Children's Aid Society records
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The collection consists of the historical records of the Children's Aid Society (CAS). The charitable organization was founded in New York City in 1853 to aid, educate, and provide lodging for poor children in the city, and/or to place them in foster homes or with employers outside of the city. The bulk of the records relate to the CAS lodging houses, industrial schools, convalescent homes, health centers, farm schools, and, especially, the emigration programs ("orphan train") and foster care and adoption programs which operated during the period 1853-1947. The collection also includes material, such as minutes and financial data, from 1948-1970 and annual reports to 2006. Most records involving specific children require special permission to be viewed. Portions of the collection have been digitized and can be viewed on flickr.
Historical Note
The Founding of the Children's Aid Society
The Children's Aid Society (CAS) was founded in February 1853 by a group of nine men including Protestant minister Charles Loring Brace. Brace was selected by the group to become the Secretary of the new organization. According to the first annual report, the founding was motivated by concern over the burden upon city resources caused by unprecedented numbers of immigrants, and over concern that impoverished immigrant children were turning to crime or barely surviving as homeless vagabonds selling matches or sweeping streets. The founders believed that gainful work, education, and a wholesome family atmosphere would transform New York's street children into self-reliant members of society. The organization raised substantial funds from the public and many wealthy philanthropists including members of the Roosevelt, Astor, and Dodge families, and immediately began opening lodging houses for homeless youths, as well as industrial schools to teach cobbling, sewing, and many other trades. They also initiated an emigration program, which they explicated in the first annual report: "We have thus far sent off to homes in the country, or to places where they could earn an honest living, 164 boys and 43 girls, of whom some 20 were taken from prison, where they had been placed for being homeless on the streets. The great majority were the children of poor or degraded people, who were leaving them to grow up neglected in the streets. They were found by our visitors at the turning point of their lives, and sent to friendly homes, where they would be removed from the overwhelming temptations which poverty and neglect certainly occasion in a great city. Of these 200 boys and girls, a great proportion are so many vagrants or criminals saved; so much expense lessened to courts and prisons; so much poisonous influence removed from the city; and so many boys and girls, worthy of something better from society than a felon's fate, placed where they can enter on manhood or womanhood somewhat as God intended that they should."
"The Orphan Train"
From 1853-1929 the Emigration Department, interchangeably known as the Placing-Out Department, and finally the Foster Home Department, sent tens of thousands of children to the country, placing them most often with farm families. With this program, the Children's Aid Society became one of the first and principal organizations orchestrating the mass migration of children now known as "the orphan train," and established itself as a pioneer in the development of foster care for children, as opposed to institutionalization in orphanages or almshouses. The CAS sent children all over the United States. At first, they sent children primarily to the Midwest and West, taking advantage of new train lines and the need for farm labor during the period of westward expansion. Children were also sent south, often to Delaware and Maryland. By the early 1920's, half of all children placed went north to upstate New York. "Orphan train riders" ranged in age from infants to older teenagers. Some were foster children; the families agreed to treat them like members of the family and send them to school, and in return expected the children to help on the farm or in the house. Other children were formally adopted. Still others (usually older boys) were sent as paid laborers. The Children's Aid Society followed up on all children they placed. The children and/or their foster families were expected to write regularly to the CAS. In addition, field agents made regular visits to homes where children had been placed, and wrote reports after each visit. Children were frequently removed from homes and transferred to other homes when the situation was not harmonious.
Although the emigration program became known as the "orphan train," many of the children were not orphans. They were children whose guardians could not care for them, or who hoped they would find a better life, and who signed surrender documents releasing them to the care of the Children's Aid Society. Many others were adolescents without known guardians who were seeking their own fortunes by heading west. Some children came via CAS lodging houses or schools, or were recruited by CAS agents. Many other children were transferred to the care of the Children's Aid Society from orphanages, almshouses and correctional facilities all over New York City and State. For older boys, the CAS operated a farm school (Brace Farm opened in 1894 in Valhalla N.Y. and was superseded by a more substantial program at Bowdoin Farm in New Hamburg N.Y. in 1929) to train boys in farm work and give them a taste of what to expect, before sending them to farms. By 1929 the emigration program in its original form had ended, and the only children sent to farms in the country were older boys placed as paid laborers after training at Bowdoin Farm. A smaller training program at Goodhue Home on Staten Island prepared girls for foster care and adoption placement, beginning around 1921.
The Children's Aid Society also operated a "Family Emigration Program" through which they provided train tickets for entire families to rejoin a breadwinner who had found work in another state, for example, or paid a portion of the fare to return to Europe. The CAS had occasionally provided help for entire families from its earliest days, but the records of the Family Emigration Program date from 1874-1926.
Schools, Lodging Houses, Convalescent Homes, and Other Programs
The Society did not confine itself to sending children or families away from the city. The CAS also devoted significant resources to helping children in the urban environment. In New York City, the well-endowed society rented spaces and hired world-class architects to build an impressive number of facilities to their specifications. Most notably, the architectural and engineering firm of Vaux Radford built at least a dozen buildings for the Children's Aid Society. The CAS operated lodging houses, a shelter for mothers with children, industrial schools to teach trades, nursery schools, boys' and girls' clubs and children's centers, and playgrounds. It operated nutrition programs, dental programs, and medical programs. In the country (Westchester, Staten Island and Coney Island), the Children's Aid Society operated convalescent homes, a seaside retreat, summer camps, summer excursion programs, and the farm schools. When a neighborhood no longer needed CAS services, the society closed its facilities there and moved to where the demographics indicated a greater need.
Evolution of the Children's Aid Society
The mission of the Children's Aid Society changed as the needs of New York City children changed and as the CAS developed new ideas about how best to serve them. During the 1920's the "orphan train" in its original form slowed to a halt, but the problem of homeless and jobless boys remained urgent, especially during the Great Depression, and boys continued to be placed out as laborers on farms throughout the 1930s. A new emphasis on helping children stay with their families supplanted the goal of transporting children away from the city, but the CAS continued to provide foster care and adoption services for children when staying with their families was not an option. A Foster Home and Temporary Boarding Home Department was initiated in 1924, and it phased out the Emigration/Placing-Out Department by 1929. The Children's Aid Society closed the last of its industrial schools in 1927, leaving education to the public and parochial school systems, and re-fashioned the schools as health centers, boys' and girls' clubs, and community centers. In the 1920's and 1930's the CAS also began to devote a larger percentage of its resources to African American children.
Today the society serves over 150,000 children and other clients annually, at 45 sites in New York City. Their services begin before birth, with prenatal counseling and assistance, and continue through high school, with college and job preparatory training programs, health care, academic, sports, and arts programs, community schools, and an adolescent sexuality and pregnancy prevention program. To stabilize families, CAS also provides services to parents including housing assistance, domestic violence counseling, and health care access. The CAS "concurrent planning" approach to foster care became the basis for the 1996 federal Adoption and Safe Families Act, which defines today's modern foster care system.
For more detailed historical notes about Children's Aid Society officers, facilities and programs, please see notes in Series IV, IX, X, XI, and XII.
Chronology
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in fifteen series.
Series I. Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1853-1963, 1966-1970
Series II. Certificates of Incorporation, Constitution, and Other Organizational Records, 1854-1936 (bulk 1854-1899)
Series III. Reports, 1853-2006 (bulk 1853-1942)
Series IV. Officers and Trustees of the CAS - Correspondence and Other Materials, 1853-1959
Series V. Diaries, Memoirs, and Historical Sketches by CAS Employees, circa 1853-circa 1980's
Series VI. Financial and Fund-Raising Records, 1853-1949
Series VII. Legal Records, circa 1861-1925
Series VIII. Real Estate Records, circa 1869-1964
Series IX. Facilities Records: Industrial Schools, Lodging Houses, Summer Camps, and Farm Schools, 1854-1972 and undated (bulk 1854-1958)
Series X. Convalescent Facilities and Medical Programs, 1885-1965
Series XI. Records of the Children's Emigration, Placing-Out, and Foster Home Programs, 1853-2006 (bulk 1853-1939) (some records restricted)
Series XII. Records of Other CAS Programs and Services, 1874-1947
Series XIII. Photographs, 1890-circa 1960
Series XIV. Newspaper Clippings and Articles from Periodicals, circa 1854-circa 1984
Series XV. Materials Produced by Other Organizations, circa 1836-circa 1934
Please see individual series descriptions for additional subdivision into subseries. Materials are arranged chronologically within each series, subseries, or sub-subseries.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the historical records of the Children's Aid Society (CAS). The charitable organization was founded in New York City in 1853 to aid, educate, and provide lodging for poor children in the city, and/or to place them in foster homes or with employers outside of the city. The records relate to the CAS lodging houses, industrial schools, convalescent homes, health centers, farm schools, and, especially, the emigration programs ("orphan train") which operated during the period 1853-1947. The collection also includes material such as minutes and financial reports from 1948-1970 and annual reports to 2006. A large portion of the collection consists of case files from the emigration program which are restricted and need special permission to be viewed. Materials most represented in the collection are reports, bound volumes, photographs, and correspondence, among other material types.
The collection is arranged in 15 series, according to subject matter and/or type of material. It is contained in 994 archival boxes and two oversize boxes, as well as 807 bound volumes. Portions of the collection have been digitized and can be viewed on flickr.
"Orphan Train" and Farm School Records: The records of the CAS programs which placed children in homes outside of the city constitute the bulk of the collection. These records may be found in Series XI, box numbers 45-971 and volumes 362-473. Boxes 56-971 are restricted and need special permission to be viewed. Many of the volumes in this series are also restricted. Restricted volumes are noted in the container list. Boxes 45-971 include the case files and correspondence of foster or adopted children sent to the country, and of boys who had completed the CAS farm school program and who were then placed on farms for wages. (The case files for both paid and unpaid placements were kept together by the CAS). Non-restricted materials in this series include correspondence from children from before the CAS began keeping case files (boxes 45-55), a small number of broadsides, pamphlets, and reports, and some volumes. Other unrestricted material from the Emigration/Placing-Out program can be found in the photographs in Series XIII. The facilities series, Series IX, also has a significant percentage of records from the farm schools where boys were trained before they were placed in the country.
CAS Facilities Records: Although the records of the placing-out programs constitute the bulk of the collection, the collection also includes a substantial amount of material produced by the lodging houses, medical department and convalescent homes run by the CAS, and a smaller amount of material on the industrial schools and camps operated by the society. Materials related to CAS facilities include narrative registers which tell the stories of people taken in by the CAS, statistical record books which provide precise intake numbers and data about those who passed through CAS facilities, and brochures and pamphlets produced by the facilities or programs. These materials support research on the lives and experiences of poor, immigrant, sick, or homeless children, and young men and women in the city from 1853-1930s.
Photographic Prints and Tintypes: The collection includes a significant number of vintage photographs and tintypes. Photographic materials include 2 boxes of photographs of companies of children sent to the country together, 3 boxes of photographs of farm school boys, and 4 boxes of photographs documenting activities in CAS industrial schools, lodging houses, summer camps, and convalescent homes. The CAS hired photographers, including Lewis Hine, to take these photographs for annual reports, brochures and other CAS public relations purposes, between the years 1893-1930's (bulk 1911-1931). Hired photographers also made portraits of CAS officers and trustees, and portraits of children to represent the type of child the CAS helped. Additional portraits among the photographs include thousands of formal portraits and snapshots in the case files, and in 2 boxes of duplicate photographs removed from the case files.
Business and Organizational Records: 517 bound volumes and 13 boxes contain the business, financial and fund-raising records of the CAS. These materials include ledgers; correspondence accompanying donations; appeals, pamphlets, brochures and invitations sent to donors; and records related to donations and other income, and payroll and other expenditures. The materials support research into the business of running a major charitable organization from 1853-circa 1960.
The collection includes Minutes of the Board of Trustees from 1853 to 1970 (except for late 1963 through 1965, which are missing), Annual Reports from 1853 to 2006, and founding, organizational, and constitutional documents. It includes a relatively small and incomplete selection of executive correspondence, and small quantities of legal and real estate documents. It includes a strong number of reports and articles composed for the public, public addresses and radio speeches, as well as reports submitted to supervisory and other agencies, documenting the work of the CAS. The annual reports and other reports provide a window onto the way the CAS perceived and articulated its mission and communicated its accomplishments, and the ways the mission changed over time.
Other materials and Notable Materials: The collection includes several diaries written by nineteenth century agents of the CAS documenting their encounters with poor children in New York City and the earliest days of the CAS's operation. There are also some memoirs and historical sketches by CAS employees relating their experiences in retrospect.
The collection includes photocopied newspaper clippings organized by year and by subject.
Unusual or notable items in the collection include broadsides and pamphlets from the "orphan train" emigration/placing out program (Series XI), architectual drawings by Calvert Vaux, who designed many Children's Aid Society buildings (Series VIII), diaries by agents of the CAS who found and visited needy children and intervened to help them (Series V), vintage photographic prints of groups ("companies") of children sent to the country together as part of the emigration/placing-out program (Series XIII.5), vintage photographic prints of Children's Aid Society programs and facilities (Series XIII.2-3), amateur minstrel show programs from the Newsboys' Lodging House (Series IX) along with other pamphlets and materials from Children's Aid Society lodging houses, industrial schools, farm schools and convalescent homes, and volumes describing the activities of those facilities in both narrative and statistical form (Series IX and X).
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Access Restrictions
Researchers who wish to view restricted children's files or restricted volumes should contact the library of the New-York Historical Society. These researchers will be referred to a designated specialist from the Children's Aid Society who will interview the potential researcher to determine what he or she may consult and will then supervise the reader's use of the appropriate material. Guidelines currently in place for family history research at CAS, as determined by legal restrictions on the accessibility of adoption and foster care records, will be followed. Such researchers will follow as well the general registration procedures of the New-York Historical Society.
Researchers who wish to view open materials will register as Manuscript users, and be allowed access to the unrestricted materials in the collection.
This collection is stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult it, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Permission to quote from this collection in a publication must be requested and granted in writing. Researchers will be asked to agree that no names of principals (children, families, etc.) will be included in any published material. Send permission requests, citing the name of the collection from which you wish to quote, to
Manuscripts Curator
The New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
The copyright law of the United States governs the making of photocopies and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Unpublished materials created before January 1, 1978 cannot be quoted in publication without permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as Records of the Children's Aid Society, The New-York Historical Society.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by the Children's Aid Society in 2007. From 1985-2007 the collection was consolidated and preserved by Victor Remer, who had been Chief Executive of the Children's Aid Society from 1965-1981.
A large supplementary donation of volumes was later received by N-YHS and added to the collection in July 2018.
About this Guide
Repository
Series I - Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1853-1963, 1966-1970, inclusive
Language of Materials
Arrangement
This series is divided into two subseries:
I.1 contains Minutes of the Board of Trustees 1853-1963 and 1966-1970, in bound volumes, arranged chronologically.
I.2 contains unbound material related to board meetings, in folders arranged chronologically.
Subseries I.1 - Minutes of the Board of Trustees - Volumes, 1853-1963, 1966-1970, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of Minutes of the Board of Trustees 1853-1970 (except for years mid-1963 through 1965, which are missing), bound in volumes, arranged chronologically. The first volume in the series briefly chronicles annual meetings 1854-1894. The following volumes contain the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Trustees, including annual meetings, monthly meetings, and special meetings 1853-June 1963 and 1966-1970. A volume of Minutes 1869-1879 from the Finance Committee, a subcommittee of the Board, is interfiled chronologically with the other board minutes. There is some duplication of information in volumes 3-5.
