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Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Centre Branch Records (collection description)
Creator: Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia. Neighborhood Centre Branch | Neighborhood Centre (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Young Women's Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1891-1969
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Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia Records (collection description)
Creator: Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia. Neighborhood Centre Branch | Neighborhood Centre (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Young Women's Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1875-1990
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Association for Jewish Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records (collection description)
Creator: Association for Jewish Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date Created: 1855-1973
4.
Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Kensington Branch Records (collection description)
Creator: Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Kensington Branch
Date Created: 1891-1981
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Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Germantown Branch Records (collection description)
Creator: Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Germantown Branch
Dates Created: 1785-1982 ,
Dates Created: 1785-1982 (bulk 1869-1982)
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Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Metropolitan Branch Records (collection description)
Creator: Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Metropolitan Branch
Date Created: 1897-1993
7.
Young Women's Christian Association Photograph Collections (collection description)
Creator: Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date Created: 1914-1987
8.
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons Records, SFHL-RG4-009 (collection description)
Creator: Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons
Date Created: 1789-1905
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Leon Gardiner collection of American Negro Historical Society records (collection description)
Creator: Gardiner, Leon, 1892-1945
Date Created: 1715-1962
10.
Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children Annual Reports (Wh.582) (collection description)
Creator: Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
Date Created: 1856-1899
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Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia
385
Magdalen Society of Philadelphia
61
Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty
44
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.)
43
Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
41
Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia. Neighborhood Centre Branch
18
Women's Christian Association of Germantown
14
Duncan, Green B.
10
Fernwood Cemetery
8
Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.), Germantown Branch
8
Children's Hospital of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses
7
Clark, Elizabeth Frances C.
7
Octavia Hill Association
7
Ralston, H.
5
Bodley, Rachel L.
4
Kane, Jane
4
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County)
4
Tilden Home for Aged Couples
4
Croasdale, Hannah T.
3
Johnson, Caleb
3
Jones, Hannah
3
Jones, Isaac C.
3
Parrish, Helen L.
3
Tripple, Matilda
3
Wilkie, Adelaide H.
3
Binney, Horace | Williams, Henry J. | Morton, Samuel George
2
Clymer, Mary V.
2
Hodge, Margaret E.
2
Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia. Neighborhood Centre Branch | Neighborhood Centre (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Young Women's Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
2
Jones, Alfred
2
Marshall, Clara, 1848-1931
2
Motheral, Josephine P.
2
Octavia Hill Association Finance Committee
2
Orphan Society of Philadelphia
2
Parrish, Helen L.,1859-1942
2
Penniman, Edward Abbott
2
Pomeroy, Helen W.
2
Ralston, Sarah
2
Swain, Isabel A.
2
Trace, Martha
2
Wilmer, John
2
Allen, Thomas G.
1
Arlington Cemetery Co.
1
Ashmead, George L.
1
Association for Jewish Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons
1
Ball, Rosalind
1
Baringer, H.J., Jr.
1
Blatchley, Mary Louise | Bennett, Harriet D. | Bristol, Allen | Blatchley, Henry Gilbert | Haney, Clara L. | Blatchley, Charles Alfred | Bristol, Sadie | Harrison, Agnes | Birkinbine, Mary L. | Matthews, B. L.
1
Blatchley, Mary Louise | Blatchley, Charles Gilbert | Dean, Nellie E. | Harrison, Agnes | Haney, Clara L. | Blatchley, Henry Gilbert | Bristol, Allen
1
Blockley Baptist Church
1
Bohler, John
1
Brooke, Sarah
1
Broomall, Anna E.
1
Brown, Alexander
1
Brown, William
1
Bryant, Lucy
1
Bundy, Elizabeth R.
1
Caldwell, Bertha T.
1
Campbell, Mary I.
1
Campbell, William J., 1850-1931 | Campbell, Sarah Jane, 1844-1928 | Campbell, Marianne, 1840-1913
1
Carpenter, Joseph R. Jr.
1
Cassey, Amy Matilda, 1808-1856
1
Cedar Hill Cemetery
1
Chapman, John B.
1
Chester, Rebecca
1
Chew, Katherine Banning, 1770-1855
1
Chew, Maria
1
Christman, Joseph C.
1
City of Philadelphia, Bureau of Public Health and Department of Public Health and Charities
1
Clapton, William R.
1
Clark, E.
1
Colestown Cemetery Company (Colestown, N.J.)
1
Collins, Isaac, Jr., 1787-1863
1
Collins, Margaret
1
Colwell, N. P. (Nathan Porter), 1870-1936
1
Cope, M. C.
1
Cornell, William Mason, 1802-1895
1
Cresson, James
1
Davidson, William
1
Davis, Sussex D.
1
Decker, William F.
