRATOR
Without the walls of the university, there are also those who have given aid.
Brian WilsonNARRATOR
The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Dr. Edward T. Devine of New York, of Mr. C.C. Carstens of Boston, of Mr. Thomas McKay of Ottawa, and of Miss E.M.A. Vaughan of the St. John Public Library.
Brian WilsonNARRATOR
He has enjoyed the cooperation of many friends and fellow townsmen of Halifax.
Brian WilsonNARRATOR
He desires to thank particularly Miss L.F. Barnaby of the Halifax Citizens Library, Miss J.B.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Without the walls of the university, there are also those who have given aid.
speaker_4NARRATOR
The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Dr. Edward T. Devine of New York, of Mr. C.C. Carstens of Boston, of Mr. Thomas McKay of Ottawa, and of Ms. E.M.A. Vaughan of the St. John Public Library.
speaker_4NARRATOR
He has enjoyed the cooperation of many friends and fellow townsmen of Halifax.
speaker_4NARRATOR
He desires to thank particularly Miss L. F. Barnaby of the Halifax Citizens Library, Miss J.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
It seems to me our women's missionary societies are just a great beautiful organized motherhood for the world, and the women don't half know or appreciate this, or they would be swarming in by thousands and giving their money by millions.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
If any woman is tempted to feel that the problems of our own land are so overwhelming and so imperative as to demand all our time and strength and attention, let her read what is said on this subject by Edward T. Devine, the eminent writer and professor and social worker who is one of the greatest leaders in all lines of child welfare and general welfare work in America.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
Dr. Devine links our obligations to foreign lands inseparably to our duties to our own country.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
Our responsibility to foreign peoples, our responsibility to immigrants who come to live in America, and to the Negroes whom our own ancestors brought here by force, our responsibility to all those who for any reason do not fully share in that degree of prosperity and in that type of civilization which are our heritage, thus becomes clear and is seen to be at one with our direct personal responsibility towards those who for any reason need our sympathy, our fraternal cooperation, and our personal help.