Processing Information
Volumes 574-578 (minutes for October 1951 and after) were added to the collection by archivist Larry Weimer in July 2018.
Annual Meetings, 1854-1894
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1853-1861
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1861-1865
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1861-1873
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1866-1879
Minutes of the Finance Committee, 1869-1879
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1879-1895
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1895-1907
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1907-1914
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1914-1921
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1921-1929
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1929-1935
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1936-1940
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1941-1945
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1946-1951
Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1951 Oct-1957 Feb, 1951-1957, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1957 March-1960 Nov, 1957-1960, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1960 Dec-1963 June, 1960-1963, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1966 Jan-1968 May, 1966-1968, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1968 Oct-1970 Dec, 1968-1970, inclusive
Subseries I.2 - Board Meeting Notes and Unbound Minutes, 1853-1896, undated
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of 5 folders of unbound materials related to board meetings from 1853-1896, and undated.
Page from 8 February 1853 Minutes, 1853 February 8
Minutes, 1853 February 8-1854 February 20
Board Meeting Notes, 1874
Agenda for Board Meeting, 1889 May 15
Board Meeting Notes, 1896, undated
Series II - Certificates of Incorporation, Constitution, and other Organizational Records, 1854-1936 (bulk 1854-1899)
Arrangement
Series II contains official documents related to the incorporation, trustees, inventory, and constitution of the Children's Aid Society. It is arranged into 3 small subseries, each arranged chronologically:
II.1 - Founding Documents
II.2 - Annual Certificates
II.3 - Constitution
Subseries II.1 - Founding Documents
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains the first public notice of the CAS, the Certificate of Incorporation from 1854-1855, a transcription of the same from 1871, and certified copies from 1932 of that document and of the 1907 Extension of Purposes.
First Public Announcement of CAS, 1853 March
Certificate of Incorporation - Certified, 1854 May 31, 1855 January 10
Certificate of Incorporation - Transcription, 1871
Certified Copies of 1855 Certificate of Incorporation and 1907 Extension of Purposes, 1932
Subseries II.2 - Annual Certificates
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains Annual Certificates of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Officers and Trustees and Notarized 1873-1899 (missing '74, 75, '76,'78, '79, '84).
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, 1873
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1877, 1880, 1881
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1882, 1883, 1885
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1886, 1887, 1888
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1889, 1890, 1891
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1892, 1893
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1894, 1895
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1896, 1897
Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1898, 1899
Subseries II.3 - Constitution
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains a handwritten draft of constitutional amendments (incomplete), circa 1874, and copies of the Constitution and By-Laws from five years (1883, 1886, 1908, 1927, 1936).
Handwritten Draft of Constitutional Amendments (incomplete), circa 1874
Constitution and By-Laws, 1883
Constitution and By-Laws (2 copies), 1886
Constitution and By-Laws (2 copies), 1908
Constitution and By-Laws, 1927
Constitution and By-Laws, 1936
Series III - Reports, 1853-2006 (bulk 1853-1942)
Arrangement
Series III is divided into 6 subseries, each arranged chronologically:
III.1 - Annual Reports, 1854-2006
III.2 - Reports, Articles and Addresses for the Public and Particular Audiences, 1857-1942
III.3 - Reports to Supervisory Agencies and Other Organizations, 1873-1937
III.4 - Internal Reports, 1853-1921
III.5 - Reports Produced Outside the Auspices of CAS, 1895-1941
III.6 - Reports by the State Charities Aid Association, 1898-1906.
Scope and Content
The series as a whole consists of Annual Reports, and other published and unpublished reports, public addresses, and radio speeches on a wide range of topics, produced by the CAS for public audiences (subseries 1, 2), for supervisory agencies and other organizations (subseries 3), or for internal purposes (subseries 4). Subseries 5 and 6 include reports related to the work of the CAS but written by organizations and individuals writing outside the auspices of CAS. The reports span the years 1853-2006 (bulk 1853-1942). Because of the broad extent of dates and topics covered and audiences addressed, the series provides an overview of the shifting concerns of the CAS over the years. For further information about materials, please see the notes for each individual subseries.
Subseries III.1 - Annual Reports, 1854-2006
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of annual reports of the Children's Aid Society from 1854-2006. The subseries contains annual reports in bound volumes 1854-1961, and unbound copies 1854-2006. The bound volumes are listed first. With some exceptions, the collection holds one bound copy and two unbound copies of each annual report. There are no unbound copies for 1863, 1866, 1889, and 1992, but there are bound copies of the reports from all but the last of these dates. The number of copies of each unbound annual report is noted in parenthesis after the title of the report. The bound annual reports from 1857-1860 (volume 18) are bound together with two other reports/public addresses by Charles Loring Brace produced during those years.
Annual Reports, 1854-1855, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1856-1866, inclusive
Annual Reports, bound together with Address Upon the Industrial School Movement Delivered at a Union Meeting of the Ladies of the Industrial Schools by Charles Loring Brace November 1857, NY: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas 1857, and The Best Method of Disposing of Our Pauper and Vagrant Children by C.L. Brace, NY: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas 1859, 1857-1860, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1864-1869, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1870-1880, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1879-1885, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1886-1892, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1890-1898, inclusive
Annual Report, 1892, inclusive
Annual Report, 1894, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1899-1904, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1904-1907, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1906-1911, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1912-1916, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1917-1921, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1922-1925, inclusive
Annual Reports, including New York Childlife in 1929, 1924-1930, inclusive
Annual Report, 1927, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1928-1938, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1939-1949, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1950-1956, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1957-1961, inclusive
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Annual Reports (1 original of 1st; 1 original of 1st, 2nd and 3rd bound together), 1856, inclusive
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2nd Annual Report (1), 1855, inclusive
3rd Annual Report (1), 1856, inclusive
4th Annual Report (1), 1857, inclusive
5th Annual Report (2), 1858, inclusive
6th Annual Report (2), 1859, inclusive
7th Annual Report (2)
8th Annual Report (1), 1861, inclusive
9th Annual Report (1), 1862, inclusive
11th Annual Report (2), 1864, inclusive
12th Annual Report (1), 1865, inclusive
14th Annual Report (2), 1867, inclusive
15th Annual Report (2), 1868, inclusive
16th Annual Report (2), 1869 February
17th Annual Report (2), 1869 November
18th Annual Report (2), 1870, inclusive
19th Annual Report (2), 1871, inclusive
20th Annual Report (2), 1872, inclusive
21st Annual Report (2), 1873, inclusive
22nd Annual Report (2), 1874, inclusive
23rd Annual Report (2), 1875, inclusive
24th Annual Report (2), 1876, inclusive
25th Annual Report (2), 1877, inclusive
26th Annual Report (2), 1878, inclusive
27th Annual Report (2), 1879, inclusive
28th Annual Report (2), 1880, inclusive
29th Annual Report (2), 1881, inclusive
30th Annual Report (2), 1882, inclusive
31st Annual Report (2), 1883, inclusive
32nd Annual Report (2), 1884, inclusive
33rd Annual Report (2), 1885, inclusive
34th Annual Report (2), 1886, inclusive
35th Annual Report (2), 1887, inclusive
36th Annual Report (2), 1888, inclusive
38th Annual Report (1), 1890, inclusive
39th Annual Report (2), 1891, inclusive
40th Annual Report (2), 1892, inclusive
41st Annual Report (2), 1893, inclusive
42nd Annual Report (2), 1894, inclusive
43rd Annual Report (2), 1895, inclusive
44th Annual Report (2), 1896, inclusive
45th Annual Report (2), 1897, inclusive
46th Annual Report (2), 1898, inclusive
47th Annual Report (2), 1899, inclusive
48th Annual Report (2), 1900, inclusive
49th Annual Report (2), 1901, inclusive
50th Annual Report (2), 1902, inclusive
51st Annual Report (2), 1903, inclusive
52nd Annual Report (2), 1904, inclusive
53rd Annual Report (2), 1905, inclusive
54th Annual Report (2), 1906, inclusive
55th Annual Report (2), 1907, inclusive
56th Annual Report (2), 1908, inclusive
57th Annual Report (2), 1909, inclusive
58th Annual Report (2), 1910, inclusive
Annual Report - Treasurer's Report (typed version), 1911, inclusive
59th Annual Report (2), 1911, inclusive
60th Annual Report (2), 1912, inclusive
61st Annual Report (2), 1913, inclusive
62nd Annual Report (2), 1914, inclusive
63rd Annual Report (2), 1915, inclusive
64th Annual Report (2), 1916, inclusive
65th Annual Report (2), 1917, inclusive
66th Annual Report (2), 1918, inclusive
67th Annual Report (2), 1919, inclusive
68th Annual Report (2), 1920, inclusive
69th Annual Report (2), 1921, inclusive
70th Annual Report (2), 1922, inclusive
71st Annual Report (2), 1923, inclusive
72nd Annual Report, Parts I and II (2 of each), 1924, inclusive
73rd Annual Report, Parts I and II (2 of each), 1925, inclusive
74th Annual Report, "Among the City Throngs" (2), 1926, inclusive
75th Annual Report, "The Crusade for Children 1853-1928" (2), 1927, inclusive
76th Annual Report (2), 1928, inclusive
77th Annual Report (2), 1929, inclusive
78th Annual Report (2), 1930, inclusive
78th Annual Report, 3 extra "numbers" focusing on boys' clubs and fresh air work (2 of each), 1930, inclusive
79th Annual Report, "Summer Work Number" (2), 1931, inclusive
80th Annual Report, "Summer Work Number" (3), 1932, inclusive
81st Annual Report (2), 1933, inclusive
82nd Annual Report (2), 1934, inclusive
83rd Annual Report (2), 1935, inclusive
84th Annual Report (2), 1936, inclusive
85th Annual Report (2), 1937, inclusive
86th Annual Report, "The Balance Sheet of Children" (2), 1938, inclusive
87th Annual Report, "Children in the News" (2), 1939, inclusive
88th Annual Report, "The Home Front" (2), 1940, inclusive
89th Annual Report, "Children in Wartime" (1), 1941, inclusive
90th Annual Report, "90 Years Ago" (1), 1942, inclusive
91st Annual Report, "Looking Ahead" (2), 1943, inclusive
92nd Annual Report, "And a Time to Build Up" (1), 1944, inclusive
93rd Annual Report, "Children After the War" (2), 1945, inclusive
94th Annual Report, "Children But Once" (2), 1946, inclusive
95th Annual Report, "More Children" (2), 1947, inclusive
96th Annual Report, "The New Crop" (3), 1948, inclusive
97th Annual Report, "Cheaper By the Dozen" (2), 1949, inclusive
98th Annual Report, "Children Must Be Ready" (2), 1950, inclusive
99th Annual Report, "More Young Children, More Needs, More Care" (2), 1951, inclusive
100th Annual Report, "Report of the Hundredth Year" (1), 1952, inclusive
101st Annual Report, "Another Century - A Record and a Promise" (2), 1953, inclusive
102nd Annual Report, "The City is the Children" (2), 1954, inclusive
103rd Annual Report, "Special Interest - Children" (2), 1955, inclusive
104th Annual Report, "Tomorrow's Children" (2), 1956, inclusive
105th Annual Report, "What About the 99 Per Cent?" (2), 1957, inclusive
106th Annual Report, "Growing to Meet Their Needs" (2), 1958, inclusive
107th Annual Report, "Children Must Choose" (2), 1959, inclusive
108th Annual Report, "The Right Place...at the Right Time" (2), 1960, inclusive
109th Annual Report, "Children are the Future" (2), 1961, inclusive
110th Annual Report, "Children Unlimited" (2), 1962, inclusive
111th Annual Report, "These Are Your Children" (2), 1963, inclusive
112th Annual Report (1), 1964, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1965, inclusive
Annual Report (2 formats, 2 copies of each), 1966-1967, inclusive
Annual Report (2 formats, 2 copies of each), 1967-1968, inclusive
Annual Report (1), 1968-1969, inclusive
Annual Report (1), 1969-1970, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1970-1971, inclusive
Annual Report, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2), 1972 Fall
Annual Report (2), 1972-1973, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1973-1974, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1974-1975, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1975-1976, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1976-1977, inclusive
Annual Report (1), 1977-1978, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1978-1979, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1979-1980, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1980-1981, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1981-1982, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1983, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1984, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1985, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1986, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1987, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1988, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1989, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1990, inclusive
Annual Report, "Forever Young - Partnerships for the Future" (2), 1991, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1993, inclusive
Annual Report, "To Be a Child" (2), 1994, inclusive
Annual Report, "Letters From Our Children" (2), 1995, inclusive
Annual Report (2), 1996, inclusive
Annual Report, "Our World" (2), 1997, inclusive
Annual Report, "We're Everywhere You Look" (2), 1998, inclusive
Annual Report, "The Spirit of the Child - Our Mission and Relevance in the 21st Century" (2), 1999, inclusive
Annual Report, "Service + Advocacy = Change" (2), 2000, inclusive
Annual Report, "On the Front Lines of Change" (2), 2001, inclusive
Annual Report, "An Enduring Mission in Times of Change" (2), 2002, inclusive
Annual Report, "Children's Services Today and Tomorrow" (1), 2003, inclusive
Annual Report, "Growing Up Healthy" (2), 2004, inclusive
Annual Report, "Rising to the Challenge" (2), 2005, inclusive
Annual Report, "The Need to Succeed: Teens Chart Their Course" (2), 2006, inclusive
Subseries III.2 - Reports, Articles, and Addresses for the Public and Particular Audiences, 1857-1942, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.2 contains reports other than the Annual Reports, as well as other types of articles and presentations composed for the public, or for smaller audiences. The materials range in form, from reports bound in larger booklets, to short reports in the form of informational pamphlets, to letters to the editor, to typescripts of papers, public addresses and radio speeches. Some of the material is in draft form. The materials in this subseries were created to inform the public (or particular smaller audiences) about social issues of concern to the Children's Aid Society, to promote the Children's Aid Society's solutions, and indirectly to encourage donations or other support. The subseries spans the years 1857-circa 1942. Arranged chronologically, this subseries provides a good overview of the shifting concerns of the CAS over the years.
See also the published works of Charles Loring Brace (Series IV, volumes 39-42) and the booklets and pamphlets in Series VI.3 (Fund-Raising Materials) for other reports composed for the public. See also Series VII for reports on legal matters, Series IX for reports on facilities, Series X for reports on medical programs, Series XI for reports on the Emigration and Foster Home Programs, and Series XII for reports on other programs.
Note: This subseries contains reports by two people named Charles Loring Brace. Founder Charles Loring Brace is identified by that name in this collection. His son, who followed him as Secretary of CAS in 1890 and went by the same name or by C. Loring Brace or Loring Brace or C.L. Brace, is identified as Charles Loring Brace II for the purposes of this collection.
