Tilden Home for Aged Couples application and bond book, 1876-1935

Item

Title

Tilden Home for Aged Couples application and bond book, 1876-1935

Description

The application and bond book of the Tilden Home is composed of standardized agreements completed by applicants seeking admission. The forms includes basic background information, including the names of the applicant's nearest relatives and an inventory of property. As a stipulation for admission, "No insane or idiotic person, nor any person suffering from such physical defects... as to seriously interfere with the comfort or health of the other residents" were allowed entry, and the application form features a clause requiring applicants to declare their sanity.

Identifier

16562

Type

text

Creator

Tilden Home for Aged Couples

Date Created

1876-04-15 - 1935-04-09

Format

Manuscript

Is Part Of

Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society/Ralston House Records (3099)

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia (Pa.) | 1926 N 17th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Subject

Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia (Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | Ralston, Sarah | Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Institutional care | Older people--Housing | Older people--Institutional care | Women--Institutional care

Extent

500 pages

Language

eng

Rights

Rights assessment is your responsibility. This material is made available for noncommercial educational scholarly and/or charitable purposes. For other uses or for more information please contact The Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Rights and Reproductions department at rnr@hsp.org.

Item sets

Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society records