Simmons Library College the Simmons Cleage Archives. HV742 M4 capil MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY for the PREVENTION of CRUELTY to CHILDREN ANNUAL REPORT FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1928 THE MASSAGHUSETIS CRUELLY TO SECURITY OF GENERAL OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY 43 MOUNT VERNON STREET .. BOSTON SOCIAL SERVICE LIBRARY BOSTON Term of Service. Term of Service. 1912- Treasurers WHITWELL, WILLIAM S. 1878-1878 1896-1906 1887-1895 WADSWORTH, HERBERT 1878-1879 CHILDS, ALFRED A. 1879-1880 1880-1890 1881-1891 DORR, GEORGE B. 1880-1881 1891-1904 ATKINSON, CHARLES F. 1881-1911 1880-1894 STURGIS, JOHN H. 1911- 1895- 1880-1896 Acting Counsel READ, CHARLES COOLIDGE 1882-1912 1880-1882 1904-1913 1880-1891 Advisory Counsel 1893-1894 STACKPOLE, J. LEWIS 1882-1904 1882-1884 LYMAN, GEORGE H. 1882-1914 1880-1895 GRAY, JOHN CHIPMAN 1904-1906 1880-1891 LOWELL, JOHN 1906-1912 1882-1895 SALTONSTALL, ENDICOTT P. 1912-1914 LOWELL, JAMES ARNOLD 1912-1922 1880-1895 PEABODY, W. RODMAN 1922- 1880-1885 1893-1904 General Secretaries 1926- 1904-1919 DIXWELL, Dr. JOHN H. 1878-1879 FAY, FRANK B. 1880-1903 1880-1882 1913-1921 MORTON, CHARLES K. 1903-1907 CARSTENS, CARL C. 1907-1921 1884-1922 1914-1919 LOTHROP, THEODORE A. 1921- 1893-1900 Directors 1880-1888 1882-1891 ABBOT, Mrs. HENRY W. 1882-1883 AMORY, WILLIAM 1895-1896 1883-1903 ANDREW, JOHN F. 1887-1895 1893-1923 APTHORP, ROBERT E. 1878-1882 1880-1884 1889-1896 ASPINWALL, Mrs. WILLIAM H. 1901-1918 1895- ATKINSON, CHARLES F. 1881-1914 1880-1885 ATKINSON, Rev. EDWARD L. 1896-1898 1885-1911 ATKINSON, GEORGE 1893-1894 1887-1899 ATKINSON, Miss SUSAN P. 1897-1911 ATKINSON, Mrs. WILLIAM P. 1883-1892 1914-1925 AYERS, Miss HELEN F. 1882-1890 AYERS, JOHN 1880-1888 9 Directors Term of Service. Term of Service. 1921- DEXTER, GORDON 1917-1920 1888-1901 DORR, Mrs. CHARLES H. 1880-1883 1912- DORR, GEORGE B. 1880-1883 1878-1880 DORR, Mrs. JOSEPH 1916-1919 1878-1913 DRUM, JOHN D. 1907-1913 1923-1927 DUMARESQ, FRANCIS 1897-1902 1887-1895 EDES, Mrs. R. T. 1884-1887 1880-1884 ELLIS, DAVID A. 1923- 1883-1884 EVERETT, Miss FLORENCE 1881-1890 1881-1885 FAIRCHILD, Mrs. CHARLES 1881-1882 1901-1906 FARNSWORTH, Miss ALICE 1887-1888 1885-1903 FAY, FRANK B. 1884-1904 1913-1917 FAY, Mrs. JOSEPH S., Jr. 1914-1915 1886-1901 FAY, Miss KATHERINE 1903-1921 1887-1888 FEARING, G. RICHMOND 1904-1912 1884-1886 FENNO, H. BRADLEE 1905- 1890-1901 FENNO, Mrs. L. CARTERET 1903- 1880-1884 GRAY, FRANCIS C. 1891-1904 1880-1881 GRAY, FRANCIS C., Jr. 1913-1925 1880-1884 GREENE, F. J. 1880-1882 1887-1920 GREENOUGH, Mrs. WILLIAM W. 1880-1881 1878-1884 GRINNELL, CHARLES E. 1890-1900 1913-1919 GRINNELL, Mrs. CHARLES E. 1890-1909 1926-1928 HADLEY, E. J. 1880-1881 1917-1924 HALE, Miss MARY L. 1913-1915 1882-1883 HALL, Rev. EDWARD H. 1888-1894 1901-1919 HALLOWELL, Mrs. JOHN W. 1920- 1880-1881 HARDING, Mrs. EDGAR 1895-1901 1880-1881 HARRIS, Mrs. HENRY W. 1918- 1894-1916 HARTSHORN, WILLIAM N. 1887-1891 1915-1922 HARTWELL, HENRY W. 1889-1890 1893-1901 HAUGHTON, M. GRAEME 1909- 1904- HAYWARD, GEORGE P. 1884-1904 1896-1908 HEAD, CHARLES 1884-1887 1903- HEAD, CHARLES D. 1882-1887 1891-1892 HEAD, Miss ELIZABETH F. 1893-1912 1901-1914 HEMENWAY, Mrs. AUGUSTUS 1878-1887 1917-1922 HENRY, Mrs. BARKLIE McKEE -1926-1928 1880-1891 HERFORD, Miss HELEN B. 1887-1892 1894-1909 HILL, ARTHUR D. 1904-1909 11 Epp, Ronald From: Donna Webber [donna.webber@simmons.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:24 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: RE: Research Inquiry: re Charities Collection CC4 Dear Dr. Epp, All we have are annual reports from the Society, annual reports that were written long after Mr. Dorr's involvement. He is noted twice in lists reporting his involvement years earlier in the Society. I would be happy to copy those and send them to you, but I don't believe there is any other information that would help you answer your questions. Would you like us to go ahead and do the photocopying. Donna Donna Webber Simmons College Archivist Simmons College 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 617-521-2440 -Original Message From: Epp, Ronald [mailto:r.epp@snhu.