Scope and Contents
Charters; by-laws; superintendents' reports, 1890-1927; minutes of board of managers meetings, 1889-1978, and corporation meetings, 1889-1953; financial records, 1882-1979; house records on lodgers; special correspondence, 1890-1906; records of Universalist Women's Alliance of Boston and Vicinity, 1931-1953; brochures; scrapbooks; and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1979
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
11.9 cubic feet (34 boxes)Biographical / Historical
A benevolent institution in Boston, Massachusetts, the Bethany Union for Young Women was founded in 1889 by Universalists and opened in 1890 with the object of providing a home for young women "who are forced, by the keen competition of a large city, to work for small wages." Bethany House moved to its current Newbury Street location in 1940. In October 2012, Bethany House merged with the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry and provides housing, meals, and connections for women aged 18-30.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
On deposit from Bethany Union for Young Women, 1983.
Processing Information
This finding aid was migrated as part of the legacy finding aid project, 2023-2024. Materials were not reviewed as part of this project to verify accuracy of the existing description. In order to make finding aids compliant with DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), some titles have been updated, and in cases where no date information appeared in the legacy finding aid, the material was designated undated.
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- div00509
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository
Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.
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