| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Children's Aid Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Children's Aid Society | | | | Dates: | 1858-1977 | | | | Abstract: | The Children's Aid Society was the first organization in Cleveland, Ohio, dedicated to the care and education of poor children. Established in 1854, the society initially operated three industrial schools and worked to find homes for orphans. By 1876, efforts were concentrated toward a school and farm on Detroit Road donated by Eliza Jennings, and under the presidency of Truman Handy and later Daniel Eells, the society became an orphanage. In the 1920s, the society turned its attention to becoming a mental health center for retarded, neurotic, and psychopathic children. The society developed into a fully accredited, residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed children by the 1960s. The collection consists of administrative records (including constitutions, charters, histories, annual reports, executive, membership and staff lists, brochures, reports, studies and policy statements, minutes, correspondence, property records and other records of the Executive Board and other committees), financial and legal records, children's registration and daily records, journals, and miscellany. The collection highlights the early institutional care of needy, orphaned and emotionally ill children, as well as the daily operation of one of Cleveland's oldest child welfare agencies. Included are some psychiatric studies relating to disturbed children. The collection also provides a significant glimpse at Cleveland's 19th century philanthropists who served as founders, leaders and donors of the society, including Truman P. Handy, Daniel P. Eells, Samuel Mather, Amasa Stone, Eliza Jennings, John D. Rockefeller, Leonard Case, Jr., and others. | | | | Call #: | MS 3923 | | | | Extent: | 5.60 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Children's Aid Society (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Eliza Jennings Home -- History. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Mentally ill children -- Care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Children -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child psychotherapy -- Residential treatment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child psychiatry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Beech Brook Records
| | | | Creator: | Beech Brook | | | | Dates: | 1852-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Beech Brook, Inc. is a treatment center devoted to the care of emotionally disturbed children located in Pepper Pike, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. It began in 1852 in Cleveland as the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, established by the Martha Washington & Dorcas Society to deal with children orphaned during the cholera epidemic of 1848. Among the founders were Rebecca and Benjamin Rouse. The first board chairman was Sherlock J. Andrews. The asylum was run by a female board of managers, lead by Rebecca Rouse. In 1875, it was renamed the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, and in 1878 moved to a new building on St. Clair Ave. financed by Jeptha Wade Sr. and built on land donated by Leonard Case. In 1926, the institution moved to a new location in Pepper Pike on land originally donated by Jeptha Wade, Jr. By 1958, the asylum stopped accepting orphans and oriented itself to the care of emotionally disturbed children, becoming a treatment center for these children and their families in 1960. In 1971, the name was changed to Beech Brook, Inc. The collection consists of histories, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks/record books. | | | | Call #: | MS 4544 | | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (4 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphanages -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike. | Children -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Children -- Institutional care -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike. | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphans -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Child welfare -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Mentally ill children -- Care -- Ohio -- Pepper Pike.
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