Box 1

Scope and Contents

The collection contains ledger volumes and notebooks with census lists of children aided by the Asylum and other statistical information, and a small amount of correspondence. The contents of the collection are organized by:


Box 1: Census Volumes 1868-1929
Box 2: Ledger 1885-1905
Box 3: Notebooks and Correspondence 1912-1919

Scope and Contents Census Volume: with alphabetical lists of all the children in the Asylum as of October 1, 1868, and on January 1st of each year from 1870 to 1888Census Volume: with a list of children in the Asylum as of January 1, 1869, including age, and last place of residence; and lists of children in the Asylum on January 1st of each year from 1883 to 1888 Following each annual census are chronological entries for the children who entered or left the asylum in that year. These entries...