Records, 1812-1993

Endicott, Katharine Sears, 1876-

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Harding, Delinda

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Greeley, Deborah Webster, 1911-

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Heard, Lisa A. (Lisa Ann)

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Hobbs, Rebekah

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Turner, Cora Leslie

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Welfare (1915-1995)

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St 1919, c 350, s 87 abolished the Massachusetts State Board of Charity and the Homestead Commission, establishing the Dept. of Public Welfare as their successor. Initially the department was organized into the Division of Aid and Relief (succeeding the Division of State Adult Poor) which oversaw the unsettled poor, and relief provided by municipal public welfare authorities; the Division of Child Guardianship (succeeding the Division of State Minor Wards) responsible for the care,...

Freeman, Caroline

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Coburn, Louise

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Fragment Society (Boston, Mass. : 1812-)

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The Fragment Society, the oldest continuous sewing circle in Boston, Massachusetts, held its first meeting on October 19, 1812. At a second meeting, held on October 22, a constitution was adopted and the society's work began. The name was taken from the New Testament story of the miracle of the loaves and fishes: after feeding five thousand people, Jesus enjoined his disciples "to gather up the fragments that remained that nothing be lost." Echoing this advice, the Fragment Society's first const...