Additional records of Rutland Corner House (Boston, Mass.), (inclusive), (bulk) 1950-1999 1955-1975

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Additional records of Rutland Corner House (Boston, Mass.), (inclusive), (bulk) 1950-1999 1955-1975

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Addenda to the records of the Rutland Corner House (174) founded in 1877 as "Home for Working Women"; the House eventually became a halfway house for mentally ill female outpatients.

20.3 linear ft.; (29 + ½ file boxes, 8 cartons) plus 3 audiotapes, 1 folio photograph folder, 1 folio+ photograph folder

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Rutland Corner House (Boston, Mass.)

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Founded as the "Home for Working Women" in 1877, and incorporated in 1878 as the "Temporary Home for Working Women," Rutland Corner House provided a place where "women desirous of making an honest living, but penniless and friendless, may find shelter and employment until able to secure a permanent position." In the first year of operation, 368 women were given shelter in a house on Tremont Street, Boston. Laundry and sewing rooms were set up for the working residents, whose client...