1
Dickerson, Martina, 1829?-
1
Dickerson, Mary Anne, 1822-1858
1
Dinwiddie, Emily Wayland, 1879-
1
Doran, Joseph M.
1
Englehart, T. B.
1
Evergreen Cemetery (Camden, N.J.)
1
First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959
1
Friends Southwestern Burial Ground
1
Fullerton, Anna M. (Anna Martha), 1853-1938
1
Gardiner, Leon, 1892-1945
1
Glenwood Cemetery
1
Greenwood Cemetery
1
Griscom, Mary Wade, 1866-
1
Hang, William S.
1
Harding, Jesper, 1799-1865
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Henry, Alexander
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Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
674
Institutional care
632
Philadelphia (Pa.)
618
Women--Institutional care
589
Older people--Housing
571
Older people--Institutional care
571
Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)
528
Ralston, Sarah
528
Annual reports
126
Correspondence
113
African Americans--Charities
84
African Americans--Housing
84
Charitable bequests
82
Children--Institutional care
61
Evangelicalism
61
House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
61
House of the Good Shepherd (Philadelphia, Pa.)
61
Juvenile delinquency
61
Magdalen Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
61
Poor women
61
Prostitution
61
White, William, 1748-1836
61
Women physicians
57
Women medical students
52
Child abuse
44
Child abuse--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century--Periodicals
44
Child welfare
44
Child welfare--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century--Periodicals
44
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
44
Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty
44
Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty--Periodicals
44
Social work with children
44
Social work with children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century--Periodicals
44
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.)
43
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.). Board of Managers
43
African American children--Care
41
Child welfare--Pennsylvania
41
Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children
41
Social work with African American children
41
Young Women's Christian Association of Germantown (Pa.)
35
Young Women's Christian Association. Germantown, Pa.
28
Account books
27
Minutes (Records)
27
Young Women's Christian associations
27
Records (Documents)
24
Women social reformers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century
23
Burial records
22
Invoices
22
Medical education
22
Municipal bonds
22
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
21
New Orleans (La.)
20
African Americans--Housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
19
Housing rehabilitation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
19
Immigrants--Housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
19
Labor movement--Dwellings
19
Labor--Dwellings
19
Public housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
19
Slums
19
Social action--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century
19
Social settlements
19
Tenement houses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
19
Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions
19
Working class--Dwellings
19
Jewish children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
18
Neighborhood Centre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
18
Social service--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
18
Women in charitable work
18
Young Women's Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
18
Estate
17
Social settlements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
17
Octavia Hill Association
16
Women social reformers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
14
Young Women's Christian associations.
14
Day camps--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
13
Jewish community centers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
13
Student Life
12
Deeds
11
Diaries
11
Industrial welfare
11
Nursery schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
11
Examinations
10
Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County)
9
Young Women's Christian Association, Germantown, Pa.
9
Fernwood Cemetery
8
Lansdowne (Pa.)
8
Scholarships
8
Scrapbook
8
Children - Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals
7
Children's Hospital of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses - Periodicals
7
Children--Medical examinations
7
Deaconesses - Lutheran Church
7
Family social work
7
Female friendship
7
Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Periodicals
7
Kohn, C. Marion, 1884-1969
7
Real property tax
7
1415 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6
Missionary Work and Public Health
6
Photograph
6
Women in missionary work
6
Boston (Mass.)
5
Chicago (Ill.)
5
Securities
5
Speech
5
1801 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4
213 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4
214 Cidar Street, Bangor, Maine
4
Bangor (Me.)
4
Clinical medicine--Study and teaching
4
Ephemera
4
Financial records
4
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
4
Medical colleges--Entrance requirements
4
Medical colleges--Faculty
4
Women--Services for--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
4
131 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3
1709 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3
1729 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3
233 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3
African Americans--Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
3
Broadsides
3
Commencement ceremonies
3
Constitution
3
Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882
3
Early College Years
3
Interns (Medicine)
3
London (England)
3
Medical colleges
3
Medical colleges--Admission
3
Medical instruments and apparatus
3
Missionaries, Medical
3
New York (N.Y.)
3
Obstetrics
3
Parrish, Helen L., 1859-1942
3
Presbyterian Church--Missions
3
Wayne (Pa.)
3
Women college administrators
3
Women in church work--Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania
3
115 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
1617 Green Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
21st and North College Avenue, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
229 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
258 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
3309 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
33rd Street and Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
535 Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
2
Academic costume
2
African American artists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
2
African American churches
2
African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
2
Announcement
2
Archives
2
Blatchley, Mary Louise
2
Clymer, Mary V.
2
Degrees, Academic
2
Douglass, Robert M. J., 1809-1887
2
Embossed bindings (Binding)--1830-1840
2
Flowers--United States
2
Grafton (W. Va.)
2
Guilford (Conn.)
