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North Idaho Children's Home, Inc. records, 1908-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- North Idaho Children's Home, Inc.
- Title
- North Idaho Children's Home, Inc. records
- Dates
- 1908-1984 (inclusive)19081984
- Quantity
- 5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MG 137
- Summary
- Administrative and financial records; photographs, scrapbooks and printed material of a Lewiston, Idaho, care facility for children.
- Repository
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University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
In 1908, a Congregational minister in Lewiston, Charles B. Chase, began taking abused and abandoned children into his home prior to their being placed in foster care. The Idaho Children's Home and Finding Aid Society in Boise had asked his help because of distance and transportation difficulties. Chase quickly found that the number of children sent to him by the courts was more than he could adequately care for himself. In 1909, he and other community leaders formed a permanent organization, the Northern District of the Idaho Children's Home Finding and Aid Society of Boise. Funding for the new organization was provided by several public service organizations such as the Commercial Club of Lewiston and the Women's Clubs in Northern Idaho. The children continued to live with Rev. Chase who was named superintendent (a post he held until 1918). Permanent housing was obtained in 1911, when Hurlbut House was bought for $14,000. This was the home of the organization for more than fifty years.
In 1935, the organization separated from Boise and became the Children's Home Finding and Aid Society of North Idaho, Inc. Following World War II the Children's Home faced financial difficulties stemming from the shift in emphasis from private charity to public responsibility for social services. In the 1960's, large permanent care facilities, such as orphanages and mental hospitals, were increasingly replaced by smaller, more specialized units. The Child Protective Act of 1963 gave responsibility for the placement of dependent children to the Idaho Department of Health (later Health and Welfare). These were functions which had been performed by organizations such as the Children's Home. Because of these changes, the children's home redefined its purpose. No longer an "orphanage," it became a treatment center and temporary home for children who could not stay in their own homes but were not suited for foster care. This change in function eased the Homes' financial crisis. In addition to money from Department of Health contracts, the Home continued to receive private contributions. The George F. Jewett's donated a six-bedroom house, 22 acres of land and fifty thousand dollars to the Children's Home. The move to the Jewett estate was made in 1969.
In 1973, the organization became the North Idaho Children's Home, Inc., (NICH) an organization which continues to provide services for children, much as it did in 1909.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The records of NICH span the years from 1908 to 1983 with the bulk of the material covering the years 1912 to 1930; there is little information about the period from 1930 to 1960. The records include scattered correspondence, some of which refers to financial bequests and contracts with Health and Welfare, and annual and monthly reports. The records also contain the minutes of the Board of Directors (1909-1959), as well as several bookkeeping ledgers and the Superintendent's day books. Approximately one quarter of the records consist of photographs. Also included are scrapbooks and printed materials such as NICH promotional literature and newspaper clippings.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Scrapbooks transferred to folders.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
FOR DOCUMENTS: Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: GeneralReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Booth Memorial Hospital: Unwed mothers 18 items
|
1964-1967 |
1 | 2 | Catholic Family Services 8 items
|
1965-1967 |
1 | 3 | Fundraising 7 items
|
1950 |
1 | 4 | Internal Revenue Service 2 items
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1953 |
1 | 5 | Investments 83 items
|
undated |
1 | 6 | Tag Day 30 items
|
1922-1923 |
1 | 7 | Rose Wahl Correspondence 18 items
|
1971-1975 |
1 | 8 | Other Correspondence 4 items
|
1912-1962 |
