Descriptive Summary
The Materials are written in
English
Children's Home Society
of Florida Collection
1886-2000
1902-1997
CFM2004_04
These papers were
created by the
Children's Home Society of Florida
44
Boxes; 8 Books; 16 Flat Folders;
(54 Linear Feet)
Special Collections and University
Archives,
University of Central Florida Libraries,
P. O. Box 162666 Orlando,
FL 32816,
Telephone: 407-823-2576,
E-mail: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu
Special Collections,
University of Central Florida Libraries.
The Children's Home
Society of Florida Collection contains organizational papers and ephemera that
document the creation and operations of Florida's oldest non-profit adoption
agency. The collection includes organizational papers from its state and local
divisions, photographs, news clippings, audio and visual media, scrapbooks, and
blueprints of the many receiving homes in the state, but does not contain
adoption records. Adoption records remain at the CHSFL Adoption Archive and are
available by contacting the society directly.
Selected Subjects and Access Points
Similar records may be found by searching under the following index
terms.
Children's Home Society of
Florida
Florida Dept. of Children
and Families
Child Welfare League of
America
Florida State Board of
Public Welfare
Abandoned Children
Adoption--Florida
Adoption--United
States--History
Child
welfare--Florida
Child welfare--United
States--History
Foster children--United
States--History
Nonprofit
organizations--Management
Nonprofit
organizations--Planning
Nonprofit
organizations--Finance
Orphanages--Florida
Poverty
Acquisition Information
The Children's Home Society of Florida donated these materials to the
University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University
Archives Department in 2004.
Processing History
All paper materials have been placed in acid free
folders and stored in archival containers. Some larger paper materials, such as
maps and large photographs were also placed in acid free folders but are stored
in archival flat files. Paper clips have been removed and replaced with plastic
clips. In some cases, rusty staples have also been removed. Post-it notes have
been moved the edges of papers and copies have been made of more fragile
materials such as news clippings. Photo blocks have been placed in archival
trays, stored in separate bins to prevent them from scraping against one
another. Any audio or visual media in cases were kept in their containers but
placed collectively in archival boxes. Loose pages and items in the scrapbooks
have been secured either with plastic clips or placed in archival folders and
the entire book has been wrapped in acid free archival paper.
Access
The entire collection is open for research.
Copyright Statement
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to
publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the
copyright holder
Audio Visual Availability
Some audio and visual media may not be available for use without
reformatting. Please see the Curator of Manuscripts for further
information.
Related Material
Books:
Georgia Gertrude Ralph, Elements of Record Keeping for Child-Helping
Organizations, (New York: The De Vinne Press, 1915.)
Lawrence Mahoney, Children and Hope: A History of the Children's Home
Society of Florida, (Miami: Pickering Press, 1987).
Adoption Records:
This collection does not contain any records on adopted individuals or
families from the Children's Home Society of Florida. However, the society does
have the CHS Adoptions Archive Unit which is dedicated to the preservation and
research of these records. They can be found at
http://www.chsfl.org/what-we-can-do.php.
Other Locations:
Pensacola Historical Society's Historical Resource Center, 110 East
Church Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. Phone: (850) 434-5455 Website:
http://www.pensacolahistory.org (Western Division).
The University of West Florida Pace Library, Special Collections,
Pensacola, Florida. (Blount Family Papers - Western Division).
The State Library of Florida. Website:
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/library.
Preferred Citation
The Children's Home Society of Florida Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Biographical/Historical Note
To be an orphan in Florida at the turn of the twentieth century was a
dangerous prospect. Children were being orphaned due to farm and industrial
accidents and numerous poor families had to give up children they could no
longer afford. Many children were abused and there were few laws that protected
children's rights. Homeless children had little place to go where they could be
safe, properly cared for, and loved.
In response to this increasing crisis, the National Children's Home
Society was formed in Illinois in 1883 to help place children who had been
orphaned in farming and industrial accidents, spreading to several other states
over the next decade. The Revered D. W. Comstock came to Jacksonville, Florida
in 1902 as a representative of the National Children's Home Society to help
organize the state's first child welfare society. On November 17, 1902, with
the help of Rev. D. W. Comstock and Jacksonville's city and religious leaders,
The Children's Home Society of Florida (CHSFL) was established. The welfare of
the child was the society's primary focus, making sure that if the family could
not be preserved that the child was placed in a happy and healthy home.
The CHSFL was developed as a non-profit organization, relying solely
on donations from the community. Fund-raising efforts began as administrative
duties were carried out in private homes around the city. The children were
also were being cared for in private residences as there was not yet a home
secured for the society to board its charges. The CHSFL committed itself to not
only children but to babies who were not accepted until the age of three at
state orphanages (Mahoney, 5). Money was tight for the society and within the
first few years, the CHSFL found itself in deep debt. By September of 1910, the
CHSFL was facing the possibility of ending operations when a new state
superintendent for the society entered its doors. Marcus C. Fagg was just 24
when he took control of the CHSFL but within a few short months, he had already
obtained funding to start his first appeals drive. Many in the society to this
day believe that it was Marcus C. Fagg who saved the CHSFL from closing its
doors and built it to the standards that society members and workers adhere to
today. Fagg's compassion towards children also did not go unnoticed; from his
early years with the CHSFL, many children he helped referred to him as "Daddy"
Fagg as a token of their appreciation for finding them loving homes.
Marcus Fagg brought innovative solutions to a dire financial
situation. Using land donated or sold at cost to the society, Fagg either
rented or sold land at higher costs to turn a profit. Fagg also helped poor
families by renting them homes at drastically reduced rental costs with an
option to later buy the homes. Marcus Fagg helped dozens of poor families
regain their footing while also helping the CHSFL emerge from a deep hole of
financial debt.
