| Creator | Industrial School for Girls (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) |
| Title | Industrial School for Girls (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) records |
| Dates | 1873-1934 |
| Identification | CC 30 |
| Quantity | 0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box) |
| Collection Abstract | The Industrial School for Girls collection contains the annual reports of the Board of Managers, arranged chronologically with a concentration of reports from 1873-1934. Also, there is a paper read at the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester Industrial School on June 7, 1904, as well as a bound copy of Suggestions to Visitors of Dependent Children,1874. |
| Historical Abstract | The Industrial School for Girls was established in 1853 and incorporated 1855 in the names of Lucretia O. Everett and Maria Greenwood. It moved from Winchester, Massachusetts to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1858, located at 232 Centre Street. It provided a home and training school for various branches of housework to develop the habits and principles to become upright, self-supported women. By the mid-1940s the Industrial School for Girls had evolved into the Everett House located at the same place, and in the 1950s the New England Home for Little Wanderers acquired it. |
| Language | Material in English. |
| Location | Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information. |
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[Identification of item: description and date], Industrial School for Girls (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) records, CC 30, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
Transferred from the Simmons College School of Social Work Library, 1991
Accession number: 2002.178
Processed by Molly Tierney, December 2002
Supervised by Jason Wood
This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Katie Sallade, November 2012
Established in 1853, the Industrial School for Girls was incorporated in 1855 in the names of Lucretia O. Everett and Maria Greenwood. The School moved from Winchester, Massachusetts to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1858, located at 232 Centre Street. It provided a home and training school for various branches of housework, with the goal of helping students to develop habits and principles to become upright, self-supported women. The School accepted, on average, 25 girls between the ages of 10-14, whose family or friends were unable or unfit to care for them. The original age of acceptance was between the ages of 6 and 10, which gradually rose with modern social standards. Reductions of boarding charges were made when relatives could not pay. The girls attended public schools, starting in 1881, and a Congregational church. The students were expected to earn their living as soon as able under the immediate care of the head of household, usually in country families. By the mid-1940s, the Industrial School for Girls had evolved into the Everett House, before becoming an acquision of the New England Home for Little Wanderers in the 1950s.
Information taken from Directory of Charitable and Beneficent Organizations, Boston, 1907 and 1940 or the Report of the Board of Managers, 1926 and the finding aid for CC 6, "Guide to the New England Home for Little Wanderers records."
The Industrial School for Girls records consists the annual reports of the Board of Managers, arranged chronologically with a concentration of reports from 1873-1934. Also, there is a paper read at the 50th anniversary of the Dorchester Industrial School June 7, 1904, which has a summation of the first 50 years of the School and a bound copy of Suggestions to Visitors of Dependent Children, 1874 which provides guidance for guardians of the girls.
There has been an annual report printed every year except in 1858 when they were moving from Winchester to Dorchester. The reports cover officers’ positions, brief history of the School, student population, admission application statistics, requests for student help placement, expense reports, list of subscribers for previous year, donations made and by-laws of the organization. Missing are the years: 1919, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1930, and 1932.
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Collection is arranged into 3 series:
Part of the School of Social Work Library Charities Collection.
This series contains the Industrial School for Girls' annual reports printed each year except in 1858. The reports cover officers' positions, brief history of the School, student population, admission application statistics, requests for student help placement, expense reports, list of subscribers for previous years, donations made, and by-laws of the organization. Missing years include: 1919, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1930, and 1932.
Box 1
This series contains a bound copy of Suggestions to Visitors of Dependent Children, 1874 which provides guidance for guardians of the girls.
This series contains a paper read at the 50th anniversary of the first 50 years of the Dorchester Industrial School on June 7, 1904, which has a summation of the first 50 years of the School.
