Temporary Home for Women and Children records, 1857-1993.

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Boston (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor. Temporary Home for Women and Children records, 1857-1993.

Temporary Home for Women and Children records, 1857-1993.

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The records of the Temporary Home for Women and Children also known as the City Temporary Home includes: inmate registers (1857-1993 with gaps; recorded chronologically), with volumes from 1857 to 1862 containing registers of inmates admitted to what was then called the "City Crier's House," George Hill, City Crier; and volumes from 1862 to 1993, when it was called the Temporary Home, and women and children were provided temporary shelter. Men are included in these registers as they were furnished meals in the house. The registers generally include name, age, circumstances, and disposition of case. The first two volumes contain lists of lost children at the end of each volume. Each register from Feb. 1878 to 1993 includes a name index at the beginning of each volume. The indexes are labeled Index to Temporary Home Inmates and the dates range from Jan. 1880-Aug. 1883 and May 1885-July 1887. The indexes include name, age, and a page reference. However, the page numbers do not correspond to the inmate registers. The report of inmates received and aided at the City Temporary Home is a compilation of monthly reports including statistics on the number remaining in home at close of last month, number of females and children received, number applied for and refused, number aided and disposed of, number sent to almshouses, number remaining in home at close of month, and number of meals furnished to males and females. The administrative records include volumes relating to the administration of the home. Of particular interest is the expenditures volumes which documents the expenses of the home from 1864 to 1893.

6 cubic ft.

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