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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
Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-044
Overview
The Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children, an Orthodox Quaker charity which provided shelter and education for black children, was organized in 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Home was incorporated in 1860. By the end of the 19th century, the organization's primary function was providing financial support for other educational and shelter programs for black youths, including The Shelter (Association for the Care of Colored Orphans). This bound volume contains the...
Dates:
1859-1907
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-043
Overview
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys was founded in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Home for Destitute Colored Children, a Hicksite Quaker women's charity which provided shelter and education for black children (generally boys) and then placed them with private families. The Home built a new facility in Cheyney, Pa, in 1922, and the name was changed to Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys in 1945. The collection contains minutes, financial and legal records, and reports.
Dates:
1855-1956
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- Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.) 1
- Friendly Acres (Orphanage : Secane, Pa.) 1
- Friendly Acres Community Services (Secane, Pa.) 1
- Friends' Boarding House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Friends' Home for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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