70 VOLUMES ON 8 MICROFILM ROLLS
WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
The St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Asylum was founded as the St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children by Mrs. Ann Perry in 1834. It was created in response to the 1832 cholera epidemic which left many St. Louis children without parents. After expanding their facilities and services, the name was changed to St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Asylum in 1848. In 1869, the group merged with the Western Sanitary Commission, a volunteer organization designed to provide relief for veterans of the Civil War. Consequently, the group moved from its north St. Louis location to the Rock House in Webster Groves, originally the sight of Webster College School for Boys purchased by the Western Sanitary Commission in 1861.
The St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Asylum changed its name to the Edgewood Children's Center in June, 1943. At the same time, an admissions policy was developed that accepted children who could not function in foster homes. In 1956, upon recommendation of the Social Planning Council of St. Louis, the Edgewood Children's Center merged with the Forest Paxk Children's Center, a facility for treatment of emotionally disturbed children established by the Junior League in 1945.
Another merger occurred in 1978 between the Edgewood Children's Center and the Girls' Industrial Home and School. Founded as the Girls' Industrial School in 1853, this group was established as a learning center for poverty stricken girls. It evolved into a treatment center for girls with psychiatric problems, receiving assistance from the Municipal Psychiatric Clinic and Child Guidance Clinic.
The collection includes records of the St. Louis orphanage and child care center including bylaws; histories; annual reports; managers' board minutes; matrons' day books; admissions and departures records; visitors' records and financial registers. Collection includes records of the Girls' Industrial Home and School (1853-1978) which merged with the St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Asylum in 1978 and also, the Visiting Committee Records of the Old Soldiers' Orphan Home (1865-1869) which merged with the St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Asylum in December 1869,, and Civil War veterans' orphans records of admissions and discharges.
VOLUME LIST
ROLL 1
1. Bylaws, 1890 (8 pages)
2. Bylaws, nd. (7 pages)
3. Bylaws, nd. (8 pages)
4. History of founding and progress, 1879
5. History, 1891, (16 pages)
6. Annual Reports, 1836-1839 (4 reports)
7. Annual Reports, 1840-1849 (10 reports)
8. Annual Reports, 1850-1859 (10 reports)
9. Annual Reports, 1860-1869 (6 reports)
10. Annual Reports, 1872-1879 (4 reports)
11. Annual Reports, 1880-1889 (6 reports)
12. Annual Reports, 1890-1899 (10 reports)
13. Annual Reports, 1900-1909 (10 reports)
14. Annual Reports, 1910-1914 (4 reports)
15. Board of Managers' Minutes, April, 1852-February, 1868 (c. 300 pages)
ROLL 2
16. Board of Managers' Minutes, April, 1868-August, 1876 (c. 240 pages)
17. Board of Managers' Minutes, September, 1876-December, 1881 (pages 1-263)
18. Board of Managers' Minutes, January, 1882-December, 1883 (pages 1-177)
19. Board of Managers' Minutes, January, 1884-December, 1885 (c. 120 pages)
20. Board of Managers' Minutes, January, 1886-December, 1887 (pages 1-261)
NO MINUTES FOR JANUARY, 1888 TO SEPTEMBER 1889
21. Board of Managers' Minutes, October, 1889-May, 1891 (pages 1-289)
22. Board of Managers' Minutes, June, 1891-December, 1892 (pages 1-289)
ROLL 3
23. Board of Managers' Minutes, January, 1893-April, 1895(pages 1-287)
24. Board of Managers' Minutes, April 4, 1895-May, 1897(pages 1-288)
25. Board of Managers' Minutes, June, 1897-April, 1900(pages 1-239)
26. Board of Managers' Minutes, May, 1900-March, 1904(pages 1-151)
27. Matrons' Day Book, 1882-1887(pages 1-242, many pages missing)
28. Matrons' Day Book, 1889-1894(pages 1-358)
ROLL 4
