Admission Record - Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children, 1871-1900; by Jean E. Spears & Dorothy Paul; Alphabetically/ Chronologically Sorted; Printed 1978; 164 pp; 8.5x11, Hardcover; Item # IHS014
The children's personality traits, the reason for being in the asylum and their age is stated with most entrees. The researcher can track a child coming into the asylum and leaving later on. The address of where they came from and where they went when they left has been stated in many cases.
The record has been transcribed in a chronological manner, and alphabeticalized to the first letter of the last name. The first date is that of admission, and the second that of transfer. Parent's names may follow the first entry. Birth and death dates are so marked.
