Minnesota. Division of Child Welfare. Subject Files, 1899-1945.
Two folders relating to the placement of children in homes throughout Minnesota by the New York Foundling Hospital. The files include legal agreements and correspondence between state agents and the New York Founding Hospital, a study assessing placements and adoptions from 1918-1920 and lists of children placed in Minnesota homes.
One folder is open to research, the other is closed. Contact reference staff for more information.
MNHS call number: See finding aid in the library or use the scanned PDF (Public Welfare Department: Child Welfare Division).
Annual Reports of the Children's Aid Society, by Children's Aid Society.
New York: The Society, 1854-1923.
MNHS call number: HV885 .N5 C6
Digital editions available through Hathi Trust
Crossroads, a quarterly newsletter by the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America.
Springdale, Arkansas: The Society, 1988-2003.
Concordia, Kansas: The Society, 2004-2015.
MNHS call number: HV983 .O76
The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them, by Charles Loring Brace.
New York: Wynkoop & Hollenbeck, 1880.
MNHS call number: HV743 .N5 B8 1880
Placing Out Children in the West, by Hastings H. Hart.
Minnesota: s.n., 1884.
MNHS call number: HV883 .M6 H37 1884a
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