29. Matrons' Day Book, 1894-1902(pages 1-401)
30. Matrons' Day Book, 1902-1906(pages 1-201 and 2 page temperence pledge and
signatures)
31. Matrons' Day Book, 1901-1907(pages 50-137)
32. Matrons' Day Book, 1909-1910(pages 1-95) and fincancial accounts(pages 272-280)
33. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1842-1850(59 pages)
34. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1847-1864(c. 200 pages)
35. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1849-1850(20 pages)
36. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1857-1860
37. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1867-1887(361 pages)
ROLL 5
38. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1869-1870(114 pages)
39. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1872-1890(406 pages)
40. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1874-1882(196 pages which also record
donations of food and clothing as well as some expenses and income)
42. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1893-1908(400 pages)
43. Record of Admissions and Departures, 1908-1913(399 pages)
44. Record of Visitors, 1895-1905
45. Oldest book of Finaceces, 1834?-1852(c. 160 pages)
46. Endowment Fund Register, 1834-1906(pages 1-24, 100-103, 190-211)
47. Record Book of Real Estate Holdings, 1841-1872(13 pages)
48. Treasurers' Ledger, April 1852-April 1864(c. 180 pages)
ROLL 6
49. Treasurers' Ledger, April 1864-May 1877(c. 339 pages)
50. Treasurers' Ledger, April 1876-April 1889(319 pages)
51. Provider Ledger, 1865-1875(c. 200 pages)
52. Provider Ledger, April 1875-December 1882(c. 240 pages)
53. Clothing Ledger, 1879-1889(c. 200 pages)
54. Endowment Fund, 1871-1889(67 pages)
55. Bonds and Investments, 1871-1907
ROLL 7
56. Supplies and Donations, 1887-1889(216 pages)
57. Cash Book, 1891-1901(296 pages)
58. Annual Subscriptions and Cash, 1892-1896(c. 240 pages)
59. Time Book and Payroll, 1891-1901
60. Time Book and Payroll, 1892-1919(c. 200 pages)
61 Receipts and Disbursments, 1914-1916 (pages 2-53)
62. General Activity Book, 1929-1930(c. 40 pages)
63. Payroll, Petty Cash and Cash Receipts, 1920-1925 (loose pages)
64. Old Soldiers' Orphans Home Visiting Committee Records, 1865-1866
65. Civil War Veterans' Orphans, Records of Admissions and Discharges, 1865-1869
ROLL 8
66. Girls' Industrial Home and School Annual Reports, 1854-1879(26 reports)
67. Girls' Industrial Home and School Annual Reports, 1880-1903(23 reprots)
68. Girls' Industrial Home and School Annual Reports, 1904-1914(10 reports)
69. Girls' Industrial Home and School Record of Donations, 1916-1931(pages 1-251
and 256-257) and Bonds and Investments, 1872-1877(pages 252-255 and 258-259)
70. Girls' Industrial Home and School Annual Reports, 1935-1936 and 1939-1940
and Charter Bylaws, nd.
INDEX
Alcoholism, Vol. 1-70
Charities, Vol. 1-70
Chi1d Care, Vol . 1-70
Child Welfare, Vol. 1-70
Children, Vol. 1-70
Civil War Veterans' Orphans, (1865-1869), Vol. 65
Edgewood ChildrenS' Center, Vol. 1-70
Education, Vol. 1-70
1832 Cholera Epidemic, Vol. 4-6
Girls' Industrial Home and School, (1853-1978), Vol. 66-70
Institutional Care, Vol. 1-70
Ladies Protestant Orphan Asylum (See St. Louis Association for the Relief of Orphan Children), Vol. 1-70
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) - Two children's accounts of visit, Vol. 13
Municipal Psychiatric Clinic, Vol. 70
Old Soldiers' Home, (1865-1966), Vol. 64
Orphans, Vol. 1-70
Perry, Ann (1879), Vol. 4-6
Protestants, Vol. 1-70
Rel i gi on, Vol . 1- 70
Rock House, Vol. 1-70
St. Louis Association of Ladies of the Relief of Orphan Children, (1834-1839), Vol. 4-6
St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum, Vol. 1-70, (Early History, Vol. 4, 5, 12)
Social Welfare, Vol. 1-70
Temperance, (1905), Vol. 30, (Temperance Pledge)
Webster College School for Boys, Vol. 64, 65
Western Sanitary Commission, Vol. 64, 65
Women and Religion, Vol. 1-70
Women in Charitable Work, Vol. 1-70
Women - Societies and Clubs, Vol. 1-70
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