Records, 1868-1916.

Massachusetts Babies Hospital.

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Massachusetts Infant Asylum

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The Massachusetts Infant Asylum was established in 1868 as a private agency to care for deserted infants and was popularly known as the nation's first foundling hospital. In 1912 the name was changed to the Massachusetts Babies Hospital. It merged with the Boston Children's Aid Society in 1916. From the description of Records, 1868-1916. (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 52644932 The Massachusetts Infant Asylum was incorporated 15 May 1867 by the l...

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...