Tilden Home for Aged Couples application and bond book, 1876-1935

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Date created 1876-04-15 - 1935-04-09
Creator Tilden Home for Aged Couples
Description

The application and bond book of the Tilden Home is composed of standardized agreements completed by applicants seeking admission. The forms includes basic background information, including the names of the applicant's nearest relatives and an inventory of property. As a stipulation for admission, "No insane or idiotic person, nor any person suffering from such physical defects... as to seriously interfere with the comfort or health of the other residents" were allowed entry, and the application form features a clause requiring applicants to declare their sanity.
Size 500 pages
Type text
Subjects Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society of Philadelphia (Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | Ralston, Sarah | Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | Institutional care | Older people--Housing | Older people--Institutional care | Women--Institutional care
Geographical location Philadelphia (Pa.) | 1926 N 17th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language English
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Local identifier 16562
Collection

Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society/Ralston House Records (3099) (explore contents)

Contributing institution Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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