Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn records 1834-1997

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Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn records 1834-1997

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arc_131_orphan_asylum_society_brooklyn/arc_131_orphan_asylum_society_brooklyn.html

2.2 Linear feet; in one record carton, one oversize box, and one manuscript box.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329061

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Brookwood Child Care.

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Brookwood Child Care of Brooklyn, N.Y. was also known as the Brookwood Orphan Asylum. From the description of Brookwood Child Care records. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63285783 The Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn was established as the first organization of its kind by Mrs. Joshua (Ann) Sands and other prominent Brooklynites in 1833. The society was formed in response to a cholera epidemic in the summer of 1832, which left many c...

Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn.

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The Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn was established as the first organization of its kind by Mrs. Joshua (Ann) Sands and other prominent Brooklynites in 1833. The society was formed in response to a cholera epidemic in the summer of 1832, which left many children as orphans. The Orphan Asylum Society cared for children who were destitute or orphaned, offering shelter, food, and schooling. Throughout the 19th century, the society housed children until adulthood, or arranged indentur...