Provident Society for Employing the Poor minutes
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one volume of minutes from the Provident Society for Employing the Poor. It includes minutes, which are comprised of financial decisions and nominations. It also includes loose letters in the back, which mostly relate to the resolution to dissolve the organization in 1924. It also includes drafts of announcements, typed treasurer reports, and other correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1924
Creator
- Jones, William (Author, Person)
- Comfort, Howard (Author, Person)
- Morris, Marriott Canby (Author, Person)
- Shinn, James Thornton (Author, Person)
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).
Historical Note
The Provident Society for Employing the Poor was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia, PA. Its purpose was to "assist and encourage deserving poor widoes and mothers of dependent chidlren, by giving them employment in sewing during the later weeks of the winter, when their wants are most pressing, from the exhaustion of their slender supplies." The organization was dissolved in 1924. According to the final minute in the minute book, the decision was made to end it that year because it was the organization's hundred anniversary year, and remaining funds were to be distributed to similiar organizations.
Extent
0.12 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language
English
Acquisition
Exact acquisition unknown. Was removed from MC 1008 at some unknown date.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed December 2015.
Subject
- Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor (Organization)
- Title
- Provident Society for Employing the Poor minutes, 1885-1924
- Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Date
- December 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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