{"id":20,"date":"2010-11-01T20:26:45","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T00:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/?p=20"},"modified":"2010-11-01T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T01:42:09","slug":"orphan-train-research-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Orphan Train Research Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Orphan Train Heritage Society of America Inc OTHSA<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orphantraindepot.com\/\">http:\/\/www.orphantraindepot.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nThe legacy of the famed Orphan Trains that began during the first days of the Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aid Society in New York lives on today. An estimated 150,000 children took part in the Orphan Train Movement from 1854 to 1929, giving them new lives and a bright future by removing them from the poverty and danger of the city streets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victor Remer Historical Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrensaidsociety.org\/about\/history\/victor-remer-historical-archives\">http:\/\/www.childrensaidsociety.org\/about\/history\/victor-remer-historical-archives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Important historical records can be accessed via <a href=\"http:\/\/dlib.nyu.edu\/findingaids\/html\/nyhs\/childrensaidsociety_at.html\">The Guide to the Records of The Children&#8217;s Aid Society (1853-1947)<\/a>.  This guide contains materials pertaining to emigration programs such as  the Orphan Train, foster care and adoption programs operating between  1853-1947, annual reports to 2006, a small collection of materials from  1948-1951, and The Children&#8217;s Aid Society lodging houses, industrial  schools, convalescent homes, health centers and farm schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guide to the Records of the Children&#8217;s Aid Society<\/strong> 1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947)\u00c2\u00a0 MS 111<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dlib.nyu.edu\/findingaids\/html\/nyhs\/childrensaidsociety_at.html\">http:\/\/dlib.nyu.edu\/findingaids\/html\/nyhs\/childrensaidsociety_at.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A solid collection of records and references, but primarily focused on New York or the point of departure.<a name=\"ref99\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"ref99\">Although the emigration program became known as the  &#8220;orphan train,&#8221; many of the children were not orphans. They were  children whose guardians could not care for them, or who hoped they  would find a better life, and who signed surrender documents releasing  them to the care of the Children&#8217;s Aid Society. Many others were  adolescents without known guardians who were seeking their own fortunes  by heading west.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orphan Train Heritage Society of America Inc OTHSA http:\/\/www.orphantraindepot.com\/ The legacy of the famed Orphan Trains that began during the first days of the Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aid Society in New York lives on today. An estimated 150,000 children took part in the Orphan Train Movement from 1854 to 1929, giving them new lives and a bright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[18,16,17,14,15],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-migration-in-north-america","tag-chicago","tag-detroit","tag-new-york","tag-orphan","tag-train"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sintheta.org\/mcgene\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}