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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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  1. Subseries III.1 - Minutes, 1876-1947
  2. Subseries III.2 - Reports, 1869-1905
  3. Subseries III.3 - Records of Women and Children, 1869-1946
  4. 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

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 270 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1898-1899, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 271 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1899-1901, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 272 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1903-1905, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 273 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1905-1907, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 274 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1907-1910, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 275 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1910-1914, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 276 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1914-1918, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 277 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1918-1921, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-40, Volume: 278 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1921-1926, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-41, Volume: 279 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1926-1934, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-41, Volume: 280 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Board of Managers, 1935-1947, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-41, Volume: 281 (Material Type: Books)

Minutes of the Summerland Board of Trustees, 1926-1942, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-41, Volume: 282 (Material Type: Books)

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

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC Annual Reports, 1892-1893 and 1895-1897

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC Annual Reports, 1900-1902 and 1905-1909

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC Annual Reports, 1909-1915, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC Annual Reports, 1917-1920, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Annual Reports, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1937

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Annual Reports, 1941, 1945

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC Summerland Annual Reports, 1906, 1919

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell-Summerland Annual Reports, 1935-1936 and 1941-1942

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC Annual Reports, 1886-1904, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-41, Volume: 283 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reports of the Matron, 1869-1916, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-41, Volume: 284 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reports of the Nursery Committee, 1871-1897, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 285 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reports of the Investigative Committee, 1874-1883, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 286 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reports of the Investigating Committee, 1888-1892, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 287 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: LW-59, Volume: 288 (Material Type: Books)

Register [oversize], 1879-1886, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-60, Volume: 289 (Material Type: Books)

Chronological/Narrative Register of Adult Admissions and Discharges, 1877-1882, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 290 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1878-1898, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 291 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1903-1908, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 292 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1904-1918, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 293 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1906-1914, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-42, Volume: 294 (Material Type: Books)

[SAFWC] Children's Admissions, circa 1905-1911

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 295 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1908-1914, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 296 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges and Monthly Movement of Population Reports to State Board of Charities, 1914-1921, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 297 (Material Type: Books)

SAFWC/Hopewell Children's Records, 1918-1922, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 298 (Material Type: Books)

Hopewell Society Register [oversize], circa 1921-1946

Offsite-Box: LW-60, Volume: 299 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1922-1925, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 300 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1925-1930, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 301 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1930-1936, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 302 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1936-1940, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 303 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Admissions and Discharges, 1941-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-43, Volume: 304 (Material Type: Books)

Case Numbers, 1943-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 305 (Material Type: Books)

Admissions and Discharges - City Cases, 1900-1919, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 306 (Material Type: Books)

Admissions and Discharges - City Cases, 1911-1934, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 307 (Material Type: Books)

Admissions and Discharges - City Cases, 1934-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 308 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Medical Records, 1915-1923, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 309 (Material Type: Books)

Children's Medical Records, 1924-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 310 (Material Type: Books)

SAFWC Children's Record Book (partial, disbound), 1898-1903, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAFWC/Hopewell Children's Records, 1910, 1936-1939

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 311 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1891-1902, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-44, Volume: 312 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1902-1912, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 313 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Cash Accounts, 1912-1922, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 314 (Material Type: Books)

Cash Accounts, 1913-1914, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 315 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Accounts, 1922-1933, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 316 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Accounts, 1934-1938, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 317 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Accounts, 1939-1942, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 318 (Material Type: Books)

Treasurer's Accounts, 1943-1945, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 319 (Material Type: Books)

Summerland Journal, 1918-1936, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-45, Volume: 320 (Material Type: Books)

Summerland Accounts, 1936-1943, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 321 (Material Type: Books)

Cash Journal, 1931-1937, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 322 (Material Type: Books)

City Bills and Clara Boyer Fund, 1941 and 1945

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 323 (Material Type: Books)

Clara Boyer Fund and 75th Anniversary Fund, circa 1944

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 324 (Material Type: Books)

Payroll Book, 1943-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 325 (Material Type: Books)

Ledger, 1945, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 326 (Material Type: Books)

Journal/Cash Book, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 327 (Material Type: Books)

Petty Cash, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 328 (Material Type: Books)

Check Stubs, 1946 January-May

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 329 (Material Type: Books)

Check Stubs, 1946 May-August

Offsite-Box: LW-46, Volume: 330 (Material Type: Books)

Change of Name Certified Copy and Other Copies, 1921 and circa 1930-1939

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Summerland and Sevilla-Hopewell Summerland Misc. Legal and Financial Records, circa 1920-1948

Offsite-Box: 30, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell - Blueprints, Building Permits, circa 1928-1935

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Inspection Reports, 1929-1936, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Inspection Reports, 1936-1940, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Real Estate and Financial, 1939-1942, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Ida Harris Purdy Auxiliary Meetings Program, 1941, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Annex Division Population Reports, 1942, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Tax Documents, 1942-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Bank Statements, Cancelled Checks, Ration Slips, 1943-1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Financial Reports, 1944-1945, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Society General Ledger, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 31, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Paid Bills A-F, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 32, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Paid Bills G-M, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 32, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Paid Bills N-S, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 32, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Paid Bills T-Z, 1946, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 32, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hopewell Miscellaneous, 1939-1957, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 32, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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