Florence Crittenton Refuge Home minutes
Scope and Contents
The collection (1903-1906) contains the minutes of the board of managers of the Portland, Oregon Florence Crittenton Refuge home.
Dates
- 1903-1906
Creator
- Florence Crittenton Refuge Home (Portland, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
"Florence Crittenton was the daughter of Charles N. Crittenton, a wealthy New York City druggist who was heartbroken when Florence died of scarlet fever at age four in 1882. Throwing himself into missionary work, he spent four years working in the city slums and established what became the Florence Crittenton Mission, building homes for “lost and fallen women.” His first home, for prostitutes and unmarried pregnant girls, opened in New York City in 1883" (Pollack).
The work Crittenton began continues within the National Crittenton Foundation, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The Foundation "and the 27 members of the Crittenton family of agencies uses a social justice approach to support young girls and women at the margin to thrive, build skills, break destructive cycles and become powerful agents of personal and social change. At the core of [their] work is the mandate to address the profound impact of root causes, such as sexism, racism, poverty and violence in the lives of girls and young women" (Crittenton Foundation).
[Source: Pollack, Micheal. NY Times website, NY/Region. "Women on the Margins." December 7, 2012.]
[Source: Crittenton Foundation website: nationalcrittenton.org]
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In 1882, Charles N. Crittenton began establishing homes for women in crisis that he named after his daughter, Florence, who died at age four; this work has continued with the National Crittenton Foundation, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The collection (1903-1906) contains the minutes of the board of managers of the Portland, Oregon Florence Crittenton Refuge home.
Physical Description
1 volume.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Girls -- Services for -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marginality, Social -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- National Florence Crittenton Mission
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prostitutes -- Services for -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social workers -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Unmarried mothers -- Services for -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Women -- Oregon -- Portland -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Services for -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women's shelters -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Florence Crittenton Refuge Home Minutes
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
