Records of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Francisco, including case books and case files, other inmate data, Research Department files, administrative files, and financial records dating mostly from 1882 until 1929.

The Boys and Girls Aid Society was organized in 1874. From 1886 until its dissolution around 1930, it was located in San Francisco at 460 Baker Street (at the corner of Grove). This non-profit organization was founded, at least in part, in response to disillusionment with an approach to juvenile justice and delinquency prevention that led to the imprisonment of youths in California's prisons and jails. By the 1860s, public pressure emerged to separate juveniles from adult offenders. This led initially to the establishment of the San Francisco Industrial School in 1858 and the State Reform School (located in Marysville) in 1861. These institutions struggled, however, to provide the necessary institutional care for all who required it. In response to the need for more institutions to take on this work, organizations like the Boys and Girls Aid Society were established.

60 linear feet (34 cartons, 35 oversize boxes, 22 volumes, 2 boxes)

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