Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans, St. Paul and Charity streets, Richmond, Virginia
<a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/brooks-lucy-goode-1818-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lucy Goode Brooks</a> (1818–1900) and members of the Ladies Sewing Circle for Charitable Work established the Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans in 1871. These formerly enslaved women enlisted the support of the Cedar Creek Meeting Society of Friends (Quakers) to found a home for orphaned and abandoned African-American children. Brooks’s activism came from her experience losing one of her children, who was sold before the Civil War. <br /><br />The Friends Asylum opened an orphanage at St. Paul and Charity streets in Jackson Ward. Today, the organization is known as FRIENDS Association for Children. It provides childcare, enrichment programs, support and educational services to low-income families.
Gray, W. Palmer, photographer
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
c. 1920
The Valentine
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/union_or_secession/people/lucy_brooks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Louise Goode Brooks (1818 - 1900)</a>, John T. Kneebone, <span>The Library of Virginia.<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/wQxaWRIE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach</a><span>, The Valentine <br /></span><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tpBCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA454#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" title="Acts of Assembly, 1871-72" rel="noreferrer noopener">Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia</a> at its Session of 1871-'72, Chap. 362, p.454. <br /><a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/exhibits/show/remaking-virginia/item/524" target="_blank" title="Charter and By-laws" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charter and By-laws of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans, in the City of Richmond, Va.</a> <em>Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation,</em> Library of Virginia.<br /></span>
Virginia Home for Incurables, W. Broad and Robinson streets, Richmond, Virginia
In 1894, Mary Tinsley Greenhow, who as a teenager was paralyzed during a horse riding accident, founded the Virginia Home for Incurables. Disabled Richmonders needing life-long care lived at the home near Capitol Square. <br /><br />In 1898, the home moved to W. Broad and Robinson streets, across from the future site of the Science Museum of Virginia. It moved to its present location on Hampton Street in Byrd Park in 1930. The name shortened to The Virginia Home in 1963. <br /><br />Today, Virginia residents at least 18 years of age with an irreversible physical disability can apply for residence. The Virginia Home provides nursing and medical care, therapy, counseling services, job and recreational opportunities to its residents.
Cook, Huestis P. (likely photographer)
Cook Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine,</a>
c. 1900
The Valentine
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/organizations/labor/passaic-textile-strike-1926-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passaic Textile Strike, 1926</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/organizations/labor/passaic-textile-strike-1926-film/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passaic Textile Strike (1926) - film</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/browse?tags=labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Labor</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Female Humane Society, Richmond, Virginia
The Memorial Foundation for Children’s story began in 1805, when a homeless girl supposedly presented herself at the door of Jean Moncure Wood, wife of Governor James E. Wood. Realizing that the city lacked a shelter for needy girls, Mrs. Wood worked to establish the Female Humane Association in 1807.<br /><br />The Association was incorporated in 1811 and built its first shelter on the corner of St. John's and Charity streets in Richmond. It was later called the Memorial Home for Girls (1921), the Memorial Foundation (1946), and then the Memorial Foundation for Children (1962). Throughout its history, the organization has provided shelter to homeless children, guidance and psychological services, and daycare. In 1972, the foundation shifted from direct care to giving financial assistance to other local charities.
Scott, Mary Wingfield (photographer)
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
c. 1940
The Valentine
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Learn more: <br /><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101066382613;view=2up;seq=4" target="_blank" title="Constitution and By-Laws of the Female Humane Association" rel="noreferrer noopener">Constitution and By-Laws of the Female Humane Association of the City of Richmond</a>, Adopted April 1, 1833. HathiTrust.org <br /><a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01262.xml" target="_blank" title="Memorial Foundation for Children (finding aid)" rel="noreferrer noopener">Memorial Foundation for Children</a>. Records, 1811-2006, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia (finding aid) <br />"<a href="https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RE18430602.1.3&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-female+humane+association+1843------" target="_blank" title="The Noble Asylum" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Noble Asylum</a>" Richmond Enquirer, Volume 40, Number 7, 2 June 1843 (p. 3 col. 2). Virginia Chronicle.
Richmond Male Orphan Society, Richmond, Va.
Boys standing outside the Richmond Male Orphan Society at Amelia and Meadow Streets, Richmond, Va. <br /><br />The Richmond Male Orphan Society began in 1846 when the director of the Female Humane Association was approached by a homeless boy begging for coins. Recognizing the city’s need for a boy’s home, concerned residents formed the Richmond Male Orphan Society in Church Hill. It made various moves and is now located in western Henrico County. <br /><br />The organization’s name has evolved over time to the Richmond Home for Boys and then the Virginia Home for Boys. When it began to house girls in 2004, it was renamed the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls. Among its services are foster care, alternative education, independent living services and psychiatric and medical care. <br />
Cook, Huestis P., likely
Cook Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
c. 1890
The Valentine
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City Home, Richmond, VA
City Home, an almshouse located at 210 Hospital Street, Richmond, VA. Shown here circa 1960.<br /><br />Richmond’s Committee for the Relief of the Poor managed white and black almshouses, a soup kitchen, a hospital and other health and social services. Construction of a new white almshouse on Hospital Street finished in 1860. During the Civil War, the building served as a Confederate hospital. Afterwards, it was briefly a home for the Virginia Military Institute and then resumed its original purpose. <br /><br />By the early 20th century, this almshouse was called the City Home. In 1959, the City Home became the Richmond Nursing Home, which operated until 1972. Today, the complex has been repurposed as low income apartments for seniors.
