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Title:

The orphan trains [DVD] / a production of Edward Gray Films, Inc. ; WGBH ; produced and directed by Janet Graham and Edward Gray ; written by Edward Gray.

Format:

[DVD] /

Publisher:

PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 videodisc (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Brace, Charles Loring,--1826-1890.
Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)
Orphan trains.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Orphans--New York--New York--History.
Orphans--United States--History.
Adopted children--United States--History.
Street children--New York--New York--History.
Historical--Feature.
Adoption--United States--History.
Documentary.--Feature.
Historical television programs.
Documentary videos.
Nonfiction television programs.

Other Authors:

Gray, Edward.
Graham, Janet,.
PBS Home Video.
Keach, Stacy.
McCullough, David G.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

Other Titles:

American experience (Television program.)

Notes:

Documentary. Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience. Program content: c1995. "PBS"--Container. Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Stacy Keach.

Contents:

Orphans in New York -- An ambitious plan -- Journey to a new life -- The kindness of strangers -- The drifters -- Bad blood -- Success stories -- Mothers and fathers -- The end of orphan trains.

Summary:

Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.

ISBN:

0793691508
9780793691500

UPC:

841887006514

Locations:

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

YMPD532 -- Monticello Public Library (Monticello)