Children's Home records 1895-1976 1940-1970

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Children's Home records 1895-1976 1940-1970

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The collection provides interesting and informative documentation on the organizational evolution of the Children’s Home. The collection contains board minutes, newspaper clippings, financial statements and other materials which document the Home from its beginnings. The Collection also contains a framed photograph from 1920 which has been placed on the top of the flat boxes. Additional information on the collection may be found in the departmental collection files. A majority of the records date from the 1940s to the early 1970s.

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USF Tampa Library - Special & Digital Collections

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Children's Home Society of Florida

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The Children's Home Society of Florida (CHSFL) was established on November 17, 1902 by Rev. D.W. Comstock and Jacksonville, Florida's city and religious leaders. It was developed as a non-profit organization, relying solely on donations from the community. CHSFL committed itself to not only children but to babies who were not accepted until the age of three at state orphanages. In 1910 Marcus C. Fagg took control and saved the organization from deep debt. In the 1960s, the society re-examined th...

Hillsborough County Children's Services. The Children's Home, Inc.

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The Children's Home is a child- and family-centered organization that cares for struggling families and children seeking families. The organization can trace its roots back to 1892. Carrie Hammerly founded the Children’s Home. She purchased a spacious home located on the northeast corner of Washington and Marion Streets, in Tampa at 502 Washington for $3,000. Hammerly’s home was greatly needed, since unwed mothers at the time felt forced to keep their pregnancy hidden and abandon th...