Though Marcus Fagg began to save the society financially, the society
still fell on hard times. The country became entangled in the agony of the
Great Depression in the 1930s and the CHSFL suffered with the rest of the
nation. The Miami receiving home was lost due to a lack of finances but was
thankfully picked up and operated by the Junior League until 1936 when CHSFL
was able to once again run the home. Marcus Fagg also made history in 1932 by
becoming the first chairman of the new Florida State Welfare Board. Through the
1940s and 1950s, CHSFL was instrumental in securing rights and welfare laws for
children nationwide. CHSFL was one of the founding members of the Child Welfare
League of America and was one of the only societies in the country to handle
state adoptions without the aid of a state agency. The society also saw rapid
growth, thanks in part to the massive fund-raising performed by Marcus Fagg;
several new division offices opened throughout the state, many of whom offered
special services for children. CHSFL also began offering services to unwed
mothers, further committing themselves to the family rather than just simply
finding homes for children.
One of the saddest moments for the CHSFL was the loss of their mentor
and leader, Marcus C. "Daddy" Fagg in 1958. After Fagg's passing, newspapers
throughout Florida ran headlines announcing the loss of a great state hero.
Buried in a simple grave in Jacksonville, Florida, Fagg's life and legacy still
serves as a reminder to the CHSFL of their continued effort to help abused and
orphaned children in the state of Florida.
Segregation and integration played an important role for CHSFL in the
1960s as the society began caring for and adopting out African-American
children from their receiving homes. Historically, the society took in mostly
white children. As the Civil Rights movement grew in the 1960’s, the
society re-examined the scope of its adoption policies and began taking in and
offering adoption services for the African-American community. This was a
significant development both for the society and for the Civil Rights movement;
African-American children were being given the same adoption services as white
children at a time when the issue of race was dominant in society and politics.
As the country rapidly changed, so did the society, offering for the first time
services in schools for handicapped, delinquent, and abused children as well
children living in racially mixed households. These services would grow and
define the society through to the end of the 1990s.
Just three years into the new millennium and the society's second
century of service, the CHSFL moved its headquarters from its birthplace in
Jacksonville to more centrally located offices in Winter Park, Florida. Now
over one hundred years old, the CHSFL offers fourteen divisions that serve the
entire state of Florida.
Collection Scope and Content
The Children's Home Society of Florida Collection is arranged into 5
series by types of content as well as by types of materials. The first three
series feature personal and office files which show the birth and growth of the
organization, sorted at the state and local division levels. The last two
series holds audio visual and photographic ephemera as well as scrapbooks
created by workers at the society.
The Children's Home Society of Florida Collection contains personal
and organizational papers, photographs, audio and visual materials, as well as
ledgers and scrapbooks. The collection is arranged by both content and
materials types and have been organized into the following series:
Series I: Biographical Files, 1900-1991, contains the files of
individuals who were instrumental in the creation and/or the operations of the
Children's Home Society of Florida. Correspondence makes up the majority of
this series as it show the creation of the society (Comstock, Harkins, Seaton),
its resurrection (Fagg), and its continued operations.
Series II: State Organizational Files, 1886-2000, includes files that
were used in the operations of the society as a whole. Financial documents,
correspondence, reports, as well as the meeting minutes of the various
committees that ran the society can be found in this series.
Series III: Division Files, 1921-circa 1995, consists of files for
local divisions located throughout the state. Some divisions are no longer in
operation, having been closed completely or absorbed into another division.
These older divisions can be found here in their original name. Meeting minutes
for each division are also located here.
Series IV: Photographs and Audio Visual, 1902-1997, holds both audio
and visual media used by the Children's Home Society of Florida in promoting
their society as well as raising funds.
Series V: Ledger and Scrapbooks, 1902-1978, includes miscellaneous
ledger and scrapbooks created by the Children's Home Society of Florida. The
ledger books vary in format but are generally are either inventory or
accounting in nature. The scrapbooks are made up of five volumes, all created
by workers at the Children's Home Society of Florida. News clippings make up
the majority of the scrapbooks contents but some do contain publications made
by the Children's Home Society of Florida. There are also four Rose Keller Home
scrapbooks made by workers at the Rose Keller Division in Lakeland, Florida.
The Rose Keller Home scrapbooks give a brief history of the division as well as
chronicle events at the home.
Contents List
Series I: Biographical Files,
1900-1991.
0.5 boxes.
This series contains files for various founders and administrators
of the Children's Home Society of Florida. Correspondence makes up a majority
of the papers found in this collection. Several of the society's founders can
be found here including D. W. Comstock who traveled to Florida for the National
Children's Home Society. D. W. Comstock was the society's first state
superintendent, but died the following year in 1903. His niece and assistant
state superintendent Cora Seaton took Comstock's position until 1912 when
Marcus C. Fagg was installed. Information on other administrators can be found
here including society presidents and executive directors as well as an
obituary for Elizabeth Harkins who helped found the society. The Orphan Train
is briefly mentioned in this series as it holds a few pieces of correspondence
by Cora Seaton for a child she is trying to remove from the train and bring
into her care.
Box
Folder
Contents
1
1
George Beard.
1905.
D. W. Comstock, State Superintendent.
1903.
1
2
Correspondence.
1903.
1
3
Obituary.
1903.
1
4
William G. Dickie, President.
1962-1991.
Marcus Fagg.
1905.
1
4A
25th Anniversary of Service of Marcus Fagg, State
Superintendent.
1935.
1
5
Biography.
circa 1958.
1
6-7
Correspondence.
1925-1958.
1
8
Jacksonville Realtors.
1925.
1
9
Women's Advisory Board.
1950.
1
9A
Ph.D. Ceremony.
circa 1950.
1
9B
Poem.
Undated.
1
10
State Executive Director Operations
Manual.
1951.
1
11
Fagg Foundation.
circa 1960.
1
12
Pension Act.
1952-1963.
1
13
Report of Stewardship (Retirement
Announcement).
