Jenkins Orphanage records and exhibit, 1891-1991.

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Jenkins Orphanage Institute (Charleston, S.C.). Jenkins Orphanage records and exhibit, 1891-1991.

Jenkins Orphanage records and exhibit, 1891-1991.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31734850

Collection contains the records of Jenkins Orphanage including files on residents, correspondence, rolls, financial information, clippings, printed material, photographs, and miscellaneous items. Files on individuals admitted to the orphanage are arranged alphabetically and contain application forms, correspondence, school and health records, and in some cases photographs. Correspondence concerns the admission or refusal of admission of children, release of children from the orphanage, donations, and administrative and business matters. Correspondents include Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins, Rev. Paul G. Daniels, and city and county government officials. Notebooks contain rolls of girls and boys in the orphanage, menus for meals, and lists of food items and cleaning supplies. A bound volume (1891-1946) includes lists of names of the children, the terms under which they were admitted and the individual or agency placing the child, and a list of orphanage teaching staff and other personnel. Financial information includes reports of annual audits, accounts, invoices, and purchase vouchers. Printed materials include pamphlets about Rev. Jenkins and Jenkins Orphanage. Photocopies of clippings concern the orphanage, the Jenkins Orphanage Band, and the orphanage's 100th anniversary. Miscellaneous items include a constitution of the Orphan Aid Society, a report (1954) on the orphanage by the Charleston County Dept. of Public Welfare, photographs, a scrapbook, and materials used in an exhibit about Jenkins Orphanage at Avery Institute (Charleston, S.C.).

7 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)1 ledger.

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library