Leake and Watts Children's Home records
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Abstract
The collection contains records, 1831-1983 (bulk 1831-1949) of the Leake and Watts Children's Home (known originally as the Leake and Watts Orphan House and, since 2018, as Rising Ground) and records of two other child care agencies that merged into it: The Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York (1851-1947), and the Sevilla-Hopewell Society (1947-1948). The Sevilla-Hopewell Society was a merger of The Sevilla Home for Children (1889-1947) with The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn (1921-1947), originally named The Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children (1869-1921). The collection contains records going back to the founding of each organization. The collection also contains unrelated records related to land in Masonville, New York, 1802-1865.
Historical Note
The Leake and Watts Orphan House/Leake and Watts Children's Home
The Leake and Watts Orphan House was founded in 1831 by John Watts, Jr., according to the will and bequest of John George Leake. Motivated by a sense of social responsibility, Leake (1752-1827), a prominent New York lawyer, and Watts (1749-1836), three term Speaker of the N.Y. Assembly and two term Congressman, envisioned a private non-sectarian charitable organization for children in need. The Rector of Trinity Church was president of the Board of Trustees. Board members included ministers of the Dutch Collegiate and First Presbyterian Churches, and the Mayor of New York City.
In 1843, the Leake and Watts Orphan House opened at 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in a significant Greek Revival building designed by Ithiel Town which still stands on the grounds of the current Cathedral of St. John the Divine. At its opening it housed 60 boys, and soon expanded to include girls as well. Continuing to extend its capacity and services, it moved in 1891 to its current location in Yonkers N.Y., a 30-acre farm formerly owned by thespian Edward Forest with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. In 1905, General John Watts de Peyster, a long-term benefactor, bequeathed additional land in Tivoli N.Y. Edwin Gould provided financial support to develop the property.
In 1921, Leake & Watts introduced to their Yonkers campus a "cottage system" of smaller group residences. In 1924 they began calling the Yonkers facility the Leake and Watts Home School. The Tivoli facility became the Leake and Watts Farm School; it provided both vocational farm training and a summer camp. In the early 1930s Leake and Watts expanded its mission; in addition to orphans, it served dependent children from broken homes. A Social Service Department established in 1937 addressed children's therapeutic needs. In 1944, a new Foster Home Department placed children in community foster homes. The Tivoli land was sold in 1945.
In 1947, the organization changed its name to The Leake and Watts Children's Home, Inc. The same year, it merged with the Orphan Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York. In 1949 Leake and Watts merged with the Sevilla-Hopewell Society, a child care agency which was itself a recent merger of the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn (1921-1947) with the Sevilla Home for Children (New York 1889-1947).
The bulk of the archival records of Leake and Watts at the New-York Historical Society end at 1949. However, the organization continued to develop. The name changed to Leake and Watts Services, Inc. in the 1990's and to Rising Ground in April 2018. Rising Ground/Leake and Watts provides preventative, educational, early childhood, foster care, housing, physical and mental health, and juvenile justice services, to around 3,000 abused and neglected children, children with special needs, teen parents, parents struggling with substance abuse or other issues, young adults with developmental disabilities learning to live independently, and others in need. For more information on current services, visit the organization's website at https://www.risingground.org/.
The Orphans Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York
The Orphans Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York was founded in 1851 and incorporated in 1854. It was initiated by a member of the church (possibly Mrs. J.H. Hobart who served as the first Directress) along with Rev. J.H. Hobart (first Secretary)and Rev. Dr. Wainwright (Chairman), in order that there might be a place for orphaned children who had been baptized in the faith. As it expanded, it moved quickly from one room on Robinson Street, to larger quarters on Renwick Street, to Hammond Street, to 146-148 West 39th Street, and then circa 1861 to a home built to the asylum's specifications on 49th Street and Lexington Avenue. In 1903 the New York Central Railroad bought the property, obliging the asylum to move to a new building on Convent Avenue between 135-137th Streets in 1905. It merged with Leake and Watts in 1947.
The Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children/Hopewell Society of Brooklyn
The Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children was founded in 1869 as a non-sectarian organization with a board of managers representing many churches in Brooklyn. Located at 20 Concord Street, it offered temporary shelter for women in crisis, and temporary or long-term shelter for children. Girls were accepted up to the age of 16. Boys were accepted up to the age of 6. Children who lived at the home attended local schools, and beginning in 1901 girls were also trained in housework to enable them to find work as domestics. A donation by Edwin Gould enabled the Society to open a summer facility for the children, the Summerland Home in Demarest New Jersey. In 1921, the Board of Managers voted to shorten and simplify the name of the organization, exchanging it for a name with the same spirit. The Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children became the Hopewell Society, with the same board and the same services. In 1922 the Concord Street property was sold. The organization moved to 218 Gates Avenue in Brooklyn. Additional annexes, one for adolescent girls and one for elderly women, were opened on Monroe Street nearby. In 1928 the Summerland property in Demarest was sold, and a new Summerland camp in New City, NY, was opened. The women's shelter was discontinued in 1942, but the home for children continued. In 1947, The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn merged with the Sevilla Home for Children, to become the Sevilla-Hopewell Society. The combined entity was incorporated into the Leake and Watts Children's Home in 1949.
The Sevilla Home for Children
The Sevilla Home for Children was named for Jose Sevilla, a Peruvian who made his fortune in New York. Upon his death in 1886, his will provided the means to establish the institution, and stipulated its form and rules. It was incorporated in 1889. In 1908, after several years during which the board untangled legal issues, found a location and built a facility, the institution opened its doors on Lafayette Avenue between Manida and Barretto Streets in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. The non-sectarian institution accepted mentally and physically healthy yet destitute girls (usually either orphans or half-orphans) between the ages of five and ten, who were surrendered by their guardian. The girls stayed at the home until the age of 16, at which point they returned to a guardian or employment. Girls who created problems were removed from the home earlier, and returned to a guardian. The home generally housed around 60 girls at a time, although there were years with more and fewer girls. In 1945 the institution became racially integrated and began taking referrals from the city. In 1947, it merged with the Hopewell Society to become the Sevilla-Hopewell Society, using Sevilla's property in the Bronx and Hopewell's Summerland Camp in New City, NY. In 1949 the new organization was incorporated into the Leake and Watts Children's Home.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in seven series, according to the organization that created the records. Series I contains records of the Leake and Watts Orphan House/Leake and Watts Children's Home Inc. Series II-V contain records of the other child care agencies that merged into it in 1947. Series VI and VII contain unrelated and miscellaneous records.
Missing Title
- Series I - Leake and Watts Orphan House in the City of New York/Leake and Watts Children's Home Inc., 1831-1971
- Series II - Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church of New York, 1851-1949
- Series III - Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children 1869-1921/Hopewell Society of Brooklyn, 1921-1947
- Series IV - Sevilla Home for Children, 1889-1947
- Series V - Sevilla-Hopewell Society, 1948-1949
- Series VI - Masonville (N.Y.), 1802-1865
- Series VII - Bibles, Constitution of the Colored Orphan Asylum, volume from unidentified agency
Scope and Content
The collection contains records, 1831-1983 (bulk 1831-1949) of the Leake and Watts Children's Home (known originally as the Leake and Watts Orphan House, and since 2018 as Rising Ground) and records of two other child care agencies that merged into it: The Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York (1851-1947), and the Sevilla-Hopewell Society (1947-1948). The Sevilla-Hopewell Society was a merger of The Sevilla Home for Children (1889-1947) with The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn (1921-1947), originally named The Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children (1869-1921). The collection contains records going back to the founding of each organization.