1951.
1
14
Memoriam.
1958.
News Clippings.
1950-1965.
1
15
Death Announcement.
1958.
1
16
Retirement.
1958.
1
17
Swartzoff Conflict.
1950.
1
18
Elizabeth Harkins, Founder.
circa 1960-1965.
1
19
Phillip Lovejoy, Executive Director.
1953-1954.
1
20
Cora Seaton, State Superintendent.
1900-1916.
1
21
Orphan Train.
1910.
1
22
Speech.
1904.
1
23
Walter Sherman, Executive Director.
1956-1965.
1
24
Rose Marie Smith, Assistant Superintendent.
1930.
Series II: State Organizational Files,
1886-2000.
19.5 Boxes
This series holds files and papers for the state run portion of
the Children's Home Society of Florida. The society functions as a statewide
entity with local operating divisions; these files focus on the operations of
the society as a state entity.
By-laws created for the society are held here as well as various
society publications. Reports and surveys help give a more complete picture in
the work being performed. Studies came from both inside the society and outside
from state and national organizations.
Throughout the years, various committees were formed by the
society to help in running its operational duties more smoothly. Though several
of these committees changed names or were dissolved, they can be found here
under their original titles. Many committees were also paired with other
society committees, condensing several committee meetings into one monthly
meeting.
Finance takes up another large portion of this series holding
title deeds, mortgage papers, and land plat information. For research ease,
title deed documents have been sorted by the property owner's name who
possessed the land immediately before it was given to the Children's Home
Society of Florida. Mortgages are organized by the name of the individual on
the lease through the Children's Home Society of Florida.
General finance ledgers as well as ledgers containing additional
mortgage and funds information can be found in Series V.
Box
Folder
Contents
1
25
Advisory Board Organizational Plan.
circa 1910.
1
26
Annual Superintendent Reports.
1904-1907, 1939-1945.
1
27
Auto Insurance and Registration.
1930-1953.
Auxiliary.
1
28
Guidelines.
1926, 1950-1980.
1
29
Operation "Happiness is Helping Others"
(HIHO).
1971.
1
30
Bookkeeping Polices.
circa 1930.
1
31
Caseworker Staff Meetings.
1951-1963.
1
32-33
Child Statistics.
1904, 1958-1961.
1
34
Directors Contact Information.
1971.
1
35
Insurance Policies.
1939.
1
36
Personnel Lists and Directories.
circa 1927.
1
37
Property Insurance.
1923-1926.
Publicity.
1
38
Articles.
circa 1940.
1
39
Children's Home Society of Florida Day
Proclamation.
1962.
1
40
"Scandal in Scourie".
1957-1958.
1
41
Poems and Quotes.
1931.
1
42
15 Minutes Speech.
1966.
1
43
Logos.
1975.
1
44
Waiting Period for Adoptive Parents.
1954.
By-Laws, Organizational Plans, and History,
1916-1991.
1
45
Amendments.
1916-1937.
1
46
Change in Laws.
1949-1950.
Chapters.
2
47
Organization Plans.
1959-1960.
2
48
Manual.
1959-1960.
2
49
Future Plans for The Children's Home
Society.
1954.
2
50
Society Reorganization.
1954-1961.
2
51
Board Member History Research.
1955-1982.
2
52
Children's Home Society of Florida History by Laura M.
Graddick.
1952.
2
53
Miscellaneous Histories.
1962-1991.
Committees,
1946-1997.
Board of Directors and Division Members,
1946-1997.
2-3
54-83
Contact List.
1955-1989, 1990-1991.
3
84-85
Years of Service.
1955-1960, 1967.
3-9
86-181
Meeting Minutes.
1946, 1950, 1962-1968, 1975-1984,
1987-1997.
Building Committee.
1947-1950.
Building Fund.
1947-1950.
9
182
Articles.
1947.
9
183-184
Contributors.
1949-1950.
9
185
Contest Letters.
1948.
9
186-187
Correspondence.
1949.
9
188
Figures and Wish List.
1949.
9
189
General Fund Ledger Sheets.
1950.
9
190
Press Releases and Letter Writing
Campaign.
1949.
10
191-193
Publicity Correspondence.
1949.
10
194
Supplier Catalogs.
circa 1948.
Correspondence.
1947-1950.
10
195
Arthur Perry.
1950.
10
196
General.
1947-1948.
10
197-198
New Home Orders.
1949-1950.
10
199-200
Meeting Minutes.
1948-1949.
10
201
Marsh and Saxelbye, Architects.
1950.
10
202
Sprinkler System, Barrett Memorial Home.
1950.
10
203
Supplier Catalogs.
circa 1950.
10
204
Woodcock Company, Architects.
1950.
10-11
205-216
Budget Committee.
1975, 1979-1984.
11
217-222
Finance and Personnel.
1994-1998.
11
223-224
Future Plans and Investments.
1983-1984.
12
225-229
Internal Affairs.
1976-1978.
12
230-232
Investment.
1982.
12
233-240
Investment and Audits.
1994-1997.
13
241-246
Legislative, Information, and Development.
1976-1985,
1993-1998.
13
247-248
Program and Future Plans.
1981-1984.
13
249-251
Program and Strategic Planning.
1993-1998.
13
252-254
Retardation Service, Program, and Future
Plans.
1976-1980.
13-14
255-259
Resolution Committee.
1944-1989.
Service to Unwed Mothers.
circa 1928, 1948-1955.
14
260-261
Correspondence.
1948-1955.
14
262
Statistics.
circa 1928.
14
263-264
Special Study Committee.
1950.
14
265
State Committee, Personnel Lists.
1965-1988.
14
266
Child Welfare Legislation.
circa 1925.
14
267
General Child Welfare Bills and Materials.
circa
1930.
14
268
White House Conference on Child Health and
Protection.
1929-1932.