"Address Upon the Industrial School Movement, Delivered at a Union Meeting of the Ladies of the Industrial Schools," by Charles Loring Brace, 1857 November
"The Best Method of Disposing of Our Pauper and Vagrant Children," by Charles Loring Brace, 1859, inclusive
"The Cost of a Charity" Analysis of 1873 CAS expenses, justifying expenditures to potential donors, by Charles Loring Brace, 1874, inclusive
"Some Reasons Why," a report in defense of public funding of CAS Industrial Schools, author unknown, typescript, circa 1875-1925
"Summer Charities of the Children's Aid Society," by G. Calder, Superintendent, 1881 May 20
"Child Saving as Shown in Summer Homes and Sanitaria Near Large Cities," a Paper Presented to the National Conference of Charities, by Charles Loring Brace, 1884 October 15
"Dutch Hill, a Picture of the N.Y. Poor," an early article describing conditions and soliciting donations for an Industrial School, by Charles Loring Brace, undated, before 1890
Photocopies of 6 Articles by Charles Loring Brace II: "How Boys Come to be Bad" (1892), "Child Life on the Streets" (1894), "Reply from CAS" (1899), "A Work of Practical Benevolence" (1901), "The Children of the Poor in Great Cities" (1902), and "Truancy" (1906), 1892, 1894, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1906
League for Social Service Pamphlet Series G: "Children's Aid Society of NY," by Charles Loring Brace II, 1898, inclusive
Letter to the Editor of Charities, by Charles Loring Brace II, 1899 December 23
"The Salary Question" [by A.B. Hepburn, Treasurer], typescript, 1899, inclusive
Children's Aid Society Statement of Purpose [by William Church Osborn, President], typescript, circa 1902-1907
"Improvement in Philanthropic Methods," paper by Charles Loring Brace II, typescript, 1904, inclusive
"Education of Cripples and Mentally Deficient Children in their Own Homes," paper by Charles Loring Brace II, typescript, 1905, inclusive
"Child Saving," a paper prepared for the International Congress of Public and Private Charities, Milan, Italy, by Charles Loring Brace II, typescript, 1906 May 23-27
"The Emigration of Homeless Children to the Country" aka "The Children's Aid Society of New York: Its Emigration or Placing Out System and its Results" - CAS author(s) unknown, bound report, 1910, inclusive
Address at the Roosevelt Luncheon, by Charles Loring Brace II, 1911 May 5
"The Industrial Schools of the Children's Aid Society of New York City," by A. Blair Thaw, M.D., founder of the Sixty-fourth Street Industrial School, later merged with the Henrietta School, bound report, 1911, inclusive
"The Children's Aid Society of New York in its Seventieth Year," by Charles Loring Brace II, 1923, inclusive
"Why Should I Give?" by C.R. Conklin, CAS Medical Director, Reprinted from Hospital Social Service XII, 1925, 158, 1925, inclusive
Report on Nutritional Work Carried Out by the CAS, small booklet published by CAS (2 copies), 1926, inclusive
"The Crusade for Children 1853-1928," bound report (see also Annual Report 1927), 1928, inclusive
"New York Child-Life in 1929," by Owen Lovejoy, bound report, 1929, inclusive
"Mending Broken Homes: a Report of the Work of the Department of Family Homes" (bound report, 2 copies including 1 annotated by unknown person), 1929, inclusive
Letter to the Editor of the New York Times, on Horatio Alger, the Newsboys' Lodging House, and Brace and Bowdoin Farms, by Owen Lovejoy, typescript, 1932 January
"The Negro Children of New York," by Owen Lovejoy, bound report, 1932, inclusive
A series of 8 CAS radio addresses on the problem of homeless boys, delivered weekly by celebrated people, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, and others, typescripts, 1932 November 29-1933 January 17
"America's Wandering Boys," by Owen Lovejoy, article printed in Current History, 1933 February
"Bowdoin Farm" by unknown CAS author, typescript draft of speech or report, 1933 August 7
"Radio Talk" by unknown CAS author, typescript, 1933 October 16 and 1934 January 5
"As the Twig is Bent" by unknown CAS author, typescript draft of a speech on homeless boys, circa 1933
Radio Speech on Homeless Boys, unknown CAS author, broadcast on Station WGNY, Chester NY, typescript copy, 23 July 1935
Radio Speech on Bowdoin Farm, typescript draft with corrections, circa 1935
Two Radio Programs on Bowdoin Farm (typescripts) and related correspondence between Margaret M. Fellows and Mahlon N. Champlin, 1936 November 24-1937 May 8
"The Youth of the Future and the Future of Youth" by William Church Osborn, radio address, typescript, circa 1935
3 Reports by unknown CAS authors: "The CAS' Work for Homeless and Transient Boys" (photocopy), untitled article from Tribune on same subject (typescript, incomplete), and "Back to the Land" on the same subject (photocopy of a draft article for Rural New Yorker), 1938 March, 1938 April, and undated
Transcription of promotional film made for CAS, "The Disinherited," and related correspondence, 1939 May 5-1940 August 9 and undated
Addresses delivered by William Church Osborn and Hon. Alfred A. Smith at a program of films about the CAS at the Museum of Modern Art, typescript, 1940 February 6
Untitled Essay by William Church Osborn, typescript, 1940 March 21
"Youth and Opportunity," by William Church Osborn, typescript, 1940 August
"Who Will Milk the Cow and Do the Chores?" by Margaret M. Fellows, article published in Land Policy Review Vol. IV, No. 5, photocopy of published article and typescript draft of same, 1941 May
"For Every Child...A Home," by the Homeless Children's Committee of the CAS, bound report, 1941, inclusive
"Children in Wartime" regarding CAS preparedness and programs in WWII, pamphlet, circa 1942-1943
Subseries III.3 - Reports to Supervisory Agencies and Other Organizations, 1873-1937, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.3 contains reports to supervisory agencies, written in fulfillment of annual requirements, and reports to other organizations. The subseries is divided into 4 sub-subseries, each arranged chronologically.
III.3.A contains Reports to the State Board of Charities 1873-1929 (missing 1874-1876, 1878-1880, 1896, and 1919-1921).
III.3.B contains Reports to the State Department of Social Welfare (the subsequent name for the State Board of Charities, and a continuation of the reports in the previous sub-subseries) 1930-1937. The reports in the first two subseries give a thorough statistical accounting of the work of the Children's Aid Society.
III.3.C contains Reports to the New York City Department of Finance 1920, 1921, and 1926.
III.3.D contains two other reports: a Report to the Council of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor 1923, and a Report to the Trustees of Mrs. Kane's Estate, "Supervised Playgrounds," requesting allocation of funds for a self-supporting girl's club and apartment (circa 1927).
Sub-Subseries III.3.A - Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1873-1929, inclusive
Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1873, 1877
Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1881, 1882, 1883
Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1884, 1885, 1886
Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1887, 1888, 1889
Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1890, 1891, 1892
Reports to the State Board of Charities, 1893, 1894, 1895
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1897, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1898, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1899, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1900, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1901, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1902, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1903, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1904, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1905, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1906, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1907, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1908, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1909, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1910, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1911, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1912, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1913, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1914, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1915, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1916, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1917, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1918, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1922, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1923, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1924, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1925, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1926, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1927, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1928, inclusive
Report to the State Board of Charities, 1929, inclusive
Sub-Subseries III.3.B - Reports to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1930-1937, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1930, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1931, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1932, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1933, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1934, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1935, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1936, inclusive
Report to the State Department of Social Welfare, 1937, inclusive
Sub-Subseries III.3.C - Reports to the New York City Department of Finance, 1920-1926, inclusive
Report to the New York City Department of Finance, 1920, inclusive
Report to the New York City Department of Finance, 1921, inclusive
Report to the New York City Department of Finance, 1926, inclusive
Sub-Subseries III.3.D - Other Reports, 1923 and circa 1927
Report to the Council of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 1923, inclusive
Report to the Trustees of Mrs. Kane's Estate: "Supervised Playgrounds", circa 1927
Subseries III.4 - Internal Reports, 1853-1921, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries 4 consists of 5 reports written presumably for a CAS internal audience (Board of Trustees or other). The reports in this small subseries cover a range of topics, dated 1853-circa 1921. For other internal reports related to individual facilities or programs of the CAS, see materials corresponding to those programs in Series IX-XI, or for legal reports see Series VII.
Statistics of Immorality and Crime in the 4th Ward, by E.J. Gerry, CAS, 1853, inclusive
"The Fresh Air Charities" by CAS Fresh Air Committee (Board of Trustees) - History and Suggestions for Future Direction, circa 1886-1900
Joint Report of the Commitees of the Five Points House of Industry and the Children's Aid Society on the care of Dependent Committed Children, delivered to the Trustees, draft typescript, incomplete (note: many children in the CAS emigration program came first through Five Points House of Industry, and the two organizations shared board members including William Church Osborn, William Wheelock, and Morris Jessup. From 1909-circa 1919 the two organizations merged, and CAS' Italian School rented space in the Five Points House of Industry building.), circa 1909
"Italian Immigrant: Is He Ambitious, Moral and Able?" by unknown CAS author [Mrs. Weygandt, Principal of Italian School?], undated
Report on Astor Family Contributions to CAS 1853-1921 (photocopy), circa 1921
Subseries III.5 - Reports Produced Outside the Auspices of CAS, 1895-1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.5 consists of 14 reports and speeches, 1895-1941, produced outside the auspices of CAS, but concerning the CAS mission. Several of these reports were written by people associated with CAS, but not writing as representatives of the agency. Most reports in the series were written by people unconnected to CAS, but the documents were saved and kept by people in the CAS who considered them relevant.
"Fresh Air Work in New York City" by William H. Tolman, Ph.D., 1895, inclusive
"For the Milan Congress. 5th Question" [on social insurance] by Professor C.R. Henderson, University of Chicago, 1906, inclusive
Excerpt from Draft Report: "The Evolution of the Child-Placing Movement" by Hastings H. Hart, and the program from the conference at which the report was delivered, 1909 January 25
Weekly Report of the Babies' Welfare Association, with focus on the Children's Aid Society, by Garret Smith, 1914 June 6
"Report of Work done by the Department of Public Charities for Babies Proposed for Commitment July and August 1915" and "A Study of the Care of Babies Committed by the Department of Public Charities of the City of New York to the New York Nursery and Childs' Hospital June 1915" and "Memorandum to the Second Deputy Commissioner - Suggestive Criticism of Methods Employed in Dealing with Applications July and August 1915" - Disbound typescripts of reports by William J. Doherty, circa 1915 September
Weekly Report of the Babies' Welfare Association, Department of Health, City of NY, Vol. 3, No. 22 (includes notice of CAS Health Home at Coney Island), 1917 June 9
"Study of Children's Aid Society Property in Manhattan to Determine its Availability and Adaptability for Boys' Club Purposes" prepared by Boys' Club Federation, includes analysis of neighborhoods, delinquency, and architectural drawings, 1928, inclusive
"Minimum Standards for Convalescent Homes" published by the Welfare Council (Dr. Charles Conklin, CAS Medical Director, on committee. Folder includes a letter by him explaining reason for report), 1895, inclusive
"Some Problems of Convalescence" by Charles R. Conklin, Medical Director of CAS, chapter from unknown anthology of reports, circa 1925-1930
"Newsboys of New York: A Study of Their Legal and Illegal Work Activities During 1931" by Harry M. Shulman, New York Child Labor Committee (Owen Lovejoy, Secretary of CAS, was at the same time Chairman of the NYCLC, which operated out of the United Charities Building, as did CAS.), 1932, inclusive
"The Story of the United Charities Building: Mr. John S. Kennedy's Relation to the Building and His Policies Regarding It" by Robert W. De Forest, 1936 abridgement of a 1931 Report, and 2 related photocopies, 1936, inclusive
"Where Do We Go From Here?" By William Church Osborn, Vice President of the Citizens Budget Commission (Osborn was also President of CAS 1902-1949), 1941, inclusive
"Italian Immigration" by Emma Brace, director of Society for Protection of Italian Immigrants(Brace was the daughter of CAS founder Charles Loring Brace), undated
Subseries III.6 - Reports by the State Charities Aid Association, 1898-1906, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Subseries III.6 contains reports 1898-1906 and one folder of luncheon speeches (1928) from the State Charities Aid Association, a child placing agency originally unconnected to the Children's Aid Society which merged into the CAS Adoption Services Department in 1965. The SCAA items in this subseries were transferred to CAS after the 1965 merger and were kept by CAS. The remaining files of the SCAA may have been lost or discarded. The reports in this subseries reflect the work of an agency similar in mission to the CAS, which later became part of the CAS.
SCAA Report: "What Ought to be the Duty of Those Placing-Out Children as to All After-Care and in What Should that After-Care Consist" (typescript draft), 1898 June
SCAA Report: A Caseworker in Brooklyn (typescript), 1898 June 8
SCAA Report: A Caseworker at the German Oddfellows' Home and Orphan Asylum (typescript), 1898 August 17
SCAA Report: Notes on Homes in the Borough of Queens (typescript draft), undated, circa 1898
SCAA Report: Reports of Children Placed 1898-1899 (typescript draft), 1899, inclusive
SCAA Report: Report after 2 Years of Work (typescript), 1900, inclusive
SCAA Report: "Brief Description of Free Homes in Which 54 Motherless Infants... Were Placed...September 30 1905 to October 1st 1906" (typescript), 1906, inclusive
Transcription of the Child Adoption Anniversary Luncheon of the State Charities Aid Association, including speeches by Will Rogers, Rube Goldberg, others (typescript), 1928 November 26
Series IV - Officers and Trustees of the CAS - Correspondence and Other Materials, 1853-1959, inclusive
Arrangement
This series is arranged in 5 subseries according to office:
IV.1 - Office of the Secretary
IV.2 - Office of the President
IV.3 - Office of the Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer
IV.4 - Mixed Officers and Other Executives
IV.5 - Trustees
Each subseries is further subdivided into sub-subseries by individuals holding the office. The materials in each sub-subseries are arranged chronologically. In most cases, materials are described at item-level. Correspondence is arranged most often by the recipient of the correspondence, although there are also some copies of outgoing correspondence. The collection does not provide a complete record of executive correspondence. Many letters were weeded out or lost over time.
The founder and first Secretary, Charles Loring Brace, is represented by more material than other officers in this series, including published books and a diary. All other executives and trustees are represented by correspondence and/or some miscellaneous material, including posthumous documents.
For reports, articles, and speeches written by the executives in this series, please see Series III.2-Reports. For photographs of executives and trustees in this series, please see Series XIII.1.
Note: Founder Charles Loring Brace is identified by that name in this collection. His son, who followed him as Secretary of CAS in 1890 and went by the same name or by C. Loring Brace or Loring Brace or C.L. Brace, is identified as Charles Loring Brace II for the purposes of this collection.
