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- Multiple media
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- Parallel titles and other title information: Aged Men’s Home, Aged Women’s Home
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1888-1960 (Creation)
- Creator
- Aged People’s Home
- Place
- London, Ontario
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Physical description
14 cm of textual material
2 microfiche
3 photographs
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Biographical history
In 1886, funding was received to open a home for aged women at 335 King Street with help from Mr. McCormick, Mr. Glass, and Mr. Jeffery. Two years later, the YMCA Ladies Auxiliary petitioned to join the WCA so that the Old Men’s Home that they ran on John Street could come under Association Management. In 1893, Thomas McCormick gifted the WCA a brand-new house at 1050 Richmond Street, and the men and women who occupied the homes on King Street and John Street were quickly moved into the new building. This new building was deemed the Aged People’s Home. A second, smaller location was purchased on Victoria Street in 1913 to house additional women who could not be accommodated on Richmond Street.
In the mid-1920s, references to the Aged People’s Home alternate with the title of McCormick’s House, or McCormick Home. Renovations completed between 1926-1928, confirmed this change in name.
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Scope and content
The sous-fonds consists of records related to the Aged People’s Home, including the original Aged Men’s Home and Aged Women’s Home. Materials include resident registers, accounts book, and photographs of the home during the name-changing process.
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The sous-fonds has been arranged into the following series:
AFC 270-SF3-S1 Financial
AFC 270-SF3-S2 Patients & Residents
AFC 270-SF3-S3 Photographs
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Access and reproductions of fragile material, personal and medical records in this sous-fonds may be restricted. Requests for access must be made by submitting a Research Access Request, and may require consultation with the archivist and the signing of a formal research agreement.
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- Women's Christian Association (Subject)