Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females Records, 1863-1928

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0048
Bib ID:
4078709 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet (7 volumes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Seven volumes of minutes and financial records including two cash books, 1874-1891 and n.d.; four secretary's minute books, 1863-1928, and one donations book, 1921-1927.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Custodial History

The volumes were removed from the organization's home on Amsterdam Avenue before it was destroyed.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M74-12-10.

Gift, 1974.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 03/24/89.

Biographical / Historical

The Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females (ARRAIF) was located on Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. and provided housing and pensions for poor elderly women.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Cashbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
minutes (administrative records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Charities -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Housing -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Old age pensions -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Older people -- Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Older people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Older women -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poor women -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social work with older people CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID