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Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936). Series XI. Miscellaneous items, 1853-1972, undated.

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Title	Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936). Series XI. Miscellaneous items, 1853-1972, undated.
Collection title	Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936)
Item ID	nyhs_abco_b-01_f-01_001-01.jpg
Date of original	1836; 1837; 1838; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972
Creator	Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.)
Contributors	Riverdale Children's Association Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.)
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Description	The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the Indenturing Committee and the After-Care Committee; volumes recording indentures; administrative correspondence; financial records; admission and discharge reports; newspaper clippings; reminiscences; visitor registers; and building plans. These records document the internal workings of an institution dedicated to educating and training African-American orphans in New York City. This collection is organized into 13 series and arranged chronologically within each series.
Subject	Riverdale Children's Association Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.) Charities--New York (State)--New York Children, Black--New York (State)--New York African American children--Institutional care--New York (State)--New York Child labor--New York (State)--New York Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863 Orphanages--New York (State)--New York Orphans--New York (State)--New York
Material type of original	Reports Minutes Correspondence Plans (drawings) Guest registers.
Publisher of digital	New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.
Notes	The Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans was founded in 1836 and was originally located on Fifth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets in Manhattan. In 1884, the institution was renamed the Colored Orphan Asylum and Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans; sometime after 1944, the name was again changed, this time to the Riverdale Children's Association. The institution was also relocated to Riverdale-on-Hudson. The Asylum was among the earliest organizations in the country to provide housing, training, and employment specifically for African-American orphans. In the late 1880s, the Asylum adopted the ""cottage-home"" system, in which residents of varying ages lived in small groups under the supervision of a matron. The children in each cottage performed domestic chores. The system was thought to promote a less institutional atmosphere. During the Draft Riots of July 14, 1863, the Colored Orphan Asylum was attacked by a mob, whose size was estimated by the New York Times at several hundred, mostly women and children. At that time, the Asylum housed some 600 to 800 homeless children in a large four story building surrounded by grounds and gardens. The crowd plundered the Asylum, even looting donated baby clothes, then set fire to the first floor despite the pleas of administrators. The building burned to the ground.

Title	Printed card with mourning borders, commemorating the destruction by fire of the Colored Orphan Asylum in July, 1863, recto.
Collection title	Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936)
Series Title	Series XI. Miscellaneous items, 1853-1972, undated.
Item ID	nyhs_abco_b-01_f-01_001-01.jpg
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.

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Printed card with mourning borders, commemorating the destruction by fire of the Colored Orphan Asylum in July, 1863, recto.

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