Records, 1879-1971.

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Records, 1879-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21667721

The collection contains records of the Family Service Association of Indianapolis and its associated organizations, 1879-1971. Included are records, minutes, financial reports, ledgers, scrapbooks, and case records of the following organizations: Charity Organization Society; Children's Aid Association; Family Welfare Society; Indianapolis Benevolent Society; Society of Friendly Visitors; Mothers Aid Society; Legal Aid Society; and the Summer Mission for Sick Children. Cataloged separately are theses written by social work students sponsored by the F.S.A.

27 boxes, 88 bound volumes, and 1 oversize folder.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7018751

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Summer Mission for Sick Children (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Indianapolis Benevolent Society.

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Mothers Aid Society (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Schiltges, William B., 1890-1964.

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Family Welfare Society (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Sharpe, Thomas Hindman, 1808-1893.

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Society of Friendly Visitors (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Indianapolis Legal Aid Society

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Charity Organization Society of Indianapolis.

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McCulloch, Oscar C. (Oscar Carleton), 1843-1891

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Family Service Association of Indianapolis

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The Family Service Association of Indianapolis was founded in 1835 as the Indianapolis Benevolent Society, a private charity. By 1922 it had become the Family Welfare Society. It took on its current name in 1945 to reflect a shift in emphasis to family counselling and education. The F.S.A. has been associated with a number of Indianapolis charities, including the Charity Organization Society, the Society of Friendly Visitors, the Social Service Exchange, and the Legal Aid Bureau. Fro...

Indianapolis Flower Mission

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Founded in 1876 as a group of women who took flowers to patients at Indianapolis City Hospital. Over the years the mission took on a number of projects, including founding a boys' home (1879); a nursing school (1883); Eleanor Hospital (1895) for children; and a tuberculosis hospital (1936). Many of these projects were taken over by the city. The mission also worked closely with Indianapolis City Hospital. A visiting nurse provided care and food for poor families with tuberculosis. After 1936, th...

Children's Aid Association (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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