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Bureau for Colored Children Photograph Collection

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
PC-31
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Bureau for Colored Children Photograph Collection, PC-31, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
circa 1945 (inclusive)
Creator:
Bureau for Colored Children
Form:
Photographs
Abstract:

This collection consists of one volume entitled "The Bureau for Colored Children: Illustrative Material Showing Activities at the Shelter, 321 N. 41st Street, Philadelphia, and the Farm and Vocational School at Pomeroy, Chester County, PA" and photographs reproduced from the book. The volume was submitted to Orphans Court as Exhibit Number 69 in support of the Bureau's claim against the estate of John Wanamaker in approximately 1945. The volume includes 19 mounted glossy 8x10 prints with explanatory text, 18 of which were reproduced for use in an exhibit. The volume contains views of children at work and play, Allderdice School, main organization buildings, and the farm and vocational school at Pomeroy, NJ.

The volume was originally received as part of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records (Acc. 168).

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards June 2017.

Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
November 2023
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Bureau for Colored Children Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Main Administration Building and Shelter, 321 N. 41st Street, Formerly the Allderdice School - A Homeless Baby, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
Lunch Time in the Shelter, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
The Health Service Department, undated.
Box 1 Folder 3
At Play in the Shelter, undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
The Former Shelter and Main Building, 712 N. 43rd Street, undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
Administration Building, Pomeroy, PA, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Reveille at Pomeroy, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Caring for the Pigs, undated.
Box 1 Folder 8
Taking Care of the Chickens, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Candling and Packaging Eggs, undated.
Box 1 Folder 10
Practical Farming in the Cabbage Patch, undated.
Box 1 Folder 11
Milking the Cows, undated.
Box 1 Folder 12
Boy Plowing, undated.
Box 1 Folder 13
Boys Constructing Window Frame for Piggery, undated.
Box 1 Folder 14
Group Work in Arts and Crafts, undated.
Box 1 Folder 15
Leisure Time in the Library, undated.
Box 1 Folder 16
Enjoying Nature at Pomeroy, undated.
Box 1 Folder 17
New Dormitory and Recreation Building, undated.
Box 1 Folder 18
Negatives, undated.
Box 1 Folder 19
The Bureau for Colored Children: Illustrative Material Showing Activities at the Shelter, 321 N. 41st Street, Philadelphia, and the Farm and Vocational School at Pomeroy, Chester County, PA, circa 1945.
Box 1 Folder 20

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