Oregon Children's Aid Society records
Scope and Contents
Records of the Oregon Children's Aid Society, including incorporation and related papers, board of managers and annual meeting minute books, reports of admissions to the Glen Oak Orphans Home (1888-1899), account books, legal documents, papers relating to the Salem Hospital and Home Scholarship Fund, and correspondence and documents relating to children in the society's care.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1960
Creator
- Oregon Children's Aid Society (Salem, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative history
The Oregon Children's Aid Society was a child welfare organization that began in Salem, Oregon, in 1866, and operated the Glen Oak Orphans Home.
Extent
0.9 Cubic Feet (2 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of an Oregon child welfare organization, including incorporation and related papers, board of managers and annual meeting minute books, reports of admissions to the Home (1888-1899), account books, legal documents, papers relating to the Salem Hospital and Home Scholarship Fund, and correspondence and documents relating to children in the society's care.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1. Bound volumes, 1884-1909; Series 2. General files, 1866-1960.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Oregon Children's Aid Society, care of Mrs. C. J. Hamilton, January 1963 (Lib. Acc. 9960).
Subject
- Oregon Children's Aid Society (Salem, Or.) -- Records and correspondence (Organization)
- Glen Oak Orphans Home (Salem, Or.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Oregon Children's Aid Society records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Geoffrey B. Wexler
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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