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Records, 1831-1930
Author
Parsons Child and Family Center.
Pages:
44
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MARC Record
Records, 1831-1930
Parsons Child and Family Center.
Control Number:
(N) SC17377
Corp/Agency author:
Parsons Child and Family Center.
Title:
Records, 1831-1930.
Quantity:
44 boxes.
Arrangement:
by type of record.
Historical/biog note:
In 1829, the first orphan asylum and oldest charitable institution in the City of Albany was opened and would continue to the present day, having provided food, shelter and attention to the physical, emotional and educational needs of over 20,000 children. Founded by Mr. and Mrs. John G. Wasson and other prominent Albanians, through the efforts of Mrs. Orissa Healey, the first superintendent, it proved to be a model child care institution.
Historical/biog note:
The original name of the institution was the Society for the Relief of Orphans and Destitute Children, and its first home was a house on Washington Street (Avenue). In 1832, another home was built which lasted about 75 years, when the New Scotland Ave. campus was built to accommodate the cottage plan system used by the asylum. In 1959, the present facility on Academy Road was completed.
Historical/biog note:
The Parsons Center has been governed from its beginning as the Albany Orphan Asylum, by the Board of Managers and operated by a Superintendent (now the executive Director). Throughout its history it has been financed by private donations and by monies received from county poorhouses, presently the Albany County Department of Social Services.
Historical/biog note:
Because of the large number of orphaned children, a system of indenturing the orphans to families was begun as early as 1831, children from the age of eight being bound out. The history of this system can be traced in various volumes of records of indentured children and in the case files of correspondence. Other materials of special interest for research are the annual reports of the Superintendent, the Board of Managers minutes, the volumes entitled, "Record of Children" and the file of the Parsons Center, newsletters and brochures. Researchers should be advised that sections of these files may be restricted to protect the privacy of individuals mentioned in the records.
Abstract:
Minutes of meetings of the Board of Managers, 1841-1921; account book with Superintendent Orissa Healey, 1831-1833; stockholder's book, 1848; annual reports of the Albany Orphan Asylum, 1881-1901; population book by county charged for child, 1876-1894; 1886-1909; includes records of cases paid for by relatives or friends and gratuitious cases, 1882-1894; record of children, arranged alphabetically by names, 1843-1882, includes name, birthdate, parentage, admission date, payment conditions, discharge date, by whom taken, remarks; monthly record of children received and discharged, 1877-1897; visitors register of Albany Orphan Asylum, 1900-1923; order of admission certificates of children, 1895-1908; records of indentured children, 1879-1894; reports of children who have left the Albany Orphan Asylum, 1886-1894; record of children, The Lathrop Memorial, 1892-1901, and case files.
Access restriction:
Access to some of this collection is restricted. Consult librarian.
Finding aids:
Unpublished guide in the repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc17377.htm
Preferred citation:
Parsons Child and Family Center Records, 1831-1930.
Corporate subject:
Shakers.
Subject:
Contract labor.
Subject:
Child welfare--New York (State)
Subject:
Children--Institutional care--New York (State)
Subject:
Children--Services for--New York (State)
Subject:
Adoption--New York (State)
Subject:
Orphanages--New York (State)--Albany.
Subject:
Orphans--New York (State)--Albany.
Subject:
Social service--New York (State)
Subject:
Public welfare--New York (State)
Subject:
Charities--New York (State)
Geographic terms:
Albany (N.Y.)
Form/genre terms:
Minutes. ftamc
Form/genre terms:
Case files. ftamc
Corporate author:
Society for the Relief of Orphans and Destitute Children.
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc17377.htm
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