Boston Female Asylum

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Boston Female Asylum incorporated 1803; ca. 1910 name changed to Boston Society for the Care of Girls.

From the description of Anniversary program, 1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926700

The Boston Female Asylum was founded as an orphanage in 1800 to care for orphaned and destitute girls in Boston. By the end of the century it had become a counseling and placement agency, evident in the change of its name to the Boston Society for the Care of Girls. The Society merged with the Boston Children's Aid Society in 1923 to form the Children's Aid Association, later to become the Boston Children's Services Association.

From the description of Records, 1800-1946, 1800-1923. (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 48714905

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referencedIn Boston Children's Services Association. Annual reports and photographs of antecedent agencies, 1819-1994 (bulk, 1922-1994). University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library
referencedIn [Care of Girls. : Pamphlet box.]. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Joseph W. Collingwood Papers Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Boston Female Asylum. [Programs for annual anniversary services] HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Boston Female Asylum. Records, 1800-1946, 1800-1923. University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library
creatorOf Boston Female Asylum. Anniversary program, 1818. Wintrop Public Library & Museum
creatorOf Boston Female Asylum. Records. State Library of Massachusetts
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associatedWith Boston Children's Service Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Boston Children's Services Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Boston Society for the Care of Girls. corporateBody
associatedWith Children's Aid Association (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Collingwood, Joseph W., 1822-1862. person
associatedWith New South Church (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts--Boston
Massachusetts--Boston
Massachusetts--Boston
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Charities
Child welfare
Orphanages
Women
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Active 1800

Active 1946

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