Materials include, but are not limited to, minutes, annual and other reports, registers of admissions/discharges, financial records, correspondence, visitor's books, real estate records, scrapbooks, photographic prints and printing blocks, and bibles.
Also included (although not an integral part of above) are 10 volumes of rent, letter and account books, 1802-1865, relating to land in Masonville, Delaware County, New York originally owned by Rev. John Mason Knox, who also servced circa 1860's as Leake and Watts' treasurer.
Unusual materials include an 1843 "punishment book" recording the behavior of individual boys and discipline administered.
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Access Restrictions
Records less than 70 years old are restricted, except to researchers with written permission from Rising Ground (the current organizational name of Leake and Watts). Records older than 70 years old are open for scholarly research.
Researchers who wish to view open materials will register as Manuscript users, and be allowed access to the unrestricted materials in the collection.
Use Restrictions
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF NAMES FROM THE COLLECTION
Please be advised that naming or disclosing of identifying information for any child cared for by Leake and Watts in publication is not permitted without the express written permission of Rising Ground ((the current organizational name of Leake and Watts).
OTHER RESTRICTIONS
Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
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Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as The Records of the Leake and Watts Children's Home, MS 377, The New-York Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated in 1983, by The Leake and Watts Children's Home, Inc.
About this Guide
Processing Note
The Leake and Watts Children's Home Records were inventoried by New-York Historical Society library staff in 1983, and processed again by Cherie Acierno in 2011.
Repository
Series I - Leake and Watts Orphan House in the City of New York/Leake and Watts Children's Home, Inc., 1831-1983 (bulk 1831-1949)
Arrangement
The series contains records of the Leake and Watts Orphan House/Leake and Watts Children's Home, arranged in ten subseries, as follows:
Subseries I.1 - Minutes, 1831-1949
Subseries I.2 - Reports, 1844-1949
Subseries I.3 - Administrative Records, 1816-1949
Subseries I.4 - Numbered Files from the Office of William A. Kirk,circa 1918-1965
Subseries I.5 - Financial Records, 1833-1957
Subseries I.6 - Records of Children, Clubs and Activities
Subseries I.7 - Real Estate Records
Subseries I.8 - Printed Materials
Subseries I.9 - Visual Materials
Subseries I.10 - Clippings
The series contains records of the Leake and Watts Orphan House/Leake and Watts Children's Home, arranged in ten subseries, as follows:
Missing Title
- Subseries I.1 - Minutes, 1831-1949
- Subseries I.2 - Reports, 1844-1949
- Subseries I.3 - Administrative Records, 1816-1949
- Subseries I.4 - Numbered Files from the Office of William A. Kirk, circa 1918-1965
- Subseries I.5 - Financial Records, 1833-1957
- Subseries I.6 - Records of Children, Clubs, Activities and Alumni, 1843-1964
- Subseries I.7 - Real Estate Records, circa 1822-1960
- Subseries I.8 - Printed Materials, circa 1843-1964
- Subseries I.9 - Visual Materials, circa 1910-1983
- Subseries I.10 - Clippings, circa 1857-1980
Subseries I.1 - Minutes, 1831-1949
Scope and Content
The series contains Minutes of the Board of Trustees 1831-1949 (35 volumes and 11 folders), followed by Minutes of the House Committee 1850-1914 (6 volumes). Minutes of the Leake & Watts Association, an alumni organization, may be found in Series I.6 - Records of Children, Clubs and Activities.
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1831-1849, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1849-1875, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1875-1895, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1895-1905, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1906-1916, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1916-1918, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1918-1920, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1921-1922, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1923, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1924, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1925, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1926, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1927, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1928, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1929, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1930 January-September
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1930 September - 1931 January
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1931 January - May
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1931 May - 1932 April
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1932-1933, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1934-1935, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1936, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1936 November - 1937 December
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1938, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1938 January - December
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1939, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1940, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1940, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1940-1941, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1941, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1941-1942, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1942, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1942-1943, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1943, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1943-1944, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1944, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1944-1945, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1945, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1945-1946, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1946, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1946-1947, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1947, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1947 May - December
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1948, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1948, inclusive
Minutes - Board of Trustees, 1948 October - 1949 February
Minutes - House Committee, 1843-1850, inclusive
Minutes - House Committee, 1850-1854, inclusive
Minutes - House Committee, 1854-1860, inclusive
Minutes - House Committee, 1861-1868, inclusive
Minutes - House Committee, 1869-1880, inclusive
Minutes - House Committee, 1881-1914, inclusive
Subseries I.2 - Reports, 1844-1949
Scope and Content
The series consists of two volumes and about 4 boxes of reports, arranged in the following order:
I.2A - Annual Reports, 1916-1949
I.2B - Treasurer's Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1851-1914
I.2C - Auditor's Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1912-1949
I.2D - Superintendent's Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1844-1935
I.2E - Monthly Reports to NYC Department of Public Welfare, 1941-1947
I.2F - School Reports, 1844-1913
The collection of annual reports is incomplete. Most reports from the 1930's and 1940s are missing.
Subseries I.2A - Annual Reports, 1916-1949
Annual Report, 1916 July
Unbound Annual Report Variation - "Leake Booklet", 1916, inclusive
Annual Report, 1917-1918, inclusive
Annual Report, 1918, inclusive
Annual Report, 1919, inclusive
Annual Report, 1920, inclusive
Annual Report, 1921, inclusive
Annual Report, 1922, inclusive
Annual Report, 1923, inclusive
Annual Report, 1924, inclusive
Annual Report - Home School, 1925, inclusive
Annual Report, 1928, inclusive
Annual Report, 1929-1930, inclusive
Annual Report - Leake and Watts School, 1945, inclusive
Annual Report, 1949, inclusive
Subseries I.2B - Treasurer's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1851-1914
Treasurer's Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1851-1861, 1864, 1866
Treasurer's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1873-1890, inclusive
Treasurer's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1904-1914, inclusive
Subseries I.2C - Auditor's Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1912-1949
Auditor's Report 1912, with Summary of Accounts 1833-1912, 1912, inclusive
Auditor's Reports, 1915, 1924
Auditor's Reports, 1938-1939, 1942-1944, 1946
Auditor's Reports, 1947-1949, inclusive
Subseries I.2D - Superintendent's Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1844-1935
Superintendent's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1844-1858, inclusive
Superintendent's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1859-1869, inclusive
Superintendent's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1870-1877, inclusive
Superintendent's Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1878-1890, inclusive
Superintendent's Quarterly and Annual Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1907-1914, inclusive
Superintendent's Quarterly and Monthly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1915-1916, inclusive
Superintendent's Monthly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1917-1920, inclusive
Superintendent's Monthly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1921-1927, inclusive
Superintendent's Weekly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1928 November 16 - 1929 May 31
Superintendent's Weekly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1929 June 14 - 1929 December 27
Superintendent's Weekly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1930 January 3 - May 29
Superintendent's Weekly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1930 June 6 - December 26
Superintendent's Weekly and Monthly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1931 January 2 - December 4
Superintendent's Monthly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1932 January 8 - 1933 December 8
Superintendent's Monthly Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1934 January 10 - 1935 December 17
Subseries I.2E - Monthly Reports to the N.Y.C. Department of Welfare, 1941-1947
Monthly Reports to the N.Y.C. Department of Public Welfare, 1941 January - 1942 March
Monthly Reports to the N.Y.C. Department of Welfare, 1942 April - 1945 April
Monthly Reports to the N.Y.C. Department of Welfare, 1945 June - 1947 December
Subseries I.2F - School Reports, 1844-1913
School Reports, 1844-1913, inclusive
Subseries I.3 - Administrative Records, 1816-1961
Scope and Content
The subseries contains administrative correspondence, memoranda, and legal documents arranged chronologically. Much of the correspondence is addressed to (or sometimes composed by) the Treasurer, the Board of Trustees, or the Superintendent. The subseries includes by-laws from 1857, 1883 and 1911. The final four folders in the subseries, housed in Box 8, include material separated by subject -- one folder on cemeteries, three folders related to the administration of the school.
