%eadnotat; ]> 4007anas An Inventory of the Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, 1818-1862 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1975 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, 1818-1862 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1975 Records, 1818-1862 RG 4/007 Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer 1 box (0.4 linear feet) Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer was a Quaker women's organization founded in 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide relief for impoverished sick children and their mothers from the crowding and oppressive heat during the summer months. The collection contains minutes, 1818-1854 (gap 1819-1821) and other records, including acting committee minutes and workbook, 1843-1851.

Repository:

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The Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer was a Quaker women's organization founded in 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide relief for impoverished sick children and their mothers from the crowding and oppressive heat during the summer months. The Association was proposed by Casper Wister, M.D., (1801-1867) and was originally housed in a wing of the City Hospital.

The collection contains minutes, 1818-1854 (gap 1819-1821) and other records, including acting committee minutes and workbook, 1843-1851.

The collection is organized into two series. The series are:

MinutesMiscellaneous

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Deposited by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1975.

Collection is open for research.

Access is through microfilm, when available.

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Minutes, 1818-1854 (gap 1819-1821) available on microfilm: Film Org.-H (film on roll with Home for Moral Reform)

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer, Records, RG 4/007, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

This 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:

Charities- -Pennsylvania --Records Poor- -Services for- -Pennsylvania Sick- -Services for- -PennsylvaniaQuaker women- -PennsylvaniaQuakers --CharitiesWomen in charitable work- -PennsylvaniaChildren- -Institutional care- -PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia (Pa.)- -Charitable and Social Work Pennsylvania- -Charitable and Social WorkPennsylvania- -Societies, etc.- -WomenPhiladelphia (Pa.)--Quakers--Charities Philadelphia (Pa.)--Charitable and Social Work

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Ser. 1 Minutes Minutes, (gap: 1819-1821)(6 vols.) 1818-1854 1 Ser. 2 Miscellaneous Acting committee, minutes and workbook. 1843-1851 1 Letter to Casper Wistar, M.D. 10/21/1862 1