Reports and Surveys.
circa 1890-1988.
14
269
A Study of Administrative Relationships of The
Children's Home Society of Florida.
1964.
14
270
American Children's Home Study.
1964.
14
271
Analysis of Children's Home Society of Florida
(Draft).
1950.
14
272
Analysis of Children's Home Society of
Florida.
1958.
Child Welfare League of America.
1950.
14
273
Report on The Children's Home Society of
Florida.
1950.
14
274-275
Children's Home Society of Florida, Reports on
Divisions.
1950.
14
276
Study on The Children's Home Society of Florida and
the Northeastern Division.
1950.
14
277-278
Correspondence.
1950.
14
279-281
Florida State Board of Public Welfare
Correspondence.
1933-1936.
Women's Advisory Board.
1927-1951.
15
282
By Laws.
1951.
15
283
Correspondence.
1930.
15
284-290
Minutes.
1927-1948.
15
291-297
State Correspondence.
1937, 1942,
1947, 1966-1973, 1974-1990.
15
298
Landscaping and Foliage Appeals.
1950-1951.
15
299
State Board of Social Welfare.
1936-1937.
15
300
Rubin Askew.
1971-1987.
15
301
Bank Finances.
1949.
15-16
302-304
Executive Committee.
1947, 1950, 1980-1988.
16
305-311
Annual Meetings, 36th - 37th (1938-1939), 39th-40th
(1941-1942), 42nd-44th (1944-1946), 46th-47th (1949-1950), 54th (1956), 55th
(1957), 56th (1958), 58th (1960), 60th (1962), 61st-70th (1963-1972), 71st-80th
(1973-1982).
16
312-326
Newsclippings.
circa
1900-1920, 1940, 1950, 1962-1966, 1966-1967, 1967-1971.
16
327
Arkansas Articles.
circa 1890.
16
328-329
State Welfare Board Articles.
1942-1946.
Finance,
1886-1983.
17
330
Financial Analysis.
1949.
17
331
Insurance (Property).
1950.
17
332
Insurance (Travelers).
1950.
17
333-335
Non-Cash Contributions, Receiving Home.
1950.
17
336
Treasurer's Reports.
1920, 1939-1945.
Stocks and Bonds,
1931-1932.
17
337
Argentine Republic.
1944.
17
338
Bisbee Baldwin.
1935-1951.
17
339
Buckman and Ulmer Building Company.
1931-1942.
17
340
Coca-Cola.
1940-1949.
17
341
Consolidated Natural Gas Company.
1945-1949.
17
342
Eastern Gas and Fuel Association.
1936-1941.
17
343
Florida Citrus Growers Associations.
1929-1949.
17
344
Florida East Coast Bonds.
1938-1946.
17
345
Florida Mortgage Title and Bonding
Company.
1949.
17
346
General American Transportation
Corporation.
1941-1952.
17
347
General Electric.
1945-1949.
17
348
Glidden Company.
1941.
17
349
Industrial Investment Corporation.
1935-1950.
17
350
Jacksonville Florida Oil Company.
1920.
17
351
Leon County Florida Bond.
1934-1938.
17
352
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company.
1945.
17
353
Reynolds Metal Company.
1941.
17
354
Winter Park Bond.
1937-1940.
17
355
General Correspondence.
1952.
Funds.
1931-1952.
17
356-357
Building Fund.
1950.
17
358-359
Barnett Bank.
1951-1952.
17
360-361
Henry Training School.
1951-1952.
17
362
Hugh A. Thrift Trust Fund.
1950.
17
363
General.
1950.
17
364
Cornelia S. Baldwin Fund.
1939-1942.
17
365
Essie Memorial Fund.
1931-1932.
17
365A
Subscriptions.
1904.
Title Deeds.
1886-1983.
Office Files.
1912-1950.
17
366
Appraisals on Children's Home Society of Florida
Properties.
1941.
17
367
Custodian Receipts.
1930-1952.
Donations.
17
368
W. C. Fredrickson.
1952.
17
369
Dr. L. H. Grant.
1952.
17
370
Last Wills.
Undated.
17
371
Miscellaneous Property Papers.
1925-1942.
17
372
Plat Maps.
1925-1942.
17
373
Murray Hill Heights.
1925-1950.
17
374
Riverside Annex.
1950.
17
375
Plat Survey of Lot 2, Block 2, Riverside
Annex.
1912.
17
376
Riverside Annex Property Sales.
1950.
17
377
Riverside Annex Property Survey.
1950.
17
378
Survey of 2600 Riverside Property.
1941.
17
379
Misc. Riverside Tax Statements.
1919-1920.
Property Owners.
1886-1942.
18
380
Various Replacement Deeds (Fire Damaged
Deeds).
circa 1903.
18
381
H. P. Adair.
1911-1931.
18
382
American Trading Company.
1925-1926.
18
383
O. L. Anderson.
1925-1926.
18
384
W. M. Archibald.
1922-1936.
18
385
Elizabeth Biglow.
1926-1939.
18
386
A.A. Boone.
1926.
18
387
Chas. A. Brown, Jr.
1925-1926.
18
388-389
Hilda M. Browning.
1887-1935.
18
390
Leroy Buford.
1918.
18
391
I. Q. Burbridge.
1886.
18
392-393
Charles and Nellie Campbell.
1906-1918.
18
394
George F. Clester.
1937.
18
395
Children's Home Society of Florida.
1926.
18
396
Ann Christie.
1922-1941.
18
397
Walter and Martha Clark.
1925-1926.
18
398
C. B. J. Cockshutt.
1924.
18
399
William S. Congleton.
1904-1927.
18
400
Perry Dover.
1919-1921.
18
401
C. B. Dykes.
1932.
18
402
Marcus Fagg (Rose Keller Home).
1927.
18
403
Marcus Fagg (Children's Home Society of
Florida).
