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Author: lmitch1967
Surnames: Florence Crittenden Home
Classification: queries
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I remember the home at 20th and Poplar Streets when I was a teenager in the late sixties
and would see the girls out walking in pairs. It still stands as an apartment house, with
some changes to the grounds and building.
In recent years I was told that the records were in code and that when the last surviving
board members were elderly, they decided it was best to destroy the records. That is what
has been said and I've never heard that anyone otherwise has had the records. At the
time they thought they were doing the right thing to protect everyone's privacy.
However, I would think that some of the mothers may later have searched for their children
and perhaps they have registered with one of the reunion sites so that's always a
possibility.
Contact the Special Collections Department of the Vigo County Public Library for
confirmation of the story about the records. (812-232-1113 x212) (Closed on Sunday) or
specialcollections(a)vigo.lib.in.us
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