Additional administrative correspondence and legal documents may be found in Subseries I.4 - Numbered Files from the Office of William A. Kirk.
Early Legal Documents, 1816-1844, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1830-1839, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1840-1842, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1843-1845, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1846-1849, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1850-1854, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1855-1859, inclusive
By-Laws, 1857, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1860-1869, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1870-1889, inclusive
Booklet containing By-Laws, Charter, Trustee List, History, Addresses (2 copies), 1883, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1890-1897, inclusive
Correspondence and Memoranda, 1901-1914, inclusive
Booklet containing By-Laws, Charter, Trustee List, History (4 copies), 1911, inclusive
Correspondence, 1915, inclusive
Correspondence, 1916, inclusive
Correspondence, 1917-1919, inclusive
Correspondence and Memoranda, circa 1920-1929
Correspondence, Legal Documents, Memoranda, 1930-1939, inclusive
Correspondence, 1940-1945, inclusive
Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1946, inclusive
Correspondence and Memoranda, 1947-1949, inclusive
Administrative Correspondence and Memoranda - undated, circa 1876-1947
Cemetery Certificates, Correspondence and Brochure, 1856-1945, inclusive
Miscellaneous School Memoranda and Correspondence, circa 1877-1934
Menu and Meal Schedule 1911 and House Rules 1913, 1911, 1913
Rules and Schedules, undated, circa 1914-1949
Society for the Relief of Women and Children Correspondence, 1952-1961, inclusive
Subseries I.4 - Numbered files from the Office of William A. Kirk, circa 1918-1965
Scope and Content
William A. Kirk Esq. served as Clerk, later known as Secretary, of Leake and Watts, from [circa 1916-1955?]. He chaired the Real Estate Committee and handled legal matters. This subseries consists of files he maintained and grouped in the following order:
I.4A - Mergers
I.4B - Trusts, Wills and Bequests
I.4C - Real Estate
I.4D - Wards of Leake and Watts
The files are arranged according to numbers Kirk assigned to each file, roughly chronologically. All original labels have been kept, although his non-archival folders have been replaced.
Subseries I.4A - Mergers
2573 - Merger with Orphans Home and Asylum of the P.E.C. - Documents (folder 1 of 2), circa 1945-1947
2573 - Merger with Orphans Home and Asylum of the P.E.C. - Documents (folder 2 of 2), circa 1945-1947
2573-A - Merger with Orphans Home and Asylum of the P.E.C. - Merger Agareements, 1947, inclusive
2573-A - Merger with Orphans Home and Asylum of the P.E.C. - Legal Documents, 1947-1953, inclusive
2573-B - Merger with Orphans Home and Asylum of the P.E.C. - Extension of Powers, 1947-1953, inclusive
Merger with Orphans Home and Asylum of the P.E.C. - Report under Form 990, 1949, inclusive
2737 - Merger with Sevilla-Hopewell, Early Proceedings, 1946-1950, inclusive
2737A - Merger with Sevilla-Hopewell, Merger Papers including L&W By-laws 1947, 1947-1949, inclusive
2737-B - Documents of Constituent Corporations incl. by-laws of Sevilla Home and will of Jose Sevilla, 1910, 1947-1949
2737-C - Merger with Sevilla-Hopewell - By-laws of New Corporation, 1949, inclusive
2737-D - Merger with Sevilla-Hopewell - Certificate of Consolidation, 1949, inclusive
2962 - Sale of Sevilla Land and Buildings, circa 1893-1906 and 1949-1950
3002 - Merger with Sevilla-Hopewell - Organization Meeting and Correspondence, 1947-1949, inclusive
3052 - Merger with Sevilla-Hopewell - Summerland Property Documents, 1949, inclusive
Subseries I.4B - Trusts, Wills and Bequests
948 - Agreement between Edwin Gould, Edwin Gould Foundation, and Trustees of Leake and Watts, 1921-1931, inclusive
3982 - Accountings by Bankers Trust Company on the Edwin Gould Trusts, 1932-1956, inclusive
972-C - Estate of Willard H. Jones - Minnie Myerson Trust, 1938-1943, inclusive
1705 - Estate of Melville S. Page, 1938-1942, inclusive
1720 - Estates of Mary J. Tompkins, Thaddeus C. Tompkins, 1937-1942, inclusive
1768 - Estate of Joseph Wiener, 1938, inclusive
1868 - Estate of J.G.B. Waring, 1934-1939, inclusive
1901 - Estate of Katharine L. Mather, 1939-1949, inclusive
2024 - Estate of Abraham Finelite, 1942-1953, inclusive
2043 - Estate of Mary Curtis Martin, 1941, inclusive
2077 - Estate of Cora Ros, 1941, inclusive
2185 - Estate of Harry M. Clancy, 1942-1951, inclusive
2203 - Estate of William R. Hobson, 1942, inclusive
2204 - Estate of Isabella Hughes, Rent Schedules, 1942, inclusive
2246 - Estate of Robert Peele, 1942-1944, inclusive
2271 - Estate of Laura M. Elliot, 1943, inclusive
2307 - Estate of Hugh M. Anderson, 1944-1946, inclusive
2339 - Estate of Sophie Mackay, 1944, inclusive
2615 - Estate of Marie MacLean, 1946, inclusive
2668 - Estate of David C. Bacon, 1947-1948, inclusive
2700 - Estate of Raymond V. Carpenter, 1947-1948, inclusive
2719 - Estate of Inez Irene duBois, 1947, inclusive
2775 - Estate of Grace B. Selfridge, 1947, inclusive
2787 - Estate of Emily Dater, 1947, inclusive
2797 - Estate of Asa Thompson, 1945, inclusive
2830 - Estate of Berta M. Bache, 1948, inclusive
2845 - Estate of John J. Watts, 1945-1948, inclusive
