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House of Industry fonds
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1848-1945 (Creation)
- Creator
- House of Industry
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Physical description
2 m of textual records
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Administrative history
The House of Industry was established in 1848 by the Female Benevolent Society of Kingston, the group that had earlier initiated the Kingston General Hospital. The House of Industry was intended to bring relief to the many Irish immigrants who had arrived in Kingston destitute as a result of the famine in Ireland and the plague which spread through the ships coming to America. The House of Industry provided more or less permanent shelter for anyone needing it and temporary refuge and aid to those called outdoor paupers. A school was run in conjunction with the institution. The institution passed through several phases and, at different times, was variously called House of Refuge, Home for the Aged and, finally, Rideaucrest. The care of orphans was undertaken in the Orphan's Home, and women with infants were cared for in the Home for Friendless Women and Infants. It is now under the direction of the Rideaucrest Home Committee, a standing committee of the Kingston City Council.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, minutes and reports of the Kingston, Ontario home for indigents. Of particular interest are two visitors books (1853-1863) which record the comments of members of the Board of Directors who visited the House of Industry every four or five days.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Records from 1848 to 1902 and 1915-1916 were originally part of the Kirkpatrick-Nickle papers in the Archives.
They were separated out in 1967.
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- English
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2262
F302 A-1
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected