United Methodist Children's Home (Lebanon, Ind.) records
Collection Statement
The collection contains history, cornerstone laying, clippings, annual reports, legal papers, brochures and the 75th anniversary.
Dates
- 1950 - 1983
Creator
- Indiana United Methodist Children's Home (Lebanon, Ind.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University or the United Methodist Church.
Historical Sketch
The Indiana Methodist Children’s Home was organized in 1915 by Deaconess Angie Godwin. She operated a home for orphans, mostly babies, for nine years in Greencastle, Ind. Friends in the Methodist Church, District Superintendents and local pastors cooperated in a program of providing food, clothing, shelter, and tender loving care for very young children. The Methodist Church officially undertook the operation of the Home through the Northwest Indiana and South Indiana Conferences, and in 1924 moved it to 515 West Camp St. in Lebanon on land donated by citizens of Lebanon. Since then it has had continual growth.
Extent
0.93 Cubic Feet (2 document cases, 1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- United Methodist Children's Home (Lebanon, Ind.) records Boone County, Ind.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hailee Newton
- Date
- 2/10/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
