Chicago Home for the Friendless records

  • Creator Names Chicago Home for the Friendless.
  • Title Chicago Home for the Friendless records [manuscript], 1858-1960, bulk 1858-1937.
  • Physical description 6.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
  • Access and usage restrictions Box 6 is closed to researchers while receiving conservation treatment. For more information on availability, please ask staff by email (research@chicagohistory.org).
  • Collection summary Board meeting minutes (1858-1937), admissions registers (listing names, ages, religion, and reasons for coming to the home, 1858-1898), "Old Ladies Dept." volume (1933), a time book (detailing the hours worked by the employees), and by-laws for the Chicago Home for the Friendless, which served as an orphanage, a shelter for women and children, and eventually also cared for older people in need. For a major part of its existence (1897 to 1938), the home was located in the Washington Park Community area.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Family Care Services of Metropolitan Chicago (1991.0403).
  • Finding Aids Note Finding aid available online.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include publications cataloged separately.
  • Biographical or Historical Note The agency, founded on March 18, 1858, changed its name to Family Care Services of Metropolitan Chicago in 1980. The home was located at 51st Street and Vincennes Avenue from August 1897 until 1938.
  • Names
    • Chicago Home for the Friendless Archives.
    • Family Care Services of Metropolitan Chicago. dnr
  • Subjects
    • Charities Illinois Chicago.
    • Children Institutional care Illinois Chicago.
    • Children Services for Illinois Chicago.
    • Child welfare Illinois Chicago.
    • Homeless persons Services for Illinois Chicago.
    • Homelessness Illinois Chicago.
    • Older people Services for Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Orphanages Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Orphanages Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Poor Services for Illinois Chicago.
    • Shelters for the homeless Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Shelters for the homeless Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Social service Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Social service Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Women Services for Illinois Chicago.
    • Women volunteers in social service Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions.
    • South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Washington Park (Chicago, Ill. : Community area)
  • Genre
    • Lists. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Registers. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-C/ChgoHF--inv.htm