The Boston Children's Aid Society Records, 1863-1953.

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The Boston Children's Aid Society Records, 1863-1953.

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The Boston Children's Aid Society (BCAS) was established in 1861 to provide homes for children just released from jail. The BCAS soon made its aim to help destitute and homeless children in and around Boston. In 1947 the BCAS and Boston Society for the Care of Girls legally merged as the Children's Aid Association (CAA). The collection includes annual reports from 1863-1953 with occasional gaps, an article about the home libraries of the BCAS, as well as a pamphlet promoting the BCAS.

3 boxes (1.2 linear ft.)

Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Children's Aid Association.

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Boston Children's Aid Society

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The Boston Children's Aid Society was founded in 1863 to provide temporary reformative care for children and to bind them out to appropriate families. It later provided homes for destitute children as well. By 1900 it had closed its three homes and began to provide foster and medical care for needy children. In 1923 it merged with the Boston Society for the Care of Girls to form the Children's Aid Association, later to become the Boston Children's Service Association. From the descri...