2937 - Estate of Anna Selden, 1948, inclusive
Subseries I.4C - Real Estate
734 - Property in Bronx, Cancellation of Taxes, 1918-1931, inclusive
1129 - Leake and Watts vs. 19 First Avenue Inc., 1932-1937, inclusive
1250 - Harry F. Johnson papers before commencement of action, 1931-1934, inclusive
1250-A - Harry F. Johnson papers after commencement of action (folder 1 of 2), 1934-1941, inclusive
1250-A - Harry F. Johnson papers after commencement of action (folder 2 of 2), 1934-1941, inclusive
1250-B - Leake and Watts vs. Harry F. Johnson - probate of will of Mary H. Johnson, 1937-1938, inclusive
1250-C - Harry F. Johnson - papers re: purchase of title by 264-266 First Ave. Corp., 1937-1938, inclusive
1419-A - 264-266 First Avenue Corp. Rehabilitation of Property, 1936-1939, inclusive
1488 - Leake and Watts Realty Corp. (folder 1 of 2), 1935-1948, inclusive
1488 - Leake and Watts Realty Corp. (folder 2 of 2), 1935-1948, inclusive
1495 - Brindsley Realty Co., 1935-1947, inclusive
1609 - 870 Sixth Avenue Subway Construction, 1936-1941, inclusive
1614 - Leake and Watts Realty Corp. Financial and Income Tax Reports, 1936-1945, inclusive
1624 - Removal of Violations of Multiple Dwelling Law - 21-23 First Ave., 1937-1940, inclusive
1636 - Sale of 233 Division St. and 244 E. Broadway, 1936-1940, inclusive
1682 - Removal of Violations of Multiple Dwelling Law - Tenement House Blanks, 1937, inclusive
1702 - Rehabilitation of 53-55 Stanton St., 1937-1939, inclusive
1702-A - Rehabiliation of 53-55 Stanton St., 1937-1938, inclusive
1710 - Sale of 53-55 Stanton St., 1937, inclusive
1960 - Property Tax Appeals, 1940-1943, inclusive
1960 A and B - Property Tax Appeals, 1943-1946, inclusive
1960-C - Property Tax Appeals, 1945-1947, inclusive
2084 - 870 Sixth Avenue - Assessment re: Sixth Avenue El, 1941-1944, inclusive
2142 - Leake and Watts Realty Corp. - Objections to garage on 34th St., 1941-1947, inclusive
2189 - Exemption of Lots 130 and 65 in Block 3428 in the Bronx, 1942-1944, inclusive
2198 - Tax Exemption, 1941-1942, inclusive
2200 - Income Tax Exemption Form 990 and Form 1023, 1937-1944, inclusive
2238 - Leake and Watts Realty Corp. Dissolution, 1936-1945, inclusive
2242 - Lease of 138-140 W. 54th St., 1942-1946, inclusive
2242-A - Leake and Watts vs. Fergus Motors rent dispute 138-140 W. 54th St., 1944-1946, inclusive
2528 - Proposed sale of 138-140 W. 54th St., 1945-1946, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1940, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1941, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1942, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1943, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1944, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1945, inclusive
2535 - Rent Statements 56-58 Roosevelt St., 1946, inclusive
2551 - 264-266 First Ave. Corp - Zoning Ordinance 870 Sixth Ave., 1946, inclusive
2577 - Mortgage on 333-5 E. 55th St., 1946-1947, inclusive
2606-A - Street widening matter, 1948, inclusive
2657 - Sale of 870 Sixth Ave., 1946-1950, inclusive
2742 - Mortgage on 1153 Colgate Ave., Bronx, 1938-1947, inclusive
2745 - Mulock Memorial, Mortgage, 6312 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, 1947-1955, inclusive
2746 - Orphans Fund, Mortgage, 1 Raleigh Place, Brooklyn, 1947-1954, inclusive
2748 - Orphans Fund, Mortgage, 228 New Lots Ave., Brooklyn, 1947-1949, inclusive
2767 - Mortgage, 182 Hastings St., Brooklyn, 1931-1947, inclusive
2768 - Mortgage, 1243 Avenue U, Brooklyn, 1947, inclusive
2770 - 240 East 47th Street, 1937-1947, inclusive
2781 - Mortgage, 216 E. 114th St., 1948-1950, inclusive
2788 - 21 First Ave. lawsuit, 1947-1948, inclusive
2791 - 50 Howard Ave., Brooklyn, 1947-1948, inclusive
2796 - Tax Exemptions, 1947-1965, inclusive
2876 - 50 Howard Ave. Tax Protest, 1948-1949, inclusive
2880 - 21-23 First Ave. violation, 1948, inclusive
2882 - 1948-1949 Tax Protests - various premises, 1946-1949, inclusive
2889 - Rent Hardship Cases, 1942-1953, inclusive
2894 - 1630 E. 15th St., Brooklyn, 1948, inclusive
2912 - 195 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn, 1953, inclusive
2914 - 110-26 169th St., Jamaica N.Y., 1944-1953, inclusive
2918 - Tax Exemption - Yonkers Property, 1948-1953, inclusive
2926 - Proposed sale of property to Sisters of Charity, 1948, inclusive
2927 - 384 North Ave., New Rochelle, 1948-1949, inclusive
2960 - 837 First Ave. - Widening of East 47th St., 1948-1950, inclusive
2959 - Fire at Yonkers October 9, 1948 [includes photographic prints], 1948-1950, inclusive
2981 - Second Fire, November 29, 1948, 1948-1949, inclusive
2989 - Contract with Lincoln Wrecking Co., 1948-1949, inclusive
3008 - Manhattan real estate valuation case, 1947-1949, inclusive
3026 - Garden City Lots, 1949-1950, inclusive
3071 - 2846 Stillwell Ave., Brooklyn, Mortgage, 1949, inclusive
3125 - 870 Sixth Ave. petition for rent increase, 1948-1951, inclusive
Subseries I.4D - Wards of Leake and Watts
935 - Alexander Takacs, circa 1930-1940
1090 - Alexander Carlson, 1927-1932, inclusive
1153 - Charles Bentz, 1903-1933, inclusive
2854 - Donald Hoetger, 1948, inclusive
Subseries I.5 - Financial Records, 1833-1957
Scope and Content
The subseries contains 119 account books, grouped together by type, and arranged chronologically within each type. The volumes are followed by 2 folders of miscellaneous financial documents.
