Inventory
Rose Ladies Aid Society
Dates: 1870-1911
Accession Number: 800610
Donor: Unknown
Description: 3 flat storage boxes
History
The Rose Ladies Aid Society originated in 1862 when a group of Vigo County women informally organized to give aid to Union soldiers' families that were in financial distress. The women's charitable endeavors were funded primarily by Chauncey Rose, a local businessman and philanthropist, who knew the charter members of this ad hoc group and was interested enough in their efforts to become their financial benefactor.
Chauncey Rose was integral to the charitable works of the future Rose Ladies Aid Society from 1862 until well after his death. At the end of the Civil War, the women organized as the "Ladies Aid Society" to carry on their charitable endeavors for the impoverished of the community. By 1866, because their financial resources were nearly depleted, the Ladies Aid Society held a meeting to decide whether to disband. While the meeting was in progress Rose sent the Society $500 and a written request that the Society continue its work. In 1868, Rose used his influence to successfully persuade the Indiana Legislature to enact landmark legislation allowing women who carried out charitable work to incorporate legally. As a result, the Ladies Aid Society was able to legally incorporate in 1869. On the same day Rose made a $90,000 endowment in railroad bonds to the Society. When Chauncey Rose died in 1877, he endowed an additional $100,000 to the Ladies Aid Society with the stipulation that the interest from the endowment be used for the assistance of "worthy poor people". This money lasted well into the twentieth century.
Each member of the Rose Ladies Aid Society was assigned a section of Terre Haute in which they were responsible for dispensing charitable contributions. Members personally delivered charitable donations of fuel, clothing, medicine, rent, money for education, or other necessities and kept in close contact with the existing conditions of their assigned individuals and communities.
The Ladies Aid Society expanded in the scope of its charitable endeavors in 1889 upon the donation by William R. McKeen of his home and property at 1016 N. 6th Street to the Society for the operation of a Home for Aged Women in memory of his wife, Sarah Dowling McKeen. The Society opened the Home to qualified residents in June 1, 1889.
In December 1891, after several years of discussion, the Ladies Aid Society renamed itself the Rose Ladies Aid Society in honor of Chauncey Rose's financial (and political) contributions to the maintenance of the Society.
The Rose Ladies Aid Society was forced to close the Home for Aged Women in 1896 due to lack of funds. The Rose Ladies then engaged in a 25-year effort to raise a sufficient endowment, eventually reopening the Home for Aged Women in 1922. Members of the Society were responsible for management of the Home. Renamed the Sarah Dowling Home in 1959 in honor of McKeen's wife, the Home closed permanently in 1972.
The Rose Ladies Aid Society was still in operation as recently as 1993.
Content and Scope of Collection
This collection consists of ledger sheets compiled by members of the Rose Ladies Aid Society on a monthly basis of charitable contributions that they personally dispensed to their assigned clientele of the "worthy poor" of Vigo County. Members frequently compiled reports recapitulating several-month intervals of cumulative charitable donations. While most of these reports described contributions over the previous twelve months, others were reports on time periods of shorter duration. The accounts list recipients and the type of aid distributed in the form of rent, clothing, groceries, and/or other necessities.
The collection also contains reports of the Rose Ladies Aid Society's Committee of Supplies and Finances for the Home for Aged Women (1889-1892).
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Folder 1 |
Board of Managers, Home for |
Aug. [1870?]-Nov. [1870?] |
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"List of donations distributed
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Dec. [1870?] |
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"Assisted during year" |
[Dec. 1870?] |
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Jessie B. Crawford |
1870? |
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Mrs. T. H. Barr |
Nov. 1870-Dec. 1870 |
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Mrs. M. V. Birhowsky |
June 1870-Oct. 1870; |
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Phebe A. Cook |
Dec. 1870 |
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L. Haney |
June 1870-Nov. 15, 1870 |
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M. O. Hussey |
June 1870-Dec. 1870 |
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Folder 2 |
Monthly report |
April 1871 |
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Sarah Minshall |
Dec. 1870-Jan 1871 |
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Mary Morris |
June 1870-Nov. 1870 |
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C. C. Oakey |
June 1870-June 1871 |
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Mrs. Rippetoe |
Nov. 1870 |
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Lottie Thompson |
June 1870-Dec. 1870 |
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[?] Topping |
Dec. 1870 |
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Folder 3 |
Mrs. T. H. Barr |
Jan. 1871-Feb. 1871; |
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Mrs. M. V. Birhowsky |
Jan. 1871; May 1871 |
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Phebe A. Cook |
March 1871 |
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Mary A. Cory |
May 1871 |
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Jessie Crawford |
Feb. 1871 |
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M. O. Hussey |
Jan. 1871-May 1871 |
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Sarah Minshall |
June 1870-June 14, 1871 |
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Mary Morris |
Jan. 1871-April 1871 |
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C. C. Oakey |
June 1870-May 1871 |
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Folder 4 |
Mrs. R. W. Rippetoe |
Dec.1870-Jan. 1871; |
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Mrs. Lottie Thompson |
Jan. 1871-May 1871; |
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Mrs. C. M. Topping |
Jan. 1871-May 1871 |
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Anna M. Warren |
Jan. 1871 |
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Folder 5 |
Eliza Ball |
May 1904-June 1904 |
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Persis Jones |
May 1904-Dec. 1904 |
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Folder 6 |
Emma Lange |
May 1904-Jan. 1905 |
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Mary Sydney Miller |
Dec. 1904-Jan. 1905 |
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Folder 7 |
Mary M. Morris |
May 1904-Dec. 1904 |
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Charlotte Preston |
Nov. 1904; Dec. 1904 |
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Folder 8 |
