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...
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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.
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