Treasurer's Accounts with the Board of Trustees, 1833-1842, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts with the Board of Trustees, 1842-1863, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts with the Board of Trustees, 1863-1892, inclusive
Trustees' Accounts, 1863-1881, inclusive
Trustees' Accounts, 1881-1892, inclusive
Trustees' Accounts, 1893-1913, inclusive
Treasurer's Receipt Book, 1871-1892, inclusive
Treasurer's Receipt Book, 1892-1900, inclusive
Expenses, 1866-1876, inclusive
Expenses, 1898-1899, inclusive
Expenses, 1898-1900, inclusive
Expenses (Day Book), 1900-1902, inclusive
Expenses, 1904-1913, inclusive
Expense Ledger, 1905-1914, inclusive
Expense Ledger, 1909-1912, inclusive
Expense Ledger, 1910-1913, inclusive
Expense Ledger, 1913-1914, inclusive
Expense Ledger, 1914-1920, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1916-1917, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1916-1920, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1920-1924, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1924-1927, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1927-1930, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1930-1933, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1933-1936, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1936-1938, inclusive
Register of Expenses (Oversize), 1938-1941, inclusive
Ledger, 1930-1931, inclusive
Ledger, 1933, inclusive
Ledger, 1934, inclusive
Ledger, 1935, inclusive
Ledger, 1936, inclusive
Ledger, 1937, inclusive
Ledger, 1938, inclusive
Ledger, 1939, inclusive
Ledger, 1940, inclusive
Ledger, 1941, inclusive
Ledger, 1942, inclusive
Ledger, 1943, inclusive
Ledger, 1944-1945, inclusive
General Ledger Trial Balance, 1920-1924, inclusive
General Ledger Trial Balance, 1925-1935, inclusive
General Ledger Trial Balance, 1930-1937, inclusive
General Ledger Trial Balance, 1937-1941, inclusive
General Ledger Trial Balance, 1941-1948, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1893-1901, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1901-1904, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1905-1909, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1909-1912, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1912-1915, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1915-1919, inclusive
Cash Account Book, 1919-1925, inclusive
Ledger, 1914-1915, inclusive
Ledger, 1915, inclusive
Ledger, 1927, inclusive
Ledger, 1930-1934, inclusive
Ledger, 1934-1940, inclusive
Ledger - General Fund, 1941-1952, inclusive
Ledger - Special Fund, 1938-1951, inclusive
Journal, 1914-1925, inclusive
Journal, 1925-1928, inclusive
Journal, 1928-1933, inclusive
Journal, 1933-1938, inclusive
Journal, 1939-1944, inclusive
Journal, 1944-1949, inclusive
Superintendent's Receipt Book, 1877-1880, inclusive
Superintendent's Receipt Book, 1892-1898, inclusive
Superintendent's Receipt Book, 1898-1901, inclusive
Superintendent's Receipt Book, 1902-1904, inclusive
Superintendent's Receipt Book, 1904-1906, inclusive
Salary Receipt Book, 1878-1879, inclusive
Salary Receipt Book, 1879-1882, inclusive
Salary Receipt Book, 1926, inclusive
Superintendent's Accounts, 1941-1947, inclusive
Cash Book, 1941-1947, inclusive
Petty Cash, 1941-1943, inclusive
Petty Cash, 1943-1945, inclusive
Petty Cash, 1945-1947, inclusive
Home School Operating Ledger (Oversize), 1928-1930, inclusive
Home School Special Accounts, 1939-1945, inclusive
Tivoli Farm Ledger, 1940-1947, inclusive
Cash Receipts - Children's Accounts, 1915-1923, inclusive
Cash Receipts - Children's Accounts, 1923-1925, inclusive
Cash Receipts - Children's Accounts, 1927-1929, inclusive
Cash Receipts - Children's Accounts, 1930-1935, inclusive
Cash Receipts - Children's Accounts, 1935-1942, inclusive
Cash Receipts - Children's Accounts, 1942-1949, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1914-1922, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1922-1926, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1927-1928, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1928-1929, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1930-1931, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1932-1933, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1934-1937, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1937-1943, inclusive
Children's Board Accounts, 1943-1949, inclusive
Index of Board Accounts, 1928-1929, inclusive
Index of Board Accounts, 1932-1935, inclusive
Children's Accounts by N.Y. County, 1926-1927, inclusive
Payments for Children - Edwin Gould Foundation, 1924-1928, inclusive
Payments for Children - Edwin Gould Foundation, 1929-1932, inclusive
Check Stubs for College Expenses - Peck Fund, 1934-1938, inclusive
Check Stubs for College Expenses - Peck Fund, 1938-1943, inclusive
Expenditures and Bank Withdrawals (Oversize), 1925-1938, inclusive
Receipts and Bank Deposits (Oversize), 1925-1933, inclusive
Receipts and Bank Deposits (Oversize), 1934-1942, inclusive
Bank Accounts (Oversize), 1942-1949, inclusive
Check Stubs (Oversize), 1907-1909, inclusive
Check Stubs (Oversize), 1912-1914, inclusive
Check Stubs (Oversize), 1926-1927, inclusive
Inventory of Assets and De Peyster Fund Donations, 1912, inclusive
Subsidiary Ledger - Investments and Accounts Receivable, 1925-1935, inclusive
Special Donations Ledger, 1926-1933, inclusive
Appeal Accounts, 1931-1937, inclusive
Appeal Account Book, 1935-1940, inclusive
Appeal Account Book, 1940-1946, inclusive
Appeal Account Book, 1946-1957, inclusive
Accounts - Various, 1925-1926, inclusive
Accounts, 1938-1950, inclusive
Special Accounts Book, 1955-1962, inclusive
St. Christopher's Chapel Donations and Expenses, 1942-1946, inclusive
Binder of Accounts Alphabetical M-Z, circa 1946-1951
Miscellaneous Financial Documents, circa 1907-1932
Check book, bank book, cancelled checks, 1911-1959, inclusive
Subseries I.6 - Records of Children, Clubs, Activities and Alumni, 1843-1964
Scope and content
The subseries consists of 25 volumes and 2 boxes of documents related to children and their lives and activities at the Leake and Watts Orphan House/Leake and Watts Children's Home, and records of the alumni association, the Leake and Watts Association. Materials include admissions registers, documents recording the names of children at the home, infirmary records, records of visitors to the home including visitors to children and visits of returning alumni recorded in the same volume, records of the alumni association, and, at the end of the subseries, records of other clubs and activities. Volumes are arranged first, followed by documents in boxes.
Some additional documentation of clubs and activities may be found in Subseries I.8 - Printed Materials. Additional school material may be found in Subseries I.3 - Administrative Records (box 8).
Noteworthy material in this subseries includes a "Punishment Book" from 1843 (Volume 169). This volume records the good and bad behavior of individual boys, and the consequences that resulted.
Admission Register Alphabetical (Oversize), 1843-1861, inclusive
Admission Register Chronological, 1845-1856, inclusive
Admission Register Alphabetical, 1852-1888, inclusive
Register Chronological (Oversize), 1904-1950, inclusive
Register Chronological, 1920-1949, inclusive
Register Alphabetical (Oversize), 1940-1950, inclusive
Monthly Population Changes, 1942-1944, inclusive
Monthly Population Changes, 1945-1946, inclusive
Punishments, 1843, inclusive
Visitor's Book (including alumni and other visits), 1843-1928, inclusive
Alumni Visitor's Book, 1929-1971, inclusive
Visitors to Children, 1922-1926, inclusive
Visitors to Children, 1922-1926, inclusive
Visitors to Children, 1926-1929, inclusive
Visitors to Children, 1929-1931, inclusive
Minutes of the Leake and Watts Association (alumni), 1884-1897, inclusive
Minutes of the Leake and Watts Association (alumni), 1915-1956, inclusive
Infirmary Records, 1936-1942, inclusive
Infirmary Reports, 1938-1941, inclusive
Infirmary Records, 1940-1944, inclusive
Infirmary Records, 1942-1944, inclusive
Infirmary Records, 1942-1945, inclusive
Infirmary Records, 1945-1947, inclusive
Infirmary Records, 1945-1952, inclusive
Parish Register, 1934-1946, inclusive
Monthly Population Changes (disbound binder), 1935-1938, inclusive
Monthly Population Changes (disbound binder), 1939-1941, inclusive
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1937 January 1 - 1937 June 30
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1937 July 1 - December 31
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1938 January 1 - June 30
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1938 July 1 - December 31
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1939 January 1 - June 30
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1939 July 1 - December 31
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1940 January 1 - June 30
Daily "Movement of Population" Records, 1940 July 1 - December 31
Leake and Watts Association [alumni group] - Certificate of Incorporation (1886), Constitution and By-Laws (1894, 1930, 1947 and undated), 1886-1947, inclusive
Leake and Watts Association Correspondence, 1884-1947, inclusive
Leake and Watts Association - Burial Fund Correspondence and Flier, 1886-1889, inclusive
Booklet - Historical Account of Leake and Watts by Rev. R.M. Hayden - address delivered to, and printed by, Leake and Watts Association (2 copies), 1887, inclusive
Leake and Watts Association - Programs, invitations, fliers, newsletter, lyrics, clippings, 1892-1964 and undated
Suanca Club - Constitution and By-Laws, lists of officers and members, 1921, 1925 and undated
Waliro Club - Constitution and By-Laws, lists of officers and members, 1921-1925 and undated
Sports - schedules, lists, programs from annual sports dinners, 1939-1940 and undated
Dramatics - play programs, script, announcement card, 1939-1947 and undated
Subseries I.7 - Real Estate Records, circa 1822-1960
Scope and Content
The subseries includes deeds, rental agreements, and other legal documents related to real estate interests of the Leake and Watts Children's Home ca. 1822-1960 arranged chronologically and by subject in four boxes. Documents had been bound in bundles with ribbon, and are arranged in their original groups. The ribbon remains in the folders with the documents.
