Seamen's Church Institute of New York - Constitution and By-Laws, 1928 - 1945

Staff and Administration records consist of correspondence, minutes and reports related to various departments and individual staff members. Included are departmental reports from 1941-1978 and operations surveys from 1932-1960. Of particular interest is correspondence related to Janet L. Roper, who served as SCI’s House Mother from 1915-1943, founding the Missing Seamen Bureau in 1919. Also included is a manuscript copy of an unpublished biography of Roper written by Jonathan Finn, as well as a manuscript copy of short biographical excerpts written by Roper’s daughter in a ledger book in 1939.