Northwood Children's Home records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 12 journals of expenditures or bills paid to local suppliers of goods and services, receipts, and monthly payroll records. The ledgers also include some years of payroll, naming the employee and giving their job title.
The collection also contains a history of Northwood Children’s Home, by-laws, 1907 annual report, brochure, and news clippings. There are no clients, families nor children listed in these records with one exception: there is a 1907 list in the matron’s annual report of 12 children who died.
The records also reflect the transition in the 1950s from Duluth Children's Home to a new mission for the organization as well as a new name.
Dates
- 1907-1981
Creator
- Northwood Children's Home (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Children’s Home Society, Inc. was founded in 1883 as the Ladies Relief Society. Its initial purpose was to provide relief for young pioneer women with infants. In 1885, the shelter was moved to a new location at 1530 West Superior Street at Rice’s Point and became formally known as the “Home for Women and Children”. In 1887 it was incorporated as the Duluth Home Society, retaining the same goals and adding new facilities. In 1904 the society became the Children’s Home Society constructed a new home at 1515 East Fifth Street for the care of "needy children".
In 1951 a major revision of the society’s goals occurred, with the result being a new emphasis on care of children, ages 6-11 at the time of their admission, with emotional problems. It currently continues in this capacity, and in 1956 constructed and occupied, a new facility at the cost of $350,000, at 714 College Street where it is presently located. In 1967 a $96,000, 4-room school was built. On June 14, 1971 the name was changed to Northwood Children’s Home Society, Inc. The organization is currently known as Northwood Children's Services.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes 12 journals of expenditures or bills paid to local suppliers of goods and services, receipts, and monthly payroll records. The ledgers also include some years of payroll, naming the employee and giving their job title. The collection also contains a history of Northwood Children’s Home, by-laws, 1907 annual report, brochure, and news clippings.
Arrangement of Materials:
Vol. 10 Oversize 1949-1952, boxed with S4453
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Annual reports Subject Source: Local sources
- Children Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Employees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Public welfare Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social service Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social workers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Northwood Children's Home records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