These four boxes are followed by two folders (one half box) and one oversize folder containing building specifications (contractor's plans), architectural drawings and related correspondence, property surveys, and land use maps of Leake and Watts properties.
These materials are followed by five bound volumes of Leake and Watts real estate documents, including materials of the Leake and Watts Realty Corporation and the 264-266 First Avenue Corporation.
Deeds and Other Documents related to Tivoli property, ca. 1822-1925
Deeds and Other Documents related to Tivoli property, ca. 1822-1925
Deeds, Mortgage and Other Documents related to N.Y.C. property, ca. 1889-1897
Deeds, Mortgage and Other Documents related to N.Y.C. property, ca. 1889-1897
Deeds, rental agreements and other documents related to Yonkers property, ca. 1834-1895
3 Deeds 1834-1873 with 1917 cover letter, 1834-1917, inclusive
Deeds and real estate documents bound together, ca. 1890-1905
Deeds and real estate documents bound together, ca. 1890-1905
Legal documents re: Yonkers and Tivoli property, ca. 1891-1960
Real Estate documents bound together (1 of 2), ca. 1894-1897
Real Estate documents bound together (2 of 2), ca. 1894-1897
Mortgage Extension Agreements (1 of 2), ca. 1909-1922
Mortgage Extension Agreements (2 of 2), ca. 1909-1922
Land use maps and property surveys, ca. 1900-1960
Building specifications (contrator's plans) and architectural drawings, ca. 1916-1917
Land use maps, property surveys, architectural drawings and accompanying correspondence [oversize], 1891-1946 and undated
Real Estate Documents, 1914-1932, inclusive
Leake and Watts Realty Corp. Stock Certificates, ca. 1935-1936
Leake and Watts Realty Corp. Documents, 1936-1945, inclusive
264-266 First Avenue Corp. Minutes and Corporate Documents, 1935-1958, inclusive
264-266 First Avenue Corp. Stock Certificates, 1935, inclusive
Subseries I.8 - Printed Materials, circa 1843-1964
Scope and Content
This subseries of printed materials includes two scrapbooks of pamphlets, programs, and forms produced by Leake and Watts. The scrapbooks are followed by nine folders arranged in chronological order containing a variety of printed materials including forms, certificates, programs, reports, invitations, fundraising materials, booklets with biographical and historical sketches, newsletters, blank stationery, and ration slips.
Scrapbook of pamphlets, programs, clippings (Oversize), 1877-1954, inclusive
Scrapbook of Home School/Tivoli Camp Activities and Forms, ca. 1937-1941
Apprentice Indenture Forms, ca. 1843-1849 and undated
Rules for Visitors, Conditions of Admission, Certificate upon Leaving, 1844, 1846 and undated
Programs of the Exercises of the Children, 1869-1893, inclusive
Memoir of William Henry Guest [Superintendent 1854-1876] by Frederic de Peyster [Secretary] (2 copies), 1878, inclusive
Reports, invitations and miscellaneous printed material, 1881 and ca. 1914-1926
Fundraising pamphlets, booklets, fliers and cards, ca. 1920-1964
"The Story of the Evolution of an Institution into a Home" (1931 - 2 copies) and "A Sketch of the Life and Work of John George Leake (1936), 1931, 1936
Chapel and Open House programs, newsletters, invitations, blank stationery and forms, miscellaneous printed material, 1939-1950 and undated
Ration slips, ca. 1942-1946
Subseries I.9 - Visual Materials, circa 1910-1983
Scope and Content
The subseries contains three boxes of photographic prints, photomechanical reproductions, and negatives, depicting activities, groups of children, and landscapes at Leake and Watts ca. 1910-1983, and some portraits of alumni or others. Most of the images of Leake and Watts were taken for publicity purposes. The photographic prints are in various sizes and formats including loose prints, prints mounted on board, and prints in bound and disbound scrapbooks. They are arranged chronologically, and also by size, photographer (when known), or format, along with the photomechanical reproductions and negatives. The subseries also includes two boxes of printing blocks used for printing images, arranged at the end of the subseries.
Photographic prints by A. Tennyson Beals, Jessie Tarbox Beals, ca. 1910-1930
Photographic prints - miscellaneous photographers and uncredited, ca. 1910-1930
Mounted photographic prints - activities, ca. 1915-1935
Photographic prints by Paul Parker, ca. 1920-1935
Scrapbook booklet of photomechanical reproductions, ca. 1920-1935
Photographic prints - small format, ca. 1920-1980
Unbound scrapbook pages of photographic prints, ca. 1920's
Photographic prints, ca. 1945-1975
Scrapbook of photographic prints and program of production of Rip Van Winkle, 1947, inclusive
Bantam 1947 - Scrapbook of photographic prints of summer activities, ca. 1947
8x10 photographic prints, ca. 1965-1983
Photographic prints - portraits, undated
Photographic prints - portraits, undated
Negatives, undated
Miscellaneous photocopies of photographic prints, undated
Mock-up of Announcement of Gala, undated
Photographic prints - Oversize, ca. 1913-1960
Printing Blocks, undated
Printing Blocks, undated
Subseries I.10 - Clippings, circa 1857-1980
Scrapbook of clippings about the Century Ball, 1932, inclusive
Clippings, circa 1857-1914
Clippings, 1930-1936, inclusive
Clippings, 1940-1980, inclusive
Series II - Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, 1851-1949
Scope and Contents
The series consists of records of the Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, 1853-1949, arranged in four subseries as follows:
Missing Title
- Subseries II.1 - Minutes Volumes, 1851-1947
- Subseries II.2 - Records of Children, 1851-1934
- Subseries II.3 - Financial Volumes, 1852-1947
- Subseries II.4 - Other Materials, 1851-1949
Subseries II.1 - Minutes Volumes, 1851-1947
Scope and Content
The subseries contains Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church 1851-1947, followed by Minutes of the Board's special and annual meetings 1906-1946, followed by minutes of the Ladies Committee 1853-1855, the Executive Committee 1862-1869, the Committee on Receiving and Binding Out Orphans 1853, and Minutes and Reports of the School Committee 1863-1876.