Harriett Sankey |
May 1904-Sept. 1904; |
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Mary Weiss |
May 1904-Dec. 1904 |
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Folder 9 |
A. Bauermeister |
May 1905-1906 |
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Candace Glover |
March 1905-April 1905 |
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Persis Jones |
Jan. 1905-April 1905 |
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Folder 10 |
Emma Lange |
March 1905 |
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Mary Sydney Miller |
Jan. 1905; March 1905 |
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Mary Morris |
Jan. 1905-April 1905 |
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Charlotte Preston |
Jan. 1905 |
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Folder 11 |
Harriet Sankey |
Jan. 1905-April 1905; |
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Folder 12 |
Mary J. Weiss |
Jan. 1905-April 1905; (annual report) |
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Folder 13 |
Helen Arnold |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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A. Bauermeister |
Feb. 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Folder 14 |
Isabelle Cornell |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Folder 15 |
Matilda Durham |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Candace Glover |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Folder 16 |
Persis Jones |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Folder 17 |
Emma Lange |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Folder 18 |
Mary Sydney Miller |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Flat Storage Box 2 |
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Folder 1 |
Harriet Sankey |
May 1906-Dec. 1906 |
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Folder 2 |
Lizzie M. Stoner |
Feb. 1906-July 1906; |
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Mary J. Weiss |
May 1906-Jan. 1907 |
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Folder 3 |
Helen Arnold |
Jan. 1907-March 1907 |
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A. Bauermeister |
Jan. 1907-April 1907; |
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Isabelle Cornell |
Jan. 1907-March 1907 |
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Folder 4 |
Matilda Durham |
Jan. 1907-April 1907 |
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Candace Glover |
Jan. 1907-April 1907 |
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Folder 5 |
Persis Jones |
Jan. 1907-April 1907; |
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Emma Lange |
Jan. 1907-April 1907; |
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Folder 6 |
Mary Sydney Miller |
Jan. 1907-April 1907 |
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Harriet Sankey |
Jan. 1907-April 1907; |
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Folder 7 |
Lizzie Stoner |
Feb. 1907-April 1907; |
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Folder 8 |
Helen Arnold |
May 1906-April 1907 |
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Susan Ball |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Folder 9 |
Isabelle Cornell |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Folder 10 |
Emma B. Dick |
May 1908-Oct. 1908; |
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Josephine Douglas |
May 1908-Sept. 1908 |
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Folder 11 |
Matilda Durham |
Oct. 1908-Nov. 1908; |
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Candace Glover |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Minnie R. Haupt |
Dec. 1908 |
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Folder 12 |
Norma B. Jenkins |
Nov. 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Persis Jones |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Folder 13 |
Emma Lange |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Folder 14 |
Harriet Sankey |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Folder 15 |
Lizzie Stoner |
May 1908-Dec. 1908 |
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Flat Storage Box 3 |
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Folder 1 |
Josephine Douglas |
July 1909-Dec. 1909 |
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Folder 2 |
Matilda Durham |
Jan. 1909-April 1909; |
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Folder 3 |
Candace Glover |
Jan. 1909-April 1909; |
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Folder 4 |
Mrs. R. V. Jenkins |
Jan. 1909-April 1909 |
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Jessie Lammers |
Jan. 1909-May 1909; |
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Folder 5 |
Miss Lang |
Oct. 1909; Dec. 1909 |
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Emma Lange |
Jan. 1909-May 1909; |
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Folder 6 |
Mary Sydney Miller |
Jan. 1909; June 1909; |
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Folder 7 |
Harriet Sankey |
Jan. 1909-April 1909; |
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Folder 8 |
Harriet Sankey |
July 1909-Dec. 1909 |
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Folder 9 |
Lizzie M. Stoner |
Jan. 1909-April 1909; 1908-1909 specified) |
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Folder 10 |
Eugenia Wilson |
May 1909-Dec. 1909 |
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Folder 11 |
Susan Ball |
Jan. 1910-April 1910 Nov. 1909-March 1910 (second part of the summary) |
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Folder 12 |
Isabelle Cornell |
Jan. 1910-April 1910 |
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Folder 13 |
Emma Dick |
Jan. 1910-April 1910 |
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Josephine Douglas |
Jan. 1910-April 1910 |
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Folder 14 |
Candace Glover |
Jan. 1910-April 1910 (The April 1910 report
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Minnie Haupt |
Jan. 1910-March 1910; |
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Folder 15 |
Jennie Lammers |
Jan. 1910 (Marked April 1910);
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Miss Lang |
Jan. 1910-Feb. 1910 |
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Folder 16 |
Mary Sydney Miller |
Jan. 1910 |
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Harriet Sankey |
Jan. 1910-Feb. 1910 |
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Eugenia Wilson |
Jan. 1910-March 1910; (annual report) |
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Folder 17 |
Susan Ball |
Jan. 1911-Feb. 1911 |
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Folder 18 |
Committee of Supplies and |
Feb. 1889-April 1889; |
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Folder 19 |
Committee of Supplies and |
Feb. 1890-Oct. 1890 |
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Folder 20 |
Committee of Supplies and |
Jan 1891; |
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Folder 21 |
Committee of Supplies and |
Jan. 1892; |
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