Series 2: LegalReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 9 | Nels Halgeson Estate 4 items
|
1929 |
1 | 10 | Walter Hickerson Estate 1 items
|
1914 |
1 | 11 | Charles W. Mount Estate 1 items
|
1925 |
1 | 12 | I. Pickering Estate 13 items
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1927-1930 |
1 | 13 | Ana Trimble Estate 2 items
|
1925 |
Series 3: Special ProjectsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 14 | Construction of Boys' Dorm 92 items
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1925 |
1 | 15 | Group Home 87 items
|
1975-1976 |
1 | 16 | Law Enforcement Project Grant 34 items
|
1974-1976 |
1 | 17 | Maternal Infant Care Project 58 items
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1967-1973 |
1 | 18 | NICH - DECs [contracts] 7 items
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1974-1976 |
1 | 19 | Sewer construction 11 items
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1925 |
1 | 20 | Unwed Mothers Project 4 items
|
1965 |
Series 4: AdministrativeReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 21 | Articles of Incorporation 3 items
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1919-1935 |
1 | 22 | By-Laws 1 items
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1942 |
1 | 23 | List of North Idaho Society Members 5 items
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1920 |
1 | 24 | Policy Statements 53 items
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1961-1975 |
1 | 25 | Annual Reports 39 items
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1930-1970 |
1 | 26 | Board of Directors Minutes 1 1 items
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1909-1910 |
1 | 27 | Board of Directors Minutes 2 1 items
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1910-1920 |
1 | 28 | Board of Directors Minutes 3 1 items
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1920-1923 |
1 | 29 | Board of Directors Minutes 4 110 items
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1923-1930 |
1 | 30 | Board of Directors Minutes 5
117 items : incomplete
|
1930-1949 |
1 | 31 | Board of Directors Minutes 6 73 items
|
1956 |
1 | 32 | Board of Directors Minutes 7 81 items
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1957 |
1 | 33 | Board of Directors Minutes 8 64 items
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1958 |
1 | 34 | Board of Directors Minutes 9 1 items
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1959 |
1 | 35 | Budget 1 1 items
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1968-1969 |
1 | 36 | Budget 2 4 items
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1969-1970 |
2 | 37 | Budget 3 10 items
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1970-1971 |
2 | 38 | Budget 4
7 items : file copy
|
1970-1971 |
2 | 39 | Budget 5 6 items
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1972-1973 |
2 | 40 | Current Budget 1 3 items
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1973-1974 |
2 | 41 | Current Budget 2 3 items
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1974-1975 |
2 | 42 | Current Budget 3 3 items
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1975-1976 |
2 | 43 | Financial Reports 1 33 items
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1911-1917 |
2 | 44 | Financial Reports 2 1 items
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1928 |
2 | 45 | Financial Reports 3 4 items
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1931 |
2 | 46 | Financial Reports 4 28 items
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1948-1956 |
2 | 47 | Monthly financial statements 56 items
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1909-1914 |
2 | 48 | Summaries of Bills and Vouchers 1 9 items
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1919-1924 |
2 | 49 | Summaries of Bills and Vouchers 2 5 items
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1925-1926 |
2 | 50 | Audit Report 4 items
|
1921-1928 |
2 | 51 | Other Financial Papers 10 items
|
1925-1981 |
2 | 52 | Payroll and income tax information 97 items
|
1960-1961 |
Series 5: LedgersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 53 | Expense Ledger 1 1 items
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1975-1976 |
2 | 54 | Journal 1 items
|
1931-1934 |
2 | 55 | Expense Ledger 2 1 items
|
1975-1975 |
Series 6: PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 56 | NICH-Hurlbut Mansion 12 items
|
1911-1968 |
2 | 57 | Friendship Hall 18 items
