Children's Home Society of Florida Collection 1886-2000 1902-1997

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Children's Home Society of Florida Collection 1886-2000 1902-1997

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The Children's Home Society of Florida Collection contains organizational papers and ephemera that document the creation and operations of Florida's oldest non-profit adoption agency. The collection includes organizational papers from its state and local divisions, photographs, news clippings, audio and visual media, scrapbooks, and blueprints of the many receiving homes in the state, but does not contain adoption records. Adoption records remain at the CHSFL Adoption Archive and are available by contacting the society directly.

44 Boxes; 8 Books; 16 Flat Folders; (54 Linear Feet)

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Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

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