%eadnotat; ]> 4045hoin An Inventory of the Howard Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1857-1956 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2001 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Howard Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1857-1956 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2001 Descriptive Summary Records, 1857-1956 RG 4/045 Howard Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 boxes ; 1 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Howard Institution was a Quaker women's charity founded in Philadelphia in 1853 to provide shelter to discharged female prisoners. Its scope was later broadened to assist more generally troubled women and girls. It ceased activity in 1956. The collection contains correspondence from 1942 to 1956, administrative papers, and printed reports and history.

Repository:

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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

The Howard Institution was a Quaker women's charity founded in Philadelphia in 1853 to provide shelter to discharged female prisoners. Its scope was later broadened to assist more generally troubled women and girls. It ceased activity in 1956.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains correspondence from 1942 to 1956, administrative papers, and printed reports and history.

The collection is organized into four series. The series are:

Administrative and other papers Correspondence Publications Pictures

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of the Board of the Howard Institution, ca. 1956

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Howard Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.), Records, RG 4/045, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Charities -- Pennsylvania Ex-convicts -- Services for -- Pennsylvania Girls -- Pennsylvania Girls -- Services for -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Societies, etc. Quakers--Charities--Records Quakers--Social work Women -- Pennsylvania -- Societies and clubs Women, Quaker -- Charities Women -- Services for -- Pennsylvania Women, Quaker -- Societies and clubs Women prisoners -- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania -- Charitable and social work Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Charities Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- Women Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Charitable and social work Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- Charities Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- Women Howard Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Administrative and other papers Minutes 4 vols. 1903-1956 1 Deeds, mortgages, searches 1845, 1867, 1879 1 Ser. 2. Correspondence Reports from agencies receiving funds from the Howard Institution, 1942-1956 Friends Neighborhood Guild 2 Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic 2 The Wharton Centre 2 White-Williams Foundation 2 William C. Biddle Friends' Center 2 Letters of resignation from Board members 1956 2 Ser. 3. Publications Annual Reports 1857-1927 (gaps) 2 Charter and By-laws 2 History 1945 2

A History of the Howard Institution of Philadelphia, by Elma B.M. Holloway, Philadelphia

 Ser. 4. Pictures Pictures2