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1914-1932 |
2 | 58 | NICH 1 items
|
1978 |
2 | 59 | Special Care Project 1 items
|
1980 |
2 | 60 | NICH Entrance sign 1 items
|
undated |
2 | 61 | Uprooted Tree 1 items
|
1969 |
2 | 62 | Craft Center 13 items
|
1971-1973 |
2 | 63 | Room interiors 10 items
|
1918-1978 |
2 | 64 | Education Center 6 items
|
1978 |
2 | 65 | Family Resource Center 3 items
|
1977 |
2 | 66 | Cedar House 1 items
|
1978 |
2 | 67 | Jewett House 8 items
|
1968-1982 |
2 | 68 | North House 3 items
|
1968 |
2 | 69 | Pool House 4 items
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1968-1969 |
2 | 70 | Prospect House 4 items
|
1978 |
2 | 71 | South House 4 items
|
1968 |
2 | 72 | Moving Day 18 items
|
1968 |
2 | 73 | Swimming pool 7 items
|
1968-1978 |
2 | 74 | Religious service 2 items
|
undated |
2 | 75 | Chase, Samuel B and Mary 4 items
|
1930-1958 |
2 | 76 | Board of Directors 15 items
|
1940-1978 |
2 | 77 | Children's Home Finding and Aid Society
1 items : certificate of incorporation [photo]
|
1978 |
2 | 78 | Commercial Club 2 items
|
1909 |
2 | 79 | Staff 28 items
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1963-1979 |
2 | 80 | Former residents 7 items
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1940-1975 |
2 | 81 | Art contest winners 5 items
|
1978 |
2 | 82 | Auction 4 items
|
1968 |
2 | 83 | Play (Hansel & Gretel) 1 items
|
1977 |
2 | 84 | Memorial Book 1 items
|
1968 |
2 | 85 | Vehicles 4 items
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1971-1973 |
2 | 86 | Volunteers 8 items
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1961-1970 |
2 | 87 | Gifts 4 items
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1970-1972 |
2 | 88 | Children 1 20 items
|
undated |
2 | 89 | Children 2 28 items
|
undated |
2 | 90 | Children 3 31 items
|
undated |
2 | 91 | Children 4 24 items
|
undated |
2 | 92 | Youth 1 3 items
|
undated |
2 | 93 | Children 5 28 items
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1917-1960 |
2 | 94 | Children 6 38 items
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1942-1963 |
2 | 95 | Children 7 50 items
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1963-1979 |
2 | 96 | Youth 2 21 items
|
undated |
2 | 97 | Youth 3 24 items
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1920-1968 |
2 | 98 | Youth 4 30 items
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1968-1970 |
2 | 99 | Youth 5 25 items
|
1970-1979 |
2 | 100 | 35mm slides
4 items : bw negatives of portratis and groups of people
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1975-1983 |
2 | 101 | 35mm negatives
8 items : bw negatives of portratis and groups of people
|
undated |
2 | 102 | People
148 items : bw photos of groups; couples; outdoor activities
|
1914-19788 |
2 | 103 | BW contact sheets
1 items : classrooms; people on playing field
|
1960 |
2 | 104 | Open House Guest Book 1 items
|
1949 |
3 | 105 | Scrapbook 1 items
|
1920 |
3 | 106 | Scrapbook, National Conference of Social Workers 1 items
|
1936 |
3 | 107 | Children's Home Finder 58 items
|
1912-1935 |
3 | 108 | Flashes 2 items
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1978, 1983 |
3 | 109 | Christmas Brochures 8 items
|
1913-1931 |
3 | 110 | Old Christmas Letters 29 items
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1960-1982 |
3 | 111 | Calendars 3 items
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1982-1984 |
3 | 112 | Promotional Literature 19 items
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1924-1984 |
3 | 113 | Student Publications 2 items
|
1977 |
3 | 114 | Children's Home pamphlet
1 items : Day, Sam. "Children's Home Society in Crisis"
|
1960 |
3 | 115 | Obituaries of Founders
11 items : Eugene Cox;Theron S. Ward; Carl E. Harris; Bessie V. Clarke; Daisy T. Babb; S.C. Skillern; Frank Morris; William Bollinger
|
1952-1963 |
3 | 116 | Newspaper Clippings
80 items : childen's welfare
|
1940-1960 |
3 | 117 | Flashes Journal 106 items
|
1935-1981 |
4 | 118 | Scrapbook 1 items
|
1973-1976 |
4 | 119 | Brown Scrapbook 1 1 items
|
1960-1972 |
4 | 120 | Brown Scrapbook 2 1 items
|
1960-1972 |
4 | 121 | Blue Scrapbook 1 items
|
1960-1963 |
O.S. | 122 | North Idaho Children's Home photographs
7 items : Rendering of the Children's Home exterior; 1978 color aerial photo of the home
|
undated |
object | |||
O.S. | 123 | Expense Ledger 1 1 items
|
undated |
O.S. | 124 | Expense Ledger 2 1 items
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- North Idaho Children's Home, Inc.