Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children records.

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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children records.

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The records of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) include the annual reports and publications of the Society. A handbook, a notice, and legislative results are included. A Handbook of Useful Information contains a history of the society, its goals and purposes, the types of cases with which they dealt, and a description of the Children's Home.

1 box (2.5 linear in.)

Simmons College, Beatley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7596849

Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

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The MSPCC, a private child welfare agency, was founded in 1878 to aid and protect abused and neglected children and continues as such today with district offices throughout the Commonwealth. From the description of Records and photographs, 1878-1970 (bulk, 1878-1939). (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 340722116 In 1874 a churchworker brought a case against the abusive mother of a child named "Mary Ellen". The only way she could do this was to file ...