New York Juvenile Asylum records (Children's Village), 1853-1954

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Series IV: Children's Village, 1921-1936

The bulk of this series consists of a 1931 New York University study of Children's Village, along with papers and plans for new buildings on the campus. These documents were produced as part of an initiative to modernize the curriculum to reflect current educational and therapeutic developments. The series also contains published pamphlets and programs reporting on the progress of Children's Village in the early twentieth century



Box 96 Folder 2 to 3 "Brief Survey of Children's Village,", 1929, (2 Folders)


Box 96 Folder 5 Minard, G. C. to Edmund Dwight, 1934 December 6



Box 97 New York University Studies and Reports


Box 97 Folder 1 "First Semi-Annual Statement Concerning Educational Re-Organization at Children's Village,", 1931


Box 97 Folder 2 "A Little Theatre for Children's Village," Mary Allen Tippett, 1931


Box 97 Folder 3 "Report on the Francis McMillan School of Carpentry," Hugo J. P. Vitz,, 1931


Box 97 Folder 4 "Report on the Michael Friedsam School of Masonry," Hugo J. P. Vitz, 1931


Box 97 Folder 5 "Report on the Willets-Schulte Plumbing School," Hugo J. P. Vitz, 1931


Box 97 Folder 6 "Report on the Lytelton Deane Electrical School," Hugo J. P. Vitz, 1931


Box 97 Folder 7 "Prevocational Building Study,", 1931


Box 97 Folder 8 "From Juvenile Asylum to Treatment Center," Peter Carr Sexias, M.A. Thesis,, 1981


Box 97 Folder 9 "Open Letter from the President to the Members of the Board of Directors,", 1926 September 15


Box 97 Folder 10 "Proceedings of the National Conference of Juvenile Agencies,", 1936 September


Box 97 Folder 11 School of Printing Motto, Undated


Box 97 Folder 12 "School Program for the Problem Child,", 1932


Box 97 Folder 13 "Second Annual Report,", 1932 August 31


Box 97 Folder 14 "Seventieth Annual Report"--Pamphlet, 1921


Box 97 Folder 15 "Third Annual Report and Second School Bulletin,", 1933



Box 137 Fundraising Correspondence--Scrapbook, 1929