1924-1926.
18
404
Louvenia and A.D. Fausett.
1926.
18
405-406
Leslie Freeman.
1901-1925.
18
407
J. R. Gude.
1925.
18
408
E. M. Hays.
1926.
18
409
Home Building and Loan.
1925.
18
410
Wm. H. Jeter.
1946.
18
411
C. A. and Julia Jones.
1926.
18
412
Leslie and Alice Klotz.
1929-1930.
18
413
Wm. Knauer.
1902.
18
414
Verley C. Koons.
1939.
18
415
J. H. Kruer.
1892-1922.
19
416
Rhydon C. Lathan.
1934-1935.
19
417
R. W. Lightbody.
1926.
19
418
J. J. Logan.
1925.
19
419
B. T. Longino.
1929.
19
420
Birdsey L. Maltbie.
1943.
19
421
Nils and Alice Matson.
1908-1942.
19
422
B. M. McDonald.
1929.
19
423-424
Emeline McNally.
1925-1926.
19
425
Metropolitan Realty Company.
1912.
19
426
Catherine Miller.
1922.
19
427-428
Murray Hill Investment Company.
1925-1926.
19
429
Mary Neal.
1886-1909.
19
430
Cora Paine.
1925.
19
431
Emily G. Palen.
1911-1920.
19
432
John and Cora Rast.
1918.
19
433
Reynolds and Rogers.
1915.
19
434
Ada Russo.
1926.
19
435
B. Sams.
1910.
19
436
R. L. Seay.
1926.
19
437-438
Thomas Spence.
1901-1922.
19
439
Julian Taylor.
1925-1940.
19
440
Wm. C. Thomas Company.
1925-1926.
19
441
Laura Tilley.
1923-1924.
19
442
A. T. and Mamie Wall.
1927-1931.
19
443
L. Marguerite Wilson.
1906-1915.
19
444
Lilly Wood.
1926.
Mortgages.
1920-1983.
19
445
Frank Achterman, Elizabeth and O. H.
Locklin.
1944-1955.
19
446-447
Allen and Graves, American Coolair Corporation and
Peninsular Lumber Company.
1928-1943.
19
448
Joe Antone.
1929-1944.
19
449
William D. Armstrong.
1950.
19
450
James P. Baker.
1947-1953.
19
451
J. L. and Ada Briggs, Max and Alberta
Meyer.
1939-1945.
19
452
Mrs. A. W. Chamberlain.
1942-1943.
19
453
Emma Clawson.
1942-1946.
19
454
Johnnie and Idella Grant.
1946.
19
455
William and Bonnie Grenson.
1950.
20
456
C. H. and Sula Hammerschmidt.
1950-1958.
20
457
Edward J. Herbert.
1955.
20
458
Helen P. Kennard.
1929-1953.
20
459
Leslie Klotz.
1929-1931.
20
460
Verley C. Koons.
1929-1937.
20
461
F. L. Lamee, Lamee Floral Company.
1939-1945.
20
462
F. L. Morgan.
1936-1943.
20
463
Agnes Nelson.
1954.
20
464
Edwin E. Patterson.
1950.
20
465
Carl P. Reiter.
1950.
20
466-467
W. H. Rhodes and James White.
1932-1944.
20
468
Mary Jane Rigdon.
1953.
20
469
W. H. Roberts.
1929-1953.
20
470
Walter F. Rodgers and C. D. Mills.
1945.
20
471
Mrs. E. M. Sanderson.
1939-1945.
20
472
Willie B. Sellers.
1944-1955.
20
473
Guy and Marie Shanks.
1955.
20
474
Sidney Silver.
1946-1948.
20
475
Larlein Smith.
1929-1947.
20
476
Willie Mae Smith.
1951.
20
477
W. J. Smith, Jr.
1939-1944.
20
478
Frederick L. Snyder.
1938-1943.
20
479
Norman S. Taylor.
1943-1948.
20
480
C. W. Travis.
1951-1952.
20
481
A. L. Wadkins, Jr.
1950.
20
482
A. T. Wall.
1929-1944.
Kline Realty Company.
1920-1983.
20
483
Company Papers.
1920-1976.
20
484
Meeting Minutes.
1920-1970.
20
485
Prunty Lease.
1968-1983.
20
486
Stock Certificates.
1920-1960.
Publications.
1905-1907, 1911-1986, 2000..
21
487-494
Appeals and Solicitations.
1911-1979.
21
495-497
Annual Reports.
1920-1947, 1949-1954, 1964-1975, 1980-1986,
2000.
21
498
Our Children Magazine.
1955-1963.
21
499
Bulletins.
1905-1907.
21
500
Outside Publications.
1925-1971.
21
501
Miscellaneous Publications.
1947-1959.
Series III: Division Files,
1921-circa
1995.
8 boxes
This series contains files and papers for the local divisions that
operated throughout the state for the Children's Home Society of Florida. As
Jacksonville was a receiving home as well as the state headquarters, the
materials found here focus more on the day-to-day operations of the home rather
than the state administrative functions. Files such as menus, home inventories,
and adoption forms can be found as well as "medical remedies" such as cures for
masturbation and treatments for tapeworms and scabies.
Also included are blueprints for various receiving homes around
the state. The majority of blueprints in this collection are for the Rose
Keller Home in Lakeland, Florida though some blueprints in Jacksonville and
Pensacola can also be found here. The blueprints include home dimensions,
landscaping schemes, as well as later room additions and office expansions. A
land plat can also be found here as it shows property in Jacksonville that came
into the ownership of the Children's Home Society of Florida to either be used
by the society or sold for profit.
Only a few pictures of various receiving homes can be found here
with their respective divisions. The remainder can be found in Series IV.
Box
Folder
Contents
21
502
Adoption Materials.
1925-1955.
21
503
Application for a Child.
circa 1935.
21
504
Articles.
1943-1962.
21
505
Branch By-Laws.
circa 1925.
21
506
Branch Relationship with State Office.
1945.
21
507
Forms.
circa 1950.
21
508
Medical Remedies and Procedures.
circa 1927.
21
509
Mental Examinations.
circa 1927.
21
510
Misc. Division Organizational Files.
1951-1962.
21
511
Menus.
1932.
21
512
Receiving Home Rules and Investigation
Outlines.
circa 1927.
Buckner (Jacksonville).
1921-1989.
Barrett Home.
22
513
Correspondence.
1950.
22
514
Furnishing Committee.
circa 1940.
22
515
Inventory.
1941, 1944.
22
516
Dr. Hubert Owens, Landscaping Architect.
1949-1951.
Flat File
Barrett Memorial Home Landscaping Plans.
circa 1950.
22
517-518
Maintenance and Renovation.
1925-1950.
22
519
Maternity Home Use.
1957.
22
520
Monthly Statements.
1950.
22
521
Moving Plans and Open House.
1950.
Flat File
Barrett Memorial Home Office
Alterations.
circa 1960.
22
522
Paintings.
1972-1974.
22
523
Renovation Specs.
1949.
22
524
Appeal Article.
circa 1925.
22
525
Budget.
1953-1954.
22
526
Children Care Center.
1949-1964.
22
527-528
Community Chest.
1923-1929.
22
529
Finance Reports.
1929-1932.
Flat File
Job 226 (Bucker Division Blueprint).
1961.
22
530
Old Receiving Home Inventory.
1941-1944.
Flat File
Posters, Miscellaneous.
1980.
22
531
Programs and Services.
1957.
22
532
Possible Home Locations.
circa 1920.
22
533
Petitions.
1921.
22
534
Rotary Club Materials.
circa 1932.
22-23
535-545
Meeting Minutes (Buckner and
Northeastern).
1960-1989.
Central (Orlando).
1953, 1964-1983.
23
546
Office Closings.
1953.
23
547-550
Meeting Minutes.
1964-1983.
Gulf Coast (St. Petersburg).
1958-1987.
23
551
History.
1958-1963.
Flat File
Gulf Coast Division Office Plans Blue
Prints.
1962.
23
552-556
Meeting Minutes.
1958-1987.
Intercoastal (Ft. Lauderdale).
1960-1987.
23
557
"Hello, My Name is Christopher", Adoption
Outreach.
circa 1980.
23-24
558-566
Meeting Minutes.
1960-1987.
Mid Florida (Gainesville).
1964-1987.
24
567-570
Meeting Minutes.
1964-1987.
North Central (Tallahassee).
1964-1987.
24
571-575
Meeting Minutes.
1964-1987.
North Coastal (Deland).
1925-1926, 1965-1986.
24
576
Children's Mission Home.
1925-1926.
24
577-581
Meeting Minutes.
1965-1986.
Rose Keller (Lakeland).
1927- circa 1995.
Rose Keller Home.
Flat Files
Rose Keller Home Blue Prints.
1950-1952.
24
582
Deed Agreement.
1927.
24
583
New Building Specs.
1967.
24
584
Sale.
1929-1954.
25
585
Annual Meeting.
1973.
25
586-587
Auxiliary Seminar.
1981-1982, 1985.
25
588
By-Laws.
1966.
25
589
City Commission Meeting.
1927.
25
590
History, Administration, and Division.
circa 1995.
25
591
Inventory.
1941-1945.
25
592
News Clippings.
1958-1988.
25
593
Publications.
circa 1960, 1994.
25
594
Publicity.
1956-1987.
Women's Advisory Board.
25
595
Rules and Member List.
circa 1929.
25
596-597
Meeting Minutes.
1927, 1957-1970.
25
598-604
Meeting Minutes.
1955, 1967-1987.
25
605-606
Meeting Minutes and Reports to the Board.
1958-1968.
25
607-608
Annual Meeting.
1969-1970.
South Central (West Palm Beach).
1965-1987.
25
609-613
Meeting Minutes.
1965-1987.
South Eastern (Miami).
1924-1987.
26
614
Annual Report Excerpts.
1957.
26
615
Budget.
1925-1928.
26
616
By-Laws.
1925.
26
617-620
Correspondence, Division Founding.
1925.
26
621
Headquarters Dedication Pamphlet.
1961.
26
622
Publicity and Advertising.
1958-1961.
26
623
State of South Eastern Branch in 1924.
1967.
26-27
624-637
Meeting Minutes.
1952-1987.
South Western (Ft. Meyers).
1984-1987.
27
638
Meeting Minutes.
1984-1987.
Western (Pensacola).
1920-1983.
Eagan Home.
27
639
Lease.
1920.
27
640
Deed Correspondence.
1922.
Scotland House.
27
641
Construction of Addition.
1939-1940.
Flat File
Scotland House Blue Print.
1940.
West Garden Street Receiving Home.
27
641A
West Garden Street Receiving Home
Proposal.
1965.
Flat File
"Western Division Receiving Home" Blue
Print.
1965.
27
642
Absentee Workers.
1944-1950.
27
643
Bob Bartlett Speech.
1965.
Board of Directors.
27
644
Correspondence.
1950.
27
645
Directories.
1955-1982.
27
646
By-Laws and Constitution.
1918-1929.
27
647
Community Chest.
1950.
27
648
Contributors.
1950.
27
649
Contributors (Non-Cash).
1965.
27
650
Correspondence.
1949-1950.
27
651
Octavia Copenhaver, Matron-in-Charge.
1950.
27
652
Colonel Harry Lurton, Western Division
President.
1950.
27
653
Financial Statements.
1930-1933.
27
654
History.
1982.
27
655
Inventory.
1935-1944.
27
656
Monthly Statements.
1950.
27
657
Pamphlets and Brochures.