Dulaney
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
c. 1960
The Valentine
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/215" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Committee on Relief of the Poor, Richmond VA</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal<br /><div><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/wQxaWRIE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach</a>, The Valentine </div>
Committee on Relief of the Poor, Richmond VA, 1902
Richmond’s Committee for the Relief of the Poor managed white and black almshouses, a soup kitchen, a hospital and other health and social services. Construction of a new white almshouse on Hospital Street finished in 1860. During the Civil War, the building served as a Confederate hospital. Afterwards, it was briefly a home for the Virginia Military Institute and then resumed its original purpose. <br /><br />By the early 20th century, this almshouse was called the City Home. In 1959, the City Home became the Richmond Nursing Home, which operated until 1972. Today, the complex has been repurposed as low income apartments for seniors.
Foster, photographer
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a> (Gift of Miss Emily S. Thomason)
1902
The Valentine
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Learn more: <br /><a href="http://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/216" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City Home, Richmond, VA</a>, Social Welfare History Image Portal
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Salvation Army Friends League button
Pinback button <br /><br />In 1885, Methodist minister William Booth established the Christian Mission Center in East London for the city’s poor and homeless. Booth changed the name to The Salvation Army in 1878, using military terms to organize the evangelical Christian movement. By the early 20th century, the Army had an international presence, with its various “corps” providing food depots, day nurseries and missionary hospitals. <br /><br />The Richmond Corps No. 1 opened on S. Linden Street in 1885. Richmond would eventually have three corps that operated youth clubs, a men’s home and the Evangeline Booth Home and Hospital for unwed mothers. <br /><br />The Friends League of the Salvation Army was a membership drive which, in 1919, cost $1, $2 or $5 a year. The funds raised from membership subscriptions financed the activities of the Army.<br /><br />Today, The Salvation Army Central Virginia Area Command manages more than forty programs in the region, including emergency and substance abuse shelters, disaster assistance, family services, Christmas assistance, a boys and girls club, and worship centers.
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<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Valentine</a> (Gift of Mr. William B. O'Neal)
1919
The Valentine
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United Way lapel badge
Metal lapel badge for the United Way
unknown
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Valentine</a> (Gift of Eloise Robinson Blackwell)
c. 1965
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Young Women's Christian Association button
Pinback button <br /><br />The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) first met in New York City in 1858. While based in Christianity, the YWCA was more focused on social issues, initially affordable housing for working women. It later was active in the labor union movement and supporting race relations. <br /><br />The YWCA of Richmond, the South’s oldest chapter, formed in 1887 and soon opened a boarding house. It later established a day nursery, kindergarten, gymnasium and Travelers Aid Society. <br /><br />The Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Richmond YWCA, found in 1912, was one of the first African-American chapters in the United States. Today, the YWCA of Richmond educates about domestic and sexual violence. It operates women’s emergency shelters and a child development center.
Ehrman
<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Valentine</a> (Gift of the Estate of Miss Rosa B. Hexter)
1916
The Valentine
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Richmond Community Fund membership button
Pinback button <br /><br />In 1924, the Richmond Area Community Council created the Community Fund, later known as the Richmond Area Community Chest. This trust centralized fundraising and fund distribution to the Council’s more than thirty member organizations.
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<a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Valentine</a> (Gift of Eloise Robinson Blackwell)
c. 1935
The Valentine
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Nurse Lucille Meador at Beth Sholom Home of Virginia
Nurse Lucille Meador walks through the snow wearing snowshoes at the Beth Sholom Home of Virginia, 5729 Fitzhugh Avenue, Henrico County, Virginia <br /><br />The Beth Sholom Home of Virginia opened in 1945 as Virginia’s first Jewish nursing home. Originally located in the Fan District, the home moved to Fitzhugh Avenue in 1958 before relocating to Henrico’s Short Pump. During the 2000s, the home expanded its services to include a rehabilitation clinic and Beth Sholom Garden, Virginia’s first Jewish assisted living facility.
Pennell, Don, photographer
Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
1966 January 30
The Valentine
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Bethany Home for Friendless Children, Chesterfield, VA
Lucy and J. R. F. Burroughs founded the Bethany Home for Friendless Children in 1894. The childless couple established the orphanage on their 165-acre farm, located near Bon Air in Chesterfield County. <br /><br />Incorporated in 1898, Bethany Home had no endowment and operated completely through donations. Bethany Home closed in the 1940s.
Cook, Huestis P., photographer
Cook Collection, <a href="https://thevalentine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Valentine</a>
1914 June 10
The Valentine
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