Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City
Scope and Contents
The collection includes minutes, financial records, roll book, and annual reports of the Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1922
Creator
- Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City (Organization)
- Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City (Contributor, Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
The Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City was a Quaker association established in 1892 to provide a two-week outing in the countryside for poor chuldren of Baltimore City and vicinity. The home was located in Catonsville, Maryland, and members of the Board of Managers and paid staff cared for the children. It was closed in 1917, due to the proliferation of other fresh air charities in Baltimore. The property was sold to St. Vincent de Paul Society, and proceeds donated to the Hollywood Wing of the Children's Hospital School and to the McKim Free Kindergarten.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
The Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City was a Quaker association established in 1892 to provide a two-week outing in the countryside for poor children of Baltimore City and vicinity. It was closed in 1917, due to the proliferation of other fresh air charities in Baltimore. The collection includes minutes, financial records, roll book, and annual reports.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series:
- Minutes
- Financial records
- Miscellaneous
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Baltimore Monthly Meeting, 1993
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- An Inventory of the Hollywood Children's Summer Home of Baltimore City Records, 1892-1922
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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