1921-1980.
27
658
Women's Advisory Board.
1950.
27
659
Meeting Minutes.
1954-1960.
27
660
Worker's Expenses.
1950.
27
660
Meeting Minutes.
1958-1983.
Series IV: Photographs and Audio Visual,
1902-1997.
13 boxes
This series holds materials used to advertise and promote The
Children's Home Society of Florida as well as loosely chronicle its history.
Items here include film reels, audio reels, TV and video tapes, photographs,
and photo blocks. The photo blocks are made up of wood and metal with a
negative of an image imprinted on a metal sheet which is then wrapped and
nailed to a block of wood. This photo block is then placed on a printing press
and copies of the image are printed onto media.
A vast majority of the photographs found here have not been
identified. They are grouped into categories ranging from founders,
administrators, and caseworkers to teen boys, teen girls, young boys, young
girls, and babies. Original artwork for various publications can be found here
including a hand painted cover for the 1923 annual report.
Many of the items found in this series were created for use in
advertising campaigns as well as the society's own publications. Some reels are
archival footage of events and meetings by and for the society while slide
presentations were created by the society for use in educational seminars.
In some cases, multiple film and audio presentations can be found
on one film or audio reel. All presentations have been listed by name in the
finding aid and are numbered according to which media reel it is contained on.
Each film, television, and audio reel has been given a number so it is possible
to find several presentations on the same piece of media.
Use Restrictions
Some audio and visual media may not be available for use without
reformatting. Please see the Curator of Manuscripts for further
information.
Box
Folder
Contents
Photos.
1902-1997.
Administration and Staff
1902-1972.
28, Flat File
661
Founders and Presidents.
1902-1971.
28
662
Board Members and Officials.
circa 1930-1960.
28
663
Marcus "Daddy" Fagg, State
Superintendent.
circa 1965.
28
664
Anton Vlcek, Executive Director.
1965-1972.
28
665
Casework Staff.
1947-1966.
28
666
Administrative Staff.
1920-1976.
28
667
Donors and Supporters.
circa 1940-1960.
28
668
Miscellaneous Men.
circa 1945.
28
669
Miscellaneous Women.
1949-1962.
28
670
Miscellaneous Groups.
circa 1960.
Division Photos.
1920-1997.
28, Flat File
671
Buckner (Jacksonville).
1940-1970.
28
672
Old Receiving Home.
circa 1951.
28
673
Central (Orlando).
circa 1955.
28
674
Mid Florida (Gainseville).
circa 1965.
28
675
North Central (Tallahassee).
1966.
28
676-680
Rose Keller.
1947-1953, 1967-1979, 1982-1997.
28
681
Ricky Atkins and Family.
1987.
28
682
Silent Auction.
1988.
28
683
South Central (Indian River).
1961.
28
684
South Eastern (Miami).
1925-1966.
28
685
Western (Pensacola).
circa 1920-1960.
Events.
1950-1972.
28
686
Weddings.
1952-1968.
28
687
Cisco Kid Contest.
1950.
28
688
Marcus "Daddy" Fagg Campaign Kickoff.
1960-1961.
28
689
Jacksonville Fair Booth.
1962.
28
690
Florida Conference of Social Welfare, 50th Annual
Meeting.
1961.
28
691
State Casework Staff Meeting.
1959.
28
692
Annual Reports.
undated.
28, Flat File
693-702
Annual Meetings.
1950-1951, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967,
1972.
28
703
Miscellaneous Photos.
circa 1965.
Publicity.
1920-1960, 1990.
Flat File
Appeals Boards.
circa 1960.
Flat File
President George H. W. Bush's Daily Point of Light,
The Children's Home Society of Florida.
1990.
Flat File
Visit to The Children's Home Society of Florida by
Smiley Burnette.
1952.
28
704
Sketches and Designs.
circa 1945.
28
705
Annual Report Cover.
1923.
Flat File
Advertising and Annual Report Photos.
circa 1960.
Features.
28
706
Ann Powers Story.
1961.
28
707
Governor Bryant Red Stocking Appeal.
1961.
28 and Flat File
708
Babies.
1920-1962.
28
709
Children, Boys.
1948-1959.
28
710
Children, Girls.
1950-1962.
28
711
Children, Groups.
circa 1920-1963.
28
712
Adoptive Families.
1958-1959.
28
713
Adoptive Children.
circa 1920-1963.
28
714
Adoptive Families.
1958-1959.
28
715
General.
Undated.
Slides.
1978-1990.
28
716
Cyesis (Gulf Coast Division).
1990.
28
717
Pigeon Lift.
circa 1978.
28
718
Untitled Jacksonville Event.
1988.
28
719-722
Jacksonville.
1984, undated.
28
723
General Photos.
Undated.
Presentations.
29
724
A Child Needs to Belong (Buckner
Division).
1985.
29
725
Emergency Medical Fund.
1983.
29
726
Teen Pregnancy (Gulf Coast Division).
circa 1980.
29
727
The Difference That Takes a
Difference.
circa 1980.
29
728
Tomorrow (North East Division).
circa 1960.
29
729
Tomorrow (Gulf Coast Division).
circa 1960.
29
730
Untitled (Gulf Coast Division).
circa 1972.
30-31
49 blocks
Photo Blocks.
circa 1940.
40
Tray 4
May Festival Photo Books.
circa 1912.
Audio.
1962-1992, undated.
32
1
Interview: Half Law on Agency.
1971.
32
2 -3
Watson Seminar.
1970.
32
4 -5, 12
Foster Care and Adoption Recruitment Public Service
Announcements.
undated.
32
6
Recording of the Annual Meeting.
1971.
32
7-11
Public Service Spot 1 - General.
undated.
32
7-11
Public Service Spot 2 - Retarded Children.
undated.
32
7-11
Public Service Spot 3 - Hard to Place Children.
undated.
