| Mother Donit Fore the Best: Correspondence of a Nineteenth-Century Orphan Asylum Contributor(s): Dulberger, Judith A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081560341X ISBN-13: 9780815603412 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: 'Mother Donit fore the Best' is a touching collection of letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in upstate New York-letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendent, as well as letters from children placed out on indenture and away from their families. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.732 |
| LCCN: 95-40038 |
| Series: New York State |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.06" W x 9.04" (0.72 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |