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Charities


  • Here are entered works on privately supported welfare activities. Works on tax-supported welfare activities are entered under [Public welfare.] Works on the methods employed in social work, public or private, are entered under [Social service.] Works that discuss collectively the various policies, programs, services, and facilities to meet basic human needs relating to the quality of life, such as education, health, welfare, etc. are entered under [Human services.]

  • URI(s)

  • Variants

    • Alms and almsgiving
    • Benevolent institutions
    • Charitable institutions
    • Charities--Societies, etc.
    • Endowed charities
    • Institutions, Charitable and philanthropic
    • Philanthropy
    • Poor relief
    • Private nonprofit social work
    • Relief (Aid)
    • Social welfare

  • Broader Terms

  • Narrower Terms

  • Related Terms

    • Endowments

  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Charities--Societies, etc.

  • Sources

    • found: Oh honestly, Angela!, 1985.

  • LC Classification

    • HV1-HV4959 -- Assigner: DLC

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on privately supported welfare activities. Works on tax-supported welfare activities are entered under [Public welfare.] Works on the methods employed in social work, public or private, are entered under [Social service.] Works that discuss collectively the various policies, programs, services, and facilities to meet basic human needs relating to the quality of life, such as education, health, welfare, etc. are entered under [Human services.]

  • Editorial Notes

    • [Machine-derived authority record.]
    • subdivision [Charities] under names of ethnic groups and names of corporate bodies; [and subdivision] Civilian relief [under names of wars, e.g.] World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief

  • Example Notes

    • Notes under [Human services; Public welfare; Social service]

  • Instance Of

  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Change Notes

    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2006-04-13: revised

  • Alternate Formats