Box 2

Scope and Contents

294 pages. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans. Pages 132-133 are stuck together; pages 278-280 are blank and were not scanned.

Subjects: Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.); Minutes (Records); Orphanages; Charity organization; African American children

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 285 pages. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans. An index of names is found on pages 262-282. The leaf making up pages 031 and 032 was removed from the book before it was scanned; there is a piece of paper with writing on it glued to page 137 which covers writing on the lower half of that page; pages 275, 276, and 281 are blank and were not scanned.Subjects: Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.);...

Scope and Contents

182 pages. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans. An index of names is found on pages 153 through 175. Pages 166, 168, and 174 are blank and were not scanned.

Subjects: Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.); Minutes (Records); Orphanages; Charities; African American children

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents

177 pages. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans. An index of names is found on pages 159-175.

Subjects: Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.); Minutes (Records); Orphanages; Charities; African American children

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 257 pages. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans. Some minutes discuss the admission of formerly enslaved children into the Shelter. Pages 105-108 and 191 are blank and were not scanned. An index of names is found on pages 247-261.Subjects: Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.); Minutes (Records); Orphanages; Charity organization; African American children; Slavery; United States--History--Civil...

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240 pages. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers of the Association for the Care of Colored Orphans. The handwritten page numbers jump from 109 to 710. An index of names is found on pages 222 (''822'') through 238 (''838'').

Subjects: Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.); Minutes (Records); Orphanages; Charity organization; African American children; African Americans--Education

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)