Series II - Society for the Relief of Half-Orphans and Destitute Children/Windham Child Care, 1841-1977, 1841-1977, inclusive
Scope and Content
The Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children (SRHO) was founded in 1835, and incorporated in 1837. In 1947, after moving and restructuring, it was renamed The Windham Society for the Care of Boys. In 1949, it merged with Protestant Children's Services, Inc., and was renamed Windham Children's Services. In 1969, it merged with the Child Care Center, an agency which had previously merged with the Tuberculosis Preventorium for Children, and became Windham Child Care. In 1977, the agency merged with The Graham Home for Children, and the combined entity became Graham-Windham Services to Families and Children (now Graham Windham).
The series contains materials of the Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children and its subsequent organizations from (1926?-1977), up to the merger with the Graham Home for Children. For records after the merger, see Series III.
Materials include minutes, annual reports, and photographs.
The Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children was founded in 1835, and incorporated in 1837. In 1947, after moving and restructuring, it was renamed The Windham Society for the Care of Boys. In 1949, it merged with Protestant Children's Services, Inc., and was renamed Windham Children's Services. In 1969, it merged with the Child Care Center, an agency which had previously merged with the Tuberculosis Preventorium for Children, and became Windham Child Care. In 1977, the agency merged with The Graham Home for Children, and the combined entity became Graham-Windham Services to Families and Children (now Graham Windham).
The series contains Minutes of the Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children and its subsequent organizations from 1923-1977, up to the merger with the Graham Home for Children. Minutes from 1933-1945 are missing. Minutes prior to 1923 may be found at the Butler Library, Columbia University.
The series also includes Annual Reports 1868-1979 (not inclusive) in loose copies and bound volumes, a pamphlet memorializing founder Eliza Tomlinson (1862), three folders of administrative documents (1926-1976), a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1957-1964) and a set of photographs of celebrities, autographed for the Windham children (1965 and undated).
For records after the merger with the Graham Home for Children, see Series III. For records of the Tuberculosis Preventorium for Children, see Series IV.
The series is arranged in 6 subseries, as follows:
Missing Title
- II.1 - Board Minutes, 1923-1977
- II.2 - Committee Minutes, 1841-1968
- II.3 - Annual Reports, 1853-1973
- II.4 - Administrative and Printed Documents, 1862-1976
- II.5 - Photographs, 1965 and undated
- II.6 - Clippings, 1957-1964
Subseries II.1 - Board Minutes, 1923-1977, 1923-1977, inclusive
Scope and Content
The series contains Minutes of the Society for the Relief of Half-Orphan and Destitute Children and its subsequent organizations (Windham Society for the Care of Boys, Windham Children's Services, Windham Child Care) from 1923-1977, up to the merger with the Graham Home for Children. Minutes from 1933-1945 are missing. Minutes prior to 1923 may be found at the Butler Library, Columbia University.
An index to the minutes is available to researchers at the New-York Historical Society manuscript department.
Minutes are closed to the public for a term of one hundred years from date of creation. Minutes older than one hundred years are open for research.
SRHO Board Minutes, 1923 January - 1926 June
SRHO Board Minutes, 1926 October - 1932 December
SRHO Board Minutes, 1945 October - 1948 January
SRHO Board Minutes, 1948 March - 1949 May
SRHO Board Minutes, 1949 September - 1950 November
SRHO Board Minutes, 1951 January - 1954 November
SRHO Board Minutes, 1955 January - 1958 December
SRHO Board Minutes, 1959 January - 1962 November
SRHO Board Minutes, 1963 January - 1965 November
SRHO Board Minutes, 1966 January - 1968 November
SRHO Board Minutes, 1969 January - 1971 June
SRHO Board Minutes, 1971 September - 1973 March
SRHO Board Minutes, 1973 April - 1975 April
SRHO Board Minutes, 1975 May - 1977 June
Reports of the Executive Director to the Board 1950-1962, and Board Minutes 1965, 1950-1965, inclusive
Subseries II.2 - Committee Minutes, 1841-1968, 1841-1968, inclusive
Scope and Content
The subseries contains 3 bound volumes of minutes of committees.
Minutes are closed to the public for a term of one hundred years from date of creation. Minutes older than one hundred years are open for research.
Minutes of the Visiting Committee, 1841-1845, inclusive
Children's Service Committee Minutes, 1959-1968, inclusive
Staff Meeting Minutes, 1960-1964, inclusive
Subseries II.3 - Annual Reports, 1853-1973, 1853-1973, inclusive
Scope and Content
The subseries consists of Annual Reports of the Society for the Relief of Half Orphans and Destitute Children, bound together in volumes, 1853-1937, and loose copies of Annual Reports of the organization 1868-1949 and its successor organization, Windham Children's Service, 1964-1973 (not inclusive).
An index to the annual reports is available to researchers at the New-York Historical Society manuscript department.
SRHO Annual Reports, 1853-1863, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1864-1874, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1875-1886, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1886-1898, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1897-1909, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1910-1923, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1924-1933, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1934-1937, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1868-1900, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1900-1919, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1919-1934, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1934-1936, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1937-1938, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1939-1941, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1942-1945, inclusive
SRHO Annual Reports, 1946-1947 and 1949
SRHO Annual Reports, 1964-1973, inclusive
Subseries II.4 - Administrative and Printed Documents, 1862-1976, 1872-1976, inclusive
Scope and Content
The subseries includes a pamphlet memorializing founder Eliza Tomlinson (1862), and three folders of administrative documents (1926-1976).
The pamphlet in Folder 1 is available for research. Folders 2, 3, and 4 are closed to the public for a term of one hundred years from date of creation. Documents older than one hundred years are open for research.
Eliza Tomlinson memorial pamphlet, 1862, inclusive
Visitor's Notes, circa 1926
Audits, 1942-1943, inclusive
Board members' manual, 1976, inclusive
Subseries II.5 - Photographs, 1965 and undated, 1965 and undated
Scope and Content
The subseries includes autographed original photographs of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Harry Truman, Mayor Robert Wagner, Adlai Stevenson, Leonard Bernstein, Danny Kaye, Emmett Kelly, and Elizabeth Arden, most signed "to the Windham Children." These photographs had been framed and displayed by the Windham agency, but have now been removed from their frames for conservation purposes. Researchers may view photocopies of these signed portraits, not the originals.
The subseries does not include photographs of the Windham Agency. However, a few photographs from the agency before its merger with the Graham Home may be found arranged with post-merger photographs in Box 89, Folder 6 of Series III.9.