Subseries IV.1 - Office of the Secretary
Arrangement
This subseries is divided into 4 sub-subseries:
IV.1.A - Charles Loring Brace, founder and Secretary 1853-1890 (material 1853-1941)
IV.1.B - Charles Loring Brace II, Secretary 1890-1927 (material 1891-1938)
IV.1.C - Owen Lovejoy, Secretary 1928-1935, (material [circa 1917]-1935)
IV.1.D - Arthur Huck, Executive Director 1931-1935, Secretary 1935-1952, Secretary and Executive Director 1952-1959 (material 1917-1959)
Sub-Subseries IV.1.A - Charles Loring Brace, Founder and Secretary 1853-1890, (material 1853-1941)
Scope and Contents
This sub-subseries is arranged in the following order:
i. Diary 1853-1855
ii. Correspondence, 1853-1890, including a disbound volume of correspondence to the Secretary's Office addressed to both Brace and Assistant Secretary Jared Macy (1862-1863), and a disbound binder including correspondence from 1872-1875
iii. Drafts
iv. Published books (4 volumes 1866-1894)
"Early Diary of Charles Loring Brace, Founder of the Children's Aid Society" (and a transcription), 1853 February 10-1855 September
William C. Russell to Charles Loring Brace. Original letter of founders asking C.L.B. to be secretary, and a typescript of same, 1853 January 9
W.W. [Kelly] of Blackwell's Island Hospitals to Charles Loring Brace, 1853 January 24
C.C. Tracy to Charles Loring Brace and a forwarded enclosure, 1860 April 26, 1860 May 22
CAS Agent Henry Friedgen to Charles Loring Brace upon completion of his last trip West, and a transcription of same (see also Friedgen diary in Series V), 1862 December 4
Giles B. Avery of the Albany Shaker Society to Charles Loring Brace, offering to take children, 1862 December 12
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 March
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 April
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 May
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 June
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 July
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 August
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 September
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 October
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 November
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862 December
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1862
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1863 January-February
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1863 February-April
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1863 March-June
Office Correspondence to Brace and Macy, disbound volume, 1863 May-August
Index of Correspondents to Brace and Macy, from disbound volume, 1862-1863
William Earl Dodge to Charles Loring Brace, 1866 April 16
Florence Nightingale to Charles Loring Brace (transcription, typescript - location of original unknown), 1872 September 9
Correspondence between Charles Loring Brace and various parties regarding amendments to the state constitution against the interests of CAS, 1874 December 2-1875 February 8
Correspondence between Howard Potter, Charles Loring Brace, and John Keeler, 1874 December 9-16
Charles Loring Brace to Theodore Roosevelt asking how to intercede with N.Y. Central Railroad President Cornelius Vanderbilt to get reduced fares, circa 1874
Charles Loring Brace to Thomas A. Scott, President of Penn Central Railroad, asking for reduction in fares, circa 1874
Charles Loring Brace to teachers re: corporal punishment, medicine, festivals, standards for admission to schools, circa 1874
Charles Loring Brace to Henry [Kiddle], Superintendent of Schools (3 letters), circa 1874
Charles Loring Brace to R. Townsend (draft), circa 1874
Charles Loring Brace to Trustees, requesting money, circa 1874
Robert Hoe Jr. [to Charles Loring Brace and Theodore Roosevelt] re: purchasing property on 35th Street, and Mrs. [Atterbury] to Charles Loring Brace on same subject, 1875 January 28 and February 3
Charles Loring Brace to a member of the state legislature re: funding industrial schools, 1875 May 9
Index to binder that contained correspondence and other documents, 1872-1875
E.B. Wines of the National Prison Association to Charles Loring Brace, 1876 August 14
Letters from four correspondents to Charles Loring Brace on whether placed-out children often end up in penal institutions, 1876 August 15-21
John Jasper, Board of Education Superintendent, to Charles Loring Brace, praising CAS schools' performance, 1881 November 2
[T.W. Darghy] to Charles Loring Brace re: legal opinion, 1882 January 30
[Stokes, trustee] to Charles Loring Brace re: heating bill (2 letters), 1882 February 20
Lucien Tuckerman and Stokes to Charles Loring Brace, draft reply Brace to C.E. Whitehead, all re: Phelps Mission (4 letters), 1882 February 26-April 17
John Jacob Astor to Charles Loring Brace (poor quality photocopies - originals missing. Also 1 photocopied contract), 1882, 1887, 1888, 1890
William Booth (CAS President) to Charles Loring Brace, 1883, 1886
N.Y. Supreme Court Justice to Charles Loring Brace re: $50,000 donation by Mrs. Robert L. [Shiart], 1884 May 27
William P. Letchworth to Charles Loring Brace re: Brace's paper "Child Saving as Shown in Summer Homes and Sanitaria...", 1884 November 8
Alfred White to Charles Loring Brace re: purchase of Coney Island property (2 letters), 1886
Morris K. Jessup (4 letters) and William Booth (1 letter) to Charles Loring Brace re: donation for lodging house on 44th and 2nd, 1887 January 11-May 2 and undated
Mrs. R. [Bleig] to Charles Loring Brace, 1887 February 28
Alaska Governor (and former CAS ward) John G. Brady to Charles Loring Brace, 1888, 1902
James H. Jones to Charles Loring Brace (6 letters and transcripts of same, separated as significant by CAS), 1888 December 27-1895 February 22
James H. Jones to Charles Loring Brace (2 letters and 1 telegram), 1889 January and February
CAS Treasurer George S. Coe to Charles Loring Brace re: James H. Jones donations for the Jones Center, 1889 January and February
Charles Loring Brace to James H. Jones, 1889 February 6
Charles Loring Brace to the Rev. H.D. Pentecost, 1889 March 28
Dr. Hector to Charles Loring Brace re: medical work in industrial schools (narrative cases), 1889 April 17
CAS Assistant Treasurer L.W. Holste to Charles Loring Brace re: Emigration and CAS finances, 1889 April 17
CAS Assistant Treasurer L.W. Holste to Charles Loring Brace re: Emigration and CAS finances, 1889 May 15
Charles Loring Brace II to Charles Loring Brace expressing dissatisfaction with railroad work and asking to work for, and ultimately run, CAS, 1889 September 10
A.P. [Stockwell] to Charles Loring Brace re: CAS schools, 1889 October 16
Moreau Morris M.D. and William Booth to Charles Loring Brace re: unsafe and unsanitary conditions at lodging house on 44th and 2nd (2 letters), 1889 December 27 and 1890 January 6
Helen L. [Giefs] Stokes to Charles Loring Brace offering $2500 for Coney Island and $750 for other expenses, [1880's] April 14
William Douglas Stone to Charles Loring Brace re: donations for construction of Sloane Center (4 letters), 1889 August 10-1890 January 25
Charles Loring Brace Correspondence - Miscellaneous, incl. invitation to Emancipation meeting, 1861, 1862, 1871, 1873
Charles Loring Brace Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1874
Charles Loring Brace Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1880
Charles Loring Brace Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1886, 1889
Charles Loring Brace Correspondence - Miscellaneous, undated
Fragment of a draft of a letter [by Charles Loring Brace] to an unknown recipient, circa 1873 February 22
Draft memo by Charles Loring Brace: "A Summer Retreat for Poor Chilren", circa 1874
Draft of a page by Charles Loring Brace introducing architect Calvert Vaux's description of the planned Tompkins Square Boys Lodging House, circa 1886
Draft of a speech [by Charles Loring Brace] upon the inauguration of a new boys' lodging house and school, undated
Draft of a Christmas appeal [by Charles Loring Brace], undated
Draft of a Christmas appeal [by Charles Loring Brace], undated
Draft of a speech or sermon [by Charles Loring Brace], undated
Draft [by Charles Loring Brace]: "The Organization of Charities" on the inspiration to help the poor and follow Christ, undated
Draft [by Charles Loring Brace]: "The Work of the C.A.S. in the West" in response to the Sister State Commerce Bill. Outlines costs incurred by CAS and defends CAS, undated
Fragment of a Draft [by Charles Loring Brace] on the pleasure of charitable work and the love of God, undated
Short Sermons to Newsboys with a History of the Formation of the Newsboys Lodging House, NY, Charles Scribner & Co., 1866
The Dangerous Classes of N.Y. and 20 Years Work Among Them, NY, Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1872
The Children's Aid Society of New York: Its History, Plan and Results, Compiled from the Writings and Reports of the Late Charles Loring Brace, the Founder of the Society, and from the Records of the Secretary's Office. NY: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1893
Life and Letters of Charles Loring Brace aka the Life of Charles Loring Brace Chiefly Told in His Own Letters edited by his daughter with portraits, NY Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894
Memorial Booklet for Charles Loring Brace by CAS Board of Trustees and Howard Potter Esq., Trustee, 1890
"Personal Philanthropy Illustrated by the Life of Charles Loring Brace," by Herbert B. Adams Ph.D., The Charities Review, Vol. 1, No. 6, 1892 April
"Dr. Bushnell's Greatest Sermon" [an appreciation of Charles Loring Brace], NY Observer, Vol. LXXII, No. 51, photocopy, 1894 December 20
Biographical Sketch of Charles Loring Brace by unknown CAS author, 1940 November 27
"The Life of Charles Loring Brace, Author of 'Hungary in 1851,' by his Daughter Emma Brace Donaldson," Hungarian reference Library of America, 1941
2-page biographical sketch of Charles Loring Brace by unknown CAS author, undated
4-page biographical sketch of Charles Loring Brace by unknown CAS author, undated
Business Card of Charles L. Brace with writing on it "Trott took out this enfant terribleon [Friday] to Iowa", undated
Sub-Subseries IV.1.B - Charles Loring Brace II, Secretary 1890-1927, (material 1891-1938)
Scope and Contents
This sub-subseries contains correspondence and a draft. The material spans the years 1891-1938. See also IV.4.A for a disbound volume containing further correspondence related to Charles Loring Brace II. See also IV.2.B (correspondence to L.W. Holste) for an 1890 letter by Brace II reflecting on the prospect of becoming Secretary of CAS.
(Note: Founder Charles Loring Brace is identified by that name in this collection. His son, who followed him as Secretary of CAS in 1890 and went by the same name or by C. Loring Brace or Loring Brace or C.L. Brace, is identified as Charles Loring Brace II only for the purposes of this collection).
Emily Wheeler to Charles Loring Brace II re: plans for Elizabeth Home, 1891 February 17
William Stewart (Rhinelander attorney) to Charles Loring Brace II re: Rhinelander property (photocopy), 1891 March 25
Charles Loring Brace II Correspondence, 1891, 1896, 1922, 1929, and undated
James H. Jones to Charles Loring Brace II re: resignation from Board of Trustees (2 letters), 1892 November 16
Charles Loring Brace II to Moore Dupuy, Superintendent of Schools, re: idea for West Side School, 1896 April 23
D. Willis James to Charles Loring Brace II, and William Church Osborn to James, re: Mr. Astor, 1896 December
Draft letter with draft report: "Argument upon Senator Brown's Bill entitled 'An Act to Regulate the Placing Out of Children'" by Charles Loring Brace II, 1897
F.D. Weekes to Charles Loring Brace II with enclosed letter by Stanley Dexter to F.D. Weekes re: Coney Island property, 1900 September 25
Correspondence and memoranda between Charles Loring Brace II and E. Fellows Jenkins of the NY Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children re: Boys Lodging Houses (substantial material), 1902 April 11-23
Andrew H. Burke to Charles Loring Brace II, 1903 January 21
Anson Phelps-Stokes of Phelps Dodge to Charles Loring Brace II, 1904 April 15
Eleanor C. Morris to Charles Loring Brace II re: Mrs. A. Newbold Morris Fund for Cooking Classes and Tea (typescript), 1906 March 3
Charles Loring Brace II to William H. Pear, Boston Children's Aid Society, 1906 April 23
Charles Loring Brace II to donor Joseph Osborne - reports of children placed (photocopies sent to CAS in 1988), 1906-1914 and 1988
Draft of a letter from Charles Loring Brace II to Mrs. A. A. Anderson on the new convalescent home, 1909 July 2
Correspondence between Charles Loring Brace II and William Carmen representing Mrs. D. Willis James, 1912 January 18-1916 November 6
J. Morris Fisher, Superintendent of the Summer Camp for Boys in Denville N.J., to Charles Loring Brace II, re: operations, events, and specific boys' cases at camp, 1912 April 16
Correspondence between Charles Loring Brace II and Arthur C. James, 1913 November 5-1918 November 8
Correspondence between Charles Loring Brace II and Arthur C. James and their representatives, 1924 October 10-1927 December 1
Charles Loring Brace II, his family, and other interested parties re: his declining health, his death, and provisions for his survivors, 1933 October 6-1939 May 27 and undated
Charles Loring Brace II obituary in Tribune (photocopy), 1938 May 26
Sub-Subseries IV.1.C - Owen Lovejoy, Secretary 1928-1935, (material circa 1917-1935)
Scope and Contents
This sub-subseries contains 2 folders of correspondence, memoranda, and a brochure. See Series III.2 for four reports by Owen Lovejoy.
Material related to Owen Lovejoy, including a pre-CAS brochure (circa 1917) advertising his lectures, 1928 June 26-1935 March 6, and circa 1917
Correspondence between Owen Lovejoy and former wards of the CAS, in search of dramatic and positive stories for 75th anniversary; also memoranda re: this project, 1928 July 28-October 6
Sub-Subseries IV.1.D - Arthur Huck, Executive Director 1931-1935, Secretary 1935-1952, Secretary and Executive Director 1952-1959, (material 1917-1959)
Scope and Contents
This sub-subseries contains 13 folders of correspondence and other material from the files of Arthur Huck. Some of the correspondence was forwarded to Arthur Huck or kept by him, but was not addressed to him nor written by him. 3 folders include memoirs or histories by employees of the CAS Marion Withycomb, Charles Conklin, and Bertha Schlegel, written as letters to Huck.
Correspondence from Superintendent of Nurses, Bureau of Child Hygiene, Dept. of Health to Charles Conklin, forwarded to Arthur Huck, 1917 December 11
Correspondence from Charles Conklin to Dr. Draper, re: History of Kinderfold convalescent home in Chappaqua, and suggestions for improvement, forwarded to Arthur Huck, 1920 March 29 and 1938 July 8
Correspondence between Arthur C. James and his representatives and senior executives of the CAS, from Arthur Huck's files, folder 1 of 3, 1928 October 15-1933 December 18
Correspondence between Arthur C. James and his representatives and senior executives of the CAS, from Arthur Huck's files, folder 2 of 3, 1934 November 27-1938 December 21
Correspondence between Arthur C. James and his representatives and senior executives of the CAS, from Arthur Huck's files, folder 3 of 3, 1939 December 12-1941 December 23
Correspondence re: Westchester putting a road through Elizabeth Milbank Anderson property, 1931 March 27-October 30
Correspondence from the files of Arthur Huck from and regarding Robert Brace, 1933 November 3-1939 January 12
Marion H. Withycomb, Superintendent of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Home, to Arthur Huck, re: history of the property, 1934 December 12
Charles Conklin to Arthur Huck re: publicity materials, 1934, 1936
G. Dana Younger and William Church Osborn to Arthur Huck re: Jessup Playground, 1937 January 6-May 7
Arthur Huck and Morgan Dix Wheelock to President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and daughter, and 1 note from Eleanor Roosevelt's secretary (4 carbons, and 1 typescript), 1937 July 7-1941 March 24 and 1962 November 9
Correspondence between former industrial school teacher Bertha Schlegel and Arthur Huck, including her memories, 1940 January
Biographical/Public Relations material related to Arthur Huck on the occasions of his 50th anniversary with CAS and his retirement, 1958, 1959
Subseries IV.2 - Office of the President
Scope and Contents
This subseries is divided into 3 sub-subseries:
IV.2.A - William A. Booth, President 1861-1892 (material 1891)
IV.2.B - D. Willis James, President 1893-1901 (material 1896)
IV.2.C - William Church Osborn, President 1902-1949 (material 1902-1951).
There is one piece of correspondence apiece for Booth and James. Osborn is more fully represented.
Sub-Subseries IV.2.A - William A. Booth, President 1861-1892, (material 1891)
John S. Kennedy to William A. Booth on the need for a United Charities Building, 1891 March 9
Sub-Subseries IV.2.B - D. Willis James, President 1893-1901, (material 1896)
D. Willis James to William Waldorf Astor (typescript), 1896 December 4
Sub-Subseries IV.2.C - William Church Osborn, President 1902-1949, (material 1902-1951)
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains correspondence, honorary certificates, and a periodical. It includes a letter signed by Governor Alfred E. Smith.
