Records, 1915-1960, 1922-1960.
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Boston Children's Friend Society
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The Boston Children's Friend Society, founded in 1833, ran an orphanage and boarding home for destitute and dependent boys and girls. In 1901 the homes were closed and the Society became strictly a placing-out agency. In 1949 they began to work exclusively as an adoption agency handling difficult placements. In 1960 the Society merged with the Children's Aid Association to form the Boston Children's Service Association. From the description of Records, 1833-1960. (University of Massa...
Children's Aid Association (Boston, Mass.)
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The Children's Aid Association was formed by the merger of the Boston Children's Aid Society and the Boston Society for the Care of Girls in 1922. It merged with the Boston Children's Friend Society in 1960 to become the Boston Children's Services Association. The CAA was a private child welfare agency that dealt with foster care placements, adoptions and counseling. From the description of Records, 1915-1960, 1922-1960. (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 52...
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...
