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Home Association papers, 1899-1995, Date acquired: 04/20/1998

 

Summary

Creator:
Home Association
Extent:
14.96 Linear Feet
20 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Home Association Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes reports, minutes, financial records, resident files, discharge index, and service files.

Biographical / historical:

Formerly known as the Old People's Home, the Home Association is one of Hillsborough County's oldest private non-profit social service organizations. It was founded in 1899 when three elderly Jacksonville women were trapped in Tampa without funds by a yellow fever quarantine.  Responding to this need, several Tampa women organized to provide housing and an attendant for the women.  From this effort sprang a home for women in need of assistance known as "Kadesh Barnea," or "Place of Rest."  In its early days, the Home provided a safe refuge not only for elderly women, but for traveling business women, victims of family strife, and even young runaways.  In 1915, however, the home became a full-fledged home for elderly persons of both sexes and adopted the name Old People's Home. In 1972, the name was changed to the Home Association, Inc.  The Home Association donated the records of the organization to the USF Library on April 20, 1998.

Acquisition information:

Home Association

Donation.

Arrangement:

Subject.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Access to some materials in this collection may require a signed access agreement. Consult Special Collections for details.

Terms of access:

The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/for more information.

Preferred citation:

Home Association Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA