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Date created
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1916-02-01 - 1917-04-25
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Creator
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Magdalen Society of Philadelphia
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Description
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The matron's diary was maintained throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century while the Society was under the auspices of Elizabeth Freeberger. The manuscripts reveal the day to day happenings of the Society, including admission and dismissal information and stories about the women who lived in the house. They also detail the matrons' education strategies and approaches to reforming the inmates through work and prayer.
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Size
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234 pages
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Type
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text
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Subjects
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House of the Good Shepherd (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Poor women
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Prostitution
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Women--Institutional care
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Diaries
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House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Magdalen Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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White, William, 1748-1836
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Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Children--Institutional care
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Evangelicalism
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Institutional care
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Juvenile delinquency
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Geographical location
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Philadelphia (Pa.) | N 21st and Race St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Language
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English
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View full item
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https://omeka.hsp.org/s/digitalcollections/document/16208
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Local identifier
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16208
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Collection
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Magdalen Society of Philadelphia Records (2016)
(explore contents)
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Contributing institution
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Rights
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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.
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