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:42 PM To: donna.webber@simmons.edu Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: Research Inquiry: re Charities Collection CC4 Dear Donna, Thank you for your resourcefulness in answering my inquiry regarding Mr. Dorr's role in the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. One additional question: Is it possible to photocopy the documentation for his role as Treasurer (1880-81) and Director (1880-83) along with any companion documents that may shed light on what responsibilities may have been involved with "official" designation. You see, I am trying to figure out whether a financial donation alone may have led to status or whether administrative activities were associated with the official role. Is there any other point of access to information about this organization in its formative years that you are aware of? I well recognize that this matters may be impossible to fathom from the surviving record. Please let me know what costs are associated with any photocopying and I will gladly reimburse you. Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax 1 Original Message From: webberd@simmons.edu [mailto: webberd@simmons.edu Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:00 AM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Re: Research Inquiry: re Charities Collection CC4 Dear Dr. Epp: Thank you for your inquiry about George Dorr. While CC4 has few early records of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, I am pleased to tell you that later annual reports contain lists of earlier officers. In the 1928 annual report I found the answer to your question. George Dorr served as Treasurer of the Society in the year 1880-1881, and was Director 1880-1883. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me again. Sincerely yours, Donna Webber Simmons College Archivist Quoting "Epp, Ronald" : > Perhaps you can clarify a question that was raised Wednesday during my > research at the Harvard University Archives. It concerns documents > that may be contained in your Massachusetts Society for the Prevention > of Cuelty to Children charities collection (CC4) > > I am preparing a biography of George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), founder > of Acadia National Park and a Harvard College graduate. In the records > file for the Class of 1874 a biographical essay written in the 1890's > mentions that Mr. Dorr was involved with the Massachusetts Society for > the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, implying some official > capacity. > > Would the first annual MSPCC report provide any indication of his past > or current role? > > I appreciate ther professional coutesy of your pursuing this matter. > Thank You. > > > Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. > Director of Shapiro Library > Southern New Hampshire University > Manchester, NH 03106 > > > > 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 > 603-645-9685 fax > > > > 2 Simmons Libraries ArchivesMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION O.. Page 1 of 3 contact ISS site map staff hours Simmons College Libraries ARCHIVES archives MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN (1878-present) Records, 1877-1948 Charities Collection-CC 4 1 manuscript container Processed May 1993 by Sheri Kelley 2.5 linear inches Supervising Archivists: Accession number: 93.006 Megan Sniffin-Marinof and Peter Carini ACQUISITION: In 1911 the Boston Children's Aid Society gave its entire library to the Simmons Colleg Social Work Library. This library included the annual reports of many local and international welfare and ( organizations. With the passage of time this collection took on historical significance and in 1991 it was tr the Simmons College Archives. As part of donations in 1988 and 1989, Donald Moreland, a local social work administrator and collector work history, gave the Simmons College Archives a large number of annual reports, pamphlets and other 1 related to various