title: Shelby Millard Harrison
text: # Shelby Millard Harrison
  
  Shelby Millard Harrison (1881–1970) was a director of the Russell Sage Foundation, in charge of the Babe Ruth Foundation, as well as a writer.
  
  ## Notable works
  
  * "Social Conditions In An American City: A Summary Of The Findings Of The Springfield Survey" (1920)
  * "Welfare problems in New York, city which have been studied and reported upon during the period from 1915 through 1925"
  * "Community action through surveys" (1916)
  * "Social case workers and better industrial conditions" (1918)
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Shelby Millard Harrison was born on February 15, 1881, in Leaf River, Illinois, a son of James Franklin and Mary Ellen (Helman) Harrison. He died in 1970 in New York City.
  
  