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:
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- 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.