Contains an incomplete set of annual reports 1863-1926; copies of the charter and by-laws of 1867 and 1924; correspondence, 1884-1934, dealing with general matters, the Ladies Sewing Circle, the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, and the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropies; includes files on bequests to the Asylum alphabetically arranged; miscellaneous financial reports; correspondence and specifications regarding building plans; information on leases and mortgages; a collection of unidentified photographs; a memorial to Emanuel Lehman; testimonials from the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum Society and the United Hebrew Benevolent Association of Boston; and the following cash ledger books: the Dowry Fund Committee records and minutes; mortagage books; fund and investment accounts; applications for admission, 1864-1915; discharges, 1899-1940; admitting physician's reports, 1895-1903; list of children 1874, 1876; medical records, 1935-1940; daily records of admissions and discharges, 1900-1927; school records, 1884-1892; conduct books for 1872-1881 and 1862-1884; statistical data for the years 1862-1884; a register of visitors to children, 1902-1906; minute books of annual meetings, 1867-1875 and 1900-1931; minutes of the Board of Governors, 1869-1877; minutes of the Board of Directors, 1897-1905; meetings of the Executive Committee, 1901-1929; meetings of the Board to Trustees, 1868-1875 and 1909-1938; miscellaneous cash books for 1855-1930; membership books, 1881-1929. Relief books, 1905-1907; a memorial book; a listing of orphan's estates and life insurance, 1874-1904; records relating to Edenwald and Friendly Home, 1916-1941; contains also the following records for the Emanuel Lehman Provident and Industrial Trust Fund; minutes, 1905-1922, membership lists, account books, 1897-1917, a list of mortgages and investments, 1897-1903, a cash book, 1897-1921, and a list of children affected by the fud; and the following records for the Ladies Sewing Circle: membership lists, 1876-1882, minutes, 1932-1940, and records, 1914-1922. Contains various Asylum histories (including typescripts of early minutes), Acts of Incorporation (1832-1895), By-laws (n.d.), copy of an agreement with Mt. Sinai Hospital (1871), Board of Trustee Minutes (1930-1939), Executive Committee Minutes (1930-1939), various committees minutes and reports (1923-1940), and Annual Meetings material (1910-1940). Includes also papers relating to the Warner Brother Gymnasium (1927-1928), the Broadway property (1883-1943), the merger with the New York Association for Jewish Children (1940), Asylum bonds (issued 1883-1895) and Donations (1870-1926, with autograph inscription by Isaac Mayer Wise at Hebrew Charity Fair, 1870), Admission and Discharge Records (1884-1960), Public School Detention Book for the Asylum's children (1879-1884), and Student Savings Accounts (1912-1941). Also found are the files of Edenwald (1919, 1929), the Friendly Home (1916-1941), The Girls Home Club (1928), the Ladies Sewing Association, the publications of various alumni associations (Seligman Solomon Society, Academy Alumni, and H.O.A. Associates) a "Memorial Book" (obituaries, 1905-1972), and numerous photographs.