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1851-1859, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1860-1862, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1862-1864, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1864-1867, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1867-1870, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1870-1875, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1875-1884, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1884-1890, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1890-1901, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1902-1911, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1911-1934, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1934-1941, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1941-1947, inclusive
Minutes - Special and Annual Meetings of the Board of Trustees, 1906-1946, inclusive
Minutes - Annual Meetings of the Board of Trustees, 1906-1946, inclusive
Minutes of the Ladies Committee, 1853-1855, inclusive
Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1862-1865, inclusive
Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1865-1869, inclusive
Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1870-1882, inclusive
Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1883-1891, inclusive
Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1902-1904, inclusive
Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1907-1909, inclusive
Minutes of the Committee on Receiving and Binding Out Orphans, 1853, inclusive
Minutes and Reports of the School Committee, 1863-1876, inclusive
Subseries II.2 - Records of Children, 1851-1934
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains fifteen volumes of records related to children at the Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, 1851-1934, arranged according to record type and then chronologically.
Admissions/Dismissions, 1851-1857, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains 15 bound volumes of records related to children at the Orphan's Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1851-1934.
Admissions/Dismissions, 1851-1866, inclusive
Register (Oversize), circa 1852-1888
Applications, 1854-1865, inclusive
Applications, 1866-1877, inclusive
Applications, 1877-1891, inclusive
Applications, 1891-1914, inclusive
Applications, 1914-1925, inclusive
Surrrender Agreements, 1875-1888, inclusive
Surrrender Agreements, 1888-1910, inclusive
Surrrender Agreements, 1910-1934, inclusive
Visitor's Book, 1860-1879, inclusive
Visitor's Book, 1909-1910, inclusive
School Ledger and Diary, 1902-1909, inclusive
Record of Infectious Diseases, 1916-1932, inclusive
Subseries II.3 - Financial Volumes, 1852-1947
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains 41 bound volumes of financial records of the Orphan's Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church, arranged according to type. Financial records related to children are arranged at the end of the subseries.
Cash Accounts, 1852-1853, inclusive
Cash Accounts, 1854-1856, inclusive
Cash Accounts, 1856-1859, inclusive
Monthly Receipts, 1880-1891, inclusive
Monthly Receipts, 1891-1905, inclusive
Monthly Expenses, 1880-1905, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1858-1860, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1873-1880, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1879-1885, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1885-1894, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1895-1902, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1902-1907, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1907-1911, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1911-1917, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1917-1923, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1923-1928, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1928-1933, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1933-1937, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1937-1942, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1942-1947, inclusive
Permanent Fund, 1895-1903, inclusive
Permanent Fund, 1907-1933, inclusive
Permanent Fund, 1933-1938, inclusive
Permanent Fund, 1938-1944, inclusive
Permanent Fund, 1944-1947, inclusive
Check stubs, 1912-1913, inclusive
Check stubs, 1919-1920, inclusive
Check stubs, 1937-1938, inclusive
Children's Accounts - records of payment and accompanying correspondence, circa 1863-1894
Payments for Children's Board, 1856-1860, inclusive
Payments for Children's Wages and List of Children Placed Out, 1860-1881, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1876-1888, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1889-1894, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1895-1898, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1862-1875, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1892-1903, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1895-1905, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1896-1905, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1898-1903, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1899-1906, inclusive
Payments for Children's Board, 1899-1907, inclusive
Subseries II.4 - Other materials 1851-1949, 1851-1949
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains one box of mixed materials including meeting minutes from 1851, a historical sketch by one of the managers ca. 1905, a notice of the organization's rules and regulations and menu circa 1855-1863, and correspondence and administrative materials circa 1902-1949. The subseries also includes one box of file cards regarding employees, one metal cash box, and a bible.
Orphans's Home Meeting Minutes (1851) and Historical Sketch (ca. 1905), 1851 and circa 1905
Orphans's Home Rules and Regulations and Bill of Fare, circa 1855-1863
Orphans's Home School Correspondence, Reports, Receipts, 1902-1908 and 1913
List of Officers of the Orphans' Home (ring binder with interleaved materials and 1930 Constitution), circa 1930-1946 and 1947
Orphans' Home Financial Correspondence, 1933, inclusive
Orphans' Home Employee Correspondence A-G, circa 1941-1945
Orphans' Home Employee Correspondence H-O, circa 1941-1945
Orphans' Home Employee Correspondence P-Z and re: other matters, circa 1942-1947
Orphans' Home Withholding tax records, check stubs, misc., circa 1942-1949
Orphans' Home Withholding Certificates and Employee Index Cards, circa 1944-1946
Report of First Directress to Members of the Corporation (2 copies), 1947 January 9
Orphans' Home Employee Index Cards, circa 1941-1945
Orphans' Home Metal Box (Artifact), undated
Bible, 1903, inclusive
Series III - Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children / Hopewell Society of Brooklyn, 1869-1947
Scope and Content
The series consists of (1?) box and (how many?) volumes of materials created by the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children and its successor, the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn (the same organization with a new name). Some volumes span years including both names. The materials are arranged by type, and chronologically, in four subseries as follows:
The series consists of 2.5 boxes and 70 volumes of materials created by the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children and its successor, the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn (the same organization with a new name). Some volumes span years with both names. The materials are arranged by type, and chronologically, in four subseries as follows:
Missing Title
- Subseries III.1 - Minutes, 1876-1947
- Subseries III.2 - Reports, 1869-1905
- Subseries III.3 - Records of Women and Children, 1869-1946
- Subseries III.4 - Financial Records, 1860-1946
Subseries III.1 - Minutes, 1876-1947
Scope and Content
The subseries contains Minutes of the Board of Managers of the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children/Hopewell Society of Brooklyn 1876-1947, and Minutes of the Summerland Board of Managers 1926-1942, in bound volumes.
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1876-1877, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1898-1899, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1899-1901, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1903-1905, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1905-1907, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1907-1910, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1910-1914, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1914-1918, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1918-1921, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1921-1926, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1926-1934, inclusive
Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1935-1947, inclusive
Minutes of the Summerland Board of Trustees, 1926-1942, inclusive
Subseries III.2 - Reports, 1869-1942
Scope and Contents
The subseries consists of published annual reports of the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children/Hopewell Society of Brooklyn 1883-1945 (not inclusive), followed by annual reports of their Summerland facility and one bound volume of SAFWC annual reports. The subseries concludes with four bound volumes of handwritten reports of the Matron, the Nursery Committee, and the Investigative Committee 1869-1892.
Inspection reports are in subseries III.4.
SAFWC Annual Reports, 1883-1885, inclusive
SAFWC Annual Reports, 1892-1893 and 1895-1897
SAFWC Annual Reports, 1900-1902 and 1905-1909
SAFWC Annual Reports, 1909-1915, inclusive
SAFWC Annual Reports, 1917-1920, inclusive
Hopewell Annual Reports, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1937
Hopewell Annual Reports, 1941, 1945
SAFWC Summerland Annual Reports, 1906, 1919
Hopewell-Summerland Annual Reports, 1935-1936 and 1941-1942
SAFWC Annual Reports, 1886-1904, inclusive
Reports of the Matron, 1869-1916, inclusive
Reports of the Nursery Committee, 1871-1897, inclusive
Reports of the Investigative Committee, 1874-1883, inclusive
Reports of the Investigating Committee, 1888-1892, inclusive
Subseries III.3 - Records of Women and Children, 1869-1946
Scope and Contents
The subseries consists of 23 bound volumes and two folders of records regarding people served by the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children/Hopewell Society of Brooklyn, including registers, admission and discharge records and medical records. Volumes are listed first, followed by folders.
