Children's Aid Society: Difference between revisions

The Children's Aid Society records are '''housed at the [http://www.nyhistory.org/ New-York Historical Society]'''. The CAS programs which placed children in homes outside of the city make up the bulk of the CAS collection. These records may be found in Series XI, box numbers 45-971 and volumes 362-473. '''''Boxes 56-971 are restricted and need special permission to be viewed. Many of the volumes in this series are also restricted. Restricted volumes are noted in the container list. Most records involving specific children require special permission to be viewed'''''. Boxes 45-971 include the case files and correspondence of foster or adopted children sent to the country, and of boys who had completed the CAS farm school program and who were then placed on farms for wages. <br> 674.0 Linear feet (996 archival boxes; 490 bound volumes)<ref name="Guide" />