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Title
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Florence Crittenton Home
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Description
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Vertical file contains newspaper, magazine clippings, and other print material related to the Florence Crittenton Home. This file does not contain vital records.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Dorothy Davis
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Description
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Vertical file contains multiple articles about Dorothy H. Davis, a prominent member of the local African American community and widow of the late Dowdal Davis. She was appointed as a member of the Kansas City Commission on Human Relations and as executive director of the Florence Home for Colored Girls in the 1950s.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Florence Crittenton Home
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Description
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View of the Florence Crittenton Home, located at 4th and Main streets.
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Date
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1890
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Florence Crittenton Home
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Description
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African American child being bathed by a girl at the Florence Crittenton Home.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Health Care Institutions
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Description
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Portion of chapter, "School, Church, and Health", describes the development of health care institutions for African Americans. Old City Hospital or General Hospital #2 was "a point of pride for many African Americans". When a fire gutted it in 1927, a new hospital was constructed just west of General Hospital #1 and opened on March 2, 1930. Also discussed are Niles Home for Children, Florence Crittenton Home, and Big Sister Home for Negro Girls as well as general health considerations for Kansas City's African Americans.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Florence Crittenton Home Description
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Description
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Description of the Florence Crittenton Home, a non-profit organization for the care of black girls at 2228 Campbell Avenue, printed within Your Kansas City and Mine.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Florence Crittenton Mission
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Description
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Short summary of almost the first two year's accomplishments of the Florence Crittenton Home for young women out of work or in other trouble. Statistics of improvements and other changes in the 263 girls received since opening on February 4, 1896, at the northeast corner of 4th and Main streets.
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Date
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1897-10-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Florence Crittenton Mission and Home
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Description
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Short summary of approximately the first year's accomplishments of the Florence Crittenton Home for young women out of work or in other trouble. Statistics of improvements and other changes in the 220 girls received since opening on February 4, 1896, at the northeast corner of 4th and Main streets.
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Date
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1897-05-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
