- unitid
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{"value"=>"20705", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 126", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11848349", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1898-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1955"}
{"value"=>"1912-1918", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1912/1918"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"22 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17.67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School was a Black-run orphanage founded in 1868 located first in Brooklyn, then Long Island. It closed in 1918.The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records consist principally of administrative records dealing with fund raising and financial matters. The majority of the Administration series is correspondence from the office of President L. Hollingsworth Wood, primarily with other members of the board of managers, i.e., James H. Gordon and Mary Gordon, and J. H. N. Waring, superintendents; and Mansfield B. Snevily, treasurer, regarding the operation of the Orphanage and the purchase of supplies. Other correspondence is with insurance companies and creditors. Wood's general correspondence includes letters from guardians and other adults who wanted to place children in the Orphanage, and also concerns day-to-day issues. Files pertaining to the closure of the Orphanage, statements by staff, and the selling of property and equipment to pay off debts also appear in this series."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Howard Memorial Fund (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Originally called the Brooklyn Howard Colored Orphan Asylum, the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School was founded (1868) and operated by African Americans, unlike other orphanages that cared for destitute Black children. In 1911 the Howard Orphanage purchased a farm on Long Island, closed the Brooklyn facility, and moved 250 boys and girls there. The children were taught practical skills, and were \"placed out\" with individual families when they reached the age of sixteen. The orphanage was forced to close in January 1918 due to the severe winter that caused the water pipes to freeze, resulting in two children having to have their feet amputated. Following the foreclosure on the mortgage, the trustees of the orphanage used the financial contributions, which individuals continued to send, for the education of needy Black students in Brooklyn high schools. The organization was renamed the Howard Memorial Fund in 1956.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records consist principally of administrative records dealing with fund raising and financial matters. The majority of the Administration series is correspondence from the office of President L. Hollingsworth Wood, primarily with other members of the board of managers, i.e., James H. Gordon and Mary Gordon, and J. H. N. Waring, superintendents; and Mansfield B. Snevily, treasurer, regarding the operation of the Orphanage and the purchase of supplies. Other correspondence is with insurance companies and creditors. Wood's general correspondence includes letters from guardians and other adults who wanted to place children in the Orphanage, and also concerns day-to-day issues. Files pertaining to the closure of the Orphanage, statements by staff, and the selling of property and equipment to pay off debts also appear in this series. A few ledgers list the names and other pertinent information about the children, and there are files concerning the employment of the adolescents. Additional records pertain to the farm, the property, and the staff. Some printed material as well as printers' blocks used for the publications of the Orphanage are also included in the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records are arranged in seven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684147'>Administration</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1903-1954</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684284'>Children</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1898-1951</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684327'>Property and Farm</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1909-1920</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684339'>Fundraising</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1912-1949</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684440'>Financial Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1910-1955</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684525'>Staff</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1913-1919</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20705#c1684535'>Printed Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1909-1918</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection organized into seven series: I. Administration; II. Children; III. Property and Farm; IV. Fundraising; V. Financial Records; VI. Staff; and VII. Printed Material</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Howard Memorial Fund, 1977</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs and glass negatives transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Howard Memorial Fund Records, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 August 29"}
- date_start
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1898
- keydate
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1898
- date_end
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1955
- date_inclusive_start
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1898
- date_inclusive_end
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1955
- date_bulk_start
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1912
- date_bulk_end
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1918
- extent_statement
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17.67 linear feet (22 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Howard Orphanage and Industrial School records, Sc MG 126, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}