Register [oversize], 1869-1878, inclusive
Register [oversize], 1879-1886, inclusive
Chronological/Narrative Register of Adult Admissions and Discharges, 1877-1882, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1878-1898, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1903-1908, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1904-1918, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1906-1914, inclusive
[SAFWC] Children's Admissions, circa 1905-1911
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1908-1914, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges and Monthly Movement of Population Reports to State Board of Charities, 1914-1921, inclusive
SAFWC/Hopewell Children's Records, 1918-1922, inclusive
Hopewell Society Register [oversize], circa 1921-1946
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1922-1925, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1925-1930, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1930-1936, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1936-1940, inclusive
Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1941-1946, inclusive
Case Numbers, 1943-1946, inclusive
Admissions and Discharges - City Cases, 1900-1919, inclusive
Admissions and Discharges - City Cases, 1911-1934, inclusive
Admissions and Discharges - City Cases, 1934-1946, inclusive
Children's Medical Records, 1915-1923, inclusive
Children's Medical Records, 1924-1946, inclusive
SAFWC Children's Record Book (partial, disbound), 1898-1903, inclusive
SAFWC/Hopewell Children's Records, 1910, 1936-1939
Subseries III.4 - Financial and Administrative Records, 1860-1957 (bulk 1860-1946)
Scope and Contents
The subseries consists of 20 bound ledgers and other financial volumes and 1.5 boxes of financial and other administrative records of the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children/Hopewell Society. Volumes are arranged first, followed by loose materials.
Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1860-1891, inclusive
Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1891-1902, inclusive
Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1902-1912, inclusive
Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1912-1922, inclusive
Cash Accounts, 1913-1914, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1922-1933, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1934-1938, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1939-1942, inclusive
Treasurer's Accounts, 1943-1945, inclusive
Summerland Journal, 1918-1936, inclusive
Summerland Accounts, 1936-1943, inclusive
Cash Journal, 1931-1937, inclusive
City Bills and Clara Boyer Fund, 1941 and 1945
Clara Boyer Fund and 75th Anniversary Fund, circa 1944
Payroll Book, 1943-1946, inclusive
Ledger, 1945, inclusive
Journal/Cash Book, 1946, inclusive
Petty Cash, 1946, inclusive
Check Stubs, 1946 January-May
Check Stubs, 1946 May-August
Change of Name Certified Copy and Other Copies, 1921 and circa 1930-1939
Hopewell Summerland and Sevilla-Hopewell Summerland Misc. Legal and Financial Records, circa 1920-1948
Hopewell - Blueprints, Building Permits, circa 1928-1935
Hopewell Inspection Reports, 1929-1936, inclusive
Hopewell Inspection Reports, 1936-1940, inclusive
Hopewell Real Estate and Financial, 1939-1942, inclusive
Hopewell Ida Harris Purdy Auxiliary Meetings Program, 1941, inclusive
Hopewell Annex Division Population Reports, 1942, inclusive
Hopewell Tax Documents, 1942-1946, inclusive
Hopewell Bank Statements, Cancelled Checks, Ration Slips, 1943-1946, inclusive
Hopewell Financial Reports, 1944-1945, inclusive
Hopewell Society General Ledger, 1946, inclusive
Hopewell Paid Bills A-F, 1946, inclusive
Hopewell Paid Bills G-M, 1946, inclusive
Hopewell Paid Bills N-S, 1946, inclusive
Hopewell Paid Bills T-Z, 1946, inclusive
Hopewell Miscellaneous, 1939-1957, inclusive
Series IV - Sevilla Home for Children, 1889-1947, inclusive
Scope and Content
The series consists of six bound volumes of minutes, one other volume, and one half box of records of the Sevilla Home for Children. Volumes are arranged first, followed by other materials.
Minutes, 1889-1904, inclusive
Minutes, 1905-1914, inclusive
Minutes, 1914-1920, inclusive
Minutes, 1920-1935, inclusive
Minutes, 1935-1946, inclusive
Minutes, 1946-1947, inclusive
Steam and Electric Plant Specifications and Plans, circa 1946
Sevilla Home: "From the Will of Jose Sevilla", undated
Sevilla Home Blueprints and Specifications, 1906 and undated
Sevilla Home Inspections (Dept. of Social Welfare), 1940, 1945
Sevilla Home W-2 Forms, circa 1942-1946
Sevilla Home Insurance Report of Injury Forms, 1945-1946, inclusive
Sevilla Home Financial Report, 1946, inclusive
Sevilla Home Correspondence, 1947, inclusive
Series V - Sevilla-Hopewell Society, 1946-1949
Scope and Content
The series contains 3 volumes, including 1 volume of minutes, and 1 additional box of materials, containing primarily financial documents along with a small number of reports and legal documents.
Minutes, 1947-1949, inclusive
Journal, Disbursements, Insurance, 1947-1948, inclusive
Children's Accounts, 1947, inclusive
Financial Statements, Reports to Trustees, 1946-1947, inclusive
IRS, 1947-1948, inclusive
Merger of Sevilla and Hopewell, and By-Laws, 1947-1949, inclusive
Consolidation of Leake and Watts and Sevilla-Hopewell, 1947-1948, inclusive
City Bank Farmers Trust Invested Income Account Statements, 1948-1949, inclusive
Certificate No. 64 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1948 July
Certificate No. 65 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1948 August
Certificates 66, 67, and 69, 1948 August-September
Certificate No. 70 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1948 September
Certificates 71-73 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1948 September-October
Certificates 74-75 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1948 November
Certificates 76-77 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1948 December
Certificates 78-80 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1949 January-February
Certificate 82 and Supporting Documents (accounts payable), 1949 March
Series VI - Masonville (N.Y.), 1802-1865
Scope and Contents
The series consists of 10 volumes of handwritten rent, letter and account books, 1817-1865, relating to land in Masonville, Delaware County, New York originally owned by Rev. John Mason Knox, who also servced circa 1860's as Leake and Watts' treasurer. The series also contains one published volume of memoirs of John M. Mason.
Rent Book, 1802-1817, inclusive
Rent Book, 1817-1838, inclusive
Accounts, 1819-1836, inclusive
Rent Book, circa 1833-1850
Memoranda and Correspondence, 1837-1842, inclusive
Accounts, 1837-1844, inclusive
Correspondence, 1839-1842, inclusive
Rent Book, circa 1839-1864
Receipts, 1847-1850, inclusive
Receipts, 1855-1865, inclusive
Memoirs of John M. Mason, DD., S.T.P., with Portions of His Correspondence compiled by Jacob Van Vechten, New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1856, with an inscription by John Knox 1856, 1856, inclusive
Series VII - Bibles, Colored Orphan Asylum, volume from unidentified agency, circa 1894-1898, undated
Scope and Contents
The series consists of 3 bibles and 1 other volume, each of which may have belonged to any of the organizations whose records are assembled in this collection. No owners are inscribed on the volumes. The series also consists of the constitution of the Colored Orphan Asylum. This document is part of this collection for unknown reasons.