William Church Osborn to Emily Wheeler and her reply, 1902 August 8 and 22
Correspondence between William Church Osborn and Grace Dodge, re: $100,000 anonymous donation and plans to build a lodging house (4 letters), 1906 July 4-1907 May 17
2 certificates presented to William Church Osborn conferring the Order of the Crown of Italy, 1907 January 17 and 22
Correspondence between William Church Osborn and the Consul General of Italy re: Royal Decreee appointing Osborn Officer of Order of the Crown, 1907 February 2-May 7
Joseph Milbank to William Church Osborn, and replies, re: donation to create Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Home, 1907 October 11-1908 December 16
The Democrat, Vol. I No. 7, with William Church Osborn on cover, 1916 January
William Church Osborn to Consul General of Italy, and certificate, 1920-1922
Percy R. Pyne II to William Church Osborn re: P.R. Ideas, 1924 November 14
William Wheelock to William Church Osborn re: lodging houses and a new secretary for CAS, 1926 December 1
Correspondence between Charles Loring Brace II and William Church Osborn re: retirement of Charles Loring Brace II, 1927 September 2-December 1
Charles Loring Brace II to William Church Osborn re: farm school, letter from a farm school graduate, and publicity for farm school, 1927 December 18 and 1928 January 11
William Church Osborn, Arthur Huck, Margaret Fellows, and George Bowdoin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt re: visit to Bowdoin Farm (copies and drafts), 1932 January 7-1935 September 9
Arthur Huck to William Church Osborn re: the problem of homeless, wandering boys, 1933 February 28
Arthur Huck to William Church Osborn re: recommendations for CAS, 1933 November 16
Newton D. Baker to William Church Osborn, 1934 June 16
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith to William Church Osborn, 1933 February 28
Sara Delano Roosevelt to William Church Osborn, 1937 November 13
William Church Osborn - biographical materials - honors, awards, press, memorial, and obituary, 1934-1951 and undated
Subseries IV.3 - Office of the Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer
Scope and Contents
This subseries is divided into 4 sub-subseries:
IV.3.A - John Earl Williams, Treasurer 1853-1876 (material 1870-1877)
IV.3.B - L.W. Holste, Assistant Treasurer 1882-1896 (correspondence 1886-1894) Note: Holste continued at CAS as Correspondent for the Emigration Department 1897-1919, and there is some correspondence to Holste in that capacity as well as more in his capacity as Assistant Treasurer in Series IV.4.C.
IV.3.C - A. Barton Hepburn, Treasurer 1896-1910 (correspondence 1896-1908)
IV.3.D - Edwin G. Merrill, Treasurer 1911-1950 (correspondence, honors, and memorial material 1911-1950)
Note: George S. Coe was Treasurer from 1877-1895. There is no material in Coe's name in this series; however, L.W. Holste was Assistant Treasurer from 1882-1896, and the Coe period is covered by correspondence sent to Holste.
Sub-Subseries IV.3.A - John Earl Williams, Treasurer 1853-1876, (material 1870-1877)
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains three folders of correspondence and photocopied memorial material from 1870-1877, arranged chronologically.
C. Rose to John Williams Esq. (gift of bonds for the Newboys Lodging House) and architect E.P. Fabbri requesting funds for a project, 1870, 1874
Correspondence and a notice to John Williams re: estates and gifts to CAS, 1873, 1874, and undated
Memorial material regarding John Williams (photocopy), 1877
Sub-Subseries IV.3.B - L.W. Holste, Assistant treasurer 1882-1896, (correspondence 1886-1894)
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains correspondence from 1886-1894, arranged chronologically. George S. Coe was Treasurer from 1877-1895. There is no material in Coe's name in this series; however, L.W. Holste was Assistant Treasurer from 1882-1896, and the Coe period is covered by correspondence sent to Holste.
Holste continued at CAS as Correspondent for the Emigration Department 1897-1919. The material in this sub-subseries covers only Holste's time as Assistant Treasurer. While most of the material relates to Holste's work in this financial capacity, this sub-subseries also contains an 1890 letter by Brace II [to Holste] reflecting on the prospect of becoming Secretary of CAS (folder 26), and Emigration-related correspondence (folder 28). See also IV.4.C for more Holste correspondence as both Assistant Treasurer and as Emigration Correspondent.
2 letters to L.W. Holste, 1886
2 letters to L.W. Holste, 1887, 1889
Charles Loring Brace II to Louis [L.W. Holste] on the prospect of becoming Secretary of CAS, 22 August 1890
James H. Jones to L.W. Holste (3 letters), 1890, 1893, and undated
Governor Andrew Burke to L.W. Holste (former ward of CAS who rose to prominence), 1891 April 29
3 letters to L.W. Holste, 1891
From L.W. Holste to J. N. Newson, 1892
Dr. Hector to L.W. Holste re: inspection of lodging houses, 1893 May 31
4 letters to L.W. Holste, 1893, 1894
Sub-Subseries IV.3.C - A. Barton Hepburn, Treasurer 1896-1910, (correspondence 1896-1908)
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains four folders of correspondence, arranged chronologically.
D. Willis James to A.B. Hepburn (5 letters), 1896 January 24-1897 October 28
Mary Lord Fairabanks to A.B. Hepburn, 1897 March 27
Correspondence between A.B. Hepburn, Charles Loring Brace II, William Church Osborn, Joseph Milbank and others re: sanitarium on Staten Island (photocopies), 1907 May 16-August 27
Charles Loring Brace II to A.B. Hepburn re: Chappaqua property which would become Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Home, 1908 June 30
Sub-Subseries IV.3.D - Edwin G. Merrill, Treasurer 1911-1950, (material 1911-1950)
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains sixteen folders of correspondence, and one folder of biographical material including obituaries. The folders are arranged chronologically. The correspondence often pertains to real estate. (Note: Upon Edwin G. Merrill's death, his son Edwin K. Merrill took over as Treasurer, becoming Associate Executive Director 1956-1959, and then Secretary of the CAS 1959-1962. Edwin K. Merrill is outside the scope of this collection).
Various parties to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies, re: 104 Suffolk Street mortgage and Five Points House of Industry, 1911 April 22-1916 July 24
Mazie L. Delafield of the Junior Committee et. al. to Edwin G. Merrill re: the closing of the Pike Street School, 1911 August 23-1913 April 3
Dexter, Osborn and Fleming to Edwin G. Merrill re: 53rd Street School property, 1914 April 14-October 16
Dexter, Osborn and Fleming et. al. to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies, re: sale of summer camp for boys in Denville N.J., 1915 December 4-1917 August 23
Contracts and correspondence to Edwin G. Merrill re: sale of CAS property to Henry Street Settlement, 1916 May 25-July 28
Charles Loring Brace II (1917), Henry Holt (1921) and Wallace Fairbanks (1923) to Edwin G. Merrill, and various receipts, replies and other correspondence, re: Italian Government Donations to CAS, 1917-1923
Robert S. Osborne of U.S. Trust Co. and Hospital Holding Corp. to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies, 1919 September 29-1926 December 1
George Whittlesey to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies, re: sale of 256-8 Mott Street, 1920 January 29-May 26
[Edwin G. Merrill] to Sinclair Hamilton re: donation of bungalows to Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Home (typescript), 1921 April 22
George Whittlesey et. al. to Edwin G. Merrill re: sale of CAS property on 35th Street to YMHA, 1921 September 23-1923 October 30
Misc. real estate correspondence re: Bronx and White Plains from the files of Edwin G. Merrill, 1922 July 24-1924 January 5
Charles Loring Brace II to Edwin G. Merrill re: executive salaries (correspondence and memo), 1922 July 26 and 27
George Whittlesey to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies, re: sale of 442 W. 23rd Street, 1923 January 23-March 8
CAS Agent R.D. Neill to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies to Neill and to Wallace Fairbank, re: a boy, 1924 October 10-1925 January 20
George Whittlesey to Edwin G. Merrill, and his replies, re: sale of CAS property on West 12th Street, 1930 September 23-November 11
George Whittlesey to Edwin G. Merrill re: Rhinelander School for Crippled Children (photocopy), 1931 January 14
Edwin G. Merrill, Treasurer and Trustee 1910-1950, Memorial and Obituary Material, 1950 January 17-February 14
Subseries IV.4 - Mixed Officers and Other Executives
Scope and Contents
This subseries is divided into 4 sub-subseries:
IV.4.A - Robert N. Brace, Superintendent of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department (materials 1903-1938)
IV.4.B - R.D. Neill, CAS Visiting and Placing Agent (volume 1899-1900)
IV.4.C - Mixed Correspondence by CAS Officers and Other CAS Executives 1891-1939
IV.4.D - Trustees
Sub-Subseries IV.4.A - Robert N. Brace, Superintendent of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department 1895-1930, (material 1903-1938)
Scope and Contents
Robert N. Brace was the younger son of founder Charles Loring Brace, and brother of Charles Loring Brace II. He worked for the CAS as an Agent of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department beginning in 1895, and then as its Superintendent, from 1901-1930. The sub-subseries contains 3 scant folders of correspondence and one folder of posthumous biographical material arranged chronologically. Much more correspondence to Robert N. Brace can be found in the case files of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department, Series XI.
Correspondence to Robert N. Brace, 1904 April 12
Robert N. Brace to CAS Agent Rev. H.D. Clarke (photocopies), 1908, 1923
Pat Allen (sheriff and former CAS ward) to Robert N. Brace, 1936 September 18
Robert N. Brace - Posthumous memorial material and biographies by Margaret Fellows and Virginia Gross Goodman, 1938 and undated
Sub-Subseries IV.4.B - R.D. Neill, CAS Visiting and Placing Agent 1900-1924, (volume 1899-1900)
Scope and Contents
R.D. Neill worked for the CAS as a visiting and placing agent from 1900-1924. This sub-subseries contains one volume of his outgoing correspondence, October 1899-January 1900, on delicate transfer paper. The volume contains personal and business letters composed immediately before Neill was employed by CAS. More material related to Neill can be found in his memoir in Series V.2 and in the case files of the Emigration/Placing-Out Department, Series XI.
Correspondence of R.D. Neill, 1899 October-1900 January
Sub-Subseries IV.4.C - Mixed Correspondence by CAS Officers and Other CAS Executives, 1891-1939, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series includes one disbound volume of outgoing correspondence 1891-1908 by Secretary Charles Loring Brace II, Assistant Treasurer L.W. Holste, A. Schlegel, Superintendent of Schools Moore Dupuy, Cashier H.J. Holt, and E.H. Opitz. The correspondence pertains to CAS industrial schools and other matters. Following the disbound volume, the series consists of 12 folders of mixed CAS correspondence 1874-1939
Outgoing correspondence, disbound volume, 1891-1894
Outgoing correspondence, disbound volume, 1895-1897
Outgoing correspondence, disbound volume, 1897
Outgoing correspondence, disbound volume, 1898
Outgoing correspondence, disbound volume, 1898-1900
Outgoing correspondence, disbound volume, 1901-1908
Correspondence between Assistant Secretary Macy and members of Society of St. Vincent de Paul re: ward Eddie Nugent, 1874
G.V. Wenner and Annie W. Strathern to Mr. Skinner re: dispute involving 18th Ward School, 1886 November 8 and 16
Matilda Bruce to CAS Trustees, donating $75,000 for what became Sullivan Street School, 1891 March 14
unnamed CAS executive to Mrs. Astor - list of boys placed with her funds, 1894 December 27
H.E. Stevens to Cashier H.J. Holt re: donations to Mott Street (3 letters), 1897 November 17-December 10
C.A. Forman to Cashier H.J. Holt reporting donations to Sullivan Street (5 letters), 1897 November 19-December 13
Jacob Riis to Emigration Correspondent L.W. Holste, original and typescript copy, 1898 August 15
unnamed CAS officer to Frank B. Colton on how to run a boys' club, 1906
Mixed Executives of CAS (Brace II, Osborn, Hepburn) with Joseph Milbank re: acquisition of Staten Island site, 1907 May-August
Charles Conklin, CAS Medical Director, to Margaret Fellows, CAS Publicity Director, on the inability of CAS convalescent homes to care for children from other organizations or over entire summers, 1930 May 20-21
Marian H. Withycomb, Superintendent of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Home, to Andrew Spinner, re: property line and other matters, 1932 May 21
Mrs. Herbert A. Lehman (wife of Governor) to Mrs. Howard Ogden Wood Jr., 1939 December 5
Misc. Correspondence, 1876, 1935
Sub-Subseries IV.4.D - Trustees
Scope and Contents
This sub-subseries includes correspondence, obituaries, and other materials related to trustees of the CAS whose terms of service began in the years between 1867 and 1936. The folders are arranged chronologically according to the year the trustee began serving on the board of CAS. The material in the folders spans the years 1900-1971. For photographs of trustees and their wives, see Series XIII.1.
Note: Evert Jansen Wendell (folder 25) was a trustee who took a particularly active and direct role with children in the CAS, serving as a mentor for many boys through his work on the Farm School, Lodging House, and Emigration Committee. He is well represented in other parts of the collection, notably in many photographs and tintypes in the case files of Series XI.3, in photographs of Trustees and of the Emigration and Placing-Out program in Series XIII, in documents in Series IX.2 regarding the Wendell Boys Club and memorial fund, and with an album of photographs he assembled after a trip to Cuba in Series XIII.6
Theodore Roosevelt Sr., Trustee 1867-1878 and James Roosevelt, trustee 1878-1911; Correspondence James Roosevelt to William Church Osborn; Jacob Riis article and photocopied information on Theodore Roosevelt Sr., 1900 and undated
Evert Jansen Wendell, Trustee 1902-1917, Materials incl. deathbed letter transcript and materials of Wendell Memorial Fund, 1900-1919
William H. Wheelock Trustee 1906-1940, CAS Vice President 1927-40, 1942
Eugene H. Pool, M.D., Trustee 1910-1949, 1941-1949
Cornelius Agnew, Trustee 1914-1915, 1954
George T. Bowdoin, Trustee 1924-1966, CAS Vice President 1939-1940, 1942-1967
Wolcott G. Lane, Trustee 1925-1947, 1948-1956
George de Forest Lord, Trustee 1925-1950, CAS Vice President 1942-1949, President 1949-1950, 1950-1951
Dunlevy Milbank, Trustee 1925-1959, 1925-1963
William H. Osborn, Trustee 1925-1971, 1946-1971
William E. Hall, Trustee 1929-1959, 1931-1961
Robert L. Hoguet, Trustee 1936-1954 , Treasurer 1956-1957, 1957-1969
Series V - Diaries, Memoirs, and Historical Sketches by CAS Employees, circa 1853-circa 1980s
Arrangement
This series is arranged in 3 subseries:
V.1 - Diaries and Journals of Agents of the CAS circa 1853-circa 1865
V.2 - Short Memoirs by CAS executives and employees
V.3 - Historical sketches and chronologies of the CAS
Subseries V.1 - Diaries and Journals of Agents of the CAS, circa 1853- circa 1865
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains 11 volumes of diaries/journals written by the earliest CAS Agents in the course of their work, and a transcription of a portion of another journal. The diaries are arranged chronologically. See also the diary of Charles Loring Brace in Series IV.1A for another diary from this period.
