Mother Donit Fore the Best: Correspondence of a Nineteenth-Century Orphan Asylum

These letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in New York demonstrate how institutions in the late 19th century provided a social service. The volume comprises letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendents, as well as letters from children placed out to indenture.

Author: Judith A. Dulberger
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 04/01/1996
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780815603412
ISBN10: 081560341X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Work