Orphanages

Scope and Contents This collection contains several items related to Clark County, Indiana, including a 1900 picture and short description written by James M. VanHook of the first Methodist church built in Indiana and once located near Charlestown; a copy of "Early Precipitation Records for Jeffersonville, Indiana," a report by Dennis O'Harrow dated August 3, 1936; an undated copy of "The Jeffersonville Orphan Home" written by Ben F. Taylor, a former resident of the home; and "The Murder of Indians in Clark...

Scope and Contents This collection contains several items regarding the Howard County Orphans' Home, including reports ranging from 1893 to 1903; an indenture placing Richard A. Neff with William Decker dated November 18, 1897;, an October 26, 1883 trustee's order placing Robert and Wilson Turner in the home signed by Center Township Trustee C.C. Sollenberger; a June 25, 1903 letter from Liberty Township Trustee Amos Powell placing Earnest Frewa in home; a July 25, 1903 letter from Union Township Trustee Theo. H....

Scope and Contents This collection includes loose scrapbook pages with photographs, clippings, and magazine articles ranging from 1921 to 1928, regarding administrators of charitable organizations in Indiana, including Mr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Cortner of the Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Knightstown; C. D. Chadwick, Indiana Board of Industrial Aid for Blind; O. R. Lynch of the Logansport State Hospital; Dr. James L. Milligan; O. M. Pittenger of the Indiana State Schol for the Deaf; and...

Scope and Contents This collection includes the record of books from the Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Home given to the Lawrie Library, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and is comprised of 3 volumes, including a guest book (1951-1976) and library borrower records (1967-1976). The collection ranges from 1934 to 1976.

Scope and Contents This collection includes five typed reports issued by Community Surveys, Inc. on August 15, 1947 to assist with decision-making for the budgeting of funds in 1948 by the Indianapolis Community Fund. The reports were issued for five local philanthropic organizations: (1) The Catholic Charities Bureau; (2) Children's Bureau of the Indianapolis Orphan Asylum; (3) The Family Service Association; (4) General Protestant Orphans Home; and (5) Lutheran Child Welfare Association.

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and an annual report from Annette R. Fry in New York, New York regarding various people who were relocated from New York City to Indiana on the orphan trains run by the Children's Aid Society of New York City.