Daily Journal [of Mr. Smith], 18 May [1853] - 8 November [1853] (and a transcription), circa 1853, May 18-November 8
Day Book by Unknown CAS Agent, 1854 February 4-September 9
Daily Journal for 1855 [Detailed events at Newsboys Lodging House] [by E.P. Smith], 1855 January 1-1856 January 28
Incidents and Sketches Among the Newsboys, Part III [by W. Colopy Desmond], 1855 September 6-November 22
Incidents and Sketches Among the Newsboys, Part IV [by W. Colopy Desmond], 1855 November 22-1856 February 11
Incidents and Sketches Among the Newsboys, Part V [by W. Colopy Desmond] and transcript, 1856 February 18-May 7
Sketches and Incidents in the Office of the Children's Aid Society, Part the First, by W.C.D. [W. Colopy Desmond], 1857 January 1-1859 March 14
Daily Journal of Unknown CAS Agent, 1857 April 28-1858 January
Dayly [sic] Journal of Henry Friedgen, 1 January 1858-7 December 1859, 1858 January 1-1859 December 7
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Daily Journal of L.P. Atwood, 1859 October 6-1860 February 14
Daily Journal of William P. Price, 1863 May 20-circa 1865 March 27
Transcription of the Daily Journal of William A. Doolittle Jr. "Visitations Among the Poor and Destitute in Brooklyn for the Children's Aid Society of N.Y." (location of original unknown), 1864 October 3-11
Subseries V.2 - Short Memoirs by CAS Executives and Employees, 1853-1938, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains 8 folders of memoirs, in the form of typed memoirs, letters, a pamphlet, a transcribed oral history, and a transcribed speech, giving first person accounts of working for the CAS 1853-1938. The materials were written 1913-circa 1980's, and are arranged chronologically by the date they were produced.(For additional memoirs, please see correspondence to Arthur Huck in Series IV.1.D)
William L. King Recollections of the Formation of the Society, handwritten document and photocopy, undated, before 1890
Transcription of a letter from Western CAS Agent Anna Laura Hill to her mother, describing a dramatic event while doing CAS work in Iowa (photocopy), 1913 April 2
Pamphlet: "The Willing Workers 1871-1921" - memoir of Annie Strathern, CAS teacher and principal affiliated with the German School (272 E. 2nd St.) and Girls' Industrial School (120 W. 16th St.), among others, circa 1921
Memoirs of R.D. Neill, placing-out agent, original typescript and photocopy, circa 1924
Clara Comstock, placing-out agent, memoir/address to CAS staff, and Helen Baxter's introductory remarks. Also a letter from Clara Comstock (poor photocopy) on her experiences, 1935 and circa 1931 or 1932
Memoir by Dr. Charles Conklin, Medical Director (2 pages of original missing, but complete photocopy), 1940 February 21
Memoir by Pauline Robinson on history of Monday Sewing Class (photocopy only), 1957 March 21
Oral history told by Helen Cole, Director of Foster Home Department 1924-1938, circa 1980's
Subseries V.3 - Historical Sketches of the CAS
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains 8 folders of short histories and chronologies of CAS events. They may have been composed either to provide internal reference and institutional memory, or as drafts for eventual inclusion in annual reports, appeals, or other public relations documents, although the intended purpose of each document is not clear. Most folders contain several histories. In contrast to the previous subseries of personal memoirs, the authors of the historical sketches are unknown.
Histories of the Children's Aid Society (4 documents), 1860-1908
"A Brief Sketch of the CAS" unfinished draft, 57 pages, circa 1907
"Notes on Interview with Dr. Conklin" (a history of the Sick Children's Mission/Medical Department), circa 1923-1930
Histories of the CAS as it relates to Horatio Alger (2 documents), 1928, 1938
Histories of the Children's Aid Society (3 documents), 1935-1938
Chronologies of CAS Property and Facilities, undated and circa 1953
Histories of the Children's Aid Society (2 documents), 1958 and circa 1950's
Histories of the Children's Aid Society (2 documents), undated
Series VI - Financial and Fund-Raising Records, 1853-1974, inclusive
Arrangement
This series is divided into four subseries:
VI.1 - Fund-Raising Records
VI.2 - General Business Documents
VI.3 - Volumes
VI.4 - Volumes. Supplement. (Added in July 2018)
The records in this series were generated in the main offices of the CAS and document the general financial operations of the CAS; for records of finances related to and produced by individual facilities, see Series IX. Materials are arranged chronologically within each subseries.
Subseries VI.1, Fund-Raising Records, contains diverse types of material, including appeals, pamphlets, brochures, invitations, books, case studies, and correspondence, and is subdivided into four sub-subseries. Three of the four sub-subseries include material generated by the CAS, and the third sub-subseries includes material received and collected by the CAS. (One of these sub-subseries, that with fundraising albums, was added to the finding aid in Aapril 2019.)
Subseries VI.2, General Business Documents, includes one box of miscellaneous folders and two boxes of file cards detailing payroll at CAS centers 1907-1938.
Subseries VI.3, Volumes, consists of 207 volumes that were in the originally accumulated and processed collection.
Subseries VI.4, Volumes - Supplement, consists of 310 volumes added to the original collection in July 2018.
(Since Annual Reports and other reports produced for the public were also designed to generate donations, see also Series III for examples of that type of fund-raising document).
Subseries VI.1 - Fund-Raising Records, 1853-1974, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This subseries is divided into 4 sub-subseries:
VI.1.A - Appeals, Pamphlets, Brochures, Invitations, and Books sent to donors, arranged chronologically 1854-1949 and undated
VI.1.B - Appeals and Case Studies from the files of Margaret Fellows, appeals and publicity director, arranged by facility 1931-1945 (Margaret Fellows collected stories of children's cases and used them to encourage donations)
VI.1.C - Donation Correspondence (includes letters, notes, and business cards), 1864-1885
VI.1.D - Fundraising Appeals Albums (includes scrapbook-like albums with samples of appeal letters, forms, and the like, with some clippings), 1924-1974
Sub-Subseries VI.1.A: Appeals, Pamphlets, Brochures, Invitations, and Books sent to donors, 1853-1949 and undated
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains appeals, pamphlets, brochures, invitations, and books sent to donors, arranged chronologically 1854-1949 and undated. Pamphlets produced for clients may be found in Series IX and Series X, arranged according to the facilities or programs that produced them.
Donation/subscription form with overview of first year of CAS accomplishments, 1854
Invitation to first anniversary celebration, 1854
Appeal to churches, 1861 January 25
3 appeals, 1868 and undated, 1868, circa 1855-1862, circa 1870-1872
Appeal to raise funds for a lodging house for boys on E. 11th Street [Eleventh Ward Lodging House], circa 1870
Christmas appeals and replies (2), 1874
Appeal with reply, 1876
Christmas appeal, 1879
Christmas appeals and replies (7), 1880
Appeal in German, 1880
Appeals with treasurer's calculations on reverse, 1880
Christmas appeals and replies, 1884
Christmas appeal, 1890
Offer of sale of lantern photographs by Charles Loring Brace II to fund CAS programs, circa 1894-1917
Appeals for donations to summer charities, 1896
Christmas appeal, 1896
Receipt for donation, 1901
Invitation to an exhibition of the work of the children of the Industrial Schools, 1903
Draft of appeal, circa 1904
Pamphlet (fund-raising): Fresh Air programs of CAS, 1905
Pamphlet: Christmas appeal, 1906
Pamphlet: Christmas appeal, 1909
Fund-raising pamphlet, general, 1910
Fund-raising letter, 1910 May 16
Book to raise funds for Kip's Bay Boys' Club, 1919
Pamphlets requesting donations to send newsboys to summer camp (2 pamphlets - photocopies only), circa 1919-1920
Pamphlet (fund-raising): Kip's Bay Boys' Club, 1920 November
"A Co-Operative Venture in Boy Guidance": Book to raise funds for Kip's Bay Boys' Club, 1924
Fund-raising pamphlet, general, 1924
Pamphlet (fund-raising): Nutrition Program, circa 1920's
Pamphlet (fund-raising): Nutrition Program, circa 1920's
Program for Trustees' Dinner, 1928 December 11
Book to raise funds to turn Bowdoin Farm into a summer camp, circa 1928-1935
Book to raise funds to turn Bowdoin Farm into a summer camp: "An Adventure in Child Saving", circa 1928-1935
Book to raise funds for Kip's Bay Boys' Club and fund raising letter to accompany it, 1930
Book to raise funds for West Side Children's Center (2), circa 1928-1935
Fund-raising pamphlet for Bowdoin Camp, 1931
Fund-raising pamphlet, circa 1931-1949
Christmas appeal, circa 1931-1949
"The Forgotten Boy" - Booklet to raise funds for Newsboys House and Farm Training (2 copies - very fragile - and photocopy), 1933
"Between Two Fairs" - General Fund-Raising Pamphlet, 1939
"Meet a Foster Father" - Fund-Raising Pamphlet for Foster Home Dept., 1939
"Off Harlem's Streets" - Book to Raise Funds for Harlem Boys' Club, 1940
"Our Most Defenseless Americans" - Fund-Raising Pamphlet, Homeless Children's Committee, 1941
CAS Charity Stamps, AKA "Cinderella Stamps", - Seals for promotional/fund-raising purpose, 1943-1949
"Life Without Mother" - Fund-Raising Pamphlet, 10th Anniversary of Homemaker Services, circa 1943
Invitation to Exhibition and Gala for Homemaker Service Fundraiser, 1949
Contribution card for donors to Bowdoin Farm, circa 1929-1940's
Sub-Subseries VI.1.B: Appeals and Case Stories from the files of Margaret Fellows, 1935-1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries contains appeals and case stories from the files of Margaret Fellows, Appeals and Publicity Director, arranged alphabetically by facility 1935-1945. Margaret Fellows collected stories of children in the care of the CAS and used the stories to publicize the CAS' good results and encourage donations. Some of the folders contain appeals and case studies; others have only case studies.
Brace and Bowdoin Farm - appeals and case studies (includes photo), 1935-1942 and undated
Convalescent Homes - appeals and case studies, 1937-1948 and undated
Counseling and Employment Services - case studies, 1938-1942 and undated
Foster Home Dept. - appeals and case studies (includes photo), 1935-1946 and undated
Housekeeper Service - case studies, 1938
James Center - case studies, 1939-1941
Jones Center - case studies, 1939-1947 and undated
Harlem Center - case studies, 1938-1939
Lower West Side (Sullivan Street) Center - case studies, 1939-1947
Newsboys Lodging House - case studies, 1938 and undated
Walkill Camp - case studies, 1941-1945 and undated
West Side Center, incl. West Side Service for Servicemen and Women - case studies, 1942-1944 and undated
miscellaneous cases, 1941-1945 and undated
Sub-Subseries VI.1.C: Donation Correspondence, 1864-1885, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries consists of 9 boxes of letters, notes, and business cards which accompanied donations to the CAS from 1864-1885. Some years are not represented. The correspondence was originally glued or posted into volumes. The volumes have been disbound, and the glue and backing have been removed from the correspondence. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Donation Correspondence, 1864 February-1865 July
Donation Correspondence, 1865 December
Donation Correspondence, circa 1865-1866
Donation Correspondence, 1866 January-April
Donation Correspondence, 1867 December-1868 January
Donation Correspondence, 1867 December-1868 February
Donation Correspondence, 1867 December-1868 February
Donation Correspondence, 1867 December-1868 March
Donation Correspondence, 1868 January-February
Donation Correspondence, 1868 March-July
Donation Correspondence and Alphabetical Key to donation Correspondence December 1867-October 1868, 1868 July-October
Donation Correspondence, 1869 August-December
Donation Correspondence, 1870 January
Donation Correspondence, 1870 February
Donation Correspondence, 1870 March
Donation Correspondence, 1870 April-May
Donation Correspondence, 1870 June-November
Donation Correspondence, 1870 December
Donation Correspondence, 1870 December
Donation Correspondence, 1870 December
Donation Correspondence, undated, circa 1870
Donation Correspondence, 1871 January
Donation Correspondence, 1871 January
Donation Correspondence, 1871 February
Donation Correspondence, 1871 March
Donation Correspondence, 1871 April-May
Alphabetical key to donation correspondence and cover of volume that bound correspondence, 1870 November-1871 May
Alphabetical key to donation correspondence and cover of volume that bound correspondence, 1870 December-1871 January
Donation Correspondence, 1872
Donation Correspondence, 1873 August-November
Donation Correspondence, 1873 December
Donation Correspondence, 1873 December
Donation Correspondence, 1873 December
Donation Correspondence, 1873 December
Donation Correspondence, 1873 December
Alphabetical key to donation correspondence and cover of volume that bound correspondence, 1873 August-December
Donation Correspondence, 1874 February
Donation Correspondence, 1874 March
Donation Correspondence, 1874 April-May
Donation Correspondence, 1874 June
Donation Correspondence, 1874 July
Donation Correspondence, 1874 September
Donation Correspondence, 1874 October-November
Donation Correspondence, 1874 December
Donation Correspondence, 1874 December
Alphabetical key to donation correspondence and cover of volume that bound correspondence, 1874
Donation Correspondence, 1876 June-July
Donation Correspondence, 1876 July-October
Donation Correspondence, 1876 October-December
Donation Correspondence, 1876 December
Donation Correspondence, 1876 December
Donation Correspondence, 1876 December
Alphabetical key to donation correspondence and cover of volume that bound correspondence, 1876 June-December
Donation Correspondence, 1879 June-August
Donation Correspondence, 1879 September-November
Donation Correspondence, 1879 December
Donation Correspondence, 1879 December
Donation Correspondence, 1879 December
Donation Correspondence, undated, circa 1879
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical A-C, 1880 December-1881 January
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical D-J, 1880 December-1881 January
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical K-Q, 1880 December-1881 January
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical R-Z, 1880 December-1881 January
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical A-C, 1881 January 15-December 1
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical D-J, 1881 January 15-December 1
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical K-Q, 1881 January 15-December 1
Donation Correspondence, disbound volume, alphabetical R-Z, 1881 January 15-December 1
Donation Correspondence, 1883-1884
Donation Correspondence, December 1884
Donation Correspondence, December 1884
Donation Correspondence, December 1884
Donation Correspondence, December 1884
Donation Correspondence, December 1884
Donation Correspondence, December 1884
Donation Correspondence, 1885 January-February
Sub-Subseries VI.1.D. Fundraising Appeals Albums, 1924-1974, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The sub-subseries includes scrapbook-like albums with a large number of samples of the various forms, letters, ephemera, annual reports, stamps, etc. used in fundraising appeals for the General Fund and for special purposes. Many of the albums also record information about each fundraising effort, including target audience, number of mailings, response rates and revenue raised, and other information. Year to year comparisons are also present in some cases.
Arrangement
The sub-subseries is arranged chronologically.
Note on fragility and condition of the material: Although the individual fundraising documents themselves are in good condition, the albums are deteriorated. The page backings are crumbling and the glue that originally held many of the documents to the backing has loosened, especially for the albums of the 1950s-1970s. Consequently, many documents lie loose in the albums and so must be handled and pages turned with great care. For earlier albums, various fasteners were used to hold the documents in place; most of these were left in the album during processing. To the extent these impede the use of individual documents, patrons should bring that to the attention of the reference librarian who will call for assistance to remove fasteners as needed.
Processing Information
The documents in this sub-subseries were added to the finding aid in April 2019 by archivist Larry Weimer. Most of the albums were removed from their deteriorated covers, foldered and boxed by conservator Alan Balicki in March 2019.
Appeals Album, 1924-1929, 1932, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Holds only a small number of items for 1924-1926, with bulk of documents from later years. 1932 documents are at back of album, after 1927-1929. 1930-1931 were in a different album (see box 998).
Appeals Album, 1930-1931, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1933, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1934, inclusive
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1937, inclusive
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1938, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1939, inclusive
Opera Benefits Album, 1937-1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
In addition to various opera benefits at the Metropolitan Opera Houses, also includes documents related to the 1940 benefit for the Housekeeper Service Committee, featuring Kirsten Flagstad at Carnegie Hall.