2
Hinton, Ada Howell
2
Hospital of the University of Pennslyvania
2
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2
Journal (account)
2
Lectures and lecturing
2
Love
2
Manuscripts, American--19th century
2
Medical colleges--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
2
Medical education--Curricula
2
Morocco bindings (Binding)--1830-1840
2
Nurses
2
Nursing School
2
Nursing schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
2
Onawa (Me.)
2
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
2
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
2
Poetry
2
Poverty--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
2
Purvis, Sarah Forten, 1814-1883
2
Reports
2
Social action--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century. Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
2
Student
2
Student activities
2
Suffrage
2
Surgery--Practice
2
Teaching hospitals
2
Urban hospitals
2
Watercolors--1830-1850
2
Women's hospitals
2
Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
2
Young Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia (Pa.)
2
1112 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1115 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
114 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1202 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
123 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
128 2nd Avenue, New York, New York
1
1300 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1321 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
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Contributing Institution
Historical Society of PA
675
Temple University
125
Drexel University
57
United Lutheran Seminary
7
Presbyterian Historical Society
5
Library Company
4
Barbara Bates Center
2
Catholic Historical Research Center
1
Swarthmore - Friends
1
Type
Text
721
Reports
57
Manuscripts
21
Pamphlets
16
Case Files
7
StillImage
6
Administrative records; Reports
5
Minutes
4
Manuscripts; Diaries
3
Physical object
3
Correspondence; Minutes;
2
Administrative records; Minutes
1
Fliers;
1
Image
1
Minutes; Correspondence; Reports
1
Collection
Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society/Ralston House records
331
Magdalen Society of Philadelphia records
61
Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons
43
Philadelphia Home for Destitute Colored Children annual reports
41
YWCA of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch records
20
Clara Marshall papers
18
Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Centre Branch records
18
Rachel Bodley papers
11
Laura Heath Hills papers
8
Ada Peirce McCormick papers
7
Lutheran Deaconess Movement in the U.S. records
7
African Americana Albums
3
Mary Louise Blatchley papers
3
Octavia Hill Association records
3
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia records
2
Mary V. Clymer papers
2
The Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia records
2
Association for Jewish Children records
1
Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons records
1
First African Presbyterian Church records
1
Leon Gardiner collection
1
Logan Family papers
1
Martin-Campbell-Furlong Family papers
1
Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection
1
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania speeches and addresses
1
YWCA Photograph Collections
1
YWCA of Philadelphia, Kensington Branch records
1
YWCA of Philadelphia, Metropolitan Branch records
1
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
794
3615 Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
128
4400 W Girard Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
36
New Orleans (La.)
19
149 N 3rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
8
Lansdowne (Pa.)
8
340 S Front St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7
1400 John F Kennedy Blvd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4
1926 N 17th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4
613 Lombard Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
3
Chicago (Ill.)
3
Wayne (Pa.)
3
1415 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
1900 N Broad St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
34th and Spruce Philadelphia (Pa.)
2
Grafton (W. Va.)
2
Guilford (Conn.)
2
New York (N.Y.)
2
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
2
1101 South Darien Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
1103 South Darien Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
1105 South Darien Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
1107 South Darien Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
12th St and Fairmount Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1324 Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
1415 Arch St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1517 Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
17 Battery Place, New York, New York
1
1715 Arch St St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1807 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1863 Mount Ephraim Ave
1
1904 Walnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
1934-1910
1
20 N American St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
20th and Chestnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
213 S 6th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
2157 N 23rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
216 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
218 Arch St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
21st Street and North College Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 39.975035, -75.170417
1
229 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
236 Powell Ln Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
1
300 N 3rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
313 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
3309 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
400 John F Kennedy Blvd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
4061 N 18th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
525 N 53rd St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
535 Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1
5800 Frankford Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
5901 Drexel Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
619 Lombard Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
6201 Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
717 N Hancock St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
76 Susquehanna St Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
1
930 Adams Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
Altoona (Iowa)
1
American Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Barnstable (Mass.)
1
Boston (Mass.)
1
Brevard (N.C.)
1
Bridgewater (N.J.)
1
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
1
Callowhill Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Cambria Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Camden (N.J)
1
Camden (N.J.)
1
Carpenter Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Cherry Hill (N.J.)
1
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Christian Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Cornwall (Conn.)
1
Detroit (Mich.)
1
India
1
Jersey City (N.J.)
1
Juneau (Alaska)
1
Juniper Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Laos
1
Lebanon (Pa.)
1
Lombard Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Melbourne (Vic.)
1
Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton)
1
New York
1
Newburyport (Mass.)
1
North College Ave and 21st Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
North Front Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
1
San Antonio (Tex.)
1
Smyrna (Del.)
1
Thailand
1
Vine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Wianno, Massachusetts
1
Winthrop (Me.)
1
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