AGENCY: Utah Juvenile Court and Probation Commission
SERIES: 5456
TITLE: Orphan's Home record book
DATES: 1910-1923.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by year, thereunder in no regular order
DESCRIPTION: This series is a single ledger containing year-by-year listings of children who were residents of the Orphan's Home in Salt Lake City. The Home was a private endeavor run by the Orphan's Home and Day Nursery Association and was located at 1200 East 1300 South during the time period this record was compiled. The home took in orphans as well as children whose parents were unable to provide adequate support, especially the children of single, divorced, widowed, or abandoned mothers.
This record was created to track the children under the care of the Orphan's Home. In addition to the name of each child, the record book includes columns for noting father's name, mother's name, color, date of birth, place of birth, date of admission, date of discharge, parent's address, the name of the person or authority who had placed the child in the home, a monthly accounting of the cost of maintenance for the child, and miscellaneous remarks. In some cases the record may include information about such things as when a child took employment somewhere or was hospitalized.
While this record was created by a private institution, it apparently came into the possession of the Juvenile Court and Probation Commission at some point in time. The Juvenile Court system would placed many children in the Home and certainly been concerned with operation of the home, but the specific reason why the Commission acquired this record is not known.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
These documents record the activities of the Orphan's home.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Private. This series contains private information (UCA 63G-2-302)
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Public. Records in this series concerning individuals under 21 years of age are considered public 100 years after the creation of the record (UCA 63G-2-310)