Series II. Annual Reports and Inspections, 1869-2000, 1869-2000, inclusive

The subseries contains an incomplete set of reports distributed to the public and potential donors. There are multiple copies of many reports, including bound copies 1869-1917 and individual copies 1885-2000. There are some gaps, including no reports 1936-1943 or 1948-1961 (see Series VII.2 to fill in gaps 1958-1962). Bound copies are arranged first, followed by individual copies.

Annual Reports from 1958-1966 were published as the March issue of Mater Dei, a monthly publication of the Foundling. This series includes loose copies of the annual report issues of Mater Dei from 1963-1965. Bound copies of the periodical, which include annual reports 1958-1962 not represented in this subseries, may be found in Series VII.2 - Newsletters.

Please see Series IV.6 for annual reports of the Boarding Department.

The subseries consists of annual reports of all departments at the Foundling bound together with introductory notes 1934-1972. 1938-1945 are missing, except for a disbound and shorter internal annual report from 1942; there are also gaps from 1949-1963 and 1970-1971.

These internal annual reports tend to contain more statistical information than the published annual reports in the previous subseries. This subseries concludes with one folder containing miscellaneous departmental annual reports 1977 and 1981. The miscellaneous reports were prepared by departments not represented elsewhere in the collection.

For separate reports by other departments, see Series IV.

The subseries consists mainly of annual inspections of the Foundling by the State Board of Charities, renamed the State Department of Social Welfare in 1930. These are followed by annual reports to other organizations.

The State Board of Charities performed annual or biannual inspections of the Foundling beginning in 1900. This New York State government department changed its name to the State Department of Social Welfare in 1930. The subseries contains inspections by the state agencies of the Foundling's Infant Asylum 1900-1928, the Foundling's hospitals 1900-1910 and 1930-1944, the Foundling's Placing-Out and Boarding-Out Departments 1901-1935, the Foundling as a whole in 1944 and 1951, as well as annual reports by the Foundling to the State Department of Social Welfare 1937-1951.

The subseries concludes with three other annual reports: an annual report of the Section on Care of Dependent Children to the Welfare Council of New York City (an association of social service agencies including the Foundling), 1936; and 2 annual reports of the Foundling to the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum (1952 and 1953). Note that Series IV.5 - Boarding Department - also includes annual reports of that department prepared for the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum.

For State Department of Social Welfare/Board of Charities inspections of the St. Joseph's-by-The-Sea facility, see Series IV.38 - St. Joseph's-by-The-Sea.