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Guide to the Rebecca Residence Records 1871-1990s
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- Title
- Rebecca Residence records 1871-1990
- Subject
- Holmes, Jane, 1814-1893, Rebecca Residence (Wilkinsburg, Pa.), Home for Aged Protestant Women (Wilkinsburg, Pa.), Old age homes--Pennsylvania--Wilkinsburg
- Description
- The Rebecca Residence records document the history of the retirement facility formerly known as the Home for Aged Protestant Women. The records include board of managers meeting minutes, financial and expense reports, resident applications and admission records, several bond books, a visitors ledger, and a small amount of photographs. The collection has been arranged into two series: I. Minutes and Financial Reports, and II. Resident Administration., Rebecca Residence records, 1871-1990, MSS 0290, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Rebecca Residence Gift 1998 1998.0187 papers, The Rebecca Residence was founded in 1871 as The Home for Aged Protestant Women. During the late 19th century it was often difficult for elderly women without family to support themselves into old age. Thus, members of the Womens Christian Association took it upon themselves to establish a resident care home where older Protestant woman could live in a secure and comfortable familial setting. The effort was spearheaded by Jane Holmes,who was often confused with her cousin who also was named Jane. To distinguish between the two, many referred to Jane Holmes as Baltimore Jane. The Home officially opened in October, 1871, housing 12 residents and overseen by inaugural president Mary Brunot, followed by Holmes in 1873. Baltimore Jane Holmes died in 1893. The Rebecca Residence moved to a new facility in West Deer Township, Pa., in 1999., Gift of Rebecca Residence., Processed MSS 0290 12/2012 A. Toner, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Rebecca Residence (Wilkinsburg, Pa.), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1871-1990
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 12.50 linear feet
- Identifier
- oclc:825056196, pitt:US-QQS-mss290
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss290
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Wilkinsburg
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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