32
13
Crystal River Golf Tournament.
undated.
32
13
Marie Osmond - Teen Pregnancy.
undated.
32
13
Special Needs Adoption.
undated.
32
14
Radio Public Service Announcements.
undated.
32
15
Gulf Coast Division Tape for Children's Home Society
Pix Story.
1962.
32
16
Burt Reynolds Public Service
Announcement.
1992.
32
17
Untitled Audio.
undated.
32
18
Martin.
undated.
32
19
Governor Millard F. Caldwell Messages on the Fagg
Foundation.
undated.
32
20-21
Public Service Announcements - Teenage Pregnancy.
1984-1985.
32
22
A Child Needs to Belong.
undated.
32
23
So You Want To Be Foster Parents!
undated.
32
24
Betty West Interview on "Open Line".
circa 1975.
Film Reels.
1961, 1996, undated.
34
34
Marcus Fagg Dinner in Tallahassee, Florida.
undated.
34, 37
35, 37, 58
Someone Who Cares.
1973.
34
36
Kick-Off Meeting "Daddy" Fagg Foundation.
1961.
34
38
Transplant.
undated.
34
39
If You Want to Dance.
undated.
34
40
Shall We Dance!
undated.
34
41
March of Dimes - "Woman Child".
undated.
34
42
Babies for Sale.
undated.
36
55
Baby Named "X".
undated.
37, 39
56, 62
Teenage Father.
circa 1986.
37
57
To Cyesis Program.
undated.
38
61
Growing Up Together: Four Teen Mothers and Their
Babies, Part 1.
Undated.
39
63
I'm 17, I'm Pregnant . . . And I Don't Know What To
Do.
undated.
39
64
A Bridge To Adoption.
undated.
TV Tapes.
1976, 1978, 1982, undated.
34
43
Jamie and Michael.
1976.
35
33, 44-45
Cut 1 - Perfect Packages.
1977.
35
33, 44-45
Cut 2--Kids/Chorus/Hill.
1977.
32, 35
25, 46, 47
Untitled Advertising Spots.
circa 1970.
35
48
Bobby Bowden Public Service Announcement.
undated.
35
49
Think Adoption.
undated.
35
50
Servistar Hardware Stores
1982.
35
51
Public Service Spot 1 - Hard to Place Children.
1975.
35
51
Public Service Spot 2 - General.
1975.
35
51
Public Service Spot 3 - Retarded Children.
1975.
35
52
Jim and Jamie.
undated.
35
52
Joe and Mary Myers.
undated.
35
52-53
Dennis Interviews.
1978.
35
53
Harriet and Dan.
undated.
35
53
Madelon.
undated.
35
53
Golf-Dan Jr.
undated.
35
53
Madelon-Ham.
undated.
35
54
Dennis.
1978.
33
26, 27
Cut 1--Love Doesn't Always Come in Perfect
Packages.
undated.
33
26
Cut 2--Hill
undated.
33
27
Cut 2--Chorus--Kids on Hill.
undated.
33
28-32
Public Service Spot 1 - Hard to Place Children.
undated.
33
28-32
Public Service Spot 2 - General.
undated.
33
28-32
Public Service Spot 3 - Retarded Children.
undated.
Series V: Ledger and Scrapbooks,
1902-1978.
17 books
This series holds a variety of ledgers and scrapbooks created by
workers and volunteers of The Children's Home Society of Florida. The ledgers
were used to track finances, adoptions, and incoming children. The scrapbooks
are made up of newsclippings from the Jacksonville area and were compiled by
the workers and volunteers of the society.
The ledgers vary in content from general finance to child
visitations, fund accounts tracking and mileage counts. Many of the ledgers
have been used multiple times so a great majority of information has been
removed, erased, or pasted over with different types of information. However,
the ledgers are still readable and have retained many pages of their original
content.
The scrapbooks were most likely created by various workers and
volunteers of the society. The news clippings found in the scrapbooks come
mostly from local Jacksonville newspapers and chronicle the early start of the
society via the public eye. The biggest event of the young society was a May
Day festival held at a local home in 1912. Here, thousands of dollars was
raised for the society and it was billed as the biggest event ever to occur in
the Jacksonville area. The scrapbooks also hold newspaper advertisements asking
for donations to the society, human interest stories that describe the work of
Marcus "Daddy" Fagg and his efforts to save the children of Florida, and
articles that give general meeting information regarding the society and
society events.
The Rose Keller scrapbooks were created by workers and volunteers
from the Rose Keller division in Lakeland, Florida. These scrapbooks are made
up mostly of photographs and were likely used as coffee table books for
visitors waiting in the lobby. They chronicle everyday events up to the home's
fiftieth anniversary in 1952.
Box
Tray
Contents
40
1
Visitation of Children in Their Homes.
1910.
40
2
Memorandum of Applications.
1903-1910.
40
3
Newspaper Clippings.
1902-1907.
42
4
Bonds and Mortgages Ledger.
1924-1944.
42
3
Postage and Mileage Ledger.
1933-1943.
42
2
Henry Training School Ledger.
1928-1935.
42
1
General Ledger.
1932-1948.
SB1
Florida-Times Union News Clippings
Scrapbooks.
1956-1957.
Children's Home Society of Florida
Scrapbooks.
1902-1920.
SB2
Volume 1.
1910-1915.
SB3
Volume 2.
1914.
43
Volume 3.
1902-1918.
SB4
Volume 4.
1916-1920.
44
Volume 5.
1915.
Rose Keller Scrapbooks.
1927-1977.
SB5
Children's Home Society of Florida, Rose Keller
Division.
1927-1977.
SB6
Rose Keller 50th Anniversary
Yearbook/Scrapbook.
1977.
SB7
Untitled Rose Keller Division Scrapbook.
1976.
SB8
Untitled Rose Keller Division Scrapbook.
1978.