Bethany Children's Home (Womelsdorf, PA)
Collection
Identifier: Institutional RG 030
Scope and Contents
The Bethany Orphans' Home collection consists of: Annual Reports, 1894-2005 (incomplete); Anniversaries; Brochures; Christmas solicitations; Correspondence, 1893-1959; History; Newspaper clippings, 1966-1969; Postcards; Programs; Study, 1960. Video, c. 1992.
Dates
- Creation: 1893 - 1992
Biographical / Historical
Bethany Orphans' Home opened on September 21, 1863 in Southwark, Philadelphia as the Orphan's Home of Shepherd of the Lambs. It was moved to Bridesburg July 13, 1864, and finally to Womelsdorf in 1867. In 1873 the name was changed to Bethany Orphans' Home.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
Various items placed with the Pennsylvania Geman Heritage Center at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA by Dale Leber, 1999.
Subject
- Boehringer, Emanuel (1823-1864) (Person)
- Boehringer, Gill Hale (1934) (Person)
- Gantenbein, John (1824-1916) (Person)
- Henning, Jonathan L. (1956) (Person)
- Title
- Bethany Children's Home (Womelsdorf, PA)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
Contact:
555 W. James Street
Lancaster PA 17603 United States
717-290-8734
info@erlibrary-archives.org
555 W. James Street
Lancaster PA 17603 United States
717-290-8734
info@erlibrary-archives.org