Author: Various
Title: Otchet Popechitel'Nago Obshchestva O 1-M Nochlezhno-Rabotnom Dome Bezpriiutnykh Detei I Podrostkov Muzhskogo Pola, Uchrezhdennom Annoiu Eismont V 1901 G. 24 Marta. Za 1908, 1909 I 1910 G.G. [Report of the Trustees of the First Rooming House for Homeless Male Children and Adolescents, Established by Anna Eismont on March 24, 1901. For the Years 1908, 1909 and 1910]
Description: St. Petersburg: Gosudarstvennaia Tipografiia, 1911. Softcover. First edition; 7 x 10; pp. 159; green wraps printed in black; small loss of paper to tail of spine; small number to upper corner of front wrap; a few spots to margins; several faded stamps of the Ural Regional Library; rubbed spot to front wrap verso; illustrated with photographs and tables; good to very good. In March of 1901, a young woman with the desire to commemorate the passing of her daughter and with the compassion for homeless and orphaned children put an add in the newspaper imploring people for funding for a permanent home for unfortunate kids. Anna Eismont's plea was answered the very next day and the first rooming house for homeless adolescents in St. Petersburg was soon founded under the auspices of the 'Blue Cross' - an organization for poor and sick children. Patrons of the home and organization included members of the royal family, as well as artists and writers including Tolstoy, Bulgakov, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. The book, for the three years prior to publication, contains detailed reports on expenditures, lists of benefactors, donated money and supplies, etc. It also features several photographs of the home and the children. Ill.: 0. 2.

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