Friends' Home for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Friends' Home for Children
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-086
Overview
Friends' Home for Children (“Friendly Acres”) was established in 1881 in Philadelphia by Hicksite Quakers. The Home was a residential facility for orphans and other children in need, modeled on a homelike environment rather than the large institutional more typical of the era. The Home was administered by a Board of Managers which originally was composed entirely of members of the Society of Friends. Eventually it became a summer camp, “Camp Sommerdale,” a summer facility for the children....
Dates:
1881-1988
Friends' Home for Children photographs
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-PA-076
Overview
Friends' Home for Children (“Friendly Acres”) was established in 1881 in Philadelphia by Hicksite Quakers. The Home was a residential facility for orphans and other children in need, modeled on a homelike environment rather than the large institution more typical of the era. As attitudes towards the care of children changed and costs soared, it was decided in 1979 to phase out the residential program, and the name was changed to Friendly Acres Community Services with its mission focused on...
Dates:
1896 - 1980
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Charities -- Pennsylvania 1
- Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Children -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania 1
- Children -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Pennsylvania 1
- Orphanages 1
- Orphanages -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Secane 1
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. 1
- Social service -- Pennsylvania 1
- Social service -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Women in charitable work -- Pennsylvania 1
- Youth -- Services for 1 + ∧ less
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