Daniëlle Teeuwen wrote her PhD thesis at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as part of the NWO-project 'Giving in the Golden Age'. She has published in Continuity and Change, the European Review of Economic History, and Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis. She is currently working as a postdoc researcher within the NWO-project 'Industriousness in an Imperial Economy', in which her research deals with women's and children's labour in the Dutch East Indies (c. 1815-1940).

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Organizing poor relief Chapter 3. Financing outdoor poor relief Chapter 4. Organizing collections Chapter 5. The rhetoric of giving Chapter 6. Donating to collections Chapter 7. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography

Daniëlle Teeuwen wrote her PhD thesis at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as part of the NWO-project 'Giving in the Golden Age'. She has published in Continuity and Change, the European Review of Economic History, and Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis. She is currently working as a postdoc researcher within the NWO-project 'Industriousness in an Imperial Economy', in which her research deals with women's and children's labour in the Dutch East Indies (c. 1815-1940).

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Organizing poor relief Chapter 3. Financing outdoor poor relief Chapter 4. Organizing collections Chapter 5. The rhetoric of giving Chapter 6. Donating to collections Chapter 7. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography

Daniëlle Teeuwen wrote her PhD thesis at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as part of the NWO-project 'Giving in the Golden Age'. She has published in Continuity and Change, the European Review of Economic History, and Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis. She is currently working as a postdoc researcher within the NWO-project 'Industriousness in an Imperial Economy', in which her research deals with women's and children's labour in the Dutch East Indies (c. 1815-1940).

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Organizing poor relief Chapter 3. Financing outdoor poor relief Chapter 4. Organizing collections Chapter 5. The rhetoric of giving Chapter 6. Donating to collections Chapter 7. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography