Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons sixteenth annual report, 1880

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Date created 1880-06-10
Creator Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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.

Size 37 pages
Type text
Subjects 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.)
Geographical location Philadelphia (Pa.) | 4400 W Girard Ave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language English
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Local identifier 17217
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Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons (Wh. 583) (explore contents)

Contributing institution Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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