ContentsBIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Constitution, 1849-1856 & n.d. Ser. 2. Legal documents, 1841-1926 Ser. 3. Reports, 1849, 1893-1906, 1918 |
An Inventory of the The Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, 1841-1929Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries2001
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTEThis Hicksite Quaker women's charity was organized in 1844 and incorporated in 1856. Its mission was to provide employment in sewing for poor women. The Association rented rooms to which women came to sew. Some women who were unable to leave their homes did sewing at home. In 1849 the Association purchased a house to be used as a store and workroom. The Association was incorporated in 1856, and Lucretia Mott served as president until 1866. A survey made in 1918 by the Bureau for Social Research, Seybert Institution, indicated that the Association was not using its funds to the best advantage. All the women who were aided by the Association found it necessary to supplement their income in some other way. In 1926 the Association dissolved, and its assets were distributed among five other charitable organizations. Return to the Table of Contents SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDSThe collection contains legal documents, financial records, membership list (1849-1872), reports, correspondence, and related papers. Return to the Table of Contents SELECTED SEARCH TERMSThis 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: Return to the Table of Contents The collection is organized into series. The series are: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSSer. 1. Constitution, 1849-1856 & n.d.
Ser. 2. Legal documents, 1841-1926
Ser. 3. Reports, 1849, 1893-1906, 1918
Ser. 4. Correspondence, 1883-1929
Ser. 5. Financial records, 1863-1926
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