welfare and charitable organizations. With neither of these donations a discrete collectio materials transferred in 1991 from the School of Social Work Library and the related materials donated by Moreland were combined to form the Charities Collection. The Simmons College Archives Charities Colle consists of numerous small collections. Accession numbers for the individual collections are assigned durir ACCESS: Unrestricted. COPYRIGHT Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with Archivist. http://www.simmons.edu/libraries/archives/char_coll/char_coll_004.htm 7/16/2004 Simmons Libraries ArchivesMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION O.. Page 2 of 3 HISTORY: In 1874 a churchworker brought a case against the abusive mother of a child named "Mary Ellen". The on could do this was to file her complaint under cruelty to animals statutes since there were laws punishing CI animals but not cruelty to children. An immediate outcome of the imprisonment of Mary Ellen's mother W organization in 1874 of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. A similar society in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC), a private charitable organ incorporated on April 23, 1878, "for the purpose of awakening interest in the abuses to which children are the intemporance, cruelty, or cupidity of parents and guardians, and to help the enforcement of existing la subject, procure needed legislation, and for kindred work (p.15)." For its first twenty-nine years the Society functioned as a part of the police force, by protecting children fr cruelty and by prosecuting the offenders. In 1907 the Society's emphasis changed from legal to social aspe punishment to prevention. The Society still prosecuted abusers, but reformation received the major empha role, therefore, was to protect the child, and at the same time persuade the parents to establish and maintai "respectable" home. All information taken from, "A Handbook of Useful Information, "n.d., The MSPCC. SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) records, 1911-(1911-19 arranged chronologically and include the annual reports and publications of the Society. The earlier report list the names of contributors with the amount of their contribution and the annual reports for all the I reports from 1914-1916 did not include the annual reports for the branches but did list the names and am by their benefactors. The reports for 1917-1926 list the number of children served by the branches and and contributions of each branch. The reports for 1927-1929 list the officers and addresses for each b total amount of contributions and expenses for all the branches combined. The reports from 1911-1929 studies of children that were helped by the societies, descriptions of the society's homes and retreats, an of children helped by the society and the conditions in which they lived. The reports from 1930 forward the total income and expenses for all the branches combined. A handbook, a notice, and legislative results are included. A Handbook of Useful Information includes a Society, its goals and purposes, the types of cases with which they dealt, and a description of the Childr notice of a law enacted on July 17, 1887, announces the law regarding peddling and begging childre Results of the Massachusetts Special Commission to Investigate the Laws Relative to Children, 1931, sl passed, changed, and lost or dropped during that year. http://www.simmons.edu/libraries/archives/char_coll/char_coll_004.htm 7/16/2004 Simmons Libraries ArchivesMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION O.. Page 3 of 3 CONTAINER LIST: BOX FOLDER CONTENTS SERIES I: ANNUAL REPORTS 1 1 1911-1915 2 1916-1925 3 1926-1948 1959 1960 1963 1964 SERIES II PUBLICATIONS 4 Notice of Peddling and Begging Children, 1887 A Handbook of Useful Information, n.d. Legislative Results of the Massachusetts Special Commission to Inv the Laws Relative to Children, 1931 © 2002 by Simmons College & others All rights reserved Page updated: July 10, 2002 http://www.simmons.edu/libraries/archives/char_coll/char_coll_004.htm 7/16/2004