Brooklyn Industrial School Association and Home for Destitute Children Annual Reports collection 1859-1910

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Brooklyn Industrial School Association and Home for Destitute Children Annual Reports collection 1859-1910

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1985_101_industrial_school_association/arms_1985_101_industrial_school_association.html

0.4 cubic feet; in one manuscript box

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329902

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Brooklyn Industrial School Association and Home for Destitute Children.

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The Brooklyn Industrial School Association was founded in 1854 and formally incorporated in 1857 to provide education, food, and shelter to orphaned, abandoned, and otherwise impoverished children in Brooklyn. It operated schools throughout Brooklyn that enrolled several hundred students per year, as well as the Home for Destitute Children, built in 1862 on Butler Street (now Sterling Place) near Flatbush Avenue. The Association's approach to its work was expressly religious in nature, with a st...