| Author | Riley, Tom.
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| Title | Orphan train riders : a brief history of the orphan train era (1854-1929), with entrance records from the female Guardian Society's Home for the Friendless in New York / Tom Riley.
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| Published | Westminster, Maryland : Heritage Books, 2006-2014.
©2005
©2006
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| Description | 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
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| ISBN | 0788436449 |
| ISBN | 9780788436444 |
| Formatted Note | Contents: V. 1. The Orphan train era moves into American consciousness -- Children's welfare philanthropists Charles Loring Brace and Edwin Gould -- Institutions and the surrender of children -- The 2004 Medina, New York Orphan Train reenactment -- Books of surrender and entrance records from the Home for the Friendless -- v. 2. Books of surrender and entrance records from the Home for the Friendless -- Introduction -- Meaning of notes and references listed in children's court cases -- Orphan train riders roster -- Indentures -- Friendless index -- AFGS roster -- Board of children -- Vol. 14, 1907-1910 -- Entrance book 15 -- Free cases Jan. 1912 -- Admissions and discharges 1929-1936 -- Orphan train riders -- The first New York State Orphan Train Museum finds a home in Albion, New York.
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| Acq. Note Source | Purchase : The Steve Fund, 2017.
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| Subjects | American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless.
American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless -- History.
Child welfare.
Child welfare -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Genealogy.
History.
New York (N.Y.) -- Genealogy.
New York (State) -- New York.
Orphan trains.
Orphan trains.
Orphan trains.
Orphans.
Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Registers.
Registers (Lists)
United States -- Orphans and orphanages.
United States, New York, New York (City) -- Orphans and orphanages.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: F 9 ZSD R573
CA-1702648 v.1: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
CA-1702649 v.2: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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