Records, 1847-1954, 1847-1914.

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Records, 1847-1954, 1847-1914.

The records include the complete client registers, annual reports, minutes, and a small amount of correspondence.

8 cubic feet.

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Gwynne Temporary Home for Children.

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The Temporary Home for the Destitute was founded in 1847 in Boston's South End to offer temporary shelter to children in need. The Home was renamed the Gwynne Temporary Home for Children in 1888. It merged with the Boston Children's Aid Society in 1915. From the description of Records, 1847-1954, 1847-1914. (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 52644871 ...

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...

Temporary Home for the Destitute (Boston, Mass.)

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