Image Text 233 Items Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series V: Book of Records of Stipend Committee, 1881-1905. View Item
Image Text 43 Items Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series X: Centennial Booklet, 1936. View Item
Image Text 177 Items Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series VIII. Building Committee, 1905-1907. View Item
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series I: Minutes of Board Meetings, 1836-1936. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series XIII: Property Material, 1895, 1960-1961. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series IV: Indentures, 1878-1929. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series VII: Visitors' Registers, 1908-1937. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series XII: Bequests, [1883]-1893. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series VI: After-Care Committee Minutes, 1916-1933. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series III: Admission Records, 1837-1937. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series XI. Miscellaneous items, 1853-1972, undated. View Collection
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series II: Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1891-1937. View Collection
Image Collection 21 Items Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans records, 1836-1972 (bulk 1850-1936) The Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans was founded in 1836 and was originally located on Fifth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets in Manhattan. The Colored Orphan Asylum was among the earliest organizations in the country to provide housing, training, and employment specifically for African American orphans. During the Draft Riots of July 14, 1863, the Colored Orphan Asylum was attacked by a mob. At that time, it housed some 600 to 800 homeless children in a large four story building surrounded by grounds and gardens. View Collection