Saint Helena's House, a house for young women, 89 Union Park Street, Boston, Mass., 1920s

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1920s

GUSN

GUSN-287592

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Charitable organizations
General
Charitable organizations - General - Folder 1
Saint Helena's House, a house for young women, 89 Union Park Street, Boston, Mass., 1920s
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Charitable organizations
    - General
      - Charitable organizations - General - Folder 1
        Business card for the Jewish Family Welfare Association, 31 Bradshaw Street, Dorchester, Mass., 1920-1940
        Postcard for The St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1280 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Postcard for the Morgan Memorial, 95 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Postcard for The Salvation Army, 87 Vernon Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Postcard for the Morgan Memorial, Inc., corner Shawmut Avenue & Corning Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        How you can help us to help more handicapped people, Morgan Memorial, Inc., Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Dr., 264 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 27, 1894
        Letterhead for the Boston North End Mission, 201-205 North Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 28, 1896
        Saint Helena's House, a house for young women, 89 Union Park Street, Boston, Mass., 1920s (current record)
        Report for the year 1903, Hartford Social Settlement, 15 North Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 1903
        Make this a watershed year, Merrimack River Watershed Council, Lawrence, Mass.

Description

Rooms and meals are provided for young single working women in Boston. The facilities and amenities are shown in photographs. The House was founded by Boston Archbishop Williams in the 1880s and is administered by the Grey Nuns.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
education
lodging houses
women (female humans)
immigrants
nuns
pamphlets

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustrations ; 4 1/4 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.018.01.01.009

Image Dimensions

4 1/4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Greg Smart, 2001.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

pamphlets

Other People

Helena, Saint, approximately 255-approximately 330
Williams, John Joseph, 1822-1907

Other Organizations

Soeurs grises

Subjects

Boardinghouses
Union Park Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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