[Collection of material relating to Brooklyn charities.]. 1932-1958.

Salvation Army

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Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army</a>. From the guide to the Salvation Army Combined Corps Roll and Ledger, 1926-1980, 1928-1969, (Special Collections Research Center) ...

Oxanam Hall (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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St. Mary's Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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In colonial New York, only a small number of almshouse infirmaries existed to care for the sick, while the mentally ill were usually imprisoned or placed in poorhouses. It was not until the early to mid-19th century, when the New York City area's dependent and poor population increased dramatically, that hospitals and other health services organizations, such as homeopaths and maternity wards, readily began to emerge. In Brooklyn specifically, the earliest hospitals included the Kin...

Builders for Youth, Inc. (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Bushwick Red Schield Boys' Club.

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Bay Ridge Day Nursery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The age of social reform and an immigration boom in the mid 19th century brought the plight of ill, impoverished, and disadvantaged citizens to the forefront of concerns in urban cities. New York City was a national leader in addressing the needs of neglected, orphaned, and deliquent children. The earliest charity organizations for children were established during this period; in Brooklyn, they were the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn, founded in 1833, and the Roman Ca...

St. Vincent's Home (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Fourth Place Community Chapel (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor

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The Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor was founded in 1843. For the first several decades of its existence, the Association based its operations at several temporary locations throughout the neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn. Its first permanent offices were established in 1884 at 104 Livingston Street, and were relocated to 401 State Street in 1926. The aim of the Association's work was to improve the physical and moral condition of B...

Brooklyn Home for Children.

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The age of social reform and an immigration boom in the mid 19th century brought the plight of ill, impoverished, and disadvantaged citizens to the forefront of concerns in urban cities. New York City was a national leader in addressing the needs of neglected, orphaned, and deliquent children. The earliest charity organizations for children were established during this period; in Brooklyn, they were the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn, founded in 1833, and the Roman Ca...