Triennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report for 1916 to 1919. Superintendent's report includes information on the educational practices and health of the children.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Schools in north-central Minnesota (1871-1909). In 1873, Mother Antonia Herman, OSB, arranged to have the Sisters of St. Benedict purchase 10 acres near the church in Pierz intending to begin an independent Benedictine community there. When the new community did not materialize, the building was used for some years as an orphanage for girls because the convents in St. Joseph and St. Cloud were no longer able to house all 63 orphans (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
Duluth Children's Home building at 504 North 15th avenue east and children on the sidewalk. The Children's Home Society was a privately endowed institution which derived part of its income from the annual Charity Ball.
It was founded in 1888 by Sarah Burger Stearns, but its beginnings date to 1883 and its first rooms in a small needlecraft shop operated by Mrs. Fogelson. She cared for 3 or 4 children. By 1886 the number of children had grown, and a group of interested women collected money to purchase a double house between 16th and 17th avenues east. In 1904 on June 3 and 4, it opened with 47 children being cared for at 15th Avenue East and Fifth street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report of the endowment fund and expenses for the 19th and 20th fiscal years. Includes photographs of the building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Photograph of three young boys and a girl standing next to a Christmas tree, which is just visible. From the Protestant Orphan Asylum, 670 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Twelve girls use the library at the St. Paul Girls' Home (orphanage), 933 Carroll Ave., St. Paul. An unidentified Sister of St. Joseph helps two of the students.
Photograph of young boys and girls seated around a table in the Protestant Orphan Asylum, 670 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. Many children are holding toys, dolls or books.
A letter from a O. D. Storrs, in Winsted Lake, Minnesota, to an administrator at the Protestant Orphan Asylum. The woman has taken an orphaned boy, Charley, on a "trial" basis and explains in her letter that she has decided to adopt him permanently.
Early ventures in St. Joseph, Minnesota (1880-1890). As early as 1875, the sisters had begun to care for orphans in an informal way, but in 1884 the orphanage was incorporated under the laws of the State. Overcrowded conditions forced the sisters to transfer them from St. Cloud to St. Joseph and back again until it was decided to move the girls to the sisters' quarters in Pierz, Minnesota, and the boys were moved back to the old log church and school in St. Joseph. When the fire of 1886 destroyed the orphan home in St. Joseph, the sisters made room for the 23 orphan boys in other buildings on the premises. Finally, at the request of Bishop Otto Zardetti in 1893, the orphans were given to the care of the newly-founded community of Sisters of St. Francis in Little Falls. The Sisters at St. Benedict's, however, retained the familial atmosphere effected by the presence of the orphan children by opening the Bethlehem School for Little Boys as a department of St. Benedict's Academy; little girls,"minims," were housed with the academy students (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 122-123).
Records of children admitted to the orphanage between 1886 and 1904. Most entries include child's name, age, nationality, date of admission, conditions of admission, and date dismissed.
A narrative account of the daily management and functioning of the organization, a St. Paul orphanage established shortly after the end of the Civil War. The handwritten account records the monthly board meetings, notes the number of children resident each month, lists donations received, and documents the daily issues and concerns of running of the orphanage. Volume III covers 1892 to 1898. Two additional minutes books are in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.
A narrative account of the daily management and functioning of the organization, a St. Paul orphanage established shortly after the end of the Civil War. The handwritten account records the monthly board meetings, notes the number of children resident each month, lists donations received, and documents the daily issues and concerns of running of the orphanage. Volume IV covers 1898 to 1905. Two additional minutes books reside in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.
A narrative account of the daily management and functioning of the organization, a St. Paul orphanage established shortly after the end of the Civil War. The handwritten account records the monthly board meetings, notes the number of children resident each month, lists donations received, and documents the daily issues and concerns of running of the orphanage. Volume V covers 1905 to 1915. Two additional minutes books reside in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Records of children admitted to the orphanage between 1899 and 1916. Most entries include child's name, age, date of birth, parent or guardian's name, date of admission, and date dismissed.
Records of children admitted to the orphanage between 1879 and 1892. Most entries include child's name, age, date of admission, reason for admission. Separate entries give information on dismissal dates and reasons.
Records of children admitted to the orphanage between May 1865 and November 1885. Entries are loosely chronological and include child's name and date of admission. Some entries include child's age and reason for admission. Separate entries give information on dismissal dates and reasons.
In 1904, St. Joseph's Home reached its full capacity of 80 residents. By subsequent additions its capacity was increased to 115. It was the sisters' first nursing home, especially attractive to older men because they could be involved with work on the farm and large gardens located on the premises. Later the sisters would own or manage and staff six nursing homes in Minnesota and two in North Dakota (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives, McDonald, pages 261-263).
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report of the endowment fund and expenses for the 21st and 22nd fiscal years. Superintendent's report includes information on the teaching methods used, Sunday School, Elementary, Tray and Bench Sloyd, Garden Squads, health and more. Includes photographs of the building and children. Sloyd is a system of handicraft education that originated in Finland in 1865.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Biennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and financial report for 1911 to 1916. Superintendent's report contains report on the health of the children, and improvements in laws affecting the welfare of the children. Includes photographs of the building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library