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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

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certificate of Incorporation - Certified, 1854 May 31, 1855 January 10

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certificate of Incorporation - Transcription, 1871

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certified Copies of 1855 Certificate of Incorporation and 1907 Extension of Purposes, 1932

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1877, 1880, 1881

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1882, 1883, 1885

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1886, 1887, 1888

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1889, 1890, 1891

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1892, 1893

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1894, 1895

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1896, 1897

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Annual Certificate of Trustees and Officers, and Inventory of Property, Effects, and Liabilities of the Society, signed by Trustees and Notarized, 1898, 1899

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Constitution and By-Laws, 1883

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Constitution and By-Laws (2 copies), 1886

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Constitution and By-Laws (2 copies), 1908

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Constitution and By-Laws, 1927

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Constitution and By-Laws, 1936

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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