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Friends' Home for Children

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-086
Abstract 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

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  • Subject: Quakers -- Societies, etc X
  • Subject: Children -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania X
  • Subject: Social service -- Pennsylvania X
  • Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia X
  • Names: Friends' Home for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) X