From Cherry Street to green pastures: a history of the Colored Orphan Asylum at Riverdale-on-Hudson. Upper cover. |
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| Title | Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936). Series X: Centennial Booklet, 1936. |
| Collection title | Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936) |
| Item ID | nyhs_abco_v-43_001.tif |
| Date of original | 1836; 1837; 1838; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972 |
| Creator | Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.) |
| Contributors |
Riverdale Children's Association Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) |
| Institution | New-York Historical Society |
| Description | The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the Indenturing Committee and the After-Care Committee; volumes recording indentures; administrative correspondence; financial records; admission and discharge reports; newspaper clippings; reminiscences; visitor registers; and building plans. These records document the internal workings of an institution dedicated to educating and training African-American orphans in New York City. This collection is organized into 13 series and arranged chronologically within each series. |
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Riverdale Children's Association Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.) Charities--New York (State)--New York Children, Black--New York (State)--New York African American children--Institutional care--New York (State)--New York Child labor--New York (State)--New York Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863 Orphanages--New York (State)--New York Orphans--New York (State)--New York |
| Material type of original |
Reports Minutes Correspondence Plans (drawings) Guest registers. |
| Publisher of digital | New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400 |
| Rights management | This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information. |
| Notes | The Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans was founded in 1836 and was originally located on Fifth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets in Manhattan. In 1884, the institution was renamed the Colored Orphan Asylum and Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans; sometime after 1944, the name was again changed, this time to the Riverdale Children's Association. The institution was also relocated to Riverdale-on-Hudson. The Asylum was among the earliest organizations in the country to provide housing, training, and employment specifically for African-American orphans. In the late 1880s, the Asylum adopted the ""cottage-home"" system, in which residents of varying ages lived in small groups under the supervision of a matron. The children in each cottage performed domestic chores. The system was thought to promote a less institutional atmosphere. During the Draft Riots of July 14, 1863, the Colored Orphan Asylum was attacked by a mob, whose size was estimated by the New York Times at several hundred, mostly women and children. At that time, the Asylum housed some 600 to 800 homeless children in a large four story building surrounded by grounds and gardens. The crowd plundered the Asylum, even looting donated baby clothes, then set fire to the first floor despite the pleas of administrators. The building burned to the ground. |
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| Title | From Cherry Street to green pastures: a history of the Colored Orphan Asylum at Riverdale-on-Hudson. Upper cover. |
| Collection title | Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936) |
| Series Title | Series X: Centennial Booklet, 1936. |
| Item ID | nyhs_abco_v-43_001.tif |
| Publisher of original | [New York? : s.n.], |
| Date of original | 1936 |
| Institution | New-York Historical Society |
| Rights management | This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information. |
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