Flagstad Benefit Concert Album, 1940, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings and summary of publicity in connection with the Kirsten Flagstad benefit performance at Carnegie Hall. See also box 1002, folder 2.
Opera Benefits. Clippings, 1940-1941, 1944-1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Binder of clippings regarding the benefits: "Louise" (1941) and "Die Walkuere" (1944) at the Metropolitan Opera Company, and "The Mermaids Singing" (1945) at the Empire Theatre for the Homemaker Service.
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1940, inclusive
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1942, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Although the sample solicitation letters and other fundraising documents in this album are all from 1942, summaries of mailings and returns for both 1941 and 1942 are here.
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1943, inclusive
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Although the sample solicitation letters and other fundraising documents in this album are all from 1945, summaries of mailings and returns for both 1944 and 1945 are here.
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1946, inclusive
Appeals Album (2 folders), 1949, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1950-1951, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1952, inclusive
Order Sample Book (Album), 1952-1959, inclusive
FR [Fundraising] - Appeals: Special Appeals, 1950-1960, inclusive
Samples of Appeals (3 folders), 1951-1964, inclusive
Letter Sample Book (Album), 1960-1961, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1963 December-1964, inclusive
Sample Book (Album), 1965, inclusive
Sample Appeals (Album), 1966, inclusive
Sample Appeals (Album), 1967, inclusive
Sample Appeals (Album), 1968, inclusive
Appeal Samples, 1967-1968, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1969, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1970-1971, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1972-1973, inclusive
Appeals Album, 1974, inclusive
Subseries VI.2 - General Business Documents, 1864-1938 and undated
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of 1 box of miscellaneous documents, including some loose pages separated from bound volumes, relating to financial matters such as donations, expenses, payroll, and other matters, 1864-1936 and undated, arranged chronologically, followed by 2 boxes (boxes 35 and 36) of 5x8 index cards detailing employee salaries at CAS centers, September 1907-June 1938, arranged in their original order. The original order is as follows: Box 35 contains cards detailing Teachers' Payroll September 1907-February 1926 in reverse chronological order. Box 36 contains cards detailing teacher's payroll March-1926-July 1932 in reverse chronological order, followed by payroll from the Columbus Hill Center November 1928-Augsut 1930, followed by Mr. Johnson's Department payrolls March 1931-June 1938, and finally Mr. Gilson's Department Payrolls January 1934-June 1938
Subscriptions to furnish the Lodging House for Needle-Women to save women from brothels, circa 1853-1900
Disbound subscription book: Donations to 5th Ward (Franklin St.) Industrial School, 1864-1867
Vouchers for 5 payments - CAS to J.E. Hussey, 1868 March
Expenses 1874 - list of salaries, rent, construction, etc., 1874
Miscellaneous Financial Statements, 1875
Donation Book: "Garfield Fund 1881", 1881
List of annual salaries of CAS employees, along with their titles, date starting at CAS, and age, 1882
Miscellaneous Financial Correspondence, 1884
Cards listing CAS staff (including executives), titles and salaries, in alphabetical order A-F and V-W, 1890-1931
Loose page [from a donation book], 1891-1892
I.O.U.s, 1904-1906
List of payments by City of NY to CAS lodging houses and schools, 1904-1912
Checkbook balance books, 1906
Cancelled checks, 1906
Cancelled checks, 1907
Bills for months of October and December 1907, Special Account, the City of NY to the CAS, for the support and training of homeless boys and girls, 1907 November 13 and 1908 January 14
I.O.U.s "Promises to Pay - Unpaid", 1908-1911
Stock certificates: Bedford Farmers' Cooperative Association, and notice of liquidation, 1911, 1918
Disbound pages from "Pool" account ledger, 1914 October-1916 December
"Personal Ledger Balances" (disbound "personal ledger #8"), 1920 July-1923 November
Journal entry pages (2), 1936
Teachers Payroll Index Cards, 1907 September-1926 February
Payroll Index Cards, 1926 March-1938 June
Subseries VI.3 - Volumes, 1853-1938 and undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This large subseries consists of 207 volumes, including ledgers, cash books, disbursement books, donation and subscription books, volumes of receipts, recapitulations, and payroll/personnel volumes. They are arranged chronologically, 1853-1938 and undated. Undated volumes are arranged at the end of the subseries. All volumes are general financial volumes, generated in the main offices of the CAS and documenting the general financial operations of the CAS; financial volumes by and about individual facilities may be found in Facilities Series IX. see Subseries VI.4 for additional related volumes added to the collection in July 2018.
Charles Loring Brace's Account Book, 1853 December - 1856 August
Charles Loring Brace's Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1853-1855
Expenses, 1853-1857
Collectors Book - Children's Aid Society, 1854
Record of Payments to Staff for Salary and Expenses, March 1854-June 1860
Charles Loring Brace's Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1853-1863
Bonds, 1855-1905
Charles Loring Brace's Account Book, 1856-1867
Accounts Payable, by Facility, 1862-1868
Office Receipts and Disbursements, 1862-1873
Charles Loring Brace's Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1863-1870
Requests for Shoes and Clothing from Schools and Lodging Houses, pasted over Cash Accounts, 1864-1866
Subscriptions, 1864-1867
Subscriptions, 1864-1869
Subscriptions, 1864-1869
Special Funds, Children's Aid Society, 1864-1914
Receipt for Subscriptions Paid to Mr. Macy, 1866-1873
Subscriptions 1866-1873, 1866-1873
Subscriptions 1866-1873, 1866-1873
Subscriptions 1866-1873, 1866-1873
Subscriptions 1866-1873, 1866-1873
Subscriptions 1866-1873, 1866-1873
Subscriptions 1866-1873, 1866-1873
Expenses by Facility, February 1867-January 1868
Charles Loring Brace's Account Book, 1867-1873
Scope and Contents Note
Appears to continue in Volume 459.
Ledger, by Facility and Individuals, 1868-1869
General Ledger (Journal), December 1868-October 1875
Subscriptions, 1868-1878
J.E. Williams, Treasurer, Donations, 1870
Disbursements, 1870-1871
Expenses by Facility 1870-1871, 1870-1871
Subscriptions 1870-1880, 1870-1880
J. Macy's Donations - Office, 1871
Disbursements to Facilities, written by or property of Charles Loring Brace, 1872
Expenses by Facility, 1872-1873
Cash Book, 1872-1874
Cash Book, 1872-1874
Cash Receipts and Expenses, 1872-1886
J. E. Williams Report of Donations, 1873-1874
Disbursements, 1873-1874
Payments, 1873-1885
J. Macy's Report of Donations, 1874
Donations, 1874
Donations, 1874
Gifts in Kind (clothing etc), 1874-1876
Subscriptions, 1874-1877
Subscriptions, 1874-1878
Subscriptions, 1874-1878
Subscriptions, 1874-1879
Subscriptions, 1874-1879
Subscriptions, 1874-1879
Subscriptions, 1874-1879
Subscriptions, 1874-1879
Subscriptions, 1874-1879
Subscriptions, 1874-1880
Subscriptions, 1874-1880
Recapitulation and Comparative Statement, 1874-1881
Record of Office Donations, 1875-1876
Treasurer's Report of Donations, 1876-1877
Report of Office Donations, 1876-1877
Expenses, by Facility, 1877-1878
Accounts Payable by Facility, 1877-1884
Payments and Receipts, 1877-1889
Cash Book, 1878-1879
Donations, 1879
Expenses by Facility, 1879-1880
"Financial Committee Book" - Monthly Accounts of the CAS audited by George Cabotward and AB Stone, 1879 December-1890 November
Recapitulation (Expenses by Facility), 1880-1881
Donations, 1880-1881
Clothing Donations, 1880-1883
Cash Book, 1880-1885
Cash Book, 1881-1882
Recapitulation (Expenses by Facility), 1881-1882
L.W. Holste's Cash Accounts(covers separate), 1881-1885
Income from Funds for Special Purposes, 1881-1901
Bank Book - East River National Bank in Account with CAS, 1882
Bank Book - East River National Bank in Account with CAS, 1882-1883
Recapitulation and Comparative Statement, 1882-1885
Cash Book, 1883-1884
Donations, 1883 November-1884 November
Bank Book - East River National Bank in Account with CAS, 1884-1885
Accounts Payable by Facility, 1884-1891
L.W. Holste's Cash Accounts, 1885-1886
Expenses by Facility, 1885-1886
Ledger by Facility, 1885-1890
L.W. Holste's Petty Cash, 1886-1888
Recapitulation and Comparative Statement, 1885-1889
Cash Book, 1887-1889
N.Y. Times Fund 1887-1890, 1887-1890
Donations, 1888 November-1889 November
Cash Book, 1889-1890
Cash Book, 1889-1890
Donations, 1889 November-1890 November
Donations, 1890 November-1891 November
Donations, 1890 November-1891 November
Recapitulation and Comparative Statement, 1890-1896
Record of the Finance Committee (monthly accounts of the CAS audited), 1890 December-1902 October
Cash Book, 1891-1892
Expenses by Facility, 1891-1892
Insurance Policies, 1891-1908
Expenses by Facility, 1892-1893
Donations, 1892 November-1893 October 31
L.W. Holste's Petty Cash, 1892-1896
Estates, 1892-1911
Cash Book, 1893-1894
Donations, 1893 November 1-1894 November 1
Miscellaneous Donations (clothing etc.), 1894-1895
Cash Book, 1895-1896
Donations, November 1895-November 1896
"Donations of Clothing etc. to CAS", 1895-1896
Cash Book, 1896-1897
Donations, November 1896-November 1897
Miscellaneous Donations (clothing etc.), 1896-1897
Donations, 1896-1898
Recapitulation and Comparative Statement, 1896-1899
Special Purpose Funds Ledger, 1896-1899
Donations, 1898
Cash Book, 1899-1900
Payments to Teachers, 1899 July-1902 August
Receipts and Disbursements of Public Moneys, 1900
Expenses by Facility and Program (and statistics), 1900
Miscellaneous Donations (clothing etc.), 1900
Cash Book, 1901-1902
Ledger, 1901-1916
Donations, 1902
Payments to Teachers, 1902 September-1904 May
Cash Book, 1903-1904
Donations, 1903-1904
Disbursements, 1903-1907
Miscellaneous Donations (Clothing, etc.), 1903-1908
Donations, 1904
Payments to Teachers, 1904 June-1905 October
Clothing Donations - Articles of Apparel Received, 1905-1909
Cash Book, 1906-1907
Special Purpose Gifts and Disbursements, 1906-1909
Ledger, 1907 October-December
Donations, 1907-1908
Cash Book, 1907-1909
General Ledger, 1907-1910
Ledger, 1907-1914
"Cash Book" itemizing bank account and other financial activity by individuals, 1907-1933
Securities Ledger, 1907-1909
Cash Book, 1910
General Ledger, 1910-1913
Donations, 1913
General Ledger, 1913-1914
Ledger, 1914-1915
General Ledger No. 4, 1914-1917
Ledger (Journal No. 2), 1914-1922
Ledger, 1916-1917
Ledger, 1916-1923
Expenditure Ledger, 1917-1918
Donations, 1917 July 1-1918 June 30
Insurance Policies, 1917-1919
General Ledger No. 5, 1917-1920
Income Register, 1917-1920
Securities Ledger, 1917-1920
Cash Book, 1918-1919
General Ledger No. 6, 1920-1922
Cash Book, 1921-1922
Expenditure Register, 1921-1922
Ledger with Payroll, 1921-1922
Payroll, 1921-1923
Income Register, 1921-1924
Trial Balance, 1921-1925
General Ledger No. 7, 1922-1924
Cash Disbursements, 1922 July-1924 December
Journal No. 3, 1922-1931
Ledger, 1923-1929
Purchases, by Vendor, 1923-1929
Special Accounts, 1923-1939
Donations, 1924 July 1-1924 December 31
Payroll, 1924-1927
General Ledger No. 8, 1925-1927
Trial Balance, 1926-1927
Special Purpose Gifts and Disbursements, 1926-1931
Cash Disbursements, 1927
General Ledger No. 9, 1928
Donations, 1928 January 1-1928 December 1
Trial Balance, 1928-1930
General Ledger No. 10, 1929-1931
Journal, 1929-1935
Trial Balance, 1931-1934
Ledger, 1932-1933
Cash Disbursements, 1932-1933
Payroll Analysis, 1932-1934
Journal No. 4, 1932-1940
Donations, 1933
Ledger, 1934-1935
WPA Replacements, 1935-1936
Payroll Analysis, 1935-1937
Trial Balance, 1935-1937
Journal, 1935-1940
General Ledger, 1936-1938
Special Appropriations, 1937
Cash Disbursements, 1937-1938
Payroll, 1938
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Donations, undated
Subscribers to the Children's Aid Society, undated
Subseries VI.4 - Volumes. Supplement, circa 1858-1963, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The subseries includes 310 volumes of records acquired as a supplement to the originally processed collection. The volumes are financial in nature and relate to those found in Series VI.3; these volumes include cash ledgers, income and expense records, donation registers, payroll records, etc.
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged by volume type and chronologically within type. For most of the volumes, the title was taken from that printed on the volume's cover. However, many of the volumes have deteriorated covers so the title, if it was ever present, is no longer readable; in these cases the processing archivist provided a title shown in [brackets] in the container list.
Processing Information
This subseries was processed by archivist Larry Weimer and added to the collection in July 2018.
Payroll. 1932 Jan-Dec, 1932
Payroll. 1933 Jan-Dec, 1933
Payroll. 1934 Jan-Dec, 1934
Payroll. 1935 Jan-Dec, 1935
Payrolls & Pensions, 1935-1939
Scope and Contents Note
Includes lists of individuals on payroll and receiving pensions for these years. (Loose sheets in envelope.)
