Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons twenty-first annual report, 1885

Item

Title

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons twenty-first annual report, 1885

Description

The annual reports of the Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons include lists of officers and board of managers, donors, income and expense reports, the Home's constitution and by-laws, and minutes from the annual meetings. Most of the Home's history can be gleaned from these reports, and are a boon to researchers interested in philanthropic organizations, African American history, and American society in general. The reports also feature admittance and death records, and are of great value to genealogists.

Identifier

17222

Type

text

Creator

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date Created

1885-06-11

Format

Manuscript

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia (Pa.) | 4400 W Girard Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Subject

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.). Board of Managers | Annual reports | Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Institutional care | Older people--Housing | Older people--Institutional care | African Americans--Housing | African Americans--Charities | Philadelphia (Pa.)

Extent

40 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

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons annual reports