Summary Information

Title: Milwaukee County Orphans Board Records
Inclusive Dates: 1899-1945

Creator:

• Trustees of Milwaukee County Orphans Board

Call Number: Milwaukee Series 52

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries' Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Milwaukee County Orphans Board, 1899-1945. Established by a special act of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1871, the Orphans Board supported orphan asylums with distributions from the proceeds of estates without heirs. A series of Wisconsin Supreme Court cases ended this practice in the 1930s. The Board distributed funds to various orphanages including St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, St. Aemillian's Orphan Asylum, St. Rose's Orphan Asylum, Lutheran Children's Home, Milwaukee Orphan Asylum, Milwaukee Jewish Orphan Home, St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Home, and St. Joseph's Home of St. Raphael.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-milw0052

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