Maps & Databases
Mishawaka Orphan’s Home Photo Album Index (1926 – 1940)
This database provides a listing of children whom are featured in two photo albums that are in the collection of the Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library.
The photographs were taken over the time period of 1926 to 1940, with many pictures of unidentified children, as well as the staff, activities, grounds and buildings of the Children’s Home.
The Index contains: Child’s Name, Age, Date and Album/Page.
The database is sorted by Surname and Album/Page and is available in Text (.txt) or Acrobat (.pdf) file format.
Source: Anonymous former Nurse at the Mishawaka Children’s Home, Indexed by SBAGS.
For history of the Family and Children’s Center go here!
For information on adoption records go here!
Mishawaka Orphan’s Home
The Photo Albums in PDF. (The fIles are large, so each takes a few minutes to load)
The photo albums were scanned by Chris Kovach.