Payroll. 1936 Jan-Dec, 1936
Payroll. 1937 Jan-Dec, 1937
Payroll. 1938 Jan-Dec, 1938
Pension & Weekly Payroll. 1938, 1938
Payroll. 1939 Jan-Dec, 1939
Pension & Weekly Payroll. 1939, 1939
Payroll. 1940 Jan-Dec, 1940
Pension & Weekly Payroll. 1940, 1940
Payroll. 1941 Jan-Dec, 1941
Pension & Weekly Payroll. 1941, 1941
Payroll. 1942 Jan-June, 1942
Payroll. 1942 July-Dec, 1942
Pension & Weekly Payroll. 1942, 1942
Payroll. 1943 Jan-April, 1943, inclusive
Payroll. 1943 May-August, 1943
Payroll. 1943 Sept-Dec, 1943
Payroll. 1944 Jan-April, 1944
Payroll. 1944 May-August, 1944
Payroll. 1944 Sept-Dec
Payroll. 1945 Jan-April, 1945
Payroll. 1945 May-August, 1945
Payroll. 1945 Sept-Dec, 1945
Payroll. 1946 Jan-April, 1946
Payroll. 1946 May-August, 1946
Payroll. 1946 Sept-Dec, 1946
Payroll. 1947 Jan-April, 1947
Payroll. 1947 May-August, 1947
Payroll. 1947 Sept-Dec, 1947
Payroll. 1948 Jan-April, 1948
Payroll. 1948 May-August, 1948
Payroll. 1948 Sept-Dec, 1948
Payroll. 1949 Jan-April, 1949
Payroll. 1949 May-August, 1949
Payroll. 1949 Sept-Dec, 1949
Payroll. 1950 Jan-April, 1950
Payroll. 1950 May-August, 1950
Payroll. 1950 Sept-Dec, 1950
Payroll. 1951 Jan-April, 1951
Payroll. 1951 May-August, 1951
Payroll. 1951 Sept-Dec, 1951
Payroll. 1952 Jan-April, 1952
Payroll. 1952 May-August, 1952
Payroll. 1952 Sept-Dec, 1952
Payroll. 1953 Jan-April, 1953
Payroll. 1953 May-August, 1953
Payroll. 1953 Sept-Dec, 1953
Payroll. Milbank Chappaqua Summary. 1953 Jan-Dec, 1953
Payroll. 1954 Jan-April, 1954
Payroll. 1954 May-August, 1954
Payroll. 1954 Sept-Dec, 1954
Payroll. 1955 Jan-April, 1955
Payroll. 1955 May-August, 1955
Payroll. 1955 Sept-Dec, 1955
Payroll. 1956 Jan-April, 1956
Payroll. 1956 May-August, 1956
Payroll. 1956 Sept-Dec, 1956
Payroll. 1957 Jan-April, 1957
Payroll. 1957 May-August, 1957
Payroll. 1957 Sept-Dec, 1957
Payroll. 1958 Jan-April, 1958
Payroll. 1958 May-August, 1958
Payroll. 1958 Sept-Dec, 1958
Payroll. 1959 Jan-April, 1959
Payroll. 1959 May-August, 1959
Payroll. 1959 Sept-Dec, 1959
Payroll. 1960 Jan-March, 1960
Payroll. 1960 April-June, 1960
Payroll. 1960 July-Sept, 1960
Payroll. 1960 Oct-Dec, 1960
Payroll. 1961 Jan-April, 1961
Payroll. 1961 May-August, 1961
Payroll. 1961 Sept-Dec, 1961
Payroll. 1962 Jan-April, 1962
Payroll. 1962 May-August, 1962
Payroll. 1962 Sept-Dec, 1962, inclusive
Payroll. 1963 Jan-April, 1963
Payroll. 1963 May-August, 1963
Payroll. 1963 Sept-Dec, 1963
Cash Disbursements. 1925, 1925
Cash Disbursements. 1926, 1926
Cash Disbursements. 1928, 1928
Cash Disbursements. 1929, 1929
Cash Disbursements. 1930, 1930
Cash Disbursements. 1931, 1931
Cash Disbursements. 1934-1936, 1934-1936
General Ledger #14. 1939-1941, 1939-1941
General Ledger #15. 1942-1944, 1942-1944
General Ledger #16. 1945-1947, 1945-1947
General Ledger #17. 1948-1950, 1948-1950
General Ledger #18. 1951-1953, 1951-1953
General Ledger #19. 1954-1955, 1954-1955
Special Appropriations (1938), 1938
Special Appropriations (1939), 1939
Special Appropriations (1940), 1940
Special Appropriations (1941), 1941
Special Appropriations (1942), 1942
Special Appropriations (1943), 1943
Special Appropriations (1944), 1944
Special Appropriations (1945), 1945
Special Appropriations (1946), 1946
Special Appropriations (1947), 1947
Special Appropriations (1948), 1948
Special Appropriations (1949), 1949
Special Appropriations (1950), 1950
Special Appropriations (1951), 1951
Special Appropriations (1952), 1952
Special Appropriations (1953), 1953
Special Appropriations (1954), 1954
Special Appropriations (1955), 1955
Special Appropriations (1956), 1956
Special Appropriations (1957), 1957
Special Appropriations (1958), 1958
Special Appropriations (1959), 1959, inclusive
Special Appropriations (1960), 1960
Special Appropriations (1961), 1961
Cash Book. 1909 Feb-Sept, 1909
Cash Book. 1910 Sept-1911 March, 1910-1911
Cash Book. 1911 April-Sept, 1911
Cash Book. 1911 Oct-1912 Feb, 1911-1912
Cash Book. 1912 March-July, 1912
Cash Book. 1912 August-1913 March, 1912-1913
Cash Book. 1913 March-Sept, 1913
Cash Book. 1913 Oct-1914 March, 1913-1914
Cash Book. 1914 April-Sept, 1914
Cash Book. 1914 Oct-1915 Sept, 1914-1915
Scope and Contents Note
Page 286 includes an adjustment for the period, dated March 1916.
Cash Book. 1915 Oct-1916 June, 1915-1916
Cash Book. 1916 July-1917 June, 1916-1917
Cash Book. 1917 July-1918 June, 1917-1918
Cash Book. 1919 July-1920 June, 1919-1920
Cash Book. 1920 July-1921 June, 1920-1921
Cash Book. 1922 July-Oct, 1922
Voucher Register. 1951 Jan-June, 1951
Voucher Register. 1951 July-Dec, 1951
Voucher Register. 1952 Jan-June, 1952
Voucher Register. 1952 July-Dec, 1952
Voucher Register. 1953 Jan-June, 1953
Voucher Register. 1953 July-Dec, 1953
Voucher Register. 1954 Jan-June, 1954
Voucher Register. 1954 July-Dec, 1954
Voucher Register. 1955 Jan-June, 1955
Voucher Register. 1955 July-Dec, 1955
Voucher Register. 1956 Jan-June, 1956
Voucher Register. 1956 July-Dec, 1956
Voucher Register. 1957 Jan-June, 1957
Voucher Register. 1957 July-Dec, 1957
Voucher Register. 1958 Jan-June, 1958
Voucher Register. 1958 July-Dec, 1958
Voucher Register. 1959 Jan-June, 1959
Voucher Register. 1959 July-Dec, 1959
Voucher Register. 1960 Jan-June, 1960
Voucher Register. 1960 July-Dec, 1960
Voucher Register. 1961 Jan-June, 1961
Voucher Register. 1961 July-Dec, 1961
Voucher Register. 1962 Jan-June, 1962
Voucher Register. 1962 July-Dec, 1962
Prepaid Insurance, 1944-1949
Insurance Register, 1955-1959
Security Ledger (Investments), 1959-1961
Scope and Contents
Includes record of securities held 1959-61 and associated income received during the period.
Custodian Account (Investments), 1959-1961
Board Summary (Board, Clothing & Other Allowances). 1947-1949, 1947-1949
Board Summaries (Board, Clothing & Other Allowances). 1950-1952, 1950-1952
Board Book (Board, Clothing & Other Allowances). 1953-1955, 1953-1955
Board Book (Board, Clothing & Other Allowances). 1956-1958, 1956-1958
Board & Clothing Book (Board, Clothing & Other Allowances). 1959-1961, 1959-1961
Summary of Expenses. 1948-1951, 1948-1951
Summary of Expenses. 1952-1955, 1952-1955
Summary of Expenses. 1956-1959, 1956-1959
Expenditure Register. 1914 Oct-1916 June, 1914-1916
Expenditure Register. 1916 July-1917 June, 1916-1917
Expenditure Register. 1918 July-1919 June, 1918-1919
Expenditure Register. 1919 July-1920 June, 1919-1920
Expenditure Register. 1920 July-1921 June, 1920-1921
Expenditure Register. 1922 July-Sept, 1922
Analysis of Expense. 1951 May-August, 1951
Analysis of Expense. 1952 Jan-April, 1952
Analysis of Expense. 1952 May-August, 1952
Analysis of Expense. 1952 Sept-Dec, 1952
Analysis of Expense. 1953 Jan-April, 1953
Analysis of Expense. 1953 May-August, 1953
Analysis of Expense. 1953 Sept-Dec, 1953
Analysis of Expense. 1954 Jan-April, 1954
Analysis of Expense. 1954 May-August, 1954
Analysis of Expense. 1954 Sept-Dec, 1954
Analysis of Expense. 1955 Jan-April, 1955
Analysis of Expense. 1955 May-August, 1955
Analysis of Expense. 1955 Sept-Dec, 1955
Analysis of Expense. 1956 Jan-April, 1956
Analysis of Expense. 1956 May-August, 1956
Analysis of Expense. 1956 Sept-Dec, 1956
Analysis of Expense. 1957 Jan-April, 1957
Analysis of Expense. 1957 May-August, 1957
Analysis of Expense. 1957 Sept-Dec, 1957
Analysis of Expense. 1958 Jan-April, 1958
Analysis of Expense. 1958 May-August, 1958
Analysis of Expense. 1958 Sept-Dec, 1958
Analysis of Expense. 1959 Jan-April, 1959
Analysis of Expense. 1959 May-August, 1959
Analysis of Expense. 1959 Sept-Dec, 1959
Analysis of Expense. 1960 Jan-April, 1960
Analysis of Expense. 1960 May-August, 1960
Analysis of Expense. 1960 Sept-Dec, 1960
Analysis of Expense. 1961 Jan-April, 1961
Analysis of Expense. 1961 May-August, 1961
Analysis of Expense. 1961 Sept-Dec, 1961
Analysis of Expense. 1962 Jan-April, 1962
Analysis of Expense. 1962 May-August, 1962
Analysis of Expense. 1962 Sept-Dec, 1962
Income Register. 1914 October-1917 June, 1914-1917
Income Register. 1959-1961, 1959-1961
Income Analysis. 1932-1935, 1932-1935
Income Analysis. 1936-1938, 1936-1938
Income Analysis. 1939-1942, 1939-1942
Income Analysis. 1952-1955, 1952-1955
Income Analysis. 1956-1960, 1956-1960
Income Analysis. 1961-1963, 1961-1963
Cash Receipts. 1950-1952, 1950-1952
Donations. 1909 Oct-1910 Sept, 1909-1910
Donations. 1910 Oct-1911 Sept, 1910-1911
Donations. 1911 Oct-1912 Sept, 1911-1912
Donations. 1913 Oct-1914 Sept, 1913-1914
Donations. 1914 Oct-1915 Sept, 1914-1915
Donations. 1915 Oct-1916 June, 1915-1916
Donations. 1916 July-1917 June, 1916-1917
Donations. 1918 July-1919 June, 1918-1919
Donations. 1919 July-1920 June, 1919-1920
Donations. 1920 July-1921 June, 1920-1921
Donations. 1921 July-1922 June; 1924 December, 1921-1922, 1924
Scope and Contents
In addition to the volume's principal entries for the 1921-22 period, the volume also includes the records for 18-31 December 1924, forwarded from page 251 of the volume for July-Dec 1924.
Donations. 1922 June-1923 June, 1922-1923
Donations. 1923 July-1924 May, 1923-1924
Scope and Contents
Includes several loose sheets with summaries for years from 1917-1925.
Donations. 1924 Dec-1925 Dec; 1926 Dec, 1924-1926
Scope and Contents
The volume principally includes entries for 1925, but also includes a few opening entries from late December of 1924 and some "spillover" entries from late December 1926.
Donations. 1925 Dec-1926 Dec, 1925-1926
Donations. 1927 Jan-Dec, 1927
Donations. 1929 Jan-Dec, 1929
Donations. 1930 Jan-Dec, 1930
Donations. 1931 Jan-1932 Jan, 1931-1932
Donations. 1932 Jan-Dec
Donations. 1934 Jan-Dec, 1934
Donations. 1935 Jan-Dec, 1935
Donations. 1939 Jan-Dec, 1939
Donations. 1940 Jan-Dec, 1940
Donations. 1941 Jan-Dec, 1941
Donations. 1936 Jan-Dec, 1936
Donations. 1937 Jan-Dec, 1937
Donations. 1938 Jan-Dec; 1939 Dec, 1938-1939
Scope and Contents
The volume includes "spillover" entries for the final days of 1939 December.
Donations. 1943 Jan-June, 1943
Donations. 1943 July-Dec, 1943
Donations. 1944 Jan-July, 1944
Donations. 1944 July-Dec, 1944
Opera Benefit. 1937-1939, 1937-1939
[Cash Journal]. 1902 October-1906 September, 1902-1906
Trial Balance. 1938-1942, 1938-1942
Trial Balance. 1943-1947, 1943-1947
[Bank Account Reconciliations]. 1951-1955, 1951-1955
Donations, Special Campaigns. 1928 December-1931 March, 1928-1931
Journal #5 [Fund Investments], 1941-1948
[Payroll Summary?]. 1938-1942, 1938-1942
Receipts & Donations / Cash Book. 1874 January-1880 December, 1874-1880
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Continuation of Charles Loring Brace Account Book?;see volume 79 for 1867-73 entries. See volume 125 for 1880-1885 entries.
[Cash Book]. 1868 Dec-1872 Feb, 1868-1872
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Appears to continue in volume 90.
[Cash Book]. 1870 March-1872 Feb, 1870-1872
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book]. 1874 June-1876 March, 1874-1876
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1876 April-1877 July, 1876-1877
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1877 August-1878 July, 1877-1878
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1880 July-1881 June, 1880-1881
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1882 July-1883 July
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1884 August-1885 July
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1885 August-1886 July, 1885-1886
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1886 August-1887 July, 1886 August-1887 July, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1887 August-1888 July, 1887 August-1888 July, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures].1888 August-1889 July, 1888 August-1889 July, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1890 September-1891 August, 1890 September-1891 August, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1891 September-1892 July, 1891 September-1892 July, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1892 August-1893 June, 1892 August-1893 June, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1893 July-1894 April, 1893 July-1894 April, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1894 May-1895 February, 1894 May-1895 February, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1895 March-October, 1895 March-October, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1895 November-1896 October; 1897 October, 1895 November-1896 October; 1897 October, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. The pages run to 1896 October, but the last page shows as 1897 October 31, which is where next volume picks up. Not clear where 1986 Nov-1897 October is. Possibly the 1897 reference is an error.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1897 November-1898 October, 1897 November-1898 October, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1898 November-1899 September, 1898 November-1899 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1900 October-1901 September, 1900 October-1901 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1902 September-1903 September, 1902 September-1903 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1904 October-1905 September, 1904 October-1905 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Cash Book. Expenditures]. 1905 October-1906 September, 1905 October-1906 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[ Receipts and Donations]. 1902 October-1903 September, 1902 October-1903 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents Note
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. I includes a monthly summary inside back cover.
[ Receipts and Donations]. 1904 October-1905 September, 1904 October-1905 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Includes a monthly summary inside back cover.
[Receipts and Donations]. 1905 October-1906 September, 1905 October-1906 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Iincludes a monthly summary inside back cover.
[Receipts and Donations]. 1906 October-1907 September, 1906 October-1907 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Includes a monthly summary inside back cover.
[Donations]. 1908 October-1909 September, 1908 October-1909 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Includes a monthly summary inside back cover.
[Expenses Due and Paid Register]. 1914 October-1915 September, 1914 October-1915 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Expenses Due and Paid Register; Income Receivables]. 1915 October-1916 June, 1915 October-1916 June, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Poor Law Officers Accounts. The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Expenses Due and Paid Register; Income Receivables] 1917 July-1918 June, 1917 July-1918 June, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Poor Law Officers Accounts. The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Expenses Due and Paid Register; Income Receivables] 1918 July-1919 June, 1918 July-1919 June, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Poor Law Officers Accounts. The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Expenses Due and Paid Register; Income Receivables] 1919 July 1920 June, 1919 July 1920 June, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes Poor Law Officers Accounts, including a summary of outstanding balances as of 1920 June). The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Expenses Due and Paid Register; Income Receivables] 1920 July-1921 June, 1920 July-1921 June, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated.
[Expenditures Ledger] circa 1858 February-1868 December, circa 1858 February-1868 December, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The covers and spine are badly deteriorated. Volume 57 with expenses for 1853-57 appears to be the preceding volume.